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Noba x Rangiku

Wrong

She had assumed that he wouldn't be, in all that honesty, all that much fun. He was cute- from what she could tell- and it was pretty sweet how he got so flustered the way he did, but that generally did not result in a fun night out. Blushing and hiding behind his hood? No, not for her.

But, she realised, she had got him all wrong, and she wasn't sure if she wasn't pleased.

True, it had been her who had dragged him out, but it was only because everyone else was busy, or not in the human world. It was just her and him, and she had been entirely bored, and so had forced him into his human gigai and taken him to a bar.

To her surprise, he had been quite a hit with the women, despite his silence and his face, which was near-fully obscured. She heard them twittering about the 'mystery' and how nice it was to meet a man who wanted to listen, not talk about themselves…

And then she had felt a little bad for them, because although she had been having fun with the men that the other women were ignoring for Noba, he was blushing so red that he looked like he was about to explode.

So she took him by the hand and dragged him out of the place, and they had gone back to the shoten to drink some more, and soon through the haze of alcohol she had become very aware that his eyes were quite a beautiful colour, and that she was laughing so hard that it hurt a little, and he still had said very little, and now although he was blushing he had not zipped his mask up all evening, even when the women were falling all over him.

Almost like he had been… trying.

She kissed him through the mask, tasting fabric, pressing against where she hoped his mouth was. She was drunk and his eyes were beautiful and just for a moment he pressed back, against her kiss. Then he pulled back, eyes wide and the tufts of his hair starkly red against his skin, which had been drained of all of its colour.

After a moment he reached up and decisively zipped his mask again.

She threw her head back and laughed, because he was trying and she was wrong and against all expectations she had enjoyed herself this evening, and he was lovely and his skin through the mask had been warm and… and… and…

And now, she wanted, so very badly, to see him without the mask.

She just had to figure out a way how.