Luppi sniffed at the shinigami's response; typical. But he supposed, for the briefest of moments, that the runt was right..
Didn't matter though, he still wasn't going to trust the scum, only tolerate him..
Looking over to Grimmjow, Luppi gave a cackle. "Hah! Come, come," he egged slyly, "you should do as you're told, like a good little arrancar~ You don't want to end up in the corner, do you?~"
He licked his bottom lip, smirking; it only grew at Edorad's words.
While Luppi joined Edorad in teasing Grimmjow for not wanting to accept healing aid, Hanatarou did not. He was hardly in the position to tease any of them. And it really wasn't his style to tease. Usually he was the one being teased.
He stayed standing near the arrancar even as Grimmjow backed away (a fact that Hanatarou would find amusing, under different circumstances), and didn't comment to the jibes. He was sure that Edorad and Luppi's teases weren't going to make Grimmjow any more inclined to be healed. Joining them in teases not his to make sure as anything wouldn't.
"I'm not asking you to kiss my feet. Nor am I going to kiss yours. I'm just asking to heal you. Edorad-san first, now you, then whoever else needs it."
The first note of teasing hit his ears and he finally realized he did something stupid even though a minute ago it didn't seem like it was all that stupid. Doing things on impulse meant that his appearance was always an afterthought and usually gave his brothers entertainment. It was something he hated, but something he didn't care to change. He liked being in the middle of the action instead of on the sidelines thinking about what he could do; it was what he was known for.
"No," he said, looking around at everyone else to see if they were going to jump on the bandwagon. "I ain't scared of this joke."
Grimmjow finally stopped moving away from Hanatarou and toward Luppi even when the other guy started talking. Of course it wasn't just Luppi, but he was the one with the pretty face that seemed to always hold one of those playful smirks. It was at that time, when the smirk was the largest, that he wanted to reach out and rip it off.
And this time he was going to follow through with it.
"Do someone else. I'm busy," he barked back to the shinigami, determined that nothing was going to get in his way.
“Not scared, huh?” Edorad muttered to himself as Grimmjow abruptly changed directions and started heading for Luppi. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what he wanted to do to him.
Now that people’s attention were directed elsewhere, he felt a lot more comfortable, even when he was bandaged. And with the promise of a brotherly brawl (that didn’t include him) in the air, things were definitely looking up.
But he still noticed how Grimmjow hadn't directed his aggression at Hanatarou. He supposed that despite all of the Sixth’s tough talk and bravado, he didn’t want to risk incurring Adaro’s wrath by mistreating the shinigami.
‘So it seems he’s not completely fatalistic,’ Edorad thought as he watched the show about to begin. Maybe afterwards Luppi would need some medical attention too. Now that would be the real treat, having the snide arrancar suffer Hanatarou’s ministrations as well.
Shifting against the wall, Luppi kept the smirk in place knowing full well how much it irritated the other, eyes fixed on his approaching brother. So it seemed that there would be some fun in this little game after all. Perfect. Luppi licked his bottom lip, pose relaxed despite the eager itch to finally play scratching along his nerves like nails to a chalkboard; come on, come on~~
He liked a good game, oh yes. And the best were when Grimmjow of all things was involved and revving to play as well.
Slowly his arms unfolded; he wasn’t the only one, Trepadora was keen to play, too, and Luppi’s fingers twitched hidden in drooping sleeves, tingling with the urge to rip her from her sheathe and let her in on the amusement. His smirk melted, transformed into a smooth sneer although not as wide as the previous expression but quite so.
“A little game, then, yes?~” was all he said in that little tone of his, before he winked out of sight using Sonido and reappeared just as quick a few feet away behind Grimmjow.
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