DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BLEACH, KUBO TITE DOES BUT I AM NOT JEALOUS ABOUT THAT SINCE I CAN PUT ALL HIS CHARACTERS IN AWKWARD SITUATIONS. :)
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Chapter 6
Renji was slow but he was not by any means stupid. The moment Gin approached him and started asking questions about Shuuhei's latest "plaything", as the silver-haired man so blatantly put it; his insides did a back flip. What could he possibly want with Ichigo? The guy maybe his senpai's senpai but he would not easily volunteer information.
Gin had been wearing his trademark eerie grin. This only made the redhead even warier as if he knew that the man was up to no good, which he probably was. This wariness made the silver-haired man walk away empty handed. Of course, Renji knew the man would try a different approach to satiate his so-called curiosity.
The redhead was also aware of the dubious relationship the man had with Izuru. The blond was one of his closest friends after all. What he could not fathom was what Izuru saw in him that made the sensitive blond go back to the man again and again. As much as he wanted to stop the blond from seeing the silver-haired man, he could not. A simple telling off would not work, the blond would simply not listen.
Back when Shuuhei and Izuru were together, the blond was more… balanced. But sometimes, he could not figure the man out. It was as if he craved for something that would unsettle his happy little world. That was when the silver haired man came into the picture. The red head could not just figure out what made his friend fall for that man and in the process cheat on his senpai. For all what he was worth, Shuuhei stood by the blond man, even if he knew the relationship was spiraling downward. He knew his senpai tried his damn best, but it was all for nothing. The least he could do for the man was offer his friendship and support when the break up became inevitable.
During that time, he tried his hardest not to take sides, even if he knew the blond man was at fault. He was still Izuru's friend, no matter what, and he would not judge his friend for what he did. It broke his heart when the blond approached him, with tears in his eyes, telling him everything that had happened between him and Shuuhei, and Gin. Maybe he should've pummeled that fox face into the ground for seducing Izuru in the first place…
The silver haired man was another story altogether. (1)
He now had a fucking migraine, thanks to his over-analysis of his friends' issues. Really. Sometimes, being a good friend was dangerous to his mental health. Where had he put that bottle of aspirin when he needed it?
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a/n: poor renji! so far my shortest chap to date... but i just had to have renji make another appearance and vietshinigami has asked me once how shuu and izuru broke up. i actually wanted somebody else's point of view on the matter, so renji was perfect. it's been a loooooong time since i wrote a chapter and i've been so stressed out lately, making it even harder for me to brainstorm...
(1) i mean that literally. as in another chap just for our dear gin. but i have yet to think of what to put in it...
okay then until the next chapter.