Another Chapter

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Gin tried to look comfortable as she sat across from Aizen. The food was delicious and the conversation was delightful.

When the dessert came, the conversation became more personal.

"Why am I here? Why am I being treated so special?" Gin asked as the pie came to the table. Gin took her fork and dived into the pie. It was a slice of Key Lime Pie and she always wanted to taste it.

Aizen smiled as he watched Gin eat and enjoy the pie. "The reason you are here is because I am lonely and I was looking for a wife. I am very interested in you. You lived as a man but I did not find any criminal record on you. I did not know why you hid your identity. You are a good person and I wanted to meet you. The more I learned about you, the more I wanted you. Gin, I know that you don't love me but I wanted you to live your life and hopefully, you would learn to love me.

Gin looked at him and smiled. "Honestly, how long did you know I was a woman?"

"I knew about you for a couple of months. When a census was done, I figured it out. It was how you showed in the census. Unlike other women, you did not have baggage with you."

Gin looked at Aizen but did not say anything about that. She did change the subject. "I know I was scared because when that woman was stripping me, she mentioned that you were searching for me and something about the blood moon."

"Gin, I do apologize for her behavior. I did not know she was so unstable." Aizen began to tear up. "She committed suicide last night. Her name was Miriam and she has been with me for many years." Aizen took the linen napkin and wiped his eyes. He had to excuse himself from the table.

Gin's heart went out to him for Miriam. When he came back to the table, Aizen seemed to have pulled himself together. After a few minutes, Gin suggested that they go for a walk.

"I have not been on a walk in a few days. Sometimes it nice to take it slow." Gin said as she stood and reach for his hand. "Let's go."

Gin and Aizen walked for a couple of hours. They walked to shops along the way and ended at a jewelry store. Gin was nervous not because she was scared but this is the one of the things she was fascinated with. As Gin lived as a man, she suppressed a lot of thing that she liked. Jewelry is one of her favorite things. Aizen told her to go in and find something she liked.

Gin came to the sapphire and looked at them. She turned and saw Aizen on the phone. She walked back to him and said, "You got to go, don't you?"

"I'm sorry but business calls. I called Mr. Kuchiki and he should be here in ten minutes. "You stay and if you see anything that you want tell the owner and it will be taken care of."

Aizen's car pulled up and he grabbed Gins hand. He kissed his hand and then gave Gin a passionate kiss. When they finished, Gin face turned red as a beets.

"I didn't mean to embarrass you but I could not resist. But I enjoyed my afternoon with you and do give me a call tomorrow."

Gin smiled and agreed to give him a call and thanked him for a wonderful lunch. As Aizen drove away, she went back into the store. After about five minutes, Gin asked the store owner to use the restroom. She knew the guards would not follow her there. Gin stood for a couple of minutes and looked at the window. She was able to unlock it and looked out. She started to climb out when she lost her footing and fell. She fell right into the arms of someone. Gin looked and saw she was in the arms Byakuya Kuchiki.

"Let me go, Byakuya," Gin said as she struggled to get out of his arms.

Byakuya said nothing, he just let her struggle.

She continued to struggle. "Let me go." Gin said as she did something she had not done in a long time. She started crying.

Byakuya held Gin tight and spoke in his monotone voice. "I am going to place you back in the bathroom. Fix yourself up and come out front. We can continue your walk and we will talk."

Byakuya lifted Gin back to the window, which she climbed back in. She closed and locked the window but stood there and looked at Byakuya. She placed her hand on the window which in turn Byakuya placed his there on hers.

"I will meet you out front." Byakuya whispered and left.

Gin washed her face and made herself presentable and walked out the bathroom. There stood Byakuya with Kira and the guard with the '69' tattoo. Byakuya introduced him as Shuhei Hisagi. Byakuya informed them that Gin wanted to continue her walk. "Please stay close and ask the driver to park. We will call when we are ready."

Byakuya wrapped his arm around Gin's hand and they proceed to walk down the street. Kira and Hisagi followed behind them but not to close.

Gin slowly relaxed as they walked in silence. Byakuya squeezed his hand to let her know that she can trust him. They saw a bench and sat down. Byakuya cleared his throat.

"Gin, I figured that you would try to run away when you had the chance. I could not let you do that because I do not want you to be placed under no other's security but mine." Byakuya continued to hold Gin's hand as he spoke. "My company was hired by the Aizen Corporation to protect you. You must be very special to him."

Gin smiled and looked at Byakuya. "You know four days ago, I was living my life alone but I was happy. Grant it I was living as a man but I was not bothering any one. Then one day I was called into HR and the rest, as they say, is history." Gin placed her head on Byakuya's shoulder and started to cry.

Byakuya let her cry until she stopped. When she did stop crying, he asked another question.

"You don't have to answer but why live your life as a man?"

Gin, gave a little chuckle before she spoke. "When I was young, my mother told me that I had to live my life as Gin, a male. We moved a lot and I just kept the role going until she became ill. I worked as a man to take care of her. I did get better jobs but when she died, I thought about going back to being a woman but I had too much time invested in being a man so I kept the façade up until four days ago."

They continued to sit in silence until Gin yawned.

Byakuya told Gin that it was time for them to go and he needed to get her home. They both just realized that the sun had set and it had become cooler. Byakuya took off his coat and wrapped it around Gin's shoulders. He motioned to Kira and Hisagi to get the car.

On the ride home, Gin sat close to Byakuya. She did not know how tired she was because when she woke up, she was being carried to her bed. As Byakuya lay her in the bed, Gin woke up.

"Thank you Byakuya for listening to me." Gin sat up and kiss him on the cheek.

Before Byakuya could react, Gin rolled over and went back to sleep. He covered her and walked out of the room. When he walked down the hall, his group gathered around the table.

"Gin has gone to sleep. She may wake up for dinner later. Ukitake, May I speak with you outside."

The two walked outside and got into the car. He placed the car on lockdown. The car was set to block all signals from microphones and cell phones.

"Did you find out anything about Gin?" Ukitake asked.

"Yes. It was mostly by choice that she lived as a man. But she did say that her mother made her do it when she was young. They moved a lot but she never seemed to question her mother."

Ukitake thought and told Byakuya that there is not much on the mother. The only interesting thing is Gin did not exist until two years after Gina was born. She is an only child. They ended up hundreds of miles from where Gina was born.

"Something made her take her child and run from that area. I know what I need to do. I will get in touch with Rukia and have her do more research. I may send a group to the area to find out more information," Ukitake said.

He nodded to Byakuya and got out of the car. The car pulled off with Byakuya going home.