Author's Note:
Um, okay, so I just read the last chapter of Bleach and… AND I'M CRYING LIKE A HO ALL OVER AGAIN. ; w; On top of my poor poor poor poor poor Gin (who I was, admittedly, hoping that KT would save out of the kindness of his heart), Rukia and Ichigo and… And oh, KT is just trying to kill me! He is! DDD: (If you can't tell, I'm a massive IchiRuki fan.)
So whilst I moan and cry and sob, thank you to cy-girl, Ryfee, cappychan, Lil'Shiro's Stalker, Dragen Eyez, and CrossroadsofLife for reviewing the last drabble. I've been trying to reply to my reviewer's more~ :D
AAND - this is a little off in the distance, but I'll be writing a requested one shot for the reviewer who gets my 900th review and my 1000th review. Topics and whatnot pending. Just throwing that out there. :D
Kaleidoscope
a Bleach (© Kubo Tite) fanfiction
Theme #63
relaxation
Opening Song: "Chasing Pavements" - Adele
Rangiku couldn't remember the last time she'd felt so relaxed. On top of being assigned frivolous amounts of paperwork upon receiving her title of Vice Captain, she'd been sent on various missions, been sent around Soul Society, and forced to attend an endless number of meetings. Of course, dealing with an ironically younger and new - plus pushy and irritable - captain made it much more difficult to shrug off her duties. (Not that she didn't manage to sneak around from time to time. After all, she was the queen of procrastination and laziness.)
Still, as much of a brat as he could be, Hitsugaya Toushirou was still a kid, and kids needed to have fun - captain or not.
"You say that as though you are still a kid," he had snapped angrily, accompanying his harsh comment with a rough slam of the stamp on a piece of paperwork (which happened to be a part of her pile). "No. Now get back to work - I'm already halfway through with yours and I'm still behind on mine."
Various whines, cries, and faked sobs later (plus some intervention by one Hinamori Momo), Hitsugaya was lounging on the highest hill in Soul Society with a sour look on his face, despite the large watermelon on his lap. While Hinamori was trying to coax him into having some fun and possibly sharing the fruit - the latter to which he declined with an absolutely frightening scowl - Rangiku was enjoying the shade of a large cherry blossom tree.
"Long time no see."
"Even you can't ruin my downtime." Despite the accusatory tone in her voice, she cracked open one eye and grinned lopsidedly at the arrival of her silver-haired companion. "Finally taking some time off from work, huh?"
"Here I thought I'd be the one sayin' that to ya." He glanced over his shoulder, over at the younger shinigami, then quirked a brow. "'Heard he's been workin' ya like a horse."
"Yeah, well… He's been a little hard to break in, but he'll see my ways soon enough."
"The ways of the unmotivated and the lazy?" he teased with a grin. She stuck her tongue out in reply, but smiled in acquiescence before closing her eyes again. "So… That's the kid ya met in the marketplace? The kid ya harassed into joinin' the Academy and becomin' a shinigami?"
A scowl quickly struck her face. "I did not harass him! I just urged him to! Besides, I obviously did something right - he's captain now, right? And the youngest one." There was something in the way she said that, Gin noted, that almost made her sound like a proud mother speaking to her friends about her prodigy of a son. From what he could recall, Rangiku never had any family; Gin was the closest thing to a brother or father or anything of that sort she'd ever had. To see her so… attached to someone else in that way was almost endearing.
"I don't think he likes me all that much."
Rangiku laughed out loud as she pulled herself up into a sitting position. "What? What are you talking about? I mean, he gives everyone the stink eye and he's always scowling, so it's not like you should take it personally or anything. He's a little socially awkward, but-"
"Mmm, I'm not sure. I kinda get the feelin' it's more than that." Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the new captain looking at him, and in his gaze was a hint of animosity, cleverly concealed by distrust. "But I guess it's too early to judge. In fact, I should probably be thankin' him."
She blinked in confusion. "For what?"
"Fer takin' care o' ya and keeping' ya outta trouble." He laughed as she growled and punched him in the shoulder. "Hey, I can't be the one makin' yer hangover kits overtime ya have a hangover."
"Oh whatever. Your hangover kits aren't even that great anyways. I hate dark chocolate." She nudged him in faux irritability, but failed to hide the slight upward tilt of her lips. He just grinned in return, and leaned his back against the tree.
Closing Song: "Make a Man Out of You" - Mulan
Something lighter because… I'm in (womanly) pain and need something happy to, uh, make me happy? And because I'm suffering from Bleach!angst? And because I'm watching Mulan and it makes me happy? Yeah.
Je t'aime,
Renoh.