After swimming for a few hours the two shinigami, vizard child, and arrancar returned to their rooms to quickly rinse the chlorine off and change into their clothes for dinner. The evening meal went much the same as lunch had. A special kid's meal for Ichigo, and chicken casserole for everyone else. The arrancar, especially Grimmjow enjoyed watching the child eat. He consumed his food faster than most adults, and yet finished without every spilling, or using bad manners. The blue haired arrancar took it upon himself to match Ichigo's pace, but found chicken all over his pants. Aizen had smirked at that, and Gin had opened his eyes to get a better look. This resulted in poor Szayel fainting, and Harribel having to drag him out of the room.

When everyone was finished they stood, bowed politely, and went off to do various things. Gin once again took Ichigo's hand, leading him back to his room. When they entered the child all but squealed in delight. During dinner one of the lesser arrancar had come in and painted the walls a soft blue, and put a Totoro bedspread on top of the white sheets. There was also toy chest that Ichigo discovered was full of little cars and building blocks. There was also a tiny plastic replica of Zangetsu that transformed when he yelled 'Bankai'.

"Thank you!" he cried, latching onto Aizen's leg. The lord of the arrancar bent down to Ichigo's level and pulled him into a hug.

"You're most welcome. I hope you have everything you need in here."

"Ya Ichi," Gin said, "If somethin's missing ya gotta let us know."

Ichigo took a moment to look around the room, and then deemed it perfect. "Nope, everything's here," he said with a large smile on his face.

"Good," Aizen nodded and got up, "You may play for an hour with your toys, and then you need to brush your teeth and go to bed. I have some work to do, Gin will stay with you. I will return in time to say goodnight."

"Do I have to take a bath?" Ichigo asked.

"No Ichi, ya showered off earlier. Ya can take a bath tomorrow." Gin went over to the toy chest and looked inside. "Whatcha gonna play with?"

Ichigo ran over and began sorting through the toys. Aizen took that moment to leave, preparing himself for a long hour of planning with Ulquiorrra, hoping to find a way to stop Soul Society from attacking Ichigo again.

A little less than an hour later, Aizen returned to find Ichigo building a massive tower out of blocks. It was so tall Gin had to hold the boy up to put the top block on. Just as Ichigo place the last block, the tower began to sway. Within seconds it had toppled to the ground.

"Aww," Ichigo whined as Gin put him on the ground, "I wanted it to stay up."

"I know Ichi, we'll try again tomorrow. Maybe Aizen-sama will help us if we ask nicely."

Aizen smirked and stepped into the room, "You would have to ask very nicely for me to build a block tower."

Ichigo grinned and ran to the brunette. "Did you see my tower? Wasn't it huge?"

"Yes, it was very impressive. Now it's time to pick up all your toys so you can get ready for bed."

"Ok," Ichigo picked up all his toys and the let Gin lead him into the bathroom. They brushed their teeth and went to the bathroom one last time before bed.

"All right Ichi," Gin said helping the boy get into bed, "It's time to go to sleep."

"I don't get a bedtime story?" He asked, looking up with his big eyes.

Gin looked to his taichou, "Whaddya think Aizen-sama?"

"I suppose one story wouldn't hurt. Pick one out while I brush my teeth."

Ichigo quickly scrambled out of bed and over to the backpack he had brought. The book he pulled out had a brightly colored fish on the cover.

"This is the one ya want?" Gin asked.

"Yes!" Ichigo cried, bouncing up and down in excitement.

Aizen returned and then proceeded to read the book to Ichigo. It was about a fish that had plain grey scales, and all of its friends had brightly colored scales. It was very sad, so its friends decided to each give him a scale. After that he was the most colorful fish in the sea. By the time the story was done Ichigo's eyelids were drooping, and his head kept falling forward.

Gin layed Ichigo back in the bed, and pulled the covers up. "Good night Ichi. We'll see you in the mornin'." He bent down and placed a kiss on the carrot top's forehead, and then got up and left. Aizen also said goodnight, and retired to his room for some time with his lover.