#also yumichika wants to dress up!

[every-yumichika]

[weakheroo]

Shinji, Mayuri, Yumichika and Askin with a stylish s/o cuz they're literally the fashion divas 𖩩᰷્𐫅 𓇼⃟᭄ ࣪ ֪⭒ֺ ࣭

Shinji Hirako

He'll be so in love with you, always takes pics either of the both of you together or only you mostly you. If you wear anything remotely similar to the 90s-00s he will have heart eyes the whole time he even glances at you. Definitely pays attention to accessories like jewelry and nails. Takes care of your hair by brushing it and trimming it. Has told you multiple times he likes your haircut. I like your cut g sorry I had to Wants to have matching tongue piercings with you. Likes when you wear a dress or a skirt but with pants under in a stylish way yk. Will tease you by saying "ohh look who dressed up for me" or just bad pick up lines. Never misses the chance to show you off.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi

This man will admire you from afar, actually he'll stare at you if you're right next to him too he has no shame, if you ask him about that he'll just say smth like "eyes are for staring, aren't they?" Takes inspiration from your fits. He'll ask you to match just like how he matches with Nemu, if u accept he'll be over the roof happy and will be so proud he got you to matchy matchy with him, won't show it tho he'll mask it by saying "it was about time someone taught you how to dress" he's so mean and if you decline he'll just give you a "tch" and silently sulk in the background while typing away in a computer, won't press much on it since he still looks forward to what you'll sort out to wear from your own creativity. Also likes when you wear a skirt w pants.

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Of course he has to call you beautiful. Loves your aesthetic, you literally get prettier everyday to him. Goes through your closet and picks out clothes for you, always smug with what he picked out and when you wear it, esp out in public. Looks forward on fancy occasions so you can wear something classy and elegant. Flower or floral patterns get him goingg, don't get me started on sundresses. Likes how you don't wear overly revealing clothing, just like him, since beauty isn't all about that. Bonus if you have a signature scent. Lowkey steals your skincare routine and if you don't have one his jaw will dropp and he's suddenly complementing life asking how your skin is so clear and beautiful.

Askin Nakk le Vaar

Since he values style and presentation esp on women, you could say he fell in love with you at first sight. Nods in approval when you pass by as if admiring an art piece. Sharing clothes!! switches something possessive in him, also just wants an excuse to wear the baggy clothes you own that also fit him. Admires your form when you wear tight clothes, legit can't take his eyes of you. Lovess how you pay attention to detail and how you carry yourself. Your whole vibe just pulls him in. Wear an off shoulder top with a subtle necklace and hair up in a messy but cute bun and he'll be all over you. He often wears glasses and when he does he just stops you and takes them off, putting them on you, then quietly observing how they go with the outfit your wearing then wink and go to what he was previously doing.

[animeloverskylarmoon]

Yumichika Ayasegawa (Bleach)- Oneshot

You weren't certain how it happened.

Truly.

Ichigo warned you that he had some crazy friends. Usually you just pretended that they weren't there. With two jobs, you really didn't have the energy to be worrying about crazies in old fashioned robes.

That's why you tried your best to get rid of him. But he just kept coming back.

Like a parasite.

"If you'd like I can give you some tips. Your hair is a mess."

An irk mark appeared on your forehead at the few of many insults that this annoying reaper had directed at you.

"IF I'M SUCH A MESS YOU COULD JUST STOP COMING YOU CRAZY REAPER!!"

Screaming in the middle of the street at a man only you could see probably wasn't doing you any favors. You huff, storming off.

"I'm just trying to help."

He jumped down from his once elevated position, landing right beside you as he walked in step.

"Why are you here anyway? Aren't you reapers supposed to be guards or something? You're pretty casual for someone on a mission." You grumble.

"Things have quieted down since the war. Our head captain just wants to make sure it stays that way."

You nod.

The war.

It's crazy how casual they always speak about those things. While you could see spirits, your fighting ability wasn't anything to brag about. Surely not to be of any use in a war. A part of you felt it. When the war started. You hadn't seen Yumichika or Ikkaku for a while. When they finally popped up to freeload in your home, you acted pissed, but truthfully you were relieved. Because you knew lives were lost.

"Is it scary, fighting all the time?"

That question was presented a bit quietly and Yumichika glanced at you. He could see your hesitance to even propose the question. Sometimes he needed to remind himself that you weren't a fighter like them.

"War is war. Fear is just a reaction to the unknown. I'm not sure if there's a word I can use to truly describe it."

The very serious response was not what you expected.

"However beautiful beings like me don't have to worry about such things."

He then persisted to pose in which you just walked away.

"Hey wait up!!"

Yep, that's how a lot of your encounters went. As agitating as he was at times, you enjoyed his company. You also appreciated him checking in on you every now and then.

"Geez, I'm exhausted."

You dropped onto the couch, not even kicking off your shoes. Yumichika smiled.

"Did you overdo it today? Your wrinkles seem more visible than usual."

"Don't make me end you."

Yumichika laughed nervously at the threat, and you just sighed, lifting your hand as you stared at it.

"Things like beauty, it isn't made for people like me. Just the thought of all that cutesy stuff is exhausting."

Although you say that, you haven't completely banished the prospect of dressing up and going on dates. It was just hard. Most guys wanted a girl to dress up and act a certain way. You did like dressing up every once in a while, but you couldn't see yourself changing your entire wardrobe just to appeal to a guy. You liked baggy clothes and cool sneakers.

Yumichika's eyes are trained on your form.

"Is there a human that you're interested in that you would be willing to do that for?"

You fully expect him to be wearing some kind of mocking expression or follow that up with another poke at your attire, but when you move your hand, that's not what you read at all. Your cheeks tint red at how intensely he's looking at you. It's not often that he's stoic.

You jump upright, bashful.

"What the hell are you talking about! A-As if I would be!"

You don't know why you're getting so defensive. It's not like he accused you of anything. You rise, heading for the kitchen.

"I-I'm going to make food!!"

Marching off stiffly, Yumichika watches you with a small smile.

He'll admit that your meeting wasn't exactly under the best circumstances.

He'd been in Karakura to help up with the increase of hollow activity. 

Back when Aizen was still gathering his army. Ikkaku and Matsumoto had taken one section and he'd planned to cover the next.

"Yumichika!"

Ichigo's call pulled his focus and he was stunned to see Ichigo carrying a woman in his arms.

"She's hurt, I need you to get her back to Urahara-san."

Yumichika didn't need much more instruction. From the worried look, this was clearly someone Ichigo knew. He handed you over, but your hand gripped Ichigo's robes and they both froze.

"I-Ichigo.."

For a moment they both took notice of the fear in your eyes. Ichigo offered the best smile he could muster.

"I'll be fine."

You were hesitant, but you finally released him. He gave one last reassuring look before he disappeared. Yumichika didn't waste any time. He took off himself, glancing down to ensure you were still conscious. Your eyes seemed distant. Your body was covered in bruises. What he could assume was a hollow attack.

"Please..promise me that you'll look after Ichigo. H-He's all I have left.."

Your words were solemn, and Yumichika was the last one to make such a promise. But watching you so helpless, it did something to him.

"I have his back."

At the time, that seemed like the right thing.

It helped you.

When Yumichika got closer to you, it was mostly as a source of entertainment. You were around all the time it seemed and you always had the best reactions whenever he flaunted his beauty. The more he saw you, the more he felt protective. The frequent trips to Karakura were welcomed whenever they had a mission. He was able to do his job and see you. The longer he was around, the more he learned.

Like your relationship with Ichigo.

What he initially assumed as romantic love was just a brotherly bond you'd formed when he saved you from a river as a kid. 

A detail he felt comforted that you openly told him.

"How come you always drop by just to piss me off."

You looked angry, and Yumichika had to admit it was cute. He'd never tell you, but sometimes he just loved to jab to get a reaction.

"I was merely saying you may never get to my standard of beauty, but you're still exceptional in your own way."

"Why does that sound like a compliment and an insult all wrapped in one!!" You fire back.

Yumichika laughed from his position on the roof and you just folded your arms, turning your head in the opposite direction. Nights like this were nice to just sit and watch the stars.

Considering that Yumichika could literally fly, you knew such a view wasn't anything extraordinary to him. It was still nice that he decided to entertain you.

"If I'm so beneath your level then why waste your time."

It was just an angry little ramble, but Yumichika turned. He could tell that you weren't truly upset. But he realized then that you may not actually know how he sees you.

"If I really thought you weren't worth my time I wouldn't even look at you."

The statement makes you turn, and you swallow. Because he's wearing that expression again. Soft and a bit paralyzing in a fluffy sort of way.

"I've made it a rule of mine never to look upon ugly things. What I see before me is quite beautiful."

Your eyes widen at those words. The heat crawls up your cheeks before you can stop it.

"Y-You're just messing with me again!" You point at him accusingly.

He smiles, and it does something to you. When he moves closer, he takes hold of your hand, and it lowers slowly into your lap. 

You're in awe.

"Not so feisty anymore, are you?"

The confident smile on his face is disarming. Especially with the lack of space. You clench your hand into your lap.

"W-What are you doing Yumichika.."

It's almost a whisper. It's when his hand cups your cheek that you feel your heart hammer.

"I thought I was clear, I'm claiming something very beautiful."

His lips descend on your own and you clench your eyes shut. You can't believe you let someone like Yumichika mess with you. Much less kiss you. Although you can't deny that it feels really good. His lips feel so soft, and you've never realized just how good he smells. You feel his hand shift from your lap, sliding over your waist as he pulls you closer. Your blush darkens and he deepens the kiss. At this point you're just barely able to think, much less do much but reciprocate shyly. When his tongue brushes against our own, you pull away with a gasp, covering your lips.

Yumichika licks his own lips.

"W-What was that!"

"That was a kiss, would you like another?"

"N-No you sneaky pervert!!"

In all honesty, you're not sure your brain will be able to function properly if he kisses you again. Your protests are merely to save face. 

This is embarrassing to say the least.

You don't expect it when he picks you up. Letting out a soft squeak, you grip at his robes.

"What the heck are you doing!!"

"I already told you."

He says nothing more, just flash steps into the house.

"W-Wait I'm not prepared!! K-KYA!!!"

It looks like you never had anything to worry about.

[recurring-polynya]

I like how your lieutenants math headcanons post implies Yumichika does tax evasion. How else does squad 11 afford repairs for all the times it has presumably been trashed by enthusiastic brawling.

This is not the first time I have accused Yumichika of doing a little light embezzling, you know, as a hobby.

One of my favorite ironies of the Gotei-13 setup is that you become captain by merit of being good at beating people up, but then the job itself is like 49% paperwork and 49% management, with ass-kicking taking up the other 2%, if you're lucky. I think the actual most important function of a captain, and the one thing that cannot really be delegated to a lieutenant, is asking for money.

It's always very vague what all of the non-specialist squads do with their time and resources. I imagine though, that in addition to whatever Bullshit-of-the-Day Yamamoto makes his captains do, they have general standing duties. I imagine there's something similar to a bid process that goes into this. When there is new work that needs to be done, any captain that's interested in taking it on would have to provide a proposal for why their squad is suited for that task and what resources they would require to get it done. (Or sometimes Yamamoto might make everyone submit a proposal, whether anyone wants that job or not). At the end of the year, they have to provide accounting of their costs and summaries of their accomplishments. A savvy captain is good at figuring out which tasks are going to bring in cash and acclaim to their squad, which, in turn, is going to allow them to recruit better people, reward their high performers, and provide their officers with interesting and rewarding work. A proven track record is going to go a long way in winning future work, but so is knowing how to work the system. Here's where the system is pretty broken (I say, with utmost affection), because if you look at say, Squad 6, Byakuya a) knows all of the secrets of writing Proposals Central 46 Loves to Get because his grandfather was making him write these things for his allowance when he was 10 years old, b) people love to do favors for him because he's rich, and c) he can use his own money/money the clan approves as a discretionary fund for planting cherry trees and buying everyone dress uniforms, so that stuff never has to show up as a line item so his expenses always look super-clean. Other captains have their own techniques for getting cashola--no one understands what Mayuri does, so when he asks for 12 million kan to develop illuminated shadow-defeating inflatable armor (with color-changing LEDs), they're like "sure, sounds legit." Unohana just asks very politely and drops some vague hints about her very precise knowledge of anatomy. This is also the reason that Squad 10 is constantly doing all of the worst jobs-- Hitsugaya bids on everything and is extremely honest and ethical. Even Ukitake plays the game better than he does.

But you know who does not? Zaraki. Zaraki could not give two shits about this. He does not want to read the monthly RFP roundup newsletter. He does not want to write memos. He just wants to fight things. Give him something to fight. I think Squad 11 officers already get paid below standard rates because most of them did not graduate Shin'ou, which bumps them way down on the Gotei-equivalent of the GS scale. As you say, they break their own shit, constantly. And on top of that, I think Zaraki also has almost no concept of what money is worth. He's a simple guy with pretty simple desires. He lives on base, has, like, three outfits, and goes drinking sometimes. You can't even buy a really sweet truck in Soul Society. He comes from the literal worst part of the Rukon, which probably didn't even use money-- everything is luxurious to him.

I think a lot of the Squad 11 guys buy into the Zaraki lifestyle. They're also from the Rukon, they're just happy to have a sword and their weekly booze. But on the other hand, they are vastly under-compensated relative to their work. I think everyone has a roommate, whereas most seated officers in other squads get personal quarters. There are strong fighters elsewhere in the Gotei, people with experience and fighting knowledge, that would consider joining Squad 11, but they're not taking the pay cut. They can't keep seated officers. Every so often, they get an insane person (Renji, Iba) who joins for some limited period of time. It ups their vibe enormously, and then that person leaves after they've worked through whatever personal shit that led them to join Squad 11 in the first place.

So, Yumichika does what he has to do. He reads the the monthly RFP roundup newsletter, and if anything sounds like it involves a lot of violence, he uses his graphic design skills and his rock-bottom budget to put together a nice little proposal, and sends it off with Yachiru to Squad 1. Zaraki is not even really cognizant of this process, he just knows that sometimes they get good jobs that he likes. For as low as his budgets are, Yumichika still knows how to pad them out extensively, and how to file for project year extensions.

He's also the one who controls intra-squad expenditures. Yes, we would all to spend our entire budget on "swords", but unfortunately, we have to pay for the mess hall you buffoons exploded last week if you ever want to eat again. Yumichika may give off the appearance of extravagance, but he is very much the "pulls into the drivethru and orders (1) small black coffee" to the rest of Squad 11's "McDonalds! McDonalds! McDonalds!"

Also, for the record, he very much does do some straight-up embezzling. Eye feathers don't pay for themselves, you know.

[yumichikah]

@criticalcrux continued from here

"What a warm welcome! Makes a customer feel wanted~"

Yes, the looks given by the blond had been taken note of – as well as his demeanor changing from the mundane to something more attentive and inquisitive. Of course these kind of reactions were familiar to the man who now was absentmindedly fondling some product with a neatly manicured hand, yet paying most of his attention to the other person present in the room at the same time. Getting served with such an amount of attention was rare nowadays when it came to Soul Society where everyone knew him well; which definitely was great from his work persona's perspective, but bad when you looked at it from his ego's side. Basking in someone’s adoring gaze was his favorite past time after all so now he was definitely planning to take full advantage of this situation laid in front of him.

”Urahara Kisuke-san, wasn’t it? I’ve heard you can solve all sorts of issues with your wonderful products”, Yumichika continued with a friendly tone, turning to face the shopkeeper with an object in his hand that seemed like some sort of an unique piggy bank, but he definitely had no clue what it's purpose really was. A pair of lilac eyes studied the item carefully for a while until they decided to cast a curious look towards the casually dressed figure in charge of the place. Slowly taking a few steps closer, head tilting to the side, the lean yet quite short male let out a questioning hum before speaking up again. ”But I don’t see proper labels in some of this stuff. Could you tell me which products would be the best suited for me? I need some type of glue that keeps my feather accessories in place through fights but doesn’t ruin my natural lashes which I attach them to. Also I would love to try out some new skincare products overall, if there is any available.”

Yet another charming smile gets offered.

”If that’s not too much trouble, of course.”

[bleachanimefan1]

Bleach Shadow Redux Part 7

A Reason to Fight,

Akari woke up from her futon bed and stretched her arms with pieces of her messy locks sticking to her face, yawning after a good night's sleep. She debated on whether or not to wear her former shihakusho over her new updated version. It was against dress code, but it was her favorite and was easier to move around in. She slipped on her old uniform and brushed her bed hair until it was neat and put it back into a high ponytail. She walked over and grabbed her zanpakuto which was resting against the wall and looked at it for a moment, silently. She strapped the sword on her side through the sash of her shihakusho and left her room, closing the sliding door behind her.

She headed towards the captain's barracks. Excited but also a little nervous. Today was the day she had planned to fight him. But what if he loses control again? Akari stopped in front of the doors and slid it open to find an empty room until her eyes laid upon the little Lieutenant who was laying on the floor, drawing. Yachiru looked up and smiled when she saw Akari and stood up and walked over to Akari, wheeling her zanpakuto behind her.

"Hey, tomato head! Are you here to see Kenny?" Yachiru smiled, happily.

"Yeah, I guess. Is he around?" Akari asked. Yachiru smiled dropped a little.

"Sorry to break it to you, but Kenny stepped out for a bit." 

"Oh, I guess I can go find Ikkaku or Yumichika. I'll fight him another time." Akari replied. "Can you let him know that I stopped by?"

"Yeah, sure I will!" Yachiru nodded. Akari smiled and thanked her and was about to walk away to head towards the training room.

"Do you love him?" Akari's eyes widen in shock and took a step back caught off guard by the Lieutenant's question.

"W-What!?" She sputtered.

"Kenny!" Yachiru smiled. "Do you love him?"

"Yes, I do. He is going to be my captain and he is pretty interesting." Akari told her. 

"Really!?" Yachiru beamed at her. "That's great! Not many people ask to see him."

"What do you mean?" Akari asked, wondering.

"He can be a bit intimidating which can scare people away. Other than Ichi, it looks like he finally found someone worth fighting for once. I'm going to go see the other captains! See you later, tomato head!" Yachiru smiled and before Akari could say anything the Lieutenant quickly sped off. Akari blinked, surprised by the little girl's speed. Then she headed over to the training room to see Ikkaku, with half of his uniform down and tied to his waist revealing his chest and abs, sparring with some of the members with a wooden sword. Yumichika was sitting down watching him. Akari walked into the room, catching some of the members attention.

"Hey, Ikkaku, are you ready for our fight?" Akari asked him. Ikkaku smacked his sword across his opponent's face, and he fell to the floor, groaning in pain. He finally noticed Akari when she walked over and grinned.

"Right now?" Akari nodded.

"Okay, but not here. Come on, I've got a better place we can go to." He told her, putting his shihakusho back in place and tied his sash back on. Akari looked at him confused.

"I'm going to come along to see this." Yumichika smiled. Ikkaku, Akari and Yumichika left the barracks and Ikkaku led Akari towards another training ground of some sorts further away from the Soul Society. Yumichika took a seat on a rock.

"Why did you take me out here?" Akari asked Ikkaku.

"Well, you have bankai and I want us to unleash our full potential." He said, pulling out his zanpakuto.

"Do you have bankai as well?" Akari asked.

"Since you trust us with your secret, I'm going to tell you mine. Yes, I do have a bankai. You can never tell anyone about this." He told her.

"How come?"

"Because if word gets out that I can do bankai, I'll never hear the end of it. It is one of the steps to become a captain, if one should choose to do so. I don't want that. I want to fight under Captain Zaraki until the day I die." Ikkaku explained.

"But can't you just say no?" Akari asked him.

"Yeah, but I'll be constantly asked. It'll be annoying." Ikkaku said.

"I won't tell." Akari told him. Ikkaku smirked.

"That's good to hear. Now let's see who's the STRONGEST!" he roared. "Bankai! Ryumon Hozukimaru!" Ikkaku staff began to transform, growing bigger until they turned into a Chinese monk spade and Guandao with red hair tassel at the hilt, all connect to a heavy chain linking to Ikkaku's back was a large ax with a dragon on it.

"Eager to get our shirts off already, are we?" Akari teased, smiling.

"It's not like that!" Ikkaku shouted.

"Bankai, Ryujin Hebimaru!" Akari pulled out her sword and released her bankai. The two quickly darted toward each other. Ikkaku swung one of his large blades at Akari. She quickly deflected with one of her flame shields. Her feet skidded on the dirt as she was pushed back. When Akari glanced back towards Ikkaku she saw that he was no longer in front of her. A dark shadow began to form below her and Akari quickly looked up to see Ikkaku coming down on her fast. Akari quickly flashed stepped, dodging from the blades as they came crashing down to the ground where she once stood. She appeared in front of Ikkaku bringing her sword down so fast he barely had any time to block it. While she was striking at him, repeatedly, Akari noticed the dragon behind Ikkaku's back was glowing red, almost half full. She jumped back, gaining some space.

"What's with that dragon of yours?" she questioned. Ikkaku smirked.

"So, you really want to know?" He began to spin his zanpakuto round and round above his head. The dragon began to slowly rise until it was completely full. Akari's eyes widen when she felt a sudden rise of reiatsu coming off from Ikkaku, giving off a red aura. It was strong. Really strong!

"Once this dragon gets completely full, my bankai becomes fully awaken."

"Awaken?" Akari questioned.

"Hozukimaru tends to be lazy during battle. It needs to charge up by causing or receiving an injury." He told her.

"Then you better make this last attack count." Akari smirked.

"Here I come!" Ikkaku darted towards Akari and she charged directly at him. The two clashed swords, one striking the other. Then Ikkaku and Akari landed on the ground, both still standing and seemingly unharmed. Suddenly a loud clang was heard when Ikkaku's zapakuto was split in half, falling to the ground. Yumichika's eyes widen in shock, along with Ikkaku's.

"N-No way!" Ikkaku sputtered.

"Looks like I win!" Akari smiled and laughed, putting away her sword. Ikkaku put his away as well. "Looks like I have some competition." He smirked.

"Hey, Ikkaku, Yumichika, can you tell me this. Why do you love to fight?" Akari asked him. Ikkaku's eyes widen a little in surprise and so did Yumichika's.

"That's a very strange question." Yumichika replied.

"I want to know why." Akari insisted. Ikkaku smirked.

"Before I joined Squad 11, I fought the captain."

"You fought Zaraki!?" Akari exclaimed.

"Yeah, he gave me the reason to fight. Before I met him, Yumichika and I used to be in one of the poorer districts. I would use to pick a fight with anyone, beat them to a pulp. Anything to excite me. Until one day, the captain and I crossed paths. It was brutal. No matter how hard I tried he managed to push me back until I laid bleeding and defeated on the ground. I wanted him to kill me, but he didn't. He told me to get stronger so one day we can fight again. So, when I heard that he had joined the court guard squads, I didn't hesitate to join up as well. Yumichika did so, too. We choose to fight under him." Ikkaku yawned. "I'm going to go and take a nap. See you two, later." He walked away, leaving Akari and Yumichika alone.

Akari walked over and sat down beside Yumichika. "Yumichika, why did you join with Ikkaku and picked Squad 11?" She asked him.

"Answer me this; Do I look like I like to fight?" He smiled.

"To tell you the truth, no. You don't seem like the type. I think you prefer the art style to fighting." 

"To me, fighting is a beautiful art." Yumichika said.

"A beautiful art?" Akari questioned.

"There is such a thing as a beautiful fight. Especially such as yours the other day and just now." He winked. Akari's eyes widen a little in surprise.

"What?" she laughed a little and crossed her arms. "Are you going soft on me, Yumichika?"

"Consider it a compliment." He shrugged his hands.

"Maybe I will. But are you sure you didn't join because of a certain bald guy?" Akari smirked.

"You better not let Ikkaku hear you say that." He told her. "But tell me this, why did you choose Squad 11? You could have chosen any one of them. Why us?"

"You guys are interesting." Akari said.

"Fair enough. We are an interesting bunch. Have you decided on what seat you want? Seat four has been available for a while, if you want it." Yumichika said.

"What happened to the last person who had it? Is the seat cursed or something?" Akari asked him, receiving a small laugh from Yumichika.

"The last person was Tetsuzaemon Iba. He got promoted to Squad 7 and is now their Lieutenant. I was offered the seat, but I prefer the number 5 because I liked the look for it better."

"I'm not really interested in positions. I just wanted to join. But I'll think about it."

[tuliharja]

Possible spoilers concerning Bleach's 20th-anniversary one-shot and those who haven't yet read TYBW arc.

So, after I saw the sketches about current Gotei 13's captains and lieutenants, I couldn't help but think few things and also notice some things. Let me share some of my thoughts about some of them:

I think each person's individual styles are showing now more than before and I get the feeling it's thanks to Kyoraku. If we think back to the time when Yamamoto was Head Captain, most of the captains and lieutenants' uniforms were mostly always in their standard state, if we don't count few exceptions. (I'm looking at you, Mayuri.) There might have been few tattoos or piercings, but mostly there wasn't anything that gave off the individual's personality. Now, those seem more personalized -at least most of them.

I think it's very cool Kubo decided to highlight some details and how some outfits, hairstyles, etc. work. For example how Nanao's hairstyle works. That detail might seem very random, but considering the fact, her hairstyle would work in real life, kudos to Kubo about that.

Also, what I find interesting is Nanao's glove: that glove style reminds me of those archery gloves that we've seen used in archery. (At least in every manga/anime where there is an archery club, the characters usually wear such a glove.) It kind of made me think of Nanao using a bow and arrows...

I can't help but wonder why Soi Fon has that additional red ribbon around her waist... My one friend suggested it was probably a gift from Yoruichi.

Omaeda...he looks just...hmm, ever seen those anime series/movies where are those school bullies that try to act all tough, because their parents have money? Yet in reality, are weak? Yeah, Omaeda. Gives me that classical Japanese Gansta school bully vibes with his too many accessories.

Rose looks like some Victorian-era gay vampire... I'm actually digging his all-frills. Like, so many frills!

Izuru's looks are cool. I like that Assassin's Creed-type hood he is sporting. (Also, is his other hand now permanently black? Or, was that just a long glove he is wearing?)

Isane is just super-duper cute and soft-looking. Uwu. Makes me want to give her head pats and cheer her up, even if she would get all flustered! Precious baby.

Shinji's style is even more crooked if possible. I bet Death the Kid from Soul Eater would have a meltdown if he saw him...

Momo gives now this old-lady vibe because of the hairstyle she is sporting and that hair accessory. ^^'

I wonder why Renji has that army-type of vest under his normal shinigami robes... Also, kind of makes me want to see if something would hit (or shot) Renji's upper and if the vest would rescue his life like we see in cop movies/tv-series.

And did you notice Iba has miko bracelet? (I'm pretty sure it's miko bracelet.) And where he got that face scar on his face? I don't recall it at all?

Also, Iba's lieutenant Atau Rindō has that healer-type apron while he uses a high collar shirt which is cute. All in all, his looks are too very soft, yet sophisticated I'm also totally on board about that, he acts as a communicator between Iba and Komamura.

I bet Lisa's style got full marks from Kyoraku... I can imagine her just going to Kyoraku's office and be 'can I wear a mini-skirt and top?' while Kyoraku gave her thumbs up.

Also, I bet Lisa asked if her lieutenant could dress up.

Speaking of her lieutenant Yuyu Yayahara...she is just cute! I love her gyaru style~. Though, I wonder if she has a fake tan...? I mean, gyaru's usually had, but her skin color could actually be dark. Either way, she still looks super cute! I loved her girly badass appearance. The fact she wore cute nail polish, accessories, etc. yet was all badass? Yes, please.

Kensei gives this big biker dad energy... while his son (Hisagi) is too wild.

One thing that I marked was the fact Kubo hadn't sketched Mashiro. In fact, she didn't appear at all in the one-shot. While I didn't at first think that much about it, but the fact Kubo sketched Genshirō Okikiba (Kyoraku's other lieutenant), yet not Mashiro was odd. I mean, in TYBW Mashiro told Hisagi she is super-lieutenant (co-lieutenant) and it's obvious from the sketches we saw Kubo sketched just captains and lieutenants (plus Yumichika. Then again, he and Ikkaku are a set, so yeah), so leaving Mashiro out felt just...weird. Maybe Kubo forgot her?

It appears Toshiro's sheathe now scatters like Senbonzakura? As far as I remember that didn't happen at least in the manga.

It seems Rangiku healed from her broken heart as her hair is once again long. Good for her! Also, she has now tied that pink cloth around her waist, which is actually very cute.

Yumichika is as stylish as ever. I especially liked the feather details in his sketch.

Mayuri's additions to his robes make me think spotted jelly. Sorry, but especially the captain's robe's ones make me think that.

Akon's necklace-thingy looks just...odd...but I suppose it's handy? I mean, it looks sturdy and it should be because I can imagine a lieutenant's badge must weigh at least a little bit. It also appears he has some vitals in his necklace...

The funny thing with Rukia is that, if you would remove her ponytail, she would have basically her old hairstyle -just uneven.

[rays-of-fire-and-ice]

For the ask meme! Your top 5 of the funniest moments in Bleach! I hope you don't mind me asking :D Also, if you want to talk about any other top and it hasn't been asked, feel free to add it! ♥♥♥

Ask me for my Top 5/Top 10 of anything!

Thank you for bringing me some laughs with this list! Unfortunately couldn't get gifs for all of these because they didn't turn up in the search/the scene hasn't been adapted yet.

5. Ikkaku's lucky dance

The first time I saw this, I couldn't stop laughing, and every time I've gone back and rewatched this scene since usually gets a chuckle out of me. It comes right the heck out of nowhere and I love seeing all the reactions from the characters (Ichigo and Ganju are just dumbfounded into silence, and Yumichika is just like 'this again?? Oh God...'

4. Ichigo at Kukaku's

The animation and voice acting (both original and English dub) really helps with this one. From the moment Ganji and Ichigo recognised each other and screamed, I was laughing. The fight they have, then Kukaku blowing up the house, and Ichigo and Ganji agreeing about how they view Kukaku, it all hilarious. Wheh it turns out later that they're cousins, this scene got even better to rewatch.

3. Ichigo ships Renruki throws Rukia

It's a classic moment, and one that always makes me smile. I don't know what I find funnier: that Ichigo thought it was a good idea ot throw Rukia, or Rukia's scream as she's flying down to Renji, or Renji catching Rukia and both are sent spinning away, or their reaction after it's all happened. It's all great and makes for one of the most memorable (and funny) moments in the whole series.

2. Of chickens and eyebrows

Ah, what could have been. From Bazz B pausing the battle just to check if Renji was insulting his mohawk to Renji's little praise of chickens ("What? Don't like chickens? They get up early, lay eggs. They're awesome.") to the glorious moment when Bazz B reveals he actually thought Renji's eyebrows were 'cool razor-sharp' and Renji just basking in that moment while Rukia [after having enough of Renji being sad no likes his eyebrows] just watches on before it all come crashing down and the battle has to continue, it's all comedy gold for me. I refer to this moment and this duo as 'chicken eyebrows', for that reason and I can't help but wonder in some weird alternate universe if these two had gotten along what kind of dorky, dumb nonsense they could have gotten up to. Regardless, I can't wait to see this animated!

1. Recruiting Hitsugaya to be part of the Kendo team

This moment is just...surreal (heck, the whole episode is, have you seen the faces the characters make throughout?), but it never fails to make me laugh! Just looking at the gif version has me grinning and trying to suppress a laugh.

Where do you start with this scene? At worst it's complete crack and at best it's taking certain traits within Toshiro and cranking them up to 11 for comedic effect. We've got Ikkaku trying to bribe Toshiro (who is already in the Kendo gear) with candy and snacks while on his hands and knees. When this doesn't work, he instead tries bribe him with toys - one of which is a gun... What's even more bizzare to me though is Toshiro, without question it seems, just got into the gear after Ikkaku told him it was urgent. Can you imagine Ikkaku rushing in and telling a captain that he needs to get dressed into this gear right now. It's mentioned the gear belongs to a grade schooler, which makes Toshiro think up this crayoned masterpiece:

Why is there a chicken and chicks in the background? Why the heck is there an airplane? Why is he imagining Ikkaku blushing and smiling like that? Just...who came up with this?! Someone or some people had to sit down and draw this. No, they not only had to draw it, they or someone else then had to colour it, fix any errors, and then put it together for animation...On a side note, can someone tell me what it says on his school bag?

After all of this though, you get the actual masterpiece of Toshiro's reaction. How is it so hilarious and threatening at the same time? How is not a meme within the BLEACH community at this point? It might be absolute crack, but I just can't help but laugh at the sheer absurdity and weirdness of the whole thing!

Thanks for sending this in! :D

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*pops up out of the hole I've dug myself in bc GrimmIchi with sunglasses and a Hawaii shirt on*

Hiiiii!!! It's me bugging you again!! (Raid doesn't work either, others have tried lol)

GrimmIchi Western Au??

Are they rival ranchers? Or maybe one/both of them are outlaws? How do they meet? Is it hate or love at first sight? Close to a town or a couples days on horseback away? Nearest doctor if one of them gets injured? How do the other characters play into this Au? What would the conflict be??

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*Lowers my baseball bat when I see it is you, my friend, and not, in fact, a whack-a-mole*

You are welcome to pop in here as often as you like, friend!! Especially when you bring such lovely ideas to the table. This will be a long response, so you know the drill. Under the cut she gooooooes!

So from the way your ask is worded, I am getting a strong wild-west sense. And I love it!

So, I think Ichigo is a rancher. His father is the physician in the nearest town, but Ichigo wanted to start his own life. So he saved up, did errands around the town and odd-jobs for anyone who needed it to earn enough coin, and then he purchased some property and got himself some cattle. He has a few horses (necessary for work and also the fastest way for him to get to town if he needs to). But he can't manage all those cattle on his own entirely and keep a house. So he often has one of his sisters stay with him, sometimes both. Karin loves helping with ranch chores. Yuzu likes to help with indoor chores. He often has them come over when they need a break from town or when their father is travelling or going to be away. He is the only doctor for a large area, so sometimes he travels out to other towns. They save all their non-emergent issues for him and he addresses them all at once.

Urahara I would put not so much as a doctor...but a pharmacist perhaps. He and his husband Tessai. Their children, Jinta and Ururu, help out around the shop, though Jinta has been known to come and give Ichigo a hand on the ranch now and again. (Their parents are friends)

Renji is a hired hand on the ranch. At first, he applies for the job because he is broke as hell and Ichigo is handsome, and let's face it Renji is not blind. He knows how to appreciate the fineness of Ichigo's body. But nothing comes of it, the romantic feelings he has quickly fizzle, and soon he's feeling more like Ichigo is the found family he always wanted instead. He was an orphan, living off of pennies.

Grimmjow is definitely an outlaw. Runs with some bandits. They wanna steal cattle and resell. And they are notorious. I think for this they could keep the title of Espada for their little gang. He is one of the loose cannons, though. Never know what he's going to do. Him, and his little sister, Nel. Nel and Grimm have been on their own from the beginning, and they only ever looked out for each other.

Until one night, they go after the Kurosaki ranch. And as they are stealing the cattle, Renji and Ichigo are chasing after them...and Nel falls from her horse. (or was she pushed...by Nnoitra?) Ichigo, even though they're enemies, won't let someone just get trampled in front of him. So he slows and he helps her up, and by that point the other Espada have left, and Grimmjow isn't aware his sister is missing yet...

Ichigo helps Nel to the ranch house. She's slightly injured, so they summon Isshin (not with any ritual though, they just send Renji to wake him up and bring him to the ranch). He comes and treats her.

Grimmjow is distraught over his sister being in the hands of the rancher. He is certain she's scared, certain they're being cruel to her. So of course the second he can, he rushes in, guns blazing, ready to kill and ready to save her. Only to find Nel giggling and hugging Ichigo and waving hello to her older brother.

After that...well, it's a steep learning curve but Grimmjow and Nel start to trust other people, get on the good side of Ichigo, and now they're friends. And Ichigo won't deny there is attraction to the tough-looking outlaw. And Grimmjow will stubbornly pretend he still hates him and is only there because of Nel and the fact that the head of the Espada will try to kill them when they find out Nel is now friends with Ichigo.

I think in this AU Orihime owns a bed and breakfast...where Uryu and Chad are the chefs. She inherited it from her brother when he passed away. But her cooking was so bad she almost had to close. Then Uryu and Chad showed up, an ultimate cooking duo, and she didn't have to close, she just switched to more of a hostess/bartender role. It's the favourite place in town for everyone to eat now, and Ichigo definitely treats Nel and Grimmjow to the food there.

Kenpachi is the sheriff. Strong, not concerned with politics at all, and very eager to fight anyone who disturbs the peace. Ikkaku is a member of law enforcement as well. And he's in love with the tailor; Yumichika, who makes the best dresses in the town. Nel definitely begs her brother for one, and he grumbles but then he starts helping out on the ranch and doing errands for the physician and pharmacist to make enough money to afford one. Ichigo may or may not secretly let slip to Yumichika about how they aren't well off and how much Nel admires the dresses and get them a discount, but that never gets around to Grimmjow (Ichigo and Yumichika are buddies and they totally have drinking nights where Yumichika just rants about how handsome Ikkaku is).

Some of the regulars at the bar (Hisagi, Izuru, Shinji) play instruments. They often play at Orihime's, which brings in more customers, and they get coins dropped in a little jar for them when the customers enjoy the music (they almost always love the music and the jar is never empty). Ichigo definitely drags Grimmjow out of his seat to dance when his favourite songs are played. And Grimmjow enjoys this, despite himself.

So those are my thoughts! What about you? What sort of things would you add? Any other characters? What happens with the stolen cattle? Do they ever get it back? Are the rest of the Espada caught? Do Grimmjow and Nel get pardoned for their past crimes or does the past catch up to them? How long does it take Ichigo and Grimmjow to fully realize they are in love? How do they confess to one another?

[satsurikusajira]

Needles 05

words: 3905

reverse harem (OC x everyone)

chapter 01

Rin raised her fist to knock on the door before her, only to hear a familiar voice call:

"Enter."

She swallowed her surprise and slid the door open. She saw Captain Hitsugaya sitting at a desk, a pile of papers in front of him, and Lieutenant Matsumoto lying on a couch.

"Ah, Rin-chan, you made it!" The busty woman sat up and stretched.

"Um...I thought you said you had the day off?" Rin glanced at the vein popping on the captain's forehead.

"You did, did you?" His low voice sent chills through Rin, but Lieutenant Matsumoto seemed immune to it.

"I need to get her ready for her trip to the world of the living! Since I won't be going, I need her at her best to enjoy enough for the both of us!" She kept going about how unfair it was that she wasn't the presiding lieutenant, even though she specifically requested to take the students this year.

"Captain, I can come back later if this is a bad time." Rin murmured to the shorter Shinigami.

"She won't be doing any work in this state. might as well get her off my hair." The vein was still pulsing on his face. "Leave, already, Matsumoto. You're too noisy, and I have work."

"Ah. Thank you, Captain!" Rin managed to catch him waving dismissively at them as the excited lieutenant dragged her away. "Rangiku, you shouldn't rile Captain Hitsugaya up like tha-oomph!"

"Rin-chan, you finally called me by my name!"

Rin struggled to pull out of the suffocating embrace. She panted and held Rangiku at arm's length. She was barely given any time to breathe as she was pulled into the bathhouse.

This time of day, the baths were a bit fuller, but they didn't have to wait. Rin smiled politely at the fourth division member who handed them towels and they scrubbed before sinking into the warm pool. Rin sighed at the warmth and rubbed the arm Ikkaku had used as leverage to throw her into the wall yesterday.

"So, if you're not going, who is?" Rin finally asked. She didn't want to admit she was pouting a little.

"Ninth Division Lieutenant, Hsagi Shuuhei." Rangiku was at her usual spot at the edge of the pool, with her head resting against a folded towel. Rin lazily walked backwards until her toes barely touched the floor, then stayed at that depth, frowning at her reflection.

"What's he like? Is he taking us to the museum?" Rin mumbled into the water surface.

"You'll like Hisagi-kun. He's really into music." Rangiku assured her. "I heard you were going to a club...or a bar...or both, I don't remember." Rangiku watched Rin scowl at the water until she came to terms with the situation. They lazed a little bit more before leaving to dry off and walk to Rangiku's quarters.

Rangiku had laid a variety of clothes out for her, but Rin was more concerned about the limp body thrown on a chair.

"What." She pointed. "Is that?"

"Oh, that's your gigai." Rangiku barely glanced at it. "This isn't just a random graduation party. It's your first test to see if you adapt to your gigai. So you can go on missions in the world of the living later on." She explained. Rin made an 'oh' with her mouth and nodded.

"How do I...put it on?" She grabbed the wrist of the beige gigai and inspected it. It had no distinguishing features. "How do we make it look like me?"

"Just pull it on as if it were clothing. Slip into it." Rangiku guided her into the creepy doll and after a bright flash, she was feeling as if she were wearing a too tight one-piece.

"It's too tight!" Rin moved around to try and loosen the thing containing her soul.

"They're always too tight." Rangiku nodded.

"Where's my sword?!" Rin patted her back and shoulders, looking for the long blade.

"It disappears when you're in your gigai. Calm down, Rin!"

"What if I need it? What if a Hollow appears?"

"There's going to be a lieutenant there. and you'll receive a soul candy for emergencies." Rangiku forcefully turned her around. "You're getting worked up over nothing. Come, let's get you dressed, we don't have much time." Rin looked down and noticed she was naked. Blushing, she pulled a robe from Rangiku's closet and wrapped herself in it, before paying attention to the clothes the strawberry blonde had laid out for her.

Rangiku had thought of a whole outfit for her. Rin eyed the lacy underwear sceptically, but it was surprisingly comfortable, making sure she could dance to her heart's content. Then, she slipped on black jeans. The pair was a bit old, it was a hand-me-down, with a rip behind the left knee and another on the right thigh, but it was soft and stretchy. The high waist felt really comfortable, and Rin marvelled at the illusion of an even thinner waist. She shed the robe to turn and look at herself in the wall mirror, her eyes widening at the upside-down heart her bottom resembled. Rangiku smiled gleefully at how her choices were so well received.

Next, came a silver top. Rin smiled at the style. It covered her breasts, stomach and lower back, but left her shoulders and upper back bare, just two crossed straps to offer support. This allowed her tattoo of a realistic black widow spider to be visible on her left shoulder, one of its long legs reaching up her neck. She threw her hair to the right to make it even more visible. Trying out some movements, she was happy no nipples would be popping out any time soon. Rangiku was ecstatic to find out she had a rich bosom, though not nearly as hefty as hers, and proceeded to fondle Rin until the latter threatened to leave without any makeup.

Rangiku sat her down to do her makeup and begrudgingly acquiesced to not overdo it. Rin didn't need much anyway. She knew she was beautiful (of course she was, she was Yumichika's sister), and needed little to stand out. Her hair, the same colour as her brother's, was uncharacteristically left alone to hang in waves, similar to Rangiku's, down to her elbows. Her lilac eyes were also like her brother's, and the colour popped with the black applied all around it in a smoky style. Rin wasn't fond of lipstick, so Rangiku just smeared a little chapstick on to disguise her nervous habit of chewing the corner of her lip.

It had taken longer than she hoped, and the sun was already setting. Rangiku finally declared her ready after handing her a worn black leather jacket and a pair of platform stiletto ankle boots.

"What's taking you so damn long?" Ikkaku hammered at the door. Rangiku opened the door and ushered Rin out. Her brother's friend was wearing a gigai and human clothes as well and was apparently ready to leave.

"Have fun!" She waved and watched them go.

The air was a little chilly, but Rin didn't mind. She shrugged on her new jacket, but left it open. Finally looking to Ikkaku, she noticed he looked rather nice in a black button-up shirt tucked into dark blue jeans, held up by a simple belt. They were both barefoot as they walked to the edge of the balcony where Ikkaku's black dress shoes were. He slipped into them and turned as Rin spoke.

"You clean up nicely, Ikkaku." She smiled as her hand held on to his shoulder to balance herself as she lifted a foot to slip it into her new (used) boots. After putting on both heels, she was still a head shorter than Ikkaku, who looked appreciatively down at her.

"So do you." He paused, frowning as a thought hit him. "You're gonna be a pain to keep track of, aren't you?"

"You can bet on it." Rin smirked flirtatiously and sashayed away. Ikkaku groaned partly at his task at 'keeping an eye on her' and at the way her hips swayed to compensate for her walking in those death traps she called shoes.

The Senkaimon was open and a few students were passing through, all in gigais and human clothes fit for 'clubbing'. Rin and Ikkaku passed and arrived at a secluded street, following the other students around a corner to a line, where they waited for a while, until Rin sighed in exasperation. Ikkaku was leaning against the wall, watching her get impatient. Rin spotted a large man who was permitting and blocking the entrance into the bar they were trying to enter. Rin caught his eye and shifted her weight to her left leg, cocking her hip and smiling at him. He immediately waved her over, unclasping the royal blue rope between her and the door. Rin took long strides, smiling brilliantly at the man. She rested her hand on his chest and thanked him, slipping inside, all the while ignoring Ikkaku's yells of protest.

The air was close, humid and warm inside the club, and Rin immediately slipped off her jacket, handing it to a girl with green hair and facial piercings behind a counter. The girl gave her a plastic square with a number on it, which Rin pocketed. Finally opening her senses to listen to the music, she was surprised it wasn't electronic, but what she had learned to be a genre of music called 'grunge', or 'metal', or a mixture of both, she couldn't quite place it. She spotted Nakashima's tall frame at the bar and approached him.

"Damn!" He greeted her.

"Damn yourself, slowpoke!" Rin appraised her academy rival. He was tall and lanky, with enough muscle to make the white long-sleeved shirt stretch enticingly across his chest and shoulders.

He laughed and held up two fingers to the barman, who gave him two green glass bottles. Nakashima handed her one and kept another. They toasted, held up their bottles in greeting to the inconspicuous figures watching them and drank deeply.

"Onmitsukido watching you too, huh?" He turned and rested his elbows on the bar behind him.

"Yep. Looks like we're stuck together." Rin hoisted herself up on the barstool.

"I thought Ikkaku was supposed to escort you here. Where is he?" Rin pretended not to hear him over the loud music and pointed to her ear, shaking her head. Nakashima rolled his eyes and turned back to people watch on the dance floor. They spotted a few of their academy friends, but most were mortals. Rin turned her eyes to the stage, where a set of drums with a shaggy blonde behind it, hammering away at the instrument was pushed back to make space for three other people. A bass player, brown hair all over his face and down to his elbows swayed to the music on the right side of the stage. On the left, a beautiful redhead with tits barely contained in her shredded tank top was so far gone into her solo, her booted foot on one of the soundboxes on the edge of the stage. Her long legs were in red checkered trousers, she was the embodiment of sexy. Or so Rin thought, until she turned her eyes to the vocalist, who was nodding his head silently to the guitar solo.

He was tall, slender, and muscular, similar to Nakashima, but he obviously had more training than her colleague. His bare arms and the triangle of skin under his long neck glistened with sweat, his black shirt sticking to his toned chest and a white leather biker vest hanging on his microphone stand. His long fingers were tucked in the pockets of his dark blue jeans, ripped at the knees, and steel-toed boots were tapping to the beat. but what most called attention to him were the tattoos on his face.

"Quit undressing the man with your eyes, Ayasegawa!" Nakashima scoffed.

"You're right, I should do it with my teeth…" Rin slid from her barstool and made her way to the dance floor. The song was just ending, but a new one started soon enough. Rin didn't mind the many hands trailing her body, she herself let her hands roam until she found a nice, curvy girl, shorter than she was, who smelled like strawberries and vanilla. Rin snapped her eyes to the short beauty in front of her and started dancing to the music.

"You are in pain

Take your life, take your life with cocaine

But I am who I am

So I do what I can, when I can

But I can't really do a damn thing!"

Rin was more attracted to the vocalist, and since the tiny minx in her arms danced with her eyes closed, she let her own roam to the stage. Her silver top caught the light as she danced, so she was a reflecting beacon of flashing colours as she moved with the body flush against her side. The vocalist had spotted her.

"So fine this day

All your problems has gone away

But tomorrow, when you wake up

All your problems are back to stay

Your life, a game

Turn it up, turn it up with cocaine

And everytime that you live is a time when you feel

And the only time you heal

Tell me what it is

And it would never be like this

A problem that we have in common

Baby tell me what it is

It probably doesn't mean a piss

Yeah rip my heart apart"

Rin watched the man's lips as he sang.

"Now it's too late, too late to live

Only heaven loves you now

So love it back for once

Just once"

When she noticed him staring at her, she slowly guided her dance partner closer to the stage, roaming her hands over soft curves and allowing the girl to roll her hips against her thigh while resting her wrists on Rin's bare shoulders.

"Now it's too late, too late to live

And my conscience's killing me

So am I alive

But I'm not free

And for all of you that can relate to this too

And for all of you that can relate to this too"

Rin decided to enjoy the small body against her and lowered her head to bury her face in the crook of the minx's neck, but her perfume was way too sweet for Rin's nose. Instead, she turned her head to kiss a shoulder while she pulled the supple hips flush against her.

"White snow

I know

You're on a place where I just can't go

But I hope you do remember

Your snow doesn't warm you in December"

She was made aware of the attention she and her partner were attracting from other dancers by the vocalist snapping his eyes behind her, and decided to edge even closer to the stage.

"You are in pain

Take your life, take your life with cocaine

But I am who I am

So I do what I can, when I can

But I can't really do a damn thing"

The guitarist was really beautiful up close, and Rin couldn't help but throw her a wink.

"Now it's too late, too late to live

Only heaven loves you now

So love it back for once

Just once

Now it's too late, too late to live

And my conscience's killing me

So am I alive

But I'm not free

And for all of you that can relate to this too

And for all of you that can relate to this too"

Rin felt a warm chest touch her back and turned her head to see a man, bolder than the ones around them, sandwich her between himself and her minx, who didn't seem to mind the extra pair of hands on her. She reached back and put her hand on the man's nape, pulling him and the girl in front of her closer to her neck. At the last second, she slipped away and turned to see the two kissing. Rin turned back to the stage to see the vocalist grinning. She was finally close enough to rest her hands on the edge of the stage and prop her weight forward, just as the vocalist put his booted foot next to her hand and knelt down, Rin almost leaning into the space between his legs. He bent forward until their faces were a hand width apart, the microphone between them in his fist, but Rin kept quiet as he continued singing, tilting his head as he openly leered at her.

"Tell me what it is

And it would never be like this

A problem that we have in common

Baby tell me what it is

It probably doesn't mean a piss

Yeah rip my heart apart"

Rin was too far gone into the music and the musky smell of that man in front of her to control her actions, so she twirled surprisingly steadily on her heels to sway along to the refrain.

"You are in pain

Take your life, take your life with cocaine

But I am who I am

So I do what I can, when I can

But I can't really do a damn thing"

She threw her arm up and bobbed her head to the drums. A stranger latched his front to her back and roamed his hands over her body, but she kept her eyes on the vocalist and stepped away from the body and back to the edge of the stage.

"Now it's too late, too late to live

Only heaven loves you now

So love it back for once

Just once"

The vocalist turned his eyebrows up in a pleading manner as he sang, raising his index finger.

"Now it's too late, too late to live

And my conscience's killing me

So am I alive

But I'm not free

And for all of you that can relate to this too

And for all of you that can relate to this too"

The vocalist snatched his vest from the microphone stand, putting the equipment back in its place as the base and guitar players sang:

"Now it's too late...Now it's too late...Now it's too late..."

The tall man walked to the edge of the stage, making Rin step back and watch him drop down in front of her. She shifted her eyes to the stage, but a new band was getting ready behind the one currently playing, waiting for them to finish up. Looking back up at the face leaning over her, she smiled lasciviously and slid her hands up his chest and rested her wrists on his shoulders. She didn't mind the sweat drenching his shirt, even going so far as hooking her finger in his ripped v-neck and pulling it a few centimetres away from his neck to blow air down his chest. He closed his eyes in bliss and threw his head back, and Rin naturally took the chance to run her fingers across the choker on his neck, trailing her fingers down the tendons.

They started swaying to the music the new band was playing, and Rin was enjoying the style much more than she expected, but the man holding on to her waist was faltering. He lowered his head to whisper loudly in her ear over the music.

"Let's go get a drink."

Rin smiled apologetically at him. She figured he'd be dehydrated and overheated after performing on a stage under spotlights, so she grabbed his hand and led him to the bar. She spotted Nakashima sitting with Ikkaku on the far end of the bar and winked at them. She didn't want to deal with their judgemental looks, so she hopped on a barstool and turned her back to them, choosing to cross her legs, but rest her calf on the vocalist's hip as he leaned on the bar and talked to the barman.

Receiving another beer and watching the man cracking open a water bottle, Rin thought about what she was going to do. Well, she knew she wanted that vocalist's face between her thighs, but she had Nakashima, Ikkaku, and two Onmitsukido members to deal with. Her resolve weakened considerably as she watched the man's throat flex as he gulped down the cold water. Some of it drizzled down his throat, making Rin's hand move on its own to grab a napkin and pat him dry. She used the wet napkin to pat his forehead too, receiving a thankful smile.

"Do you need to get some air?" Rin leaned towards his shoulder and spoke loudly to be heard over the music. The man nodded, his eyebrows turned up apologetically. He led her through a side door to a smoking area, sighing in relief at the crisp night air and turning back to Rin, who was digging in her pockets. She fished out a pack of cigarettes and held them up. "You mind?" she asked politely.

"Not if you give me one." he smirked. Rin handed him one and held the lighter as he puffed. Rin pulled a cigarette out for herself, but pocketed the lighter. Instead, she grabbed the man's vest and pulled him closer, so she could light her cigarette on his. He smiled around his smoke, locking gazes with her. "What's your name?" he asked as he watched her exhale to the side.

"Rin."

"Just Rin?" he raised his eyebrows as she smirked.

"I like your voice." Rin changed the subject.

"Yeah? I always thought it was just screaming in tune." He laughed and puffed from between his fingers.

"I'm not saying it's not." Rin laughed at his expression. "But you can pull it off." Rin turned her head to take a drag from her cigarette and rest her head on the wall behind her. She saw him move from the corner of her eyes and felt his lips on her neck. Humming appreciatively, Rin rested the hand that wasn't holding a cigarette on the back of his head and tilted her neck to give him better access.

"I like your tattoo." He mumbled with his lips against the spider on her left shoulder. His lips trailed up the spider's leg towards her ear. "I like your piercings." Rin laughed and turned her head to look at him.

"But you haven't seen them all…" Rin smirked openly and ran her tongue stud over her bottom lip. After a brief moment of slack-jawed surprise, the man leaned closer and whispered against her lips:

"You are so hot." They joined in an open-mouthed kiss, their tongues tangling and their pants mixing with the cigarette smoke outside. After a few moments, they separated and just alternatively breathed in the fresh air and puffed at their cigarettes. His hands were on her waist and hers in his hair. They were barely keeping their cigarettes from burning each other.

Rin settled against the wall while he towered over her, his feet on either side of hers. They finished smoking rather quickly, Rin eager to return inside to dance a little more. She noticed the man looking at her left breast, where she was willing to bet the crisp night air had made her nipple hard enough to show her piercing through the fabric.

"If you play your cards right, you might see that one too." Rin smirked and pulled him back inside the club.

[ficticiousdelicious]

Appliances feat. Bleach Characters

Before this nonsense there were: Suits and Dresses

No one asked for it but here it is anyway. Thought I would do something normal like shoes or foods? Nah. Not yet. We’re all about appliances here. Major and minor!

So now we’ve just gotta get these characters to form an orderly line and-

Renji Abarai:

*shoved his way to the front* "Your smokin’ grill has arrived.”

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez:

*also forced his way up here* "No fucking way. That role’s mine!”

Ikkaku Madarame:

"WILL THE REAL GRILL PLEASE STAND UP?!” *he’s interjecting*

Yumichika Ayasegawa:

"Oi vey. You’re all dirty grills.” *and considers himself a beautiful oven*

Hisagi Shuhei:

"Indoor or outdoor grill?”

Bazz-B:

"You can all sit down. I, Bazz Burner Finger - the true grill, have arrived-”

Genryusai Yamamoto:

*exists*

Ichigo Kurosaki:

*he is over this shit* "I guess I’ll just be the gas stove...jerks.”

Ishida Uryu:

"I’m a dishwasher with de-greasing, streak-free and scrap disposal features because I’m always cleaning up [after idiots]. You can order me in three shades: black steel, stainless steel and quincy white.”

Rukia Kuchiki:

"Human appliances are amazing, they work so hard! I shall choose the clothing combo washing and drying device, for its steadfast usefulness!” *she is so resolute*

Byakuya Kuchiki:

"And I select, for its many blades and elegance, a noble ceiling fan, as it would suit me fantastically.” *everyone in ear-shot cannot believe he just made a joke*

Ulquiorra Cifer:

"Garbage disposal...for trash.”

Tier Harribel:

"...” *silently identifies as a water purifier*

Toshiro Hitsugaya:

"Three guesses...and the first two don’t count.”

Lilynette Gingerbuck:

"Holy stars, I’m totally a coffee maker!!! We’re just not ourselves unless we’ve had our magic morning juice, right Starrk?!”

Coyote Starrk:

"...no.” *he’s like a floor heater or something*

Shunsui Kyoraku:

"I’m quite cool, so I’ll be a wine and sake fridge with wood-grain texture.”

Jushiro Ukitake:

"I-I’ll be an iron or a steamer. They’re quite humble and useful appliances.”

Nnoitora Gilga:

"I’m a mother fuckin’ blender!”

Nelliel Tu Odelshwanck:

"I pick the pasta flattener thingy! But I have no idea what it or its attachments are called!” *very excited, she clearly likes to have fun*

Sosuke Aizen:

"An electric kettle. Does everyone have a cup of tea now?”

Kaname Tosen:

*drinking his tea* "I am a food processor. In the name of justice.”

Ichimaru Gin:

“Oh I’m definitely a smart doorbell.” *he spilled his tea, oops*

Rangiku Matsumoto:

"Since I’m warm-hearted and essential..! A hairdryer.” *executes a luscious hair flip*

Kenpachi Zaraki:

"I choose waffle iron- Huuuh? You didn’t expect that? You’ve got a problem with waffles and irons?!” *a terrifying adoration of waffles*

Yachiru Kusajishi:

"I’m a toaster!” *she’s excited for toasted waffles*

Orihime Inoue:

"Oh please don’t make me pick, there are so many I want to be! ...but mostly a juicer right now!” *a small army of leeks and veggies at the ready THERE WILL BE MUCH WEIRD JUICE*

Masaki Kurosaki:

"Dear, this is so fun! I’ll be a claw-foot tub!” *she’s picked out bubble bath soap, a curtain and towels*

Isshin Kurosaki:

"You’re just trying to be naked again!” *not that he really minds otherwise he’d be up there fighting over the grill role* “It’s the toilet or sink for me, my love!”

Karin Kurosaki:

“I’m a water heater because boiling stuff is neat and my old man needs a cold shower sometimes; I consider it my job to regulate that.”

Yuzu Kurosaki:

“I’ll pick a pretty rice cooker with flower designs on the sides! OH! And a matching spatula and bowl set!” *she’s basically one of these already*

Yoruichi Shihoin:

"The television, clearly. I’m very entertaining to watch.”

Soifon:

"Is the remote an appliance?”

Kisuke Urahara:

"No, but I think a Roomba is. Dibs!” *he wants to be ridden or to clean???*

All Characters © Tite Kubo

[bleach-your-panties]

Can I please get #24 from the sexy prompts list w Yumichika

So this ended up being really long, lol. 

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After a long day of work, you were ready to just say screw it all, take a bath, drink a cup of tea, and go to sleep. 

And that was exactly what you were on your way to do. 

Being one of the only women in the 11th division had certain perks. One of them being that you didn't have to wait in long lines for the bath. 

With a clean white towel wrapped around your lithe body, you quietly eased down to the ladies' bathhouse. The water was fresh and steaming, so clean and crystal blue-you couldn't wait to get in.

With a flick of your wrist, your towel was off and laid across a bench and your body was enveloped by the warm water.

"Ahhh, yes…this was just what I needed." 

While you took your bath, you were unaware of the pair of lavender eyes that were watching you.

Yumichika was in the middle of his nighttime  regime, which, not surprisingly, consisted of bathing in the ladies' bath. Someone as beautiful as him shouldn't have to share a bath with the brutes of the 11th division.

He was exiting the bath stall when he heard the faint movement of water and a soft, angelic voice. Daringly, he decided to take a peak, as he was usually the only one using the bath at this time of night.

He carefully moved around the wall to peak into the small opening in the door that you had unknowingly left open.

A small gasp escaped his perfect lips as he observed your perfect body moving around in the water. Your wet hair cascaded over your shoulders and covered your breasts, the ends reaching to just the top of your stomach.

He watched you wash your entire body from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.

When you were finished, you wrapped your towel around yourself and dried off, getting dressed into your short sleep robe. You headed back to your quarters, unaware of the black-haired male following you.

-

Plopping down onto your bed, you were ready to relax and drift into a deep, dreamless sleep.

Your legs bent upwards towards your chest as you carefully spread them open wide enough for someone to fit in between.

Carefully, you grabbed the edges of your lace panties and dragged them off of your hips. Masturbating before bed always helped you to fall asleep more quickly, and with a smile on your face.

Yumichika had managed to quietly sneak in after you, after he made sure that you'd gone into your room all the way in the back. Silently, he tiptoed to your door, surprised and overjoyed that you also managed to leave it open a crack, just like at the bath house. He silently thanked you for your inability to shut a door all the way.

Even more convenient for Yumichika, your bed was facing the door, so he could look right in, directly between your legs. 

He bit down on his lower lip, watching so closely that he didn't even blink. As you brought two fingers up to your lips and sucked them into your mouth to get them wet, Yumichika didn't realize that he was leaning on the door and-

BAM!

You almost jumped out of your skin at the sudden loud sound and the body of 5th Seat Ayasegawa crashing to your bedroom floor. 

He jumped up before you could get a word out, backing up against the wall like you were a lion getting ready to devour him alive. 

The two of you stared at one another like two deer caught in headlights for a few moments, until you gathered the courage to speak. 

"W-what are you doing in here? You followed me home?" You weren't very close to the black-haired male, but you did find him to be very attractive. 

"I-I'm terribly sorry for the intrusion...but I have something I'd like to ask of you." 

You blinked in confusion. What could you possibly be able to do for him? 

"What is it?" 

Yumichika pushed off from the wall and came towards you until he was kneeling right between your legs. His hands were warm, shockingly, as he placed them on your ankles and ran them up to your knees. He slowly pushed them apart, revealing your naked and dripping pussy to him.

"Please let me watch you masturbate." 

Your face went hot at his bold statement; he had definitely caught you off guard with that. Deep down though, it turned you on that he wanted to watch you.

"O-okay." With your face looking like a tomato, you agreed. Yumichika gave you the most handsome smile you'd ever seen, which helped to calm your nerves just a tad.

"So beautiful…" he whispered to himself, holding your knee while beginning to kiss down your leg. 

Your little dainty fingers reach down and began rubbing small circles around your pearl, causing soft gasps to leave your pouty lips. Yumichika's eyes watched your fingers as he continued kissing on your legs.

"So pretty, yes, spread the lips just like that.." 

He reached down to palm himself through his sleeping robe, feeling his cock stirring to life from watching the scene in front of him.

You did as he asked, using your thumb and index finger to part the swollen lips, clear arousal flowing from the tight hole. Slowly and carefully you eased a finger inside, another gasp and a soft moan following as you stretched yourself out.

"Fuck…" Yumi breathed quietly. He was so tempted to touch you himself, but not wanting to ruin the erotic moment, he restrained himself.

You closed your eyes and just allowed yourself to let go. While your middle finger worked your hole, you used your thumb to continue circling your puffy clit.

"Shit, yes…" You moaned, working yourself towards your orgasm. You were getting close now. 

The squelching sounds of your wet pussy were one of the only sounds in the quiet room, along with the panting and moaning from both you and Yumichika.

"Cum beautiful, please let me see you come undone…" He whispered to you, voice soft and airy, filled with awe at watching your beautiful body contort in your pleasure. 

"A-aaah! Yumichika-san!" 

As soon as you removed your finger, your arousal squirted out all over the bed sheets...and Yumichika's face.

When the aftershock of your orgasm was over, you immediately blushed and began apologizing profusely.

Yumichika grabbed your shaking hands and brought them to his lips. While keeping eye contact with you, he gently sucked your fingers into his mouth, tasting your essence.

"Don't worry about that, gorgeous. The next time you cum like that, I'll be sure that it's from my fingers." 

[recurring-polynya]

For the Renji birthday prompt: A fic where Renji discovers that he can't go tits out anymore now that he's married (maybe with some jealous Rukia thrown in perhaps)?

I maintain that the new tits-in regime is self-imposed; I present to you my thesis. (I did not attempt to take on The Vest; I assume it came later, and I eagerly await more Vest Lore from Kubo himself)

Warning that I sincerely hope deters absolutely no one: This fic is about boobs. It contains many, many synonyms for boobs. Some of them are rude. 

Read on ao3 or ff.net

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“I’m telling you, you’re jumping to conclusions. Sometimes he puts them away when he fights. He told me this.”

“I haven’t seen them in weeks.”

“It’s been winter.”

“That has never stopped him before. And it’s April now. Open season. And yet…?”

“I think we should just ask him.”

“You can’t just ask a guy, ‘hey, where did your tits go?’”

“I could, but I refuse. Abarai’s aesthetic is his own business.”

“Since when?”

“Okay, he’s here, someone’s gotta do it.”

“Not it!”

“Also not it!”

“Matsumoto, you have to do it. You’re the one who talked him into letting them hang out in the first place.”

“I agree with Yumichika. Renji knows what he’s doing, and if he has decided that the puppies are off-limits, that’s on him.”

“Hey, guys!” Abarai Renji’s cheerful voice rang out over the din of the bar. “Sorry I’m late!”

“Just means you have to catch up quick!” Rangiku declared, pouring him some sake.

“No missus tonight?” Shuuhei asked.

Renji’s entire face went pink and he got the same moony look in his eyes he always got whenever someone mentioned his wife or his marital state generally. “She sends her regards and says I’m supposed to drink extra for her. She goes over to the Manor on Wednesday evenings now to hang out with her brother.”

“Have you actually managed to call him by his given name yet?” Iba asked. “Now that you’re related?”

“His given name is ‘Captain’ and I call him that all the time,” Renji replied snottily.

“So. Renji,” Izuru said, leaning forward on his elbow. “Are you doing something different? With your look? I feel like there’s something different about you.”

Renji’s face lit up. “You noticed!” He swung his head around, his long braid swinging over his shoulder. “I’ve started braiding it!”

“Oh, no, it’s permanent?” Yumichika moaned.

“That’s not new,” Iba scoffed. “You slept with it like that the whole time we were roommates. I just figured that you didn’t have time to fix your hair in the morning anymore because you were too busy taking care--oof!”

“It looks very nice, Renji!” Momo said sweetly, extracting her elbow from Iba’s rib cage.

“It’s different,” Renji glowered at Iba. “I braid it loosely at night to prevent breakage and lock in moisture. This is an action braid.” He wheeled on Yumichika. “And I’m only French braiding it for now, because it’s shorter in front than in the back, you know, because of the accident. Once I’ve grown it out to all one length again, I’ll just do a regular braid.”

“You could just cut it to the length of the shortest part and go back to the pineapple hair,” Ikkaku suggested. “I always liked the pineapple hair.”

Renji turned pink again. “Ah, well. Rukia likes it long.”

“Yeah, I don’t think the braid is… what I was thinking of,” Izuru soldiered on.

Renji sucked his teeth thoughtfully. “I got a new tattoo? A pair, actually.”

“Oh! Did you?”

“On your chest?” Shuuhei asked hopefully. A healing tattoo would be a good excuse to cover up.

“Nah, on my thighs.”

Izuru sighed. “Since when do I look at your thighs, Abarai?”

“I have good thighs, Izuru.”

“He probably just looks different because he’s so happy now,” Rangiku suggested. “By which I mean getting your back blown out every night.”

“That could be it!” Renji agreed cheerfully. “Oh, I was wearing a scarf for a while there, when we had that cold snap! Is it the scarf? Or maybe the lack of scarf? It’s a nice scarf, Captain gave it to me for a wedding present. He says a man of quality should own a scarf.”

“I give up,” Izuru sighed.

“Hey, jocks, what’s going on?” a new voice interrupted.

“Akon!” half the table chorused and Renji scooted over so Akon could slide in next to him.

“Glad you could make it!”

“Yeah, sorry, I had an experiment I wanted to get finished up.”

“We were just talking about how there’s something different about Renji,” Shuuhei pressed.

Akon surveyed Renji for a moment. “Well, he’s got his tits tucked in for once. Aren’t you hot? You told me once you did that for ventilation.”

“That was very much a lie,” Renji clarified. “And I’m a married man now, my cans are closed for business. Speaking of which, Rangiku, fill ‘er up again, please, I’ve gotta keep up my wife’s reputation.”

---

Momo couldn’t believe this was happening to her. Out of their entire friend group, she was pretty sure she was the least interested in Renji’s… bosoms. There was a time… long, long ago when she had thought he was pretty hot stuff. She still counted him among her closest friends and favorite people, but had long ago come to the conclusion that big and beefy just wasn’t her type.

“Why, Lieutenant Hinamori! What brings you to my office?” Acting Captain Kuchiki Rukia leaned back in her chair, steepling her fingers. She must have been practicing, because the last time Momo had seen her do that, she had nearly fallen backwards out of the chair.

Momo sighed. “I have to tell you, this isn’t business.” Not exactly. It sort of was, in the sense that Shuuhei and Matsumoto (who apparently did care very much about Renji’s chest situation, so long as she wasn’t the one who had to confront him about it) had come over and dramatically draped themselves all over the Squad 5 couch and complained about the dreary state of affairs to Captain Hirako until he ordered Momo to go do some investigating.

“Good, because I have been filling out Nanao’s new skills-inventory-for-seated-officer forms all morning and I’m about to lose it,” Rukia said with an overly cheerful grin.

“We could go out to the yard and fight?” Momo offered hopefully. Maybe she could tell Captain Hirako that she got distracted and forgot to ask about Renji.

Rukia’s face fell a little. “Er, I’d love to, but I really shouldn’t today. Sentarou just made me this pot of tea, though. Do you want some? It’s lemon ginger, it’s really good.”

“Sure,” Momo agreed.

“So what’s up?” Rukia asked again, once Momo was perched in the guest chair, a fragrant cup of tea cradled in her hands.

Well, might as well just rip the bandage off. “I need you to know that I was put up to this by… you know. The idiots. The cowards we go drinking with.”

“Understood,” Rukia agreed.

“There is… some concern… about your husband.”

Rukia’s eyebrows shot up. “My sweet pumpkin pants?”

“I’m leaving,” Momo announced.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Rukia waved her hands, laughing. “I’ll be serious. What has that lunkhead done now?”

“This is so dumb,” Momo muttered. She cleared her throat. “He’s stopped going around with his bazongas hanging out all the time, and everyone’s losing their minds over it.”

Rukia stared at her. “Excuse me, his what?”

Momo made a vague gesture at her own chest. “You know. His… boobies.”

“That’s what I thought you meant,” Rukia nodded, her brow creased in thought. “Bazongas. I like that.”

“Not that I care!” Momo excused. “I mean, I agree, he should be allowed to dress how he likes, but you two seem to have a very equitable relationship and I said that I was sure he wasn’t doing anything that he hadn’t agreed to--”

“Hold on,” Rukia interrupted. “You think I had something to do with this?”

“You didn’t?” Momo asked. “He said he was keeping them tucked in because he was married now. We assumed it was at your request.”

“I didn’t even know!” Rukia replied. “I mean, I came home yesterday, and he was just--” she made a hand gesture like she was pulling her kosode open, “--completely out--”

“I don’t need to hear this,” Momo begged.

“Well, I tell you I had nothing to do with it,” Rukia assured her. “No one is more supportive of Renji acting slutty in public than me. Everyone knows I have that locked down, and honestly, it just makes me seem more powerful.”

Momo squeezed her eyes shut. “I’m going to punch Shuuhei so hard.”

Rukia rubbed her index finger over her chin. “It’s possible this came down from Brother…”

Momo whimpered, although, honestly, having a conversation with the other Captain Kuchiki about Abarai’s pectorals couldn’t possibly be more awkward than this.

“...or it might be… something else.” Rukia frowned. “I’ll talk to him, okay?”

“You will?” Momo asked hopefully.

“Yeah, I’ll take care of it. I can’t promise to bring the jugs back, but I’ll make sure it’s just Renji being a doofus and not Renji hiding his anxieties under aesthetic choices or Renji being oppressed by his brother-in-law.”

“Thank you, Rukia,” Momo said. Rukia could be bossy at times, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. “Sometimes, Renji has to be bullied into taking care of himself.”

“You’re telling me!” Rukia exclaimed. “Thank you for caring about him,” she added warmly.

“For the record, I care about him,” Momo replied. “Everyone else just misses the view.”

“Noted,” Rukia replied.

---

Renji had his nose stuffed in his cookbook, which lately, wasn’t a good sign. Renji only owned one cookbook, an encyclopedic tome that he only cracked open when he was trying something new or otherwise wasn’t sure what he was doing.

“I hope you aren’t making that kale curry again,” Rukia noted dryly.

Renji jumped three feet in the air. “Aaah, shoot! Rukia! I didn’t hear you come in! I’m so sorry!”

Rukia hopped up on her kitchen stool and leaned across the counter to give him a kiss. “We’ve been married for four months now. You don’t have to greet me at the door every single day, you know.”

“Sixteen weeks, three days,” Renji replied. “And I can still be sorry about it.”

“Just tell me we’re having something normal for dinner, and I’ll forgive you,” Rukia replied.

Renji jerked a thumb toward the stove behind him. “I made oden,” he explained. “It’s simmering, probably’ll be another ten minutes.”

“Ohhhhhh, I love your oden!” Rukia stretched her arms across the counter and did grabby hands at his hands until he laced his fingers through hers. “Did you make enough for me to take some for lunch tomorrow?”

“Depends on how much you eat tonight,” he replied. “Your appetite’s been really hit or miss lately.”

“Yeah, well...” Rukia agreed. “So what’s with the cookbook, then?”

“Oh,” Renji said vaguely. “I’m thinking about learning to bake cookies?”

“I’m in favor of that,” Rukia agreed, although her mind immediately went back to the conversation she’d had with Momo that afternoon.

“I’m not sure this book is helping,” Renji admitted. “If I was any good at baking, it would be one thing, but it’s too different. I’ve always been better at learning stuff from other people. Do you think it would be weird if I asked Iba’s mom to teach me? She used to make these little sesame biscuits for Iba. I would always steal them from him. They were so good and he didn’t properly appreciate them anyway.”

“It would absolutely be weird, and I think you should do it anyway,” Rukia proclaimed. She paused. “But maybe you could wait a few more weeks until we tell everyone we’re pregnant so all your friends will stop asking me what’s wrong with you.”

Renji’s eyes widened. “Did your brother say something last night? Because he told me he liked the braid!”

Rukia snorted. “No. He’s worse than you are anyway, he’s been reading books. Please make him stop, if you can. Actually, I’ve been getting complaints about,” she circled a finger in the vicinity of Renji’s chest.

Renji glanced down, and realized that his kosode was still neatly folded up to his collarbone. “Oops, sorry! I told you I didn’t hear you come home.” He immediately began untucking it.

Rukia leaned her chin on her palm, watching his progress. “I realize that making emotionally constipated people face their feelings is usually your department, but it seems you’ve got something heavy rattling around in there. Wanna talk about it?”

Renji’s eyes slid to one side. “Talk about what?”

Rukia cocked an eyebrow and waited.

Renji heaved a sigh. “Do you remember that time, back in Inuzuri, the first time I used my reiatsu in public? When I blocked a lead pipe with my arm?”

Rukia almost choked. “What do you mean, do I remember it? Of course I remember it.”

“Well, not so much that, but do you remember afterward, when you said I was too big and mean to be a sneakthief anymore? That it was better to confront the world and show it what we were made of?”

“I do remember that. I did not call you mean.”

“You probably didn’t. It’s probably just something I thought about myself.” He looked pensive for a moment. “In any case, it was something I really took to heart, especially after we split up. At first, I just wanted to make myself as big and loud and scary as possible. I liked the way people shied away from me. Later on, after I started hanging out with Yumichika, I realized that walking around sexy could be intimidating in a different sort of way, and I liked that, too.”

Rukia had a comment for that, but she decided to just listen, instead.

Renji smoothed the page of his book with his fingers. “I don’t want to look scary anymore.”

“You don’t look scary,” Rukia reassured him. “You haven’t looked scary in a long time.”

“I want to do better than that, though,” Renji frowned. “Has your brother ever talked to you about his dad?”

Rukia blinked, surprised, mostly that Byakuya had talked about Soujun with Renji. “A few times.”

“I, uh, asked him what his dad was like. Since I never had one myself. I expected him to either blow me off or start bellyaching, like he does about his granddad, but he didn’t. He said his pop was very gentle and kind. He said he was a good dad.”

“Byakuya loved his father a lot.”

“Yeah, that was pretty clear.”

“I hope he finished by saying what a good father you will make, but it’s my brother, so I’m sure he didn’t.”

“He said something about how he was sure I would proceed in my own way.”

Rukia sighed again. “Renji, you’ll be a great dad. It’s super obvious. I’ve only told half a dozen people that I’m pregnant and all of them who aren’t Byakuya have immediately reacted with ‘Renji is going to be such a good dad.’ You don’t need to change anything about yourself.”

Renji sucked his teeth for a moment. “Well, all my good dad instincts are telling me our kid is gonna wanna fight the world bad enough as it is, that the last thing they need is a dad who wants to fight the world, too. I’ve fought the world long enough. I’m probably never gonna be gentle, but I can try my best to be kind, and I can dress like a normal person in public for a change and… maybe I can make a cookie? It’s worth a try, I think.”

Rukia flashed him a sad, but fond smile. “You’re such a dork. A sweet, thoughtful dork, though, and I will support your experiment, even though you know I love your bazongas more than anyone.”

“‘Bazongas’? Oh no, did those assholes make Momo come and talk to you?”

Rukia shrugged and tried to look innocent.

“Anyway, you’re my wife, I will take them out for you whenever you want.”

“Yay!”

Renji furrowed his brow into its “determined” configuration. “Do not get me wrong. I am actually upping my chest day routine. I am going to keep them immaculate, and when my shirt gets ripped off in a fight, people are going to lose their minds over how lush my boys are.”

“I love you so much,” Rukia replied.

[despairforme]

Are you worried about getting stabbed next? What if someone at your work finds out about Grimmjow? What if they go for him?

     See, the thing was - Nnoitra had KNOWN this would happen. He had literally fucking told Ikkaku that if he didn’t keep his FUCKING mouth fucking SHUT - he was gonna get stabbed. What had Ikkaku been thinking? Did he think this was a fucking happy-go-lucky lollipop land where everyone was going to hold hands and sing imagine all the people? Fuck no! The sort of guys who hung around the club were the sort who did not tolerate gay people. Or bisexuals. Or ANYTHING to do with the whole ‘LGBT’ community. And honestly? Nnoitra could understand them. Gay people were disgusting. They weren’t real men. He truly despised them, and he didn’t want to be put in the same category as them. Nnoitra wasn’t some faggot. Him loving Grimmjow didn’t make him any less of a man. He didn’t think Ikkaku was any less of a man for being with Yumichika either, but that was because Ikkaku wasn’t your standard ‘ gay guy ‘. There were obviously exceptions from those raninbow-dressing assholes who walked in the ‘ pride parade ‘ screaming about dicks.

     Nnoitra had been paranoid all along that his relationship with Grimmjow would get either himself, or worse, Grimmjow harmed. While he felt paranoid about getting stabbed himself, to the point where he avoided walking into a crowd because he felt like he didn’t have enough control, he wasn’t afraid of getting stabbed. Pain, dying - none of that shit really frightened him. But his survival instinct couldn’t just be shut off, and THAT was what caused him to be so paranoid. As for worrying about Grimmjow getting attacked? Yeah, that was a serious worry for him. It was why he didn’t want to be affectionate with him in public. He didn’t want ANYONE to know about their relationship. Nnoitra knew Grimmjow didn’t think people knowing about their relationship was that dangerous, but that was just Grimmjow’s stupid carefree side showing. Nnoitra wasn’t going to bow down to it. No matter what it took - he had to keep his boyfriend safe. At least now that Ikkaku had gotten stabbed, he hoped Grimmjow would take this shit seriously. It was PROOF that the environment around them was not safe.

     Grimmjow wanted to come and work at Hueco Mundo. Nnoitra had been hesitant about it at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt like it was a GOOD idea. If they worked together, then they could walk together to and back from work. It would give Nnoitra more control. It would make it easier for him to protect Grimmjow. Of course, it also made it easier for people to find out about their relationship, but - as long as they made sure to not do ANYTHING romantic, they should be fine. Nnoitra sure as shit didn’t look like the type to be into guys, and that was a huge plus. If someone heard rumors that he was ‘ gay ‘, they would most likely not believe it. He was pretty sure people would want hard core proof before they made a move. Something like him and Grimmjow being seen kissing or holding hands. That was obviously NOT going to happen! The two of them being seen walking together was no big deal. After all, people would just see them as friends. Nnoitra would refer to Grimmjow as his friend, and Grimmjow would do the same.

     Having Grimmjow work at Hueco Mundo where he could keep an eye on him was, in Nnoitra’s opinion, the safest option for his boyfriend. There weren’t many things he was confident in, but he KNEW that he would do anything to protect his boyfriend. He had proved that when he took a bullet for him.

     ❝ I ain’t worried. ❞ He answered, tone firm.  ❝ Ain’t NOBODY gonna hurt Grimmjow on my watch. ❞ That’s right. No matter what - he WAS GOING TO PROTECT HIM. As for himself?  ❝ If anyone tries ‘ta stab me, I’mma break their fuckin’ face. ❞ Of course, Nnoitra knew he couldn’t fight a whole mob. He had some experience with getting stabbed, since that was how he had initially lost his eye. Six guys had ganged up on him back then. The way his fighting abilities were now, he could probably take on five or six dudes, as long as they weren’t too skilled. If someone DID try to take him down, they were going to find it not to be an easy feat. Nnoitra didn’t think he was going to get stabbed though. His guard wouldn’t drop, but as long as nobody found out about his relationship… It should be fine. 

[renny33]

Misunderstanding Ch 4

Toshiro was in his barracks, looking in the mirror to check if his hair still had any red dye in it. None. He sighed in relief, glad his hair has returned to his usual hair color, pure white. Where did she even find that red hair dye? Probably from the Living of the World he thought, scowling at the thought of Karin holding the red hair dye.

Now, the real problem, what should he do? Neither of them are going to back down until one of them wins, which will be him, well he hopes. The last thing he wants is to give Karin full access to brag. His ego and pride have been damaged enough and also his competitive side wouldn’t let him dare to lose. To ensure he wins this prank war, he would need something to show up his last prank. With some deep thinking, an idea came to mind. He quickly flash-stepped to put his plan into motion.

 Toshiro stared at the small bottle filled with fine powder in his hand, smirking at the effect it would give when he spiked Karin’s drink. He checked the time to see it’s almost 3:00 meaning it’s nearly lunchtime, and it’s around that time where she would be eating with SWA at the sweets shop. They sometimes hold meetings there. He waited outside peeking through the window, giving him a clear view of where Karin sat, the end of the table.

He watched Karin talking to his sister, Hinamori. Until finally, he saw the chance he was looking for when the waitress came to give the orders to the group, around the same time Karin stood up and went to the back of the shop, probably to the restroom. He quickly went to the entrance and came inside acting like he has a purpose inside the sweets shop. His lieutenant popped her head up when she felt his reiatsu.

“Oh, Captain!” She waved at him cheerfully, directing him to come over to her. “What are you doing here?” He noticed a tint of mischievous in her eyes as if she knows why he’s here.  

“You should join us for lunch, Shiro-chan?” Hinamori invited him, showing him the food.

“Don’t call me Shiro-chan,” Toshiro said irritated. 

He looked at the table to see hojicha tea, Karin’s favourite type of tea, he did a quick scan to check if anyone is paying attention to him. Luckily, the ladies were too busy chatting with each other, so he quickly poured the powder into Karin’s cup and securely put the bottle back inside of his sleeves.

“I need to go. I have paperwork to do and I expect you to be there too, Matsumoto,” Toshiro narrowed his eyes at Matsumoto, warning her. 

“Eh~ Do I have to, Captain?” Matsumoto whined. Toshiro felt a tick on his forehead.

“You should stay here longer, Shiro-chan. It’s not good to be always working,” Hinamori scolded him, like the worried older sister she was.

Right on cue, Karin appeared at the corner of his eye, walking back to the table. It’s time for him to leave.

“I’ll take a break after I’ve finished some paperwork that needs to be handed it in soon” Toshiro brushed her off, ignoring their protest and went back to his post with his reiatsu concealed before Karin could see him. He quickly settled himself back into the hiding spot, to watch the show that would soon reveals itself.

“This is cute,” Matsumoto pointed at the dress in fashion magazines, some members nodded, agreeing with her.

“Do you think so, Karin-chan?” Momo showed her the page.

“Yeah, so cute,” Karin uninterestedly looked at the magazine. Toshiro watched her with anticipation as she grabbed the cup, and slowly drank the spiked cup, barely containing himself from smirking. His plan has worked! Now onto the real thing.

“You should wear this one, Karin-chan.”

Karin rolled her eyes at the choice they gave her. A pink dress full of frills and ribbons. Yeah right, she would rather listen to Yumichika’s long lecture about how beautiful his hair is than wear that. Of course- “Yes.” The word left her before her brain registered it.

“Really?! Oh my gosh!” Some started to squeal excitedly, others gasped and few stayed quiet with a shocked face.

“Yes! I mean yes! Ugh!” Karin repeatedly banged her head on the table. Toshiro can tell she badly wants to crawl into a hole and never come out again. He inwardly laughed at how funny her reaction is. After one last look, he went back to his office.

“Finally got away from her.” Karin wiped the sweat off her forehead with her arm, after that running she had to do to escape from those demons. She looked down at the dress she had been forced to wear, a lolita dress with laces, ribbons and frills. How did this even happen? She wasn’t even close to thinking of accepting to wear this disgusting dress. This is truly a mystery.

“Nice dress.”

Karin immediately froze, but soon realised it was Toshiro. She turned around to see him smirking at her, making her very suspicious of him.

“You have something to do with this, don't you?” Karin asked him warily.

“I do actually. I spiked your tea,” Toshiro admitted so casually as if it was a normal conversation between them.

“What?!” Disbelief, he couldn't come up with something like this. 

“I asked Kurotsuchi to create a potion where the user always says yes and their body automatically does the request.” He smirked.

Karin gaped.

“So you don’t mind doing some paperwork for me?” His smirk widened, too happy with this situation.

“No, I don't mind!” Karin quickly covered her mouth, but it was already too late. She hung her head down as she followed him to his office.

Her hands were sore from signing. Karin sat at his desk, slaving away doing his mountain of paperwork. Even if she can’t see him, but she can tell Toshiro was very pleased with the result, which boils her blood even more.

Right now, she is outside, delivering some paperwork to some squads due to his request. When will this annoying effect end?

Karin felt a familiar reiatsu heading towards her and she instantly knew who it is. Her blood-thirsty captain. 

“Oh Karin!” Before Kenpachi moved, Karin instantly flash-stepped to escape dropping the paper in the process. Not caring what Toshiro would yell at her for this, right now she needs to run and be very far away from him or else she would be in 4th squad for weeks.

Karin hid in one of her hiding spots where not many people knew about this place. She cursed Toshiro for creating this stupid potion and making her stay here until oh god knows. So she started to formulate a plan to counterattack.

After a few hours, Karin had fallen asleep, lying against the wall. Not seeing the door has opened revealing a certain white-haired captain, who sighed before a content smile spread across his face at how peaceful she looked when she’s asleep. Deciding to carry her back to her squad barracks and put her on the couch. Not leaving without whispering goodnight near her ear.

[bleachlists2]

Live Tweets from the Shinigami-Human-Quincy-Arrancar-Fullbringer Dinner

By Mod Serenity

Technical Author’s Choice, but also requested by @innersuperhero, @aestheticbleach101, and @shadowfaery7 :)

So, because I made those lists about what various groups of Bleach characters would wear for a formal event, I’ve decided to create a list of this joint formal event as a live-tweeting! So, without further ado, here are the live-tweets from the Shinigami-Human-Quincy-Arrancar-Fullbringer Formal Dinner, held in Karakura Town!

1) Ichigo

“Apparently, there’s a formal dinner tonight with the Gotei 13. And the Espada and Arrancars. And the Quincy. And the Fullbringers. And other Karakura Town people.”

#this is probably gonna end in disaster #especially if Karakura Town is the venue! #not only that #my dad and sisters have been invited as well #I should get ready now

2) Yumichika

“I can’t wait to see what everyone is dressed up in. They’re all going to look wonderful!”

#I love parties #so many pretty clothes to see

3) Rukia

”Okay, we just got to the venue, and apparently there’s some kind of fashion show that we all gotta participate in.”

#the Gotei 13 is going after the Karakura people though #Squad 0 are the judges too #I can’t wait to see what they’re all wearing #especially Inoue #she’s gonna be gorgeous!

4) Shutara

“Kurosaki Ichigo looks pretty fine in that tux. Inoue Orihime looks just like a princess in that gown.”

#well I already know who the winners of the Karakura people are gonna be

5) Sentoki

“Well, the humans and Karakura people are done. Time for the Gotei 13!”

#they’d better look good!

6) Ichigo

“Squad 6 is coming on now. Byakuya and Renji are both in black-tie tuxedos.”

#and Renji’s hair is actually down #he looks so good! #seriously #he should wear his hair down all the time!

7) Renji

“@ flower-noble: I guess wearing my hair down was a good idea, huh? Thanks for telling me that in advance.”

#we both look pretty classy tonight #I can feel Ichigo’s eyes on me actually

8) Byakuya

"Who would’ve thought that Zaraki Kenpachi would actually keep his suit clean tonight?

#I suppose even Squad 11 knows how to keep it classy

9) Ishida

“...WTAF is Kurotsuchi wearing??”

#are those... accordion pants?? #WTAF #the moment Kurotsuchi walked down the catwalk everyone was silent #seriously though #what is up with that outfit?? #especially since Nemu looks normal next to him 

10) Orihime

"OMG, Kuchiki-san looks lovely! @ dancing-snow-bunny: I love your dress!”

#so classy and elegant! #and so cute as well!

11) Rukia

“@ robot-princess: YOUR DRESS IS PERFECTION YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A PRINCESS OMG”

#seriously though #that dress was made for you! #so beautiful!

12) Sentoki

“And now for the Espada, Hueco Mundo Crew, and Fracciónes!”

13) Gin

“@ beautifulshopper10: Rangiku, you look simply radiant tonight.”

#she is perfection itself #I wouldn’t mind spending some time with her tonight

14) Yumichika

"Halibel and Nelliel look simply stunning! BUT WTF IS THAT CHARLOTTE GUY EVEN WEARING

#HE LOOKS LIKE A DRAG QUEEN OMG #but Halibel looks like an actual queen!

15) Grimmjow

“@ strawberryprotector15: I can feel your eyes on me, Kurosaki. Admit it, I look good, don’t I?”

#yeah I know how to dress up #I can be classy whenever I want to be

16) Sentoki

“Now the Fullbringers are next!”

17) Orihime

“@ pinkcutie: Omg, Riruka! Your dress is so gorgeous and cute!”

#pink and a ballgown! #we match! #yaaaayyyy!!!

18) Riruka

“@ robot-princess: Why are you so excited over matching...?”

#you look really cute though

19) Renji

“@ coffee-boots: I gotta say, you look fine as hell tonight!”

#I’m serious #that’s such a nice dress you’re wearing

20) Jackie

“@ stray-dog-06: I appreciate your compliments. And you look just as handsome tonight.”

#you really are a good man

21) Oetsu

“Finally, it’s time for the Sternritter!”

22) Byakuya 

“Jugram Haschwalth’s hair is a thing of beauty. It practically rivals Ukitake’s hair. @ thebalancer: will you tell me how you get it like that?”

#I must know your secret

23) Haschwalth

“@ flower-noble: You wish to know the secret behind my hair? I’d be glad to tell you. Besides, your hair is also quite lovely.”

#I’d love to share my secret with you #if you’ll tell me the secret behind your hair as well

24) Renji

- “I gotta say, Bazz-B has one nice-looking tux!”

#looks kinda punk #but it’s totally awesome!

25) Bazz-B

“You look pretty cool yourself, @ stray-dog-06!”

#nice eyebrows too! #and your hair!! #I’m so jealous!

26) Rukia

“... As Nodt is wearing a blood-splattered tuxedo. And Gerard is in a Thor costume.”

#I seriously hope that’s not real blood #WTAF are the Quincies anyways?!

27) Hikifune

"It’s time for dinner now! While we decide on the winners, I hope you enjoy my home cooking!

#I made it all especially for tonight! #all of my best recipes are the main course for dinner!

28) Orihime

"OMG, the food is soooooo good!! I’m gonna cry, this is so delicious!!”

#Hikifune: BEST CHEF EVER

29) Nelliel

“This is the best food I’ve ever eaten in my whole life!!”

#Soul Society chefs: way better than Hueco Mundo meals!

30) Tousen

"Soul Society may be a corrupt place, yet Hikifune’s meals are full of purity and goodness that I cannot complain.”

#Hikifune’s meals #perhaps the only good thing about Soul Society

31) Halibel

“I sure hope Aizen-sama told Aaroniero not to release in the hall here.”

#I would like to be able to eat my dinner without seeing a tentacled monster eating the food

32) Riruka

“OMG, what the actual hell is that thing at the Espada table?!”

#a giant tentacled monster!! #omg that’s so gross!

33) Rukia

“Well, now I know what’s gonna be haunting my dreams for the rest of my life.”

#I have to see Aaroniero release again?? #and this time for eating?? #oh god I did not want to know how a tentacled monster consumes its dinner

34) Aizen

“@ tentacles-09: I thought I told you to wait until we got back to Hueco Mundo to eat your dinner?? Just for that, I’m raising my spiritual pressure until you go out of release.”

#maybe Gillian Espada weren’t such a good idea #had I known that Aaroniero would be a tentacled monster I would not have used the Hogyoku on him #I need to think these things through from now on

35) Ukitake

“That’s the Espada that Kuchiki fought against? The one who impersonated Kaien?”

#poor Kaien #he must be weeping

36) Liltotto

“Well... that was a thing...”

#anyways #I can eat anyone else’s meal if they don’t want it

37) Bambietta

“@ quincy-glutton: Touch my food and you die.”

#I mean it

38) Ichibe

“It’s time for the awards to be presented, so listen up, everyone!”

39) Rukia

“Best Dressed Human Female goes to: Inoue!”

#I knew it! #I knew she would win! #if she didn’t I would riot #that dress is just too gorgeous!

40) Ishida

“Best Dressed Human Male goes to Ichigo?!”

#dammit how does Kurosaki have a better fashion sense than me?!

41) Kurotsuchi

"I cannot believe that Kuchiki Byakuya won ‘Best Dressed Male Captain’ over me.”

#you fools just don’t understand fashion at all

42) Byakuya

“And Unohana won Best Dressed Female Captain.”

#I’m not sure how to feel about that

43) Renji

“Hell yeah! I won the Best Dressed Male Lieutenant!”

#I knew wearing my hair down was a great idea! #Squad 6 baby! #we know how to look good!

44) Hisagi

“Best Dressed Female Lieutenant goes to Rangiku!”

#I knew she’d win that award! #Rangiku always looks good no matter what she wears!

45) Grimmjow

"Hell yeah, I’m the king! Won Best Dressed Male Espada! And Nelliel won Best Dressed Female Espada!”

#wow Nnoitra’s pissed off #he just screeched and tried to fight me #Aizen reiatsu-slammed him into sitting back down tho #nice! #eat it spoon-hood!

46) Yumichika

“So Best Dressed Female Fracción went to Sung-Sun. BUT HOW COME BEST DRESSED MALE FRACCION WENT TO CHARLOTTE??”

#he looked so ugly!

47) Tsukishima

“Of course I’d win Best Dressed Male Fullbringer. And of course Riruka would win the Best Dressed Female Fullbringer.”

#we look just perfect don’t we?

48) Kyoraku

“So Haschwalth wins Best Dressed Male Sternritter?”

#must be the hair #of course #his hair is as wonderful as Jushiro’s hair!

49) Bambietta

"That’s right, everyone! The Best Dressed Female Sternritter is me! So eat it, all of you!”

#Haschwalth and I are the king and queen now!

50) Ichigo

“Whoa, whoa, nobody told me there was dancing at this thing!”

#apparently all winners of the fashion contest have to dance with each other?? #that means Inoue and I are dancing together #god I hope I don’t step on her feet #I’m bad at dancing!

51) Tatsuki

“@ strawberryprotector15: You step on Orihime’s feet, I’ll punch you!”

#don’t you dare mess this up for her!

52) Chad

"Ichigo and Inoue are dancing now. Reminds me of Beauty and the Beast.”

#it’s actually very beautiful

53) Yoruichi

“Finally Ichigo does something right!”

#nice to see he’s careful not to step on Orihime’s toes!

54) Rukia

“Unohana-taichou and Nii-sama dancing: possibly the most graceful and elegant thing I’ve ever seen!”

#Nii-sama looks dignified as ever! #as expected of him!

55) Kira

“Whoa, Abarai and Grimmjow sure have some awesome moves!”

#I’m serious #the music changed to something more club-like #those two are killing it on the dance floor #Matsumoto and Nelliel are speechless #so is everyone else #looks like the Sexta Espada and Sixth Lieutenant have hit it off pretty well

56) Orihime

“I danced with Kurosaki-kun. And I managed not to mess it up! It was absolutely magical!”

#I feel like dancing all night now! 

57) Unohana

“Looks like the dinner is over. It was truly a wonderful evening.”

#we definitely should do it again

58) Urahara

“Looks like Byakuya and Haschwalth are now talking about hair. And Abarai, Grimmjow, and Bazz-B are bonding.”

#unexpected friendships #the power of fancy dinners??

59) Yamamoto

“This was indeed quite a success.”

#everything worked out #and surprisingly #nothing was destroyed

60) Ichigo

“This... actually went way better than I thought it would. Maybe we should do this again next year!”

#unexpected success #let’s do this again shall we??