Shunsui and Nanao

On the second day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me
Two story books,
And a bottle of sake

"What is it, taichou?" Nanao asked as she unwrapped her first present.

"They are fairytale books based on western fairytales", Shunsui smiled. "I thought it would be a nice challenge for you to learn English."

"Thank you, taichou" Nanao smiled one of her rare smiles making his heart jump from joy. Maybe just maybe she does like me…he thought"

TAICHOU I THINK THE SAKE IS MISPLACED!"

"Read the label at the bottle and the card attached to it," Shunsui mumbled.

Nanao read the card first. "Dear little Nanao, forgive me for leaving you out of the blue"Quickly she read the label of the sake "meet me at the fukutaichou office"

Nanao hugged Shunsui quickly and kissed him tenderly. "Thank you"

The older man had practically hearts in his eyes and smiled as he held her tight.

Nanao knocked nervously at the door of her own office

"Just come in, why do you knock on your own door?" sounded the familiar voice

The 8th division fukutaichou walked in and when she saw the older woman tears started running down her cheeks. "Yadomaru-sama…."

"Lisa works just fine," the former fukutaichou mumbled as she hugged Nanao. "My little sister, I missed you so much" she whispered and held Nanao's face between her hands. "Shunsui is right for once. You blossomed into a lovely woman.

"Nanao blushed at the name of her taichou.

"Nanao-chan, give that drunk a chance or else he'll slack of his entire existence"

Nanao blushed and smiled a bit. "If you say it's okay then I will."

"This is my Christmas gift to you" Lisa whispered a bit nervous

Nanao pushed her glasses better on her nose and saw an old rusty photo frame with a young woman and a baby. "This is…?"

"You and I," Lisa said softly "when we were alive…"

"We were sisters?" Nanao questioned shocked

"Yes, I came across a family who was about to move away and they left this photo together with old papers in a box to be thrown away so I took the photo and papers. They were our birth certificates, my marriage certificate, letters to us on our birthdays and a doll."

"I don't need to know any of my past life, only that you are my sister," Nanao decided firmly and put the papers in her drawer.

up next: Kisuke and Yoruichi...