Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Beneath You ❯ Interrogation ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

AN: Chapter Five is upon us. Will Rukia succeed in scaring away a potential suitor or will he continue to cloud her judgment? Let's find out!

"Alright. All I have to do is survive my date with Junichi. I just have to let him down gently so I won't hurt his feelings. That's not too hard, is it?" Rukia asked her friend and fellow lieutenant, Matsumoto Rangiku.

"No, you should be able to do that," Rangiku answered, smoothing out her hair as she set her brush down. Whirling in her chair away from the mirror, she continued. "That guy's got to understand that Captain Ukitake is the one you want. I mean, you practically love the man, right?"

Rukia didn't answer as she rose from her friend's bed. "Your room is really nice," she said instead. "I like the color scheme."

Rangiku rolled her eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "Please don't tell me that you aren't sure anymore."

"Well, just when I was starting to think that nothing would ever materialize between myself and my captain, Junichi came along and stirred up something inside me. I thought I wanted Captain Ukitake, but with Junichi around, I'm beginning to doubt myself."

"Okay," Rangiku said, clapping and rubbing her hands together. "Does Junichi do anything that your first guy doesn't?"

Rukia raised her eyes to the ceiling. "Well... we spend time together, we talk, he filled my office with flowers..."

"Really? He sent you enough flowers to fill your office? I wish Hisagi would do that."

"I have fun with Junichi. But what I feel for him isn't as strong as my feelings for Captain Ukitake."

The bright haired vice captain arched an eyebrow. "Then I don't see the problem. You aren't making sense. What are you trying to say?"

Rukia sat back down on the bed. She interlaced her fingers and took a moment to stare down at her shoes. Finally, she said, "I'm trying to say that... if I spend any more time with Junichi, he might completely change my mind about how I feel about Captain Ukitake. One night is long enough to do something like that, and if he can influence me that easily, then how serious was I about this to begin with?"

"Okay, if you are so afraid of falling for this guy, then give him a handshake and bid him farewell. Don't even go out with him."

In frustration, Rukia leaned into the mattress to lay on her back. "It's not that easy!"

"It is. Look, just accept Ukitake and Junichi will just go away. Not too hard."

"But I can't do that. I can't accept him with a clear conscious knowing that I may have feelings for another lurking inside of me. I have to resolve all of this with Junichi... tonight."




"Is that what you're going to wear?" Rangiku's asked, this time sitting on Rukia's bed.

"What wrong with it?" she asked, twirling around in the mirror.

"Wearing a short halter dress does not say, 'I'm breaking up with you."

"What does it say?"

"Come on over to my place."

"Oh shut up," Rukia laughed, throwing a pillow at her ."It does not."

"Either way, you can't wear that."

"Why not?"

Rangiku rose to her feet and stood in front of Rukia. Resting her hands on her shoulders, she said, "you want to get rid of the guy, not attract him. When you tell him that you can't see him, you don't want him looking down your dress at -- the little cleavage you do have."

Rukia followed her friend's eyes down to her chest. "You're right. I don't have much. How discouraging."

"Forget the ant bites and look at the bigger picture," Rangiku said, giving her a hard shake. "If you want him gone, then you can't make it easier for him to want you more."

The dark haired lieutenant nodded in agreement. "I got it. I'll wear the most conservative thing I have."

"How about your shinigami robes? They don't reveal anything."

Looking down at her chest once more, Rukia muttered, "at least mine don't."




"Hey, Rukia! I'm so glad you can... make... it..." Junichi trailed off as she approached him. "Why are you wearing your robes?"

Nonchalantly looking down at her attire, she shrugged. "Didn't feel like dressing up."

He gave her another sweeping look, then shrugged back. "That's fine. Sometimes we don't want to dress up. It's okay."

As he turned away to lead her into the restaurant, she grimaced and followed after him. Taking in his appearance, she noticed that he looked nice, a stark contrast to her bland shinigami robes. His dark brown pants and lighter brown dress shirt really complimented him, and she could tell that he put some serious thought into his outfit. For a moment, she felt bad for showing up how she did, but she had to remember to focus on her objective: scare him away.

Once finding a table and ordering drinks, the conversation started. Determined to reach her goal, Rukia started. "So, what do you think about pre-martial sex?"

Junichi's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when he heard her question. "W-what?"

Crossing her arms and leaning back in her chair, she repeated her question. "What do you think about pre-marital sex? Are you okay with it, or do you think people should wait for marriage?"

His green eyes averted hers as he thought for a suitable answer. "Well... I think that people should wait... but if they are really in love... I guess they could go for it a little early. I guess."

She looked at him with narrowed eyes. He pretty much fell into her trap. She could work with this. "So. I guess you're a little new to all of this. See, I believe that people should show their love for each other in every way. If it happens to be sex, go for it! Why should couples wait for marriage? If you like them, give 'em some bodily love!"

His gaze concentrated on her, bewildered at her answer to her own question. Surely she couldn't be serious. "Is... that how you really feel?"

Excited that her plan seemed to be working, Rukia decided to push it a little further. "Of course that's what I think. Of course I have to keep all of that under wraps. Just think of what our Captain would say if he found out! What if he found out about all the guys I was with back in the 'real world'? He'd flip out; that prude. See, I don't want to be judged on my obvious sexual prowess, but I don't want to risk my job as a Lieutenant. So, you've got to keep this a secret between us, okay?"

He slowly nodded. "Yeah. I won't say anything."

"Good." She paused as she watched him uneasily pick up his menu and sift through its pages. She figured that she'd give him a second or two to recover before she shocked him again with her next question. When she thought he was ready, she let the inquiry fly. "Are you open to trying new things? More specifically, how do you feel about threesomes?"

Junichi immediately dropped the menu onto the table, then scrambled to pick it up again. "Um... well... I-I don't really k-know about all that. I-I never thought about d-doing that."

"Well, I do," she said, scooting to the edge of her seat. Leaning over the table, she whispered, "I just had one last night."

His mouth dropped. "Really? With who?"

Thinking quickly, she answered, "Now, I can't tell you that. That happens to be classified information. But I will tell you that they are my regular sex partners. And I'll tell you that one's a guy and the other's a girl. Y'know, I like to experiment."

Junichi shook his head, trying to clear it of what he was hearing. He didn't expect to see this side of Rukia. He figured that she was a wholesome girl who he could spent time with. He never thought that she would be as wild as this! He stood up, and let the menu drop from his hand and onto the table again. "I can't do this," he announced. "I didn't know that you were into those kinds of things. I hope that we can friends, but I don't think that we should be seeing each other. I'm sorry."

Looking up at him as casually as she could, she re-crossed her arms and shrugged. "Your loss. See you at training tomorrow. I guess I can call my friends and we'll have some fun. I can't let tonight go to waste."

He gave her one last incredulous stare, and hurried out the door. Once she was sure he was gone, she erupted into laughter. She had cover her mouth to stifle her giggles. She was so happy that her plan had worked, and that she could accept her Captain fully now. Strolling outside with high spirits, she decided to actually call a friend. Matsumoto, specifically.

But to talk, nothing else.

Promise.



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