Introduction

"Captain, I'm terribly sorry for being late, my wife, she-"

Ukitake froze and gave the young man a curious look, tea resting by his lips and eyes wide.

"All is well, Kaien. I called you here on social business, anyway." The captain smiled.

"Oh." The Shiba looked to his left. "Hai?"

"You don't need to be so formal on a weekend." The white-haired man was still smiling. "I know a young man who could probably use a friend like you."

"Like me?" Kaien sipped his tea as the afternoon breeze disturbed the sakura blossoms.

"He too is the head of a household and could use some guidance from a man."

"…Are there only women in his house?" The raven-haired man raised a teasing eyebrow.

"His grandfather," Ukitake chuckled to himself. "Has a clan and a squad to watch after and often leaves him in the hands of our fourth division captain, Yoruichi."

"You're speaking of Kuchiki Byakuya."

"Ah, don't you think it's best you two start a strong relationship in your youth as to have better social and political relations in the future?" Kaien hadn't thought about that.

"You're very wise to suggest that, Taicho." The Shiba nodded.

"Let's take a walk." The ancient man smiled kindly, stood, and turned on his heel. "I told his grandfather we'd meet them in ten minutes."

The raven-haired man choked on his tea a bit.

"COME ON OUT YOU DAMNED, WERE-CAT."

"How dare that bitch waltz in here and steal my hair tie," Byakuya had a sparring sword in hand and was searching the grounds with his reiatsu. "I gotta meet this Kaien guy in like four minutes! I hate it when people think I'm a lady."

"Why don't you just spit on the ground and shake his hand when he gets here!" Byakuya frowned, he couldn't tell where that came from. He felt reiatsu poke his shoulder blade. Recognizing it as his grandfather's, he threw the sparring stick into the bushes and turned with a pleasant look plastered on his pretty face.

Three seconds later the elderly man accompanied by Ukitake appeared in the threshold of the official entrance to the garden. The teen didn't have to struggled with his facial muscles any longer when he saw them.

The thirteenth captain smiled and waved as he approached the raven-haired boy. As soon as he turned back to his conversation with Ginrei, Byakuya scanned the grounds for Yoruichi. He figured she wouldn't have still been hiding in the presence of two of her senior captains. She didn't show.

"Ah, well put, Jyuushiro," Byakuya's grandfather had put an end to their conversation once they had reached the part of the yard where the boy was. All huddled near a giant wall of flora, the three men and the boy looked like they were having a secret meeting. "Come, Byakuya, let's have tea with our guests."

The teen had finally noticed the presence of the lieutenant. He looked a bit surprised gazing down at the boy. Byakuya sighed and looked in the other direction, to hide his burning, pale cheeks. He knew he looked like a woman now.

The two captains began to move toward the deck of the house with the young men in tow. Byakuya watched the tall man out of the corner of his eye as teal orbs wandered the bountiful cherry trees. His long lashes batted at the light gust dancing with the loose blossoms. His uniform hung loose on his muscled chest, exposing the perfect hue of his smooth skin, and the sleeves tickled the brawn of his forearms. Robust hands swung loosely at slim hips in rhythm with lean legs. Jaw set and nose sharp and pointed, he was handsome. He smiled at the teen.

Very handsome.

Ginrei and Ukitake had left the boy in the hands of the lieutenant ten minutes ago.

After tea, they had decided to go to the office of the sixth division and discuss "urgent matters". Ukitake had told his subordinate to become better acquainted with the boy. So far, they had sat on the back porch of the tearoom and started discussing Byakuya's training for his entrance exam at the Soul Academy. It had grown boring.

"What do you wanna do now?" Kaien looked at the teen sideways from his position on his back, lying on the deck. Byakuya turned to him, knees pulled to his chest, raven locks swinging freely in the breeze.

"What's it like as a soul reaper?"

"It's fun. Kicking ass by day and partying by night." The lieutenant said, shrugging his shoulders. He folded his hands behind his head and chuckled to himself.

"You get mad chicks." Byakuya turned with a scowl as Kaien sat upright, confused.

Yoruichi had finally returned, twirling Byakuya's hair-band around her finger.

"C-Captain Shihoin!" Kaien leapt to his feet and bowed.

"Calm down, I'm not even wearing my haori, man." The tanned woman patted the tall man on his head.

"Where have you been, you, bitch?" Kaien eyes shot open in disbelief at the teen. Byakuya leapt at the woman and instinctively, she moved half way across the garden. She stood on the other side of a pond, dumbfounded, staring into wide purple orbs. Which were, surprisingly, still on the deck.

"Let go of me!" Byakuya struggled in the lieutenant's firm grasp, kicking and bucking his hips. But then he realized he was in the other man's lap and discontinued. His cheeks were red.

"You shouldn't talk to a captain like that, Kuchiki-san!" Kaien sounded more concerned than angry. "It's...disrespectful."

"You know I HATE it when people think I'm a woman!" The teen ignored the scolding from his captor.

"And a pretty one! Eh, Kaien?" The lieutenant looked at the captain in shock. She was encouraging this behavior?

"SHUT UP! Give me my hair tie!" He began to struggle in the man's arms again. The Shiba tightened around him until the teen could barely move.

"I can't…breathe!" Byakuya choked out between gasps. He rested his head against the broad chest and failed at an attempt to intimidate the tall man. Blushing from ear to ear wasn't very manly.

Said man tried not smile, which irritated Byakuya into struggling a third time. He tried to pull himself from the strong arms and only succeeded in sinking his manicured nails into the brawny forearms.

"Ow!" Kaien released the boy, who fell face first into the grass between the man's feet, ass still sticking up, and thighs around the man's knees.

After a pause for understanding to sink in, the captain on the far side of the yard began howling and doubled over, pointing to the young nobleman. Byakuya groaned as gravity pushed him to land on his back in the grass, looking up at the lieutenant. The long hair at the base of Kaien's head spilled over his shoulders.

"Isn't that a bit SLUTTY for your first date, Bya-bo?" Yoruichi fell on the ground, cackling. Byakuya's face grew even redder and he turned on his stomach. No matter how hard he pressed his palms to his ears, he couldn't drown out the giggling of the woman in the grass.

Sorry! Can't think of/decide on idea for Byakuya x Starrk story.

Inspiration, anyone?