Calm Day (Bleach, ByakuyaxUnohana, #12)
Title: Calm Day
Author/Artist: lady_nepheene
Pairing: Kuchiki Byakuya x Unohana Retsu
Fandom: Bleach
Theme: #12 in a good mood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the characters, wish that I did but they belong to Kubo Tite and his people, me only borrowing them for awhile.
It was a rather beautiful day; the sun was high within the deep blue sky, and sunrays shed light while clouds moved in a lazy pace. Just a glance at the sky could compel anyone to lie down and let everything pass without a single worry in the world. Even the delightful warm temperature tempted people to take a nap or take a moment to calmly contemplate life with only the refreshing silence as a companion.
Days like this were a rare and delightful gap in Soul Society where the work of a Shinigami never ended.
Being a Shinigami was a great honor but sometimes it could be just plain boring and exasperating. After all, it was, to put it simply, doing a repetitive action each and every single day for the long span of their lives with the rush of battle once in awhile.
Of course at first it had been great and very fulfilling, with people admiring you as if you were something akin to a god, which practically they were. But with time even that got boring.
Even to someone like him…
Kuchiki Byakuya, captain of the sixth division and head of his family, got bored with such a repetitive continuity in his everyday life but he never showed it. Having been raised in a noble family he had been taught to dedicate himself fully to even the most minimal aspect of his life and so he did with his work, never complaining, following his orders and rules exactly. But even he got bored with being stuck following the same routine everyday, even with the changes that came from fighting enemies of a higher level. But unlike some people, he could keep his composure when the dam of self-control broke.
He was in a strangely good mood, whether it was due to the day or other circumstances. Paperwork had been practically non-existent in comparison to the past few days and he had been free of the always rude and crude demeanor of his vice-captain, making it obvious he had been in the eleventh division before becoming the sixth division’s vice-captain. Byakuya still wondered how Renji had accomplished this when others had been more capable than him and Byakuya would have preferred any of them.
It was ironic to see a person of a noble family working alongside someone who behaved so crudely and who acted almost solely on impulse instead of thinking it over. It was bothersome for Byakuya to cope with a person like that, something that could be seen in those moments in the slight trace of a frown that he had on his face at the mere thought of his vice-captain.
Nevertheless, adapting his famous blank expression again, he was not going to allow Renji to spoil his good spirits that had overcome him that rare day. Flexing his arms in front of his chest he allowed himself to close his eyes while a soft breeze of fresh wind gently ran through the strands of black hair held by the always present kenseikan.
“It’s a real beautiful day, isn’t it, Kuchiki-taichou?” A voice asked.
Opening his eyes again, Byakuya directed a sidelong glance to see the demure captain of the fourth division, Unohana Retsu, standing besides him looking at a point in space. It was a bit startling that he had not felt her approaching him and he wondered whether she had figured it as well. He decided not to dwell much on it because if he did it would only end in sending him in a flurry of questions of his skill and that would certainly kill his good mood as well as his pride.
So without a single word he re-directed his glance ahead of him to look at nothing in particular, she apparently got his message because she didn’t say anything and fell into a companionable silence. Eventually she rested her pale hands over the railing that extended through the corridor, a sigh escaped her lips and everything was submerged in silence once again.
Byakuya was just starting to fell in a state of relaxation, her presence didn’t bother him, when Unohana decided that was the perfect time to break through the silent atmosphere that had fallen upon them and annoying him with the sudden intrusion of what he had considered a perfect harmony.
“It’s strange to have days like this, isn’t it Kuchiki-taichou?” She asked while she took a small breath.
“Aa” He simply answered hoping to put an end to meaningless words.
“Hmm…” Feeling a bit bold, aside from being a bit bored, she decided to test something on him “Did you know that your sister came with a report?”
He decided to humor her, to see how far she would go and also to know about his sister “Did she?”
“Yes, seems that everything is fine in her section. She’s doing a great job, you must be really proud of her, Kuchiki-taichou.” She smiled with a slight teasing air, something that was rare on her part towards him, considering that they didn’t talk more than necessary “I think she will come to see you when she finishes her talk with Abarai-fukutaichou”
Now that killed Byakuya’s good mood for the day and Unohana noticed it immediately. She giggled softly which earned her a glare from her fellow captain. The woman suddendly started to feel bad for spoiling his mood, especially since it came so rarely for him.
“I was kidding; she made her report and left.” She quickly tried to amend; one of her fingers tracing circles over the wood in of the railing “Don’t lose your good mood on this beautiful day because of me.”
Byakuya didn’t reply, Unohana sighed and raised her right hand, joining her middle and forefinger she directed them in front of her lips and lightly placed a kiss upon them. Aware that he was watching her with a smile on her face she rested said fingers against his cheek in an unconventional kiss of apology.
She drew her hand away but still he didn’t say anything though he felt that his good mood returned and once again the two remained there in a companionable silence.
___________________________________________________________________
(My first post, w00t, well I'll like to thank my beta for her help, thank you, Bakageta)
Author/Artist: lady_nepheene
Pairing: Kuchiki Byakuya x Unohana Retsu
Fandom: Bleach
Theme: #12 in a good mood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own the characters, wish that I did but they belong to Kubo Tite and his people, me only borrowing them for awhile.
It was a rather beautiful day; the sun was high within the deep blue sky, and sunrays shed light while clouds moved in a lazy pace. Just a glance at the sky could compel anyone to lie down and let everything pass without a single worry in the world. Even the delightful warm temperature tempted people to take a nap or take a moment to calmly contemplate life with only the refreshing silence as a companion.
Days like this were a rare and delightful gap in Soul Society where the work of a Shinigami never ended.
Being a Shinigami was a great honor but sometimes it could be just plain boring and exasperating. After all, it was, to put it simply, doing a repetitive action each and every single day for the long span of their lives with the rush of battle once in awhile.
Of course at first it had been great and very fulfilling, with people admiring you as if you were something akin to a god, which practically they were. But with time even that got boring.
Even to someone like him…
Kuchiki Byakuya, captain of the sixth division and head of his family, got bored with such a repetitive continuity in his everyday life but he never showed it. Having been raised in a noble family he had been taught to dedicate himself fully to even the most minimal aspect of his life and so he did with his work, never complaining, following his orders and rules exactly. But even he got bored with being stuck following the same routine everyday, even with the changes that came from fighting enemies of a higher level. But unlike some people, he could keep his composure when the dam of self-control broke.
He was in a strangely good mood, whether it was due to the day or other circumstances. Paperwork had been practically non-existent in comparison to the past few days and he had been free of the always rude and crude demeanor of his vice-captain, making it obvious he had been in the eleventh division before becoming the sixth division’s vice-captain. Byakuya still wondered how Renji had accomplished this when others had been more capable than him and Byakuya would have preferred any of them.
It was ironic to see a person of a noble family working alongside someone who behaved so crudely and who acted almost solely on impulse instead of thinking it over. It was bothersome for Byakuya to cope with a person like that, something that could be seen in those moments in the slight trace of a frown that he had on his face at the mere thought of his vice-captain.
Nevertheless, adapting his famous blank expression again, he was not going to allow Renji to spoil his good spirits that had overcome him that rare day. Flexing his arms in front of his chest he allowed himself to close his eyes while a soft breeze of fresh wind gently ran through the strands of black hair held by the always present kenseikan.
“It’s a real beautiful day, isn’t it, Kuchiki-taichou?” A voice asked.
Opening his eyes again, Byakuya directed a sidelong glance to see the demure captain of the fourth division, Unohana Retsu, standing besides him looking at a point in space. It was a bit startling that he had not felt her approaching him and he wondered whether she had figured it as well. He decided not to dwell much on it because if he did it would only end in sending him in a flurry of questions of his skill and that would certainly kill his good mood as well as his pride.
So without a single word he re-directed his glance ahead of him to look at nothing in particular, she apparently got his message because she didn’t say anything and fell into a companionable silence. Eventually she rested her pale hands over the railing that extended through the corridor, a sigh escaped her lips and everything was submerged in silence once again.
Byakuya was just starting to fell in a state of relaxation, her presence didn’t bother him, when Unohana decided that was the perfect time to break through the silent atmosphere that had fallen upon them and annoying him with the sudden intrusion of what he had considered a perfect harmony.
“It’s strange to have days like this, isn’t it Kuchiki-taichou?” She asked while she took a small breath.
“Aa” He simply answered hoping to put an end to meaningless words.
“Hmm…” Feeling a bit bold, aside from being a bit bored, she decided to test something on him “Did you know that your sister came with a report?”
He decided to humor her, to see how far she would go and also to know about his sister “Did she?”
“Yes, seems that everything is fine in her section. She’s doing a great job, you must be really proud of her, Kuchiki-taichou.” She smiled with a slight teasing air, something that was rare on her part towards him, considering that they didn’t talk more than necessary “I think she will come to see you when she finishes her talk with Abarai-fukutaichou”
Now that killed Byakuya’s good mood for the day and Unohana noticed it immediately. She giggled softly which earned her a glare from her fellow captain. The woman suddendly started to feel bad for spoiling his mood, especially since it came so rarely for him.
“I was kidding; she made her report and left.” She quickly tried to amend; one of her fingers tracing circles over the wood in of the railing “Don’t lose your good mood on this beautiful day because of me.”
Byakuya didn’t reply, Unohana sighed and raised her right hand, joining her middle and forefinger she directed them in front of her lips and lightly placed a kiss upon them. Aware that he was watching her with a smile on her face she rested said fingers against his cheek in an unconventional kiss of apology.
She drew her hand away but still he didn’t say anything though he felt that his good mood returned and once again the two remained there in a companionable silence.
___________________________________________________________________
(My first post, w00t, well I'll like to thank my beta for her help, thank you, Bakageta)