@elegantkenpachi.bsky.social "What are ye givin' me fer bein' a nice boy, angelcakes?"

"I ain't about to cry. I'm an old man, Retsu, lost countless things throughout my life. And to me, this place ain't fer pets." Truth be told, he also couldn't afford the emotional attachment, that was one thing he'd decided to leave back in Seireitei. and what had kept him efficient.

"Oi, I have a sensible heart and a precise pulse.Ye ain't gettin' any scarf from me any time soon." He paused, as if pondering his next words. "And I used to take care of animals. Mostly dogs and cats. Found them, put them in shape and gave them away into a happy little family with kids an' shit."

"When ye're appointed as part as the Royal Guard. Yer time there is mostly spent in perfecting yer skills," he explained," since our purpose is to protect Reio, we need to perfect whatever thing that got us there. So there's not much time fer pleasantries and whatnot." >>

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕... 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚!

An eyebrow rose at that response. He certainly wasn't expecting such attitude coming from her. Specially what came after that. /She's fine on her own/. . . However, he was certain she wouldn't tell him what did that come from. But something was certainly off. >>

"Ye're the one who repeats ye don't care about me every time I open my mind, that's what I meant. I can barely deal with people, I ain't gettin' myself a pet. Maybe that's what ye need. I can arrange that."

He rose his shoulders. "I have no reason fer that. We might not be friends, but we've been allies. And we've survived together, alongside many others, more hardships than most."

◤◤>> 𝘼𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤. <<◢◢

At the end of the day, Tenjiro was only entertained with a good challenge, and wouldn't expect any less from her. "Good, then it's settled. Now ye can stop bein' such a toughie and repeatin' ye don't care." And at the same time, he still enjoyed to get on her nerves.

"Ye sure are hard to please, /angelcakes/." Of course, he wasn't going to miss the chance to poke her with that. "Let's just call it bein' civil with each other," he replied instead,"I think we can do that, don't we?"

"Ye seem to mistake being arrogant with factual. And I can be both things at the same time," he answered, rolling the chopstick between his fingers," ye always sound like we need to be desperate in order to talk to each other. I ain't desperate, >>

"It amazes me how fast ye lose yer cool as soon as I open my mouth, it truly is a superpower," he stated, in an even more arrogant tone. Truth be told, he did care about the answer, but he knew better than to keep pushing and get another round of venom spat right at his face. >>

"It really doesn't,"he answered sincerely,"I was just curious." He found it, at least, amusing. She wasn't a particular frail woman. None of them had the privilege to be soft, as back then, to be a Shinigami meant to kill or be killed. Hence why their interests were always the opposite.

"I'd believe ye," he answered, nonchalantly," I think ye're just tryin' to hurt this old man's feelings right now. 'Ere is the thing, angelcakes. I don't think I've been that /bad/ as you say. >>

ㅤ #BLEACHRP / #MVRP ASKIN NAKK LE VAAR / D THE DEATHDEALING ♡ and ↻ are appreciated .ᐟ

"Oi, I don't say shit without backin' it up. I didn't get to where I am by bein' a humble apple pie," he leaned down a little," neither did you. This world is fuckin' brutal, ye can be the strongest and still lose yer life because someone outsmarted ye. That's how I kept myself alive and successful"

"I'm not in hot springs /all day long/. If yer regular depiction of me is my half-naked body, ye could just say so." Chopstick moved from side to side as his lips formed a smirk, fully knowing he was getting under her skin. " 'sides there's already too many fighters on the field."

"Well, I didn't have enough time to get to know... This," he gestured her whole self," I only got acquainted with the creepy version of yerself. Didn't get to actually see how much ye got humbled by that kid over the years."

Oh, he knew and that made it even better. "Like killin' puppies and shit?"

"Just as in life, I was 'ere before, sugar. Ye sure ye ain't the one followin' me?"

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ泉湯鬼 ! 《ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴛ sᴘʀɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ 》