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animeloverskylarmoon · 3 months ago

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Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) - Oneshot

It was a bit crazy how it all got started.

There was a part of you that thought you were going crazy. Those masked monsters, well it was terrifying, but like a guardian angel he was just there.

That sword, those robes, that striking orange hair that looked so bright it was almost impossible for it to be natural.

There was part of you that thought you imagined it all. But when the monster disappeared right before your eyes and he moved to check on you, well, maybe it was then you decided that he was a friend you didn’t want to lose.

“Ichigo.”

He turned at the call, bag over his shoulder casually.

“Hey, you got out early.”

You nodded.

Activities tended to take long, that’s why it was just the two of you. You were sort of looking forward to walking home with the rest of your friends, but you understood. It was nice that he’d been able to stick around. There was also a slight appreciation for the one on one, because there’s something you needed to talk to him about.

“I found a sword.”

He turned at you words, confusion on his face.

“A sword?”

You nod.

“I think it might be mine, but I’m not sure where it came from. Maybe..maybe it’s the same as Orihime-chan or Sado-kun.”

Your eyes were trained ahead and Ichigo just observed. He’d heard Kisuke explain that each of their abilities manifested differently, so it’s possible this was another expression of that. After all, you could see hollows. It wasn’t so hard to believe that you might have been sporting the same kind of spiritual pressure as the rest of them.

“I’ll take you to Kisuke.”

Your head lifted.

“Kisuke?”

“Yeah, he might be able to help you figure it out. He’s a creepy bastard, but he’s good at that stuff. He’ll show you how to use it, how to control it.”

Ichigo trusted this guy, so you saw no reason not to. At the moment you were grateful for any assistance.

“Arigatou, Ichigo.”

You were smiling at him and his face flamed up as he placed his hand on top of your head.

“Don’t go getting smug.”

You were flapping your hands around wildly, because his hand was blocking your vision.

Life was somewhat simple then.

There were hollows, and you needed to protect people. You never really saw yourself as much of a fighter, but you’d seen Ichigo and Renji train one time and you were amazed. They were extraordinary. Fearless almost.

Every battle that came seemed scary enough, but Ichigo had faced it without fail and still managed somehow to support and protect his friends in the process. He was there for you when you were still figuring it all out. Your abilities, that power. He stood by you even when he was battling his own demons. Literally and figuratively.

“Oii!”

You stumbled and Ichigo flash stepped, pressing a hand to your shoulder to keep you upright. With the battle between the Soul Society and Aizen quickly approaching, you needed to be stronger. Although, you might have been pushing a little too hard.

You sent Ichigo a bashful smile.

“Gomen, I overdid it.”

He was frowning as you finally regained your footing, sword at your side.

“Quit being an idiot.”

He whacked you on top of the head and you glared.

“That hurt!!”

“Good, maybe next time you’ll be more careful!!”

You wanted to argue further but he was right, you were being reckless. You deflated, eyes moving to your sword and Ichigo’s hand lowered from its raised position. You knew he’d intended to give you another thump for good measure, but his gaze softened when he saw that look on your face.

You were scared.

It was impossible to hide. This time when his hand came down, it dropped on the top of your head softly, ruffling your locks.

“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”

Your eyes locked with his and you saw it, the determination that followed every time you’d all run into an obstacle that felt impossible. When Rukia was taken he’d said the same thing. That he would protect her, he would save everyone, and he’d done it. The reapers that were once enemies were now comrades, fighting on the same side. It was incredible and something you felt like only Ichigo could accomplish.

Now you’re once again facing a big bad and instead of worrying, or showing fear, he was giving you another guarantee that it would all be okay. That he would be there.

There was nothing that could describe how amazing he was, because his words were never empty.

So you fought. It was terrifying, but you won.

Just as he promised, he’d protected you, he protected everyone.

The Vizards had stepped in and Aizen was sealed away.

He did it, it should have been a joyous occasion, but when the realization of what tapping into that power meant, it was heartbreaking.

“My abilities are disappearing.”

It was like a gut punch. You were seated on a swing set when he broke the news and your eyes grew wide. Despite what he just told you, he was smiling, staring at the sun that was hanging low in the sky. The red and orange hues gave off a glow that even now made him seem like some angelic figure.

“I can’t stop it, and I can’t say that I regret anything that has happened until this point.”

Your grip tightened on the metal as your body slowly stopped rocking. It’s not like he was giving up. He was graciously accepting the situation. Another show of his strength. You should have been supporting him, but you just started crying. Ichigo turned, startled.

“W-What the hell!”

“Y-You’re so cool Ichigo!!”

You just continued to wail.

“I-I get it so quit crying!!!”

Even then he’d managed to keep it all together. When Rukia left you knew it was tough, that’s when you decided that it was your turn to protect him. To be his guardian, the way he’d done for you and so many others.

“From here on out I’ll protect you!”

Ichigo just sweatdropped.

“What are you going on about?”

He looked generally confused and you just huffed. You worked up all that courage to look cool and unaffected and with one look you felt silly.

“Never mind, fend for yourself jerk!!”

“Oii!! Why are you getting angry!”

He was clueless, but to be honest, so were you. You never really thought about why it was so easy to be at his side. You were friends, it was natural. He was there, he’d always been there. You just assumed you admired him. After all, he was the one who helped you find your strength.

That’s why when the fullbrings showed up and he was able to regain just a fraction of what he lost, you were ecstatic. You could tell he was too. Ginjo was an ally, a friend.

At least that’s what you thought.

The enemy was supposed to be Tsukishima. When your friends started talking about the guy like he was a buddy, you were convinced you were going mad. But you weren’t the only one. Ichigo had encountered the same. So the only option was to ask Ginjo for help. Except when you both got there, the truth became clear and it was painful.

You hadn’t even been able to move when he stuck his sword into Ichigo's chest and stole his powers. The rain beating against your clothes should have been at least sobering, but all you could do was stare from your spot on the ground after he’d knocked you down.

Ichigo was on his knees and at that moment you knew you’d failed the very promise you made him. You were supposed to look out for him, protect him, but you’d so easily been taken down.

Even without power, Ichigo had still faced off against Ginjo.

Then when you saw that dark hair and those eyes, in some crazy way you just felt like it would be alright. Rukia had stuck her sword into Ichigo’s back and in a blink, everything changed. He was stronger, much stronger than before and you felt like there was nothing else to worry about.

A few years later, another war was overcome.

Old enemies had come back to join the fight.

It was strange, getting help from some like Aizen, Grimmjow, Harribel, Tsukishima…Ginjo.

You realized that now that Yhwach was defeated, everyone could relax. Standing in the Soul Society conversing with Ginjo, it was still hard to grasp. Rukia and Renji were discussing it with Kisuke. Ichigo at the side. Ginjo and Tsukishima were standing right in front of you and the entire time you just kept your glare in their direction. Ginjo looked over with a smirk.

“Ichigo, I see you still have your guard dog.”

An irk mark popped up on your head.

“I’m stronger than the last time we met Ginjo!!” You were furious, and you intended to attack but Ichigo grabbed you by the collar.

“Calm down, he’s on our side.”

With an agitated scoff, you finally stopped, sheathing your blade. Tsukishima stood at the side with a smile of his own.

“So you haven’t realized yet.”

Your brows were furrowed.

“Why are you speaking in riddles, realized what?”

“The reason why my fullbring didn’t work on you.” Tsukishima’s words weren’t making sense and now everyone is invested.

“What are you talking about?” Rukia asked.

“I was able to manipulate all of Ichigo’s friends, even his family. At the time it was simple. Yet (Y/N) was unaffected.”

Now that you thought about it, he was right. You were strong, there’s no doubt about that, but even Sado had been tricked, Uryuu too. Now that you weren’t trying to rip Ginjo’s head off, you really wanted to know.

“Why didn’t it work?”

He was looking at you as if it were obvious, but the curious tilt of your head must have spoken for itself. He chuckled.

“It’s because you’re in love with Ichigo.”

The statement caught everyone by surprise. For a moment you could just stare, as if still trying to process his words. When you finally got yourself to look at Ichigo, it finally set in.

“I’m..in love with Ichigo..”

You repeated as if doing so would make it somehow make sense. You expected him to look just as startled as you by the revelation, but his expression showed neither. There was understanding, longing..hope..

“(Y/N)..”

He took a step forward and you flinched, flash stepping. They all blinked, because you were in a building quite a distance away.

“I-I have to go!”

That’s all you said, just like that, you were gone, no doubt running back to Karakura.

Ichigo sighed in defeat.

“Looks like she’s just as dense as Ichigo.” Ginjo commented.

“SHUT UP!!”

Certain things would never truly change.

#bleach #ichigo kurosaki #humor #care #protective #fights #ginjo #renji #kisuke urahara #ichigoxreader #trust #wars #friends to lovers #oblivious reader

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beans-and-shet · 1 year ago

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TMMN Episode 8 Thoughts

I’m gonna give a full review for episode 8 here. I have a lot of thoughts. Don’t read if you don’t want spoilers.

The art was good, but after watching it a couple times and letting it sink in, overall I’d say this episode whiffed hard when comparing it to the manga. I came out of it disappointed.

There were 5 things in particular I was hoping to get from this episode (cat Ichigo + Masaya kiss, shit not hitting the fan in only one day, full Masaya transformation sequence, angry Masaya when he rescues Ichigo, good action sequences), and New kind of only delivered on one of them (the action sequences), and even that was me being generous. The action scenes were better here than in recent episodes, but that was mostly just for Quiche vs the Blue Knight. It still wasn’t anything I’d write home about, but definitely an improvement.

First of all, Quiche kidnapping Ichigo so early into the episode after what happened in the previous episode felt way too rushed and like a "not this again" moment. And it looks like they really did skip the iconic Masaya/cat Ichigo kiss scene rest in pieces. How can they not show him realizing she was the cat from that night in s1e10?? Even if they do it later (after the final boss fight concludes) it seems like it would feel out of place at that point. I really wanted to see his reaction and that scene was in my top 5 scenes from the manga. Also, given how much they wanted to cram into this episode, I am surprised they wasted the pre-opening portion of the episode on a recap from the previous episode. As it stands right now, I still think from a pacing standpoint that it was a bad idea to have the lunch date happen as late as it did. They needed at least one episode of buffer between Ichigo and Masaya’s reveals for the pacing to feel right. I would have preferred two episodes of buffer, which is why I was originally hoping the lunch date would be in episode 5. If it had happened in episode 5 or 6, they could have sprinkled a few moments in to make Masaya’s worried reaction about Ichigo being a mew mew feel more natural. And it also wouldn’t feel like such a clusterfuck of reveals happening right at the end. There was nothing major in episode 5 or 6 that chronologically needed to happen before the lunch date anyway. Also, in the manga, when he told her he didn’t want her to fight anymore, he hugged her from behind after subconsciously rescuing her from drowning (aka almost DYING) in his blue knight form and he also saw the injury on her arm. He noticed it right in the moment too, not a day or two after she actually got hurt like what happened in New. The execution of these particular events in new, like the Quiche kidnapping, was very clunky and too fast paced.

Now for the Quiche confession scene. The first half of this scene should have been at night. At least the dark blue polluted air came in for the second half to match the scene’s vibe a bit better. I did like how New really portrayed from Ichigo’s perspective how scary and awful this was throughout the entire experience. There was no blush and "does he really love me?" after her ass just got choked. I do think choosing to have Quiche choke her after he finished crying tho is gonna make his redemption moment come off as way weirder than it did in the manga (and this is coming from someone who never thought the manga executed it very well either). But we’ll see, that’s just how I feel about it right now.

For the Blue Knight rescue oh boy, there are several things. I did think it was cool that Masaya could harness some of his power in his base form. But for the most part, this scene disappointed me. They took out most of the emotion from Masaya’s voice that should have been in his final "I said let her go!". His expression was also quite blank. I wanted to see him mad, dammit. He’s someone who is typically very calm and collected, so that moment in the manga when he yelled with that furious face was awesome and very impactful! Idk how whoever directed this episode thought it was a good idea to take that away. Their hug after she got freed from the webs restraining her wrists was cute. And I loved how Ichigo blocked Quiche’s attack. But then Masaya prevented her from fighting anymore, saying he would protect her. The manga’s portrayal of this was much better. There, Masaya told Ichigo to go help her friends against Tart so he could keep her away from the guy who tried to assault her and also question Quiche further on what he meant. New right now is making it seem like Masaya doesn’t want Ichigo to fight at all, which isn’t quite right. He is worried about her, but if he is there to help and have her back, he’s generally supportive (case in point, the Zakuro mew aqua fight from the manga).

And we know in a la mode and re-turn that while Masaya worries about Ichigo, he won’t stop her from fighting (and even encouraged her to go back to Tokyo in a la mode) so there’s that too. Lastly, NO LEGITIMATE TRANSFORMATION SCENE FOR MASAYA, WHY WORLD WHY?!!! Like I guess I have to riot now wtf. I am so bummed about that.

For the fight at cafe mew mew, it was nice to see Tart not getting that into the fight cause he didn’t really like the idea of fighting Pudding anymore. At least his change of heart will feel more natural. Also, it’s an interesting choice to keep Mint restrained at home. Will she reveal her identity to her brother or find a way to sneak away? I know she’s gonna probably be the one to stop her brother’s air purifier.

I am shocked we are already getting Deep Blue next episode. The re-turn outfit is here and I’m sad his fancy pattern isn’t on the green part of his outfit. But otherwise, he looks good. Here’s hoping we get lots of crazy facial expressions from him. New really took my guesses for how the pacing would go and flipped them on their heads. I didn’t think we’d get Deep Blue until the end of episode 10. Since they are investing so much time into the final fight, I really hope they make it worth it and give some great drama and original action scenes. ESPECIALLY SOME DETAILS tying Deep Blue to the original alien society on Earth and how exactly Masaya came to be. Also, New please give me a good shot of this panel (tho that’s probably gonna be for episode 10) holy shit:

With Deep Blue being introduced this early, it also seems like it opens up episode 12 to have more room for cute moments in its second half. I know we’re probably gonna get that cheesy wedding scene for Ichigo and Masaya so I am looking forward to that.

#tmmn spoilers #tokyo mew mew new #tokyo mew mew #if anyone wants to chat about this with their own thoughts please hmu in responses or dms I need to talk about this haha

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black--sun · 10 months ago

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Ichigo blinks at that logic. He tries to decide if he cares about looking stupid, and he does. His smirk falters and then cracks and he curses. “That’s a good point and I hate it.” But he leans back an inch to frown at Shiro. “You were never planning to let me into your closet.” And he’s just realizing it. And that’s kind of… offensive? Maybe. But mostly embarrassing, because Shiro smokescreened it so well Ichigo fell for it. And he really wanted to wear some of his clothes dammit. He knows where Shiro is trying to lead him with that question, but decides to go another route. He eyes Shiro from the side. “I guess not. I’m assuming you tried to get a suit and gave up when you found out they don’t make it in a crop.”

Ichigo shifts. It’s hard to focus on what’s even being said when the word lesbian keeps being thrown around about his baby sister, and it has him picturing things he doesn’t want to every time. He closes his eyes and feels his forehead tense. “I know lesbians,” he snaps, probably way too loud. He’s honestly more worried that Shiro is right than anything. He waves that off. “Tatsuki teaches a lot of people. Even Inoue, and no one is calling her an angry lesbian.” That’s probably my not his best argument, but Shiro has him… twisted around.

“I’ll show you kinky.” Which is mostly just a reflexive thing to say, but as he says it, he realizes there’s a lot he’d do with Shiro, and he hopes he gets the chance. This is shaping up to be either an exciting or intimidating date. Except Shiro also has a way of causing him to relax in situations that would normally make him an anxious or pissed off basket case. So he snorts instead of getting flustered.

When that phone is suddenly back in front of him it takes a second to realize it’s not just because Shiro got bored and another to realize what he’s looking at. There’s a lot of pink. “Oh. Yeah.” He pushes the phone back over. “Don’t delete that. It’s good blackmail. I’m saving it for if he gets dumb.” More dumb. Ichigo makes a face. “He made my blanket smell weird.” Because his bed used to smell like Shiro, faint, but it was there. Probably from those nights he stayed over while Ichigo was gone. Ichigo flips a page and huffs. “You think finding it on a phone is weird, imagine walking in on it. I’m surprised you two never crossed paths.”

That question really amuses him. There was a time not so long ago that Ichigo accused him of being a cult leader. That offer could be mistaken for Ichigo drinking the cool aide. “Uh, yeah, maybe. I’ll let you know. I’m sure that’ll come in handy one of these days.” The next question is a poorly masked trick question. He may not have a lot of dating experience, but he has plenty of experience with reading what people want. He doesn’t even have to play the game, though, because Ichigo answers it for him. Sort of. His brows go up a little. “Ok.” That feels like a big step for having just decided they’re together together, but he likes it. He likes a guy who knows what he wants and isn’t afraid to say as much. “You’re in school to be a professional reader. Is a menu item you can’t pronounce even possible?” That’s a lot of pressure, actually. Rather than take that challenge literally, he’s mentally running through a list of really expensive restaurants he knows of. “Ok, sure, so we’re both gonna have to change. You got nice clothes?”

He feels Ichigo start to relax against him and nods to himself a tiny bit. Good. Idiot. Thinking Shiro, the kid who doesn’t have parents, has already been to jail, and sells drugs for a living, gives two shits about parental approval or whatever getting along with Ichigo’s dad means.

He smirks and laughs lightly. “That’s not a surprise. Lesbians are always simmering with rage, ready to go off. Of course she can be scary too. Did you teach them how to beat people up?”

He snorts, looking over his shoulder at Ichigo briefly. “Not a chance, this thing’s hideous.” He turns back to the task of fucking with Ichigo’s phone when Ichigo slides him that look. “Who’s fault is that? You’re the one that handed it to me.” He’d turned the way he did purposely so Ichigo could see what he was or wasn’t doing, but Ichigo evidently doesn’t have anything too sensitive on his phone because he doesn’t seem like he could care less. Meanwhile, Shiro’s the exact oposite with his. His is almost always face down so no one chances a glance at something they shouldn’t see. It’d be just his luck that some dumbass first timer would text him something way too obvious, like ‘how much for X amount of coke’ or something, while he happened to be in public. And he would never just hand it over, it has way too much incriminating shit on it.

#whitemoon #tsp activity check #Ichigo so oblivious to the fact that he needs to stop talking #sahsks it is cute and gross #i imagine Isshin would’ve been a more present and protective parent #if being a doctor wasn’t so immensely consuming of his time #i usually focus on how bad his parenting was #but I kind of think he just trusted his children to handle anything that came their way #especially Ichigo #and when you factor in that he was a captain and would’ve known that the amount of spiritual strength a person has #is directly tied to how hard they’ve had to fight and how close to dying they’ve gotten #from a Shinigami standpoint #letting your child run around and get into shit is good parenting #but Ichigo was also human and raised to think like a human #so I think it hurt him that his dad wasn’t there #yeesh this got long and went down a rabbit hole

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douevenbleachbro · 2 years ago

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Ohoho I think I finally have an idea for another fic for IR week!!

A theme I’ve been seeing a lot on Twitter (ugh i know) is people calling Bleach the shojo that never was haha. It got me thinking though, I think i’d like to write that.

Here’s my problem. Whenever I wanna write something that is not smut, it tends to get away from me. With smut, the end goal is clear. Ultimately there will be sex (hahaha) so you just have to worry about how they get there. Describing that crescendo of feelings and desire comes easier (lol im 10) to me than any other trope, mainly because I can pull from personal experience. Not to get too explicit but hey, if there’s something I wanna write but I’m having a hard time picturing, I can just ask my husband for help huehuehue.

Non-smut stories? A little different. My brain goes into overdrive with all the details and I feel like I have to write everything down so that the reader can understand what I’m trying to convey. It’s annoying. I think the issue is that I don’t see scenarios in writing, I see them in movement. Like a TV show or a movie. I could probably write a script tbh. I rely so much on things like ‘what facial expression would this person have?’ or ‘what’s happening around them?’ like, who cares bro get to the point! Sooo much exposition. I wrote before about how writing the gift exchange fic was so hard for me because, not only was there a deadline but it was a gift for someone, so the pressure was on! And I had such a clear vision of what I wanted that story to be, but because of bad brain and no skillz it got messy. It was so long for no reason and the story got boring halfway. I feel bad badmouthing that fic, and I know I’m being a little extra but it frustrates me how out of control my brain can get. It also doesn’t help that the person I was gifting is sooo fucking good at writing so I was a little embarrassed.

Anywho, enough with the wallowing. I wanna write a Bleach IR shojo for IR week and I’m thinking maybe Day 3 or 5. I just don’t know how to fit the prompts. I mean, once I start actually writing it’ll come to me.

So the story. It’ll be Ichigo and Rukia, duh, but Orihime, Uryuu and Renji are also in the mix. Poor Sado, I always kick him to the curb lmao. I just don’t know how to write him! Same with Tatsuki. But for this story they’re not needed. Hmmm...should I write the premise here or just outline it?...

Fuck it we ball,

So! Rukia, Hime and Renji are childhood besties. Hime was taken in by the Kuchiki’s when her parent died and Renji’s family are friends so they all grew up around each other. Hime and Rukia grow up as sisters. They are VERY close! This is important, lol. Renji gives them the brotherly love they crave cause Hime’s brother croaked and Byakuya is a meanie (as in he’s distant, not actually a bad guy). Ichigo and Uryuu are cousins and they grew up together, but they’re very different and don’t spend too much time together in public so people don’t even know they’re related.

Hime is in love with Ichigo and she confesses but he rejects her cause he’s in love with someone else. Renji loves Rukia and tries to confess but she’s like omg big bro! so he doesn’t cause he knows she doesn’t see him that way. Rukia finds out that Ichigo rejected Hime so now she hates him even though she’s kinda falling for him ‘cause he’s a simp for her lmao. Hime forms a club called “The broken-hearts club” where it’s her and Renji at first. Then Renji finds out that Ichigo likes Rukia which he tells Hime ‘cause he’s a poopy head. Hime is sad and a little petty so she avoids Rukia which makes her sad. This makes her get closer to Ichigo cause they have a lot in common so she realizes that she’s falling for him which makes her feel guilty ‘cause Hime likes Ichigo. Uryuu joins the club cause he wants to be in the gossip but secretly it’s cause he’s in love with Hime and he wants to be close to her. Rukia finds out that Ichigo likes her and that she’s the reason why he rejected Hime. She joins the club and promises Hime that she will not pursue Ichigo. Rukia avoids Ichigo at all costs which pisses him off and Renji tells him that he’s not gonna be able to get in between the girls so he’s just gonna have to give up. In the club the friend trio are talking and Uryuu who was lurking says that he’s quitting. When Hime asks why he says he can’t be in a club with such selfish people. He gives Hime an eye opening speech and she realizes that she’s been a bad person because she can tell that Rukia is miserable and Renji is miserable cause Rukia is miserable and she’s miserable ‘cause everyone is and everything sucks! But it’s their last year and they have finals and entrance exams and they’re too busy to deal with their feelings. Graduation happens and everyone get’s accepted to the programs they wanted and Renji is leaving to Europe to pursue a soccer career ‘cause he’s really good (this should be added somewhere earlier in the story). Ichigo gets accepted to Tokyo Uni but he also get’s accepted to Princeton cause he secretly applied and he’s always dreamed about living in America. He takes it and leaves. Rukia and Hime go to Tokyo and Hime gets closer to Uryuu. Rukia realizes she was actually in love with Ichigo and she finds that he left her a letter saying that he was in love with her and he was sorry for being an ass to Hime and he didn’t want to come between them, so he would step back, but that he would never stop loving her. So she writes back. A year passes and, during the holidays, the kids go back home. Hime and Uryuu are dating now. Renji became an overnight soccer sensation taking pics with Messi and Ronaldo (lmao) and getting a multi-million contract with X soccer team (imma have to ask the husband about this lol). Rukia is back home and has a heart to heart with her brother (he’s lonely and misses her). Ichigo is back home as well and he finds Rukia (cause Uryuu told him where he was gonna be). He asks her to dinner. She says ok. Insert cute scenario here.

Timeskip? It’s 6 years later and Renji’s team makes it to the finals. He flies his friends out to the France for the game. Hime and Uryuu have already been married for a year. Ichigo proposes to Rukia in front of the Eiffel tower and gets teased for being basic.

Phew! This is supposed to be a one-shot? We’ll see I guess lol.

#fic ideas #fic dump #let's see what happens

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bakugohoex · 4 years ago

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Porco Requests? I've got plenty. This man is running through my mind 24/7 now. What about Porco with a super shy s/o? This man would treat his S/o right. Uncomfortable? Just tell me why. Too nervous? I'll tell everyone to shut up and listen to you. UGH I LOVE THIS MAN.

“i’ll make them listen, don’t worry baby”

pairing: porco galliard x gender neutral reader

cw: modern au, langage, fluff

word count: 1300+

a/n: brooo porco is so baby i love him so much, i’m a simp

summary: in which you the shy reader are in a relationship with porco

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THIS MAN WOULD BE THE SWEETEST BOYFRIEND EVER.

He’d definitely be the one who came up to you asking for your number, you’d probably be walking outside of uni or something and he saw you and he needed your number.

Asks for it with the worst pick up line ever, something along the lines of I seem to have forgotten my phone number, can I have yours? You were an entire mess refusing to meet his eye and even forgetting that numbers have 9 digits and not 8.

You don’t even give him your name; you just say your number and leave in a hurry.

His bad pick-up line clearly did wonders to you.

He’d definitely text you straight after with his name and start asking questions, can’t lie he’d carry the conversation until you became comfortable with him.

He would definitely ask you to dinner or the movies on the weekend, you aired him for 20 minutes in shock.

No words, he’d see the three dots in the bubble multiple times and then it’d disappear.

Half an hour later, a simple yes comes through. You’d never told him how you texted and called all your friends for advice on the mysterious man.

You make your friends follow you both on your date, they actually take notes on how he opens the restaurant door for you, pulls the chair out, pays for the meal, he's such a gentleman and he does the talking after he realises, you’re shy around him.

He would walk you home, you’d both do that thing where your hands keep brushing against each other before he finally just grabs your fingers.

You’d give him a kiss on the cheek at the end of the night and this man would blush so hard. His ears would prick pink and a redness with speckle across his face. He hides it so quickly and before you can go inside, he’d ask for another date in the quietest voice possible.

You accept, who fucking wouldn’t.

A couple months into your relationship, the facetimes and texts were equally split between you two.

You’d scream down the phone to tell him about the new anime merch that had just arrived or complain about your day. You do not talk half an hour to send a message to him anymore.

Your friends think you two will marry, it’s certain, they have it all planned.

Even with your shyness around new people you got along with his friends having met them a couple times. Pieck was always your favourite person to see at parties and gatherings but you were often talked over a lot when the louder confident ones at the parties spoke.

Porco would notice this in an instant and always try and get your opinion out knowing that you liked the topic and had insight on it.

This man will literally tell everybody to shut the fuck up (politely to not make you embarrassed), just so they can hear you speak.

He also does it just to listen to you ramble on about your favourite topics.

*heart eyes*.

Or if someone makes you uncomfortable by getting too close or trying to get with you, this man will be at your side, lacing his fingers with yours and taking you to people you’re more comfortable with.

All in all this man is a simp and would bring but the best in you.

“Y/n, Porco, you guys finally made it.” Pieck laughed a drink in her hand as she slouched against the sofa, the sound of music blaring and lights flashing sent you to grab onto your boyfriend's arm.

He could already sense your unease at your surroundings, your grip tightening as his arm wrapped around you. “I’ll stay by your side the entire night.”

You smile nodding at the boy, his blonde hair pulled back as usual, he gave a soft smile back before kissing your forehead. You had expected a night filled with drinking and being around friends, but you seemed to have been taken by Bertholdt and Reiner with Porco following along to the living room.

They sat down as you situated yourself next to Porco, his hand in your hair as you leant against his body, the conversation had been boring, talking about some game on the PS4 that you had heard Porco shouting at a couple weeks ago.

“I won that match.” Porco took a swig of the drink, your own drink on the table as you stared at it bored out of your mind.

Reiner raised an eyebrow leaning his arms around the sofa, “fuck that you know I won it all together, one-win doesn’t make you a winner.”

Porco scowled at the boy before the conversation turned to something you enjoyed a lot more, “this guy really said Ichigo would beat Naruto.” Your ears perked at the conversation; it was between people you hadn't met but Annie had noticed how your eyes widened knowing you’d have the best input.

She smiled starting to converse with the boys, “what the fuck really?”

You had always loved Bleach and Naruto, your favourite being Bleach and having talked to death about it to Porco and now with Annie including you, you had started to break off from your shyness, “Y/n’s up to date on both manga’s actually.” Annie was often cold with people but you two had become friends with ease having the same interests and her coldness and your shyness became an unlikely duo.

“Let me guess another Ichigo simp.” One of the guys said and you gave a wary look, Ichigo was hot. You knew that and you knew that being a girl involved in a manga that had been directed towards teen boys made you become quiet. “She probably read the manga for the guys.”

“Not really.” You muttered, “I read it because it was actually interesting especially when Ichigo fights Ulquiorra”.

Your entire statement had been ignored and Annie had tried to include you, but you continued to be dismissed as just another girl simping for the characters. Of course you were a simple but to exclude you too one category was disheartening. You moved closer to Porco, he had watched the scene, how you had been ignored and now with your head leaning against his chest once again.

“I’ll make them listen, don’t worry baby.” His voice was a soft whisper, leaving a soft kiss against your forehead before starting to converse with the guys. “You guys are talking about who would win?”

“Yeah, some guy saw Ichigo and thought he’d win against Naruto.” Porco started nodding, acting like he knew who these characters were, of course he had some idea of who they were, but he hadn't watched either as he got bored of how long it was.

“Oh, my girlfriends read and watched both, she’s better suited to this.” He pointed to you as you smiled at him, he was never going to tell them to our right shut up as it’d be a dick move, but it allowed for you to talk.

You gave a soft smile before you joined the conversation properly, the guys seemed intrigued by your opinion. Explaining both sides and why other anime fans would believe it to occur, as you sat upright rambling and talking. Porco watched with an intense look, he didn't need to speak, just watch and admire. He knew how you’d talk and talk and talk about anything you were interested in, but he saw how even with your initial shyness and dismissiveness they listened. Adding their own input, his hand went to reach your fingers, you felt it lacing your fingers.

He could listen to you talk forever, listen to every single word you ever said. Because he loved you and in those moments. Just staring at your beauty, the way your fingers gripped his own, the soft necklace he had bought your across your neck. He knew you’d be the one he’d spend the rest of his life with.

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ps-i-dont-even-know · 3 years ago

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Devil may cry parent headcanons

Dante

He probably is a fun dad but at the same time don't leave your kids with him, it would be a disaster

Will wake up to crying at 12 am and try to put the kid back to sleep, ends up with both of them watching tv instead

This man will do anything with your kid, they want to go to the park, sure he'll have to keep an eye on them. They want to see the movies, sure has to be below pg or he will never hear the end of it from the nightmares his kids have. Want to go to the zoo, sure he just needs to make sure they don't go into the exhibit.

He will play dress up and tea time with them. He will put on a dress and have them do his makeup just so he can go to tea time, and might start some beef with Mr teddy for stealing his cupcakes, but he will do it proudly.

He will try to do their hair in the morning for school, again he is not the best at it and will probably give them crooked pigtails, he's trying he really is.

Can't cook for shit, I'm sorry if you think he could cook please take a look at all the pizza box stored around his shop. Like he will take cooking lessons or watch cooking shows but dear god how do you set fire to milk.

He will always be there for his kid to vent even if he doesn't know how to respond he will sit and let them rant about stuff, also trying to cheer them up because he doesn't want to see them sad

If they brought their homework to him he would be confused he can barely pay his bills i don't think he knows how to do math, but drama he will rock that stuff his acting skills are on point even if it's cheesy

Will waste all his money on the kid, toys, clothes, video games, you name it he will buy it and give to the kid

Remember how I said not to leave your kid alone with Dante yeah, he may or may noteave his weapons/devilarms around for the kids to grab them, like halfway of Dante walking into the main room and he sees ebony in his kids mouth he tricksters all the way to them and quickly grab ebony before anything bad happens, but the kid will start crying and he has to find something for them to mess with or he'll get a headache

He accidently devil triggered in front of his kid now depending on which one he get two responses and he's expecting screaming for both, but if its regular dt like humanish looking one, "woah, dad grew scales and wings, are you a lizard king?" Now its his Sin Dt he would get "Oo, daddys a gaint dragon" for both case they will proceed to touch his scales? And will be all over him trying to climb him to the point he literally has to switch out of dt so they don't get hurt. Also he's a heat source for winter if the heating doesn't get paid for.

If his kid comes out as any of the lgbtq+ he would be supportive and loves them for who they are, I also see him being apart of it too.(I know a few people see him as asexual I do too, as well as bisexual)

Vergil

Look this guy probably has no clue what he's doing, even if we wish he could've taken care of Nero (at least I do) he didn't and now he has another kid to take care

Please help him hold the baby, he can't properly do it at all, he's just holding them by their chest and staring at them with confusion as the child cry, "why won't they stop screaming?"

He will get the hang of taking care of the kid, but please don't leave him alone with them for long he still has no clue what he's doing half the time

"Hey can I hang out with (insert name) at the mall?", "Do I know their mom?", "Uh, no", "Do I know their dad?", "No" Then that settles it, you can't go", "But-", "No buts, if I don't know their parents you can't go, and that's finale"

Can he cook, probably but he's been in hell for most of his life and doesn't know what he's doing half the time. Thank god for cooking shows and book he at least tries a learn how to cook, and doesn't burn anything unlike someone else

He will read the kids William Blake or other bed time stories before bed time, and will do activities where they try to make up poems he has to thank Nero for the idea

Speak of Nero, if Vergil has a mission he will leave his kids with him, he's not trusting Dante at all. Nero absolutely loves his step siblings even if their like a few years younger than him, they will either play with the other kids at the orphanages or play Nero which consist of Video games, sometimes sword fights if they beg long enough, or just talk about the stuff their dad and uncle does that are stupid and make fun of them for it.

Also that one dad to try and help with math homework but makes the kid cry because they don't understand the problem and he's yelling at them "What's 2 x 2?" Its traumatizing please someone tell him to cool it or his kid is going to have problems when it comes to yelling and math, also complains how he didn't learn it that way as a kid, I promise you he was homeschooled.

Now his kids can vent to him but he has no clue what to do nor have much good advice but he will give what he knows even if it's not the best.

This can go many ways, this man know his kid is getting bullied he will go down to the school with the Yamato and threaten someone's life, give his kid the sword for them to deal with it instead, or use some brain cells and deal with it like civil people and we hope he chooses the last one

Now he's a little careful with his devil trigger and doesn't want to scare his kids, but its by accident really and he expects screaming, just like Dante he gets two responses. Regular dt and I'm going off of 4 because I don't think he has one in dmc5, "Dad, why didn't you tell me/us your secretly a bug, don't worry well keep you away from shoes." If its Sin Dt, "Wow, your a dragon this whole time, does this mean I'm also a dragon, where do you keep your stashed gold?", I feel like for his regular dt they will sometimes smack him with a fyswatter and he has to turn out of his sin dt quickly because they want to mess with the fire coming out of him.

If his kids come out as lgbtq+ he will be supportive and a little confused because he has no clue what it is. They have to explain what it means and what their sexuality means, he'll still be supportive and loves his kids no matter what they are

Nero

Out of Vergil and Dante, he's probably the one who knows more about taking care of kids since he grew up with them in an orphanage and takes care of them

I feel he's like a mix between Dante and Vergil, Fun dad but will put his foot down on somethings

If its a girl you bet he will go out to a store at whatever time it is and buy then pad/tampon when their monthly comes no questions asked he just knows. If its a dude he will give the talk, not just protection but what not to do, like when a girl tells him to stop he needs to stop, no advancing on or anything like that (I feel like the no advancing will also go for the girl)

Doesn't do favoritism, he hates that stuff since he technically dealt with it as a kid, if one kid ask why he loves the other more than them he will shut that down quickly and tell them he loves them equally and will move moons for them to both be happy

Best cook hands down, and will let his kids help if they want to but keeps them away from sharp objects. He will also take them out to dinner if he doesn't want to cook

He's decent with homework, and goes about it in a fun learning experience for the both of them, if they get an answer right they get a point that they can trade for something special later kne, if they get it wrong they will go over it again, but still get a point because no favoritism. He also help make a volcano, but also put a little extra pizzazz to it, and might have caused the whole kitchen to be a different color now.

His kids can vent to him, he will understand and try to help give advice for some issues, also takes them out of the house to do something they want to do to cheer them up

He will encourage his kids to follow what they want to do, play a sport? He will show up to every game, even if that means giving Dante his mission he will. A club? He will make sure they have everything they need for that club and be on time for it, be it art, book, yearbook, student council, etc. They want to do boy scout/girl scout, he will make sure he gets them a vest and help put pins on as well. He will be the number one supportive dad

As soon as his kid comes to him crying about how some other kid is bullying them he will be mad, he'll reassuring his kid that they are amazing first, then go to the school, if they don't do anything he will go straight to the parent and make sure that their kid doesn't mess with his anymore.

Will watch anime with them, if they agree that is don't want your dad into your stuff. But like he's absolutely into it, he seems like the person to like Bleach (this was not intentional I complete forgot that the voice actor for Nero also did Ichigo) or Cowboy Bebop. Maybe sailor moon but you won't hear him say it

Look he's really new to the devil trigger business, the only thing close he had was that ghost creature, so keeping this thing in check and not popping up randomly is hard. His kids reaction are, "You hair is longer, are you like rapunzel, oh wait you have wings and a crown your an angel. Oh can I braid your hair please," of course he will let them braide his hair he can't say no to a pouting face, they also will poke his wings to see if their real.

He will definitely support his kid if their aprat of the lgbtq+, will buy them flags, merch, you name it. He want his kid to feel safe and loved

Lady and Trish

Look I can't separate these two, when I first saw them I thought they were girlfriends, and I can't let that go. But these two would definitely be the fun and protective mom

So considering Trish and Lady are both females they definitely have to adopt of course, now Lady may not know if its half demon or full, but Trish does and she probably would help the kid when they get older since she knows about the demon body considering she has one, if its human Lady knows the most about the stuff going on when they get older and has I already planned out.

Now Lady has to be the protective mom because the shit happen with her dad she definitely doesn't want anything bad to happen to their kid, and Trish is like you do you kid if you get hurt you learn from it "its the demon way of raising" she says. Though she still will watch over them and make sure they don't get themselves severely hurt

They will buy their kid anything, and take them out shopping. It's like a spin the wheel of pay to see if they will pay for the stuff or put it under Dante's name for shits and giggles

Lady has to like keep her weapons locked up somewhere safe, unlike Dante, she's more careful with her weapons

If their kid is mad or something Trish will take them to some deserted area with some random stuff she found that isn't in use and have their kid throw it in the air so she can blow it up with her lighting, you know to blow steam off

Trish or Lady tell their kid the stupidest thing Dante has done or said, if they visit Dante please note one will scream if Dante says something about a soul, "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with Light" and get the voice crack right too, he will look so embarrassed

Now Trish might not know anything about homework she'll support the best she can but Lady knows most of the stuff and will help.

Trish will tell their king everything about Hell, who's in charge, what creatures are there, the history of it all. Its a great learning experience until you tell them that the female demons kill the male after finishing mating

If they are out in public and some guy is hitting on their kid and their tell him no, protective mom mode is on. Mostly Lady has to stop Trish from frying thr guy, but Lady will give the man a price of her mind saying if he tries to do this shit again with her kid he will be going home with a foot straight up his ass. So now no man tries to hit on her

Definitely let the kids go venting to them, they give the best cuddled, some good advice, and shopping if they say someone's bullying them they will see that the parent deals with their kid.

They knew their kid was apart of lgbtq+, of course their supportive of who they are, they are dating of course. They will take them to a pride march in June

Kyrie

Look, LOOK, she is an amazing mom, so caring but also will put her foot down on somethings

Besides Nero she is a good cook and baker, while she doesn't want kids in the kitchen while she's cooking will will have them help with baking sweet

Reads bedtime stories and tucks her kids in and kiss goodnight (ugh my heart hurts I love this)

She will play video games with her kids mostly on the wii, she still the champion on Mario Kart and Just Dance no one has taken their spot yet, even Nero tries

Packs lunch for her kids and puts a note in it telling them that she loves them and hope they have the best day

She does worry about them from time to time when they go over a friends house, only because of what happened to her brother and then Nero she doesn't want anything to happen to her kids

Tells them not to climb the tree in their backyard, what does one of them do, they climb it and accidently falls down. She goes to them saying "You know I told you not to do it, and you did it anyways, you need to be more careful and listen to me. I'm not doing this because I'm being uptight I'm doing this for your safety I want you to be able to do the things you want in the future"

I feel like she's the same way with friends like Vergil, if she doesn't know the parents then you can't go out or over their house

She is really a good listener and help with advice, so venting to her is a really great idea also will ask about your feelings and how your doing someday, like she knows your in a sad mood

She also good with homework, I feel like she wanted to become a teacher as well as study for it, but instead stuck with taking care of orphans, so she probably homeschools her kids too

She also makes the kids clothes time to time, they have little sweaters or shirts that are soft and comfortable

She is so supportive of her kids if they come out lgbtq+, she doesn't care as long as their happy thats all that matters.

Nico

Now I love Nico amazing and pretty girl but don't leave a child with her, just like Dante it will be a disaster, but she probably would try to be a better parent than her since he technically wa this weird freaky man who experimented on demons or was weird.

Let's start with teaching the kid every swear word she knows and tells them to go up to Nero call him one of those names, she will hear her name being screamed and find an angry Nero going over to her as she burst into fits of laughter

Will be extra pair of arms when getting a tool they need for fixing the van, when Nero does understand what a Dohicky is

I think Nico can cook, its decent not bad or good, she did nearly burn the van down from trying to cook turkey.

She will try and cut back on smoking or at least not doing it when the kid is around because its bad for them, Nero scoffs because she nags him when he tells her to stop, but not her kids

Now her kids could bring homework to her, like he's good in math, engineering, and probably biology, but she'll act as if she never even seen the stuff in her life, because she wants to get her learn it and not her just giving them the answer. But if their kid is in a science fair I bet she will help make something totally child friendly(its not really), it kind of gets her and her kid ban from doing anymore science fairs.

She will teach then everything she knows about Demon, mostly the biology of it, and when Nero brings a demon part for his breakers, she goes in explain how she turns them into those.

Will tease her kids if they talk about their crush, she's a huge teaser so saying something about someone they really like or anything its a mistake, she will embarrass them in front of their crush, but she means well

If they try to change the channel of the radio she swats their hand saying the driver picks the music and the passenger has to sit and listen.

If she's busy with something she will let Nero and Kyrie babysit her kids, she trust them and the kids love Nero and Kyrie.

Tries to teach her kids how to drive when their of age to learn, but Nero and Kyrie won't let her considering how she drives and that the instructor is more legal to do it.

No but she will tease her kid a bit if they come out lgbtq+ too, of course she supportive I kind of see her being apart of lgbtq+ as well

*Bonus because it seemed reasonable to just put this one here like this*

Nero, Dante, Vergil, Lady, Trish, Nico

They will teach their kid self defense, and how to use a weapon. While they rather their kids have a normal life instead of a demon hunter for many reasons, they at least want their kid to take care of themselves if they find themselves in a situation where their life is on the line

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black--sun · 1 year ago

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Ichigo’s gaze snaps over at the word meal like maybe he needs to hit him again. If he’s a meal, he’s the sort people choke on. He huffs. Sometimes it’s hard to remember he feels sorry for this guy and his weird obsessive attachment issues to Aizen. “Good luck trying it.”

He’s never going to understand what makes him a target. What makes seemingly every lunatic and sicko in a ten mile radius pinpoint him out of a crowd, and he pulls his attention off Grimmjow. Ichigo should probably be uncomfortable walking beside him, but he’s not. He doesn't see a lot of people these days. He doesn't see anyone else that might actually understand the situation he's in. Unless he's counting Ulquiorra, and he doesn't. Ever.

Ichigo blinks. Grimmjow isn’t wrong, but he always seems to think Ichigo’s on lockdown. “Then I guess he isn’t worried about it or I wouldn't make it out of the building. You make it sound like I spend my day tied to a bed.” Which… to be fair, he has often enough, but not every day like Grimmjow’s implying. But he sighs. He’s not sure what kind of details Aizen shares with Grimmjow, but Ichigo is tired of Grimmjow assuming he’s some kind of sex slave. “I stay there because I want to. And when I don’t want to, I take a walk. He won’t miss me.” That isn’t the same as saying he won’t notice. But Aizen works long hours anyway. If Ichigo needed constant attention, he’d be a bad fit.

It’s more than he’s ever said to anyone about it. Being that forthcoming makes his guts twist, but it’s done, he’s already said it, so he ignores the feeling.

Grimmjow also asked where they’re headed, and Ichigo finally responds. “Back to my side of town. Just checking on things. If you’re bored with that, I’m sure someone’ll be happy to entertain you.”

He says his side of town like it’s not still crawling with Aizen’s people. Though they’re so far down the chain of command, they’re as much a threat as any other thugs on the street.

Ichigo takes the next turn and all the roads from here slope at an angle toward the waterfront. It’s a constant descent into the darker parts of the city. There are no beach front houses where they’re headed, just shipping docks and factories too old to be renovated, most of them turned into low budget storage, crack houses, whore houses, or places to keep things people don’t want found.

As they get closer to Renji's, the sound of someone fucking in the alley ahead doesn’t even give him pause until they come around the corner. The old brick buildings have alcoves and alleys where dumpsters are tucked to keep the narrow streets clear. They’re good places to hide or hide bodies or sleep if you’re desperate enough to lay in someone’s piss or shit. But the sounds echo off the walls, too familiar not to catch his attention.

Ichigo freezes up.

He isn’t sure how the sight still sets him off. He’s seen it so many times. He’s seen worse. He’s seen men leave bodies that don’t even look like people anymore. But the girl is young. Maybe as young as his sisters. As young as Orihime when they found her. And for just a second, that hair looks like Yuzu’s.

There’s a cooler and duffle at the man’s feet, but he barely registers it. The girl’s legs aren’t even long enough to reach the ground. Her hands scramble over the top of the dumpster she’s pressed against, nails clawing cracked plastic.

It’s not enough for the man to cut her open. There are always the guys that want the tears, the crying, the screaming.

It’s not a choice to move. It just happens. Ichigo is quiet, shoes barely making a sound for the few steps it takes to reach them. When he was younger, he might’ve yelled or snarled or pulled the man around to face him. Acting on some idea of fair play. Now he latches onto the man’s head from behind, whipping it around with the full force of his upper body to crack against the dumpster, hearing bone hit steel with a satisfying, hollow snap.

The man’s legs buckle, but Ichigo doesn’t want him on the ground. He wants him level enough to hit until he doesn’t feel like hitting him anymore, so he hauls him up and into the wall.

Freed, the girl falls beside them, stumbles, clutching her stomach, but she runs as soon as she’s loose. Good. She’s smart. She’s not sticking around to be someone else’s victim. She’s up before Ichigo takes his first real swing.

"Oh no," his hands settle into his jacket pockets and he tilts his head to the side till the joints pop. Then the other side. "You're interesting all right, and fun. A two for one sorta meal." The kind of mystery that Grimmjow loves to sink his teeth into.

Not that he goes out of his way to unravel interesting things; people rarely interest him. Aizen interests him though, and so anything that can hold his employers attention is worth the interest. Ichigo is unusual and there's something about him that Grimmjow wants to know.

Plus, bizarrely, he likes Ichigo. Kid has something funny to him. Sharp and mean. Unhoned, but not talentless. Grimmjow wants to see him with a knife in his hands and blood on his lips. The color would compliment him.

Absently, his fingers trace over the handle of one of his many concealed weapons, and his eyes shift from the concrete in front of them to the side of Ichigo's head. One brow quirks imperiously, amused and unimpressed in equal parts with Ichigo's quest.

"I am 'out and walking around' cuz I couldn't do my job if I wasn't, genius. You aren't following the same logic. A whore who's unreachable cuz they went for a little stroll isn't very useful."

Its a flight risk.

Ichigo knows a great deal more than the average person would about Aizen - if Grimmjow were Aizen, he wouldn't let the guy out of his sight. Not where anyone could just grab him.

Which... Raises a good point. There's probably a babysitter somewhere. He'll keep an eye out.

"Where are you even going? Pets don't have friends?"

#jaegersol #TSP Activity Check #c':#i actually have a theory about that #I think its bc Grimmjow doesn’t feel like ichi is a threat so hes free to be as friendly as he wants #Ichigo feels like everyone is a threat #and hes extra defensive #but esp when he feels vulnerable #like when hes forced to acknowledge he cant take grimmjow if it came down to it #annnnnd pretty much all the rest of the time too if we're being honest #hes very slowly getting used to grimm though

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ulquiorrapleasecallmetrash · 2 years ago

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Hi! Just started reading your stuff and I am enthralled! I hope this isn’t too all over the place but could you do hcs for Ichigo, Snake, and Yukio with a very doting and physically affectionate fem s/o? I personally always end up saying “ily” every couple minutes and just being touchy without really realizing it and it’d be cool to see your interpretations for it. Sorry again if it’s all over the place! I get if you don’t want to do it! Hope you’re well! 🖤

Ichigo Kurosaki, Snake, and Yukio Okumura With a Very affectionate s/o

Fandom: Bleach, Blue Exorcist and Black Butler

Rated: G

Warnings: None!

Admin Harmony🐯: Thank you So much for reading my blog and for the compliment! I hope you enjoy this! And no worries it wasn't a bother at all. Enjoy!🎁

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Ichigo Kurosaki:

❣At first, I think Ichigo would be a little caught off guard by it. ❣ I wouldn't say that he hates all of the attention you give him but it does make him a bit flustered. ❣Especially if you say I love you to him and get all touchy with him in front of friends. ❣ He let you hold his hand in public and hug him but please don't try to kiss him in public and especially not in front of his friends. ❣ Especially if they start teasing him about it. Like Rukia, or Renji because you know that will. ❣ He is more than happy to let you be touchy and affectionate with him when you two are all alone. ❣ He actually really loves cuddling you and being the big spoon, it just seems like he is protecting you even when you two are asleep. ❣ He doesn't really mind that you always tell him that you love him. He just thinks it is a cute and quirky thing that you do. ❣ "I love you Ichigo!" A few minutes later "I love you!" Cue him chuckling "I still Love you too." ❣ Overall, Ichigo would not mind having an overly affectionate s/o it will be awkward at first but I think once he gets used to it he will adore it.

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Snake:

❣Overwhelmed is the best way I can describe someone who is overly affectionate.

❣He grew up having no one to love, and affectionately care for him so everything is so foreign to him.

❣He is also very self-conscious when you try to hug him and give him kisses. So he will try to pull away from you when you two get together for the first time.

❣So I think the s/o should try to show affection to him very slowly.

❣Start out with handholding, then kissing him on the cheek and forehead.

❣He also prefers verbal affection so if you tell him I love you all the time he will adore it much more than physical affection.

❣I mean, he still will be a blushing mess but it is less embarrassing than you touching him all the time.

❣ Once he is a little bit more use to touching you he won't mind you hugging and kissing him.

❣Just please do all that when you two are alone and not in public. He is way too embarrassed when someone witnesses you saying I love you and kissing all over him.

❣Once he is comfortable with affection he will hug, kiss and say I love you back.

❣"I love you, Snake." "I love you too." *Few minutes later* "I love you." *Cue him blushing and smiling* "I love you too."

❣ Would become more affectionate when the two of you are alone he just feels secure when it is the two of you.

❣ Overall, I think when it comes to being affectionate I think you should take it slow with Snake just so he won't be so stressed and overwhelmed. He appreciates it he just needs to get used to being loved and cared for.

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Yukio Okumura:

❣Yukio would be quite embarrassed about having an overly affectionate s/o. ❣only when he is out of the public, though.

❣He wants to keep up his professional image when he is teaching or around people.

❣And god forbid Rin or Yukio's fangirls catches you hugging him and kissing him affectionately.

❣Rin will be laughing so hard and teasing him relentlessly.

❣Rin: "Haha if you keep kissing him you're gonna suck up his glasses!" Yukio: "At least I have someone who kisses and what do you have?" Rin: Cue him cussing Yukio out ❣He will accept hand-holding and pecks on the cheek but nothing more when out in public.

❣He will also pat you on the head like in the animes as well to show affection. ❣But when you two are all alone he loves cuddling his s/o, kisses and he will tell you he loves you just as much as you do.

❣Calls you loving nicknames too when you both are alone such as my love, and dear.

❣Overall, as long you are not too overly affectionate in public then Yukio will not mind when you are. He just becomes a lot more when you two are alone.

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#Bleach #Black butler #Blue exorcist #Bleach imagines #Blue exorcist imagines #bleach imagines #Black butler imagines #yukio okumura #kurosaki #Ichigo Kurosaki #Snake black butler #Snake

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humanoidtyphoons · 3 years ago

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sometimes i think about the love is surrender monologue (it’s set to the kdrama goblin, which you can ignore) about that applies to hitsukarin, honestly. the vulnerability of love, the quiet build up of discarding their shields

something i don’t think i’ve ever been able to word quite right with how i see hitsukarin is that. i feel like they’d be very careful with each other’s hearts. on the surface, yeah, karin is upbeat and friendly, but i feel like she’s careful with her heart, because of the grief of masaki’s death, she’s... not good at being open. she put walls around herself to protect herself, as sweet as she is to yuzu, and as cautious as she is with ichigo. she gets angry and doesn’t explain herself to her friends, and... idk. i feel like it’s juxtaposed with the cheerfulness she has, because she’s young and still a bit naive, despite that jadedness, but i always found it quite easy to imagine that at fifteen, karin could be as surly as ichigo was, and guard their heart. so she’d be wary, and slow to fall.

and i feel like that’s the same with hitsugaya, to some degree. he’s so self-conscious, because of his youth, because of his relationship with hinamori, because of his past and being shunned by so many. he’s fixated on his reputation, and wants to be better, do better, but his own shortcomings catch him out every time. his temper gets the best of him time and time again. he finds it hard to make friends, and part of that is also because he’s a captain, but all his peers, all those captains, are just. so much older than him.

(bleach ends with toushirou much more comfortable around people, i feel, in that epilogue. and i do think, that does apply with karin too, breezily bringing coca cola, but that was dealt offpage much more, but even then, i still see them careful with their hearts.)

but that first hitsukarin episode, when karin just sees a kid, and treats him like just a normal person like her, even after she finds out that he’s a captain, i think, to some degree, he needs that sense of normalcy. for karin, she doesn’t need to hide that part of herself. for toushirou, he gets to experience a sort of unconditional friendship, karin doesn’t place any expectations on him on who he should be, and karin even gets tears in her eyes, confiding in toushirou. and i think it’s sweet that they get a second episode, maybe implying that they keep in touch or just: toushirou is in karakura town to help haru, and meets up with karin anyway. they open up to each other in a way they just don’t with other people.

i mean, they’re still careful with each other, but i just liked how they navigated their issues, and how much their friendship benefited each other from knowing each other. karin, the girl who hated anything spiritual, but got dragged into it, because she worried about her brother so much; doesn’t seem to hate ghosts so much after meeting toushirou. toushirou, the boy who tries to keep distance from people so they don’t think less of him, stays with karin and lets her stick around even though he’s a captain that’s using his holiday leave as an excuse to carry out his duties off-work and complains about it... doesn’t really do anything to avoid karin, when it would have been super easy for him to go to orihime and stay at her place like last time. it’s just. endearingly disarming that they meet at this crossroad. and continue to be drawn to each other afterwards.

so, love, an act of faith, and falling for each other, even though they have reasons to close themselves off. i just. love them.

#onion sprouting text #HitsuKarin #i would say please don't watch goblin because i hate the main couple but then i love the secondary couple and they!!!! they get me!!!#also the music rocks. i gotta stop with the hk grimsun comparisons tho #anyway if anyone was wondering why i put BTIMFL on the kdram hk rec list this is why

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kyotakumrau · 4 years ago

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2021.04.06 a talk event at Meguro Rock-May-Kan film screening at Namba Hatch with Kyo and Shinya - PART 2

Report by とあ on twitter (topics are not reported in order things happened, I followed the order they posted, 1st and 2nd session are mixed)

"What is Shinya's hair colour called? Is it okay to copy you [and dye my hair the same colour]?"

Shinya: Violet rose.

Fujieda: How about copying?

Shinya: It's fine.

Kyo: ... Violet rose?! It's called violet rose? (laughing)

Fujieda: It's sounds like a song title.

Kyo: Like our next song? Doesn't sound exciting at all (laughing).

Kyo: Did you name it Violet rose yourself?

Shinya: No, when I requested pink shade I got this colour, when I asked what colour is it I got told it's Violet rose.

Kyo: It's not pink at all.

"Which place is painful to get tattooed on?"

Kyo: It's said that the hand's palm and back of the foot. The one on this hand was done by the person who did the tattoo on my back, but she lives in Germany. She told me it's easy for the colour to fade on the palm. That's why she told me she will use an ink that's not approved in Japan but will not fade, and she did it for me.

Fujieda: It's really not fading.

Kyo: That's why she used some weird ink. Suspicious one, with something bad for people in it.

There are four small tattoos on this hand

(during this talk Kyo was showing his palm almost all the time)

Shift of conversation to the topic of tattooing a giraffe on Fujieda's back.

Kyo: A giraffe going all over your back to your thighs.

Fujieda: And the head would be on the neck?

Kyo: No, on the shoulder. So when you move your arm the giraffe's head would move as well. If I had a machine I could do it on you.

Fujieda: When there's a chance.

Kyo: Eh, if there's a machine?

(*there's a brilliant word play here with 機械・machine and 機会・opportunity both being read as 'kikai'🤣)

Kyo: Then I'm going to get the machine and tattoo you. Using that not approved ink from Germany.

Fujieda: No no no, we're talking about different 'kikai'.

Fujieda: "I'm in trouble eating too much. What should I do?"

Kyo: Eat!

"What do you drink when you wake up?"

Shinya: Cola.

"What lip balm do you use?"

Kyo: Cola flavour.

"A drink you like"

Kyo: Ehm... Dekavita, Oronamin C, things like that. But it's not good to drink those too much.

"Favorite chocolate sweets"

Kyo: Ehm... there are too many. ...Ah, but I love cheap sweets.

"When you eating a candy do you suck it till the end or do you crunch it?

Kyo: I crunch it from the start.

"Your favorite Japanese sweets"

Shinya: Ichigo daifuku (rice cake with a strawberry)

"Anything special about Namba Hatch, first time in a while?"

Shinya: Not really. First time since we played here and not for a show. It's feels quite empty.

Kyo: I have something I buy every time I come to Osaka, but I'm annoyed because they weren't sold. Half of me is made of sweets! I always buy 3 or 4 flavours of Curl before going back but I couldn't find them.

(*Curl is a corn puff snack)

Kyo: I never talk to the shop clerk, but this time I checked the shop few times and couldn't find it so I asked. I got told they only have cheese flavour so I got it and left.

Kyo: But don't send me Curl. It'd be troublesome to start receiving so many Curl packs. I'd get them myself.

Before I bought 4 packs to take home but by the time I was home I only had one left.

"What type of dogs do you like?"

Kyo: It's a secret. You'll know eventually.

Shinya: small dogs.

"What colours do you like besides members colours?"

Takavayashi: How were those colours decided? By the hair colour?

Kyo: That's what I think?

Shinya: They were decided without my knowledge.

Takabayashi: it's pink for you, right? Although it doesn't really match you?

What colour do you like best?

Shinya: Black.

(two if them look at each other in silence and laugh)

Takabayashi: How about you Kyo?

Kyo: Pink!

"Merchandise item you like"

Shinya: I guess the travel pouch.

Fujieda: Are you using it?

Shinya: Today I brought a smaller one.

Fujieda: Eh? You use it...

Kyo: He said he doesn't. The size is wrong.

Fujieda: Btw where's your bag from?

Shinya: It's from MUJI.

Fujieda: How was the hot pack? It's warm!

Handed it to Kyo

Kyo: Yeah, it's warm... but it was supposed to be released last time.

Fujieda: Eh? Saying that does it mean it was your idea??!

Kyo: Yup. Actually I wanted to have it last year, last year end was cold right? But the design wasn't done in time.

That's why it didn't come that time, just now. Niw it's not needed anymore. ...I hope you can use it next winter.

(*aaaaah so that's why he was poking at Fujieda so much about it☹️ it'd have been great last December!😆 but it'd definitely be useful next winter!!😊)

Fujieda: That's true, let's use it next winter. And it can also be used as a power bank so that can be used now.

Power strip.

Fujieda: Before this event Shinya was using this backstage. There aren't enough outlets backstage.

Kyo: Lol... is there really that few outlets backstage?

Fujieda: Well... not that few. But he was using it.

Kyo: Huhm.

Kyo (looks at Shinya): what is that, drawn on it?

Shinya got the power strip in his hands.

Shinya: That is cats who got electrocuted.

Kyo: Those are cats? Why cats?

Shinya: Who knows.

Fujieda: But isn't it cute?

Kyo: Yup, ...I guess it is.

Kyo likes the hoodie.

Kyo: The design in the back was drawn by the person who is my tattoo artist after I asked.

Fujieda: Why a hoodie?

Kyo: Eh?If its something to use it at home... you can't use a heat pack at home. Only a loony would use a heat pack at home. It's better to just turn on the heating. So it'd be crazy to use heat packs at home.

Kyo: and then you also won't use the pass case. And no use for the travel pouch at home nor the sticker...

Fujieda: What about the tote bag? Shinya is using it, for his shoes etc.

Shinya: I'm using it. I didn't bring it today though.

"In an old interview you said that because you couldn't afford to stay in a hotel you slept in the car and thought of sleeping position like yoga, what kind of position was it?"

Kyo: I said that?

Takabayashi: In a magazine interview I think? Didn't you said you didn't stay in a hotel?

Kyo: Saying I slept in the car, it must have been when traveling?

Kyo: You're sitting, right? There's someone next to you so totally no space. Saying it's like yoga, so like this, your head goes down and your legs go up, kinda have to turn around

Shinya: I thought then Kyo had a great idea, when I tried it, it was comfortable.

Kyo: I've put a plastic box in the legs and used it for my head, rose my legs, like L shape.

Fujieda: Is that really comfortable?

Kyo: Yup.

Takabayashi: There won't be any swelling, if you raise your legs.

Kyo: But in the past, when we got to the venue I was in that position some fan suddenly opened our car's door. I was so upset she saw the L shape position.

Fujieda: It's also hard to believe someone would just suddenly open your car door.

"How do you like your meat cooked?"

Kyo: rary rare

Fujieda: You mean to grill it only a little bit? Like sizzle siz..done?

Kyo: Yup.

Fujieda: How about you Shinya?

Shinya: Medium rare.

Kyo: You don't eat Yukhoe? (*dish similar to tartare steak)

Kyo: Isn't it rary rare?

Shinya: But that's special.

"A song you just hum"

Kyo: the '♪gohan ga susumu gohan ga susumu♪' one

"Do you look at the needle when you get an injection?"

Kyo: Fixedly. I also watch when I'm getting tattooed.

"You should know that ZARAME DONUTS bacon donuts will come back, so don't worry."

Kyo: .......? What? How do you know that?

Fujieda: When we were in Nagoya we got told the same. That for now they are gone but they will be available again.

Kyo: Uhm... Who are they? Why do they know this? Are you the shop's spy or something??

"A vegetable you like"

Kyo: what spring veg are there?

Fujieda: Bamboo shoots and so on.

Kyo: Bamboo shoots!

"What are you into right now."

Kyo: Sneakers and Bugs Bunny.

Fujieda: Batsu Bani?!

Kyo: Batsu Bani lol

Fujieda: What's that? Batsu Bani?

Kyo: It's a character...

Fujieda: Eh? Do you know it?

Takabayashi: Of course.

Fujieda: Batsu Bani... I have no idea. I didn't bring my phone so I can't check... What kind of character is it?

Kyo: I said.

Fujieda: Baksu Bani?? ...ah! Bunny! It's a rabbit?

"What fabric softener do you use?"

Shinya: No preference. Something smooth

Takabayashi: Not the pods?

Shinya: No. Water... should rather say liquid.

Takabayashi: I'll look for it next time.

Kyo: Any softener would be okay for me, but there's Fafa, isn't the bear super cute? Have you seen that commercial? Where the bear falls on the towels. It's very cute. Watch it. It's on the net. It makes me feel better even when I'm irritated.

Fujieda: So at the moment you like two characters, FaFa bear and Bugs Bunny.... !!! Bugs Bunny! You meant Bugs Bunny!

Kyo: You finally got it 😆

#dir en grey #kyo #京 #shinya #talk event #爆音会 #目黒鹿鳴館gig #translation

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topazadine · 2 years ago

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So to psyche myself up for this fic, let me headcanon a bit about Ichigo. Then maybe I can actually get into his character.

Being a caretaker is exhausting. You feel like you’re always needed, always demanded by someone, but you never get any time for yourself. It has to be even worse when you just have so many damn people who need you and call for you constantly. It makes you stop caring for yourself, makes you stop seeing yourself as anything but “the older brother,” “the caretaker.” Like even in Ichigo’s Kiwame letters, which are supposed to be for and about him, he’s thinking of his brothers, because it’s something you just can’t turn off.

As much as you want help, these people are so precious to you and it’s hard to trust them with anyone else, even for a little while. You feel the need to check up on them and make sure they’re being treated well, that they’re not spoiling their appetite with too many snacks or pestering anyone. Maybe Yagen can be deputy big brother, but it’s still not good enough. You need someone you can rely on to help - someone you can trust. Someone who can be a partner.

So many of the big brother touken come in pairs: there are two uchigatanas or tachis for one or more tanto/wakizashi. Kousetsu and Souza for Sayo; Hachisuka and Nagasone for Urashima; Okurikara and Shokudaikiri for Taikogane. They’ve got support when their younger sibling is being annoying or gets into trouble: someone who they know also loves their sibling just as much and will be there when they have a nightmare in the middle of the night, or when they have a bad day and are crying, or when they’re being petulant and causing problems.

Ichigo doesn’t have anyone. He has Yagen, yes, but he still worries about Yagen too: still sees him as another younger sibling who he needs to care for. And of course, everyone else helps take care of the Awataguchis - reading them stories, keeping the baby tigers in line, finding them stuff to do so they don’t get destructive - but they can also just put that burden down at the end of the day and go do their own stuff. Ichigo can’t. He’s on 24/7, constantly worrying, constantly thinking of others’ needs.

This is part of the reason that while I respect that some people ship Tsurumaru and Ichigo (I respect all ships even if I’m not into it), I personally cannot see it. Tsurumaru’s too childish - he’d just be another person to worry about, another person to who needs saving and protecting. Ichigo wouldn’t be able to turn his mind off and just relax around Tsurumaru, which is exactly what he desperately needs. He needs someone who he is sure has his back and who understands what it feels like to need time for yourself, what it feels like to love someone more than yourself and always put them first, and how exhausting it is.

(This is why I have a particular person in mind for him to get with eventually lmao, but that is to be seen!! the rarest of pairs but it makes perfect sense.)

Another thing is that human parents of children expect them to grow up eventually: to become more independent, to leave the nest. Even - it’s morbid but 100% true - parents of fully dependent children, those with severe illnesses or disabilities, know that one day they just won’t have to deal with it anymore, because one or both of them will die.

Ichigo doesn’t have that. The tantos are going to be tantos forever. FOREVER. Forever and ever he will have 14 people who need him, who never grow up. Can you imagine how fucking existentially devastating that is? Hundreds or thousands of years of always having to be a caretaker. You might get used to it, but that doesn’t make it easier.

This poor man needs help. Ichigo needs an equal: someone mature, settled, responsible, peaceful. If they have shared history - history that Ichigo can’t remember but desperately wants to - all the better.

Another thing is that when you’re tired, when you’re lonely, when you’re stressed out, you start to get resentful of those who have what you want: those who have partners. You start to rationalize behaviors that would otherwise be abhorrent, because you’re on survival mode, which makes you selfish and disinterested in the needs of those who don’t matter to you. This is why desperately single people might lash out at their coupled friends and try to break up their relationships, because misery loves company.

This is also why some people try to partner poach: they’re so lonely, so frustrated, that they start to think they deserve that person more. They start to justify all the reasons why the person they want would be better off with them, all the reasons it’s “not that bad,” because they are just so goddamn lonely, so goddamn stressed out, so eager for something to make them feel better.

It can happen even to the most ethical people. Ichigo is very military coded: you know how many affairs happen in the military? SO MANY. You’re given this stringent code of morals, these big ideals that you have to embody, but you know what? People are human. (Touken are humans in a way too). These codes of honor have no room for normal human weakness and shady morality, so you make room for it, in secret - even if just in your mind.

Loneliness in a room full of people, emptiness in a crowded place, a sense that you’re smothered by love but actually don’t have any at all. You’re pouring from an empty cup and more than ANYTHING you want someone to fill it for you. Someone to put you first for once.

Those negative emotions can do very strange things to the very best people. In fact, it’s almost worse in those who have strong ethics, because then they feel like shit for even thinking these things even if they don’t act on them.

Very explosive potential.

#Single Mom of 14 Ichigo Hitofuri #anyway all this is to say that Ichigo is going to try to scratch Tsurumaru's eyes out #and it's gonna be delicious

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recurring-polynya · 3 years ago

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[Renji birthday] Hey, hi. What about Orihime does smt to surprise Renji for his birthday, a thank-you him helping her at New Year celebration? Include fireworks that Renji secretly enjoys? Thanks. Anything (fic, hcs, sketch..) is fine.

I’m sorry this is late, but it’s still the Renji - Orihime Birthday Weekend, so I think it’s okay!

I love the idea of the Renji - Orihime BroTP, but somehow it’s so hard for me to write, I always do a bunch of false starts or get stuck. For this round of prompts, I was trying to do the ones that inspired me the most and I liked the idea a lot more than I had ideas, if you get my drift. Anyway, I love them both too much, though, so I muscled through.

I’m sorry if this is a little ramble-y and quite silly and I didn’t manage to squeeze in fireworks (I’ve written several fireworks scenes in the past and didn’t want to repeat myself), but what it is is four thousand words long. Also, I managed to remember that Kon exists, this is possibly the first time I have ever put Kon in anything. I hope you like it!

Read on ao3 or ff.net

🎁 🎈 🎊

“Inoue,” Renji hissed. “Why am I here?”

Orihime took a quick step backwards as Keigo ran past, screaming. Ryo followed a second later, also screaming. Renji, who had served at Squad 11 for many years, managed to leap out of the way just in time. “It’s Ichigo’s birthday party,” Orihime explained. “He wanted you to come.”

“It’s not though,” Renji pressed. “It’s Arisawa’s birthday, and we’re at Arisawa’s house. I don’t think Arisawa even knows who I am.”

“Yes, she does, silly,” Orihime replied. “I told her lots of stories about you and she said she wanted you to come. There’ll probably be a football match later, and Ichigo told her we could have you on our team, as long as he got Rukia.”

“I got hauled in all the way from Soul Society for football?” Renji asked, sounding not-at-all upset about this.

“No, I told you! Ichigo wanted you to come.”

“But it’s not his birthday.”

“But it is his party. He and Tatsuki share, you see, because their birthdays are so close and they have all the same friends. It’s Tatsuki’s year to host the big friend party. Ichigo just had a little family party on his actual birthday.”

“Ohhhhh,” Renji replied, finally understanding. He nodded for a moment. “What’s a family party?”

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Orihime cleared her throat, and tapped her in her palm. “Thank you all for coming to this very important meeting.”

Chad, Ichigo, and Tatsuki were all crammed together on Orihime’s couch. Rukia sat on the arm, next to Chad, Kon in her lap. Uryuu sat in Orihime’s desk chair, which she had hauled in from her room.

Orihime thwapped her pointer against the large pad of paper on an easel that she had borrowed from the Student Health Advisors Club. On the first page, she had drawn a large picture of Renji and written his name. “It has come to my attention that Our Friend Renji has never had a Family Birthday Party.”

“Quick question--” Tatsuki interrupted. “Is he wearing a… fur bolero in that picture? And is the bone dragon an actual thing or just...Orihime artistic spice?”

“It’s a cowl,” Rukia said, at the same time as Chad said, “It’s a stole,” and Uryuu said “It’s a capelet.”

“Thank you, that cleared up nothing,” Tatsuki replied.

“It’s his bankai form,” Ichigo said, grumpily. “His sword turns into a giant flying snake skeleton that screams like a pterodactyl. It’s super sick and he let me ride on it twice and that cape thing is really soft, actually, but he says it gets hot. As far as I know it has nothing to do with his birthday.”

“Er, no, I just got carried away while I was drawing,” Orihime admitted. “Your bankai is very cool, too, Kurosaki-kun.”

“Got it, right,” Tatsuki nodded, sounding very much like she just wanted to move on. “He doesn’t have a family?”

“I think you’re worrying over nothing, Orihime,” Rukia said, sounding a teensy bit defensive. “Many people in Soul Society don’t have families. If there’s anyone in Soul Society who’s good at scraping up friends to spend a holiday with, it’s Renji. Everyone likes him. Half the Gotei turns up at the bar for his birthday parties.”

“I know that,” Orihime said quietly. “I know that because last New Year’s, when I was lonely, he played badminton with me, even though he was very, very hungover and pretending like he wasn’t, and then he went and rounded up all my friends in the middle of the night, and before he left, he told me there was nothing wrong with making your own holiday. But family birthdays are different! Family birthdays are about the people who love you most doing special things, just for you!” Orihime set her jaw. “When I was little, Sora always tried to make my birthdays super special! We didn’t have a lot of extra money, but he would take the day off just to spend it with me and we would go to the park or watch movies or he would let me paint his nails and braid his hair. He would take a picture of me and put it in my special birthday album with my height and weight and current favorite food.” Orihime’s mouth snapped shut. Everyone was staring at her. She’d said too much, just like she always did. Her cheeks started to burn.

“When I was little,” Ichigo suddenly said, a little bit too loud, “my mom told us that we could have whatever we wanted for dinner on our birthdays. One year, I…” he paused, his eyes darting over to Tatsuki. “I had just seen Kiki’s Delivery Service, and I was obsessed with that fish and pumpkin casserole the old lady makes?”

Orihime gasped, and clapped her hands over her mouth.

Uryuu rolled his eyes. “Who wasn’t, Kurosaki?”

Ichigo snorted, but his shoulders relaxed a little. “Anyway, it took her most of the day, and I think she must’ve gotten really frustrated at some point because me and my sisters got sent over to Tatsuki’s house so the Old Man could help her. It came out kind of lumpy and huge, but it was delicious, it was exactly what I had imagined it would taste like.”

“I remember that thing,” Tatsuki added. “She made us come over for dinner because there was so much of it. It was incredible.”

“We didn’t do Birthday Dinners for a few years after she died,” Ichigo said slowly. “But then after Yuzu got good at cooking, she said she wanted to try doing it again. My dad really likes the Godfather movies and he always used to ask for spaghetti for his birthday, which it turns out isn’t that hard to make. Karin and me helped out, and we’ve been doing it again ever since. We don’t usually do fancy stuff, it’s just nice to get to pick.”

“Ichigo made me omurice on my birthday and let me use his body to eat it!” Kon announced.

“You didn’t have to tell everyone that,” Ichigo stammered, turning pink. “It’s the only thing I’m good at making.”

“My abuelo always used to sing Las Mañanitas on my birthday,” Chad put in. “First thing in the morning. Sometimes he would come into my room and wake me up. Sometimes I would come down for breakfast and he would be there, with his guitar. He wouldn’t even say ‘good morning’ until he’d sung Las Mañanitas.”

Orihime’s spirits lifted a little. “See? That’s exactly what I’m talking about!”

Rukia crossed her arms over her chest. “Renji gets up at the crack of dawn. I’m certainly not going over to his place to sing at him while he mixes up his horrible protein beverages.”

“Well, it wouldn’t have to be exactly that,” Orihime went on. “I just thought, since his birthday was coming up in a few weeks, maybe we could throw him a party here, in the World of the Living that was… I don’t know… a little more heartfelt than just going out drinking.”

“I think that’s a very thoughtful idea, Inoue,” Uryuu said.

“Oh! I was worried you wouldn’t want to help, because… you know.”

“I had a row with Ryuuken last week,” Uryuu sniffed. “I’m honestly in the mood to do something nice for a shinigami. Besides, it’s Abarai, he doesn’t really count anymore.” He paused for a moment. “You either, of course, Kuchiki.”

“You wanna have it at my house?” Ichigo offered. “Since me and Tatsuki are the only ones with backyards, and I don’t imagine Tatsuki would want to explain this to her mom.”

“I appreciate that,” Tatsuki put in. “I can help though, if you want. In my family, we like to decorate, and I still have a bunch of streamers and balloons left over from last week.” She gestured at Orihime’s drawing. “We could probably make him a banner or something out of that. It’s pretty good!”

“Oh, that’s such a good idea!” Orihime exclaimed. She should have known her friends would be helpful. She flipped to a new page on her notepad, and began to write things down.

“I can help decorate!” Kon piped up. “I am very artistic, you know!”

“I can bring my guitar,” Chad offered. “I don’t know if Abarai wants to hear me sing…”

Ichigo shoved him in the shoulder. “Shut up. We always want to hear you sing and you never do. If Renji doesn’t want to hear you sing, he’s got no taste and also, he can suck it.”

Rukia rubbed her forehead, like she felt a headache coming on. “Renji goes to all his friends’ poetry readings and community theater and open mic nights. I am sure he would be overjoyed to be serenaded by Chad.”

“What about you, Uryuu?” Orihime asked. “I know you and your father don’t get along, but is there anything that you associate with feeling special on your birthday?”

Uryuu’s face contorted for a moment. “Ah, there is, but I’m sure it’s not helpful.”

“Maybe it will give us an idea,” Chad prodded.

Uryuu frowned. “Well, when I was very small, my mother used to make me a new kimono every year. She was… a very skilled seamstress.” He frowned. “I don’t have Abarai’s measurements, and besides, he couldn’t take it back to Soul Society anyway.”

Kon perked up. “Ichigo! Ichigo, are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Ichigo jabbed a finger Uryuu. “Yuzu just got a bedazzler and she has a ton of t-shirt paint! We could bedazzle him a t-shirt! For his gigai! I’ll even keep it in my closet for him with all of Rukia’s crap!”

“Kurosaki, no,” Uryuu insisted.

“Kurosaki, yes,” Ichigo insisted. “It’s like you’ve never even met the man. I’m gonna make the most Renji t-shirt you’ve ever seen and he’s gonna love it so hard he’ll make me his new best friend.”

“I want to help,” Chad put in.

“You may,” Ichigo replied magnanimously.

“It was my idea-- whoa, Rukia, watch out!” Kon cried as he went tumbling to the ground.

Rukia was practically crawling over Chad, trying to punch Ichigo in the head. “He’s my best friend, you ass!”

“He is for now,” Ichigo replied ominously.

“You are my beloved protege, but I will end you, Kurosaki.”

“Kuchiki-san?” Orihime asked tentatively. “Do you think you could come up with a way to get him to come here? I think it should be a surprise, so you would probably have to make up a story...I understand if you don’t want to.”

Rukia looked up from where she was half-hanging over Chad’s shoulder. “Of course I can do that. I love lying to Renji. He can usually tell when I’m lying to him, but he’ll go along with whatever I say anyway.”

“Oh, good!” Orihime replied, a wave of relief washing over her. She had no idea how they would get Renji here otherwise. Mr. Urahara, maybe. Maybe.

Rukia’s brows creased as she rearranged herself to sit on the back of the couch between Chad and Ichigo. “Did you think I would say no?”

“Well… it didn’t seem like you thought this was a very good idea.”

Rukia’s cheeks colored and she waved her hands. “No, no! It’s not that at all! I think it’s a great idea! It’s really sweet of all of you. Renji’s so easy-going, people always… never mind! I’ll help however I can!”

“Try to find out what meal he might like,” Uryuu suggested. Kon was now sitting on his head. “That sounded nice and I can help cook.”

“That’s a no-brainer,” Rukia replied. “He hasn’t stopped talking about Chad’s burritos since the Advance Team mission ended.”

“Burritos are easy,” Chad agreed, “especially if Uryuu helps.”

“What about you, Rukia?” Tatsuki asked. “You have a brother, right? What do you do for family birthdays in Soul Society?”

Ichigo made a Big Yikes face, and Rukia shoved him in the head again. Orihime had stayed with the Kuchiki siblings when she was training in Soul Society, and while Byakuya could be pretty stiff, she was under the impression that he and Rukia were both working to have a better relationship.

“Kuchiki birthdays are very formal,” Rukia said regally, and then frowned. “Mostly, a bunch of Honored Relatives come over for dinner and you have to wear fancy clothes and it’s kind of a pain.” She thought for a moment. “Brother gave me a beautiful set of colored pencils for my last birthday. It’s hard to buy him presents, because he’s so particular and he usually just buys the things that he wants. He writes a lot of letters, though, so I went to my favorite stationery store and bought him some pretty paper I thought he would like. I figured that if I picked wrong, he could just use it to send letters to people he hates.” Rukia’s eyes softened. “He really liked it, actually. I guess he’s not very used to getting gifts that people have spent any time thinking about.”

“Thoughtful gifts are such a nice idea!” Orihime nodded eagerly.

“It’s hard, though,” Uryuu added, “because of the whole matter conversion issue.”

“What,” Ichigo bit off, “is not thoughtful about a t-shirt covered in rhinestones?”

“If all of you help me think of something, I will buy it for him back in Soul Society,” Rukia promised. “Not sunglasses, though. I already bought him sunglasses.”

“Isn’t his birthday, like a month away?” Ichigo frowned.

“Sometimes I plan ahead! Shut up!” Rukia scowled. “Brother and I also like to make each other cards. Brother is an amazing artist, obviously, mine hardly compare to his, but he is very gracious about my efforts.”

“Oh, that’s a wonderful idea, Rukia!” Orihime agreed, writing down “cards” on her notes. She looked over her list. “I think this is shaping up to be a very good birthday!”

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“Thanks for agreeing to come along,” Rukia said to Renji when he showed up at her front door on the morning of August 31. “How’s your head?”

“I feel great, but I hydrate tirelessly and also, I wasn’t the one who got into a drinking contest with Captain Komamura. How’s your head?”

“I don’t want to talk about it,” Rukia replied.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to just go? I’m sure I can-- did I read your text right? Ichigo got his soul stuck in Kon’s lion body and we have to go get him out? I… can probably handle that if you need to stay home and sleep it off.”

“Learn to read, oaf. Ichigo got his soul stuck in Kon’s lion body and we are going to laugh at him. Obviously, I wouldn’t miss that for anything.”

“Ahhhh, okay, that makes a lot more sense!”

“C’mon, we should get moving before Orihime takes pity on him or something.” She waved him inside. “Don’t worry, Brother said it was fine to use the family senkaimon.”

“Ah, good morning, Captain!” Renji said, his voice bright with nervous energy.

Rukia turned around and blinked. Sure enough, Byakuya was looming in the foyer. He had definitely not been in the entry thirty seconds ago.

“Good morning, Lieutenant,” Byakuya replied. “How delightful to see you in my house on a Sunday morning.”

“Brother, we talked about this,” Rukia pressed. “We had a whole discussion.”

Byakuya ignored her and plowed on. “I did not expect to see you today, but since you are here, I have something for you.” He held out a handsome, hardcover book. Gingerly, Renji accepted it and frowned at the cover. “It is the next book in the Tales of the Iron Army series,” Byakuya explained. “You are a fan of that series, are you not?”

Renji’s mouth gaped a little. “This isn’t… out… yet…”

“The publisher is an acquaintance of mine,” Byakuya said, looking off into the middle distance. “He offered me an advance copy, so I asked for two.”

“Uh, um, thanks, sir!” Renji managed.

“Think nothing of it,” Byakuya said stiffly. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am extremely busy this morning.”

Rukia stared, gape-mouthed at the spot where Byakuya had been standing a moment previous. She wasn’t allowed to use shunpo in the house.

“What?” Renji choked out.

“Sometimes people just give him things,” Rukia shrugged, trying to play it off, but secretly fuming. She had told Byakuya that Renji was coming over and to (1) not mention his birthday and (2) not be weird. 0 for 2, Brother.

“Rukia,” Renji reiterated, and when she finally looked over, he was holding up a little slip of cardstock that had apparently been tucked into the front cover of the book. On it was painted a little watercolor Wakame Ambassador. He was wearing a humorous hat. In Byakuya’s immaculate calligraphy were the words ‘Congratulations. You are now older. You will still never defeat me.’ Renji stared at Rukia, as if this were somehow her fault. “W-h-a-t?” he mouthed very slowly and deliberately, no actual sound coming out of his mouth.

“Give me that!” Rukia snapped, grabbing both the book and the card out of his hand. “I told him we were going to the Living World, I don’t know why he couldn’t have given you this when we got back. Mikan!”

Rukia’s loyal maid immediately appeared at her elbow. “Yes, miss?”

Renji blinked. “How does everyone in this house move like that?”

“Hold onto this for Renji until we get back, okay? You can put it with the, um, other stuff.”

“Yes, miss.”

“What other stuff?” Renji asked, a grin tugging at the side of his mouth.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You just said ‘put it with the other stuff’?”

“No, I didn’t.”

“You must have misheard, Lieutenant Abarai,” Mikan added sweetly.

“Maybe you should clean your ears out once in a while, dummy,” Rukia suggested.

“Are we really going to the Living World today, or was it just a ploy to get me over here?” Renji asked, doing a double take when he realized that Mikan had disappeared again.

“We’re really going!” Rukia protested, marching into the bowels of the house. “‘A ploy’, ha! You wish.”

“It is my birthday,” Renji pointed out, sounding a little suspicious.

“And we had your birthday party last night! What more do you want?”

“Nothing, actually! Very good birthday, as birthdays go!” He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. “Thanks for coming, by the way.”

Rukia rolled her eyes. “As if I wouldn’t come.”

Renji shrugged. “Well…you didn’t, for a long time. And those weren’t as fun. So thanks. For coming.”

Rukia opened her mouth and then closed it again. She didn’t know what to say to that.

Fortunately, Renji had a keen instinct for changing the subject when things got awkward. “Were you there when Rangiku’s boob fell out? She says that since it was the right one, it’s a sign that this is going to be an auspicious year for me.”

“I did! I was talking to Momo and we were basically at Ground Zero when it happened! I can’t believe Hisagi was in the restroom.”

“He’s probably still sobbing about it.”

They continued to recap the best parts of the party as they traveled through the senkaimon and picked up their gigai from Urahara’s, but there was something nagging at Rukia, something that had been nagging at her ever since Orihime, with her giant, squishy heart, had suggested that Renji deserved something better on his birthday, something which Rukia knew was unequivocally true.

“Oi, Renji,” she said suddenly as they turned onto Ichigo’s street. Renji was in the middle of a story about Iba’s sideburns, but she’d heard it before, and they both knew he was only telling it to fill the time.

“Eh?” he replied.

“I, uh, I just wanted to say, I’m sorry that our birthdays were so shitty growing up,” she said quickly. “Sorry in the sympathy sense, not the guilt sense. We were just kids, it’s not like there’s much more we could have done. Just... it sucked and it’s not fair and I’m sorry.”

Renji was staring at her with a look of mild horror on his face. “You thought our birthdays sucked?”

Rukia stared back at him. “They weren’t great, that’s for sure.”

Renji’s face fell a little. “Oh. I’m sorry you feel that way. We… we did try, you know. I remember stealing blankets for your birthday, to make sure we had enough for all of us. We always used to try to make sure we had something to eat that day, too.”

Rukia flushed. “I wasn’t talking about me, dummy!” She paused. “You did? Crap. Now I feel even worse.”

“My birthday’s in August,” Renji shrugged. “We didn’t need to worry about freezing our asses off. And we almost always managed to do something fun that day. Going fishing or making a bonfire or lying on the roof and looking at the stars.” Renji gave a rueful little chuckle. “You know, it’s fun when everyone gets together to get smashed on my birthday, but there are so many people and you can hardly hear what anyone is saying. Those old days… I dunno. I guess maybe they just felt a little more personal. When we were here on Tatsuki and Ichigo’s birthday, Orihime was telling me about family birthdays, and I think our old birthdays were a lot like that. Just some nice time spent with the people I like best.”

“You’re such a sap,” Rukia said, trying to keep her voice from wobbling.

“Like you didn’t know that,” Renji snorted. “I’m definitely gonna give Ichigo a hard time, but I’m actually kinda glad he managed to pull this bonehead move on my actual birthday. It’s a good excuse to come see him, and I got to spend a little quality time with you, to boot. Was kinda nice to see the captain, actually, even though he made a quick exit.” Renji sucked his teeth for a moment. “After we get Ichigo sorted, I don’t ‘spose you’d mind taking a little stroll around town and seeing what the other kids are up to today?”

Rukia had her hand on the gate that led to the Kurosaki back yard. “That… could probably be arranged.” She pushed the gate open.

“SURPRISE!”

Confetti filled the air. Someone was blowing an air horn. Everyone (except Uryuu) was wearing very bedazzled t-shirts. Even Kon, sitting on Chad’s shoulder, wore a tiny one with an even tinier lion on it.

“Happy birthday, Renji!”

“Happy birthday, you old geezer!”

“We made you burritos!”

Rukia looked up at Renji. He had one hand clapped over his mouth and his eyes were wide. “Happy birthday, dumbass,” she said softly.

“Excuse me, I will be right back,” Renji said, turning on his heel and walking out the gate.

Orihime’s eyes went wide. “Oh, no! What did we do?”

Rukia held up her hands. “Just give him a second, he’s fine.”

The Karakura kids barely had time to exchange worried glances when Renji burst back in through the gate, at full volume. “What the Hell is this?” he roared. “And where did you get those t-shirts?”

“We made them!” Ichigo shouted back, and thrust a poorly wrapped bundle into Renji’s hands. “We made you one, too!”

Renji enthusiastically tore open his present and held up its contents. “Rukia,” he gasped. “Rukia, look.”

“Chad drew the Hihiou Zabimaru,” Ichigo explained proudly. “I was the one who wrote ‘OH YEAH!!’”

“It’s so beautiful,” Renji sniffed. “Here, Rukia, hold this!” He shoved the shirt into Rukia’s arms and immediately began to wrestle off the one he was currently wearing.

“Uh… buddy…” Tatsuki frowned, trying to throw her hand up in front of Orihime’s eyes, but also unable to tear her eyes away. “That is… a lot… of tattoos…”

“It’s okay, we’ve all seen it,” Orihime reassured her, pushing Tatsuki’s hand away.

“Never mind seeing it again,” Kon added philosophically.

“How does it look?” Renji asked, once he’d gotten dressed again. He was flexing his biceps for good measure.

“It’s a little tight,” Rukia replied, but it didn’t stop her from looking.

“That’s how hot people wear their clothes, Rukia,” Ichigo informed her. “Get with it.”

“I love this so much!” Renji declared, looking down at his own torso again. “I can’t believe you all made this for me. I am so happy!”

“Brace yourself, Abarai,” Uryuu said, “but this is about 1% of the birthday festivities Orihime planned for you.”

Orihime’s cheeks turned pink and she waved her hands frantically. “Everyone chipped in, I hardly did anything!”

“We know you don’t like cake, so we put a candle in a burrito for you,” Ichigo said, jerking his thumb toward the picnic table. “Come sit in front of it, so Chad can sing you your birthday song.”

“We saved you the lawn chair without any wobbly legs,” Kon added generously.

On his way past, Renji slung his arm around Orihime’s shoulders. “Thanks, kid,” he murmured.

Orihime looked up at him. “You’re our friend and I just wanted you to know how special we think you are on your birthday.”

Renji stared at her for a moment, an expression on his face like he wasn’t sure how to make words come out. Suddenly, he tightened his elbow around his neck and crashed the knuckles of his other hand fiercely into her scalp. “I love all of you, too!” he laughed.

“You can’t noogie Orihime!” Ichigo and Tatsuki yelled at the same time, and promptly tripped over each other in an attempt to tackle him. Uryuu flung a pinecone at Renji’s head. With his typical perfect aim, it would have been a direct hit, except that Kon had leapt from Chad’s shoulder directly into its trajectory and got beaned in the face instead.

Orihime was laughing and shouting “That tickles, that tickles!” Renji was cackling. Chad stood, dumbfounded, his guitar hanging around his neck.

“Rukia… avenge us…” Ichigo groaned from the ground.

“On one hand, it’s his birthday and Renji should get to noogie whomever he wants,” Rukia declared loftily. “On the other hand, Orihime is a precious angel. On the third hand, suck it, Abarai!”

She launched herself at him.

#renji's birthday 2k21 #my writing #please excuse my kon liberties #i've read too many murderlight fics

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