Chapter 1. 1: ♥ I ♥

"Every person meets the person of his life once,
but only a few recognize him in time. "

Gina Kraus

80 years before Aizen's betrayal.

It was a sultry afternoon. The heat just melted you away.
The sun that was free in the sky tickled my face. The birds chirped a happy melody and Gorou drooled half of my kimono full of me. I scratched his ear and he started wagging his tail.
I had to giggle. He must be hotter than me with that thick fur.
I sighed.
What a peaceful day.
Nobody had to fight Hollows and nobody was stressed about any paperwork that had to be filled out.
Was it such a peaceful day in Rukongai?
I would like to find out, but Oto-san forbade me to go to Rukongai because it would be so dangerous there.
Menno, I was so bored. Oto-san took a nap. He expressly asked me not to disturb him.
Ukitake-taicho wasn't doing so well at the moment, which is why he couldn't play with me either. Maybe Byakuya-kun felt like it?
But as I watched my feet dangling back and forth between the wooden bars of the fence, I remembered what he said to me the last time I wanted to play with him. Something about "coming head of the family" and he had no "need".
Idiot.
But maybe he had "need" to play with me today. I pulled my legs out of the wooden bars of the fence and put on my Getas.
I gave Gorou a kiss on his wet nose and left him there in the shade. I ran down the stairs from Oto-san's office and across the 7th Division compound to the front gate.
Fortunately it was open, otherwise I would have had to climb through these disgusting ventilation shafts again. I was about to leave when I spotted Iba-san from the other direction.
"Iiiiiiibaaaaaa-saaaaaaan!", I waved to him from afar. He did the same and took a step so that he stood by me in a hurry.
"Where are you going?", He knelt down to me so that we were at eye level. Only now did I actually realize that I was quite small for my age. For my 10 years, well actually 70 years, I could have been a little taller.
But maybe it just seemed like that to me because I was really only surrounded by giants.
Oto-san was almost 3 meters tall or when I sneaked secretly to Rukongai I always met Jidanbō and he was even 10 meters high, but Iba-san was also quite a gorilla.
I sighed.
"I wanted to go to Byakuya-kun."
"You still haven't given up?" He tilted his head to one side and I did the same.
"Never, I'll get this grouchy little boy!", I grinned at him and he put his hand on my head.
"Well, see you later and behave yourself", he got up and walked straight to the office.I ran in the direction of the noble house. The streets were deserted and only a few Shinigami came towards me every now and then.
The heat was bothering you, which is why I had to take a little break. I leaned against the wall and wiped the sweat from my forehead with my sleeve. My gaze wandered to the sky. Not a cloud could be seen. It looked like an ocean that threatened to break any second and local masses of water would splash on us. The thought wasn't that bad. I would rather drown in cool water than dry up in eternal heat. Even if both were bad.
I approached my goal with slow steps. When I turned the corner I saw the magnificent aristocratic house. With the last of my strength I ran around the property into the garden where Byakuya-kun always trained. I couldn't climb over the walls, but I knew another way that I had been using for years. I struggled through the bushes that grew around the wall. A hole was built there, deeply hidden. I thought I knew that it was used for floods.
I took off the grille and crawled through. In moments like this I was very grateful that I was still so small. I reattached the bars and discovered Byakuya-kun already exercising in the meadow.
"Byaaaaakuuuuyaaaa-kuuuuuun!", I ran towards him with a bit of hope that he would like to play with me today, but when he turned around and I looked into his face I stopped abruptly.
"You idiot!" I walked past him and sat down on the stairs that led to the terrace of the Adel House. I crossed my arms over my chest and wanted to cry.
"Huh…. What have I done that again and anyway you climbed through the hole again? You shouldn't damn well do that !!!", when he gave me a sermon again, he propped his arm up his hip off and with the other he waved the wooden sword he was holding in his hand around so that it almost hit me.
"So the first time you pull a face like that-", I pointed directly to his stupid facade which he is now even more distorted "-then I know immediately that you say" NO "to everything and the second I will go through this for so long Climb the hole until you say "YES", I got up and was even taller than him when I stood on the steps.
"AAAARRRGGGG .... I'm not going to play with you and ever as a coming family head-"
"-I have absolutely no need for it", I finished his sentence because I had heard him too often.
"I don't care what you are about to be or if you don't feel like doing anything. You are still a child and not an adult. And children just play with other children. It is clear to me that you don't always have that much time and you prefer to spend your free time exercising, only I wish you would spend a little more time with your friends, especially when you can be a child.I thought we were friends! ", I slowly calmed down and lowered my gaze. He was many years older than me and yet I didn't understand him. Shouldn't he be smarter than me. Know better.
"II didn't mean ... I m-my ... I'm sorry," he dropped the wooden sword and took my hands in his. They were very warm.
He looked at me in disbelief and was probably a bit confused too, but I just started laughing.
"Byakuya-kun, I was just kidding. Don't worry!" I let go of his hands, smiled and punched his shoulder lightly so it didn't hurt.
"Huh?", He looked even more horrified now.
"You can go on, that doesn't bother me."
"O-O.-K ... but are you really sure?", He slowly raised his wooden sword but his gaze was still on me.
"Yup, I'll get an ice cream. Would you like one too?" I moved slowly to the front door of the terrace and waited for an answer.
"No, but maybe something to drink," I went to the noble house. I got a strawberry ice cream from the freezer and a glass of water for Byakuya-kun. While I was pouring the water, I saw through the large windows that Kuchiki-sama Byakuya-kun was paying a visit. Add to FavoritesX