Author's Note:
( Written in Vietnam.
I don't recommend riding on a motorcycle in a skirt. I mean, yeah, sure, I was wearing shorts underneath (as it was a habit I picked up and retained from elementary school), but there's still something horribly awkward about having your skirt flapping about in the wind. )
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Kaleidoscope
a Bleach (© Kubo Tite) fanfiction
Theme #56
persuasion
Opening Song: "Afterbirth" - From First to Last
Shinigami of every rank ran to and fro, buzzing around like bees in the 3rd Division compound. Every hallway was engulfed by the sound of pounding feet and shouting, and every office was stacked to the ceiling with paperwork. Ichimaru Gin found himself amidst the chaos, barely clinging to his sanity. It was times like these that made him wish he hadn't become captain.
This was apparently the busiest time of the year, when every division was flooded with paperwork and missions. And, despite the fact that it happened every year, all the shinigami would freak out as though the apocalypse had descended upon them. It was bothersome, but Gin had to put up with it. After all, he was the captain.
When he received a knock at his door, he figured it was just another one of his subordinates with another stack of papers. Thus, when he motioned for them to come inside, he was more than surprised to find Rangiku with only a grin in her supply. "Helloooo!" she greeted cheerfully as she bounced into his office.
"Rangiku? Shouldn't ya be workin'?" he asked, quirking a brow when he saw his own division running around to and fro in the background.
"Yeaaah, but it was I was just working so hard that I thought I was going to faint! So I decided to take a walk." And that just meant she left all that work to her poor captain and the others in her division. Gin felt copious amounts of mercy for the 10th Division. "Anyways... Since I'm here, let's have some fun!"
He sighed, slightly disappointed, as he shook his head. "I can't, Rangiku. There's too much work ta be done."
Rangiku pouted, then placed both hands on her hips and glared at him sternly. "And that's why you're the captain, so that you can order around all your subordinates to do the work!" He still looked unconvinced. "Come ooon, Gin. Take a break! Have some fun, live life on the eeeeedge!" At this point she had already walked around his desk and yanked him out of his chair, and it was only a matter of moments before she pushed him out of the window.
"'Ey, 'ey, Rangiku!" he cried as he hit the ground below his window.
She landed gracefully beside him in a crouch, wearing a cat-like grin. "Well, since we're already out, we might as well have some fun!"
Gin sighed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Yer methods of persuasion could use a little polishin'."
Rangiku only giggled as she stood up and snatched him up by his wrist. "I'm going to take that as 'yes.'"
Closing Song: "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
Word Count: 440
Than again, there was also this lady driving a motorcycle in a mini skirt, and that just looked painful.