Captain Kyla: A Late Diner
I stood in the doorway watching him walk away. I wonder why the red-haired Soul Reaper is so curious about me. The interest is hard to miss in those bright red eyes so full of things I couldn't see, but wanted to. I feel drawn to him. I want to know more about this odd yet alluring Soul Reaper. Something about him is familiar but I can't figure out what. I hope it's not my power I feel, subconsciously controlling him. I thought I had it in control but, now this starts, and I think I'm doing it again. Fuck! Why is this one strand of my power so hard to master? The other three strands weren't easy but, I managed to get at least a basic sense of control over them. Emotion the strand had been eluding my control for years it's the one that first showed years ago when my parents walked in mine and my brothers room it was night we were fast asleep. In my sleep I was unknowingly giving my brother pain. He had started crying out and that's when our parents walked in. after seeing the scene that was being played out before them they knew I had the trait. They yell for me to leave and never come back. I walked the streets for days before my uncle that I had never seen before found me. He told me who he was and that he was going to help me. That's when my life started a new. Thinking about my uncle I realized that the same odd thing I felt on Renji. I felt before on my uncle but what was causing it ….. Hmm.
I turn away from my thoughts as I hear the side door open and the sound of footsteps.
Jade calls to me from the kitchen. "Kyla, we're back and we have food."
"I'm coming." I reply from my place at the door.
Walking inside the kitchen, I'm hit by the smell of food and realize that I haven't eaten anything all day.
"Where's Renji?" Asks Toshiro, distracting me from my hunger.
"He went home." I answered, confused by what he was asking. Then it hit me that Renji left before they came back with the food.
"Renji never forgets about food." Toshiro says, shocked that his friend is missing a meal.
"Toshiro, what's his address?" I ask, forming a plan in my head.
"456 South Kata Street." He replied with a questioning look.
"Thanks. You two have fun. Jade, I'll be back in an hour, so behave." I tell them while grabbing two boxes of food and hurrying to find my shoes.
I set the food down on a table by the door and slip my purple flip flops on. I grab my paint-splattered jacket from the hook on the wall and slip it over my black tank top. Hurrying, I grab the food and head out the door. It's almost dark, but I find my destination despite not knowing where anything is located. Turns out it was only two streets over. I remind myself to make sure the suns up the next time I go out, though I doubt it will help. It's just dumb luck I found this place. I better go find him before the food gets cold. Walking up to the front door, I knock on the door of the small house. I'm greeted almost immediately by a bald-headed man with strange eye make-up in sweat pants and a muscle shirt.
"Who are you?" The bald-headed man asks me pointedly.
"I'm Kyla. Is Renji here?" I ask.
"Hey… You're the new captain Rukia told everyone about. I'm Ikkaku. Come in. I'll tell Renji he has a pretty girl asking for him." He says, allowing me in and pointing to the couch for me to sit down as he hurries down the hall to fetch Renji. There must be something wrong with these guys. I can't possibly be that pretty. I sit down on the couch, balancing the food on my knee. Damn this smells good wonder what it is. I take a look around the small house while I wait. It's a modest sized house decorated in a modern look. As I wait on Ikkaku to come back I sense the spiritual pressure of two others in the house besides the one that answered the door. One is familiar must be Renji's the other must be one of the soul reapers that are assigned here. I snap to attention when I hear Ikkaku talk to Renji about me. I hear a door open and footsteps coming down the hall.
"I got him for you." Ikkaku says as they enter the front room. I turn my head to see Renji with his hair loose from the pony tail it was in earlier and wearing a black t-shirt with blue jeans walking down the hall towards me. Wow, he has really long hair figured it was long cause the ponytail. I didn't really look that close to see how long it actually was though. I wonder what it feels like soft, course, what? He smiled once he saw who I was. I return the smile and lift the box of food up in the air.
"What you doing here, Kika? Date's not until tomorrow." Renji says, as he comes closer. I blush when I hear him call me Kika. Still can't figure, why he's decided to nick name me Kika?
"I thought you might want your food since you left before Jade and Toshiro came back." I reply in a "matter of fact" tone of voice, still holding the food up for him.
"You made him forget about food?" Ikkaku exclaims with his mouth hanging open in shock. Huh he must really love food, if his friends' reaction can be trusted.
"It's those big green eyes of hers. They're so beautiful, they had me stunned" Renji tells Ikkaku. Look at that smile he's doing this on purpose. Dear lord why me? I think while ducking my head in embarrassment.
"You sure it wasn't something else distracting yah" Ikkaku asks looking over at me with a crooked smile. OK this is just weird. I'm watching guy talk. Do they know I'm here?
"I'm sure. It was just those big beautiful green eyes" Renji replies looking me strait in the eyes a big smile on his face. As I look back into his soft brown eyes a blush begins to color my cheeks.
"Get a room you two" Ikkaku mumbles before leaving the room.
"You want to eat with me?" I finally ask, showing him the other box of food I had brought.
"Sure, let's eat in my room." Renji said, taking the food from my hands and tucking it under his arm. He grabbed my hand, leading me down the hall towards his room. OK. I don't need to be lead but, your hand is nice.
"Welcome to my room." Renji says as we enter a room at the end of the hall, hand in hand. He let go of my hand, setting the food on his bed. Wow it's nice for a guy's room.
"This is not what I thought your room would look like." I say, voicing my thoughts as I look around the medium-sized room. It had red and black striped walls, a black framed queen sized bed with a tie-die burst blanket and pillows to match. On the other side of the room was a black love seat and a small TV with a 360 game system on a table in front of it.
"Ha. Where do you want to eat, the bed or the couch?" He asks, walking over and putting and arm around my waist. His warm hand touched the skin not covered by the tank top I was wearing. His skin it's so soft.
"The couch." I reply.
"The couch, it is." Renji says, grabbing the food off the bed with his other arm and leading me to the couch with his arm still around me. Still don't need to be lead but, I like the touch so I won't complain.
We ate in silence, his arm around my waist the entire time. I wonder what he's thinking about. Hmm. I ask myself while enjoying the curry. Didn't even know what it was till I opened it.
When the food was finished, he set our boxes aside and pulled me closer. "So, Kika, you want me to walk you home?" He asks, holding me. Still wondering about that nick name.
"That would be nice. It's dark and I don't know my way around yet." I reply. Really I just want some company, not that I don't like walking alone. I just want someone with me tonight.
"Let's go." He says, standing up and pulling me up with the arm that's still around my waist. He led me back down the hall and out the door. We were silent on the way home, neither of us having anything to say. We finally make it back to my house.
"Well, this is where we part ways. Have a good night and I will call you tomorrow." Renji says with a smile, giving me a hug good night on my front door step.