Well, I'm in a hotle room because.. uhhh.... well, my mother felt like getting one because she had a free hotel stay to use up before Monday. I'm very bored. So I'm gonna try to write up a few drabbles as well.
Thanks to: Blueberry Absinth, Akane Higabana, Beautiful Nightmare07, and Care Bear on Fire
59. Exhaustion
Gin slipped into her room without knocking. Rangiku was about to yell at him; he tended to sneak up on her, walking so quietly she never knew he was there until she had jumped out of her skin and screamed.
Today, though, she heard the door open and his footsteps and he came inside. He came and laid down on Rangiku's couch, propping his head up on her thigh. "Think they'll look fer me here?"
"Who?"
"My squad. Keep wantin' me ta do more an' more work."
"That's what you get for being captain," Rangiku said, but she ran her fingers through his hair.
Gin closed his eyes, leaning into her hand. "Feels nice."
"I still don't know why you wanted to be captain. You hate working."
"Won' have to work much more at it. Jus' gotta get stuff set up. That's the pain. Didn' even get lunch t'day."
"I have leftover Chinese if you want."
Gin nodded, and Rangiku made him the food. Gin chose to become a fixture of the couch, sitting up only when Rangiku set the food on his lap. He polished off every bit of the take-out Rangiku had in minutes.
Then he laid back down, using Rangiku's lap as his pillow. "I've never seen you so sleepy-looking."
"Didn' sleep las' night, got two hours sleep 'fore that."
"I'm never, ever going to be a captain."
"Yer gonna be a lieutenant though."
"Totally! Best of both worlds. The perks of being awesome, while getting everyone else to do my work for me."
"Ya make everyone do yer work fer ya now anyway."
"So?"
"So… I dunno."
Rangiku looked down at Gin and traced one of the circles under his eyes gently. Then she kissed him lightly. "You need to sleep."
"Rather see you."
"Then we'll just both have to go to bed," Rangiku said and stood up. "Come on." She offered him a hand up when he made no move.
"Whatcha mean?"
"You'll just have to sleep in my bed. And no funny business."
"Ha. Migh' just be too tired fer that anyway," Gin said and took Rangiku's hand, letting her help pull him up.
He trudged after her to her bedroom and laid, pulling Rangiku close to him. He gave her a single chaste kiss. She stroked his hair until his breathing evened, only a few minutes later. She read for awhile longer, half-watching Gin. He looked so much more innocent when he slept. Eventually, Rangiku turned off the light and snuggled beside Gin.
Sleepy Gin just seems so adorable to me for some reason.
