Winter - It's a common thing
"Did you lose control over Senbonzakura?" Hisana asked, while tracing the wound with her finger.
Byakuya shook his head. "No."
Hisana frowned. "You got into a fight with captain Zaraki?"
Another 'no' camefrom her husband.
Hisana watched him. "Did you hit something?"
"No."
"Then what happened, Byakuya-sama? How did you get that cut?"
Byakuya fell silent. He watched outside of the window, into the thick layer of snow. Slowly, he lifted his eyes back to his wife's face. Then he nodded. "A bird attacked me."
Hisana snorted.
"There are no birds in winter," she said stubbornly, using her finger to point at the snow outside.
"Yet it was a bird," Byakuya repeated.
Hisana placed her hands on her hips and stared at him, looking deeply into his eyes.
"Really, now?"
Evil woman. She knew he couldn't lie to her. But he would try to, anyway. So he nodded again and forced his face to keep straight.
"Well, that's pretty stupid. No shinigami can reach nor cut you, and a small, weak, innocent bird can?" Hisana mocked.
Byakuya sighed. Damn her logic.
"Fine. It was not a bird."
"I know."
Hisana was now rummaging through a first-aid kid. She fetched a bottle of alcohol and a band-aid. The latter was designed with cute little pink flowers. And he couldn't but allow her to use it. He loved her too much. Damn his feelings. Damn cute flowery band-aids.
"Then what was it?" she asked silently, while preparing cottons with some of the alcohol.
"Don't worry. It is nothing," Byakuya tried while closing his eyes. "You worry too mu-"
Both Byakuya and Hisana flinched. Byakuya because of the sudden sting of alcohol on his wound and Hisana because her husband had surprised her by his unexpected movement.
"I love you, I care for you and I worry about you. Please just tell me what happened, Byakuya-sama," Hisana begged, while sticking the band-aid on Byakuya's face.
She sounded really scared, as if he couldn't stop from bleeding. It was only a small wound and it was something that would happen to lots of people. And -Byakuya suppressed a shiver at the thought- not only to men.
"I cut myself while shaving."
The words had left his lips before he knew it.
Hisana turned around. "You... what?"
"You've heard me."
Hisana nodded slowly. She was surprisingly quiet when she closed the bottle of alcohol and placed it back into the first-aid kit. She picked it up and walked in a fast pace to the bathroom. Then she closed the door.
And even though he tried to ignore it, he could hear Hisana's laughter, loud and clear.
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