Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Bleach Melodies ❯ Flowers and Talks ( Chapter 4 )

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

By: Strailo

Title: Flowers and Chats

For: Chynyll

Fandom: Bleach

Pairings: Shunsui/Starrk with hints of Shunsui/Ukitake and Starrk/Ichigo

AN: Another one! Finally! Sorry about taking so long but since I had lost my monitor and joined National Novel Writing Month, I had to wait to type this puppy up. Anyways, I'm happy with this. Reviews are nice!

Chy, Merry Christmas luv. Seriously. *hugs* I miss you lots.

Sighing lightly as he sipped his sake, watching the dark haired male lounge next to him. Shifting to lean against the tree, the large man sipped his drink again before humming, drawing lazy eyes to him.

“What is with you?” Starrk drawled, getting a snort from his shinigami companion.

“Nothing. Just curious as to why you are here when you could be tormenting the academy students by just being there,” was the reply from Shunsui, swirling his cup a few times as he turned to watch his oldest friend dig around in the dirt near them. His long fingers worked around the delicate plants, pulling weeds and patting down loose dirt.

Long, slightly loose silver hair feel around his slim face as soft eyes danced happily. Shunsui knew that Ukitake knew they were there but was choosing to ignore them for the time being. The slightly younger man was going enjoy his time alone even though he had to ignore the two that seemed content in just lounging around.

Shifting and looking at the Arrancar with a raised eyebrow, Shunsui smirked behind his sake cup, finishing it easily. Pouring a new saucer nad one for his companion, he offered the cup to the other man.

“Since you don't feel like going away, might as well drink something instead of just sitting there staying at Jyuu-chan” Shunsui told the Primera Escapada, looking from under his hat. Smirking, Starrk nodded and took the saucer, drinking down half of it before resting it on his chest, going back to watching the silver haired captain.

“Does he often garden?” he finally asked the shinigami next to him, drawing the others eyes from his friend.

“Whenever he can get away with it. He's taken to skipping out on work if it keeps away for longer then a couple of weeks. His third seats know that if they try to bother him when he's gardening they'll end up with all of the work instead of just some of it,” Shunsui replied. Sipping his sake, he sat up from his lounging position. “Even I have learned that if I want to be with him while he's doing this, I have to either be out of the way or helping him.”

“So he's picky about things while working on his garden huh?” Starrk asked, finishing off his own sake in one swing. Licking his lips, he watched as Ukitake replanted a set of flowers. “How long has he been working on this garden of his?”

“A few centuries, somewhere after we graduated the academy,” Shunsui hummed, pouring more sake for the both of them. “We gained captaincy soon after we joined the corps and only because we had training before hand. The first time the stress got to him, he was told to go and find something to help him with the stress of the job.”

“So he started to garden?” Start asked, actually sitting up and turning to look at the other man. He was getting a lot of information, which was rather good for him. Meant he was getting to know his new allies like Ichigo wanted him to.

“Something like that. First he started with knitting, which worked out somewhat. Then he moved onto embroidery. That was an interesting time. He still has a few boxes of the finished projects. Though Jyuu-chan still does it on occasion,” Shunsui hummed, reaching into a bag and pulling out a box of rice balls, pulling one out.

“Those are from who?” Starrk asked, eyeing them with some curiosity.

“Ichi-chan. He had extra from this morning and knew I would be with Jyuu-chan,” the large man replied, offering the box to Starrk. Taking one, the Arracar settled back to enjoy as Shunsui started to talk again. “Took up cooking and got really good at it. It was actually Yama-san who suggested Jyuu start gardening. A few centuries later and he's still working it.”

Humming, Starrk continued to eat his rice ball as he Jyuushiro continue working. Shunsui could figure out why the other was there, even though Starrk wasn't going to tell.

Why should he admit to waiting for Ichigo to come by and help Ukitake?