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The couple broke away from their kiss to make their way to Byakuya. An hour was an understandable wait for an up and coming surgeon. Just about two hours was pushing it. Patience was not one of Byakuya's best virtues, but he always hid it well behind his icy exterior. Rukia knew that if they made Byakuya wait any longer then he would probably slowly murder them – scratch that! He'd get Renji to slowly murder them while Byakuya tortured Shuuhei to get every single detail about his and Rukia's love life out of the poor man.

Shuuhei and Rukia walked toward the special room Kukaku Shiba had for nobles, specifically the sound proof room. Nervously, Shuuhei wiped his hands on the side of his suit. He was sweating bullets as he "walked towards his death". Questions whirled around in his head. Nothing on this earth prepared you to meet Byakuya Kuchiki. Nothing in this galaxy prepared you to ask Byakuya Kuchiki for his sister's hand in marriage that she already said yes to.

The vision in white glanced over at her handsome companion. She tried to hide the smile on her face. As for Shuuhei, he was hyperventilating. The poor man didn't know that he had nothing to worry about, but she couldn't ruin Byakuya's surprise. He has been expecting to have the "talk" with her charming fiancée for a few months now. The only thing Byakuya would kill them for was being over two hours late.

Large golden doors greeted the couple as they arrived at their destination. With a deep breath, Shuuhei opened the doors and let Rukia pass through first. She walked over to greet her brother. He looked very regal sitting in a fancy chair.

Byakuya sat at the head of a long table in the room. He graced the couple with a rare, evil smile. "Hello, Hisagi."

Shuuhei's heart stopped as Rukia went over to place a kiss on her brother's cheek. Rukia whispered in her brother's ear "Be nice!" Byakuya with held a chuckle at his sister's unvoiced threat.

Shuuhei stared ahead while his eyes followed Rukia. All he could think about was that he was a dead man! It has been at least three years since Byakuya had called him by his last name in a non-formal environment. Their weekly to bi-weekly sparing saw to their bonding. But ever since Shuuhei started dating Byakuya's little sister, he watched him like a hawk. The grey eyed man knew every move Shuuhei make in life.

Rukia saw that Shuuhei was stalling. She wrapped an arm around Shuuhei and guide him until he was close to the table. With a gentle shove, Rukia pushed her fiancée toward her brother. "Brother, Shuuhei wanted to talk to you." She said with a sickly sweet smile. Byakuya's grey eyes darted to his prey while Rukia threw Shuuhei a wink. "You two have fun. I need to go check on food preparations."

You could hear a pin drop as soon as Rukia walked out of the room. Dark grey eyes pleaded with the retreating form to come save him. The men both knew that her excuse was bogus.

Turning his glaze to Byakuya, Shuuhei too a deep breath before he began his treacherous journey to ask for Rukia's hand being with a formal apology. "Byakuya, please excuse my tardiness..."

The young Kuchiki heir held up his hand to stop Rukia's panicked suitor, who just so happened to be one of his dear friends. "It's fine, Hisagi." Byakuya said with a smile. "Rukia explained that you were in surgery an hour ago, and that you couldn't get away for a while. But I would have preferred a call from you to inform me of your tardiness rather than relaying the message to my sister. Was I misunderstand that this was a semi-important meeting for us?"

It was killing Shuuhei to be this formal with Byakuya. What ever happened to the Byakuya from their easy going sparing matches or trips to a little unknown sports bar? "No, Lord Kuchiki. You were not wrong. I apologize, but I was elbow deep in blood. It's extremely hard to place a call when you are like that and your division is short staffed. The minute I could spare a nurse, I had her call Rukia. I knew she would be worried if I was extremely late." A slight blush colored Shuuhei's face.

Byakuya nodded in acceptance. "Very well, now tell me, Hisagi, what did you want to talk to me about?"

A lump formed in Shuuhei's throat. He tried to swallow, but nothing happened. Byakuya finally lost his patience and arched a perfect raven eyebrow at him. "Uh…Byakuya… I mean Lord Kuchiki, I want you to know that Rukia means the world to me."

"Hisagi, have a seat before you pass out!" Byakuya told the nervous, pale man in front of him. Shuuhei to the seat right next to Byakuya. "Now, please continue."

"Hmm… Well, I told you how Rukia means the world to me. Who would have imagined an accidental meeting would turn my world upside down?" A nervous laugh escaped Shuuhei's mouth.

"It turned my world upside down too if I remember correctly. One of my best friends randomly started to dating my sister." Byakuya stated in an emotionless voice.

Silver grey eyes clashed with dark grey ones. "Hey, you know I would have asked permission first if I knew who she was! She didn't say a damn word about even having a brother until I was at your door!" Shuuhei protested. He thought that Byakuya had let that incident go.

Rukia came through the door then to see the men still talking. She could see the mirth in Byakuya's eyes while Shuuhei was still flustered. With a sigh, she decided to save the two. "Would you just get over with it, and quite torturing Shuuhei, Byakuya! This is not one of your sparring matches!" The petite woman snapped and disappeared back wherever she came from.

A sudden booming laughter filled the room. "I'm sorry, Shuuhei. It's too much fun to mess with you man!" Byakuya said as he clasped his friend on the back.

A wide eyed Shuuhei stared at the Kuchiki heir in shock. This is the most emotional that Byakuya has ever displayed to anyone other ran Rukia. "Ask what you want to ask, my friend."

"I would like your permission to marry Rukia." Shuuhei stated almost calmly now that he knew Byakuya was messing with him.

"Before I give you my answer, I want to ask you one question." Byakuya stated as he waited for Shuuhei to nod. A very serious expression crossed his face before he asked, "Can you handle being about of the Kuchiki Clan?" He asked with a smirk.

Shuuhei was shocked at this question. He expected to be grilled to the core even though Byakuya already knew most of the answers. Finally realizing that this was his old friend, Shuuhei answered him , "Byakuya, I've been around you and Rukia enough to know what the hell. I'm getting into. Why do you think that would change now?"

Byakuya rose from his chair while Shuuhei followed suit. In an uncharacteristic move, Byakuya hugged his dazed friend. "Welcome to the family, Shuuhei Hisagi."

Rukia popped around a corner from where she was hidden "It's about damn time y'all finished!". A broad smile graced her face as she ran to hug her fiancée and her brother.

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