(disclaimer- i do NOT own bleach or the charaters!!! i only own Rin Kurenai)

Rin woke up a few hours later feeling really sick. Her stomach felt like she was going to throw up, every part of her body was red hot, and she shivered with nothing to shiver about. Sweat seeped from her skin and drenched the pillow underneath her head. The door to her room opened up slowly revealing Byakuya.

He walked to her side and placed a cold wet washcloth over her forehead.

"Told you, you were sick." he gloated.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." she rolled over with a moan, facing the captain.

"Are you mad at me?" the question was simple and had nothing but his heart hanging on it. Well what's left of it anyways.

She raised an eyebrow, "About the kiss? No, not really. But why did you do it?"

He sighed, "I wish I could give you an answer, but I'm not sure. My emotions are confused and scattered."

"Oh." her heart sank a little.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

She turned her face away so he couldn't see her lie, "Better, I was thinking of getting up actually."

His face darkened, "Say that to my face, not the wall."

She did as he commanded, and before she could utter a word her bottom lip quivered, "Crap." she cursed.

He growled as he tried to control himself from jumping on Rin and 'punishing' her for being bad. He shook his head of the dirty thought, stood up and left knowing that she was not stupid as to leave the room.

Once he reached the door a weird wheezing sound reached his ears. His head snapped to Rin's body, "Rin, are you alright?"

"I don't know." her lip didn't shake.

Closing the door he went and sat beside her, "I will be staying here then."

"H-huh? But I will be --"

"Don't try to change my mind." he cut her off.

A small smile erupted on her pale face, "Thank you, Byakuya."

Her hand slowly reached out to the strong shinigami's pale hand. His eyes darted to the sudden warmth. 'Why is she holding my hand? Is something wrong?' he tightened his grip around her small hand, 'her temperature is high and she's shivering. She must be scared or something.' he concluded in his mind. Byakuya's eyes locked onto hers before they were masked behind her lids. She had fallen asleep.

He slowly brought Rin's hand to his lips and placed a feather light kiss on her knuckles, "Sleep little one." he cooed gently.

~ whoa that was really intense!!! hope you enjoyed!! comment me if you want ^^