eh... sorry it's kinda... short?
Longer memo at the end :)
"-...around the 7th division and disperse...-"
I tuned out Sasakibe's boring speech about whatever the heck he was talking about, and I'm sure (almost) everybody else was doing the same. All available Lieutenants were gathered 2 hours ago to discuss about repairs and damages.
Though it's been a while since the Aizen-Incident, we haven't gotten much done and Seireitei was still pretty much a mess. (No thanks to the 11th division... not that I'm pointing fingers or anything.)
I jumped slightly when I felt something nudge my foot, it was none other than Renji, who was currently sitting across from me. His eyes shifted to where my arm was resting on the table and I noticed there was a note.
'You look bored'
I snatched a pen from the table and responded.
'Really? I haven't noticed'
'No need for sarcasm... Wanna grab a drink later?'
I inwardly groaned.
'For the last time, I DON'T DRINK. You're probably planning to get me drunk and rape me for all I know xP'
'You have no idea ;)'
A dash of pink flashed my cheeks, as I crumpled up the note and chucked it between his eyes when Sasakibe wasn't looking. Everyone else around us wasn't as oblivious though. Two seats in front of me, Rangiku was chuckling to herself, and Iba from across snorted in amusement.
Sasakibe cleared his throat to silence the mumbled laughter, "Here are the rough prints of each squad's assigned sections and the other squad you'll be working with. We start tomorrow morning..."
I glanced at the map handed to me and scanned for the number 13 along with the Snowdrop flower.
'Ah, near the West Gate... EH?'
Right next to the '13', was a '6' along with a Camellia.
'Sniff'
"What's wrong, short stuff?" Kimaru paused from hammering the roof to glance at me.
"It's not fair!" I shook my fists, which were clenching some large nails. Everyone nearby ducked out of the way so they wouldn't get scratched. "Out of all the squads, why are we the ones that had to work with the 6th division?"
"Aww, is Renji putting the moves on you again?" He snickered.
"No, he's not, and he never was!" I slammed the hammer dangerously close to his foot.
"Or maybe you were the one putting the moves on him... Now you're too embarrassed to be near him," Tsukiro stated calmly, walking past us with wooden planks piled onto his shoulder.
"Where's all this coming from?" I cried.
Kimaru shrugged, "You guys have been at each other's necks for a while now... Just thought something might be going on..."
"For your information, NOTHING'S going on!" A couple of nails slipped out of my hand and dropped on an unsuspecting victim below the roof.
"What the hell?"
"Oops. Sorry, Maku-chan~!"
"It's Makuno!" he retorted.
Kimaru crawled to the edge of the roof and leaned over on his stomach, "Maku-Maku's being a little brat again," he teased, but was cut short when a hammer flew up and hit him right in the face, leaving a red mark. "Is that any way to treat your superior?" he shook his fists at him.
"When the superior is being an absolute idiot, then yes!"
"Ooh, he's got you there!" It was my turn to laugh. "You might wanna ice that later."
"I know that!" he growled.
Hina just happen to pass by below us and heard the commotion. "Kimaru-san, what happened to your face?"
Makuno and I started snickering again and he groaned, "Don't ask, Hina..."
"Makuno threw a hammer in his face," Tsukiro stated, appearing next to her.
"When did you get down there?" Kimaru and I exclaimed.
One of the things I like about Seireitei, is that I could walk around in the middle of the night without worrying about getting stalked or harassed...
Except maybe for a couple of random drunkards here and there...
But they're harmless...
Most of the time...
Anyways, I was heading back to the squad barracks after a long day working at the West Gate. The damage was worse than we thought, so we're probably gonna be stuck there for at least a week. A lot of squad members were out on patrol in Rukongai and the world of the living, so that didn't help either.
"Hey."
A hand grasped my shoulder firmly, sending my heart into a frenzy and ready to attack whoever it was... which is exactly what I did.
"What the hell?"
"R-Renji?"
The redhead was sprawled out on the ground with a small trickle of blood running down his nose. "Geez, do you always go around punching people like that?" he grunted, pushing himself back to a standing position.
"Well, when idiots like you pop out of nowhere and scare the crap out of me, yeah!" I put a hand to my chest, feeling my heart slowly falling back into it's regular beat. "What are you doing out so late anyway?"
He fell into step beside me, "I should be asking you the same thing. You know what kind of drunk idiots are out here grabbing people from the shadows?"
I fought the urge to roll my eyes, "Of course I do. Hisagi-san, Captain Kyoraku, Kira-kun, Iba-san, Ikkaku, Kimaru, and most recently: You," my finger was at his chest as we stopped walking at an intersection.
"W-what? I'm not even drunk!"
"But you're, and I quote, "grabbing people from the shadows"."
Well, that's a crappy way to end a chapter... that's too short to even be called a chapter -stabbed-
I've been saracastic and annoyed lately so maybe this kinda reflected off of my mood :( Ah, whatever... I feel accomplished because I finally updated :D WORSHIP MEEEE! BWAHAHAHA! ahem-...
I wanted to show a bit of Kinomi's relationship with my other OCs, but I didn't want to update without any Renji in it (it is a Renji story afterall) And I didn't really think through it when I was typing this up... just randomly inserted whatever came to my mind at the time.
And if you're wondering about the title of this chapter well... heh heh... I was playing Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, and I looked at the back of the game and in the rating box, the first thing that's written was: "Alcohol Reference" and I couldn't stop laughing for awhile. Cause we all know that Bleach wouldn't be the same without the drunks xD whom I love... A LOT :D and that's when the alcohol references were inserted in this chap.
Reviews would be great even if this isn't my best chapter :)