I'm sorry it took so long

"Eh heh heh~!"

I twitched as I heard that creepy snicker for the 5th time today. There was Rangiku, kneeling on all fours and poking her head through the open doorway in the office. She didn't even bother hiding her presence anymore.

The first day she did this, I thought she was just looking for her "secret" stash of sake without being caught. (I found the stash while cleaning the room a few weeks ago.) On the second day, I thought she wanted to take some sneak pictures for The Seireitei Communication Monthly Magazine again. But today is the third day, and I know for sure she wasn't coming by here every hour just to look for a bottle of sake or take a picture.

"Oi, Rangiku! Just tell me what the hell you want?" I sighed, setting my pen down. It was Wednesday, the week was halfway through, and this week's paperwork is a long way from being finished. What could she possibly want on one of the busiest days in Seireitei?

Before I could blink, she was leaning on my desk from the opposite side, practically drooling on it. "I. Want. Details. All of it," she grinned widely.

"Details? About what?"

"You know," she winked.

I shook my head in confusion, "No, I don't know."

Just what the heck is she on? She kept winking and trying to hint about whatever she was talking about, and eventually crawled over to me and nudged me in the side. "Come on, you can tell me! I won't tell a single soul," she nudged with more force this time, nearly knocking me out of my seat.

I was fed up with whatever she was trying to do. "Rangiku, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about! If you want to know about whatever it is, just tell me straight out!"

"Oh ho ho, playing dumb, still? I'll be back later, and you better be ready to tell me by then. I want all the juicy details!" She snickered before skipping away.

"Wait! At least take your division's paperwork..." I trailed off, tapping the tall stack of papers labeled with a '10' on a sticky note. There was a stack for each division, ready for the other Captains and Lieutenants to sign, but the problem was that I didn't have time to run around delivering paperwork while trying to complete Captain Ukitake's work as well. Why does Captain Kyoraku always drag him off to the bar when he's not bedridden and I need help? Not to mention the third seats were nowhere to be found.

I was about to resume from my small break, but loud whispers outside the office caught my attention instead.

"Why do I have to go in first?"

"Because you're the only one who still denies it!"

"I'm just saying that we should have more proof before assuming things!"

"Well, as your superior, I'm voting you go first, so get your ass in there!"

And with that, Tsukiro stumbled into the office.

I rolled my eyes as he tried to straighten out his clothes. It was obvious he had a struggle with Kimaru. Not only did their attempted whispers gave them away, but they've been acting weird lately, along with Rangiku, Makuno, Hina, Ikkaku, and Yumichika.

"A-ah, Lieutenant, I didn't see you there!" He spoke hurriedly, his voice a pitch higher than usual.

I raised an eyebrow. What the heck are they up to? I've been here for six hours since eight in the morning. How could he NOT know I was here?

"What is it, Tsukiro?"

He turned around for a moment, and I leaned to the side to see what he was looking at behind him. I almost fell out of my chair again after seeing Kimaru, Makuno, and Hina peeking from the doorway and waving at him as if to say "go on!".

Tsukiro quickly turned back around and cleared his throat, going back to his usual "calm" character, "I was wondering if you needed with signing the paperwork?"

"Thanks, but the papers are coming in steady. Why don't you help me deliver these stacks instead?"

He grumbled something under his breath before randomly taking the stack for 4th division and heading out.

3rd POV

"This is not going according to plan..." Kimaru groaned, rubbing his temples as Tsukiro came out of the office with a stack of papers. "We were suppose to go in there one by one, throw her off guard by being nice and helping her with paperwork. Then we would make her spill everything and corner her 4 against 1 if she refused!"

"Kimaru-senpai, she'll hear you if you talk any louder," Hina mumbled.

"Well, so much for your plan," Makuno snickered, but stopped when Tsukiro walked back into the office. "Hey, what are you doing?"

Tsukiro ignored him. "Lieutenant, these three would like to help too," he announced.

The trio's jaws dropped as he ushered them inside. "If I'm going down, then I'm taking you guys with me," he whispered harshly, indicating to the tall stack in his arms and went off to deliver them.

…

The sun was beginning to set as Hina, Makuno, and Kimaru made their way back to the 13th division from delivering paperwork and running errands for their lieutenant.

"Tsukiro-san's not as nice as he looks," Hina sighed, rubbing her sore arms.

"Tch, he ran off after his first delivery and left the rest of the work for us," Makuno grunted.

Kimaru stopped walking and began laughing, creeping out the other two. "Mwahaha! Don't worry, since Plan A was a failure, I used that to my advantage and came up with Plan B!" He pointed to the sky, earning stares from passersby.

Hina and Makuno shared a look.

"And what exactly is Plan B?" Tsukiro asked, pushing himself off from the wall he was leaning on.

Kimaru shifted his finger to point at him, "You! Where the hell have you been this whole entire time?"

"Helping Captain Ukitake and Kyoraku back to their squad barracks since they were too drunk to move," he shrugged, ignoring Kimaru's fuming. "So, tell us about your plan?"

Kimaru grumbled before clearing his throat, "I chose to deliver 6th, 10th, and 11th squad's paperwork earlier for a reason. I've told Abarai that Kinomi wanted to talk to him in her office tonight, and told Matsumoto, Ikkaku, and Yumichika to meet up with us at our squad's entrance. The seven of us will corner them and force them to spill everything!"

The other three sighed.

"This is just like Plan A," Makuno snorted.

"Nuh uh," Kimaru protested. "We have more people on our side this time! We'll have a better chance if we have to end up fighting them!"

"I don't think we have to go that far..." They thought.

"Abarai can just 'Bankai' us and it'll be all over, idiot," Makuno whacked him in the head.

"Well, why don't you come up with a better plan?"

…

"We ended up doing Kimaru-senpai's plan after all," Hina sighed with a pout.

"Oi oi! What's with that look on your face? My plan is foolproof!" Kimaru shouted.

"Um, question?" Yumichika raised his hand, and Kimaru nodded for him to go on. "Why the hell are we in a supply closet?"

Kimaru looked around the dark and cramped closet filled with shelves of cleaning supplies, then his gaze went back to the glares he was receiving. "It's the closest room to the office!"

"Is it really necessary to be hiding in the first place?" Tsukiro mumbled.

"Yeah, my boobs don't have enough room!" Matsumoto cried.

"...Your head's so shiny even in the dark..." Makuno stared in wonder as he rubbed Ikkaku's head.

"Don't touch my head, you brat!"

"Shut up! Abarai will be coming by any second now!"

For some reason, they decided to listen to Kimaru and be quiet, waiting for the footsteps of the familiar redhead.

1st Person POV :)

I could have sworn Kimaru was yelling again, but maybe I've just been cooped up in this office for too long.

"Oh well, if I can get enough sleep tonight, I can pull an all-nighter tomorrow," I stood up and stretched before slumping back to my tired form, dragging my feet to the door and ready to collapse any moment. But before I could touch the door, it magically opened by itself. Oh, wait, it's just Renji...

"What are you doing here? I'm tired," I groaned, rubbing my eyes to stay awake a little longer.

"What am I doing here? You're the one who told me to meet you in your office tonight," he scratched his head, giving me a strange look.

"When did I say that? I don't have time for chatting with all this work."

"But your 4th seat said-..." he paused.

4th seat? My 4th seat? Kimaru?

We sighed at the same time. What the hell does he think he's doing?

As if he read my mind, the brilliant, crazy and slightly bi-polar 4th seat appeared at the doorway with the rest of his wonderful (and also crazy) minions.

"Spill... Now!" He pointed at me and Renji, while we only raised an eyebrow.

Right now, I want nothing more than to crawl to my room and snuggle into bed, yet these weirdos keep popping out of nowhere lately. Can't a girl rest once in a while?

"Spill what?" I glared at all of them. They flinched but quickly recovered and pushed me and Renji onto the small couch while surrounding us.

I jumped when I felt Rangiku's breathing on me from behind. "4 days ago on Sunday... what were you and Renji doing in your room?" She interrogated.

"...Huh?" I looked around at all the curious faces before looking at Renji, who seemed just as confused as me. I tapped my finger to my chin.

Sunday? Oh, that was my free day! And the same day everyone was started to act all weird around me...

"Fishing," I responded.

Now it was everyone else's turn to look confused. "W-what?" Makuno stuttered.

"You're talking about that day Renji invited himself into my room right?"

They nodded.

"Yeah, we were fishing," I nodded to confirm it and Renji had an 'oh' look on his face when he remembered.

Yumichika coughed to get our attention, "Let me get this straight. You two were fishing... in your room?"

I sighed, knowing they wouldn't believe me unless I showed them. "Come on," I said, waving for them to follow.

When I opened the door to my room, all seven of them began looking around. There wasn't much in the room though. Just a bed, a closet, a drawer, and small decorations on the walls. But what they didn't know was that the "wall" across from the door wasn't a wall at all. They watched as I slid the "wall" open, revealing the pond and deck.

"My room is one of the few that's by the pond. The amount of fish have increased lately so Captain Ukitake told me if I have nothing to do, it was alright to go fishing as long as I put them back." I looked at everyone as they stepped out onto the deck with me. "Satisfied?"

"Wait a minute! We heard you guys talking too!" Kimaru protested and everyone else agreed.

"...So, you were eavesdropping?" I growled and they shrunk back.

Renji snickered at their expressions until I glared at him too. I rubbed my temples and sighed loudly, "If I tell you guys what happened, will you leave and let me get some sleep?"

They nodded vigorously.

Flashback FTW

I sighed for the umpteenth time from my seat on the bed as Renji continues to explore my room aimlessly. Seriously, there is nothing to see here, so why the hell did he want to come in anyway?

He snorted, "Wow, you really have nothing in here."

I rolled my eyes, "That's what I've been trying to tell you this whole entire time."

He gave up on finding something in my room to entertain himself and settled for sitting next to me instead... only to get kicked off.

"You've seen my room. Satisfied, yes? Good. Now, get out," I yanked him by the sleeve at an attempt to make him leave, but he didn't budge. Why won't he leave?

"Your wall has a huge crack in it," he pointed, as if he didn't even feel me pulling.

I twitched, "That's because it's a door that leads outside to the pond."

He grinned like a little kid and rushed over to slide it open as my face met my hand.

Me and my big mouth.

I followed behind, but crashed into his back when he stopped. "What are you doing?" I mumbled, walking in front of him while rubbing my nose.

"I thought I just heard Ikkaku-san shouting my name..." He scratched his head and looked around before shrugging, "Maybe I'm just imagining it."

I snorted and plopped on the deck, letting my bare feet hanging over the edge, "Do you always imagine Ikkaku screaming your name?"

A light blush covered his face at the realization of my words, "You are one sick girl."

"That's because I've been hanging around you lately."

He laughed and sat next to me, "Good point."

'He's not even denying it,' I sweatdropped as he continued laughing.

He stopped when something caught his attention. "Your Captain actually lets you fish from his pond?" He nudged his head in the direction of the fishing poles laying next to my door.

"Yeah, he said it was fine as long as I put the fish back."

"Well, let's start fishing then!"

I didn't have time to protest before he tossed me a rod. He was already on his feet, placing his rod on his shoulder like he does with Zabimaru. "You're kidding," I mumbled, refusing to get off my lazy butt.

"Suit yourself..."

He took a breath before swing the rod wildly in the air; the hook barely missing my face. "Ah, you're not doing it right!" I yelped, pulling myself into a ball and placed my rod in front of my face at an attempt of defense.

"What do you know? I've had more experience than you!" Renji exclaimed, dropping the line in the water.

"Yeah, right," I snorted. Obviously he thinks fishing is like wielding a sword.

"It's all in the wrist," he chuckled.

"You're making all of this up. You've never done this before!" I accused, shaking my fist at him.

"Well, neither have you!"

"Oh, yeah?"

"Oh, yeah!"

As soon as those words left his mouth, a visible tug was on his line. He gave me a cheshire grin before giving a harsh pull at the rod. Not only was he able to pull the fish out, but he managed to fling it into my lap.

"Damn it, Renji. I just changed my clothes!" I glared at him while pushing the flopping fish back into the pond.

"...And that's pretty much what happened," I shrugged while everyone but Renji looked at me dumbfounded.

"Are you sure?" Matsumoto asked suspiciously, leaning closer to my face.

"Yes, I'm 100% sure," I pushed her back. "Why? What did you think was going on?"

Her eyes widened, "Uh, w-well, you know..." she trailed off, with a small blush on her face. It seems everyone else knew what she meant because they started to turn red too. Before I could ask, she harshly pulled Yumichika and Ikkaku by the wrists and left. Kimaru, Makuno, Tsukiro, and Hina scampered off, too.

"What was she talking about?" I asked Renji, who was the only one left.

He froze, "Uhhh... you don't want to know... I-I'll see you tomorrow or something..."

And then there was one...

I pouted, "Dead people are so weird..."

Enjoy being a freshman and sophomore in high school kiddies... Junior year is a $*%#$*^$&(*!

Tell me if there were any typos... I'm too lazy to go through it xD