#»» ꜱʜɪʙᴜʏᴀ’ꜱ ᴛᴏᴘ ʜᴏꜱᴛᴇꜱꜱ. || ¥ — hostess!mukuro.

[liecoris]

The shifting next to her in bed was enough to rouse her from her sleep, but Mukuro had assumed that Renji had just gotten up to go to the restroom and would return shortly and so Mukuro lightly fell back asleep again before stirring herself out of it after realizing that he still didn't return to bed。

Wrapping a blanket around herself, Mukuro set out on her little hunt for her boyfriend, a search that didn't take too long considering he was out on the balcony。

「Mmn, a bit,」 Mukuro walked up to him, tucking herself into his side, 「thought you got lost so I came out searching for you~」 she stated playfully before tilting her head to rest on his shoulder, humming slightly when he says he was thinking about some things。

「Well if you ever need to talk about something I'm hear to listen,」 she remarks, nuzzling her cheek against him。

【 @wild-pineapple-butt 】 cont. from 【here】

[liecoris]

Were Mukuro working in a club that didn't have as much security as this one, she would have been more on edge about the sudden appearance of the pastries and notes but she did quickly find them endearing。

Renji was a bit right, it probably wasn't the best way to go about getting to know her but it was very sweet and unique。「Don't feel stupid, my darling,」 Mukuro coos as she gently rubs his back。 Of course, Mukuro wanted to get to know him a bit better too and had many opportunities to talk to him more, but she had gotten in her own head that he was probably already spoken for, a dumb assumption but one she couldn't help but have, she also didn't think he'd be all that interested in her。

「Of course, and I'm really happy the one leaving the notes and treats was you。」

Looking back on his actions, Renji did find them to be highly suspicious and cringey. He didn't know how he, himself would feel if all of a sudden, he found pastries and notes left for him by a random person. He'd only had good intentions - but could see how they could be very easily misinterpreted by those who were on the more cautious side.

Covering his face still, he groaned, not finding himself able to look Mukuro in the eye. "Ugh, I feel so stupid," he laments. "I just wanted to, I dunno, get t' know ya a bit better. But lookin' back now, maybe that wasn't the best way to go about it..."

He was grateful Mukuro had such good deducing skills, otherwise the outcome might not have been such a fortunate one. Finally peeping his face out, Renji let out a soft sigh.

"Thank ya fer givin' me a chance, really."

[liecoris]

@wild-pineapple-butt moved old thread to here:

「But it's true~! And I think you already are~」 Mukuro said with a soft laugh in response, a small smile on her lips as she get placed on the edge of the tub。 What she said did have truth to it, she didn't care what other's thought of her typically, Renji's thoughts and opinions on her were the ones she cared about。

「As it should~」 Mukuro hums softly when his lips press against her forehead and she tilts her head more into his touch。

「Perhaps~ but if the situations were reversed, I'd be thinking the same way,」 Mukuro said with a smile。 「Which, now that I'm thinking about it, why did you go with being a bartender and not just a host? I'm sure all the recruiters were just dying to get you to join。」

[liecoris]

Heaving a sigh, Mukuro pressed her back against her locked apartment door as soon as she got back home from work, leaning her head back and closing her eyes for just a moment of respite。

Her shift at the club wasn’t a bad one, thankfully, but tonight did wear her out quite a bit, especially since she was continuously having to attend regular, after regular。

Sometimes she loved receiving so much attention, but then she’d quickly get overwhelmed and just want to hide for a bit, and in those moments was where she was quite happy to come home to her small, cheap apartment。

Sure, sometimes the hot water didn’t work but at least she wasn’t forced to entertain or converse with people。

But since the pay at the club was good, and especially since she was trying to become Club Aphrodite’s top hostess, the pay would only continue to get better。 Allowing her to splurge on better, more attractive shoes and outfits to rake in more cash, amongst being able to pay bills and buy groceries。 She was able to save cash here and there for when, and hopefully, she’s able to move into a more functioning and fancier place than this shit hole。 That, or continue her rent if she really had no other option。

She should probably eat something, Mukuro muses to herself, besides breakfast the only other thing she had to eat was a small meal during one of her breaks。

However, cooking right now just didn’t sound like something she’d want to do right now, especially since her energy was quite drained。 So she’d have to settle with eating the bento she purchased the other night, certainly, it wouldn’t be the greatest of choices considering it’s a day old now, but it was better than nothing。

So hoisting herself off the floor, Mukuro slipped her heels off and shrugged off her jacket, placing it on the little coat hanger hook by the door。 

Trudging over to her tiny kitchenette, Mukuro dropped her purse off on a countertop on her way to the fridge。 Opening the fridge, Mukuro gazed at her almost barely stocked fridge. There were a few cartons of juice and other drinks along with some pork she had purchased the other day along with various vegetables that she also bought with the thought of making katsudon later on in the week。

Gently pushing the wrapped pork aside, Mukuro grabbed the prepackaged bento along with a small carton of melon juice to go along with her little meal。 Pulling back from the fridge, Mukuro closed the fridge door with her hip before grabbing a pair of chopsticks and left the kitchenette to go eat in the small main room, which contained a kotatsu in the center, a small and cheap portable closet for her clothing and a folded up futon in one of the corners。

Settling herself at her kotatsu, Mukuro would open up her laptop first before she’d begin eating。 She wasn’t a fan of eating in silence, finding that doing so would really accentuate the fact that she was alone and always really had been。 So she’d always just put on either a movie or catch up on shows while she ate, having some sort of other sounds would at least fend off the intrusive thoughts。

As soon as she opened the bento, the scent of day-old food wafted into her nose and made her stomach churn slightly。 Immediately knowing that some of this she’ll be able to fully eat and others she’ll have to skip, but this was better than nothing after all, so she’d try her best to finish most of the food, at least the melon juice would be a bit of a chaser for anything that fought to go down。

As she very slowly ate, Mukuro would go between watching whatever was playing on her laptop to looking at her phone, browsing various social media apps and shopping apps to see if any good sales were going to be happening sometime soon。

Once she was done with her phone, she locked and set the device aside to focus on the show and finishing her food。 As she predicted, Mukuro found portions of the bento almost inedible, so those portions were set aside or eaten around until she couldn’t really eat any more of her food and the rest would have to be trashed。

Once finished eating, save for a few bits that she found rather unappetizing, Mukuro closed up the package and got up from her seat, the only other sound in the apartment coming from her laptop speakers as she trashed the to-go box and cleaned the utensils。

With a stretch and a soft groan, Mukuro’s next plan of action was to take a shower and a bath, then hopefully try and get some rest tonight before her shift tomorrow。 This was one of the many times Mukuro wished her shitty little apartment was a bit more high-end, wanting one of those little wall devices that allowed the bath to set itself。 Letting out another groan and a stretch, Mukuro began to head towards her bathroom, all the while stripping out of her clothing in the process。

She’d pick up after herself later, she never really was too concerned with keeping a super clean apartment considering she barely had guests over, being rather embarrassed about her living situation and she also just didn’t let herself get too close to her coworkers, assuming that they’d treat her similarly to the girls she knew back in high school。

Mukuro wouldn’t spend too long in the shower, for fear of the fact that the hot water running out was such a random event she didn’t know how long she’d be able to use it。 Granted she didn’t take super hot showers on account of the scarring on her back, if the tissue got too hot then she’d be in absolute misery so she settled with a nice lukewarm temperature。 Her bath, however, was always hot, since in a bath the water was still, it didn’t hurt her back as much, sure there was still a bit of stinging pain but that was more tolerable than having hot water repeatedly hit on the sensitive area。

As she sunk into the water of the bath, Mukuro released a long, delightful sigh, her eyes closing as she fully relaxed in the water。 The warm water felt heavenly to her muscles, soothing her aching feet and legs。 After a good half hour, Mukuro had found herself relaxed to the point where she almost was falling asleep in the water, deciding then that it would be a good time to leave the tub。 Wrapping a towel around herself, Mukuro made a mental note to check out how expensive towel warmers could be。 

As nice as this was, a warmer towel would’ve been a bit better。 Keeping a towel around herself, Mukuro would make her way to her kitchenette, wanting to have a nice small drink of strawberry milk right after her shower。

Taking a seat at her kotatsu once again, Mukuro realized she didn’t pause what she was watching on her laptop, now she was a few more episodes into the drama she was watching and had no idea what was happening。 Scrubbing back to where she had left off, Mukuro spent the rest of her night watching until she fell asleep at her table。

[liecoris]

@brokenblueazure sent:

💋  to  kiss  my  muse  on  the  lips. - For hostess!Mukuro. Trying to be discreet as she was sitting on his lap too, it was only a kiss to hold over as she was still working... But then they just began making out, unable to help themselves. And they are drawing attention, but as if they care.

Mukuro knows she should have been at least a little discreet with him while they were at her place of work but as one kiss turned to two and quick pecks turned longer, Mukuro just about threw caution to the wind as her lips and tongue meshed and danced with Ragna。 

She didn't have to have her eyes open in the slightest to know that stares were being directed towards them。 Mukuro could have very easily requested to use the more secluded VIP areas and while hindsight is 20/20 nothing was as delicious as being a bit lewd in public like this。

Putting an end to this was something that Mukuro knows she should do but the thought of how sitting on his lap, especially with how her tight dress rode up would make committing the sin of public sex so easy。 It'd surely end her career but。。。 what a way to go out~

【 your affection 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

@wild-pineapple-butt said:

"I'll fight anyone who says otherwise."

There's a smile on her lips at his statement, what he said really made her happy。 She didn't have many people who'd do such a thing for her so to be told that he'd fight anyone who'd give her trouble or spoke ill of her made her very happy actually。

「Thank you, my darling。 That really means a lot to me~」

【 bullying the traumatized 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

Ragna's red jacket reeks of expensive perfume.

...Oh, if you also look close enough, there's clear pink lipstick marks and smudges all over the collar. Seems one of the other hostesses has gotten quite up close and personal.

»» pertaining to @ragnaofazure

The scent was familiar to her, she knew exactly who wore that type of gaudy perfume and that exact shade of lipstick。

This wasn't really going to wreck Mukuro's day, it was more so going to ruin the other hostess' day who thought it'd be cute to pull a move like that。 Mukuro thought that she made it pretty clear to the other hostesses not only in the same club, but in the same area about what would happen if this were to happen。。。 it seems like they need a refresher course。

「If you'd like, you can stop by my place later and we can get that scent off you~ and even replace it with a better scent」 Mukuro says as she's wiping off the disgusting pink lipstick smudges from his collar。

【 Wreck Mukuro's day 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

@ragnaofazure sent:

club:     for our muses to get intimate at a club. For hostess, obviously~ In case you're still accepting and because it's been criminally long since I've sent you anything to other verses-

It had been quite some time since she entertained Ragna and Mukuro was beginning to think that he found another hostess he preferred over her。 That would have been something Mukuro would playful quip were her lips currently not busy kissing Ragna's。

Thankfully, the VIP area of the club wasn't being used, so Mukuro could easily reserve it for them。 While it wasn't a completely closed off or soundproof room ( this wasn't a soapland after all ), it was harder to get a good view of the interior。 Which was perfect for these two as the moment they sat down, Mukuro straddled his hips and eagerly claimed Ragna's lips with hers。

Because of the thrill of where they were at and what they were doing, Mukuro didn't bother stopping herself from gently rolling her hips against his, allowing him to get a feel of how excited she was about all this。

【 sunday themed prompts 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

@wild-pineapple-butt said:

“ don’t go. stay. “

Feeling his hand tug her wrist back, Mukuro's lips grew in a soft smile as she got back into bed。

「Okay, okay, I'll say,」 she whispers as she nuzzles herself back against him, 「but don't start complaining to me when you're hungry~」 Mukuro adds before pressing a soft kiss against his forehead。

【 sacred romantic moments 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

@wild-pineapple-butt said:

"Good girl." Renji gives Mukuro a soft pat on the head.

Maybe he didn't know how the praise would affect Mukuro, but regardless, the effects were still there and still very present, given the fact that she had a bright blush on her face。 She'd try her best to make it not super obvious that the praise affected her in such a way, but it was hard considering how rare praise was given to her

「Thank you, Renji。」

【 call Mukuro a good girl 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

@wild-pineapple-butt said:

❛  don’t lie to me.  ❜

「I'm sorry。。。」 it was just a cold that she got almost yearly when the seasons changed from winter to spring, and at first it didn't seem like all that big of a deal, except it seemed that the cold this year had different plans。 Since it was getting bad now。

「I just didn't want you to stop by and risk being sick。。。」 in hindsight she should have known better, she should have known that Renji was going to stop by at some point with soup or something to help keep her hydrated, as much as she tried to play off that she was doing fine, she wasn't。 Her body was sore and achy to the point that getting up was too much of a chore so she really hadn't ate anything yet today。

【 four word sentence starters 】 ♡ 【 accepting 】

[liecoris]

「Fair,」 Mukuro says with a smile and leans her head to rest against him as they snuggled close together under the blanket。 She wasn't too sure if he could see it, but when Renji said that he wasn't ready to share there was a small, warm, and genuine smile on Mukuro's lips。

「Of course that's fine,」 she could relate to that feeling, honestly there'd probably be times when the roles are reversed。 Her arms move around him, gently rubbing his back for a moment before wrapping around him, 「whenever you're ready, I'll be here to listen。」

He chuckles at her playful remark, shifting over a little and allowing her to tuck herself into his side. Mukuro's presence was a warm welcome compared to the crisp breeze that the night provided. Renji found himself snuggling a little closer, holding onto the edge of the blanket over both of their shoulders.

"I might be dumb, but I wouldn't be dumb enough t' get lost in this small space," Renji pushes against her softly. He sighs, taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly.

"Is it okay... if 'm not ready t'share just yet?" He rested his head against hers. "I promise I will. Just not sure that time is right now."

[liecoris]

「If you want to, but I like seeing you blush~」 Mukuro comments, pressing a soft kiss against his cheek。

At his reaction to her bringing up the pastry and note thing, Mukuro let out a soft giggle。 She could see how one could be embarrassed about it, were the roles reversed she'd probably be embarrassed too。 When asked her true thoughts on receiving the once mysterious notes and pastries, Mukuro titled her head slightly and hummed softly for a beat before softly shaking her head。

「I'll admit, at first, I thought someone was leaving them at the wrong station because I never really thought something like that would happen to me。 Then came the worry that maybe it was an over-zealous regular client of mine so I did heavily dissect the first few pastries to make sure nothing was in them first, and then I remembered that the club gets locked up pretty tight so the thought that it could have been a client was quickly dismissed。 So then, I figured it would have to be someone on the staff, but it wasn't any of the other girls' handwriting, and I knew what some of the male staff members' handwriting looks like。 So out of the ones who I didn't know, I did hope it was you。」

「Besides, if I found it creepy or unpleasant, I'm sure you would have heard about it right away, I do chat with you quite a bit at work。」

"Just gotta train so that nothin' ya do can fluster me anymore," Renji smirks. A brave front. Renji was nothing but a mere simpleton after all, and just a simple compliment had him blushing furiously like a tomato.

At the reminder of those pastries and notes that he had left for Mukuro in the very beginning of his so called courtship, Renji just blushed furiously and covered up his face. "So embarrassing!" he squeaked. "I still can't believe I did that," he laments.

He sighs and nuzzles the top of Mukuro's head with his chin. "Tell me truthfully though. Wasn't it uncomfortable receivin' attention like that? Without knowin' who it was..? I dunno... it felt like kinda stupid of me to think that ya would have liked it without even stoppin' to consider that it might've been creepy. Or a nuisance."

[liecoris]

「That right~?」 Mukuro said with a small smirk, her head tilting her head to rest on his shoulder, 「well then I might have to come up with more ways to get reactions from you then~」 Her smirk grew playfully as she spoke before pressing a sweet kiss against his cheek。

「Hmn? My secrets in general or just how I keep up such a good poker face?」 She asks, gently placing her hands on his arms that were wrapped around her。

「It's easy to disregard strangers' compliments and comments, I typically brush them off as empty words, but I'll admit。。。 whenever you compliment me, or when you started leaving those little notes and the pastries for me, I thought about those over and over again。 I still have all of the notes you know~」 She presses another soft kiss against his cheek。

「I may not show it often, but my heart does race every time。 I am able to be flustered, it just。。。 takes a little bit more to fluster me。」

He climbs in gently behind her, amazed that her tub easily fit the two of them with room to spare. With a soft sigh, he rests his chin atop of her shoulder, pressing his face into the small crook of her neck.

"Then maybe from now on, I won't react to anythin," he smirks, as he encircles his arms around her waist. A challenge for himself really, if anything, since he was so easily flustered and possessed the worst poker face ever.

He wished he could fluster Mukuro more often, but he figured she must be so immune to compliments by now that they didn't even faze her. "Tell me yer secrets, won't ya?" Renji mumbled beneath his breath.

[liecoris]

「Good to know~」 it made Mukuro really happy to hear that, she didn't have to act a certain way or hide any part of herself, she knew that Renji liked all of her。

Seeing him flush and look away from her comments, caused Mukuro's smile on her lips to grow into a grin。

She really did have a lot of fun teasing him~

「I suppose I don't but~」 Mukuro pauses for a moment as she's lifted up and gently placed in the tub, scooting forward a bit so Renji had enough room to sit behind her, 「when you react like that it makes it very worth it~」

"Ya don't have to attempt to seduce me, just you as ya are is enough to get me all riled up anyway," Renji admits, giving her a teasing smile coupled with a wink.

He flushes with her exaggerated comments, clearing his throat as he looks away abashed. It was funny how just a mere moment ago he was making flirty comments and now that the tables were turned he couldn't even make a sound.

"Y-ya don't have to go so far to flatter me," Renji mumbles underneath his breath as he turns off the water and gently lifts her up again to place her into the warm water.

[liecoris]

「Guilty~」 Mukuro said playfully, a little smile on her lips as she looked at him, 「Maybe I am~」 The smile on her lips grew into a little grin as she spoke, she of course wasn't aiming to seduce him, but she wouldn't say no if that's the route their little talk went down~

「Hmn, that's understandable,」 this line of work definitely wasn't for everyone and were Mukuro unable to kind of switch off her mind from work and private life then she'd probably struggle too。

「Well~ I'm really happy to be the one woman you're making happy~」 Mukuro said as she leans against him, 「that's right~ I think bartenders are super cool and pretty damn sexy~」

He nuzzles into her once more, relishing in the warmth shared between their touches. "Ya sure know how to sweet talk someone, hm?" Renji opens his eyes to glance into Mukuro's. "If I didn't know better, I woulda said ya were tryin' to seduce me again."

Leaning over to start the water up, he joins her on the ledge of the bathtub, humming as he pondered over her question. He gives a shrug of his shoulders, then a soft sigh.

"I don't think a host really suits me," he admits sheepishly. "I just don't think I could make all these women happy, and give 'em what they want. I'm content with makin' one woman happy," Renji gives her a wide grin. "Besides, aren't bartenders cool?" A smug smirk.