The Degeneracy of Shinigami [R-18]

They stood in the middle of the room and stared at each other in silence. He noticed that she seemed nervous and wondered why. She hadn't been so on their other encounters and she'd been completely nude both times. He decided to just follow her lead as long as it led him in between her legs.

Nel was at a loss. 'Stop fidgeting,' she told herself. 'You're supposed to be seducing him, not acting like a damned virgin.'

Before she could say anything he cleared his throat. "Excuse me, Lieutenant, I have pressing matters to attend to." Then he left.

And just like that her whole scheme unraveled. Nel was crushed. One of the servants passed by and smiled politely. No doubt the whole household would be gossiping about her humiliation over tea. She felt like a complete idiot. "He's such an ass," she said in a huff, then sonidoed out of the room and his house.

Byakuya returned to find Lieutenant Odelschwanck gone. He shook his head in frustration. This woman was almost too much trouble, but he'd made a decision and he intended to stick to it. His senses told him she was not far away and in a flash he was off.

Nel arrived home in a deep funk. Hopefully Mashiro wouldn't be inside waiting for her. She didn't want to have to explain how she'd not only failed her mission but failed terribly. Her hand had just touched the door when suddenly she felt a presence behind her.

"Why did you leave?" It was his voice, the one that sent a chill down her spine and between her legs. Nel didn't turn around. She didn't even think she was breathing. Was this really happening? Her mind was going a mile a minute. It wasn't until she felt him step close enough for their bodies to touch that she snapped out of it.

"You told me to," she answered, slightly disappointed with the tremble she heard in her voice.

"Did I?" His breath caressing her neck made her knees weak. Had he actually told her to leave? No, but he might as well have. "I went to tell my sister that I would not be accompanying her for dinner. When I returned, you were gone."

"So you had somewhere else to be?" Nel asked, hoping he wasn't saying what she thought he was, but at the same time hoping he was.

"Where am I?" he asked, leaning in close to her ear.

All Nel could manage was, "Huh?"

"Where am I?" he repeated, slower and a lot more sensual.

"Uhhh… right here?" Nel was officially confused.

"That's somewhere else then, isn't it? Now open the door."

Nel obeyed his instruction without a word. Byakuya followed her with his eyes, not bothering to move just yet. When she realized he wasn't behind her she looked over her shoulder and saw him standing in the doorway watching her.

"I thought you wanted to come," she said putting emphasis on the 'come'.

He nodded his head so she turned and continued walking until she turned a corner. When she was out of sight Byakuya smiled wickedly. It was going to be an interesting night.

Byakuya had to admit he was relieved when he saw that instead of living in the main barracks she stayed in the captains' quarters. Nel slipped into the back to change into something a little more comfortable, and by comfortable she meant a kimono and nothing else. She returned and tried her hardest to act noble and be a good hostess. She even brewed up the best jasmine tea she'd ever made, which tasted like shit in Byakuya's expert opinion.

"Did you get the poem I sent? I spent all day on it." Nel was all smiles.

All Byakuya said was, "Yes."

The silence was uncomfortable and Nel found herself at a loss once again. He'd followed her here and he was being polite enough…well, polite for him, but he had barely touched his tea and things were moving awfully slow.

She glanced up at the camera that sat in the corner of her room. Mashiro had set one up in the sitting room and one in her bedroom since the plan was to get him to come back to her place, but never in a million years did she think she would actually pull it off.

Glancing at him and taking note of his uninterested expression, she knew she needed to loosen him up or those cameras would be recording a whole lot of nothing.

"How about some saké?" She didn't wait for him to answer, only jumped to her feet and ran to the cabinet where she knew Yoruichi and Kukaku always kept a stash. Neliel returned with the bottle, purposely forgetting the cups. Byakuya watched as she stood over him, and drank straight from the bottle.

"Now you," she said holding the bottle out to him. To Nel's disappointment he took the bottle but instead of drinking he set it down on the table.

He stood up, grabbing his cup of tea and made his way to the open window on the other side of the room. Nel raised an eyebrow. 'What the hell is he doing?' She soon found out. He tossed the now lukewarm liquid out into the night.

"That was the most disgusting tea I've ever had the misfortune to drink."

He ignored Nel's red face and came back to the table, pouring the saké into his now empty cup. Byakuya glanced around the room, taking in his surroundings for the first time. It was not poorly decorated. Having come to this decision he drank the contents of his cup in one smooth gulp and poured himself another.

"What does 'bubbles' mean?" He turned and noticed the surprised look on her face.

'That was random,' she thought. "It means I'm awesome."

Before Byakuya could comment on how that in no way made any sense someone yelled from outside, "Burger King!"

Both their heads snapped around toward the window. 'I'm going to kill Mashiro,' Nel thought.

"What was that?" Byakuya asked.

"Oh it was just the village idiot, don't worry about it," Nel said in an attempt to make the situation a little less weird. She failed. "So do you think you can help me with my tattoo now?"

Byakuya sighed heavily then poured his third drink. "I'm bored. Take off your clothes."

Nel's jaw hit the floor. She must have heard him wrong. Byakuya wished he could laugh, but of course he didn't. To Nel's credit, she pulled herself together quickly and put her game face back on. If he wanted to play she was definitely game. Maybe she'd complete this mission after all.

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