ShunUki - A Certain Impression
Aug. 10th, 2010 04:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Pairing: Shunsui/Ukitake (Shunsui POV).
Rating: G.
AU: random human universe.
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Word count: 670 words.
Summary: And why wouldn't they assume Shunsui, the showy literature professor, and Ukitake, the cheery student advisor, were lovers, out and proud?
A/N: So, this wasn't planned! Like, at all. (Therefore, unbeta'd. Don't eat me alive!) I wrote it in two hours because Rae is my best friend evers. It was really supposed to be... short and cheery, but then I just couldn't not make it angsty with these two (they also let me use terms like soul mates!). It was fun to do this after the huge stupid!fic, though :D
Anyway, enjoy!
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Everyone at the university had always just assumed. Rangiku explained it to Shunsui once, after a few shot glasses. She said that the friendly faculty members talked about it like it was a well-known fact. She said that everyone just knew, that it wasn't a problem, and that she, for one, thought it was lovely.
And why wouldn't they assume Shunsui, the showy literature professor, and Ukitake, the cheery student advisor, were lovers, out and proud?
But the faculty couldn't know that the reason Ukitake always waited for Shunsui was that, even though he was one of the friendliest and warmest people there, he had very few true friends, and almost none at the university.
The reason Shunsui always swooped in when Ukitake was down was that he knew him better than anyone, and had learned that Ukitake would never allow himself to drink or take a well-earned break if he couldn't convince himself that Shunsui had been the one who'd needed it.
The reason Shunsui wasn't afraid to dive into intellectual topics with Ukitake was that he could, and because their views were different, yet complementing. They each understood each other, even if they didn't always agree. It worked. It was what made things interesting in life.
The reason Shunsui was always trying to make Ukitake blush or laugh was that it made them feel younger. Shunsui knew that Ukitake was counting the days until it would all be over, and if he could make Ukitake forget just once, just for a few minutes, then he had to do whatever it takes.
The reason they had been joined at the hip ever since they'd first met was that they were best friends, and Shunsui couldn't imagine life without Ukitake.
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