#this is really embarassing to Renji

[tae-shimura-is-my-wife]

I'm glad I'm not the only who hates R*nRuki more than Ich*Hime. Orihime is my fave girl but IH itself is kinda bland but at least Ichigo only hurt Ori while he lost control of his Hollow form. What's R*nji's excuse for hurting Rukia? I may prefer IR to IH but I'd rather IR be platonic away from abusive toxic R*nji than Rukia be married to said abuser.

Oh more people like me exist yay!

Yeah, my main problem with I//H is blandness and how Ichigo is kinda indifferent with her.

Renji excuse is being a coward, that's it, plain and simple. And it annoys me how they're friends since childhood, but if it wasn't for Ichigo, Renji probably would've seen her being killed in front of his eyes meanwhile doing anything! He loves her so much, to the point he can't even TRY to protect Rukia? What the hell? Actually, he never tried to understand her, neither did anything for her, so why would Rukia marry with someone like that? It's literally out of her character, just saying.

About the abuser thing, i don't know if i can talk too much about it, since i would be a huge hypocrite for criticizing R//R for that aspect.

[v-67]

Finally watched part two of the Thousand year blood war arc : The separation

I'd been procrastinating w it because I wanted to watch it after it was fully released, the part two, but then I waited too long and yeah, i waited too long

And I finally watched it today

I had to watch the part one again because I didn't wanna play the guessing game about what's happening/etc, So I watched the whole thing again :3

....

The separation really separated us from Ichigo in this arc, didn't really get to see much of him.

But the battles, the soundtrack, the techniques, THE STORY, THE CONNECTION, THE ANIMATION, IT'S SO GOOOOD.

The mystery deepens about the connection between Yhwach and the soul King's relation.

Also the fight between the Squad zero and Yhwach and his sternritters, and Uryu (don't wanna count him w them tbh), THE FIGHT IS SO CRAZY GOOD🥹🥹🥹

Idk what Uryu is thinking but I sense a lot of plot twists in the future.

I swear I love watching Bleach. I can't wait for the next season to be released. And when it starts releasing, I'll have to wait again because I don't wanna watch episodes weekly(breaks down the rush I feel slightly)🥲

But seriously. The way it takes us on this unpredictable journey, it's crazy good.

The powers, the techniques, the portrayal of those techniques. Everything is so beautifully accurate, and so perfectly portrayed. LOVE it.

Also the BANKAI and the additional zones to them are 🤌🤌🤌🤌

Also also, I'm not okay with something happening to Hitsugaya🥲, Matsumoto, the musician guy (V cool Bankai), and Muguruma, I hope Kurotsuchi somehow heals them because in no way I'm ready for them to die.

Also it was so nice to see Urahara and Yoruichi🥹❤️ (I mean I know Urahara is there in every arc, and is a very crucial character, but it's just, I'm watching it after so long and it's so nice to see all of them, plus I didn't see Yoruichi throughout and she finally comes in the later episodes) and also Ukitake (I'm confused about the eye thing though, i don't remember that) (no one tell me, I'll figure out)

Also special mention to : Byakuya (loved the way he interacts with Rukia in the latest arc, love his Bankai), Rukia (she's so beautiful in that Bankai but that Bankai is dangerous fr), Renji (NICE, also when he gets complimented by that Sternritter about his pointy eyebrows and that he might have good taste, funny lol), Madarame, Ayasegawa (he got called fugly by that guy he killed in the ig and how he loses his temper again😭😭), Hirako (HIS BANKAI SO COOL, Ep 3), Kyoraku (I missed him), Zaraki( AHHHH I LOVE THIS GUY, his fight with the imagination guy was sooooo Cool), Akon (doing god's work in the tough times lol), Hisagi (the 69 guy, why they portray him so weak idk), Sajin(felt bad for him fr, but the Bankai was noiceeeee), Kon (for giving us those random snippets in the end, where they had to get undressed and Rukia can't help but get worried about Byakuya having to go through the same embarassment, cute lol, you know this means that Ichigo went through that too)

Also side note but I really like Nimaiya. He's so cool and unhinged and random. Is nice.

The only question I have honestly is why'd they dress up Orihime like this, like, it's just, weird. No hate, but what is this😭😭😭

Also, snippets of Ichigo because I've missed him soooooo much.

Ichigo blushing🤌☀️

[weird-dere-writes]

The ending of this cour feels great but we all know that won’t be lasting long lmao. It’s not over yet rip. Get to watch the last few episodes in dub when they come out and then it’s waiting for cour three.

I really did love these fights in the last few episodes!! :3

AUGH AND THEY BROUGHT BACK ILLUSTRATED SHINIGAMI PICTURE BOOK TOO? WHAT A TREAT!!

Kinda wish it were fully animated like before but animators have been working hard enough as it is so I understand uwu.

Senjumaru is such a queen btw, did I mention that? She is so fucking cool I love her so goddamn much.

BUT HEKDUDKDHDICUD. LEARNING FROM THE PICTURE BOOK THAT SHE STRIPS DOWN EVERYONE THAT WENT AND TRAINED AT THE ROYAL PALACE TO MEASURE THEM? AND THAT IT WAS MAD EMBARASSING FOR EVERYONE PLEEEASASSSEEEE.

We know Rukia and Renji’s experience thanks to the picture book, and we knew Byakuya would be going soon lmao. I really wanna know what that was like for him. Something tells me he wasn’t as embarrassed as those two for some reason lol.

BUT IMAGINING THAT ICHIGO HAD TO GO THRU THAT AFTER THE END OF THE IRAZU SANDO??? LMAO MY POOR BBY. I KNOW HE WAS FUCKING DYING DAWG AND IM CACKLING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT I NEED TO KISS HIM.

HWJDUDKDKRNKDFHJENEKDHEJDHDUDJE

[opscurus]

( @wild-pineapple-butt // ask )

A trip, together with Ichigo. One that they both desperately needed and deserved after long stretches of working without taking a proper break. He'd been given clearance to go to the Living World for a short period of time, and they'd decided to take a break to the sea. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, where they could just relax, be themselves and simply enjoy each other's presence. Without the burden of saving the world falling on their shoulders. Especially Ichigo.

So here they were, on their way to the beach, with Ichigo at the wheel. It was nice, to see his lover in a setting that didn't require the other to be on the battlefield, his face relaxed and not set in that usual scowl of his.

He leans over, pressing a small kiss to Ichigo's cheek when they were stopped at a red light. It'd been so long since they'd had some time together. Sure, they had some occasional visits here and there, but they were always short in nature and never could he fully relax. But here - they were free to do just about anything.

His hands ruffle the other's hair, then cupping his cheek, fingertips trailing down to lean collarbones, down a sculpted chest .... Renji wanted to keep on going. But this was dangerous - he didn't want to distract Ichigo who was driving, but ugh! It'd just been much too long since they had time to be truly intimate with each other and take the time to enjoy it without hurrying.

Just a little more - his fingertips trace over Ichigo's belly button, where he felt the rise and fall of his tummy as he breathed... just a little bit lower... His fingers barely barely tracing over Ichigo's length, feeling the outline of it through his pants - how he wanted to just cup him and stroke him, feel his hot throbbing length in his large hands, but he'd refrain.

They would have plenty of time once they got to the resort, and Renji would make sure that they would enjoy each other to the fullest.

Driving the vehicle hadn’t been as bad as he thought it was, and he glad that Renji had suggested the get away to have some down time. Humming to himself he felt Renji shift and lean toward him from the passenger side, not really worried about anything.

At a stoplight, Ichigo smiled a little as Renji kissed his cheek, stepping on the gas as the light went green, his hands on the steering wheel.  As Renji’s hand moved and Ichigo shifted against it, he was glad that the beach was so close, just a few miles away.

“L-look man, we don’t have much more road to go,” Trying to distract himself from the touches, as they were both wearing open shirts and swim trunks in the car, Ichigo’s breath hitched as Renji’s hand wandered pointedly to grip his swin trunks. His cheeks grew pink and he sucked in air, biting his cheek when Renji finally pulled back and he manuvered the car down the beach road.

He could breathe easy for now, but his body buzzed with want for more touches -- fuck the beach. Luckily they had gotten a beach house to stay in, and Ichigo was going to make a beeline for it as soon as they parked, Renji could set their reservation.

“W-we’re here now.” He panted as he tried to not get a hard on just from the touches while driving. It was clear Ichigo needed this as he grabbed his and Renji’s bags, hopping out of the car his flip-flops hitting the lot a bit too fast. “I’ll see you in the room!!” He said and hurried across the sand to navagate the way to the room -- but he was lacking keys. Blushing furiously and holding the bags against himself, Ichigo was totally embarassed. He now had to wait for Renji to get there with the room key...

[wild-pineapple-butt]

A soft gasp left his lips as she stalked closer once more, his eyes following her every movement. Pressing his lips together as to avoid any more suspicious noises that might leave his lips. Except that plan went to shit, when her fingertips danced along the hem of his hakama, prompting a slight squeak from him.

It was... odd. He knew how attractive Rangiku was. He wasn't dumb. He'd overhear people talking about her, but he just hadn't been interested. To him, she was a close friend - one that he never really looked at any other way.

Yet, with her standing so close, her fingertips dancing so dangerously close to areas he'd never had anyone touch before... his perception was starting to skew a bit. If this was merely lust, he knew he had to stop right here, right now. But as their bare skin made contact, he sucked in a breath, finding it hard to stop there.

"I... did," he admitted, too shameful to make eye contact with her. Renji didn't know what purpose it served to show her just how far his tattoos went, other than knowing that he just wanted to. His mind was muddled right now, her sweet scent and teasing fingertip making him dizzy.

With newfound courage, he reached and grasped her wrist. "If... if ya ask, I wouldn't mind showin' ya," he whispered, his face still turned away. There was no doubt he was bright red now. It was taking all of his willbeing not to scream into the void, from embarassment.

If she hadn’t been watching him exercise all morning, she would have chalked the clamminess of his palm to nervousness – and perhaps, a bit of it was – since she could practically feel the nervous energy radiating from him. Her steps halted at the hold and his exclamation. Fumbling through his thoughts she couldn’t help but feel the corner of her lips tick upwards in an amused smile. This was part of his charm. Afterall, she had watched him charge assuredly into danger, into battle – but try and talk to a (very) pretty girl, one he knew very well too boot – all the confidence he carried, gone.

She’d save him the embarrassment of chuckling as he stumbled through his thoughts, his explanations – at his offer. Still, as it crossed his lips, she couldn’t help feeling that her smile had shifted into a sultry smirk. Her pale gaze lingered a tad lower once more tracing the outline of his tattoos till they vanished behind the fabric of his uniform.

Half a step brought her closer to him once more, gaze lifting to glance up as her smile returned, nearly demure as if they were merely discussing the weather. Maybe she had approached him too strongly, returning to the comfortability they had as friends might help with Renji regaining a some of his confidence.

“Did you want me to ask to see them?” Another half step brought her close to him again, featherlight fingertips rested lightly upon his abdomen, just above the waistline of his hakama. There was tentative quizzical tilt of her head ever so slightly to one side, “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was curious…” Her head tilted forward; blonde locks cascaded in a soft curtain as a girlish giggle escaped. One hand rose, purposefully brushing against his bare skin for a brief second before tucking a displaced lock of hair behind her ear. “So, Renji, do they go all the way down…” A mischievous twinkle glimmered in her pale gaze as she lifted it to gaze at him from under her lashes. “And just so we’re clear…I may need proof.”

[broadway-ghoul]

I’m home sick rn and I’ve been binge reading everything I can get my hands on. Including checking all 476 works with the Yomo Renji tag on Ao3...

Ahem

Here are all the kinda Yomo-centric ones, or atleast where he playes a kinda big part.

Popsicles  - nsfw , Yomo/Uta. Uta fucks Yomo into the mattress. First part kinda made me wanna die of second hand embarassment but the ending’s worth it. 7/10

Precious moments - fluff, Yomo and others being adorable. I’ve re-read this so many times and it’s so cute, Hinami bullies Yomo into braiding her hair. 100/10

V. - fluff/angst, five stages of Hikari’s life. Heartbreaking, but so so good. I:Brother, II:Husband, III:Daughter, IV:Son, V:Self. 100/10

Safe Heaven - Haise’s hurt and he follows his instincts. I actually quite like this one. 8/10

A penny for her thoughts - a drabble collection starring Touka. Chap 2 contains most Yomo. 10/10

Gift horses - Uta participates in valentines day, much to everyones annoyance and my amusement. 9/10

Promised land - Touka and Ayato throughout the series. Not my fave but still good. 6/10

Send to - Kaneki tries to send spicy text to Touka, he accidentally sends them to Yomo. Deadass almost had me in tears. 100/10

Hope - Yomo and Ayato have a short conversation at :re when Touka’s away. I waws hoping Ayato would figure it out, but alas. 7/10

:re - unfinnished work but the first chapter can be read as a stand-alone. Sweet and sad at the same time. also Yomo can’t read- 7/10

Tradition - Uta makes something new for Ichika every year. very wholesome. 9/10

Choosing; Being Chosen; Nothing More - Ichika being surrounded by people who love her. Yomo and Ichika and Uta chap 5. Very sweet. 9/10

A storie like this before - Stories about Hikari and Arata. I like it. 6/10

Unmasked - Uta plays therapist for Hide. Not much Yomo but still 5/10

Memento - Yomo hates hit birthday but Uta got him a gift anyway. Holy mother of god, its so bittersweet. 100/10

Vectors - Angst, canon typical content but starring Uta and Yomo, 8/10

Father figure - Arata’s alive, it’s got the grammar of a 10 yo and it’s not really good but Ii’m putting it in anyway. 2/10

Osaka - Kaneki’s blind. Hide and Yomo helps. Its sweet. 9/10

Wouldn’t be so bad - angst, Nishki loses his crap(understandably) and Yomo has to restrain him. 7/10

 Beam - Hide ft. Anteiku Bonding. Hide being the sunshine that he is. 9/10

Hold me closer - there’s only one person who gets to see Yomo greive. Yomo has a mental breakdown and Uta comforts him. 100/10

And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take - Angst, death, Yomo/Uta, this one hurt like a mf. I think this one’s my fave. 200/10.

the truth about presents - the wrapingpaper is determined to make Yomo’s life hell. Yomo/Uta. 9/10

Take me, tease me - nsfw, Yomo/uta. Chap 1 and 3. I like chapter 1 much better than 3. chapter 1 = 10/10.

Glimmer - fluff, Yomo never grew out of his habbit of sitting in high places. 8/10

Welcome home - unfinished, but oh it’s so good. Very sad it’s discontinued. It had so much potential. Human AU! Yomo returnes to Anteiku after 10 years to make amends after he abondoned everyone and everything. 9/10.

The Raven - a poem about our favourite Raven, I know nothing about poetry but I thought it was pretty good. 7/10

The fools journey of fatherhood - discontinued but can be read as multiple short stories, Anteiku gang tries to survive taking care of Kaneki’s child, chap 4 contains the most Yomo. It’s so funny 8/10

Marble Investigator (Amon weighs more than a tree) - Both Amon and Kaneki pass out after their firsrt battle and Yomo carries them both back to Anteiku. Yomo is unbothered by Touka’s rage. 15/10 it’s so funny guys.

Scratches - Yomo fucks up but Uta’s there to take care of him, thankfully. 10/10

Acceptance - Yomo’s perspective on when Haise and the other doves visit :re. sad 9/10

Remain - Yomo fondly remenising about his and Uta’s relationship throughout the years. 8/10

Unfinished buisness - snfw ,Kaneki and Touka get cockblocked by their own child. They give the child to Yomo to babysit so they can fuck in peace. mostly Touka/kaneki smut so 5/10.

snowfall - it’s snowing in the 4th ward, Uta’s inlove with Yomo. 10/10. it was peacefull to read.

Sunshine - Itori/Uta/Yomo. It’s a very well written story, highly recomend. Itori and Uta meeting Yomo and later deciding to bring him into their relationship and how their life goes. Chap 5 can be read as a stand alone but i recomend the whole thing. 9/10

Tangled. - Yomo/Uta being cute. Uta touches Yomos eyes, with permission. 9/10

Christmas - Uta has to dress up as santa because Ichika is getting suspicious as to why uncle Yomo never gets to meet santa. Its so cute help 100/10

Enjoy!~

[recurring-polynya]

Please share your thoughts on Byakuya's evolving opinion of Kurosaki Ichigo. * Eagerly awaiting this TED talk *

So, I have talked at length in the past about how much I love Byakuya’s complete emotional turnarounds regarding his sister (from “I will see you at the execution ground -> Her death is my worst fear) and his lieutenant (throwing him in jail for losing a fight -> embarassing himself at a funeral) but I have not talked much about how his opinions on one Kurosaki Ichigo go from: 

to

So come take a pictorial journey with me!

To be honest, as I was doing this, the biggest surprise to me was that Byakuya isn’t actually that mean to Ichigo. I think the thing is, Ichigo is one of first people Byakuya is a dick to, but that’s just Byakuya, and we aren’t yet used to the viciousness of his shade.

So! First fight! Byakuya and Renji come to arrest Rukia. The worst thing Byakuya does here is to basically not even pay attention, while Renji makes a horse’s ass of himself. I honestly wish Byakuya was into spirit phones, because the only thing that would his attitude toward this debacle even better is if he were playing Candy Crush the whole time. Anyway, eventually he gets bored of Renji’s clownery, beats Ichigo in 0.2 seconds, and unleashes this devastating burn:

I mean, I guess he cut Ichigo’s soul chain, but I feel like this alone would have landed me in intensive care for a day or so.

Anyway, so skipping ahead, the next time B and Ichigo meet is on the bridge to the Penitence Tower. This is shortly after Yamamoto refused to let Byakuya fire his lieutenant for, and I quote, “being a wretch.” I couldn’t find anywhere that Byakuya called Ichigo a name like that, so it’s safe to say that Renji is the current king of Byakuya’s shit list. Byakuya prefers to deal instead with objective facts, like how much worse Ichigo is than himself.

Skipping ahead, I really expected the actual fight at Soukyoku Hill to contain a bunch of name-calling and insults, but once again, he’s fairly civil. Byakuya is truly a master of the backhanded compliment. Someone needs to get my man a Twitter account.

A notable thing about this fight is that at the end, we find out that Byakuya thought the entire ryouka invasion was a personal attack, and also that the reason he doesn’t like Ichigo is because he reminds him of Kaien. And then he falls over.

After B takes a sword in the chest, he apologizes to Rukia and then thanks Ichigo, but it’s not exactly... effusive. I am not sure Ichigo even heard it, because he was busy having his intestines put back in.

Finally, I don’t know why, but it is extremely funny to me that Byakuya shows up to the senkaimon to say good-bye to Ichigo and his pals at the end of the arc, but Komamura is there, too, so maybe Yamamoto ordered all captains to show up and make sure Ichigo actually gets the hell out of Soul Society.

Now, it’s pretty clear that Byakuya’s big change of heart re: Rukia happens sometime between the end of the Soul Society Arc and when he comes to help her out in Hueco Mundo and refers to her as “his pride.” So perhaps, in the same time, his affections have grown toward Ichigo as well?

...not really.

First of all, once again, absolutely transcendent drag, especially the part that B said this, with what I am sure was a straight face, to Rukia and Renji of all people. I also love that Ichigo regards this as “mellowing out.”

At the end of the Lust Arc, when Ichigo is getting ready to go fight Aizen, Byakuya gives him this magnificent “pep talk”, studded with broken glass.

Stop whining and go do your fucking job, Ichigo. Fortunately, this style of pep talk is Super Effective on Ichigo, and he gives Byakuya the Patented Kurosaki Ichigo “I am overcome by my love for my precious friend!” Soft Gaze.

Maybe that’s it! Maybe this is the exact moment that Byakuya is won over by Ichigo! It’s probably not because he immediately starts shit-talking Kenpachi, but it happens sometime before he gives this absolutely bananas speech to Tsukishima in the Fullbringer Arc out of goddamn nowhere.

What? When? How? What just happened?

Rather than conjecture, let’s take a look at one last clip from the TYBW arc, when Ichigo... comes to talk to him while he’s dying? As I say this, I don’t really know why Ichigo went directly to Byakuya as soon as he gets to Soul Society, but here we are.

So, I think I’ve figured out the crux of it, which is that Byakuya, above all else, views it as his duty to protect Soul Society. I think the actual change of heart is directly due to the fact that Ichigo killed Aizen-- an internal threat to Soul Society that the Gotei utterly failed to contain. In retrospect, his “go protect that little town of yours” speech in Hueco Mundo wasn’t quite as belittling as it seems-- he genuinely thinks that we all have specific roles in the world and that to fulfill the duty assigned to you is the noblest aspiration. He respects Ichigo because Ichigo went above and beyond, and saved Byakuya the shame of failing in his duty not once, but twice now (and a third time, if you count his familial duty to Rukia, which I am not entirely sure he does). Anyway, I can def see B lamenting to Renji later how shameful it was to ask Ichigo for help and Renji’s just like, “yeah, dude, that must have sucked, I can’t imagine.”

Anyway, what’s really embarassing is that Ichigo does not answer and just walks away and Byakuya stands in the rain and thirstily thinks about how cool Ichigo is.

My alternative, much more flip explanation for all this is that Rukia and Renji started dating during the timeskip, and Byakuya takes to extolling Ichigo’s virtues at every opportunity, just for the purposes of trolling them, but then he got kinda into it. I firmly believe that, had Rukia started dating Ichigo, Byakuya would have started constantly talking about how great Renji is instead, that’s just the Kind of Guy Byakuya Is.

[ulquiorrapleasecallmetrash]

Renji's Reaction To Falling In Love With Uryu's Male! Cousin Headcanons:

This is a cute request honestly. Awww I hope you like it! Bada  Bing bada boom here it is!😎

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Renji's Reaction To Falling In Love With Uryu's Male! Cousin Headcanons:

- One thing that I think is Renji will be awkward af through all of this. 

-like either way it is awkward with dating in general, man or a woman because I think he is sometimes too oblivious when it comes to love. - This isn't exactly a bad thing!  He doesn't do it out of malicious intent. He just doesn't know what to do haha. - It's pretty cute really. Him blushing around uryu's cousin having no clue why. -His mind is in ovedrive. It basically looks like this: ndjndncijdnsndkd. -Until he thinks of some half-assed reason why he is feeling this way. - "I have a cold." " I just ate that spicy food. " " It it's 90 degees outside! it's really hot.  " " Renji, it's 60 degrees out." "S-shut up! " - Why is he like this? He seems like a confident strong man but deep down but  he is just a shy, awkward man in general. - Everyone can see it and if Uruyu's cousin would spot it and Renji will be a bit self conscious, even though he would think it is cute. - " Don't be so embarassed Renji, I think it is adorable. " "N-no it's not, shut up!" -" If Uruyu's cousins is a major flirt then it's all over for Renji. -like, His shy awkward young days will  come out even MORE. -It's  fun for him and not for Renji. - At first he would think it is weird that he has a crush on Uruyu's cousin. - I mean Renji doesn't hate Uruyu but he just thinks Uryu is a uptight nerd sometimes lol. -But other than that, he doesn't care if he is a Quincy or Uryu's opinions LOL. -But if Renjj and his cousin wants to get a reaction out of Uryu then they will just hug and kiss in front of him. It's hilarious! Imagine that. 😉 -Once they start getting into a relationship there will be a lot of awkwardness. - I canon Renji as being a cute shy bf. He doesn't like to show that he is  but Uryu's cousin  can tell.   - Don't worry, His shell Wil break once Renji is use to dating and realizing that that handsome person, is his boyfriend. -Overall, besides Renjj being the cute shy bf and Once his shell breaks things become easier.😁

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REQUESTS ARE OPEN

[wild-pineapple-butt]

Renji had always been tall - easily towering over most of his peers and now, his colleagues. His face, over the years, had grown more and more rugged, his cheerful demeanor now having set into a permanent scowl. Naturally, his height plus his face easily intimidated people - especially those who he wasn't on familiar terms with. Izuru and Momo always scolded him - saying that he would never make friends with any one if he kept it up. And perhaps, he was okay with that.

He never really thought it was his goal to be on great terms with his team mates, just enough to greet in passing, but that was enough. His goal of getting stronger, and determined to beat a certain someone didn't require a friendly personality - no, it would only hinder it.

Yet, this morning, when a fellow team mate greeted him, he was respectful enough to stop in his steps and gave a greeting back, nodding his head at her. It was a bit uncommon for people to greet him first, and she had even remembered his name! There seemed to be no malice behind her greeting either - like those who wished to make a mockery of him. She looked familiar - perhaps they had shared classes back at the Academy? But he was terrible with names... and he could not remember hers for the life of it.

"Ah.. yea," he nods, sheepishly rubbing his neck in embarassment. "Just Renji's fine. I ain't one really fer formalities and all that. Uhh, sorry but what was yer name again? 'm not really good with names, so ya have t' forgive me... I'll remember it fer next time though."

  Mukuro was never a morning person, even from an early age, when she had no issues sleeping, the attitude and focus she had in the morning hours was never good。 And that mood and ability to function would only decrease as time went on and nightmares became a more frequent thing for her, resulting in a lot less energy in the mornings and maybe a bit more moody。 But she was doing her best to curb that attitude, seeing as there was suppose to be a sense of camaraderie in a squad and she wasn’t going to achieve that by being a bitch first thing in the morning。

  At least this morning, Mukuro seemed to be doing a bit better than most。 She wasn’t super new into this squad but new enough that she wanted to make some good impressions。

「Ah, good morning, Abarai-san, right? It’s nice to meet you,」 Mukuro said with a small smile as she gave a small, polite bow to her head when their paths cross, she recalled him being in some of her classes back at the Academy but they didn’t really get to know each other well then, hopefully now, that’d change。

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[ichirukilover]

I saw that sketch and it legit looks like genderbent renji and orhime. Lmao they get all excited when these kids are literally just ripping off ichiruki, their notp that they say is shit, abusive etc. Anyway im sure theyll have fun being hypocrites by saying these two ugly trolls are ment to be bc theyre human and shinigami but ichiruki are bros bc humans and shinigami arent compatible and males and females can just be fwends ya know uwu 🐸🍵

I always said the kids were like Renjo and Ino/ue and looked bad bc of it so it doesn’t surprise me to hear they look like them, Ichigo/ka is Senna 2.0 after all. Of course they ripping off IchiRuki, I mean IH and RR don’t have anything good so what’s there to take? And Ku/bo really doesn’t know to do any better, he even used Ichiruki’s story for Isshin and masaki, the man revolves around them tbh. Please tell me IH and RR don’t ship the kids, that would be so….embarassing but it also would be so fit for them, “the hypocrisy” fandom.

[kodoku-no-maria]

“I Think I Wanna Merry You”

Ichiruki fanfiction.

@wonderstrevors it’s for you, love

Don’t know what length it will be, here’s a first chapter.

warning: obscene language and probable OOC of all the characters

Also fuck the canon after the last arc timeline.

CHAPTER 1

Kurosaki Ichigo. 24 years old. Eyes - brown, hair - orange. One night I met Kuchiki Rukia, a shinigami, and she changed my life forever. At the age of 16 I died but because of my haritage I could become a shinigami and technically I still can live inside my body. Loopholes, I know. After fighting afterlife beaurocracy, soul eating monsters and powerful psycoes, I went to university (like a normal person) to study Law and got a degree. I was looking forward to the rest of my life: protecting people as much as I can and then when the time comes passing onto the afterlife and protecting people as a shinigami. Which wasn't so far in the future according to the 12th division. You see, in order to beat all those monsters and psychos, I had to become strong, really strong. So strong, in fact, that now my physical body cannot contain my soul for long as it deteriorates at high speed. But I was content with the time I had left and the place in the Soul Society that was waiting for me. I thought I had finally found my peace.

And yet..why? Why do I find myself in this situation? Lying next to Rukia, who by the way looks so carefree in her sleep while I'm agonizing here! This little... being so calm on our....wedding night.

When did it all go wrong?

It all began three weeks ago when my body started to become very weak. To give my body a break from my soul, from time to time I would go to Soul Society and live there for a while. I would also use that as an internship to practice my legal skills and help the shinigami to modernize their legal system. Because they really-really need help with it. Thankfully, Ukitake-san is very good at studying. It took me only bringing him some of my law books (with Urahara's help) and explaining a few things and now he seems to even be better at it than some of the top students that I remember from university.

So it had come time to go to Soul Society again.

- Kurosaki-san, the gates are ready - Urahara-san said with delight

- Yeah, thanks again. I could have contacted Seireitei, but I don't want to inconvinience them more than I already do. And that would take longer....

- Oh, you're very welcome. You know you can always ask me if you need anything. And of course you would want to go there as soon as possible....

- Hm? Why?

-...you'll see - Urahara-san answered in his usual misterious tone so I didn't pay much attention to his words - Well, off you go. Have a pleasant stay...and good luck

When I arrived in Soul Society I immediately got greated by people from the 13th and 12th devisions

- Kurosaki Ichigo! You have finally shown your face! - Kiyone's voice rang through my ears, the strange looking people from the 12th division didn't say anything other than "Hello"

- Kiyone. You guys. Hi. You know you didn't have to come get me. I kinda learned my way around Seiretei a long time ago - that earned me a smile

- We just wanted to make sure you arrived in one piece...

-...Given you decided to go with Urahara-san's gates option - the thorny head guy commented clearly dissatisfied with my choice of "transportation"

- Well, we shouldn't keep you long. Just let the guys check you up and you will be good to go see Kuchiki! - Kiyone made way for the guys from the 12th devision and they for a few minutes surrounded me with some devices, as weird looking as they were. And then as suddenly as they had appeared before me, they were gone. And only Kiyone stood there smiling...beaming actually.

- You're in an awfully good mood today - I smiled at her. It was hard not to when she looked so happy

- Oh, of course I am! You have arrived! And that lifted a huge weight off my shoulders. I mean, I was sooo worried when I heard the news. But deep inside we all knew that it had to be you. Ooohh we're all so happy that it is you.

To say that confused the hell out of me would be putting it mindly

- Wait-wait, Kiyone. Were you expecting me? I didn't actually tell anyone I was coming. Even Rukia. That was kind of a spur of the moment decision... - and I could see her expression changing - What are you talking about? What's that about Rukia...Is she OK?

- Ahm...Haven't you come here...for the wedding?

- For what???

I saw red. I felt angry. And I knew exactly where I could pour it out. So I headed for the quarters of the 6th divison, leaving Kiyone stunned and robbed off her great mood for the rest of the day.

- Renji!!!!!!!

I found him in the training facility, shaping up some rookies.

- Ichigo??? - so he clearly hadn't been expecting me

- Oh, don't act all surprised. What the fuck is going on?

- I was going to contact you - he started - but we all heard about it only a few days ago...She kept it all to herself until it was final.. I was as shocked as you are

- Wait..it's not you? - if only it could get more confusing...it could

Renji looked at me with hurt in his eyes and a hint of disbelief

- Of course it's not me, dumbass. I have already been rejected, remember?

At that point I started to slowly cool off. It was strange for Kiyone to think it was me if it had been Renji, right? And yes Renji actually had much more courage than me in that respect. And he was turned down. Once, we had realized our feelings and promised to give each other a fair chance to confess. And the one who got turned down would step away and move on. I wanted to wait until I was a full fledged shinigami and had my place firmly in Soul Society. I had thought time was on my side.

And now there was someone else. And I felt my blood boil again.

- Why don't you go ask her? - he said, turning his attention back to his baffled rookies who were murmuring, probably trying to put my name and what they had heard together. And before I could embarass myself more(at least in front of young shinigami) I finally headed to where Rukia was.

At some point I had learned how to destinguish others' spiritual presence and with a little bit of practice to even pinpoint someone's location. And when I was in Soul Society, I could always tell where she was. Because I always felt her presence somewhere at the back of my mind. It's just out of all the souls hers feels painfully familiar. And finding her usually feels like..finding myself.

She was in her office. With Kiyone. And now she not only knew I was in Seireitei but could probably feel me standing right outside the door and gathering the will to face her.

The moment Kiyone registered my spiritual pressure she rushed out of Rukia's office, bumping into me. She gave me a sympathetic smile and whispered "Sorry" on her way out. I stepped into Rukia's office and shut the door behind me.

- What's the meaning of all this? - I demanded answers. Which was my mistake, I realize now.

- I'm getting married, what is there to explain? - she answered coldly. I knew those eyes. Those eyes were her "I have made a decision to sacrifice myself and please be so kind to fuck off and let me do it" eyes.

- Is this one of Byakuya's twisted ideas of honor and duty again??? Did he force you to agree to this? Is that's what it's about?

- Byakuya Nii-sama isn't forcing me to do anything! - her cold demeanor started to crack as her voice rose

- Making you marry someone you didn't choose is not forcing you???

At that point we were practically shouting at each other, all up in each other's faces.

- Idiot...I am choosing!

"Then why can't you choose ME?" 

I couldn't possibly ask her that....I wanted to scream at her "choose me". Everything in me cried for her to choose me. And yet words just wouldn't come out. I had fought monsters who were far beyond my level and had had no fear. But there I was at the mercy of a 144-cm-tall girl. Silence fell upon us.

- Have you calmed down? - she asked after a few minutes - Are you willing to listen? Or do I need to smack you? - She asked if she needed to hit me...and hit me either way. That did bring some sense into me though.

- Why are you doing this, Rukia, if no one's forcing you?

- Why are you here, Ichigo?

- Don’t change the subject. I came to talk some sense into you. Obviously, you need that!

- Kiyone was just here - she was not impressed with my lying skills. I should have cheated more in school - Ichigo...it hasn't even been half a human year... - I heard concern in her voice. She was about to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of her family and still found it in herself to worry about me. What an idiot...

- It's ok. Answer me. Why are you doing this?

- Is it so hard to believe that it's my own decision? - she looked at me, her eyes gave away sadness and exaustion. It looked as if she had been having the same conversation again and again. And was tired of explaning herself.

- No! That's the thing. You have this martyr complex that always pushes you to put everyone else above yourself. I believe it's your decision. What I don't understand is why it is your decision. You have never said anything about love...yet alone marriage...If you had, then...

- Then what? - she asked sincerely. It was so clear how oblivious she was to my feelings. I felt pathetic.

- Then I wouldn't...I wouldn't be so surprised. - I lied

She stepped closer to me. I could feel my heartbeat racing and ringing through my ears. I just hoped she couldn't. But she took my hand in hers. Her hands looked ridiculously tiny in comparison to mine. For a moment it crossed my mind that she hadn't changed a bit in all those years. She had cut her hair shorter and kept it that way. And still she looked exactly as she had that fateful night when I met her.

- Ichigo...You are worried about me, I understand. You are my closest friend after all - that stung... - But you have to trust me when I say I know what I'm doing.

- Can you..at least fill me in about it?

- Sure - she smiled at me and turned to her desk fussing with some papers - but first - I have work. I need to read through these..

- I'll help you. And while I'm helping you can tell me everything about... - I had to compose myself - your future husband

- Well - her smile faded one again - I don't know him yet. That what the omiai is for. I'm going to meet multiple suitable candidates, of course aproved by the Kuchiki family, and then I will choose one

- And...if none of them are to your liking, Rukia-sama? - tried to mock her to make her smile again and I succeeded

- Idiot - she laughed - I will choose one - she repeated herself.

I didn't like the sound of that. But I decided to leave it be for the time being. Like hell was I gonna let her get married to some noble prick with a stick up his ass. Over my dead body. Which was now probably possesed by Kon, hitting on girls all over the place. Somehow I found that that was the least of my worries.

So we continued working, never touching that subject again. The day was done and Rukia invited me over to the Kuchiki mansion. I usually stayed at Kuukaku-san's place, but sometimes Rukia would invite me for a few days with her and Byakuya.

Byakuya looked as composed as ever. Nothing about him gave a feeling that he was about to marry off his only little sister. And that pissed me off. But I had promised Rukia not to pick a fight with Byakuya, so I...tried as hard as I could.

When the evening was over, we all went to our rooms. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to sit on the veranda for a while and think about what I was going to do next. The moon was beautiful. It reminded me of the day long ago when I fought Grand Fisher on the anniversary of my mother's death. Rukia had been by my side. Thanks to Rukia I had been able to fight my mother's murderer. And to break the wall I had built between myself and my family. She had told me that day that she would respect my privacy and that was really important to me. And there I was...invading hers, imposing on her decisions. What was I doing... I just wanted her to be happy. And I just..had always thought that I would be the one to make her happy.

My train of thought was interupted by a knockon the door.

- Kurosaki? Could we talk?

- Byakuya? Yeah, sure...come in?

Nothing on Byakuya's face showed what he was about to say. Although he did look a little bit softer, dressed in a kimono and not shinigami uniform. He wasn't wearing his scarf either. It looked as if he had been ready to go to sleep when the urgent thought compelled him to pay me a visit.

- Were you able to change her mind? - Byakuya finally broke the silence

- No

Was he afraid that I could mess this whole wedding up? He sure was right to be.

- I apologize for burdening you with our family matters, but could you...try again?

- What? - Ok that I wasn't expecting

- I'm most certain it must have come as a shock to you when you heard about Rukia getting married. But that in fact has been a matter discussed for a long time in our household. My wife...Hisana, as you know, passed away. Long ago. We didn't have children, unfortunately. And since then I have been expected to find a new wife. I'm unable to do so. But what I will ask you to understand is that a noble family is not an ordinary family. One of us should continue the line and...have a successor.

- But why should it be Rukia? And why right now? She clearly doesn't have anyone she's in love with...Otherwise she wouldn't be so stuck on that stupid idea - I almost forgot where I was and raised my voice, but I checked myself immediately

- I share your frustration, Kurosaki Ichigo. The urgency comes from our elders having begun to search for a wife. For me. And Rukia took it upon herself to protect her late sister's place by my side.

- I knew it! - I exclaimed - I knew she was doing it for someone else! She doesn't want to get married to some snobby little noble boy. She never would - I couldn't contain my happiness. I was basically grasping at straws looking for a reason to ruin the omiai.

- Rukia feels that if she marries someone from a noble house that would ease the elders' concern. Unfortunately, the elders actually found the idea very appealing. And now they are adamant to marry her off. And, Kurosaki, my hands are tied. The only hope I have is you.

His voice sounded so desperate. Almost as desperate as mine was when I tried to persuade Rukia to change her mind.

- I tried. But she's so stubborn.

- I see. Am I to understand that you have given up?

- Hell no. I'm not gonna let her get married just because she feels she has to. Even if I have to beat all your elders' asses. Now that I know that's not what she actually wants, there's no way I'm letting her do this

- ... I would prefer you restrain yourself from assualting our elders, Kurosaki Ichigo. But I do hope you succeed. No matter what, don't let her marry someone she doesn't love. I will leave you now.

- Yeah. Don't worry. I won't let her.

And I would come to feel really guilty for lying to him that night.

[airu27]

Musical『Hetalia 〜in the new world〜』Visual Shooting Part ④【Russia · Yamaoki Yuuki】Interview

03-07-2017 | Source

Yamaoki Yuuki was born on 05 March 1992. He is from Tokyo. He debuted as an actor in 2002. His name is well-known for his role in Musical 『Tennis no Oujisama』 (as Yanagi Renji) and he is active in numerous stage plays, such as Ultra Musical★Bakumatsu Rock and Sengoku Musou (as Shima Sakon). He is a lovable, often-being-teased person. This time we have a chance to talk to him about the enjoyment of Hetamyu.

――How did you feel when you first hear that there will be a third stage?

I'm happy that it continues as a series. However, as the stages progressed, there is a pressure to aim further and become better than the previous works. It is no good if I can't portray the character well, so I study a lot to be able to play Russia as I want to show new sides of him.

[Photo//look in the source yourself] His shooting is the first, so it took times to prepare the settings and other things. From the back, France-oniisan and America were shouting teasingly, such as "Do your job properly!" or "Let out your inner gravure!" things like these lol.

――Looking back to the second stage, what is your impression?

Russia is like a young boy, a character that speaks what he thought honestly. That's why he is kind of dark, wanting attention from others. This work allows these feelings to appear completely.

When we were arranging a festival for England, I acted as the villain until the end, I'm really happy to be able to show Russia's dark side there. I feel like I have been letting out his character more than when I did in the first stage.

――This time we have Prussia as well. He seems involved with Russia in some ways.

I haven't heard anything about this stage (the interview was in May), I'm looking forward to see how we interact. He is a character that appears quite a lot in the original work, I want to know how he will bring out the story from his point of view. I have never worked with Takamoto (Gaku)-san, who played Prussia, before. This is his first time participating, I don't want him to feel left out.

The first stage follows the story line of the original work, but last time there is an original plot about dueling as well. I wonder how this time will go. Is Prussia going to have an original story line or following the original, I look forward to it as well.

When we met during the second stage, the director — Yoshitani (Koutarou)-san — and the producer talked about how "the duel is original", so the casts also fought like it was a real duel. When the audience watched, I heard things like "I want to see Hetamyu following the anime story line" and also "It isn't strange if the story differs from the anime", I'm happy to hear these opinions. Because the world is formed by many opinions and it is not just one man's world.

Like when we turned a toy box upside down... That's how Hetalia is. In it we have laughter, songs, many entertaining things, I think it is a very wonderful work.

――In the second work, how did the practice go?

When I practiced the second stage, I entered it along with the same people from the first stage, so there was a feeling of confidence and it was different than other stages. Usually when casts first met in a practice, it was to get to know each other, but in the practice of the second stage of Hetalia, we laughed and getting along well from the first day.

――Talking about laughing, the adlibs were being put in the DVD, weren't they?

Yes yes! lol I'm totally embarassed! I was desperate each time, so when I saw it again I was thinking "why did I do it like this". I had a section with America · Isogai Ryuuko-san where I had to adlib a lot, they were pretty bad.

――Was it being initiated by Isogai-san?

Yes. I was just replying back, but it was pretty tough. But fans said it was totally Hetalia-like, so if I have to do it again this time, I hope I can give a proper reply.

I want to make everyone laughed, but as this is a musical, I also want to act and sing well. And then this work will be better than the last. By all means, please look forward to watch us in the theater.

ⓒHimaruya Hidekazu・Senzaku Comics／Hetalia Seisaku Iintai (Production Committee) ⓒMusical「Hetalia NW」Seisaku Iintai (Production Committee)

(Interview by Nishioka Yuka)

[wild-pineapple-butt]

His heart skips a beat as she wraps her arm around him, looking down at her shyly. How did she manage to pull off such actions so boldly, not showing an ounce of embarassment in doing so? Just from that soft kiss he bestowed upon her hand, Renji found himself wanting to crawl into a hole somewhere and not come out until winter came. So lame. So cringe - he was glad Rangiku had not voiced any displeasure from it, though.

Her giggle at his question only made him blush further - he hadn't known he was, but it was definitely undisputable now. "I... I just wanted to make sure," he stammered. "I didn't know if ya were just bein' polite and offerin'... or if ya really meant it."

But the offer sounded more tempting than ever as he finally felt his adrenaline start to wind down, his thirst and exhaustion starting to settle in.

With a new found confidence, he reaches up and brushes a wavy strand of hair away from her face, tucking it behind her ear. His warm brown eyes searching her blue ones for any sign of resistance and when he found none, he patted her head softly. Not meant in any way to be patronizing, just a soft gesture that he sometimes felt compelled to do as he remembered that behind her playful and cheerful attitude there was someone sensitive, warm and caring.

"Then, let's go," he smiled warmly. "I'm holdin' ya to that taiyaki promise."

A steady gaze follows her lifted hand, the coarseness of his lips against her soft skin sparks the way a match head strikes the grooves of the starter. Warmth radiates from the kiss, spreading up her arm. Once released and back at her side her other arm silently crosses, palm pressed to the spot of his kiss searching for the spark of warmth.

She can hear it, her heart hammering in her chest, pulsing and pounding louder that she swears Renji will eventually comment on it. Yet, he doesn’t, his words cut swiftly through the hammering silencing it entirely. She manages a laugh, pausing her steps till he’s beside her, her arm slipping effortlessly around his forearm. “It’s my apartment and I invited you, so yeah it’s okay if you come over,” She mused, giving him a pointed look while an amused smile graced her features.

“Besides,” she tossed a sideways look over to the barren training grounds before back to him, “Our captains won’t be back for a bit longer…we’ve done everything we were supposed to do.” Well, he had, she had mainly lounged around, eyeing him for most of the morning. “They can’t blame us for getting out of the sun, resting a bit.” Her free arm reached up to lightly pinch at his still blushing cheek. “Is that a blush or is that a sunburn, can’t really say…” She gave a small shrug of her shoulder chuckling lightly as she purposefully leaned against him.

“Either way, best get you out of the sun for a bit, get some water, maybe something to eat.” Her gaze flashes up to him, a twinkle in them, “I picked up some taiyaki yesterday since I knew we had this training today.” Buttering him up by offering his favorite food? Maybe, honestly, but now it was serving another purpose.