Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine.
Warnings: None.
Frolic
Sometimes Yachiru was obnoxiously adorable.
"Waai! Ken-chan, watch me!" she cried, twirling around the field with daisies caught in her hair. "Ken-chan, watch!"
"I'm watchin'," he told her, though truthfully he was only giving her half his attention at best. Wasn't like the kid was doing something he hadn't seen a hundred times before and frankly he was bored with the situation. Sick of doing nothing, he gave his zanpakuto a few lazy swipes simply for entertainment's sake before sheathing it with an unsatisfied sigh. It was so tedious when Yachiru decided to frolic.
"Look, look, Ken-chan! I'm doing it just like you told me!" she called over, her voice equal parts laughter and excitement.
He turned in time to see her execute a mid-air flip and frowned. "Oy! Brat! Any slower with that and you'll get yourself gutted."
"I went plenty fast, Ken-chan," she denied, suddenly standing next to him and balancing neatly on one toe.
"Did not," he grunted. "I've seen slugs move faster, kid."
"Have not!" she protested fervently, eyes flashing with something just dangerous enough to be cute. "Besides, Ken-chan's lots slower than I am!"
Which was true: the kid was freakishly fast and would only improve with age. Didn't mean he had to admit it, though.
"Che," he spat, sinking down onto a convenient log, the very picture of indifference. "Wake me up when you're done wasting time."
"Hai!" she chirped happily and dashed off to another part of the field, rendered nearly invisible by the tall, wild grass through which she ran.
He chuckled a bit when yet another bandit screamed and fell to the ground, brought down by something unseen, but undeniably deadly. Then, without even bothering to get up, he swung his zanpakuto over his shoulder and gutted the two men attempting to sneak up on him.
The bandits were pretty pathetic, but Yachiru needed something to practice on.
"Did you see me, Ken-chan? Did you see?" she laughed, darting through the flowers with the same fluidity as a shark in water. "Did you see?" She landed on his lap with a happy squeal.
"Yeah, I saw," he said, and even let her stick a daisy in his hair.
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