7 Days | By : fuusunshine Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 3334 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Friday
She awoke confused and disoriented. She sat up in her bed, arms hanging loosely at her sides and her hair in disarray. The last thing she remembered was being curled up against Renji crying. She ran her fingers back through the tangled mess of her hair feeling slightly embarrassed but also content. The weight that had pressed on her shoulders for so long now was less. It was still there and it was still heavy but the burden had been lessened. He must have moved her to her bed at some point. The glasses and bottle from the night before had been moved and placed on the countertop. A piece of paper lay in the middle of her small table. She threw off her covers and moved to pick up the paper, curious to know what it was. 後. Later was all it said. She couldn’t help the toothy grin that spread across her lips. She sighed tossing the paper back on the table and headed to the bathroom for a shower.
She spent the latter part of the morning grading papers then after lunch decided to head out to pick up a few necessities. The small city was bustling as she made her way through shops of various sorts. Some groceries and a city map placed in a plastic bag hanging from her hand. What she wouldn’t give for some Smarties but that was a treat she could only get back home. She decided to take a scenic walk that she had deciphered on the map. It was a round about way to get home but it would help to familiarize her with her new surroundings. The afternoon wore on as she walked peacefully. Dinner time was fast approaching and she decided to pick up her pace. Large warehouses lined the street she was walking and seemed to be empty. It was later in the day and the employees who worked there were well on their way home. According to her map it should only be about another fifteen minutes before she approached her own neighborhood.
A rustling sound caught her attention and she peered between two of the warehouses. The alleyway was large and spacious with enough room for large delivery trucks to come and go. She stopped afraid to continue and yet afraid to stay where she was. At first it appeared to be a large moving blob in the shadows of the alleyway but as her vision adjusted to the dimness she realized what it was. Not one, not two but an unknown number of hollows. They were pushing and grasping at one another as well as something on the cold concrete. She didn’t want to know what it was. They hadn’t seen her. She had been keeping that tightly wound ball of reiatsu tucked firmly in her belly just like she had learned to do. She wanted to run but was afraid if she made any sudden movement they would notice her. She carefully stepped backwards not daring to take her eyes off the horde in front of her. Two more cautious steps. Then three. Feeling she had backed up enough she turned to walk quickly away. In her fear she failed to notice the parked car as she turned around banging her knee hard into its passenger side door. The loud shrill of a car horn burst into the quiet of the street. She had triggered the car’s alarm.
She whipped her head around to the alleyway and the hollows. They had all stopped moving and looked towards the direction of the loud intrusive noise. The tightly wound ball of reiatsu in her gut unwound and that strange haunting sound somewhere between a roar and a scream reverberated from one of the hollows bouncing off the walls. “Shit!” She ran. She moved as fast as she could, the bag of groceries all but forgotten on the sidewalk behind her. She didn’t want to turn around so she pressed on. She darted across the street but as she made the opposite sidewalk the tip of her shoe caught the raised cement and she stumble into the front of another warehouse. She turned pressing her back against a wall. A mask of white perched atop a hulking monstrosity moved towards her its arm drawn back. She squeezed her eyes shut anticipating the blow. She heard the tearing of cloth and felt the warm drops of blood splatter her face but no pain came. She felt the press of a body and the air whip through her hair. She opened her eyes as she was being set on the ground farther down the street. Renji was bending over her. The side of his kosode torn. Blood dampened the fabric. There was another loud roar from the hollows and she turned her head in the direction from which it came. The small dark haired Shinigami girl and the orange haired boy were slicing through the beasts. “Shannon, hey pull in your reiatsu.” She took a deep breath and did as she was told. She looked up to Renji who was still leaning over her. “Don’t’ be afraid.” He said calmly.
She again drew in a deep breath. “You’re here.” She shook her head and gave him a small trembling smile. “I fear nothing.” His eyes filled momentarily with shock but arrogance quickly replaced it. He stood turning his back to her.
“Go home, this shouldn’t take long.” She wanted to protest but at that moment the air stirred and he had joined the fray. She stood uninjured taking one last look at the battle then turned and ran.
She paced back and forth across her apartment wringing her hands. Minutes seemed to drag on for an eternity. She had left the sliding door to her balcony open and every time the slightest breeze stirred she would look out scanning for him. She silently wished her apartment was bigger as having to keep turning around in her pacing was making her dizzy.
“Hey.”
Her head snapped up to her balcony. “Renji!”
“Fifteen, fifteen hollows. When you get yourself in trouble you really go all out.” He chuckled.
She hung her head. Guilt had been swimming in her stomach since she had run from the scene. “I-I’m sorry.”
“Huh? Why are you sorry?” He looked at her perplexed.
“Your hurt.” She said pointing to his side. “I’m sorry.”
He grinned at her and shook his head. “ Psssh, this, this is nothing. We had already been alerted to the activity there. I was just surprised to find you caught up in it.”
Relief flooded her and she let out a breath. She went to the sliding door reaching out and grabbing his sleeve. She pulled him inside and closed the door. “Take that off.” She said authoritatively as she moved towards her bathroom. Renji’s brow raised as she disappeared. Shrugging he did as she ordered.
She opened the cabinet above her sink grabbing some bandages and a clean cloth. The only sort of disinfectant she had was rubbing alcohol. She grabbed the bottle as well and made her way back into her main room. She stopped, drawing in a quiet breath. Renji had pulled his kosode off and it was hanging loosely still tucked into his obi which was tied low on his hips. His chest, shoulders, biceps and abdomen were tattooed. His muscles were well defined and lean. He looked up from examining his own wound at a slacked jawed girl. One side of his mouth slowly curled up into that cocky grin. Shannon slammed her jaw closed trying to look professional but her cheeks had tinted pink. She moved around her bed and sat on the edge motioning for him to come closer. Breathing deeply in to banish the thoughts swirling in her mind she set to work.
He was right. The wound really wasn’t serious. She delicately pressed her fingers against the uninjured flesh surrounding the wound to give her purchase while she searched for dirt and such within. His skin was warm and she could feel his muscles just under the surface. She reached over wetting the cloth with the alcohol and gently began to clean the wound.
“ Dammit girl that really stings.” He said with a hiss.“Sorry, almost done.” The wound now clean she placed the clean bandages over it and taped it tightly to his skin. She stood from her seat on the edge of her bed and admired her handy work. He twisted at the waist slightly back and forth, raised his arm then returned it to his side.
“Not bad.”
What possessed her then she had no idea. She hesitantly reached out towards his bicep but paused, then delicately touched one of the black lines of his tattoos with her finger. He didn’t move to stop her. She stepped around him examining his back. Across his shoulder blades and even across his hips dipping down below the cloth of his hakama were more tattoos. The muscles of his back were just as defined and lean as those of his chest, arms and stomach. She moved full circle around him studying the black markings intently. She followed with her eyes the lines across his chest. She stopped, startled raising her eyes to meet his as he placed his palm on her cheek. His eyes had an almost feral sheen to them and they both remained locked like that as the seconds ticked by. His thumb moved ever so slightly against her skin before he broke the contact. She stepped back and looked off to the side.
“I’m leaving on Sunday.”
She returned her gaze to his face and smiled while nodding. She did a good job of hiding her disappointment at her new friend’s eminent departure.
“Sooooo, tomorrow.”
“Hmm, tomorrow?” she asked.
“Yeah.” He said with a grin. He shrugged back into his kosode and reached over to rumple her hair. Once again, just like that he was gone.
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“Awww man… I thought they were gonna get it on there for a second. I totally forgot he was leaving.”
The old woman smiled broadly into her tea at her granddaughter’s statement. She stood and began to pick up the dirty dishes and empty pizza box. Her granddaughter rose to help and the elder raised an eyebrow.
“Yeah, if I help then it wont take as long and you can get back to the story.” The young girl said slightly embarrassed.
“Hahahahaha always so impatient.”
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