There are days in which you know exactly what you are going to do and everything goes according to plan. Other days go completely different. Your plans fail and everything goes wrong. Today, Byakuya was having one of those.

It had started when he woke up that morning: Hisana wasn't laying next to him. He started to panic immediately.

"Hisana?"

He turned around when he heard the door to their bathroom open and he saw Hisana's face popping out from behind. "Hey, you're awake!"

Byakuya grunted before he lay back. Hisana grinned and stepped into the bedroom. She walked over to the bed, lifted the sheets, causing her husband to shiver. He quickly pulled Hisana onto their mattress and he placed the blankets over their bodies.

"You know I get bad-tempered whenever you are not the first thing I see in the morning," Byakuya mumbled, pulling her closer.

"Yeah, love you too," Hisana replied while playing with his fingers.

Not a word was spoken for several minutes. Then Hisana jumped up. "Oh no, it's eight fifteen already! Get out, you'll be late!"

Moaning, Byakuya sat up. He hated mornings in which he had to hurry. He stretched his body and then, suddenly, clothes were thrown into his face. Bewildered and after having pulled a sock out of his hair, Byakuya saw that Hisana was fully dressed already.

"I'll be getting your breakfast, be right back!"

And she was gone.

Blinking, Byakuya wondered if she had always had such speed. He stepped out of the bed and undid his pajama's. After having washed himself, he put on his robes and started to brush his hair. When he reached out for his Kenseikan, bread was forcefully put into his mouth.

"Oh, you're so slow," Hisana complained, not noticing that Byakuya was nearly choking.

After a minute of gently pulling his hair, his Kenseikan neatly in place, Byakuya had finished breakfast and had his zanpakutou positioned. Hisana dragged him to the front door, while Byakuya just let it all happen to him. When they reached the door, she went to stand on her toes to kiss him goodbye.

"Five minutes left," she smiled.

Byakuya took her hands into his. "Come with me today."

Hisana shifted on her feet. "I'm not dressed properly."

"Five minutes left," Byakuya smirked.

He hauled her back to their bedroom.

Exactly four minutes later, Byakuya and Hisana arrived at the office of the thirteenth division, thanks to Byakuya's speedy shunpo. They walked in together, and Byakuya led her to his own office.

"You have met Ukitake-captain before, have you not?"

Hisana nodded. "He was at our wedding."

"Ah, yes, he was," Byakuya could recall the big bags of candy he had received from the man.

The two entered Byakuya's office and Hisana sat down on a chair near the door, while Byakuya placed himself behind his desk. He started on his paperwork, while Hisana started on a book she brought with her.

Only a couple of minutes later, Shiba Kaien came in after a short knock on the door.

"Captains orders, Vice," he started. "There's a captains meeting today, but ours is ill. He can't make it. 'Tsnot an important meeting, but he wants to know what is said, anyway. You'll be going there for him, the other captains are already informed."

"Thank you," Byakuya said.

Kaien grinned and turned around. That's when he noticed Hisana.

"Hey!" he said, placing himself beside her, wearing a huge grin. "I'm Shiba Kaien, third seat of this division. I'm spontaneous, in for new things, funny and single. You seem nice. You are…"

"Married," Byakuya replied before Hisana could even open her mouth. He didn't even lift his gaze from his paperwork.

Kaien pouted. "Really? You are? Who's the lucky man?"

Hisana started to grin. She stood up and bowed slightly. "Kuchiki Hisana. Pleased to meet you."

"…"

Hisana could practicly see the question marks reflected in Kaien's eyes. The man had still a puzzled expression when he turned on his heels and walked towards Byakuya, who wore his trademark raised eyebrow.

"Dude," Kaien begun. "I didn't know you had it in you."

Byakuya blinked and then returned his face to the expression of no-interest. He put down his pencil and shove his paperwork away. "How late did you say this meeting would take place?"

"In ten minutes," Kaien responded absent-mindedly. He had put his concentration back on Hisana. "You could stay with me while our vice-captain is gone," he proposed.

"I will be taking her with me," Byakuya said quickly, not trusting the grin on Kaien's face.

However, Hisana started to get pale by this statement. "Oh, Byakuya-sama, I don't know… I don't want to bother you guys…"

"If you ask me-" Kaien started, but he was quickly interrupted by Byakuya.

"But we did not, did we?"

Kaien pouted. "Yeah, that seems to be the problem more often.."

Byakuya shook his head. He ignored Kaien's statement and turned to Hisana. "Let us leave now," he suggested. "Then we don't need to use shunpo."

After a comfortable walk of seven minutes, Byakuya and Hisana arrived at the huge building in which the meetings were held. Still feeling a little uncomfortable, Hisana tugged on Byakuya's sleeve. "I will wait outside."

Byakuya nodded. "It won't be long."

He gently kissed her on the cheek before he entered the large meeting-room. Giving a quick peek inside the chamber, Hisana could see several of the captains. She was familiar with none of them inside. Except for Unohana, Hisana noticed, as the healer greeted her when she came for the meeting.

Hisana had been waiting outside for almost fifteen minutes when the doors opened up again and a man ran out, a pink haori fluttering behind him. His arms were wide open and he screamed. Behind him stood Byakuya, rubbing his hand over his temple.

"MRS. HISANA-CHAN!"

Hisana widened her eyes when she was lifted into the air by the man who seemed to have escaped from a pinky prison. He ruffled through her hair and gazed up to her. "You are way prettier than what lieutenant Kuchiki told us you were! But of course, you would never be able to top my pwetty little Nanao-chan, no you won't!"

Hisana smiled awkwardly and tried to wrestle herself out of Kyouraku's escape. "I appreciate your.. compliment, I guess, but could you please put me down again?"

"Of course!" Kyouraku said, his voice now much lower than seconds before. "It is a true honor to finally meet you, milady."

Hisana wasn't sure of how to react. She was… just her husband's wife, wasn't she? But here she was being admired by a captain. A captain!

"The pleasure is all mine," was all she could think of. Kyouraku's lips curled up into a bright smile. He took Hisana's hand in his and placed a small kiss on her knuckles. "You are too kind, milady."

A light blush appeared on Hisana's face. She watched helplessly to Byakuya, who was in conversation with a very large, broad man. So much for 'I won't let another man ever touch you, my love.'

"Oy, Kyouraku, scoop, we wanna see who the chick is that made even Kuchiki smile," came a rough voice from behind the pink haori. Hisana gulped upon seeing the very tall very broad very dangerous looking man. He looked like he could kill her with just a tap on her shoulder.

Bearing this in mind, Hisana almost screamed upon feeling someone putting a hand on her shoulder. But when she turned her head, she sighed from relieve upon seeing Byakuya.

"Captain Zaraki, I would like you to refer to my wife as something more refined than a…" Byakuya swallowed his pride away, "…chick."

"Move aside, now," came a new voice to Hisana from behind captain Zaraki. "I've been doing research on these things, I think she'd be a perfect specimen. Always wanted too see if there really is that much difference between the blood of a nobleman and a child from the street."

While Hisana raised her eyebrow from confusion, Byakuya's head exploded with possible dangers coming up to them. He could already see the needles, robes and scalpels. He grabbed Hisana's shoulders and pulled her against his chest, while he was ready to get to Senbonzakura. "I'd think no, captain Kurotsuchi."

"Hmm, I've always thought that you two were a cute couple," interrupted someone.

Hisana's eyes shone up upon -finally- hearing someone familiar. She wormed her way out of her husband's protective embrace and she made a small bow. "Unohana-san, it's good to see you again!"

Unohana bow back and smiled widely. "It sure is! Oh, I heard that you and lieutenant Kuchiki babysat captain Ukitake's cousin? Did everything went well?"

Nodding, Hisana stepped closer to the family friend, but she was quickly stopped when three men came to stand in from of her. "Now, now, captain Unohana," said the man in the middle. "You wouldn't want to take this honorably opportunity to meet Lady Kuchiki in person away from us, would you?"

After chuckling, Unohana shook her head. "No, no, of course not, captain Aizen." Then she turned to Hisana. "I'll see you soon, yes?"

Hisana nodded again and now focused on the captains in front of her. The man named Aizen had a friendly face and handsome brown hair. The glasses on his nose only completed the image of the perfect gentleman. She got goosebumps on her arms as he bow and took her hand in his. Just when Aizen was preparing another one of his smooth talks, his arm got slapped away.

"I think it is time for us to leave," came Byakuya's deep voice. Hisana giggled upon recognizing the jealous tone in it.

"Ahh, don't be such a party-pooper," said the man on Aizen's right. His smile gave Hisana more goosebumps, but these were not from pleasure. "We haven't seen her before! Neither has he, here, hehe!"

"Stop mocking my disability," the man on Aizen's left said. He wore thick glasses and Hisana could barely shape out his eyes.

Aizen turned his head. "Gin, would you please stop joking around? Tousen is a far more developed fighter than you are, even though you, or he, for that matter, may not see it yourself."

"I think you're missing my basic point here," said Tousen, his teeth gritting.

While they kept bickering about Tousen's weak spot, Hisana shook her head and stepped aside. Here, she almost bumped into Soifon.

"Outta my way," she said, pushing Hisana aside while she fumed on. "I better make Omaeda regret steeling my cookies."

"Ignore her," Byakuya whispered in Hisana's ear. "She's never been good at the socializing-part."

Hisana wisely decided not to tell him that he just called the kettle black.

"Lieutenant Kuchiki."

A deep, strong voice penetrated their ears. Its heaviness pressed upon Hisana's shoulders and she almost collapsed. But, she figured, that might also happen because of the massive reiatsu coming from the man.

Byakuya supported Hisana while he made a quick bow. "Captain commander Yamamoto."

Wow, was Hisana's first thought. So this is the man who… who…

…yeah, who exactly was he?

"It is an honor to introduce my wife to you, sir."

Oh, that was her cue. Collecting all of her energy, Hisana straightened her back, only to make a deep bow. She couldn't remember being near someone this high in rank before (her husband being an exception. But trust me, Hisana thought to herself, when you see the Kuchiki Byakuya snore with his thumb in his mouth, knees pulled up to his chest and blankets pulled far over his head, you'd start wondering why people looked up to him), thus she decided to go for the speak-when-you're-spoken-to-technique.

"You are Lady Kuchiki Hisana."

Hisana looked up and tilted her head in confusion. Was this… a statement or a question? Was she supposed to answer?

Byakuya's subtle tug on her sleeve was the answer. Standing straight again, she answered, "Yes, sir. It is an honor to meet you. You must have a busy agenda, after all."

The commander shook his head. "The meeting was scheduled. It was shorter than intended, my next appointment will be in fifteen minutes."

"I see," Hisana said. She didn't see anything, really, but it felt like the right thing to say.

"Hisana and I were just about to head back to the thirteenth division's quarters, sir," Byakuya said, bowing once more. Hisana decided to follow his example. "I will pass everything on to captain Ukitake."

Yamamoto nodded. A grunt told them they were allowed to walk away. They had taken two steps, though, before they were stopped. Again.

"So, you've dealt with everyone but me?"

Hisana grinned sheepishly before turning around to respond on the unfamiliar voice. "It wasn't my purpose, I think I just mis~"

You couldn't just miss the person standing right behind her. He was huge. Large. Huge. Massive. And had she mentioned he was huge?

"Captain Komamura Sajin," said the broad man with a basket on his head. "I have heard much wonderful things of you, milady."

A warm smile lengthens Hisana's lips. I bet his heart is huge as well. "You're too kind, captain Komamura."

He stood still - nothing happened. Hisana told herself he was smiling at her, but she just couldn't know for sure because of the basket. After a moment, he started to talk again. "I feel bad about leaving Tetsuzaemon alone. He was dealing with a hangover. If you'll please excuse me, I have to go kill Kyouraku for spiking the punch last night."

"Good luck!" Hisana said, waving the man good-bye. She then looked over at Byakuya. "Lovely man."

Fighting the smile coming up his lips, Byakuya offered her his arm. As she took it, they headed back to the thirteenth. Hisana rested her head on his shoulder while she pondered over the captains she had met. "I thought they'd be more sophisticated."

"I had hoped they'd be more sophisticated."

Hisana chuckled. "You'd be a great captain."

The compliment came as a complete surprise to Byakuya. He felt warm and proud inside; he was sure his heart was glowing. He squeezed her hand softly as a thank you.

"Sooooo," Kaien said, laying on top of his desk, playing with a pen. "Did you meet some of our captains?"

Without letting her eyes trail off the page she was reading, Hisana answered, "I think I met almost every single one of them." How she wished Byakuya would come back soon. He was reporting to Ukitake, but he left fifteen minutes ago. The reporting almost took longer than the meeting itself.

"What'dya think of them?"

Shutting her book, Hisana gave up. She shifted into a more comfortable position and folded her hands. "They were… okay, I guess. A lot different than I had expected."

Kaien sat up straight and placed his hands on the desk's outline. "What did you think of Komamura? I heard his face is all covered in blisters, that's why he hides it."

"That's not nice to say," Hisana said, pointing at him. "He was nice. Very kind, I liked him."

"Even nice and kind people can be ugly. It comes the other way around, as well. Look at Byakuya. He looks very nice and kind and hot and everything, but he's all… well… blisters from inside."

"That's not true!" Hisana laughed. She threw a pillow at him. "Take it back, my husband is a very kind man."

"What is that with you taking interest in 'kind' men?" Kaien teased, throwing the pillow back.

It was Byakuya who caught it.

"You better not turn this into a fight," Hisana warned Kaien. "He cheats."

"Don't worry," Byakuya stated, placing the pillow back in position. "I promise you I won't start making out with him."

While Hisana was recovering from this unexpected answer, Kaien hissed, "Lieutenant, I thought you'd never bring up… that night again!"

"Just not in presence of the captain."

Now Kaien needed time to recover as well.

Byakuya took this moment of silence to take his wife by her arm, pull her up and walk her to the way out. He bade a couple of officers on their way a goodnight, and halfway home, he scooped a now drowsy Hisana up in his arms to shunpo back to their house.

Maybe he had been wrong that morning. This day may not have been what he had expected it to be… but as he gently put Hisana down on their bed and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, he knew, that no matter what would go wrong… he'd come home to the best, anyway.

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