How terrible, day 2 and I nearly forgot to do this. But I did! I'm glad. Doing these themes is pretty interesting; it makes me think a lot differently about writing. Tomorrow, I have to go buy shoes for my new job, ugh. Oh well, they'll pay for themselves, soon enough. Plus, I got my college graduation present from my grandparents today, it was quiiiite the awesome surprise.

Thanks to: MissTeak, and Solar Kitty (the latter of whom has to put up with me daily, and would probably go crazy from my Bleach love if she didn't share it ^____^)


2. Complicated

That first day, Gin had brought Rangiku to a tiny shack, and since then, they lived there together. Gin did not let anyone else join them, but Rangiku was content with that. She did not know that she would care to share her new companion with anyone else.

Food was a constant struggle. While for most of the people around then food was nothing more than a treat, a remembrance of a past world, for Rangiku and Gin, it was a necessity. Every day their body craved food, and a bite or two wouldn't suffice.

They had to steal to get by, but there were complications. Among so many people with dark hair and the same weathered faces, the pair stood out. Silver hair with a strange, foxy smile, and strawberry locks with wide blue eyes. They were memorable.

"Stop, thief!" The baker howled as soon as he saw Rangiku a little too near his table; already he looked for her companion. Gin dodged a quick kick, and they were off running through the crowd and awkward alleys.

They collapsed in the little shack, chests heaving. Gin clutched a small, round loaf of bread, scarcely bigger than his two hands. "S' no good, need ta get better at stealin'," Gin said, seeming to speak to himself.

"We're good! They just recognize us," Rangiku said. But she was a little afraid that Gin would tell her to leave. Then he would have at least had a full loaf of bread.

"Yer right," he said, and broke the loaf in two. He handed Rangiku the bigger piece; she tried to take the smaller instead, but he hid it behind his back with a deft hand. "Can't have ya collapsin' again."

"I'll be fine, what about you?" He was bigger than her, and stronger. He had to need more to eat than her.

"Don'tcha worry 'bout me. Me an' you, we'll figure somethin' out," he said.

He sounded so sure and confident Rangiku could not help but trust him.


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