Waking

Ishida wakes softly, to a rare moment of silence. The room is bathed in pale yellow light that streams in through the windows. It's warm inside the house, though not uncomfortably so. Orihime's weight presses down on the left side of his body; his right is squished up against the couch. Orihime's cheek is pressed against his, her breath ( Read more... )

Eleven Things Hisagi Shuuhei Never Figured Out

1. The first thing Shuuhei saw upon waking, bleary-eyed, underneath a table with Kira’s head pillowed on his stomach, was Matsumoto’s hair. It was hanging over the edge of the table like a waterfall, and the first thing he thought, before Kira’s groaning jolted him back to the depressing reality, ( Read more... )

Aftermath

There’s a corner table in a bar on the outskirts of Seireitei that’s reserved every Friday night. The barkeeper has no idea who they are or what they’re looking for, but every Friday night three Shinigami come in, sit down, and get themselves as drunk as possible.

There’s the blond man - a boy, almost - with the eyes of an abused ( Read more... )