Ugh, my internet just killed all the extra stuff I wrote in. Boo to bad internet! Anyway, I had fun writing today's drabble! Now, off to sleep, tomorrow I have a dentist appointment to get my tooth worked on, ew.

Thanks to: Blueberry Absinth, MissTeak, Sensei7, Sonozaki-sama, Renji's Girll, and Solar Kitty

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28. Faith

"Gin, no, you can't do it," Rangiku said.

"Sure I can," Gin said, sprawled on Rangiku's bed. "Ya know I'm sneaky enough."

"But why does it have to be him? If you get caught you could get in so much trouble. And you probably will. He's at the top of his class in everything."

"He wasn' when they put me in th' third year stuff," Gin said. "I had 'im beat, and he sure didn' like it. Nope, he didn' like it not one bit."

"But he's from one of the four great noble clans. They could kick you out for this."

"They won'. Don' worry so much, it'll be fun," Gin said. "Besides, he deserves ta be brought down a bit."

"He's a noble, I told you to forget about it!"

"Keep it down, I wanna be able to come back here, y'know," Gin said and waved a hand to shush her before continuing. "Nah, I don' wanna. He wasn' nice ta you. I don' care if he is a noble an' a third year. Ya apologized when it was his fault ya both dropped yer books. He had no reason ta make sure ya got a detention outta it."

"Please?"

"Gonna do it," he said. "Now, get some sleep."

The next day, there was an assembly for all of the students; they were separated by year. Rangiku did not find Gin until part way through the assembly, where he sat in the middle of the fourth years, looking as comfortable as if he had never moved from the spot. She knew he had not been there the entire time though, his hair stood out too much for her to miss him. Rangiku cringed a bit. She knew exactly what that meant.

Eventually, Kuchiki Byakuya was asked to present a short speech on behalf of his clan. He was seated in the front row so that he would be able to reach the podium easily. He stood.

He took a step forward, and fell, landing heavily. His shoes were tied together. The auditorium was silent; everyone knew better than to laugh at a great noble. In front of him, at least. Later, Rangiku knew no one would be able to stop talking about it.

Kuchiki's fingers flew as he untied his shoes, and he looked up in Gin's direction. For a moment, Rangiku saw a murderous look on the noble's face before he composed himself and presented his speech, looking as cool and calm as any noble could hope to look. It amazed Rangiku a little; she would have been crying and bright red, unable to give the speech.


Enjoy the lighter drabble after last time's gloomy one?