Kumiko laid in bed the next morning, body aching all over and completely unsatisfied. The heaviness of her body, due the the amount of effort she used yesterday trying to resist captain ukitakes spiritual pressure, was an easy fix. She has been trying to talk herself out of the bed and into a hot bath for the best part of half an hour.
The achy need in the lowest part of her stomach however. Squirming slightly in her bed, knees pressed together to try and get any sort of relief was the fault of shunsui leaving her high and dry last night
what the hell was that she thought bitterly, they were clearly heading for sex she mused, delicious, hot, filling sex. Giving her head a wobble, Kumiko tried to stop those thoughts doing nothing for the ache between her legs. They had kissed a few time. Passionately. What made him jump off her like she was on fire when they were about to go further
maybe he doesn't want to give me the wrong impression, she pondered, throwing her blanket over her head maybe he is just after a one night stand, and is worried maybe I want more
do I want more? Kumiko battled with her feelings. She wanted sex. Yes. That was a definite judging by her still aching body, begging to be filled.
And if she was being honest with her heart, yes, she wanted more than just a one time thing with shunsui.
Maybe I was deluding myself in thinking he wanted more too?
fed up with her own private pity party, Kumiko jumped out of bed and walked straight into her Bathroom before she could talk herself out of moving again. And started to prepare herself a bath, to at least fix one of her problems this morning
Walking into Uraharas office, Kumiko chucked her hair behind her back, the long strands annoying her already. " morning " she said, sitting down at the table he was currently writing on
"morning miko-san!"He's too chipper in the morning she grumbled
"how are you this morning?" He asked, not yet catching on to her less than happy mood
"fine". She answered him directly, causing him to look up at her
"whats wrong?"
damn him, he's too observant
"nothing,". She said trying to make herself a bit more normal "what're you working on?"
"just the report for captain commander on your first day of training, I'll be handing it over to jushiro as soon as I finish it, for him to check " he told her, waiting for her witty comeback.
Silly joke?
Funny insult?
nothing
"ok " he said putting his pen down "what's wrong with you?"
"nothing I'm fine"
"is that "fine" fine or a woman's "im not actually fine , I'm raging mad" "fine" he asked her
she couldn't stop the corners of her mouth twitch at the sides. Ahh progress urahara thought
"is it about your training yesterday?" He pushed
"no, I'm fine"
"you have a nightmare again?" Slightly worried
"no, I actually slept really well, the training wiped me out"
"is it because I shouted yesterday? " he tried again
" you hardly shouted" she rolled her eyes at him
it's not about me then, he thought, narrowing down what's got her in a mood
"did shunsui drop you when he carried you home?" I'm running out of options here
she gave him a sigh
bingo he thought what did that idiot do now?
"what did that idiot do now?" he asked out loud
"nothing"
urahara was getting tired of her short answers
"Kumiko, will you just speak to me, what's wrong? What did he do"? he begged her
"no, I mean, he actually did nothing, that's the problem " Kumiko complained
" I'm not following" urahara said, happy she started talking
Kumiko darted her eyes around the room, trying to avoid eye contact with her friend, knowing how embarrassing it will be " after he took me home, he kissed me again, and things started getting heavier. And we were going towards the bedroom and then he, did nothing! He left! Who does that? ". She asked exasperated
"so you're mad because your horny?" Urahara laughed joyfully, now knowing his friend is actually ok, he was quite enjoying himself
"no, im frustrated because he got me worked up and then left without doing anything about it, leaving me in this frustrated state. And that is why I'm mad" kumiko illiterated for him, causing him to laugh harder
bastard she thought with no real anger toward her friend
his laughing making it really difficult to suppress her growing smile"stop laughing you ass, it isn't funny" she laughed back at him
""ahh miko-san" urahara laughed " you are most entertaining"
"right, get yourself out of this mood, you horny woman. We got places to go and people to see and I can't have you humping anything that moves" Urahara told her, picking up it pen to finish up the last few lines on the report
"jack ass" she told him fondly
"it's friday, we can finish work early and go get some drinks" he told her "you're too much of a happy drunk to let being horny dampen your mood
In a considerably better mood, Kumiko walked with urahara to visit Captain ukitake. Kumiko noticed that the 13th Baracks were very much similar to the 7th. Plenty of green spaces and plants decorating the outside space. Upon arriving at ukitakes office, Kumiko noticed two desks occupied by two bickering people.
Waking up to them. On spotting Urahara both man and woman bowed deeply to him
the man spoke first "captain Urahara! Captain Ukitake is expecting you, I'll go let him know your here "
"no, I'll go let him know they're here" the woman snapped at him
"I saw him first I should be the one to go inform our captain " the man shouted, leaning closer ti the woman
"our captain don't even like you, he'll be much happier if I give him the news" the woman matched his energy, butting heads the with man
"my my, no need to worry! I'll go let him know I'm here myself". Urahara laughed at the pairs antics, his wooden clogs tapping against the floor lightly
"see what you did!"
"what I did! That's what you did stupid!" They're shouted argument followed them down the hall, causing Kumiko to laugh.
"are they always like that?" She asked urahara, slipping her arm through his.
"unfortunately, 3rd seats Kotsubaki and Kotetsu seem to spend more time arguing about who loves their captain more than actually helping their captain" Urahara chuckled " poor man has his hands full with those two, it'll do him good to find a decent lieutenant "
"like you don't have trouble with lieutenant Hiyori?" Kumiko laughed with him
"but could you imagine two Hiyori? Perish the thought". He told her in pretend mortification, making her laugh harder,
reaching the open door to ukitakes office, Urahara popped his head in with a small knock, not yet seeing the captain
"over here, Urahara san" came the week voice just out of view from there they were stood, entering the office they found ukitake sat on a sofa, drinking what looked to be hot tea. Kumiko almost stopped in her tracks at the sight of him .
Already pale complexion was pasty white and slightly clammy, he had red puffy eyes and his hands were shaking slightly. Urahara didnt seem surprised at his appearance,
"sorry jushiro, you having one of your bad days?" Urahara asked him kindly, sitting on the opposite sofa ukitake was currently on, bringjng Kumiko with him " this could have waited if you were not feeling well"
"I'm afraid so, I feel well enough to read over your report though, Urahara-san, don't trouble yourself " ukitake smiled weekly at the man
"sir?" Kumiko asked softly, not wanting to overstep her boundaries, but needing to ask the man who has been so lovely to her if he is ok
"are you alright? Do you need anything ?"
" I am fine , kumiko-san thank you. I imagine no one has told you about my illness yet?" He asked looking to Urahara
"you've been in such good health recently, it hasn't come up " urahara confirmed
"I've had a life long illness with my lungs, incurable. I am fine most of the time, but get the occasional bad day, like today. Nothing to worry about. It'll pass like all the others" he explained calmly to the woman
"is this bad day because of your helping with my training yesterday? You were releasing an awful lot of Reiatsu for a long period of time" Kumiko asked, feeling guilty
"who's to say? " ukitake said kindly "it may have contributed, but then again it could just be a usual bad day, nothing for you to concern yourself with dear"
"but.." Kumiko paused slightly " but if helping me is making you sick captain, we can use someone else's Reiatsu. I don't want you sick Because of me"
" I enjoyed helping you Kumiko-san" ukitake told her kindly "I know my own limits, if I get to a point I think it will be detrimental to my health, I will speak up. This isn't your fault Kumiko-san, I've lived with this condition for hundreds of years " he smiled weakly
"do you need me to contact Unohana?" Kiske asked the man, squeezing Kumiko hand in comfort
"no I'll be fine, thank you. Once I've finished my tea I'll have a nap and be good to go after lunch " ukitake said, coughing into a napkin
"we won't keep you awake any longer then jushiro, " urahara said standing up, Kumiko following him, "I'll leave the report on your desk on the way out. Send me a message if you need anything"
"I will do, old friend" Said weakly
"please take care of yourself, captain ukitake" kumiko bowed at the sickly captain, before following urahara out the door
"Is captain ukitake really going to to be ok?" Kumiko asked over her shoulder. Currently stood at her oven finishing up the meal she was preparing for herself and Urahara, nothing fancy, a hearty bowl of miso soup, with tofu and seaweed .
From his position sat on the kitchen counter behind her Urahara told the worried woman
"he will be fine, miko-san, he gets like that sometimes. I've seen him in much worse states, he always bounces back. It is very worrying the first time you see it though." He gave to her. "Soup smells delicious, I may have to keep you on as my own personal chef ." He said, tugging at her hair lightly
she laughed at him "I knew you were only keeping me around for my cooking skills"
"that and your ability to always be made to laugh at my bad jokes" he added, referring to the uncontrollable laughter Kumiko displayed when urahara raised his spiritual pressure "it does wonderful things to a man's ego"
cheekily she turned around, with two steaming bowls of steaming soup "af if you need any help with your ego, it's so big it can hardly fit under that hat of yours" laughing on her way pass, she bumped her hip into his dangling legs slightly "get your ass off my counter top and come to the table".
Hopping down lightly he followed the woman into the dining room, grabbing the two ice waters ready on the counter, and joining her at the table. As they began to dig in, Urahara slurping happily, Kumiko asked him "if it's ok, I would like to take some of the soup over to captain ukitake before I join you back in the office?"
Urahara nodded around a swallow, "I think that's a lovely idea, miko-san. I'm sure he will appreciate it, we've not got much left to do today anyway, just some paperwork about my divisions scouting party"
"what has your scouting party been doing?" Making conversation
"there's been an increasingly larger amounts of hollow appearances the last couple of weeks in the Forrest by district 47" urahara explained, setting down his spoon to drink straight from the bowl instead. "They've been destroying hollows and trying to determine what is making them all flock to the area. We've been working with captain amagai as the Forrest is between our 47th and their 48th district"
"captain amagai is next on our list to see my recaction to his spiritual pressure, right?" Kumiko remembering he was the captain of the third, a very sweet man, according to Urahara
"that's right, we should be able to do it in the next day or so. I have to meet with him about trading our reports anyway"
"how convenient". Kumiko smiled at him "do you think I would be able to join the scouting party one day next week? It's been ages since I've seen any real action, I don't want to get rusty" she added, big puppy dog eyes getting sent her friends way
"maybe". He concluded, "I know Amagais lieutenant Kira is among those in their group, so long as you don't have an adverse reaction to his spiritual pressure, I don't see why not. I don't want to risk sending you amongst hollows unless I'm certain you'll be safe. I'd rather you stay at home where I can keep an eye on you" he teasingly laughed
"yes dad," she jokingly told the man, laughing at his wide eyes, standing up to clear the table
"don't call me that". He shuddered slightly "I'm too young and devilishly good looking to be a dad"
"how about daddy then?" Laughing louder, Kumiko started dishing out miso soup into two containers to take to Ukitake,
his laugh followed her to the kitchen "what you call people in the bedroom is your business, dirty girl. Kiske is all I need to hear"
she smiled at him "I'm all set, I'll run this over to captain ukitake, I might stay for a little to warm it up for him? If I'm not needed back right away?" Asking her captain's permission
"take your time,". He smiled at his caring friend. He loved how big her heart was "I'm sure I can manage some paperwork without you, been a captain a long time now, you know?" Elbowing her gently in the side
"thanks for lunch miko-san. It was delicious " he said walking her to the door. A quick goodbye later and the two made their separate ways.
Arriving at ukitakes office building for the second time that day, Kumiko made her way up the hall she had walked earlier with Urahara, two containers in her hands, stacked on top of each other. Seeing the two now empty desks, Kumiko walked herself back into ukitakes office, knocking gently on the door waiting to be called in
"captain ukitake?" She called softly, not wanting to wake him if he were still asleep
"miko-san?" Came the very unexpected voice of shunsui, popping his head around the corner
"sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt." Kumiko started, before being cut off
"don't be silly, come in"
walking with him back around the corner where the two sofas were, Kumiko noticed ukitake sat upright, still not looking good but a little more awake than he did previously
"Kumiko-san! Two visits in one day? Im a lucky man". Ukitake greeted the woman kindly. As shunsui leaned his shoulder against the wooden pillar
walking over to kneel on the floor next to the man, not wanting him to strain his neck. Kumiko gave him a sweet smile, lightly holding up what was in her hands
"I made you some soup". She offered kindly . "It's miso soup, at the very least it should taste nice".
"that was very kind of you Kumiko-san, thank you, I was starting to feel hungry" he told her, eyes smiling at the sweet woman
"here," shunsui said walking forward, hands coming out to take the soup from miko; "I'll go fix it for you juu" holding his hand out to stop the offer to do it herself "I know where the kitchen is" he smiled at the realisation on her face, she definitely didn't know where the kitchen is
"thank you, shunsui" ukitake called after his friends retreating form
turning back to miko on the floor. "And thank you again Kumiko, I was getting awfully worried I would have to accept Shunsuis cooking for my lunch. He's not a talented man in the kitchen" he mock whispered the last line to her, making her laugh lightly
"I was happy to do it. I had to feed urahara something that wasn't primarily made of sugar anyway ". She laughed, turning towards the knock that came from the door, footsteps getting louder . A tall woman with black hair done up neatly at the back of her head rounded the corner, she had a pair of glasses sat upon her narrow nose, a bunch of folders in her arms and a very exasperated look on her elegant face.
"excuse me, captain ukitake, I'm sorry to interrupt when you're not feeling well. But is captain Kyoraku here by any chance?" She said eyes gazing across the room in search "I can't find him anywhere. Again, he's avoiding paperwork"
she chose to ignore the laugh coming from the woman on the floor and the patient smile coming from ukitake
"ah, no nanao-chan, I'm afraid Shunsuis not here" ukitake told the woman kindly,
the woman sighed and bowed deeply "sorry for interrupting again, I hope you get well soon sir" before turning to walk away grumbling about a "lazy drunk"
Kumiko laughed, turning to ukitake, "I'm shocked Captain, I didn't think you would lie to help keep captain Kyoraku away from his paperwork " she teased
ukitake laughed lightly, mischievous look in his kind eyes "it wasn't technically a lie, Kumiko-san" hand slowly presenting to room around them "shunsui isn't actually here, she didn't ask if I knew where he was". He laughed a little louder at the grin breaking out on her face
"you're a tricky man captain, I'll have to keep my eye on you" she decided playfully
their conversation cut off short by the ever work avoidant Kyoraku, making his way back in with a tray in his hands "soups done, juu-chan!" He said happily, gently resting it on his friends lap
"thank you, shunsui, you just missed your lieutenant "
"nanao chan was here?" He asked shocked, looking to the door to make sure she wasn't still there "was she mad?"
"she wasn't pleased". Ukitake laughed
"I'll leave you to eat in peace, Captain". Kumiko stood up "please enjoy, I hope it makes you feel better"
"thank you Kumiko" he bid her farewell as she started waking to the the door, uttering a quiet "captain" as way of saying goodbye to Kyoraku, before walking out of the office
hurried footsteps joined her own in the hallway moments later
"hey, wait miko-san". Shunsui said catching up to her, stopping her retreat. "you ok? You didn't want to stay for a bit?"
"I'm fine, I better get back to Kiske" she said, starting to walk away from him
"hey now, wait a minute" he tired again, getting in front of her quick exit " are you mad at me?" He asked her, taking her silence as confirmation,
" is it about last night?" Shunsui questioned. He had worried his abrupt exit last night might have upset the woman, seeing it in person had him mentally kicking himself
"it's fine, you didn't want to give me the wrong impression, I get it" Kumiko said to him, trying to side step the captain. His own side step blocking her advances "you don't want me like that, it's fine"
"you think I don't want you?" Kyoraku asked surprised
I'm an idiot he chastised himself
"miko-san, that's not.. I just . Of course I wanted to be with you last night". He admitted, trying to get his words right and failing miserably "I just wanted to do it right". He left off meekly
"what part of leaving me alone and confused was right, shunsui?" She asked, not in the kindest voice she had previously used with the captain " the embarrassment I felt at being rejected? Or maybe the deep unsatisfied feeling I had for the rest of the night?"
She's sexy when she's mad the hopeless man couldn't help but think
"I'm sorry". He continued "I didn't realise you would take it that way"
"how was I supposed to take it?" Kumiko demanded of the man, shaking slightly with adrenaline
" I don't know," he offered weakly "not like that. You had a long, emotionally taxing day. I didn't want you to feel I was taking advantage of that just to get my leg over" shunsui tried to explain his reasoning
"did I look like I was being taken advantage of? I clearly wanted it" she mumbled, getting embarrassed
shunsui sighed and wrapped his arms around the angry woman, her hands lightly coming up to touch his sides, not fully embracing the captain
at least she's not pushing me away he thought
"I'm sorry,". He said again, kissing the top of her head "I really did want to spend the night with you" and every night after he added silently
pulling away, Kumiko sighed, needy ache between her legs once again.
"it's fine, let's just forget it". Offering him a small smile "I really should get back to Urahara"
shunsui leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss. Trying to convey in the kiss how much he really wanted the woman. She gasped, lightly, grabbing a tight hold into the clothes on his chest. Taking full advantage of her sudden gasp, Kyoraku pushed his tongue into her willing mouth, demanding dominance. His arms went round her, capturing her round ass with his hands, pushing her into him more. Letting her feel the effect she had on his manhood, steadily growing bigger against their bodies. She moaned into the kiss, body begging to be touched by his strong hands, body aching to be filled. Kyoraku pulled away from the publicly displayed passionate kiss, both breathing heavily. She had a light blush on her cheeks, eyes wild with desire
"that's how much I want you, miko-san" he told her, leaving no room for doubt. " you should go back to Urahara, " he started saying, finally stepping to the side, letting Kumiko walk past him with slightly shaking legs. He dropped a small smack on her ass as she stepped past him, enjoying her small yelp and skip forward, making him laugh; "I will see you soon " he left the promise dangling in the air between them as he started to walk back to jushiro.
Kumiko put her hand on the wall of the corridor, using it to help her remain standing, her legs shaking slightly. Body tingling at the memory of his hard body pressed up against her .
I need a drink She decided
Authors notes
strap in guys. It's about to get steamy