Teensy Fic Bit
This is a Renji/Tatsuki snippet for my Valentine's Fic thing.
“You like her. Don’t you?”
Renji whirled around angrily, his eyes wide in shock. “What?!” he sputtered, glaring fiercely as his eyes focused on his accuser.
Tatsuki stood there calmly, holding her books. “Rukia. You,” she repeated slowly, “like Rukia.” Her eyebrows raised in brusque inquiry. “Don’t you?”
“Hell no,” he sneered, color rising faintly in the apples of his cheeks.
Tatsuki nodded, making no effort to conceal her obvious disbelief. She joined Renji where he stood at the railing, looking out to watch Ichigo and Rukia fight.
“Do you think she likes Ichigo?”
“How should I know?” Renji responded sullenly, folding his arms across the top of the railing. He leaned down, his chin cradled on his forearm.
“You know Rukia pretty well, I thought.”
“We grew up together.” He stared down a moment longer, before he registered what he’d been asked. “Hey,” he said sharply, “why does it matter? It’s none of your damn business.”
Tatsuki glared back and clenched a fist threateningly. “Ichigo is my friend,” she said, “and though Rukia’s great, I… I know someone else. Someone who really loves him.”
“You mean Inoue.”
“Yeah.”
“Hmm.” Renji laughed a little, his voice hard. “I don’t think Kurosaki’s noticed.”
“Yeah, he’s pretty thick.” Tatsuki grinned. “I’ve known him since we were little, too. I used to make him cry.”
Renji looked at her in disbelief. “You? Beat Kurosaki?”
“Yeah!” she said fiercely, one hand on her hip. “I could beat your ass, too.”
Renji leaned up and smirked. “Sure,” he scoffed, his voice laced with thick, masculine arrogance. “You’re about as big around as a stick. You don’t look like - “
“Hey,” she said. “Just because I’m a girl, you think you can take me?”
He shrugged. “It has nothing to do with that.” His smirk returned. “And I know I could take you.”
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Rocket ship, Potter. Star kid Potter - moon shoes Potter. Traversing the galaxy!
Kay, that's all for now.
“You like her. Don’t you?”
Renji whirled around angrily, his eyes wide in shock. “What?!” he sputtered, glaring fiercely as his eyes focused on his accuser.
Tatsuki stood there calmly, holding her books. “Rukia. You,” she repeated slowly, “like Rukia.” Her eyebrows raised in brusque inquiry. “Don’t you?”
“Hell no,” he sneered, color rising faintly in the apples of his cheeks.
Tatsuki nodded, making no effort to conceal her obvious disbelief. She joined Renji where he stood at the railing, looking out to watch Ichigo and Rukia fight.
“Do you think she likes Ichigo?”
“How should I know?” Renji responded sullenly, folding his arms across the top of the railing. He leaned down, his chin cradled on his forearm.
“You know Rukia pretty well, I thought.”
“We grew up together.” He stared down a moment longer, before he registered what he’d been asked. “Hey,” he said sharply, “why does it matter? It’s none of your damn business.”
Tatsuki glared back and clenched a fist threateningly. “Ichigo is my friend,” she said, “and though Rukia’s great, I… I know someone else. Someone who really loves him.”
“You mean Inoue.”
“Yeah.”
“Hmm.” Renji laughed a little, his voice hard. “I don’t think Kurosaki’s noticed.”
“Yeah, he’s pretty thick.” Tatsuki grinned. “I’ve known him since we were little, too. I used to make him cry.”
Renji looked at her in disbelief. “You? Beat Kurosaki?”
“Yeah!” she said fiercely, one hand on her hip. “I could beat your ass, too.”
Renji leaned up and smirked. “Sure,” he scoffed, his voice laced with thick, masculine arrogance. “You’re about as big around as a stick. You don’t look like - “
“Hey,” she said. “Just because I’m a girl, you think you can take me?”
He shrugged. “It has nothing to do with that.” His smirk returned. “And I know I could take you.”
~~~
Rocket ship, Potter. Star kid Potter - moon shoes Potter. Traversing the galaxy!
Kay, that's all for now.