Thank you, Rebecca Black. I was able to finish this chapter because of your song playing repeat on demand in my head.

Captain Ukitake wasn't feeling so well today... Which means I was stuck with his paperwork (again), but since I was in charge of the group that was repairing the West Gate area, I had to take all of the paperwork with me. And when I say "all" of the paperwork, I mean ALL of it. There was so much that Kimaru and Makuno had to help me carry it to my temporary "office", which consisted of a plain desk and chair placed outside. It was partly my fault I had so much, though. I guess I've been slacking off lately. But never mind that, doing paperwork in the shade means means NO grunt work in the sun!

"Have fun hitting nails for 9 hours, suckers!" I grinned, placing rocks on the stacks of papers so they wouldn't blow away.

"Lieutenant~ Would you like some help with all that paperwork?" Kimaru cooed.

I stuck my tongue out, "Nice try, Maru-chan~!" He cringed at the nickname.

"How stupid do you think I am? When you call me by anything that doesn't have a reference to me being short, I know you want something. The answer's: NO. Now get your ass back on the roof and start fixing something."

"That friggin' midget..." he mumbled while walking away, thinking I was out of earshot.

That remark earned him a rock to the back. "Hey!"

"My hand slipped," I smirked. "I need that back by the way... before the papers start blowing away."

He chucked it at my head, but I caught it before it made contact, "Thank you~!"

He walked away, mumbling again.

One thing I can't stand, is the heat. Of course I don't like paperwork. Who doesn't? But I'd rather work in the shade than in the blazing hot sun any day.

"Want some help with that paperwork?" A voice hummed in my ear.

Thinking it was Kimaru, I swung my fist back to hit him, only for it to be caught. "You seem to have a habit of hitting me lately."

Renji.

"Maybe it's because you're the one who has a habit of popping out of nowhere," I retorted. "Friggin' pineapple head..."

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

"...So, back to my question: Want some help?"

"No thanks." If he helps me finish this before it's time we go back to the barracks, then I'll have to go back to working in the sun. "Why don't you help those girls from your squad over there?" I pointed at the small group of girls who "forgot" to bring the ladders and need a certain lieutenant to help carry them to the roof.

Renji snorted, "They can help themselves."

I smirked, "You're so cruel, Lieutenant Abarai... Ignoring your subordinates when they're in need of your help."

"Like you should be talking! I bet you're planning to sit here all day and watch your squad do all the grunt work."

"Well, unlike you, I actually have something important to do," I indicated to the papers, smirking when he struggled to find his own excuse.

"That's what I thought. Now go annoy someone else."

POV CHANGE?

(Change... OVER!) Been watching too much P.o.T...

"Renji~!"

"Rangiku?"

"Hi~!"

Renji sighed as he watched her prance into his office before settling on top of his desk. After a long day of work, he definitely didn't need this in the middle of the night. He swore his paperwork have been breeding since he left this morning. "What do you want?"

"Seems you've been annoying our dear Kinomi lately," she wiggled her eyebrows in a suggestive way.

"Well, if I have to work with her from now on, I might as well get some fun out of it."

She giggled, "Aren't you having enough fun just seeing her everyday?"

"Huh?" he had a dumbfounded look on his face which made Rangiku roll her eyes.

"Oblivious bastard," she muttered, jumping off his desk and stomping back outside.

Renji scoffed, "What the hell's her problem? Tch, didn't even bother closing my door," and he stalked over to slide the door close before he heard Rangiku squealing. "Ki-no-mi-chan~!"

He leaned outside just to have a body shoved roughly into his chest, knocking him to the floor . "Get some, Renji!" Ranigku cheered, lighting a small blush to his face.

"Don't be too excited, Pineapple. The only thing you're getting is paperwork," Kinomi sighed, handing him the stack of papers. She pushed herself up and peered inside his office, "You're not done with the ones I gave you earlier?"

He snorted, "Gee, what gave me a- You put all these papers in here?"

"That's what I just said, didn't I? You better hurry, I just finished all my work so I have the next few days off," she smirked. He smirked right back without hesitation, "Don't forget about your captain's work too."

"I didn't. I just delivered them to Captain Kuchiki."

His eye twitched, 'Damn this girl... She's fast...'

She turned around to make her exit, "Well, if that's all you wanted to say, later!"

He twitched again, watching as she practically skipped away.

"You've got to put more manliness into it, Lieutenant Abarai!" Rangiku popped out from the corner just down the hall, running over to stand in front of him.

Renji groaned and rubbing his forehead, "Why are you still here? I've got enough to deal with," he pointed to his office. She laughed and gave a loud snort... Now that he looked closer, Rangiku's face was flushed and her words were slightly slurred. "Are you drunk?"

"Nooooo! Don't accuse me of such things! Here, have some sake!" She stuck her hand in her uniform and pulled out a bottle of sake from her, uh, chest.

"I was in enough trouble last time I drank in here! Take it back and leave!" he shoved the bottle away.

She shoved it back, "B-But... I brought it just for you!" She pouted, waving her finger around absentmindedly.

"Just leave before we both get in trou-"

"Abarai," a deep voice echoed from the other end of the hallway.

"Captain Kuchiki," he gulped, watching his captain walk briskly towards him, followed by... Kinomi?

"Eh? Didn't you just leave?" he pointed.

She rubbed the back of her head with a sheepish grin, "Yeah... but I forgot to give the rest of these papers to your captain," she showed him the small stack before heading to the office to set them aside.

Before he noticed, his captain had appeared right beside him, staring harshly at the bottle of sake. "Abarai..."

"I-I can explain-!"

"Weeeee~!" Rangiku was now having fun on a spinning chair she dragged out from the office. Renji could have sworn he saw Kinomi laughing silently when she came back out.

"Abarai, escort her back to the 10th division, if you may..."

Translation: "You better take her back right now or I'll Senbonzakura your ass"

"Y-Yes, Captain," he bowed before attempting to tug Rangiku off the chair.

"It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday~!"

Kinomi raised an eyebrow, "Um, Rangiku-san, Friday was yester-"

"Yesterday was Thursday~! Today it is Friday~!"

"Abarai..."

"I'll take her back right away, Captain!"

"Partyin' Partyin' Yeah! Fun fun fun fun~!"

"...I'm going home..."

Yerrrr I know the day I published this chapter wasn't on a Friday... or Saturday... whatever it says above...

You know those annoying people who's always singing Friday when it's... well, Friday? And then making a variation of the song every other day of the week? Yeah, I'm one of them xD
Sorry, I couldn't help it. I had to spread the mood around. Thanks to Rebecca, I think everyday is Friday... o.O

It's been... almost 4 months... yeah, I really have no excuse besides the usual "school", "i'm too lazy", and the new "tennis tournaments keep me away"
Don't you just feel like hunting me down and choking me with a santa hat in my sleep? THE GAME! :D

I was checking the story traffic for the last chapter and was like "DAMNNNNNN..." almost 200 people clicked it on the firsy day it was published.

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU GUYS RIGHT?

My toilet paper smells like cucumbers btw...

So... is the song stuck in your head now?