Itâs more fun when thereâs some kind of ritual to it, makes this more enticing. Though, he can hardly stand to wait now that thereâs already going to be a meeting. Coquettish looks from behind his fellow Espada are impossible to miss. The way she holds his gaze, long eyelashes fluttering, eyes bold and smoldering. She looks impossibly warm, even when theyâre both so cold inside. Even when thereâs barely anything between her smooth skin and the dead air of the bone white palace, silken clothes hugging the soft curves of her form. Maybe he has something warm to give her, and he can take some warmth from her in return.Â
Itâs irritating when he catches Yammyâs glowering face like heâs daring Grimmjow to start something. Heâs not looking at that lumbering bastard, heâs watching the rabbit behind him. Itâs difficult not to let the hungry tension show in the stiffening of his muscles, the way his shameless leer follows her as she leaves the room. Sheâs not permitted to be in Espada meetings. There is a hunger; a hot, heady feeling dipping low and burning steadily as she sashays away. Her long legs swaying, he always liked that she was gifted with such an attractively shapely and long form. Legs for fucking days. Her pert ass is almost visible if she moves right, and he gives her a reproachful look that says sheâs going to pay dearly later on.
Just last week, they fucked right here, on this table. The others could smell it, the way he left his scent and the way he railed her scent into the table, too. Lesser numeros are dispatched to clean the table daily, so itâs hardly noticeable now. Most of them are aware, and he doesnât give a shit. Aizen sent someone else to warn him about it though. Theyâre free to do anything on their own time, in their own palace. But if they act like degenerate animals by defiling the meeting table, there will be consequences. Maybe a demotion to a humiliating three-digit number. He gets it.Â
Aizen takes notice and catches his attention wavering, but as soon as sheâs gone and the doors shut, he finally turns back, expression deadpan. The meeting lasts for about an hour before he finally meanders out of the room, fists stuffed in his pockets. Boots clack and echo off of the high ceilings as all of the Espada go their separate ways to their own grand palaces within the colossal Las Noches. Soon, his feet are the only ones left walking as he reaches out with his mind to pinpoint her reiatsu. When he finds her general vicinity, he picks up the pace.
Itâs less a game and more a hunt, but this kind of hunt has about the same amount of thrill. The end result being to satisfy his hunger, but is this a survival mechanism? Having a humanoid form gives him stronger urges than when he was just a beast, but these urges are more exciting. Whatever it is, he doesnât really care to consider it too much. He likes it, and likes the idea of pinning her down in other ways.
What he finds when reaching her side of the palace, is just her scent and the warmth of the sofa where she had been. Then, he catches a flash of magenta as her hair flutters around a corner down the hallway. Instantaneous, heâs done walking -- the boom of a sonido will echo somewhere behind her. She should know better than to turn her back on a predator. If she wants to play this game of cat and rabbit, heâs more than eager to oblige. He stays just far enough away, but he doesnât have to. Sheâs quick when she gets a head start. She didnât survive this long if she was an easy meal, after all.
Tracking prey by scent has been a lesson he learned quick enough. When the hole was still so raw and so new. The thirst was deep, unquenchable. This is a hunger, a yearning that tugs as she places herself miles away again, using sonido. Excited by the fleeting scent of her as his rabbit lopes away, he follows with another hasty boom of sonido, and lands, sprinting down a corridor after her fluttering hair and skirt. Then sheâs out of sight, and he comes to a stop. It would be easy to follow her reiatsu, but for the sake of sport, he doesnât.Â
âThe method to catching prey,â he drawls smoothly, âis knowing when theyâre ready for it.â
The slow, metallic sing of Pantera slides from its sheath.
âFeeling what the prey is feeling,â he continues seemingly to himself, the flawless metal of the blade brushing along his palm. âTiming is everything. When you make your move, it has to be when the prey is ready. When they know itâs coming.â Nails tapping, and then, a bright, cyan light eats up the darkness. âThat beat of anticipation when they know itâs coming.â Nails drag against the glowing blade, and an explosion erupts inside. When the smoke clears, the beast hunkers down on his haunches, tail lashing. âWhen every nerve ending is crackling, when theyâre ready for it. Itâs when theyâre most alive.â