Eternal Ruler

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms  (via wordsnquotes)

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The brunet hummed softly as the other kissed him back, delighting in the smile that his beloved had given him, leaning into the other’s touch. He nodded as the other spoke of setting aside time for the two of them to spend together, as Ichigo was completely correct when he spoke of the two of them being often too busy to see one another for weeks at a time, except to cuddle briefly and pass out together on their bed. “A dinner together, at least once a week sounds more than reasonable to me. I hadn’t meant to get so wrapped up in work again.” The century and a half year old soul reaper had been rather surprised at himself, when he had fallen in love with Ichigo, and he was still honored and occasionally overwhelmed by how intensely he loved the orange haired being sitting next to him. But Sousuke was also perfectly aware of the fact that he would love Ichigo for the rest of his life – however long that would be.

“She does, does she? I hadn’t realized that she was seeing someone new. If her previous boyfriend was scared off by you, that speaks more about his nature, than yours, beloved. I don’t think that you are overprotective of either of them. We live in a dangerous world, and though they are starting to train in their spiritual abilities alongside their Assassin training, it is best to be cautious with one’s loved ones. I’ve watched you interact with her previous boyfriend – he seemed to be inordinately skittish of you – and I… May have tailed the two of them, without a gigai, on one or two of their dates and he was… A bit shallow and self absorbed. Not that I did anything to interfere, and I know that your sisters can handle themselves. If you can get the name of this boyfriend of hers, I can run a background check on the young man.”

“We’re both guilty of getting too wrapped up in work, my love.” He smiled and leaned over to steal a quick kiss from his husband. Their work was demanding and sometimes it was almost impossible for them to find time to spend with each other. Sure they shared brief conversations and kisses after they curled up in bed together at night, but that wasn’t good enough. “I mean I won’t complain if we find more time to spend together, but I’ll be happy with at least one dinner a week.” Ichigo grinned. “For now.” There was something he wanted to discuss with Sousuke. He was thinking about a way for them to lessen their workload and wanted to run it by the other, but not tonight. He was serious about sticking to the no talking about work rule for the night. Tonight was about celebrating their love for each other everything else could wait for another time.  

Sousuke hugged the other back tightly, a warm and tender smile appearing on his face as he pressed his face against one of his beloved’s shoulders, charmed beyond words for the thoughtfulness and the care that his husband had put into all of this. A contented smile appearing on his face as he allowed himself to fully relax. He was very much looking forwards to learning how to snowboard with Ichigo “I had hoped that I would be able to get back before our plans were completely cancelled, but the mission became more complex than they were initially expecting. But the mission was successful, in the end.” He sighed softly, shaking his head a little. Their plans were more often cancelled due to one or both of them being called away on missions, but back up plans like this were wonderful, if not what they had meant to do in the first place.

A swarm smile appeared on the dark haired Assassin’s face, and he nodded, happily kissing the other back, and he nodded in agreement “I agree about not speaking of Work - tonight is about the two of us reconnecting… The curry smells amazing, and I love all of your delicious cupcakes…. And we probably should have dinner before it gets cold.” He pressed a light kiss to his beloved’s lips, before reaching for the curry, serving the both of them a generous portion of curry and rice for the both of them.

Ichigo nodded and smiled at Sousuke then returned the light kiss. “I’m glad you agree. That’s what I want. A chance for us to reconnect. We can take a night for us once in a while.” The redhead looked around the rooftop before taking a bite of curry. He closed his eyes and savored the taste. It was amazing as usual. Yuzu definitely had a talent for cooking. “We should do this more often.” He gestured to their surroundings. “It doesn’t have to be as elaborate as this, but just a quiet dinner together at least once a week. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in other things that we forget to take time for ourselves and each other.” Ichigo reached over and laid his hand on top of Sousuke’s. He smiled at his husband. “I love you, Sou.” This was perfect. Good food and good company. They were together again and that was all that mattered for tonight.

Sousuke looked around the beautifully transformed place, charmed by how much effort the other had put into all of this. Ichigo had put quite a lot of thought into all of this, and Sousuke moved over to his beloved, wishing that he’d been able to get more than the roses he’d given his beloved and the hand-made chocolate truffles – but he’d been asked to help rescue several undercover Assassins a week ago, and it had been a mess and a half to deal with. He had gotten back from that yesterday, and had Insisted that he get today off, which had been granted so far.  “All of this is so beautiful, Ichigo. Thank you very much for setting all of this up.”

He hugged his beloved back, happily kissing Ichigo back, his arms wrapping around his beloved’s waist, and he nodded eagerly “Happy valentine’s day, darling. I love you so very much, and I am very much delighted by this date.” This was a wonderful surprise, and Sousuke wasn’t even trying to hide the warm smile from appearing on his face. He knew that he could always be his true self around his beloved.

“You’re welcome, Sou. I’m glad you like it.” Ichigo enjoyed doing little things like this for Sousuke. Sure he said the words all the time, but he liked to show his love in other ways too. “I love you too. I always will.” Ichigo hugged his beloved a little tighter. He was thankful that his husband had returned unharmed from his mission. “This is actually the backup plan. I was originally planning for us to go up to the cabin in the mountains for a few days. I thought we could try our hands at snowboarding.” He smiled up at Sousuke as he remembered their conversation about the two of them learning to snowboard on their next vacation. “Then you were called away for that mission and I wasn’t sure if you would be back in time so I decided to do this instead.” At this point Ichigo was used to their plans being canceled do to missions coming up. Now he always had a backup plan just in case. 

-A note was left lying in the middle of their bed along with a single red rose-

My darling ,Sousuke:

I remember the night we met like it was yesterday even though it’s been over ten years now. I had no idea how important a part you were going to play in my life. I know it hasn’t always been easy and I know I can be a real pain in the ass. I know I frustrate you, worry you, and make you angry like no one else can. I’m not sure why you put up with my bullshit, but you do. You seem to have infinite patience with me, even when I insist on ignoring the Brotherhood’s rules. I’m thankful that despite all of my faults, you still love me. I never imagined that I could be this happy or that I could love someone this much. Our life has been anything but normal and I wouldn’t change a thing. I love you always and forever, my love. I look forward to the many years we will share together in the future.

Meet me at the place where we first met I have a surprise for you.

All my love,

Ichigo

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