#affluaent

                        “ – is it because my DEATH would have narrowed it down further? i so apologize for disappointing. “

        “     oh, were those compliments ?     ”     he half - smiles and pushes his glasses up his nose.     someone admitting that they’re flirting with him usually doesn’t do much to catch him off guard  --  the waitress they’d been speaking to just minutes before had also been flirting with him, so he’s pretty numb to the enthusiasm he supposes other people feel.     still, he can’t deny the light that starts sparking in his head when byakuya speaks  --  ah, maybe he’s just getting soft.     “     i seem to recall that you were none too fond of me.    it was a shame  ;  i never had any problems with you.      ”