25 Days of Christmas
Summary: Botan based romance drabbles posted every day in December.
Rating for this chapter: K+
Genre: Romance/Humor
Paring: Jushiro/Botan
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Bleach!
Author's Note: I'm so tired... I shouldn't have started watching that Naruto-Matathon on Cartoon Network... anyway if you don't know who some of these people are, go look them up on Wikipedia . org / wiki / Bleach underscore (manga) take out the spaces.
Chapter Twenty-Four: Lunch for Two
Botan flew on her oar, slowly down from her breakneck speed. In her lap was a small package, the wrapping having 'Shiro-chan' written all over it with small white rabbits. She smiled faintly, coming upon her destination. She flew past a few of the shinigami, none paying all too much attention to her. She had stopped by repeatedly for the past year anyway.
"Jushiro-san, I've brought lunch!" Botan smiled brightly, sliding off her oar while simultaneously hugging Jushiro. He sighed at the hyper-active ferry girl but allowed her to hug him nonetheless.
"What did you bring today?" He asked as she sat herself across from the white haired man. She smiled brightly and unwrapped the lunch, revealing rice with green tea poured on it (like milk with cereal) and topped with pickled ume.
"Umeboshi-chazuke, your favorite!" She cried in excitement. He smiled at her, and picked up a pair of chopsticks.
"Thank you, but you didn't need to go through all of this. I could have picked up some food myself." Botan shook her head. Ever since she had been sent here to ferry him by accident, Botan had felt some type of twisted guilt and came to visit him here in the Soul Society everyday for lunch.
"I don't want you to strain yourself, Jushiro-san." The two began eating while Botan rambled on about her day so far. Jushiro nodded at pauses and laughed softly whenever Botan made a joke. Soon the lunch was finished and Botan was packing away her trash.
"I'll see you tomorrow then, Jushiro-san?" Botan asked, even though she already knew the answer. She was surprised though, when Jushiro grabbed her kimono sleeve and embraced her in a huge hug.
"You shouldn't have to waste your time here. You're young, go out and have fun." And with that he pushed her away and turned on his heel, walking away.
Botan's body tingled and she felt her face heat up. After all this time she'd spent with him, she never thought of Jushiro as someone who'd just hug her out of no-where like that.
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