(Ryoto's pov)
Yoruichi left, and I was standing alone in the sa place for about 15 minutes, looking at where the gate to the living world was. It could have gone better, but what happened won't un-happen. I'll need to live with the consequences of my decision like I always did.
I hate the consequences of my own actions. Can't I do sothing that won't have an outco that will hurt in the ass in the future?
I miss tis when most of my worries were only my emotional well-being, my grades, and maybe getting away alive from Lala's dad that one ti. Now, on the other hand, I need to think about events that will happen about a hundred years in the future while keeping an eye on Mr. Plan himself, so he doesn't ss with soone wrong (my family) because I know that he already saw my children in action years ago, but still, he didn't do anything.
He didn't even approach them, which is strange in itself. Either he is not as interested, or... he is doing sothing behind my back, which would be worrying. Do I need to have a talk with my children? After all, better safe than sorry, but it will need to wait a few days. If and only if my worries were justified, then our talk could turn into an argunt as Aizen is very persuasive, charismatic, and knows how to turn people against each other.
In that case... I'll need to have a talk with Aizen instead. Better that he would have his eyes on than my children.
But now I should get back. I was gone for about 20 hours without telling anyone.
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Returning ho, I was welcod by Rin and Isane, and I explained the situation, which Rin didn't take that well.
"What the hell does she think she has done!? Does she realize what happens when she leaves!!?"
Her words pierced right through . Rin... it hurts.
"Rin, I'm sorry..." My head lowered, which alard my lover.
"Why would you need to apologize? It's not like you knew what she was up to."
And yet another arrow pierced , and so another explanation was in order.
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After I explained everything, this ti more thoroughly this ti, it was t with silence. No one knew what to say until Isane spoke up after walking up to and forced my head to rest on her breasts and started caressing my hair.
"It must have been hard for you."
... I wasn't expecting this. To be honest, I was expecting a slap or a punch, but not... this.
Isane then signaled to Rin to go inside our ho as she planned to take sowhere. Rin understood that it would be for the better for Isane to talk with . While all of my lovers were mothers, Isane was the most motherly. Probably because she is the oldest, not that I'll ever tell her that.
Rin llowed down with age. While she was mostly expressionless and formal around people even before we transferred to this world, it was mostly a facade to not embarrass Saki in front of others. Rin was very easy to anger if you pushed her wrong buttons. Kinda like , but what I want to say is that this situation pushed these buttons.
Rin was very loyal to Saki. To a stupid degree, even. It reminded of how Soi Fon was devoted to Yoruichi. It's possible that she saw her younger self in her to so extent, and seeing Yoruichi 'betray' her like that made her blood boil, not to ntion 'abandoning' our family.
Of course, these thoughts were before I explained the details, but Rin still needed so ti to digest everything I had said. It's a lot to swallow.
At the sa ti, I was being led to Isane. Where was she dragging ?
I don't know.
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We walked for a while in the direction of Squad 4.
"We haven't had much alone ti as of late, just the two of us, haven't we, Ryoto."
Isane suddenly spoke without slowing down even a bit, not that she was walking fast anyway.
"Now that you ntioned it, you are right. I'm busy with avoiding my captain duties, training our kids, planning the future to so extent, and looking into Ukitake's illness. In my free ti, we spend ti together as we, unfortunately, don't have much of it. Should I skip more work, Isane?"
At my question, Isane giggled.
"If you do that, Rin will lecture you again. She hates like paperwork as much as you, so please, give her a break."
"I disagree. Rin has masochistic tendencies. When she says no, she ans yes. I think we discovered that together a long ti ago."
I was, of course, implying our night adventures, and I got the reaction that I was looking for. A face flushed red. How I enjoy teasing my partners.
Isane didn't comnt on what I said and cleared her throat a few tis by coughing.
"We are going off-topic. What I want to say is that you haven't had much ti to relax."
That genuinely surprised . I didn't have ti to relax? It's true that I had a lot less free ti than I used to for a few decades now, but it's not like I was working 24/7. Also, my ti with family and adult tis with my lovers was relaxing, so I didn't know what she was talking about, and it showed on my face.
Isane, seeing my confusion started explaining.
"Ryoto, how do you usually relax?"
I started carefully thinking about the answer.
When I have free ti, I try to prepare myself for the future. Training, planning, and so on. Otherwise, I spent ti with our kids, although it was thinned out as of late, and it was replaced with more training. Not by myself, but I was training my children more as they were constantly asking to spar with them.
Oh, I rember. I had sothing I used to do when I was bored.
"I used to take enthusiastic walks, but I needed to stop doing that."
"And why is that?" She asked, not being ready for what was coming next.
"Whenever I took one, sothing terrible happened. A few tis, soone tried to kill . It was fun, but they are at pause until so of the other issues are solved."
"I... see." Just as expected, she was flabbergasted.
"Don't worry about small details. I enjoy life as it, is minus so... inconveniences." I reassured my lovely and practically personal nurse.
As we were talking, we arrived at our destination. It was the 4th Squad barracks, but it was used exclusively by the captain and vice-captain. It had a veranda and a view of the garden. It was where Isane lived before moving with .
Isane sat down and patted her thighs a few tis, and I was not going to look a gifted horse in the mouth, so without questioning her reasons, I laid my head and felt paradise.
As I was enjoying the soft feeling under my head, I could feel Isane's hand going through my hair as she softly spoke.
"You know, you are really reliable. With you at my side I don't need to worry about anything major, but I feel like I grew a bit dependent on you. Not only , but Rin and Yoruichi as well, not to ntion our children, and you want to live up to our expectations, at least to so extent. You aren't perfect, and you make mistakes, but you don't show this side of yourself too often. Today, it reminded how much responsibility you are carrying."
Each of Isane's words was gentle, and with every sentence, I could feel my eyelids getting heavier.
"That's why just for today, relax. I can guess that you haven't slept since yesterday, so just rest without worrying about anything. You earned at least that. For being a wonderful captain. For being a wonderful father. And for being a wonderful husband."
With these last words, Isane lowered her head, giving a soft yet passionate kiss on the lips as my consciousness was slipping away into dreamland, and for the first ti in so ti, I slept without any worries clouding my mind.
(E/D: Isane is quite flexible, huh?)
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