A/N I thank anyone who has read this. :D Much appreciated.
Hah ha! :D Finally! I took my friggin' time. X3 Okay, so I'm borrowing my cousin's laptop, I'm still waiting to buy one. It's... complicated. Paid part of my phone bill, so I'm happy. X3 I would've replied to everyone, but... well, the last time I updated was a while ago, so I saw no use to. I'll reply to the so few of you that'll review next time. :D
Some of you might get pissed off with this chapter, but eh... my choice, right? X3
Oh, yeah, I also apologize for ranting last chapter. Very uncool of me. But, y'know, you'd be annoyed too, if you were embarrassed of one of your stories and people keep faving it. Well, not a lot of people(thankfully) but you know what I mean. X3
Oh! And if I do decide to do the whole mature thing with what people do after they get married(or before, either way) I would make a separate story, since I'm sure some people would not appreciate what I would do if I did decide to do the whole nudge nudge wink wink thing. X3
Disclaimer –I do not own Bleach.
Warning –Swearing.
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"You know… Riko is getting prettier."
Kenpachi and Ikkaku slowly turned their heads to stare at Yumichika incredulously, both their eyes wide with shock. Did he… just say that? They both made faces, staring at the smiling fifth seat, waiting for him to explain. All he did was look up in thought with a smile, which made the other two frown and roll their eyes before they went back to whatever they were doing. Wait… Hold on… Kenpachi turned to send his fifth seat a glare.
"Why do ya say that?" Kenpachi asked, scowling at the man.
"You have nothing to worry about, Taicho," Yumichika said, waving his hand dismissively at the man, seeing him narrow his eyes suspiciously. "All I was saying that when we first met Riko she had short messy… messy… messy hair. But her hair has grown quite long over the past three years. Still messy, but it just seems to… suit her." He said, shrugging lightly.
"Yeah, not to mention that fiery personality of hers is a major turn-on to the new recruits," Ikkaku said, rolling his eyes with a scoff. He looked back to his book which had pictures of women in… various positions. "Too bad for 'em. She's taken."
Prettier? Riko? Kenpachi snorted and looked up in thought. She was still the same old hothead he met three years before. Just with longer hair… and a little curvier around the hips… and- Ah, who the hell cared? She was still the same ol' hothead that yelled when someone touched her by accident. Pretty… He scoffed lightly and crossed his arms. He'd be dead before someone called her that, in her face. She pretty much attacked anyone that called her attractive—which she was not.
"Hey, Zaraki Taicho!" Riko yelled, sliding the door open with a wide grin on her face, her messy hair hanging all over the place.
Kenpachi stared at her, scowling lightly. Son of a bitch…
"What?" Kenpachi grunted, seeing the woman frown at his tone.
"What'd I do?" Riko asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
Yumichika shook his head with a smile, seeing the woman turn her head to stare at her, her messy hair framing her face. Her hair had grown to the small of her back, which made her look… look…
"So cute~!" Yumichika yelled, hugging to woman with a bright smile on his face, which made the woman widen her eyes.
Riko scowled and struggled to push him away from her, telling him to back off before she punched him. He then retaliated by saying he was stronger than her. Ikkaku snapped at the two to be quiet, rolling his eyes when they ignored him. Hearing the door slide open he turned his head to greet the fukutaicho, blinking when he saw someone else. He couldn't stop his eyes from trailing her body, raising his eyebrows appreciatively.
Riko and Yumichika stopped, with the ninth seat pushing her foot against the fifth seat's stomach to try to push him away, both staring at the woman in confusion.
Kenpachi blinked tiredly.
Standing tall with a cheeky smile on her face the woman at the door narrowed her eyes slightly when her eyes landed on the Taicho, making him quirk a brow at her expression. Walking into the room in a confident stride, her hips swaying with the action, her long hair trailing behind her. She reached up and brushed it aside, a sexy little smirk crossing her face. Riko blinked from the fifth seat's head-lock.
"Hello, Zaraki Taicho," She purred, placing the pile of paperwork she was holding on the desk, placing her hands on the surface and leaning forward with a smile, showing a fair amount of her cleavage. "I've heard people say you're the scariest of all the Taichos, but…" She chuckled lightly. "They didn't tell me you were handsome."
Kenpachi stared at the woman incredulously, leaning back in his chair as he frowned uncomfortably. Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Riko's jaws dropped, all gawking at the woman. She straightened, tilting her head and giving the Taicho a smile.
"My name is Tsuyoshi Kumiko," She said, winking at the man, which made him blink. "If you ever need company… just call me." She purred, turning to head for the door.
She stopped and stared at Riko, narrowing her eyes slightly. Riko stared back at her, frowning slightly, flinching when Kumiko smirked and held her head high as she walked out of the room. Ikkaku snorted before he started laughing, saying that even Anya hadn't come on that hard, turning to smirk at the Taicho, seeing him shrug lightly in confusion. Yumichika shook his head lightly with an amused smile on his face, letting out a quiet sigh. Ah, another one of the Taicho's admirers most likely. Though this is the first time he's seen one so… forward. He turned his head to smile at Riko, widening his eyes and backing away from her.
Riko's eyes were wide, her upper lip curled in a snarl, her shoulders hunched up, glaring at the door with so much anger in her eyes. She curled her fingers into fists, each one cracking under the pressure, growling under her breath.
"Whoa, you look jealous," Ikkaku said, smirking at the woman.
"Shut up!" Riko growled, sending the bald man a dark glare, making him back up and widen his eyes. She turned to send the Taicho a glare, making him frown. "…Idiots!" She yelled, turning and stomping towards the door.
They all stayed silent when she slammed the door.
"…Is she jealous?"
Renji made a face and tilted his head while Kaori's eyes were wide and unblinking. What the hell were they watching? Renji grabbed the case and quirked a brow. Black Swan... Okay...?
"I... I don't get it, is she going crazy?" Kaori asked, motioning towards the movie.
"It says she's mentally unstable," Renji murmured, shrugging lightly. "Guess so."
"So what?" Kaori murmured, holding her hand out towards the television, the look on her face making the fukutaicho snicker. "She's getting so wrapped up in it that it's making her think she's becoming the black swan? That's so... stupid! This movie makes no sense!"
"It does to some people."
"Not us."
"Yep, that's for sure."
"Enjoying yourselves?"
They both jumped and turned, both their eyes growing when they saw the Taicho staring down at them with a hard look in his eyes. Renji stood up and rushed towards the office with a nervous grin on his face, rubbing the back of his neck as he practically ran out of the room. Turning around, Kaori stared at the screen of the television before she cleared her throat. She slowly made a face at the scene going on. So what? She thought that ballerina was sleeping with a bird man...? What? She scoffed lightly.
"This movie makes no sense." Kaori murmured, staying still when she heard nothing.
Was he gone? Yeah, he was most likely gone. She turned around, jumping when she saw Byakuya slowly raising his eyebrows. Was he...? Yep. She sighed and stood up, giving him a nod and heading for the door. Training it was. Or delivering paperwork, either one.
Byakuya slowly shook his head and turned to head for the door, pausing when he saw the redhead stop and hold out two hands, seeming to choose between the two. She sighed and turned towards him, scowling lightly. Seems she chose to deliver paperwork instead. Good. The one that usually delivered the paperwork was sick. Turning, he head towards the office with the woman on his heels. Some of the women he passed sent the redhead sneers, some scoffing lightly.
All Kaori did was roll her eyes.
Ugh, sometimes it pissed her off with the way they acted. All jealous and whatnot. She held her hand up in front of her, mimicking someone moving their lips with her fingers and thumb, making a face and mumbling to herself. She let out a grunt when she walked into the Taicho's back, stepping back with a frown. He didn't turn to meet her gaze, making her furrow her brows before she looked around him. She raised her eyebrows.
Byakuya glared at the woman standing in front of him, seeing the side of her mouth quirk upwards, giving him a sexy little smirk.
"Hello, Kuchiki Taicho," She purred, batting her eyelashes at him.
Kaori looked away to hide her smirk when she heard the light scoff coming from the man. But hearing a snort, she turned her head to see the woman covering her mouth with a grin, which had Byakuya delicately raising an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She yelled, waving her hands at him, shaking her head lightly. "I tried acting all seductive, but I can't! It's not my style!" She continued to snicker before she let out a loud sigh. She held her hand out with a smirk. "Tomomi."
Reacting as he usually did Byakuya left her hand, silently telling her to move out his way.
"Okay...?" Tomomi murmured, letting an amused smirk cross her face. "Anyway, those two over there dared me to do it." She said, turning to point at two smirking women.
They both waved their arms in response, which had Kaori quirk a brow.
"Yeah... we gotta go," Kaori said, pushing the Taicho past the woman with a nervous grin on her face. She let out a yelp of surprise when Tomomi grabbed her arm, making her glance at her with a frown. "Yeah...?"
"It's nice to meet you," Tomomi said, letting a wide grin cross her face.
"Uh... you, too..." Kaori said uncomfortably, turning her head to purse her lips.
"Well, gotta go. I just made a hundred bucks doing that," She said, snickering lightly.
Kaori blinked before she also snickered, both women nodding to one another before they parted their ways. Once Tomomi turned she gave a wide grin as she looked at the sky, folding her arms behind her back as she walked down the hallway.
Byakuya narrowed his eyes lightly, glaring after the woman. Something about her... made him uneasy. Her reiatsu seemed to be covered with—He had to frown when Kaori clapped a hand on his back, telling him to hurry up. He felt that need to roll his eyes every time he was with her, but he restrained himself from doing so. He ignored the impatient look on her face.
She must be a fool to think she can deliver all that paperwork early.
Kayo and Seika turned their heads when they heard sobbing… loud sobbing.
They both furrowed their eyebrows when Renta slid the door open, tears running down his face comically, his eyes large and watery, stumbling into the room and collapsing onto the couch. Staring at him for a moment the two women glanced at one another in question. He was crying… Why? Seika placed her hand on her brother's shoulder, clearing her throat and grinning to try to cheer him up. Not responding he continued to cry his eyes out.
"Renta? Buddy…?" Seika murmured, letting a wide grin cross her face once more.
Kayo walked over towards them, staring down at the third seat worriedly. He slowly looked up, his lips trembling and whimpering quietly.
"Hanako…" Renta covered his eyes with his arm and started crying once more. "Hanako broke up with me!"
Seika and Kayo's eyes grew wide, their mouths falling open. Renta started whimpering, his large eyes making both women glance at one another worriedly. In the main office Hitsugaya rolled his eyes, letting out a light scoff. It was bound to happen eventually, since he kept glancing at women without any shame. He had to scowled, from where he could see, when he saw Kayo hug the whimpering man. This was either a cruel joke… or he was going to smack his third seat… for slacking off work. Nodding curtly he went back to reading the form.
Hearing the door he looked up with a grouchy look on his face and told whoever it was to come in. Someone poked their head in, letting a bright smile cross their face, which made him slowly raise an eyebrow. Okay…? She bounded into the room and placed the pile of paperwork on the desk, which had him scowling once more. Dammit… He wouldn't mind for a vacation right about now.
"It's not fair!" Renta wailed, stumbling into the room, which had the two turn their heads to stare at him.
Without realizing, and since the woman was basically the same size as Kayo, he wrapped his arms around her and started sobbing once more. She stiffened and blinked, sending him a strange stare. Hitsugaya stared flatly. Kayo and Seika both bit their lips to stop themselves from smiling. Clearing her throat the small woman sent him a flat stare, making Renta open his eyes and stare at her. He furrowed his eyebrows.
"…Hello…?" Renta murmured, slowly unwrapping his arms from the woman and stepping back with an embarrassed grin on his face.
She huffed before she turned to send the Taicho a bright smile, which had the third seats and the twelfth seat glancing at one another. Hitsugaya stared at her with a look that said… he was pretty much annoyed.
"My name is Yumiko, sir!" She said, giving a swift salute with a grin.
Hitsugaya hummed and nodded, silently telling the woman to leave. He had to frown when she bent down and crossed her arms on his desk, leaning forward with a smirk. Kayo blinked and furrowed her eyebrows slightly, turning to head to see Seika and Renta frowning.
"If you ever need any help with the paperwork… just ask for help," Yumiko said, standing up and turning to head for the door.
Hitsugaya frowned and stared after her suspiciously. Why did she do that? Sure, he had fan girls(yes, he knew), but they never… acted like that. Most were too intimidated to walk up to him. He turned his head to go back to work, pausing when he was aware of the silence that filled the room. Looking up he saw both Renta and Seika frowning at him, which had him quirking a brow. What did he do? Because he wasn't panicking that Renta's girlfriend broke up with him? Glancing at Kayo he furrowed his eyebrows slightly when he saw her staring at the floor with a worried look in her eyes.
"Uh…" Kayo rubbed her arm and looked up with a smile. "I promised Matsumoto fukutaicho I'd help her look for a kimono."
"Kayo, uh…" Renta glanced at Seika for help, seeing her shrug. They both scowled at the oblivious look on the Taicho's face. "You can't go! I, uh… I need… I need help!" He yelled, covering his eyes and feigning sobbing once more. "Hanako dumped me without a second thought!"
Kayo started panicking, which made him mentally sigh in relief that she wasn't going to leave. He could see the insecurity return to her eyes, like the time she was near the Taicho without even realizing her feelings. He let her guide her out of the room, smiling and nodding nervously when she saw he should get tea to calm down. Seika glanced at the Taicho before she followed, leaving behind a confused prodigy.
Did he do something...?
Riko grumbled as she stomped down the street, crossing her arms and scowling, not even knowing why she was angry in the first place. Nothing happened. Nothing at all! Other than that little slut trying to—Whoa! Her eyes snapped wide open, shaking her head lightly and glaring at the ground. What the hell was that? She may curse a lot, but she would never call anyone that. She must be tired. Yeah, that's gotta be it. But what was she trying to do? She had a look in her eyes—a look Riko didn't recognize.
What kind of look was it?
What the hell was—
"Riko, my love~!"
Before she knew it, Riko was close to the ground, her eyes wide with someone smiling charmingly down at her with his arms wrapped around her waist. He let out a loud yell when her fist met his face, yet he didn't drop her, whimpering when she removed her hand. She pushed him away and placed her hands on her hips when he helped her stand. He held his face with furrowed eyebrows.
"What do ya want, Haku?" Riko asked, raising a brow with a scowl.
"Why, to see you, my dear," Haku said, bowing down and sending the woman a charming smile, his face red from the punch. "And... because I saw you walking down the street just now." He said, pointing down the way he came from with a smile on his face.
She slowly rolled her eyes with an amused smirk crossing her face, which made Haku started smiling. The sun was shining brightly, a few birds were in the sky, a bee was after him before(and he's allergic to those), so today was a little great. What made it better was that he could see Riko~! Too bad the Taicho declined his request for a vacation.
"So, you looked mad before. May I ask why?" Haku asked, seeing the woman immediately scowl.
"Nah, it's just... Zaraki Taicho-"
"Ah, say no more," Haku said, holding his hands up with a smile. At the questioning stare he cleared his throat. "I'm happy to see you, but I'm not suicidal."
Riko frowned. "What's that mean?"
"He's yours," Haku said, shrugging lightly.
"What?" At the sharp tone he cringed and took a step back as a safety precaution, which didn't do much since she reached over and grabbed him by the front of his robes. "What do you mean by that? I'm not his!" Riko growled, glaring down at the man.
"You're right! You're right!" Haku yelled, holding up his hands with a nervous grin. "So...? Uh... Anything new?"
"No," Riko said, taking a step away and crossing her arms with a scowl. "Other than a friggin' woman making some kinda face at Zaraki Taicho." She gritted out in a tense voice, her face growing demonic.
She's jealous, Haku thought with a wide smile crossing his face. Oh, that's cute. Wait... He furrowed his eyebrows slightly and frowned, tilting his head. Some kinda face...? He cleared his throat to get her attention, since she started grumbling and punching her hand in anger.
"What kind of face?" Haku asked, walking down the street and motioning her to follow. And to his amazement she did. "What did it look like?"
Riko pursed her lips and looked up in thought before she tried mimicking the look. Haku's eyebrows rose. Well, make that face at Zaraki Taicho and he might propose. He started snickering at the thought before he shook his head, seeing the ninth seat staring at him intently to hear his thoughts. He cleared his throat and started explaining the look, watching as Riko's look slowly changed from confusion to understanding, and finally... anger.
"She tried to WHAT?!"
She frowned when Haku jumped back and held his hands up, like he was expecting her to hit him.
"What?" Renji looked up, staring at the redhead incredulously.
"Yeah, this chick tried to seduce Kuchiki Taicho," Kaori said, rubbing the back of her neck with a frown. "It'd weird."
From the look on her face it seemed like she didn't know how she felt. Shaking his head lightly he stood up and walked over to her, clapping her shoulder with a reassuring smirk on his face. She stared with a frown before she returned it, turning to stare at the empty desk that belonged to the Taicho. There was a meeting with him and the Soutaicho. But when that woman gave him that look it gave her a funny feeling. She was just trying to identify it.
"I know he's handsome, but..." Kaori groaned and glared at the wall. "I don't like this feeling!"
"I bet," Renji said, shaking his head with a smirk. "You jealous?"
"No!"
"Answered a bit too quickly there, Kaori," Renji said, snickering lightly when he saw her face tinge red. "Hey, it's normal to be jealous. You don't need to worry."
It was normal to be jealous? Kaori frowned and looked at the floor, biting her lip. All that woman did was smile at the Taicho, she didn't need to feel like this! Letting out a frustrated sigh she glanced at the desk to see a pile of paperwork. Renji grinned and held it out, making her sigh again before she asked where she had to deliver it. She turned and walked out of the room, heading for the hallway with a scowl.
"Hello," Looking up she nodded, pausing and grinning. "Great to see you again." Kenshin said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Hey!" Kaori raised her arm and saluted. "How you doing, Kenshin?"
"Fine. Delivering paperwork, as always." Kenshin answered, holding up the pile for emphasis. "How are you?"
"Great..." Kaori said, looking to the side with a grin. She smirked and raised her eyebrows. "So? Anything new happen?"
Kenshin stopped himself from trying to walk around her, staring at her intently and narrowing his eyes suspiciously, which had the redhead frowning in confusion. Did she do something? The look on his face was saying that he didn't trust her. What was not trustworthy about her? She's great! Well, not great, but at least people can depend at her.
"...What do you want?" Kenshin asked, frowning at the woman.
"Ah, I'm shocked, Kenshin," Kaori said, covering her heart with her hands, feigning shock. "Can't I greet one of my dear friends?"
"We barely hang out—"
"You're so boring," Kaori said, giving a wide grin. "We can hang out now!" She said, throwing her arms up in the air.
"I'm work-"
"Let's go!" Kaori said, grabbing his arm and pulling him down the hallway.
Kenshin let out an exasperated sigh and rolled his eyes, pulling his arm away and following the redhead reluctantly. Hopefully the Taicho didn't get mad that he was slacking off from work. The mere thought made him frown uneasily. He didn't like missing work. He felt sloppy when he would even sleep in, and Haku made fun of him for it. He stuffed the paperwork in his robes, glaring straight ahead with a scowl. It grew when Kaori commented he should calm down.
"Shut up."
"Whoa-ho! Someone's grouchy."
"I said shut up."
"Did she say why?" Seika asked, raising her eyebrows curiously.
Renta shook his head, his cheeks tinged red and a scowl on his face, holding a cup loosely in his hand. As soon as they left the office he declared they were going to drink. They tried declining but he wouldn't have any of that. So, he was drinking and they were trying to get him to talk about it. First was the crying, then the silence, and finally, anger. He was starting to complain that she never let him do anything he wanted, even though that was not true. And he called her any degrading name he could think of. Which made Seika and Kayo frown.
"Nope... Just said, "I'm done with you!" He adopted a falsetto voice, letting out a scoff. "She's just stuck-up."
"Renta," Seika said, holding her hands out. "She had her reasons, maybe—"
"Nope! Won't listen!" Renta covered his ears with a frown, which made his sister roll her eyes.
"Renta, she was nice." Kayo said, sending the man a pleading stare.
Sticking his tongue out he blew a raspberry, which made the two women frown and glance at each other. They weren't getting through to him. Groaning in frustration Seika rubbed her face before she blinked and removed her hands from her face, letting a grin cross her face.
"The meet 'n greet!" Seika yelled, which made the two jump and stare at her like she was crazy. "You can meet someone there!"
Renta scoffed. "Yeah, right. 'M not goin' ta that stupid thing." He said, slumping over the table. "Ain't that desperate."
"C'mon! It'll be great! You might even meet someone you like. It's in three days." Seika said, seeing the small blonde blink and widen her eyes with realization that she was supposed to go with Riko.
He blew another raspberry. He sat up and wrapped an arm around Kayo's shoulder, making her frown uncomfortably when she could smell the alcohol around him. Gross. She tried moving her face away when he lowered his head and started talking, shaking her lightly as if to show who he was talking to.
"Yeah, me an' Kayo'll be jus' fine. We don't need those two bastards... and bitch," Renta slurred, making the two women frown in confusion.
"What...?"
"Ah, c'mon! Kayo's so insecure of 'erself that she'll begin ta think the Taicho won't need her," Renta said, making his sister smack him.
"I'll kill you!" Seika whispered harshly, sending him an almost maniacal grin as she held him, shaking him back and forth roughly. "And we're going to that meet 'n greet 'cause I promised myself I would go for the heck of it."
Renta snorted before he nodded, closing his eyes for a moment. Only they didn't open. Seika scowled when she heard him snore softly, turning her head to see Kayo staring at the table with slightly furrowed eyebrows. She looked up and stared at Renta for a moment, letting a smile cross her face when she saw he was sleeping.
"Ah, don't listen to him, Kayo. He was just being an idiot." Seika said, glaring down at her brother before she let go.
She didn't react when she heard him hit the floor. Though Kayo's eyes grew wide, staring at the third seat in shock and mild concern. Renta continued to snore with a goofy smile on his face. But... what he said sounded true. She was a wimp like that. Looking up she had to furrow her eyebrows when she saw Seika smiling at her reassuringly. She paused for only a moment before she returned the smile, turning her head to stare back at the other third seat. Was he alright? He seemed to be struggling...
What Kayo didn't know was that Seika was pinching his leg, quite hard, for making that comment about Kayo being insecure.
And it hurt.
Satoru smiled as he typed rapidly at the computer, looking over the data for the weapon he was making. Hmm... Everything seemed in check. There was still a chance that if he used it, it might explode, but that's what tests were for. All he needed was to test it, hopefully it wouldn't blow up, and all would be well.
He raised his head when he heard a ringing, seeing a small screen pop up.
Furrowing his brow slightly he opened the screen and read the information it presented before him. Large amounts of souls were gathering in one area... That didn't seem... The scientist frowned before he turned and walked towards one of his machines, typing on the small screen before it opened a hatch. He smiled when he saw a small machine fly out, small enough to be mistaken for a fly, staying in the air for a moment. It was a camera. Hundreds of them were in the machine, and all he needed was to push a single button to have them all running.
Ah, technology...
He pushed several keys on the screen, watching as the camera quickly moved out of the room and down the hallway.
He'd send a camera to see if he could see anything, just to be safe. In the meantime he better tell Kurotsuchi Taicho about the souls. Walking out of the room he followed the reiatsu that belonged to the Taicho, smiling when he found him twenty minutes later. He cleared his throat, seeing the Taicho look up with a frown, holding a contraption that could only mean danger to anyone.
"What?!" Kurotsuchi snapped, stepping away from the... mush.
"Kurotsuchi Taicho, I am in charge of security, you know that,"
"Yes, yes, and you're the weapons expert," Kurotsuchi said, rolling his eyes as he waved his hand dismissively.
"Well..." Satoru paused and tilted his head. "For the past couple of weeks I have been monitoring the Rukongai for anything out of the ordinary and there's a large amount of souls gathering in the east Rukon districts."
"Has there been any reports?"
"Uh... no-"
"Then leave it."
"Yes, sir!" Satoru exclaimed, saluting to the man with a wide smile on his face.
"I will send a couple of subordinates to see if there are any disturbances, if that will ease your tension." Kurotsuchi said, crossing his arms and sending him a glare.
"Yes, thank you, sir!" Satoru bowed, giving a wide grin before he turned and walked down the hallway.
Kurotsuchi rolled his eyes. Really... He felt exhausted every time he spoke to him. He was much more cheerful than any of the other scientists, unless they made a discovery. Now, who should he send? Ah, he'll think of it tomorrow. It wasn't that urgent. And if it was urgent Satoru would be pestering him to do something.
Now where was Nemu?
She had the hollow's heart.
"WHAT?!"
Riko glared at Kaori and Kayo, seeing them glance at one another, both having yelled. She crossed her arms and scoffed, leaning back against the chair and glaring at the wall past her two friends. It was night, and most nights they got together to eat at a restaurant-when they had money-so they were all relaxing. She had told them what Haku had told her.
"Someone tried enticing your Taicho?" Kaori asked, eyebrow raised in question, receiving a nod. "Your Taicho?"
Riko frowned.
"I-I'm sorry, but I just find it hard to believe anyone would... come onto him," Kaori said, pausing for a moment. "Except for his stalker."
"Only thing is... it pisses me off!" Riko growled, slamming her hands on the table, gritting her teeth and narrowing her eyes. "And I don't even know why!?"
"...'Cause you're jealous." Kayo said, biting her lip when she saw her friend's jaw drop. "But Renta said I'm insecure... and it's true." She said, hitting her head on the table and sighing.
Kaori smiled and patted her back comfortingly, looking up to see Riko blinking several times before she shook her head with large eyes. If she had to guess it seemed like Riko didn't know she was jealous in the first place. Well, the two of them didn't know. Really... Kaori scoffed at the thought of being jealous. It wasn't her style. Then again she didn't really know what her style was. Maybe being tired...? Was that a style? Eh, she didn't know.
"I'm not... jealous," Riko murmured, looking away with a scowl.
"Sure, you're not." Kaori said, smirking widely.
Riko sent her a frowned, bringing her arms up onto the table and resting her head on her hands, slowly shaking her head. Kayo let out another sigh, staring ahead with furrowed eyebrows with her head still on the table. Well, weren't they sad? With a roll of her eyes Kaori snorted, staring at the two to see them close their eyes. The dark-haired woman opened her eyes before furrowing her eyebrows, her eyes intent on the wall, which made Kaori and Kayo frown in confusion.
"Hey... do you think," And Riko said something that made their jaws drop open. "I have to seduce Zaraki Taicho?"
"Y-Y-Y-You—W-W-W-W-Well, uh, maybe. Y-Y'know, most couples usually get past that stage in... three dates or so," Kaori said, shrugging lightly with large eyes, entwining her hands and resting her arms on the table, biting her lip. "T-To be honest, I'm not so sure."
"You would probably have to read about it." Kayo said, her eyes as wide as saucers.
"Read about it?" Riko asked, glancing at the small blonde and frowning. "...Well... I don't know how to seduce," The two frowned uncomfortably, both having an idea where this was going. "So... I'll have to study, right?"
They both stiffly nodded.
Riko grinned widely and held her hands up, narrowing her eyes until they were almost slitted and snickering.
"I got it!" Riko said, standing up and holding her fist up. "In order to make sure no bitch'll do that again, I gotta-"
"S-Stop right there, Riko!" Kaori whispered, holding her hands up with wide eyes. "Do you understand what you're saying?! Y-You're saying you're willing to," She paused and looked around, as if making sure no one was listening. She held up a hand and cupped it beside her mouth. "Give him your virginity." She whispered, her eyes remaining wide and unblinking.
"...Well," Riko's face turned red. "I'd be lying if I said... I wasn't curious about it." She murmured, sitting back down while fumbling with her hands.
Kayo's jaw hung wide open with shock. She gulped and looked at Kaori at the same time her face turned red, pointing to herself.
"Should I-"
"No," Kaori said firmly, sending the small blonde a frown. "Never."
"What about you?" Riko asked, raising her eyes to the redhead.
"No!"
"You answered quickly."
"Shut up!" Kaori snapped, leaning in her seat and crossing her arms, all three staying silent.
"...W-Where would I go check this out? This... seducing stuff?"
"I dunno. Library?"
"Alright."
An awkward silence settled over the three of them, each one of them blushing. They all stayed silent, one occasionally clearing their throat to try to get rid of the silence. It would be safe to say it didn't work, since they all avoided each others' stares, even when their food arrived.
"...This sucks."
"Yeah..."
"...Yes..."
Silence once more.
Oh, the awkwardness...
November 4, 2012
Quite a while, eh? ( -.-) I'm sorry for taking me time. X3 Forgive me. My goal... is to try and get to chapter fifteen before I start the whole plot. X3
Inspiration for this chapter: Owl City - When Can I See You Again?
I, of course, thank anyone still with the story. X3