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Assistant: Title: Ice Petals
        Author: Spunky0ne Spunky0ne 
        Chapter: 10/16 
        Summary: One moment. One touch was all it was. Byakuya only meant to protect his exhausted comrade's dignity by keeping him from falling. But as Toshiro warned Gerard…"You didn't really think you could touch me while I was in this form and not face some serious repercussions."
        Contents: Chapter 10: Timeless
    

    

        
          
          
            Byakuya and Toshiro begin their courtship.
          
        

  

  
  
    
    "Toshiro?"The white-haired taicho felt a gentle touch on his hand, but couldn't seem to answer, to move an inch, to draw a breath.So much is hanging on this moment, he realized, Byakuya and I, until that little touch in the royal realm, were just comrades, maybe friends. I never saw him in the light I see him now. I never looked closely enough to notice how very beautiful he is, how breathtaking, how just looking into his eyes can make my knees weaken.
  But pregnant?
Me?Did he really say that?A cool hand curved around his cheek."Toshiro?""Sorry," he managed, trying to find his breath that had left him, "Did you say…?""I know very well that you and not ready to hear this," Byakuya said quietly, his soft fingers caressing the younger man's cheek and sliding down the curve of his clenched jaw, "It has taken me by surprise as well. You don't need to say anything for a moment. Breathe, Toshiro."He realized that his chest was bursting and spots were dancing again in front of his startled eyes. He expelled the air and took a ragged breath, falling against a warm, strong shoulder. His eyes closed and he breathed in more deeply, taking in Byakuya's disarmingly sweet scent and feeling his heart skipping and pounding hard in his chest."Is this for real?"He wasn't sure if he had spoken aloud, but he felt Byakuya shift and then, the uncertain touch of the dark, lovely grey eyes he was beginning to see even when he slept, whose touch felt like petals falling on a warm breeze.
  I should be scared to death, right?

  I just got through telling him that I need time, and now, hearing this…I just…
His mind spun away as he felt Byakuya's arms wrap around him."Your reiatsu is weak. The presence of the baby's spirit in the spirit chamber that has formed inside you will put pressure on your systems. It is not dangerous, but it will require that I infuse you with my reiatsu to keep yours and the child's in balance. Imbalances will intensify the effects. The infusions will relieve some of the dizziness and illness you have been feeling.""Mmhmm," Toshiro managed, relaxing slightly and leaning back against Byakuya's chest.He wasn't sure what he should be thinking, but all that could reach him was how warm, how safe, how undeniably right it felt to be where he was, still under Byakuya's smooth hands, tilting his head slightly, inviting the noble's lips to brush the sensitive flesh of the side of his throat. He felt the moment of hesitation and a little smile found its way onto his face as the invitation was tentatively accepted. Byakuya's hands opened and spread out over his slim belly, glowing with his presence and sending his reiatsu out to melt through the younger man's skin. Toshiro could almost feel it descend and wrap around the spirit chamber. His eyes dampened suddenly as he felt, not one, but two very tiny presences. He felt Byakuya stiffen for a moment, and the little, startled breath that escaped him."Toshiro…""I feel it."Soft ends of Byakuya's hair tickled his neck as the noble nodded."Their souls are too young yet to be fully aware, but they feel our presences, and they will quickly begin to recognize the feel of our reiatsu."Toshiro nodded stiffly, but couldn't speak around the lump in his throat and the tightness in his chest."Are you all right?" Byakuya asked, "I know you don't feel ready for this. If it makes you feel any better, I am also…unsettled, this coming so suddenly."He paused and laced together the fingers of one hand with Toshiro's."I had hoped to let you have more time to reflect on everything. We have gone from one thing to another with barely time to think."Toshiro's eyes slid closed and his free hand came to rest on his belly."I always wondered what my mother felt when I was inside her and growing," he said distractedly, "I wondered if she was happy I was there. My father was her best friend, but they were only together once before he was killed by a hollow. She was injured, but because of his sacrifice, we lived. The healers told her that her injury impacted me, and that's why I was born with white hair. She called me her angel. She said that after he died, I was the only thing that mattered. Then…she died too, of illness. Her injury left her weakened. Grandma wrote down the last words that she said to me, because she knew I was too young to remember them."His mind wandered back in time, and he felt himself lifted and looking down into blue eyes that looked like his own.
  Toshiro, my precious angel, we will watch over you. And someday, you will understand what love is. Love is those eyes that warm you with just their touch. It is the hands that make you feel safe, the voice that melts your heart in your chest and the breath that feels like it's keeping you alive. When you feel this, you will know what we felt that made you.
He turned and started to speak, then froze, staring as he spotted the tears that had escaped onto Byakuya's porcelain cheeks. Otherwise perfectly controlled, he made no move to stop them as they began to roll down his face. Toshiro smiled and brushed them away."It was the same for your parents too, wasn't it?" he asked, "They really loved each other?"Byakuya nodded."I never knew my mother. As I told you, she died as I was born. But, my father and I walked through the gardens and out to her grave every day. And while we were walking, he told me how they met. She was a spirited child, who did not embrace the rules of her family, and often escaped from her home to explore in the fields between their properties. They met there, and he said that he fell in love at once with her wild hair and pretty grey eyes. She was only ever able to be calm when he held her. Her parents were shocked when he asked for her hand, and even more stunned when she accepted without argument. They were very happy together, and nothing made them happier than when they learned about my conception. My father told me that my mother's fine spirits passed to me as she took her last breath. Even as she died, she was smiling as she looked at us together."He paused, burying his nose in the wild strands of Toshiro's soft hair."Our story may be different," he said finally, "but there is no denying that we resonate with promise. We can be happy as they were, but we need to both want this for it to happen. You seemed unsure before. What do you think now, Toshiro?"Toshiro allowed himself a long, slow breath.
  This isn't at all what I expected. I don't know what I thought would happen, or if I thought anything would happen at all. I was in that child form for so long, just wanting to stay there. I didn't dream of falling in love or making a family. I already had a family. I was happy with it being just me and Grandma…well, and Momo, of course. That was all I wanted. But, even though I could hold myself still, we all changed over time. My powers grew, and Momo and I went to the academy.

  I felt guilty.
I thought I wanted nothing more than to be that angel my mom called me. She wanted me to watch over Grandma, and for a long time, I did. I felt terrible when I left, and I haven't been sure it was the right thing ever since. She said that I was given strong powers, and that I needed to use them to protect more than just her. My mother's gift needed to be spread around and shared. 
  What gift is here inside me, waiting to be shared?
His fingers tightened where they held Byakuya's and he turned, seeking the darker-haired man's lips."I don't know," he confessed between kisses, "I can't decide if I'm happy or if I'm scared to death."He tripped headlong over the beautiful smile Byakuya gave him in reply and surrendered to a longer bout of kissing that ended with the joining of their bodies in a slower, gentler exchange of passions. After, they laid, side-by-side, looking up at the white ceiling and saying nothing for a time.I should be scared to death, Toshiro mused inwardly, placing his hands behind his head and breathing slowly, Noble life is really strict. There will be lots of rules I will have to follow. Well, at least if I am having two kids now, I won't have to have any more unless we want to. I'm sure some of the family will be disapproving, but Byakuya approves. That's really all that should matter. I can handle the rest if I know he loves me.And there was no doubt as he turned and read the genuine affection in the dark-haired man's gaze. Byakuya's palm curved around his cheek and he leaned forward, offering Toshiro a tender brushing of his lips."So, what happens now?" Toshiro asked uncertainly, "I mean, we were supposed to have a long courtship to get to know each other better. What do we do now?"Byakuya sighed, leaning against his shoulder."Heirs cannot be born out of wedlock," he said quietly.Toshiro swallowed hard."We have to get married now?" he asked."If I want to acknowledge the children you are carrying, if you wish to see them acknowledged as my progeny and able to wear the Kuchiki name…""Okay," Toshiro managed in a shaky voice."Toshiro," Byakuya said, taking his hand, "if you do not want to be married to me, you do not have to be. While it is true that not being married means they will have your surname and I will not acknowledge them publicly, we will know who their father is. I will not abandon you or them. You have my word.""You don't want to get married?" Toshiro asked, his heart cracking almost audibly at the thought.
  What's wrong with me? Why does it feel like that to think that he doesn't want this? I'm not sure it's what I want. I'm feeling so many things all at once, I don't know what to do.
He felt Byakuya's arms encircle him and the noble's chin came to rest on the back of his shoulder.It feels so safe here. When his arms are around me, it feels so warm. All of that worry just disappears when he holds me. If I could just stay here all of the time…He felt Byakuya's lips brush against the side of his neck and a little tickle went through his insides."I love you," Byakuya breathed into his ear, "I know you don't feel ready to marry me yet. I will respect that and accept it if you want to raise the children out of the spotlight of noble life. If you want them to have a gentler upbringing…""I love you too," Toshiro answered, stopping him abruptly, "I don't feel ready at all to do any of this, but I don't think that's any reason to hide them from everyone. I won't be ashamed of them. People will disapprove, and I know Rangiku will do her best to embarrass the hell out of me, once she knows, but…I will do this. Just promise me one thing."Byakuya looked at him questioningly out of the corner of one dark eye."Don't die."Byakuya wasn't sure how the words undid him so suddenly. His face that had been so calm before, radiated with regret. His hands found Toshiro's and joined warmly with them. He buried his face in the younger man's shoulder, nuzzling him affectionately."I think we both know that time makes us no promises, but for what time is given to me, I will love and protect you with all of my heart.""It's okay," Toshiro answered, blinking against the burning in his eyes, "I knew you couldn't make a promise like that.""Then, you will…?""Yes.""Toshiro…you have no idea…" Byakuya said breathlessly, reeling as his white-haired lover turned and brought him down onto his back, attacking his smiling mouth with hard, wet kisses. One grasping hand found the noble's soft inner thigh and Byakuya's legs parted willingly, yielding first to the younger man's voracious lips and sweeping pink tongue, then to wetted fingertips that began a slow, tentative preparation."Are you sure this is okay with you?" Toshiro asked, pausing for a moment to admire his tumble-haired lover.Byakuya is always so properly clean, dressed, hair in order. Before this began, I never even saw a hair out of place when our fights got serious. To see him in open and rumpled clothing with his hair in disarray…
  Oh my god, I love him!
Without waiting for an answer, he dove onto Byakuya's surrendered body, burying his inflamed penis deep inside his noble lover's heated core, almost disappearing into the beauty of their full connection. Byakuya moved easily with him, loosing soft sounds of contentment and arousal.I wonder if I should be gentler. He hasn't let anyone take him before. Am I hurting him? I know it hurts some…He felt Byakuya's hands wrap around his bottom, encouraging the hard, fast thrust of his hips, and he let his doubts fall away. His breath escaped him in hard, panting moans as their virulent movements brought them swiftly to the edges of bliss. Toshiro's blue eyes locked on Byakuya's pools of deep grey as their pleasure crested, carrying the two into the shuddering throes of completion. They collapsed on Byakuya's bed in a tangle of bedding and partially shed clothing. Neither spoke as they let the haze of afterglow settle over their recovering bodies. They laid for a time, holding hands and exchanging gentler kisses, then exited the bed, tying their yukatas back in place and donning slippers before walking out, onto the walkway and heading into the gardens together, their hands still clasping.Neither saw Rangiku, who stepped out of her guest room, yawning and stretching. She blinked slowly, breathing in the sweet, flower scented air, then froze like a deer, staring at the two taichos who walked, hand-in-hand along the garden path."Well, well, well, Taicho," she giggled softly, "It's about time."She smirked playfully, preparing to step out and call Toshiro out on his new romance. But just as she started to move, a soft hand touched her arm, stopping her. Rangiku's head turned and she met Momo's happy eyes questioningly."Don't disturb them," Momo whispered, "I don't remember seeing Shiro-chan or Kuchiki taicho looking so happy, especially since the war. Let's just let them be happy.""But I can't pass up a chance to…""You can tease them at breakfast," Momo laughed, grabbing her hand and tugging her in the opposite direction.In the gardens, Toshiro matched Byakuya's stride and the two walked in an unhurried fashion, breathing in the fresh air and watching pink, white and red petals fall from the trees that lined the path."What will you do now?" Toshiro asked, "I mean, there's no courtship, right? You just…tell them, and they, what? What if they're angry?""The elders could object to the naming of the children as heirs, but they probably will not," Byakuya replied, keeping his eyes focused on the falling petals. "Most of them will just be glad they can stop worrying about whether I will ever reproduce, while others will register their objections, but will let it go at that. I don't expect there to be any serious objection. Assuming that, the elders will, after a simple vote, approve the match based on the level of our resonance and the presence of children. We will receive a marriage certificate, and then be freed to decide how we wish to celebrate our joining.""But we'll just be married…like that?" Toshiro mused."Sometimes to safeguard the family's honor, a couple might be confidentially wed to avoid embarrassment in case of children made out of wedlock or other things that are frowned upon. In that case, a public reception is held later, often to greet the child of the union.""How do you want to be married?" Toshiro asked, "Do you want to do it in front of a lot of people? I've seen some noble weddings. It looked uncomfortable.""I think I would like to spare you that.""Thank you.""We could have a smaller gathering, perhaps in Kuchiki Manor gardens, once the manor is rebuilt. You are welcome to include any friends and family you wish. Or…if there is a special place where you would like to be wed…perhaps your grandmother's home? We could have a small gathering there."Toshiro stiffened suddenly, and his face brightened."Did you think of a place where you would like to hold the ceremony?" asked Byakuya."Yeah, if it's possible," Toshiro replied, looking up at him, "There's a footbridge near Grandma's house. My grandparents were married there, and so were my folks. Could we go there?""As you wish," Byakuya said, making a sound of surprise as his more expressive mate wrapped his arms around him, hugging him tightly."Thanks, Byakuya. I know you weren't expecting all of this, any more than I was, but it means a lot that you're doing this.""You are making one of my fondest wishes come true, anata," Byakuya answered, "I had thought, after Hisana, I couldn't even desire a spouse and family. Thinking of what I lost was too painful. But…you have brought that dream back to life. For that, I am deeply grateful. And so, whatever you want to do to celebrate our union, I want also.""Really?" Toshiro asked, blushing, "I need to go and tell my Grandma…and Byakuya, I would really like it if you would come with me. I want to introduce you.""Of course," Byakuya said, squeezing his hand and kissing his cheek, "It would be an honor.""Can we leave now?"Byakuya frowned thoughtfully."We haven't had breakfast, and you need to eat.""I can't eat until I get there and tell her. I promise she won't let me starve," Toshiro insisted, "Besides, if we stay, Rangiku will probably have found out about us and she'll drive me into an early grave with her teasing.""Then, by all means, we will go now," Byakuya said, looking amused."Great," Toshiro said, looking around."What are you looking for?""Ikazuchi," Toshiro replied, "Where is he?""He will be here in a few minutes, but…""But what?" Toshiro asked, smiling."Perhaps before we leave…you will want to put on some clothes,anata. I do not think you want to announce your wedding to your grandmother while wearing your pajamas."'
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