Afterwards the dynamic in their group changed, Kisuke became an even more ingrained part of them. Spending more and more time with the other captains. They answered Kisukes honesty in kind, sharing some of their own pain and secrets as the time they spent became more frequent. It was another evening they spent together, Shunsui and Shinji had drunken the most. Juushiro and Kisuke being the ones to take care of them and managing to make them drink some water too. Shunsui leaned over laughing loudly as he threw an arm around Shinji and Kisuke each.
He leaned down and kissed Shinji soundly, a quick peck on his mouth but what really surprised them was when he simply turned around and kissed Kisuke too. Kisuke froze wide eyed as he felt Shunsuis lips on his for a split second before the older man broke away, grin still on his face but slowly fading as three people stared at him. Kisuke could feel his face glowing, the blush setting in sudden and unexpected.
He quickly shrugged off Shunsuis arm and did the only thing he could think of doing in a situation like this. He ran. He was gone in a burst of Shunpo that even Yoruichi would have been proud of.
Shunsui was sitting there staring at the empty space next to him in surprise as he slowly sobered. Juushiro looked at his lover and frowned, Shinji also quirked his eyebrow at him, there was no accusation in their eyes as they looked at him expectantly.
"Oops?" Shunsui provided, shrugging at them helplessly.
"I am guessing that 'Oops' will not be a satisfactory answer for Kisuke." Shinji told him drily. Shunsui winced and looked at them.
"I-I'm really sorry." He suddenly said, the implications of his behavior catching on to him. "He…I mean Kisuke…he just spent so much time with us…I don't know when…When I started thinking of him as I do of you…you know like a part of…us." Shunsui told them softly. Voice sounding deep in his regret. Shinji frowned a little. It was true Kisuke had spent so much time with them, he himself had caught himself thinking of Kisuke in the same breath as Juushiro and Shunsui on more than one occasion. Juushiro was having similar thoughts.
"I understand…I must say…that I have thought about this myself, I had hoped to have a conversation with the two of you before doing anything short of including him." Juushiro told them, a blush was adoring his cheeks as he spoke. Shinji also scratched his neck in embarrassment.
"Same here…I mean I wasn't 100 percent sure of including him…especially because there is already three of us and we have known each other for so long that it could make anybody else feel excluded…but then I remembered how you included me…how natural it was…I'll be honest…I would very much like to make Kisuke part of us, I think he is wonderfully unique and funny." Shinji told them, blushing too as he told them how he felt.
Shunsui sighed heavily. "And I just mucked it up." He mumbled mournfully.
"Maybe not." Shinji said slowly, thinking back to the way Kisuke had blushed. "But I suggest we talk to Kisuke as soon as possible."
Said person was trying his very best not to lose all of his bearings as he clutched at his mouth in remembrance of the soft kiss Shunsui had placed there. What freaked him out wasn't the kiss itself, that could have been laughed off and blamed on the amount of sake Shunsui had taken in, no the thing that bothered him was how natural it had felt, how good and right. And that is not how it should have felt.
Shunsui had his lovers and he had kissed Kisuke right in front of them and yet, and yet Kisuke could only think of how incredible his lips had made him feel, of how much he wanted Shinji to turn him around and kiss him too. How much he wanted Juushiro to watch them, all three of them with his eyes full of love and kindness. He ran through the night until he reached his lab. Walking past the many other doors in the building he reached the door to his personal lab and opened it. He sealed it shut behind himself and didn't leave for two weeks.
Shunsui was looking at Shinji and Juushiro in worry. Kisuke had not made a reappearance, when Shinji had asked Hiyori about her Captain she had told him quite angrily that he had decided to lock himself away in his lab. At least he still did his paperwork, but he had not emerged at all. Not even at mealtimes. She had taken to placing a tray of food in front of his door, all the while cursing her Captain but with a worry in her eyes that made Shinjis stomach knot together.
"We have to try and talk to him." Shinji told them, frown on his face. Shunsui nodded mutely.
"He definitely won't leave his lab by his own margin." Juushiro said, worry evident on his face. They headed to Kisukes lab that evening. Hesitantly rapping on the door leading to his personal room.
"Kisuke?" Juushiro called out. "It's us, please open up. We need to talk to you."
Silence was all that greeted them, only interrupted by the beeping machines littering almost every surface in the laboratory behind them.
"Kisuke please." Shinji called, but was interrupted by a screaking sound. The heavy door in front of them was slowly opened to show Kisuke standing in front of them. His face was pale and dark circles were adorning his eyes, his hair looked even less tamable than before and the forest green Kimono he was wearing was slowly slipping off his shoulder.
"W-"His voice sounded raspy as he cleared it, as if he hadn't used it in a while. "What can I do for you?" He simply asked. They were able to look over his shoulder and into his lab, papers were cluttering the floor and walls strange looking flasks with bright liquids mixing with one another in the soft glow of a few lamps.
"We were worried." Juushiro told him softly. "We need to talk to you about what happened a few weeks ago." Juushiro continued.
"Ahh, don't worry." Kisuke said, the smile on his face most definitely fake as he forced his mask in place. "It was just a kiss, nothing to worry about." Kisuke said, supposedly waving it off. Shunsui stepped forward.
"No it was not." He said softly. Kisukes eyes widened a little at his words. "Listen, Kisuke. We didn't mean to spring it on you like that. We weren't even sure yet about telling you because we had not talked among ourselves about this when I kissed you. But we talked afterwards. We want you to join us, if you allow it Kisuke. We want to court you." Kisuke was watching him in shock, whatever he was expecting this was most definitely not it.
He thought they might hate him for completely shutting everybody out, for running away from the problem.
For allowing himself to feel more than friendship for the three men now offering him exactly what he had hoped for. It was too much for his already frail composure. A giggle wormed its way up his throat, shoulders shaking as they turned into full blown laughter he staggered back against the wall, leaning on it heavily while he continued to laugh in the face of it all. Here he was, worrying his head off, thinking he had lost his chance, if he ever had one, thinking he had lost a group of valued friends – how wrong he had been. The hilarity of it all and the irony of his own thinking just burst out of him in this almost hysterical laughter.
"Uhm Kisuke?" Shinji asked. Voice slightly worried as Kisukes laughter slid back into small giggles.
"Everything alright?" Juushiro added, worry also evident on his face. All three of them couldn't help but think that they might have accidentally broken him.
"Y-Yes." Kiuske wheezed out, taking deep breaths to calm down. "I'm sorry…didn't mean to laugh." He told them sheepish grin on his pale face as he scratched his neck.
"I guess I should answer you, shouldn't I?" He asked then, as he looked into their expectant faces.
"Ahh uhm I mean…yes." He stuttered softly. Definitely not the best choice of words he had ever produced but it made his exclamation that much more sincere. Ukitake smiled as he watched Kisukes face light up with another blush. Shinji grinned and walked up to him throwing an arm around his shoulder and pulling him closer.
"Welcome to the family." He told him, grinning his Cheshire cat grin and winking at Kisuke. Kisuke smiled, blush burning a little brighter on his face.
"Ahh…Please take good care of me." He mumbled. Kyoraku chuckled at him.
"Stop with the formality already." He told the younger Captain smiling at him with bright eyes. Kisukes gaze wandered from Shunsuis to Juushiros and the look he found…It was all he had been hoping for.
"Those nobles will get their panties in a twist again if we announce this." Shinji said, shaking his head in annoyance.
"Let them. It's the only enjoyment they have in their lives. And it's not like we'll have to give a damn about what they might think." Shunsui told him, grey eyes blazing as he remembered what Shinji had been subjugated to after they had announced their three way relationship.
"You are aware that this is taking it even farther right?" Kisuke asked, worrying slightly about the implications such a relationship might have.
"Don't worry about that now." Shinji told him, ruffling his hair affectionately. Kisuke smiled a little weakly and tried to flatten it again, all to no avail.
"Well then how about we go home?" Juushiro asked, smile still bright on his face. Shinji nodded and let go of Kisuke trailing after Juushiro who was walking towards the exit. Shunsui was a little slower to follow as he hummed under his breath.
"You coming, Kisuke?" Shinji called, turning around to the yound scientist still hovering in the door to his lab.
"Ahh, yes!" Kisuke called, haori billowing behind him as he tried to catch up to them.
During the next month, Shinji Hirako, Captain of Division Five, became aware of a brown hair protégée by the name of Aizen Sosuke. He takes him under his wing under the pretense of nurturing his talent.
On the day exactly one hundred years later, Shinji Hirako, Captain of Division Five and Kisuke Urahara, Captain of Division Twelfth, should spend their last day in Seireitei.
They should not see their lovers again until one hundred years had passed and a certain Orange haired man steps foot into the Siereitei for the first time.
A/N: Hope you liked it. From here on out the Story is pretty much Canon. With the difference that Shinji and Kisuke are pretty much in a relationship with one another, as are Juushiro and Shunsui. For those wondering why Juushiro and Shunsui don't visit their Lovers. They think the whole bunch of them are dead. The only ones knowing they are very much alive are the Central 46, but they hushed up their own mistakes and told everyone that they died during their breakout and that Kisuke Urahara who had turned them into Hollows had been executed on the spot for such an atrocious act.
Soo yeah, next chapter is going to pick up after Aizen was defeated.
~ Sal
