Title: Late – Part 1
Date: 14 January, 2009
Words: 763
Characters: Matsumoto, Hitsugaya, mentions of Unohana, Ukitake and Kyoraku
Pairings: Hitsugaya & Matsumoto
Summary: Matsumoto is late…
Inspiration: I actually have no idea why this idea popped into my head…
Rating: PG-13/T – I've named off some, erm, things used for sex. 8-) Nothing too graphic, but, some people are kind of sensitive to that sort of thing.
Everything had gone smoothly of late. Well, at least as good as smooth got these days. The paperwork was always stacked three feet high when he came into the office of the mornings, Matsumoto still tried to skirt around doing her work every possible chance, and Ukitake still tried to stash candy in the office as some sort of twisted surprise for him.
Well, today apparently Ukitake and Kyoraku must have gone in together on the gift. When he arrived back from the taicho meeting, he found a basket – saran wrapped with a bow – on his desk. That in and of itself wasn't so terrible. Actually, it was one of the more elaborate gifts Ukitake enjoyed giving, a basket of candy. Except, upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn't candy at all. No, it was much worse.
Unless you count bubblegum, grape, lemon, cherry, and chocolate flavored condoms as candy. Oh, but it did get better. Though he could say, even if he'd never admit it aloud, that Matsumoto might enjoy it. He decided to open it, the perverted side of him taking over, and Hyourinmaru dying to know, and discovered a varied assortment of things.
There were six small bottles of lubricant, something that looked like a vibrator, a… thing looking to be made of rubber and shaped like… well, you get the idea. He didn't know why in god's name they'd decided to include that particular 'gift' as he wouldn't be using it. And he refused to let Matsumoto use it, either. Aside from that most distracting gift was incense, an incense burner, three pairs of edible underwear, three small votive candles 'guaranteed to heighten sexual pleasure' and, finally, the candy.
Chocolate made specifically for licking off of your partner's body. Eh, Matsumoto would have a hay day with that. He still didn't care much for candy. Even if she was wearing only that and nothing else.
He stowed the basket of 'goodies' away in the closet, so that if anyone should decide to walk in, he wouldn't be embarrassed about it. Well, overly. Typically, unless they were Matsumoto, everyone seemed to keep their noses out of places like the closet.
He had no idea where his fukutaicho was. In the two years of their being together, she'd barely changed. He guessed that was good, all things considered. Even living together, she rarely made it to work on time, and she never did her paperwork, at least not all of it. But, he dealt with it the same as always. He assigned her more fieldwork, and she willingly made up for it at home ten times over anyway.
Still, he couldn't help wondering where she was. She told him yesterday that she had an appointment with Unohana for a routine checkup. When he inquired why she was going back in only three weeks, she explained in detail what kind of visit it was. For the 'female anatomy' part of her. But, she'd also said the appointment was scheduled for the morning. It was after noon now.
Hitsugaya set to work, trying to get through all of the paperwork he could before it was too late in the afternoon. They were supposed to go to lunch together, and who knew when she'd show, but, he wanted as much of the stupid stuff out of the way as possible. The earlier he finished, the earlier he could go home. And, the earlier he could experiment with some of those things, Hyourinmaru put in. To which Hitsugaya told the dragon, "And if I want to? Stop being such a damned pervert."
When Matsumoto finally traipsed in the door of their office around half past one, she had a strange look on her face. Almost as if she were equally worried and excited.
"Taicho-o-o," she sang, forcing him to look up at her.
"Yes, Matsumoto?" Hitsugaya cocked his head to the side, quirking an eyebrow and looking quizzically to her.
"I have something to tell you," she sang again, still with that unusual look on her face. Her voice seemed the same as always, though.
"What is it Matsumoto? And where have you been? It's not like you to try to stand me up for lunch," he half-smiled as he spoke.
"I've been with Unohana taicho and Isane-san, and Hanataro-kun, too. It just took a lot longer than expected," she replied.
"Oh, I suppose." He really didn't know what to say. It was quite possibly the first time her excuse had been legitimate.
"Taicho," Matsumoto bit her lower lip, looking outright worried now. Hitsugaya looked to her again, a questioning look in his eyes. "I'm late."