The following day, Kumiko was busying herself around the office while Urahara was in his lab going over the readings from the mission the day prior. Filing paperwork and setting aside documents urahara needs to sign off later.
Kumiko was getting bored with only herself for company, wishing her friend would finish so she could have someone to talk to. A document caught her eye, it was addressed to Yoruichi.
That shouldn't be in there, this is a file addressed to the 12th Kumiko shuddered lightly, thinking of the 12ths captain. Taking note of the date Kumiko saw it should have been sent to Yoruichi 3 weeks ago. Finally finding a good excuse to escape her paperwork hell, Kumiko picked it up and walked over to the lab knocking lightly
" come in"
opening the door and sticking her head in, Kumiko saw Urahara leaned over his desk writing furiously, glancing up to his computer before writing some more.
"sorry to interrupt. ". She said walking over and holding out the paper she found, he still hadn't yet looked up "I had just come across this in a file ment for the 12th, it's addressed to Yoruichi "
that made him look up. Grabbing it softly from her his eyes scanned it quickly
"well damn". He laughed "I swore til I was blue in the face that I had sent this over when she told me it was missing" sending Kumiko a smirk. "I told her she probably lost it and was trying to blame me. "
"would you like me to save you the embarrassment of handing it over yourself? I can run it up there, I'm practically done anyway" Silently hoping he would say yes
I'm so bored
"if you wouldn't mind? I shouldn't really leave until I'm finished with this mess anyway" he said, handing it back to her
"I wouldn't mind at all " she said silently fist pumping in victory
"you remember the way?" He asked her looking back at the numbers
"im sure I'll manage. I'll see you in a bit" she said. Walking out of the room before he could change his mind
Kumiko found Yoruichis office with no trouble half an hour later. She had enjoyed her leisurely stroll over there. The day was beautiful. Hot with a cool breeze.
Walking up to the door Kumiko knocked and waited. It was opened suddenly by lieutenant sui-feng
"afternoon lieutenant, is captain Yoruichi around? " she asked her happily, not getting so much as a smile back
she's definitely a serious one Kumiko thought as the lieutenant opened the door further, letting her in
Yoruichi was laying down next to the little table reading some documents held above her face. Turning to see who was at the door, she sat up with a smile seeing Kumiko
"hey. You playing hooky?" She asked the woman noting she was alone, ignoring the annoyed look her lieutenant sent Kumiko if that were the case
"kind of ". She smiled at the woman, walking forward "I was doing some paperwork and came across this, stuffed in the wrong folder. I asked Kiske if I could bring it to you". Handing the paper over. Yoruichi grabbed it and started to read quickly, smile breaking out on her face
"that bastard" she laughed, motioning for Kumiko to sit down "I knew he didn't send it over! He was telling everyone I lost it!" Placing it on the table
Kumiko laughed with her "he said the same thing. I think that's why he let me bring it over, so he didn't have to"
"I'll get him later," she promised. "We're going out for dinner tonight"
"oh? He never said. Make sure you make him pay " Kumiko laughed again "it's the least he could do "
"he can buy my drinks too" Yoruichi laughed " you want to come?" She offered
"as much as I would love to see you making his night a living hell ". Kumiko said with an amused look "I've actually got plans tonight, lieutenant Kira has invited me out for drinks, to meet some of the other lieutenants." Leaning to the side Kumiko addressed the silent woman sitting on the floor a few feat away "would you like to join us lieutenant?"
Sui-fengs eyes darted to both woman, before shaking her head "no, thank you"
"I think Sui-feng has a secret boyfriend she isn't telling me about". Yoruichi laughed with Kumiko. Once again ignoring her protest of "lady Yoruichi!"
"well if your busy tonight, you'll have to stay here now for a chat . " Yoruichi decided
"oh, I'm sure I should get back to Kiske .." Kumiko trailed off. Not wanting to go back to work yet
"nonsense ". She waved her off "if he wants you back , he'll have to come get you" laughing "you can stay and have a drink with me until he does. Captains orders"
Kumiko laughed, how can I argue with that?
"sue-feng, will you go fetch us a bottle of sake please? You can take over the training today"
the woman followed her orders, getting up and leaving the room
"i hope you have better gossip for me today Kumiko". Yoruichi laughed, getting excited at the blush appearing on kumikos face
"I definitely have some better gossip for you ". She laughed at her answering smile. Looking very much like the cat that got the cream
They had moved outside to Yoruichis private garden, enjoying the sun. The hot springs bubbling away infront of them. The two woman were laying down on some lounge chairs, drink in their hands
"tell me everything" Yoruichi told her, happily facing the woman
"I don't even know where to begin" Kumiko laughed, enjoying having some girl time.
"start with the juiciest part" she urged her
"I had a drunken one night stand?" She began, moving her hair to reveal the hicky on her neck
Yoruichi laughed, getting up to kneel on the chair, body facing Kumiko , hand reaching over to inspect her neck
"that's more like it! Who with?" She asked, taking a pull of her drink
"Kiske" handing coming up to shield her face, from the spray of sake Yoruichi spat out over her.
Laughing Kumiko said "thanks for that"
"you slept with kiske?" She pressed her
"I did". Smiling at the excited woman
"and he done that to your neck?" Fishing for details
"that and the ones on my shoulder and breast... hey!"Kumiko said laughing as Yoruichi stood up and started pulling kumikos top off to have a look at the bruises herself . The woman had no boundaries
satisfied Yoruichi laid back on her chair and asked
"sly dog. He never told me. Was it good?"
"yeah it was. It was really good" Kumiko blushed slightly remembering how he made her feel that night
Yoruichi laughed again thoroughly enjoying herself "I won't ask for all the ins and outs" smirking at her pun "you going to do it again?"
"no. Were definitely only friends. It was just a drunken one time thing. Friends helping friends" Kumiko explained "plus..."
"there's more?" Yoruichi asked getting excited again.
"if I slept with urahara AGAIN. I think Kyoraku might punch him. He's already not happy with him. Or me for that matter" she told the captain. Glad to have another woman to talk about this whole mess
"why is he mad? What's happened?"
" it's a long story" Kumiko sighed
"we have nothing but time and sake " Yoruichi said topping up their drinks. "Spill"
Kumiko had told Yoruichi about everything. All the kisses. The almost sex. The one night stand. The morning after. The way Kyoraku felt like he was going to take a swing at Urahara. How he just wanted to be friends
"damn". Yoruichi said. " I missed EVERYTHING". Making Kumiko laugh
"it seems to me, that Kyoraku definitely Wants to be more than friends though. Why else would he still be pissed at Urahara?" She told Kumiko
"I don't know. I can only tell you what he told me. He wants to go back to being friends. And that he's not ready to extend that same olive Branch to Kiske". Kumiko told her, grabbing the sake bottle again to fill up their glasses
"do you want more? Do you still want to sleep with him? Yoruichi asked her, hand out to accept the drink
"it don't really matter what I want now , does it? If he just wants to be friends: I'm not going to push myself on him. I do wish he would hurry up and forgive Kiske though, having sex was my idea. He just went along with it. He shouldn't still be getting the cold shoulder If I'm mostly forgiven" Kumiko said looking up to the still blue sky
"men. Absolutely useless the whole lot of them " Yoruichi said, raising her glass in toast
kumuko mimicked her hand movements
"to useless men"
"it's bad enough I had to leave work to come find you, but to find you drinking ? And hating on men? We're not all useless". A laughing urahara appeared, walking towards them
"oh. hey Sue!" Kumiko said with a cheeky smile on her face, laughing at Uraharas dirty look he gave her at hearing Yoruichi howl out laughing
" sue! I had forgotten about that!" She laughed harder. Urahara moved kumikos legs to sit at the bottom of her longe chair, putting her legs across his lap
"thanks for that". He said deadpanned at the woman " it took months for her to forget. weeks before she could see me without bursting out in laughter "
Yoruichi wiped a tear away, catching her breath . " it's no less than you deserve. You bastard. I knew I didn't loose that report! " she told him remembering what brought Kumiko here in the first place
"anyway. You're not allowed to be mad at Kumiko, I ordered her to stay and have a drink with me ." She shot him a grin as he rubbed the back of his head embarrassed he had spent so long blaming his friend for what turned out to be his mistake .
"I wasn't really mad". Kiske said throwing his hands up in mock surrender
"good. You can buy my dinner tonight for making out I lost the report" she added. Sending Kumiko a wink
"oh I see, the ladies are ganging up on me". He laughed at them. They didn't deny it
"you know what they say about a woman scored " Yoruichi said playfully "what do you fancy for dinner tonight Kiske? Ramen? Chinese? Kumikos neck?" Laughing harder at the blush coming up on the man's face before he covered his face with his hands groaning. Both woman laughing at him
"I knew you two getting together would be painful for me" urahara said dropping his hands. Squeezing kumikos leg slightly looking to her grinning face "if you two are quite finished laughing at my expense. Didn't you have plans soon?"
"oh shit, yeah. I better go". Kumiko said swinging her legs off of Urahara "thank you for ordering me to stay, I had a great time" she smiled At Yoruichi
"any time you want to play hooky, you come find me". She laughed in return
After Kumiko had hurried home to get ready for the night, she quickly made her way to where Kira said he would meet her. Having spent a little too long with Yoruichi, she was running a little late, turning up the road to where Kira would be waiting for her, Kumiko started to run . She saw him leaning against the wall waiting
"hey, sorry I'm late!" She said bounding up to him, throwing him a smile "captain Yoruichi kept me prisoner "
he gave her a confused yet amused look "it's fine, I'll be surprised if half of them are there yet anyway" turning to lead them down the road "it's not far anyway, just 5 minutes this way"
falling into step next to him, Kumiko carried on their conversation "have you had a good day?"
"not as good as you seem to have had" noting her wide smile " mainly keeping busy with paperwork and going over ideas for the hollow appearances with captain amagai"
"captain Urahara said I could join the next mission, if you still need the numbers?" She told him, hopefull
"we could definitely use you. Has captain Urahara gone over the data yet?" He asked her
"he was doing it today, I'm not sure if he has finished though, he never mentioned if he found something " Kumiko told him, as he waved to someone he knew walking past.
"hopefully there's something there to find. Anyway " Kira said sending her a small smile. " we're supposed to be getting away from work, are you nervous too see everyone?"
"a little" she admitted "it's a bit daunting tagging along to a group that has been friends for years. "
"you'll be fine, they're all really great . Most of the time anyway " he laughed. "We're just in here" slowing down and walking into a busy bar " we reserved the table at the back "
Kumiko kept close behind him as they squeezed past people laughing with their friends. He came to stop at a long table, three chairs on either side and another one either end of the table. two women sat next to each other, laughing loudly at something Kumiko missed
"hey, sorry I'm late" Kira said caucusing them both to look up
"it's ok Kira, we're still waiting on renji and Hisagi ". A small brunette greeted him. She was a small woman with dark hair up in a neat bun, fringe falling in her eyes slightly
"Kira! Did you bring your new girlfriend? The other louder woman almost squealed at seeing Kumiko behind him "she so pretty! How did you get a girl like that?" Kumiko smiled at how flustered Kira got at the blonde woman, who had the biggest breasts Kumiko had ever seen
how the hell is she not toppled over? Kumikos amused thoughts came mine are pretty big, but god damn
"shes not my girlfriend, Matsumoto. This is Kumiko Satsuki, I invited her to join us, get to know some of the lieutenants" Kira told her patiently
"you're the one who gets effected by spiritual pressure right?" Matsumoto asked her
"that's me "
"come sit next to me, you both need to play catch up!" She said, pointing to the empty chair next to her before filling up two new cups and handing them out
the smaller woman peered around her busty friend. "Hi. I'm Momo Hinamori" she offered with a big smile
they're both beautiful Kumiko noticed
"kumiko. I hope you don't mind me gate crashing your night ?" Kumiko greeted the woman, who shook her head no happily
"not at all. It's nice to have another girl tonight. The boys were beating us three to two" she told her, before Matsumoto blocked her from kumikos vision leaning in to give her a drink
"oh, thank you " Kumiko said before taking a long drink
"where are renji and Hisagi?" Kira interjected eagerly waiting their arrival , he loved both woman, but didn't want to be the sole but of their jokes that evening. He at least got a break when the other two men were there
"probably doing their hair" Matsumoto laughed, filling a shot glass between her and Kira "Kira, rock paper scissors "
rolling his eyes before smiling at the woman opposite, he played along. One hand out palm up, forming a fist with their other hand and lightly tapping them together saying in unison
"ROCK. PAPER. SCISSORS . SHOT!"
" damn it,". Kira said laughing. Seeing his paper to Matsumotos scissors. He picked up the shot and downed it in one.
"we've been playing for years". He explained to Kumiko who was watching happily " throughout the night, we will go around the table picking a person to play with. Looser takes a shot"
laughing at his explanation Kumiko asked " so which was around the table do you go?"
"usually anti clockwise. But after a few drinks we tend to just jump in wherever ". He told her with a smile
Matsumoto leaned into her and loudly whispered "Kira always picks paper his first go" making Kumiko laugh loudly
"what happens if you both pick the same?"
"you both take a shot". The other three said at the same time, making them all laugh
Kira leaned up slightly. Waving over Matsumotos head. The three woman turned behind them to see the last two friends walking up to the table, Kumiko recognised Hisagi, but not the man next to him. He was tall with long red hair pulled into a ponytail a bandanna wrapped around it. He had black tattoos over his face and neck. He was handsome in a dangerous kind of way
they both arrived at the table, sitting either side of Kira, Hisagi sitting in front of kumiko
"yo". Renji said easily as he sat down
Hisagi sitting himself down looked up to notice Kumiko for the first time
"miss Satsuki!" He exclaimed shocked, light blush on his face
"hi". She smiled at him "I hope you don't mind, Kira invited me"
"Who are you? Ouch!" Renji said, before ducking his hand under the table to rub at his now aching leg, where he had been kicked
"don't be so rude renji". Momo scolded him gently
"im not being rude! I don't know who she is! And don't kick me. It hurt" he said grabbing a drink off the table
Kumiko laughed gently at their antics
"im Kumiko Satsuki. Kumiko. " she offered the table "I've just recently come back to soul society, I'm currently in the seventh". She gave a brief explanation
"oh. You're the chick who gets funny with spiritual pressure? Ow! Momo stop kicking me "
"stop being rude then!"
causing the rest of the table to laugh
"yeah, that's me" she offered back
"she's at a lieutenant level, and hasn't met many people yet, so I offered her to join us " Kira told both men. "She said she was looking for some new shopping friends" he added with a smile to the two woman. Both of which immediately turned to look at Kumiko smiling
"we will take you shopping" momo said kindly
"you should come with us to the world of the living next month . They always have such pretty clothes " Matsumoto added dreamily
Kumiko laughed "that sounds great, I'm dying to visit the shopping quarter here, I've never been"
"we will show you around" Matsumoto promised. Bumping her shoulder into kumikos lightly
"renji?" Momo added
"what?" He questions warily, not wanting to be dragged shopping
"rock paper scissors "
The night continued with a lot of laughing and many many drinks. Kumiko was currently talking with Matsumoto. Who seemed to be a bit more drunk than miko
"you have such pretty hair! I love the colour. I'm jealous. Mine is so boring. Maybe I should dye it?"She's practically having this whole conversation herself Kumiko thought amused
"I think your hair is nice Matsumoto ". Hisagi chimed in, blush on his face
he definitely fancies her. I wonder if it's mutual?
"thank you shuhei! Do you really think so? ". She asked him again, playing with the ends of it around her breasts, drawing his eye. Blush deepened on his face. Deciding to rescue him Kumiko interrupted
"hisagi?"
Peeling his eyes away from the woman he turned to Kumiko, once he made eye contact she said
"rock paper scissors "
laughing he sat up straighter leaning forward. Both their hands went up together
"ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOT"
they both said in unison, looking down to see they both picked rock. Laughing they picked up a ready made shot each and threw them back
Kumiko shivered at it slightly, it was much more bitter than the sake going around the table
"are you enjoying yourself Kumiko" Hisagi asked her
nodding she said "very much so, you're all really fun" sending him a grin at his blush
I remember urahara saying I would get on with him. If he stopped blushing at pretty woman. She Suppressed alaugh at the memory. He was blushing an awful lot that night
renji appeared behind Hisagi "hey shuhei, swap seats with me for a while will you?"
"why? Is Momo kicking you again?" He laughed at his friend
"no I want to talk to Kumiko for a while without shouting down the table. Thanks". He added as Hisagi got up to go talk to Momo.
Renji sat down gracefully for the amount of alcohol he had consumed, Kumiko smiled up at him drunkenly
"what is it you are wanting to know?"
He shrugged "anything. If you're going to be sticking around. May as well get to know you"
"shoot"
"you strong?" He began
"Yep"
"can you do banki?"came his next quick fire question
"I can". That surprised him a little
"how's your kido" he went again
"probably better than yours" she teased him
"who's your captain?" She threw a question his way
"captain Kuchiki, you're with urahara right?"
"for now. I'm probably going to have to move divisions "
"that cos of your reiatsu thing?" He checked
"because kiskes reiatsu sends me into a fit of uncontrollable laughter". She confirmed
"Kiske? You're close with him then?"
She smiled wildly. He didn't have a clue just how close they had gotten, drunken mind going back to the topic of sex.
"very"
he paused for a moment trying to think of another question
"you single?" He asked
Kumiko laughed hard at that
"very" making him smile.
"ok. I got one more rapid fire question " he said
"what's that then"
"rock, paper or scissors? " making Kumiko laugh getting ready
"you're on. Rock paper scissors shot!" She said with renji "shit". Kumiko added, renjis scissors beating her paper. Grinning wildly he placed a shot in front of her
Empty bottles littered the table, not seeing any full ones Kumiko stood up, "I'll go get us more drinks" she offered, Matsumoto stood up too, using Hisagis head for balance. "I'll come help you" as Kumiko walked around the table, Matsumoto linked arms with her, putting her head close to her own .
"now that we are alone, I can ask you about that bruise on your neck" she whispered into kumikos ear
"I just knocked it while sparing" Kumiko tried to lie. The look Matsumoto gave her clearly called bullshit . They both leaned on the bar waiting for someone to come take their order
"that, is a hicky." She said pointing at her accusingly " come on, I haven't had sex in ages" Matsumoto drunkenly whined. "Let me live vicariously through you!"
"yeah miko-san, tell us where you got the hicky?" Came the last voice Kumiko expected to hear, turning round she saw shunsui leaning on the bar behind her. Massive grin on his face
"miko? What a cute nickname!" Matsumoto gushed happily grabbing her new friends arm. Breast pressing up against her. Kyorakus grin had only gotten bigger at the sight "you too know eachother?" She continued
Kyoraku spoke up before Kumiko could
"we've met". Sending them both as wink "im interested to hear who our little miko-san here has been naughty with". Playing dumb
Kumikos face flushed, both embarrassed and annoyed
he knows full well who it was. She silently fumed why is he bringing it up again
"no one, " she lied again, knowing he knew it was a lie "I was too slow at dodging a wooden zanpakuto, hey, excuse me! ". Kumiko quickly calling a member of staff walking by to avoid the topic please let him drop it
after making her order Kumiko caught the last part of the other two's conversation
"you should come join us shunsui! It's been ages since we've shared a drink!"
" I would love to!" Kyoraku agreed happily
Kumiko groaned. Why couldn't he go back to where he came from
the member of staff came back with 6 bottles of sake and a bottle of house vodka, Kumiko paid the man and started trying to grab all the drinks. Kyorakus big hand came out to grab one she was going for
"let me help you miko-san"
choosing not to answer Kumiko quickly wrapped her arms around 4 bottles before turning to hurriedly walk back to the table. Sitting down and placing the bottles in front of her, renji who was still sat opposite asked "you ok Kumiko? You look a little flustered?"
Hisagi next to her turned to listen in too
"im fine, it's just hot in here".Another lie, they just keep falling from my mouth.
"captain Kyoraku? Are you joining us?" Renji asked looking over kumikos head
"I don't think Matsumoto would let me leave without joining you for at least a few". He laughed, sitting on the end of the table between renji and Kumiko.
Go sit by Matsumoto then Kumiko silently begged
he sat down sending her a big grin, which she ignored
" hey captain? "hisagi got his attention
"rock paper scissors?" This caused Kyoraku to laugh again.
"You guys are still playing that? Alright" he said. Raising his arms
"rock paper scissors shot!" They both said , Kyoraku loosing the round
"yare yare. I never was any good at this game" he said
"here Kumiko, could you pass this to the captain?" Hisagi asked her, handing her a shot then began to fill up a few more shot glasses, stacking them together in a pile
she grabbed it lightly, carefully trying not to spill it as she handed it to him. Not looking into his face she went to start a conversation with Hisagi to turn her back to Kyoraku when Matsumoto suddenly said to the table
"I know, let's play never have I ever !"
earning her a few groans, kumikos being one of them
"no Matsumoto" Kira whined at his friend "you always make the questions really sexual "
"that's because sex is fun idiot, you should try it some time". She retorted, making everyone around the table laugh
he shot her a dirty look
"ill start! Never have I ever...kissed someone of the same sex!" She said laughing look toward the other end of the table
renji and Hisagi both sighed, before picking up a shot from the pile and drinking
at kumikos amused look renji offered " Matsumoto made us, it was a forfeit to a game" Shooting the woman in question a dirty look as she elbowed Kira telling him it was "his go "
"I'll just watch, I'm never any good at coming up with these things" Kira said with a small smile
"renji. You go " Matsumoto told him
"uhh. Ive never worn womans clothing?" He said trying to get the three woman to take a shot, looking quite shocked when the captain next to him took one also
laughing at his reaction Kyoraku patted his pink kimono draped over his shoulders
"never have I ever,". He stated lazily catching kumikos eye and sending her a wink "punched a captain in the face "
so he's going to pick what to ask trying to get me to drink. she thought grabbing shot
Kumiko drank it quickly looking up to see renji finishing his own shot
"who did you punch?" She asked him
"captain kenpachi " he laughed
"and you lived after?"
"he would have been more annoyed if I didn't," he told the woman "he takes fighting very seriously. Who did you punch?"
"him " she said pointing a thumb at a smiley shunsui.
Matsumoto laughed "I told you your flirting would get you punched sooner or later Kyoraku!"
"alas it wasn't my flirting that got me into trouble that time" he told her "it's not wise to wake miko-san up unless you're very good at dodging" he finished pointing to the bruise under his eye
at least it looks like it's fading now
"your turn, Kumiko ". He ordered her gently
"oh. Um. Never have I ever.. learnt to swim". She offered, everyone had to take a shot
that surprised shunsui "you can't swim?
Kumiko shook her head no. "I don't really like water that's not a hot spring, so was ever in it to learn how to swim". She offered
the next two rounds passed without Kumiko having to take a shot, then it landed on Matsumoto again.
"never have I ever.." she sang "had a threesome "
Kyoraku took a shot. Of course he has Kumiko mentally rolled her eyes at him
renji seemed to be thinking hard about what to say
"don't hurt yourself thinking that hard renji " Momo laughed at the look he gave her in return
"I've done a lot of things ok? I'm trying to think of something I haven't done"
"make it sexual!" Matsumoto shouted to him
"never have I ever had sex in a work office " He said quickly. Pleased he came up with something
shit Kumiko thought, but seeing Matsumoto, Hisagi and Kyoraku reaching for a shot, Kumiko grabbed one as well thinking she would be safe from questioning
"damn" renji said looking at her " you move quick new girl, ain't you only been here like two weeks?" Kyorakus loud laugh did nothing to help her growing blush. She was getting annoyed at Kyoraku, he was being obtuse and it was grating in her, I thought he wanted to be friends
"what can I say? A girl has needs and some guys are ready to stand up to the plate to help them" she said . Just vague enough for them to not Understand and just direct enough for shunsui to get the jab
"yare, is it my go again already?" Kyoraku said, making a show of it
"never have I ever. Had sex with a captain "
ok, he's not being obtuse he's being an ass
Kumiko refused to look his way, and didn't take a shot. When he saw she wasn't moving he picked up a shot and put it in front of her. Everyone's eyes on them. Kumiko gave him a dirty look
"drink up miko-san" he said quietly, smile on his face
Kumiko picked up the shot and drank it quickly, almost slamming it back down
she stood up and said "I had a wonderful time, thank you for having me". And bowed lowly "but I have work early in the morning, so I'll call it a night. If you'll excuse me". She finished before turning heel and walked out the bar
Kumiko was furious. Her fists were balled tightly by her sides, feet heavily slapping the floor as she stormed away from the bar
why was he being such a bastard She spat he said he wanted to be friends again, why would he try and embarrass me like that . Clearly he is still mad
"hey Kumiko, wait up" she heard from behind her, not even looking back she carried on walking. Not wanting to hear what he had to say
"hey come on , stop running away " he said closer behind her
"fuck off shunsui " she threw over her shoulder not stopping her stride
"now that isn't anyway to speak to your friend now is it?" He teased walking behind her. Long legs easily keeping up with her furious pace. That got her though
she whipped around to face him making him stop suddenly so not to walk into her
"friend? You just spent the last twenty minutes trying to embarrass me in front of half of the lieutenants in the Gotei 13 ! You purposely kept bringing things up that I was trying to avoid talking about! And you ruined a really good night trying to make some friends. You were being a complete ass ". She finished Turning back around to continue her walk home
"I'm sorry" he said catching up to her again, talking to the back of her head "you're right, I was being an ass"
he jogged lightly to get in front of her, stopping her march "come on, talk to me". He said
"move"
"not until you talk to me " he said. His eyes were still swimming with amusement, which pissed her off more, she stormed past him, hitting his arm with her shoulder
"hey". He said softly grabbing her arm to spin her back around "I can do this all night" he offered
"why did you even come to me to tell me you want to be be friends? You're clearly still pissed about what happened . And instead of dealing with your feelings you choose to publicly embarrass me? As what? Revenge? A punishment? Go fuck yourself Kyoraku". Anger getting the better of her she slapped his hand off her arm and continued walking.
Kyoraku flash stepped in front of her grabbing her around the waist and spinning her round so her back leaned against the wall. Quickly he reached out to grab her arms coming up to shove him off, pinning them above her head. Moving close to her to stop any surprise leg attacks
"let me go" she said looking up at him, struggling his his grasp, knowing he was too strong to break away from
he still looked amused
bastard
" not until you calm down and talk to me" he said softly. She tuned her head away in protest
"im sorry,". He tried again ". You're right, I was being an ass. I took things too far. I'm jealous about you sleeping with urahara." He told her.
Still refusing to meet his eyes he continued "I was enjoying winding you up about it, I didn't mean to embarrass you, or make you this mad. I've never felt like this, and I'm clearly not going about the right way handling it"
she tuned to look at him then, still mad
"I've already said sorry, what else do you want from me? I can't take it back. It happened ." She told him
"go on a date with me"
fucking pardon?
"what?" She asked him. Half mad, half confused
" I like you Kumiko. ". He told her, leaning in more "go on a date with me"
the fight left her body, arms hung limp in his grasp.
Feeling safe she wouldn't try to hit him or run away again, shunsui gently brought her arms back to her side, but stayed close to her body against the wall
"I've never felt like this about someone before. I didn't want to just have a drunken night in bed with you". He tried to explain. Tried to get her to understand "that doesn't mean I wanted you to have drunk sex with someone else though . I told you I wanted you, and I ment that. But I don't just want your body Kumiko. I want your everything "
"go on a date with me" he told her again
kumikos mind couldn't keep up with what was happening. He didn't just want to be friends. He didn't have sex with her because he wanted more than sex. He wanted to be with her. He wanted more. Her heart started beating faster in her chest . She wanted more too.
"okay". She said softly
"okay?" Shunsui gave her a massive grin, maybe he was finally making himself clear
" yes I will go on a date with you"
Authors notes
apparently rock papers scissors is taken very seriously by the Japanese when they drink
who knew?