#;barks

Honeydew: You fascinate me.

Pumpkin: I’ve anon-ed you a compliment before.

Renji had not expected of his captain that he’d know his birthday. That he’d remember such a silly festivity that wasn’t even necessarily real for him, since he hadn’t technically been born here. He would not have held a grudge had Byakuya not said anything. Even though they’d started engaging in intimacies this past year, and this was his first birthday in this position. Still.. He’d expected nothing. 

But now his heart jumped, and he half turned when addressed. A smile finding its way onto his lips when Byakuya wished him a happy birthday. He wouldn’t think too much of it. It was only a courtesy after all.

Ten friggin things, jeez

1. Musing and plotting with Ellie

2. Ellie coming here next year this better actually happen

3. Snapchat shenanigans

4. Cooking/baking

5. Yoga

6. Drawing

7. My cats

8. Singing

9. When I’m in a writing mood and on a roll with drafts

Send me a ship and I’ll tell you...

Who asks the other on dates: 

Neither really asks the other on a date. It is almost a god-given certainty that they be together -though of course they have their activities on their own too. Yumichika proposes more things they can do together though.

Who is the bigger cuddler:

Yumichika. Though calling him a ,big cuddler’ is a bit of a stretch. He enjoys being held and touched by Ikkaku, and Ikkaku in turn appreciates private affections most of the time.

Who initiates holding hands more often:

This is more or less equal, with a slight hang to Yumichika. They don’t really do it in public, but they’ll entwine fingers for a sense of closeness and intimacy even when they’re just sitting together on the engawa, or laying in bed together. Not to mention when the are having sex.

Who remembers anniversaries:

Yumichika. Though Ikkaku does in fact remember when they met.

Who is more possessive:

Both. It isn’t that they get jealous, because jealous implies they are afraid to lose the other, which they certainly aren’t, but what’s theirs is theirs and they’re protective over each other like a couple of momma-bears.

Who gets more jealous:

Neither, as stated above. Obviously they don’t like it when others show interest in their partner, but they know that the other will not be interested, and won’t go into the advances.

Who is more protective:

Both in their own ways. Yumichika is protective in the ‘taking care of Ikkaku’ kind of way, especially after bad events have already taken place. Ikkaku is protective in the preventative kind of way - for example, he’d jump in front of Yumichika to save him, or deck a sleazebag in the face for harassing Yumi.

Who is more likely to cheat:

Neither. Ever.

Who initiates sexy times the most:

Yumichika. He makes sure to check whether Ikkaku is in the mood though.

Who dislikes PDA the most:

Probably Ikkaku. He isn’t ashamed, he just feels that that is private business. Yumichika is more easy-going concerning PDA, but he doesn’t go looking for chances to show his affections in public.

Who kills the spider:

They both do. Who’s even afraid of a spider??

Who asks the the other to marry them:

Ikkaku asks Yumichika. Fun thing is, they didn’t intend to marry, ever. But people around them got married, and Ikkaku got into the habit of asking yumichika whether he wanted to discuss the possibility of marriage every other century, to make sure Yumichika’s wishes were still the same. Then, after having been together for more or less six centuries, Ikkaku asked Yumichika again whether he wanted to get married, and Yumichika didn’t reply with ‘ask me again in a century’, instead, he told Ikkaku that if that was a proposal, he was seriously lacking, when Ikkaku asked him whether that meant he wanted to get married, Yumichika told him that he would like that, and Ikkaku proceeded to go out of his way to pick a ring and propose to him properly, to which Yumichika of course said yes.

Who buys the other flowers or gifts:

Neither really does, except maybe on their birthdays. Ikkaku doesn’t really care for flowers, and Yumichika only gets him useful gifts to make him happy, but he’ll give him silly gifts to mess with him as a joke, too. (like wigs, because he still thinks that’s hilarious)

Who would bring up possibly having kids:

Probably Yumichika, but it would just be musings, neither of them have ever really seriously considered it as of yet. Besides, they have their recruits and Renji.

Who is more nervous to meet the parents:

Not applicable.

Who sleeps on the couch when the other is angry:

They are both too stubborn to move from the bed. Not to mention that when they argued in the rukongai they didn’t have the luxury of a couch, nor the warmth to allow them to sleep separately. They try to go to bed each evening without an open argument. If not, they still tend to sleep with their backs against one another. 

Who tries to make up first after arguments:

Both. It depends. When Ikkaku knows the argument was his fault and he was wrong, he will be quick to apologize once he’s cooled off. If however, it was Yumichika’s faukt -who has a tendency not to want to admit it, Ikkaku shuts him out until he has apologized, it will always lead to Yumichika making up, because Ikkaku does not budge when Yumichika was in the wrong.

Who tells the other they love them more often: