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Toushiro x Ichigo
Fireworks
"Hey, Toushiro! Get out here!"
There was a grumbling from inside, but Ichigo's rare smile did not fade. The night was unseasonably cold for the end of July, and he sat out with a blanket tucked around his legs, the other half of it loose and waiting for the smaller shinigami.
"Toushiro! You'll miss it!"
"Shut up! I'm coming!"
From the balcony of the hotel, Ichigo could see across Karakura, although most of the house tops were obscured, from where he sat on the floor, by the safety wall. The sky was visible, though, and that was enough. He was damn glad that when the Captain's did get time off, the Gotei forked out for a hotel. He just wished they would start doing it for missions, too. If one more Shinigami on a mission turned up at his window expecting unquestioning shelter, then they would have another thing coming.
"Toushiro!"
"What?"
Ichigo jumped, not expecting the voice to be right behind him. The Captain stood in the balcony doorway, glaring.
"I'm here, alright. Shut up."
Toushiro slumped onto the floor, leaning against the wall. He threw the blanket over himself, and sat cross-legged, entirely ungracious. Ichigo threw the smile in his direction, before staring back at the sky. Since he was young, he liked fireworks. There was something about them that excited him as a kid, and even now he looked forward to the summer months, when there were copious fireworks festivals.
The first shot into the sky, and in moments there were a hundred more, from across the line of houses, turning the darkening sky into a plethora of colours.
"It's cool, right?"
When it became clear that no answer was forthcoming, Ichigo tore his eyes away from the brightly coloured sky to glance at the shinigami next to him. Toushiro's eyes were wide, and staring.
Ichigo smiled, reached for his chin, and turned Toushiro's head to him with his thumb and forefinger.
"Hey."
"What?"
Ichigo pressed his mouth to Toushiro's, and in all of a moment, the exploding sky was forgotten.