Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
It was just awkward.
Although the amusement park was filled with shouts and yells, the silence between 6th Division captain and lieutenant was just plain awkward.
And when a little toddler ran into Byakuya's "noble" slacks and spilled melted strawberry ice-cream all over his clothes, it was even more awkward.
"WAHHHH!" The kid broke into cries, plopping down right on Byakuya's foot. A woman who seemed to be the kid's mother came rushing to her son, saying "sorry" about hundred times. Byakuya kept his face collected, but Renji could swear that he saw Byakuya's eyebrow twitching ever so slightly.
Unfortunately, that wasn't end for poor Byakuya.
Renji was scared out of his mind that his captain would lose it and release his shikai when they came across the eleventh's division's group, with Yachiru laughing her head off at Byakuya's ice cream mark.
"YAY! BYAKUSHI HAD A CANDY! BUY US A CANDY! CANDY!"
"I see that you have trashed your way of being a noble, Kuchiki." The 11th Division captain smirked, glancing down at the pink blotch near Byakuya's knee.
"How ugly," Yumichika said. "Pink and being actually doesn't match at all, in fact…" and so on he kept babbling about colors.
Byakuya kept his temper down, until he had to bite his lower lip to stop from shouting. Renji just turned white and whiter as the eleventh division people threw rude remarks and comments; he had to try his best to run away as far away as he can to avoid Senbonzakura, Byakuya's zanpaktou. After all, Renji did see Byakuya's hand going for his sword.
And Renji could not help but tap on Ikaku's shoulder and tell him to get on going.
"Taichou…don't mind them." Renji said, hoping to help his captain's mood.
"I do not care about the rude and disrespectful things that those lowly people had just said." Byakuya said, still managing to keep his face straight and emotionless. Sometimes Renji wondered how Byakuya could keep on that face, all day long.
When they happened to get in line for a Ferris Wheel while thinking that it was a line for existing out of the amusement park, it was even worse.
"I now understand why so many people are eager to get out of this place," Byakuya said, glancing at the crowd of people in line ahead of him.
Another awkward silence made Renji feel nervous. He did not have a good feeling about this line- maybe because he had to stand Byakuya's cold stares for another hour.
Surprisingly, the line didn't continue for long, thank goodness, and that's when Byakuya and Renji both found out about the Ferris Wheel. The sad thing was, they were already inside the Ferris Wheel when they realized that this was just another ride, not an exit.
"Taichou, do you have any idea what we're supposed to do here?" Renji asked.
"Patience, Renji. I suppose if this is another silly ride, it would at least do something other than circling around." Byakuya said, closing his eyes.
"Uh... Taichou?" Renji asked again.
"What is it, Renji?" Byakuya said, his patience running low. He wasn't in a good mood right now, and leaving him alone would've been the best choice. Apparently, Renji did not seem to get that lesson even after decades of being next to Byakuya.
"Um, it seems that the Perry, Fres, no, the Ferris Wheel has stopped."
"…"
"Taichou?"
"We shall wait." Byakuya said, trying his best to keep an annoyance out of his voice.
"Should we get out of the window or something?"
"The window's too small."
"We can change into shinigami or something and get out of here." Renji was desperate to get out of the ride; he was NOT going to be stuck in this small space with his captain.
Byakuya let out a small sigh, closed his eyes again, and opened the palm of his hand, causing a blue fire to sprout out and crash the side.
"Tai…chou…. I don't think that it's a good idea to do that right now…" Renji muttered.
It was too late for him.
Renji found himself falling down 50ft straight to the ground… right onto a certain orange-headed teenage boy.
"Nii-sama!" Rukia cried when she saw Byakuya gently coming down from the sky, as if he was coming down the stairs. He kept his face refrained from showing a hint of disturbance, and just closed his eyes again.
Still, Rukia was sure that she heard Byakuya murmur something about "Ferris Wheel" and "an exit" to himself.
"NIi-sama, just what…?"
"Oi, Renji, what was THAT for, huh?" Ichigo shouted from one side after crawling out of a small crater he made, cutting off Rukia.
"Well, I couldn't help it! I'm in a gigai right now, so what am I supposed to do?"
"You might as well as check out what's below you if you enjoy crashing down so much!"
"Shut up! It was my tai-" Renji stopped in the middle of his sentence, glanced at Byakuya, and continued on. "It was, uh, the stupid ride that got us stuck!"
"Don't you know how to wait?"
The two started bickering, as always, when Rukia asked again.
"Nii-sama, how did you like this place?" Even before Byakuya opened his mouth to say Terrible, Ichigo stopped (finally) his little argument and turned his attention to Byakuya- or the pink blotch on Byakuya's slacks. Probably the latter one.
And Ichigo just had to open his mouth.
"Wait, Byakuya. Is that a pink ice cream spill on your clothes?" Ichigo looked at the blotch, then at Byakuya, then at the blotch again, back and forth, and finally bursted into loud guffaws. "YOU? YOU with a mess? A pink mess?"
Ichigo, you're going to get yourself in a pink mess very soon, Renji thought.
"Senbonzakura."
All Rukia and Renji could do was to pray for Ichigo's afterlife.
A/N: Please review!