Requested by ravens rising- thank you
Matsumoto x Unohana
Promise
The large hollow, which had taken the group of recent graduates by surprise on a recon mission, had been swiftly taken care off, but not before it had managed to gore one young shinigami, ripping out a large hole in her side. She would recover well enough, though, with Fourth division skill. She had been carried unconscious, in the quickly summoned Minazuki, back into the heart of the healing division.
She woke with a start of pain, nearly twelve hours later, and a warm voice eased her hurt like a soothing rain.
"Relax, my dear. I promise you, you'll feel better soon."
As she turned to leave, Unohana felt a hand grasp her own by the wrist. She turned, and Matsumoto's eyes were wide, nervously so.
"Do you promise?"
Unohana's hand was cool against her flushed cheek, but she was silent.
"Retsu…"
Unohana pressed her lips to the curve of her lover's cheek.
"I have not broken a promise yet, Rangiku, and I do not intend to do so now."
"Okay…"
Her voice tailed off, never properly awake to begin with, and slipping once more into painless unconsciousness. Unohana let her hand linger there for a moment longer, before kissing the girl's cheek once more, and letting herself out, into the hallway, where her Lieutenant stood waiting.
"Orders, Captain?"
Unohana's face did not flicker from her normal expression of serene dignity, but there was the slightest of tremors in her voice.
"Keep a close watch on her, and the utmost care on her treatment. The second there are any changes, I want to be the first to know."
The Lieutenant nodded, and bowed, but the Captain had already swept away.
As soon as no one could see her, her face crumbled.