Author's Note: I do not own Bleach or its characters. This is AU.


Playing With Matches

Yoruichi was more than a little frustrated. Those two had to either some of the most stubborn people in the world or very deep in denial. Maybe both. There was clearly something between those two, and she had contrived a number of circumstances to force them into close contact, and yet neither of them had done a thing. Ise hadn't made a single move or overture, and for the first time in Yoruichi's experience, Shunsui was being extremely cautious and hesitant when it came to chasing a woman.

She was going to have to resort to an old standard in order to get things moving. Yoruichi was just waiting for Kisuke to return with the news that everything was arranged. They were engineering a couple mechanical failures to make sure that Shunsui and Ise weren't interrupted prematurely. Besides, a night locked in the archives wasn't going to hurt them, and Yoruichi was seriously considering smacking both of them if they didn't just get on with things.

Kisuke appear a few moments later with a grin. "We're all set. How are you going to get Shunsui over here?"

Yoruichi smirked. "Simple. I switched the note she left on her computer with the one I wrote. Given that mine's typed, he'll never know she didn't leave it."