XXXXX Tanji lets out a sigh of relief as the intern leaves whatever he was delivering in the door basket and then walks away. After the sounds of footsteps stops, Tanji turns his attention back to Tora as she stares at him, clutches the collar of her yukata closed, and cloaks herself with his couch's blanket, before practically glowing red with how much she is blushing. Thinking he should ask what she is doing, Tanji opens his mouth to speak but no sound comes out as Hanaki keeps Tanji from speaking and has his voice ring out in Tanji's mind "You really shouldn't say that. She obviously needs comforting instead of questions right now." Knowing Hanaki is probably right, Tanji mentally responds with "Fine let me speak and I'll tell her everything is going to be ok." walks back over to the couch. When he gets close enough to Tora, Tanji suddenly hugs her before saying "Don't worry. After I read your letter I swore to myself I would try make you happy, so I'm going to handle this case while you lay down and get some much needed rest. Then when the case is done we can ... uh ... well I haven't actually thought that far ahead yet but if you have any ideas for what you want to do then I can make sure we have some free time together."
OOC Notes: Word Count: 230 * 3.5 = 805 TM's Word Bank: 6414 ⮞ 7219
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Tora feels his arms wrap around her small form and she realizes that she had been shaking and is just now calming down. The adrenaline coursing through her body finally peters out and she just simply relaxes against him. "Arigato ..." she says softly as she passes out in his arms. [Good night, Takara. Trust me, this is for your best interests.] Shinku Kirisame smiles from within her as in his world he begins to put her through her paces for her bankai. (For my own good?! How can you call embarrassing me and acting like a drunken idiot-) He leaps up on top of a house sized mushroom. [Tch! So rude! I am not an idiot. And if you must know~] He exposes his claws and strikes the mushroom cap, causing it to burst into a cloud of spores. She attempts to dodge it, but she does not manage and she finds herself surrounded in spores. Tora coughs and attempts to fan away the spores. (What are you, a poison type?) He reappears, grin first, then stripes, and then form with his eyes appearing last. She barely gets a chance to dodge as he attacks her. [Well, you could say that, but honestly ... Senkyō is quite clearly something that makes you. Not. See. Clearly.] As he speaks his bright falsetto suddenly drops into a base and sounds pretty slow. The surrealistic scenery, reminiscent of a Salvador Dali painting, suddenly morphs into a negative appearance and then it quite simply shatters. Suddenly, she finds herself falling and spinning, surrounded by surreal imagery that looks like something out of a hippie's psychedelically dreams. The sounds are all distorted. She gasps for air but finds herself plunged into deep dark water. Holding her breath she reaches out for a door that suddenly appears in front of her and then shrinks away. (NO!) she shouts, but discovers that she can breathe after all. [Forget everything you think you know. You might have been adopted back into the main branch, but it has BeEn FoReVeR sInCe YoUr blood was ever ThE sAmE. Can't you see? YoUr LiNe Is CuRsEd and that is why YoU wErE nOt BLESSED with Fiiiiiirrrrre~] The voice changes and distorts and rises in pitch and drops in pitch all while maintaining that sing song mocking tone. Suddenly it is deathly silent. [ACCEPT YOUR FATE!] All scenery and sound vanish as quickly as it began. She is floating in the blackness. Then comes a small, quiet voice. It is strong and insistent. [Reach out. And. Grab. Now.] She reaches out her hands into the inky blackness, blind to all, including herself and takes a hold of something. The darkness is dispelled and there is Shinku Kirisame staring at her wide eyed as he is sipping a cup of tea. [Oh really, now?] (Yes.) [Time to wake up!] There is a sensation of being held. She opens her eyes and gasps. How much time has passed? What is going on? Feeling her way through the blanket, Tora pulls the opening in the folds a bit wider and peers up at Tanji. "Tanji-sama ... Have I told you how much I admire you?" 6,356
XXXXX As Tanji continues hugging Tora he fails to notice her losing consciousness for a few seconds. Tanji just continues to hold her till he hears a gasp and Tora pulls part of the blanket off of her face before asking if she has told him how much she admires him. "Well your letter didn't use the word admire, but it did mention a "terrible crush" and you "falling deeply madly in love" if I remember correctly" Tanji responds with as a wry smile forms on his face. "But now that I've answered your question let me ask you one. Have I told you how cute you are?" Tanji continues on with as his wry smile becomes somewhat devilish, and he squeezes Tora just a bit tighter as he lifts her up so that her face is eye level with his face so that they can stare into one another's eyes.
OOC Notes: Word Count: 150 * 2.5 = 375 TM's Word Bank: 7219 ⮞ 7594
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She lays there with baited breath as she waits for his reply. He drops a sweet complement 'Have I told you how cute you are?' She blushes softly and smiles. "Only just now, Tanji-sama." Tora blinks at him surprised as he lifts her up to eye level. She reaches out and lifts the brim of his hat to get a better look. "Is this real? Or is it another dream?" she asks softly, wondering if it is another of Shinku Kirisame's cruel jokes. "Please be real," she whispers with her voice full of hope.
XXXXX After informing Tanji that he had not told her how cute she was, Tora questioned if she was dreaming as she lifted the brim of his hat. "Last I checked I was awake, so if this is a dream it isn't mine." Tanji say before giving Tora's side a small pinch and waiting to see if she realizes she is awake.
OOC Notes: Word Count: 61 * 2.5 = 153 TM's Word Bank: 7594 ⮞ 7747
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Tora blinks and then smiles once more at him, a bit timidly. "I am so happy!" She reaches out to him and places her hands on his cheeks. His sideburns feel soft in her palms. "So soft!" she says and then reaches toward him as if to hug him then plucks his hat off and puts it on her own head with a mischievous grin. "What do you think?"
XXXXX After getting pinched. Tora had grabbed his cheeks and transitioned that into stealing his hat then asking what he thought as she put it on her own head. Amused Tanji says "I think my hat is too big for you." as he flicks it off her head, causing it to fly off and land atop his zanpakutou, (which is sitting in umbrella holder next to the door, like it usually is when he is in his office.) "Also I think I can't resist the urge to do this any longer." Tanji continues on with as he sits on the couch, pulling Tora with him so that she is sitting in his lap, and starts petting her
OOC Notes: Word Count: 116 * 2.5 = 290 TM's Word Bank: 7747 ⮞ 8037
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Tora purrs loudly and deeply when he pets her. Her arms reach forward and wrap around him. Resting her head on his chest she smiles as she enjoys being petted. She starts really enjoying it as he gets into the petting and she starts to nuzzle him and eventually nuzzling becomes kissing. She kisses his neck and works her way up to his face. She gives him an affectionate look and just simply starts to kiss him properly.
XXXXX Getting a caught up in the heat of the moment It takes Tanji a few seconds of kissing to realize that the petting and nuzzling had pretty quickly escalated into the two of them making out like a pair of horny teens who just discovered kissing. The thought "I could get addicted to this." comes across his mind as the kissing shows no signs of stopping. At some point after Tanji has lost track of how long the kissing has lasted Hanaki's voice rings out in his mind "How long are you going to keep this up? You still have work on that case you promised her you would have solved before she woke up.", but Tanji elects to ignore his zanpakutou spirit for at least a little bit if it means this kiss can last just a bit longer.
OOC Notes: Word Count: 140 * 3.5 = 490 TM's Word Bank: 8037 ⮞ 8527
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To say that Tora is enjoying this make out session is at the very least true, but underselling it a bit. She wraps her arms around the back of his neck and she just continues to kiss him passionately. His masculine aroma, which seems to have a rather woody fragrance intermingled in it, fills her sensitive nose and commits itself to memory for her. As they kiss, her hands memorize the muscles of his neck and upper back. 'He's all muscle. Tanji-sama must be so strong!' she muses. At the moment, the idea of stopping, much less coming up for air, does not enter her mind. No doubt due in small part of the machinations of Shinku Kirisame who decides to cloud her mind and encourage her to give in to the moment. She still has much to learn about derailing him from acting out. Either way, she herself does not wish to stop, because she has never had any release of this kind before - simply enjoying kissing somebody. To make this more poignant, it is in fact her first kiss.
XXXXX Lost in the incredibly intoxicating sent that is completely filling his nostrils, Tanji feels Tora's hands reaching into his shirt and feeling up his upper back muscles, and doesn't even try to stop his hands from reciprocating the same gesture. "Her skin is so soft." is the only clear thought Tanji can form before Hanaki's frustrated voice rings out in his mind again "Tanji I'd rather not forcefully interrupt your first kiss, but this isn't what I meant when I said she needed comforting and I'm not going to sit idly by if this escalates any more sense you two obviously have no clue how to resist your hormones." a few seconds before a swarm of leaves suddenly surrounds Tanji and Tora, pulling them apart and tossing the two of them into walls on the opposite sides of the room.
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Tora form rapidly shifts to a more feline form as she is flung. Before she hits the wall opposite of Tanji she quickly turns herself and springs off of the wall and pulls into a hand spring to right herself. "Dang it," she mutters. [Damn it, just say it. That stupid zanpakutou is a major cockblocker. That jackass. You two were having such fun. Why does he need to spoil it?] her zanpakutou pouts. Its tone is that of somebody who is dejected and put out. Tora resists the urge to roll her eyes lest she give Tanji the wrong signals. Still, the look on her face is that of incredulity at this situation. Feeling a tad indignant she straightens out her yukata and covers her front a bit better. Their make out session and them getting blown apart by a leaf storm of sorts had completely mussed up her outfit. "Well, that was unexpected." She sighs and starts rubbing her arm anxiously as she looks away. "So ..."
XXXXX After getting thrown into the wall, Tanji bounces off the wall and ends up landing butt first in his desk chair and an "Ow." escapes his mouth as he does so. Looking to see if Tora is ok, he sees that she has shifted out of her fully human form and is straightening out her yukata. Then Tora says "Well, that was unexpected." before looking away, sighing, rubbing her arm, and trailing off with a "So ...""So. One, I never knew kissing was that amazing, and two ..." he responds with, pausing at the end as he glares at his zanpakutou, which is still sitting in the umbrella holder with his hat on top of it, before letting out a sigh and continuing on by asking Hanaki "Do you want to explain to her why you did that yourself, Hanaki, or are you going to give me the silent treatment?" Hearing a "Silent treatment." in his mind, Tanji rubs both his temples with the thumb and index finger of one hand as he frustratedly lets out a long sigh. "So two, apparently my zanpakutou spirit doesn't want to explain why getting back to work was so important that he friggen had to interrupt by forcefully tossing us across the room like that after I ignored him."
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Tora sighs and nods. "Well, yours stopped us. Mine was trying to ensure that we went beyond kissing, to be honest. Shinku Kirisame can be an a**, but this time it was actually trying to help me in ... its own strange way." She looks back at him and walks up to him. "Well, I suppose that there must be some reason for our zanpakutous behaving like spoiled children. Still, perhaps we can address this later at a time when we do not have that much going on." She looks down and ponders what to do with this situation. "Tanji-sama ... about the kiss, which I honestly was enjoying before this, what does this make us?"
XXXXX Raising an eyebrow when all the possible implications of what "beyond kissing" could mean cross his mind, Tanji nods in agreement to Tora's statement of dealing with their zanpakutou spirits another time. Then, caught completely off guard by her questioning of what that kiss makes them, Tanji takes a few seconds to think before saying "Well I'm not an expert on the subject but if I remember correctly, I overheard some of the other guys in the academy saying "Dude If a cute girl steals your first kiss that definitely makes her your girlfriend" to a guy asking for advice. So I guess that makes you my girlfriend, and by extension me your boyfriend." After which, Tanji pauses for a moment to consider if he should actually ask the question stuck in his mind or not before continuing with "Also I feel like I shouldn't ask this, but what exactly did you mean by "beyond kissing"?" with the word "Idiot" echoing a few times in his mind as soon as he decided to let that question out of his mouth.
OOC Notes: Word Count: 180 * 3.5 = 630 TM's Word Bank: 9770 ⮞ 10,400
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