Yay another chapter! This one is pretty short too so I'm updating quicker to compensate. Also thank you to all my reviewers and readers, you make me so happy! Well then, here you go.

Chapter 3 – Confusion

Byakuya stood staring at his closed office door, mouth slightly ajar, mind racing. His Vice-Captain had just kissed him. Kissed. Him. Byakuya couldn't remember being kissed since his wife died some 50 years before.

Why? That was the question that kept coming back to him. Why on earth would Renji kiss him? It could hardly be attraction, no, Renji had hated Byakuya since he adopted Rukia. So then why? To tease him? Confuse him? Well he certainly did that, Byakuya thought angrily. Maybe it's pay-back for this morning. After all, I did tease him quite a bit, and he was not happy about it, that's for sure.

Byakuya walked out of the office, slowly making his way back to his mansion, still in a very confused state of mind. He nearly walked into several people, completely unaware of his surroundings. Until he found himself outside Renjis front door, that is.

Byakuya was quite shocked by this, even though it wasn't really that strange. Having thought so much about his Vice-Captain, his feet had unconsciously brought him to stand in front of his door. Shaking his head slightly and resisting the urge to knock the door and have Renji explain his strange behaviour, Byakuya kept walking. As he did so, he kept a close eye on his feet so that they didn't go wandering to any other unwanted places.

He finally arrived at the giant Kuchiki-mansion and was greeted by several servants.

"How was your day, Kuchiki-sama?"

"Quite stressful" Byakuya said truthfully. "I will retire to my room at once. Make sure no one disturbs me"

"Of course, Kuchiki-sama"

With that Byakuya swept through the long halls, finally arriving in his bedroom. Feeling completely exhausted for no real reason, he fell down (gracefully, it is Byakuya after all) onto his futon, fully dressed.

Now that he was alone again, his mind immediately went back to Renji and the kiss he had given Byakuya. He kept playing the scene over and over in his head.

"How is that for a reward, Captain Kuckiki?"

Reward... That meant Renji got something out of the kiss, right? Was it attraction? Byakuya had dismissed the thought before, but now he began to wonder. Or was the reward to see Byakuyas shocked face as payback for always teasing Renji?

Oh dear. This was just too much for Byakuyas poor mind to take, and he felt a headache coming on as he kept pondering. If Renji did it to piss him off or to get some sort of payback, that was fine. Byakuya had to admit that he could sometimes get on peoples nerves, Renjis in particular.

However, if Renji actually had feelings for him, that would be troublesome. Not that Byakuya had anything against Renji, quite the opposite in fact. Byakuya was rather fond of his messy Vice-Captain, but he didn't like him like that. Also, even if he did, that would mean breaking every written and unwritten rule in the whole of Soul Society, and that was something Byakuya was not fond of.

In the end Byakuya gave up on trying to figure out Renjis reasons for the kiss and instead went to bed early, with a throbbing head and a troubled mind.

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Renji, on the other hand, felt very pleased with himself. He'd done it! He'd kissed his Captain! And the expression on Byakuyas face had so been worth the risk. To see him so completely dumbstruck was absolutely priceless. Also kissing Byakuya had another little plus. Even though Renji really didn't want to admit it he had quite enjoyed the kiss, cherishing the feeling of Byakuyas soft lips against his...

Byakuya was of course a very attractive man, something that Renji had not failed to notice, and so kissing him was a double treat to Renji. Therefore, he went to bed feeling unusually cheerful, not thinking about the fact that he had to meet with his Captain the next day as well...

Well, that was the third chapter! If you liked it or have any thoughts at all, please leave a review. The next one will be longer. And there will be a little teaser lemon in the beginning, though nothing big, it's just to spice things up a little ;) Anyways, hope you enjoyed!