Bleach Drabble (419)
Alright! bleach_exchange pick up DONE! Talk about a grueling test of my ability. XD;; I might have failed tho.
419.
Title: Worldly
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Character/s: Orihime, Renji
Word Count: 997
Warning/s: Spoilers for the early portion of the post-SS arc.
Summary: Orihime wants to teach Renji about the human world just as she learned it.
Dedication: esotaria- pick up for bleach_exchange!
A/N: I can only apologize in advance because your prompts totally made my mind turn off, but I did my best, I promise! XD I hope this works. ^^
Granted it had been prompted by an offhand comment by Ayasegawa-san, but ever since she’d heard him say “they’re like little babies left to fend for themselves,” with regards to Ikkaku and Renji during lunch one day, Orihime hasn’t been able to stop thinking about it.
They’d been eating out of a convenience store bag, Yumichika sipping calmly at a bottle of lemon-flavored tea and nibbling on an onigiri while his companions had been hunched over said bag, arguing over a package of rice cakes and trying to figure out how to defeat the formidable opponent that stood between them and their food-a little modern miracle humans liked to call cellophane.
“Eh, really?” she’d asked, wondering what he could mean given that Renji and Ikkaku both seemed rather capable.
“They have absolutely no common sense. Helpless, really,” the pretty shinigami had declared with a little sigh, Ayasegawa eventually losing his patience and grabbing the package from them, pulling the clear “demon paper” off of it in one smooth motion before handing it back.
“Helpless?” she’d murmured, watching Renji and Ikkaku tentatively try the store-bought snack before deeming it edible and going at it enthusiastically.
“Completely,” Yumichika had responded drolly, gesturing to Ikkaku, who now had a mouthful of overly-sticky rice cake and was trying to figure out how to get the liquid out of his Ramune bottle so he could wash the food down. “You see now, Inoue-san, why I had to come? I absolutely couldn’t let Ikkaku come here alone. The big dummy would have starved to death with food right under his nose!” Yumichika said, grabbing the Ramune bottle next and using the top to break the seal, releasing the little marble into the liquid.
Ikkaku had scowled at him, but took the drink and moved to chug it back anyway.
He’d tipped it too high however, and only got a few drops before the marble stopped up the opening. Grunting in confusion, he’d lowered the bottle, peered down into the hole and… shook it.
Ramune had gotten into not only his eye, but into Renji’s as well, when the redhead repeated the same action moments later with his drink.
“I take it back,” Yumichika had sighed, watching them incredulously. “They’re even more helpless than babies.”
And maybe Ayasegawa-san is right about that, because now that she thinks about it, it must be weird for the shinigami to be dropped off into a whole new world and left to their own devices like they’ve been. Ikkaku is very lucky to have a friend who’s always watching out for him.
Especially since Ayasegawa-san knows so much about so many things.
And Hitsugaya-kun has Rangiku-san, who knows lots about stores at least, and buying things (getting nice men to buy things for her?), which definitely helps since Hitsugaya-kun says they’re on a tight budget.
And Kuchiki-san has Kurosaki-kun of course; to make sure she gets along alright. Really, the only person who doesn’t is…
Inoue blinks and turns to Renji, who’s happily dozing in his window seat, drooling all over the desk.
She wonders if he’s very lonely and scared, just like a child might be. Especially during those times when he hasn’t got anyone around to help him through things he doesn’t know about at the end of the day, when he has to go to wherever he’s staying all alone and everyone else at least has someone to walk with.
She knows a little bit of what it’s like, she thinks. Knows about growing up with a life full of times when you’re left by yourself and there’s no one there to guide you.
But at least she had her brother for a while, to show her the most important things.
She can only imagine what it’s like for Renji, who’s left all on his own in a strange new world right now, completely “helpless” and with no Ayasegawa-san or Rangiku-san or Kurosaki-kun by his side.
It must be very frightening.
That discovered, Orihime looks at the snoozing redhead again and decides that she’ll have to be the one to help teach him about this odd new world he finds himself in.
The next day at school, she has a stack of books in her arms and a look on her face that’s determined to help Renji as much as possible. She’d spent the night combing through memories of being young with her brother around and has picked out what she thinks are the most important things he ever showed her. A good starting place.
“Renji-kun, please come with me,” she asks during lunch, causing Chizuru to uproar at the bad man who is obviously brainwashing her ‘hime towards phalluses, the declaration of which results in a sharp smack upside the head from Tatsuki.
“Er….kay,” he says dumbly, before turning to ask Yumichika and Ikkaku to pick him up some food from the convenience store-- but none of that burning liquid that doesn’t even come out of the bottle right.
“Che, like we’re gonna get anything for some lucky-ass bastard who gets to go on a date while we’re…oof.”
Yumichika, plucking his elbow from where it had accidentally impacted his friend’s ribcage, nods at the redhead’s request and drags Ikkaku off with a wink at Orihime over his shoulder.
Orihime takes it as encouragement and promptly leads Renji to the roof, sitting him down across from her as she readies her books.
“Er… what’s goin’ on?” he asks, carefully.
“I’m going to help you!” she declares, opening up the first book. “This is what my niisan used to read to me… I think it must be very important. So let’s start here, ne?”
Renji blinks. “Huh?”
She smiles at him and begins to read without further ado. “I am Sam.”
Renji blinks (again). “You are?”
Which prompts her to close the book and reach for her “Baby’s First Read and Touch” one instead.
“Sorry!” she says sheepishly. “Let’s start easier, ne?”
Renji stares. “Huh.”
END
Edits?
419.
Title: Worldly
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Character/s: Orihime, Renji
Word Count: 997
Warning/s: Spoilers for the early portion of the post-SS arc.
Summary: Orihime wants to teach Renji about the human world just as she learned it.
Dedication: esotaria- pick up for bleach_exchange!
A/N: I can only apologize in advance because your prompts totally made my mind turn off, but I did my best, I promise! XD I hope this works. ^^
Granted it had been prompted by an offhand comment by Ayasegawa-san, but ever since she’d heard him say “they’re like little babies left to fend for themselves,” with regards to Ikkaku and Renji during lunch one day, Orihime hasn’t been able to stop thinking about it.
They’d been eating out of a convenience store bag, Yumichika sipping calmly at a bottle of lemon-flavored tea and nibbling on an onigiri while his companions had been hunched over said bag, arguing over a package of rice cakes and trying to figure out how to defeat the formidable opponent that stood between them and their food-a little modern miracle humans liked to call cellophane.
“Eh, really?” she’d asked, wondering what he could mean given that Renji and Ikkaku both seemed rather capable.
“They have absolutely no common sense. Helpless, really,” the pretty shinigami had declared with a little sigh, Ayasegawa eventually losing his patience and grabbing the package from them, pulling the clear “demon paper” off of it in one smooth motion before handing it back.
“Helpless?” she’d murmured, watching Renji and Ikkaku tentatively try the store-bought snack before deeming it edible and going at it enthusiastically.
“Completely,” Yumichika had responded drolly, gesturing to Ikkaku, who now had a mouthful of overly-sticky rice cake and was trying to figure out how to get the liquid out of his Ramune bottle so he could wash the food down. “You see now, Inoue-san, why I had to come? I absolutely couldn’t let Ikkaku come here alone. The big dummy would have starved to death with food right under his nose!” Yumichika said, grabbing the Ramune bottle next and using the top to break the seal, releasing the little marble into the liquid.
Ikkaku had scowled at him, but took the drink and moved to chug it back anyway.
He’d tipped it too high however, and only got a few drops before the marble stopped up the opening. Grunting in confusion, he’d lowered the bottle, peered down into the hole and… shook it.
Ramune had gotten into not only his eye, but into Renji’s as well, when the redhead repeated the same action moments later with his drink.
“I take it back,” Yumichika had sighed, watching them incredulously. “They’re even more helpless than babies.”
And maybe Ayasegawa-san is right about that, because now that she thinks about it, it must be weird for the shinigami to be dropped off into a whole new world and left to their own devices like they’ve been. Ikkaku is very lucky to have a friend who’s always watching out for him.
Especially since Ayasegawa-san knows so much about so many things.
And Hitsugaya-kun has Rangiku-san, who knows lots about stores at least, and buying things (getting nice men to buy things for her?), which definitely helps since Hitsugaya-kun says they’re on a tight budget.
And Kuchiki-san has Kurosaki-kun of course; to make sure she gets along alright. Really, the only person who doesn’t is…
Inoue blinks and turns to Renji, who’s happily dozing in his window seat, drooling all over the desk.
She wonders if he’s very lonely and scared, just like a child might be. Especially during those times when he hasn’t got anyone around to help him through things he doesn’t know about at the end of the day, when he has to go to wherever he’s staying all alone and everyone else at least has someone to walk with.
She knows a little bit of what it’s like, she thinks. Knows about growing up with a life full of times when you’re left by yourself and there’s no one there to guide you.
But at least she had her brother for a while, to show her the most important things.
She can only imagine what it’s like for Renji, who’s left all on his own in a strange new world right now, completely “helpless” and with no Ayasegawa-san or Rangiku-san or Kurosaki-kun by his side.
It must be very frightening.
That discovered, Orihime looks at the snoozing redhead again and decides that she’ll have to be the one to help teach him about this odd new world he finds himself in.
The next day at school, she has a stack of books in her arms and a look on her face that’s determined to help Renji as much as possible. She’d spent the night combing through memories of being young with her brother around and has picked out what she thinks are the most important things he ever showed her. A good starting place.
“Renji-kun, please come with me,” she asks during lunch, causing Chizuru to uproar at the bad man who is obviously brainwashing her ‘hime towards phalluses, the declaration of which results in a sharp smack upside the head from Tatsuki.
“Er….kay,” he says dumbly, before turning to ask Yumichika and Ikkaku to pick him up some food from the convenience store-- but none of that burning liquid that doesn’t even come out of the bottle right.
“Che, like we’re gonna get anything for some lucky-ass bastard who gets to go on a date while we’re…oof.”
Yumichika, plucking his elbow from where it had accidentally impacted his friend’s ribcage, nods at the redhead’s request and drags Ikkaku off with a wink at Orihime over his shoulder.
Orihime takes it as encouragement and promptly leads Renji to the roof, sitting him down across from her as she readies her books.
“Er… what’s goin’ on?” he asks, carefully.
“I’m going to help you!” she declares, opening up the first book. “This is what my niisan used to read to me… I think it must be very important. So let’s start here, ne?”
Renji blinks. “Huh?”
She smiles at him and begins to read without further ado. “I am Sam.”
Renji blinks (again). “You are?”
Which prompts her to close the book and reach for her “Baby’s First Read and Touch” one instead.
“Sorry!” she says sheepishly. “Let’s start easier, ne?”
Renji stares. “Huh.”
END
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