DISCLAIMER: I don't own Bleach or any of the characters associated with it. They belong to their respective owners. This storyline, however, does belong to me.

WiNdGoDdEsS688: Hehe, well... writing this fic is the only thing keeping me sane DURING finals.

Blue Brightness: :D I'm flattered that you like my writing so much. Means a lot to me, actually. :DD...

Conterra-san: Babbling Hisana will be back soon enough. ;D I have plenty of uses for her... :3...

thelovablechelsea: Oof, I'm still scared of the dark. D: And no secrets this time, I changed my mind. ;-;

A/N: I know I promised more secrets, but I had a concert and had a random moment of a different idea, so I kinda strung it together and stuff! Next chapter, however... Byakuya will make up all the secrets he owes Hisana. (Or confessions, rather. Mehehehe.)

The House of Kuchiki

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

"Psst... Byakuya-sama." A whisper from nearby, yet still far away.

"Be quiet, Kanaye! You'll wake them." Closer now, another whisper.

"He shouldn't be sleeping out here. Byakuya-sama. Wake up." Kanaye whispered a bit louder, waking Byakuya, who had decided to keep his eyes closed, from his sleep.

"I think they look cute. We should leave 'em alone..." The second whisperer went to leave.

"Well, it's certainly too late now..." Byakuya's eyes opened slowly and he looked down at the deeply sleeping Hisana. Try as he might, the smile he made a valiant effort to suppress managed to sneak its way out. She had curled closer to him sometime after he had fallen asleep, and was now resting her hand on his chest, breathing deeply.

What exactly had her last secret been in response to his? Byakuya frowned. He remembered vaguely... But... Had she even finished her sentence? They were both too exhausted to think straight, he remembered, and failed in his attempt to hold back a yawn as the two servants watched him in silence.

"What exactly compelled you to come wake me?" Byakuya looked back at them sleepily, absentmindedly running his fingers through Hisana's hair gently.

"It was all Kanaye's idea!" The young female servant was quick to defend herself. Byakuya never paid much attention to her anyways, but he still scared her; as nice as he had been recently, he wasn't always that way.

Kanaye sighed. "WE were worried that you and Hisana-san would catch a cold, Byakuya-sama."

Byakuya looked around. "The weather is nice enough. You couldn't just get a blanket and leave us alone?" He raised an eyebrow, obviously not too happy with his servants' decisions.

The young servant pouted. "We don't want you to get sick, Byakuya-sama. You've been bad enough recently with that injury!" She had said that a lot louder than she intended, and bit her lower lip when Hisana stirred a bit in her sleep.

Kanaye eyed Byakuya carefully. "Look what you've done, you foolish girl..."

Byakuya rolled his eyes. "I'm tired. And comfortable where I am. And I was sleeping PERFECTLY fine for the FIRST time in A WEEK. And your idiocy is bound to wake her."

The servants didn't move, obviously still not catching on.

"... Dismissed." Byakuya leaned back against the tree slowly, trying to not wake Hisana.

The servants still remained, staring at him dumbfounded for a moment before turning to leave. "We'll... bring a blanket then, Byakuya-sama..." Kanaye said, taken aback by Byakuya's obvious feelings for the girl.

Byakuya shook his head slowly, his head leaning against Hisana's once more and his eyes shut. "Don't. I don't want to be woken up again..."

"As you wish, Byakuya-sama," Kanaye sighed and pulled on the female servant's arm, taking her back into the manor.

Byakuya drifted into sleep once more, feeling Hisana snuggle closer to him. Shortly after, she opened her eyes and looked around, not realizing that her hand was on Byakuya's chest, or that he was resting his head against hers until a second later.

She looked up slowly, blushing, to see him asleep and reached up to move some hair away from his face. She smiled warmly at him and reached over to take his hand in hers. He looked peaceful when he was asleep, she noticed with a smile and went back to her original position, weaving her fingers with his.

When had they fallen asleep...? Did she really confess her feelings to him? Hisana blushed a deeper red, hoping he was asleep before she had started her confession. It's foolish to think he loves me anyways... Then again... his reaction to her kiss on his cheek earlier wasn't a bad one at all... what if...?

Hisana looked out to see the last manor light go out and then looked up at the sky. I wonder what time it is...

Normally, she realized, she would have been in a panic if she had fallen asleep on another person's shoulders, male or female. Male, of course, would cause me to apologize to the point of tears. But there was something about being here with HIM that made everything different...

Hisana closed her eyes slowly. She would have to wait until morning. See how things unfolded from here. If he changes or not...

But what if he does change and things become awkward...?

Hisana opened her eyes again and looked up briefly to see him still peacefully asleep before closing her eyes once more.

I'll worry about that in the morning...

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Anyways. It's late. I have finals (haven't studied. XD) and I had a concert to perform in. ... so yeah... Gonna get studying. Sorry it's kinda short. I'll have a longer one tomorrow, I hope. With secrets and confessions and Byakuya and Hisana spending more time together! Yay! But yeah. This chapter kinda stinks. Apologies. Tomorrow's will be better. I won't be as tired and blahblah. Good night, everyone!