Dark Red || Abarai Renji x Reader

Dark red

It's not like the pub was no fun, but it was the middle of the week, everybody got work the next day, or at least everybody but you and some friends who finally managed to get a free day that coincided, so deciding to go out for a drink on a Wednesday night wasn't the best of choices.

Let's make it clear, nothing that can be considered bad or annoying happened, in fact nothing happened at all.

You all sitting around a table when a song that you liked played on the stereo was the peak of the night, so after a few beers and a very light dizziness coming you opted for a new option: if you had to stay chill, you could've at least chill in some comfy place.

So here you are, entering your apartment with the few friends who are free the next day.

"Mind to remember me why we picked my place and not Byakuya's?"

Honestly speaking, his house was much bigger, so big it was actually a mansion, the power of a rich family we could say

"'Cause-" Ikkaku is the one who proposed your house so he better have some good motivations "-Byakuya has some kind of tasks to do tomorrow"

"Wasn't his free day tomorrow too?" Ichigo inquires, he's a little suspicious and also way too competitive and totally can't stand the idea of Byakuya completing the new project they're both working on about before him

"Nah I guess it was just some family business" Ikkaku reassures him and Ichigo lets out a not really convinced "hmph".

Before any of you has the chance to continue this conversation Renji stops, he was right before you in the small hallway of your apartment, standing there while you're taking off your shoes, he looks back at you

"Plus,-" he smirks while seeing you bending over a little to untie your shoe and looking up to him "-You're a lot less strict than him"

His smirk widens and becomes a full grin, you understand what he means and give him a smirk in response.

Your living room is the best of places for this kind of situation, there's a coffee table in the middle, one side facing a big plump and soft sofa and two comfy pouf respectively on the right and left of it, a big tv facing the sofa and big pillows on the floor right under it, still the best has yet to come.

You don't even bother to turn up the lights and go straight to a plug in a corner, turn a switch on and a splash of changing colors enlighten the room.

You positioned a few colored led stripes here and there behind furnitures and behind the sofa and some kind of a star projector pointing on the ceiling, the ambient is magic, especially if you want to keep relaxed.

Ichigo whistle at the sight, nothing to compare to his room, and Ikkaku has a pleased smile on his face

"Now that's what we're talking about"

He gets slumped in one of the pouf and Ichigo mirrors him letting himself fall on the pouf on the other side of the coffee table.

You take your sit on one side of the sofa and put on some chill music in the background from the tv while Renji does the honors even if it's not his house.

He takes four glasses from your kitchen and brings a bottle of Honey Jack Daniel's you always keep in just in case, turns out its time has finally come.

He puts the glasses down on the coffee table with a smug face

"How'd you know it was there?"

You ask him ironically, just to pick on him a little

"I know you better than anyone-" he stops and looks up to you while leaning to put the bottle down too, but before it reaches the surface he looks at it and then he looks at you back again whit a grin "-Honey"