Byakuya quietly sat at his desk, enjoying the peacefulness of the slow afternoon. He'd had a strange premonition that today would bring bad news, but it was nearly time to pack up for the day and he hadn't been visited by any such information.
He should have known better than to dismiss the matter because no sooner had the thought crossed his mind than Rukia burst through the door, followed closely by Kurosaki Ichigo.
Rukia looked incensed as she addressed him. "Brother, tell Ichigo he's being ridiculous!"
Before Byakuya could begin forming the words to ask her what about Ichigo was ridiculous, aside from his hair, of course, Ichigo interrupted.
"What's ridiculous about it? We practically live together anyway! When I'm done with school-"
"Sleeping in your closet is hardly 'living together' and besides, don't you think you're jumping ahead of yourself?!"
Byakuya quietly shifted his attention from one to the other. He wasn't quite sure what to make of this spat they were having or what it had to do with him until Ichigo addressed him, irritatingly by name again.
"Byakuya, you talk some sense into her. She won't listen to me at all!"
"Don't drag my brother into this! It was one kiss, and suddenly you think you can decide the whole rest of our lives together? I'm not moving in with you over one little kiss!"
Ichigo turned to Byakuya. "I don't want to 'live together' I want to marry her!" He stood before the dumbfounded Captain, waiting for some kind of answer, but Byakuya only sat there, wishing he'd called it an early day. Of all the crises in his life, dissolving the romantic tension between his stubborn sister and her equally stubborn, as it turned out, "boyfriend," was one he had never prepared himself for.
no subject
Byakuya quietly sat at his desk, enjoying the peacefulness of the slow afternoon. He'd had a strange premonition that today would bring bad news, but it was nearly time to pack up for the day and he hadn't been visited by any such information.
He should have known better than to dismiss the matter because no sooner had the thought crossed his mind than Rukia burst through the door, followed closely by Kurosaki Ichigo.
Rukia looked incensed as she addressed him. "Brother, tell Ichigo he's being ridiculous!"
Before Byakuya could begin forming the words to ask her what about Ichigo was ridiculous, aside from his hair, of course, Ichigo interrupted.
"What's ridiculous about it? We practically live together anyway! When I'm done with school-"
"Sleeping in your closet is hardly 'living together' and besides, don't you think you're jumping ahead of yourself?!"
Byakuya quietly shifted his attention from one to the other. He wasn't quite sure what to make of this spat they were having or what it had to do with him until Ichigo addressed him, irritatingly by name again.
"Byakuya, you talk some sense into her. She won't listen to me at all!"
"Don't drag my brother into this! It was one kiss, and suddenly you think you can decide the whole rest of our lives together? I'm not moving in with you over one little kiss!"
Ichigo turned to Byakuya. "I don't want to 'live together' I want to marry her!" He stood before the dumbfounded Captain, waiting for some kind of answer, but Byakuya only sat there, wishing he'd called it an early day. Of all the crises in his life, dissolving the romantic tension between his stubborn sister and her equally stubborn, as it turned out, "boyfriend," was one he had never prepared himself for.