Bleach Drabbles

Aizen

AIZEN

“I can’t believe…that bastard!” I yelled, pacing the floor angrily. “How could he…?”

“What’s wrong, dear Ayaka?” Gin Ichimaru said, coming from behind me with that fox grin of his.

“That idiot Aizen locked me in his room again!” I screeched. “All by myself! Just so I wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with his latest plan!” I wanted to spit. “What an asshole!” I scoffed.

“You know,” Gin said slyly, “Aizen’s not doing that because he thinks you’re gonna interfere.”

I was funimg. “Then why the hell would he lock me up every damn time??”

Gin frowned, a strange and rare sight. “Because he doesn’t want you hurt, stupid. I figured it would be fairly obvious.”

“Why would he care if I got hurt? For goddamn sake, I’m a fucking Shinigami! It’s kinda my purpose to fight, to get hurt! Him locking me up just makes me wanna fight more!”

“Ah, Ayaka…” Gin sighed. “You can be so naïve….”

“What? How am I naïve?” I asked, but he was already walking away, refusing to answer my question. “Gin! Don’t ignore me! I asked you a question!” But by then he was long gone.

“What question might that be?” a smooth voice called close to my ear, so close that I felt lips tracing my lobe. I jerked forward and turned around, only to discover the voice was Aizen’s.

“Oh…” I said, a faint blush adorning my cheeks. “It was nothing.”

He came closer to me, his eyes narrowing curiously. “No, I want to know.” He raised a hand to cup my chin. “What was your question?” When he noticed my mouth staying shut he frowned a bit. “Ayaka…you know you must obey me.”

I rolled my eyes before releasing myself from his grip. “Gin just called me naïve, and I was wondering how I was in the slightest.”

Aizen’s eyes widened, but he quickly regiained control of his expression. “But Ayaka…you are so naïve.”

“What?!” I yelled. “Ugh, Sosuke! How am I naïve?!?”

He sighed. “Well…why did I bring you here?”

“Here?”

“To Las Noches.”

“Ah!” I said, my face brightening in understanding. “Because you wanted to keep your secret safe and because I was supposed to help control the first Espada and Arrancars while they became used to their newfound powers.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose. “That’s only the surface reason, baka….”

I frowned angrily. “Then what’s the real reason?”

He grabbed my face quickly and pressed a firm kiss to my lips. I was shocked for a minute but couldn’t find the strength inside me to pull away. Eventually I found myself growing used to the pressure, even so much as enjoying it. Before I knew it, I’d reflexively started kissing back.

Sosuke released me and pulled me in for a hug. “It’s because you were the only one who could see past my Kyoka Suigetsu…you’ve always seen past my shield. It’s because all these five hundred years we’ve known each other, I’ve loved you.”

I hesitated before slowly hugging him back. “Fool,” I whispered over his shoulder, a smile on my face, “you don’t know how to love.”