One of these days, it would be nice to find out that he had mail other than bills, junk mail or the suspicious pink envelopes he just knew had something to do with Rangiku and her ferocious dating service thing which clearly ranked even lower than junk ( Read more... )

By now, Iruka had established a few things - that black ice was a thing to be feared, that ribs could indeed turn black and blue with an odd shade of purple he'd never seen before, and that walking hurt. Not enough to keep him down, but the ache made him wonder how Ukitake could cope with his sprained ankle (he wasn't even walking on his rubs and ( Read more... )

[Open to Rukia, Tatsuki, and Iruka... and anyone else who decides to drop by.]It had been a wise choice for her to call in sick yesterday for work today. It had also been wise to make sure she was prepared to last at least a few hours on her own in the morning before heading to bed with a sick feeling of dread in her stomach. Sure enough, she awoke ( Read more... )

( In a beautiful show of slow motion, the pile tottered, teetered, seemed to balance out...then cascaded out of his arms... )

Iruka had been a bit perturbed to have the newcomer sitting around outside where it was hot, stuffy and dirty. So, like any person with a shred of decency would, he'd invited her in for coffee to where it was hot and stuffy, but hardly dirty ( Read more... )