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[1stguardian]

All right. What's the plan now?

Or don't you have a plan? You don't, do you? Can't say I'm surprised. You never know what you're doing.

Whatever. Just don't take forever figuring it out. I've still got a lot left to do and I don't have time to wait on you.

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[1stguardian]

[ Doing the mental equivalent of throwing up his hands, Ichigo concedes to the inevitable. ]

Why wouldn't it be a waste?

[repelling]

[ Get with the program, what is remotely wasteful about capes?! ]

Why would it be a waste?

[ This is getting nowhere. So, it begins to dawn on him, though he should have seen it from the start. Despite what Kurosaki said to Inoue-san, really. ]

Honestly, Kurosaki, rather than use my name, just say you don't want it.

[1stguardian]

Because it's for me?

[ Naruto's spirit of honesty loosens Ichigo's tongue, and the words are tumbling out before he can stop them.

Shit. ]

Look, it's fine. If I didn't want it, I wouldn't have said anything.

1/4?

[repelling]

[ His expression shifts, in mild doses. Surprise, with a dash of confusion- ]

[repelling]

[ Something a little more guarded. That's right, it is for Kurosaki, after all. ]

[repelling]

[ Then, to a more appropriate scorn. ]

Why would I pass up the opportunity to improve your wardrobe? Much as it pains me, we do tend to end up in one another's company. I have to be seen with you.

[ So, a cape, seriously Uryuu. ]

4/4

[repelling]

Acting so weird.

Then, how do you want it? Any preference in style, length, color?

1/3

[1stguardian]

[ Well, now this is awkward, isn't it? He can just see it. That moment when Ishida catches his slip and hell, how is he supposed to live this down? ]

[1stguardian]

[ Insults are familiar, though, and he slips into the old routine with something like relief. ]

My wardrobe? My wardrobe is fine. Your's is the one that could use a little help. Colors, Ishida. Ever heard of them?

[1stguardian]

[ And now it looks like he's getting a cape. Okay. He can deal with that.

...And maybe he'd like one. Not that he'd ever admit it. ]

Black, I guess. Something that doesn't make this stupid hair look even worse. And long. None of that short stuff.

aslmeosf sorry i had to

[willoffire]

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So. Like a super hero.

[repelling]

Of course.

[ And if there's a tiny Quincy cross hidden on it, well who has to know. ]

NO APOLOGIZING

[1stguardian]

Why? You wanna be my sidekick?

[repelling]

I wear plenty of colors.

[ Brushing it off, not remotely bothered. ]

Short has its merits, but no, I don't think it would suit you either. Just be careful not to trip over it or let it get caught. Right!

[ Pulling out a notepad and pencil to sketch a preliminary design. ]

[1stguardian]

[ The look he shoots him is one of being wholly unconvinced. ]

Right.

[ He almost perks up when Ishida starts talking about the cape. Right up until he's warned against tripping over it like he's some kind of klutz. That just makes him scowl, huffily crossing his arms over his chest. ]

You ever see me trip over my bankai coat?

[repelling]

[ Dismissive wave of the pencil through the air. ]

Do you honestly think I study your every move? How should I know? It is you we're talking about.

[1stguardian]

[ Why are you such an asshole? ]

Why are you such an asshole?

1/2

[repelling]

[ What?

He drops the pencil, snatching it back up before it rolls off the pad. ]

[repelling]

I'm n-

[ He'd thought they'd gotten past the weirdness, slid back into the familiarity of insults.

What's gotten into Kurosaki? Pushing at his glasses. Going for a dry tone, but not quite making it. ]

If I've hurt your feelings, Kurosaki, don't expect an apology.

[1stguardian]

[ Although Ichigo doesn't consciously recognize it, Naruto's easy friendship with Ishida is grating on him. "I call him Uryuu" and "Friends don't call each other by their last names" and he wants to ask what the hell's wrong with him. But he knows. He doesn't truly need to ask.

Shinigami. Quincy. They'll never get along. ]

Yeah, right.

[ A quiet scoff under his breath. ]

Like I care. Just get on with it. Or are you reneging on that offer?

[ When in doubt, deflect. ]

[repelling]

[ Easy friendship? Little does he know. But, unaware of the actual issue, he can't offer anything reassuring. Instead, it's as if-

There's an old American television show he's heard about. The Twilight Zone. He might just be there.

As if Kurosaki being a Shinigami had ever really mattered for a long, long time. ]

I don't really think you'll trip, all right?

1/2

[1stguardian]

[ He blinks. Blinks again. ]

Oh.

[1stguardian]

[ Awkward Ichigo is awkward. ]

So.

[ Not knowing what else to do, he cranes his neck, trying to see the notepad. ]

What're you drawing?

[repelling]

[ Gladly going along with the shift. ]

Rabbits.

[ He pulls the pad out of view. As cool as he thinks Don Kanonji looks, Kurosaki definitely couldn't pull off that ... ]

[1stguardian]

[ Ichigo's nose wrinkles. ]

What's with you people and rabbits?

[ A beat, and then; ]

I thought you were drawing that cape! Don't put rabbits on my cape!