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stormsthatrage · 16 days

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Have a Bleach extended-winter-war time-travel-fix-it idea. In this AU Kaien's death happened before the whole turn-back-the-pendulum arc. (Yes, another Bleach time-travel AU, I know, shut up.)

As Ichigo and Kisuke are planning to go back to the past, Kisuke makes sure to emphasize to Ichigo that they have to protect Shiba Kaien. Apparently, it's of the utmost importance.

Ichigo doesn't know exactly how Kaien's continued well-being plays into saving the future. Kisuke never really explains it, or gives him a straight answer when he asks. But Ichigo knows that the Shiba Clan-Head carried a great deal of political power, and Ichigo also knows that Kaien -- according to Kukaku and Rukia -- was highly competent, incredibly noble, and fundamentally kind. It's not exactly unintuitive that a person like that could be important to bringing down Aizen.

So Ichigo listens, when Kisuke tells him to protect Shiba Kaien. He memorizes how Kaien died in the original timeline. He's attentive as Kisuke reiterates for the thousandth time that Aizen will keep trying to assassinate Kaien until he succeeds. He takes notes when Kisuke hypothesizes about what Aizen's various assassination attempts might look like -- poison during a meal, hired assassins at night, an ambush during a mission.

Ichigo ingrains the assignment into his core: protect Shiba Kaien, because if Kaien falls, the mission fails.

So when Kisuke slips a paralytic into Ichigo's tea and places Ichigo in the middle of the time-travel kido array and drains the entirety of his own spiritual energy to activate the array, a sacrifice that Ichigo never would have agreed to--

Well. The first thing Ichigo does when he arrives back in the past, numb and alone and only able to function by focusing on the duty that is his purpose -- is track down Shiba Kaien.

After all, if Ichigo is going to kill Aizen -- and he is, no matter what it takes -- he needs to keep Kaien alive.

Ichigo goes straight to the Shiba family grounds. In true Shiba fashion, they accept him immediately as family. They tend to his wounds and give him a meal and welcome him home. They let him get away with his weak excuses and explanations, and they defend his presence to the rest of Soul Society.

Kaien, in accordance with everything Ichigo has heard about the man, personally takes the newest addition to the family under his wing.

Ichigo's plans to deal with Aizen take shape around his need to keep an eye on Kaien.

Ichigo, instead of running as far and fast as he can from the Shiba clan, accepts the offer to live in the Shiba compound. He gets to know every clan member and retainer, subtly vetting for traitors. He sleeps in a room near Kaien's, allowing him to both guard against assassins at night and place warding runes around Kaien's door without having to worry about being caught somewhere he has no business being.

He joins the Court Guard in the 13th division instead of the 5th, because the only real way to protect Kaien on a mission is to be there with him. Ichigo knows that if there's an ambush, or if the mission details have been tampered with, he'll be more than enough fire power to get Kaien out of it. And it's easy to always get paired with Kaien; Kaien -- reliably taking every opportunity to hover around Ichigo that he's offered -- does most of the work, leveraging his status as lieutenant and Ichigo's combat ability to keep them together.

Ichigo finds himself frequently taking meals with Kaien and Kaien's friends. Kaien always invites Ichigo, and Ichigo accepts so he can subtly check the food for poison.

(Ichigo does not tell Kaien about Aizen. Ichigo is still unsure what Kaien's role is in the whole fight, and in the meantime, telling him about Aizen is a sure way to get him killed.)

Things heat up. Ichigo prevents both Miyako and Kaien's death, killing Metastacia before it can hurt anyone. Ichigo's shadow war against Aizen gets more intense. Ichigo sneaks out regularly to dismantle Aizen's illusions, destroy his labs, and attack his network of power, slowly weakening him.

Ichigo waits for the assassination attempts against Kaien, but they don't come, even several weeks after Metastacia fails. Ichigo takes it as a sign that he's got Aizen distracted.

Things continue for a while. Ichigo falls into a strange routine.

(And Ichigo tries not to break, seeing so many of his loved ones alive and unknowing of him. It is agony, to be around Shunsui, who is not his mentor, and the Visored, who are neither visored nor pack.

But the worst is when Captains Urahara and Shihouin catch on to his war against Aizen. He finds himself working with them as allies.

Allies. Mere allies, instead of --

Well. Not that it matters anymore.

All that matters is his duty.)

Time passes. Aizen weakens. There are no attempts on Kaien's life yet.

And then Aizen's web has unraveled enough for Ichigo to attack.

It's a long battle. It's a bloody battle. It's a very public battle.

Ichigo wins.

And it's only after it's all over -- after Aizen's crimes are revealed and Soul Society is at peace and the future is saved; after Ichigo finds himself still alive and adrift, with nothing left obligating him to keep going and everything telling him to give up; as Kaien refuses to leave Ichigo alone and escorts him to regular appointments with Unohana and forces him to talk about the truth of his past --

It's only then that it clicks.

Ichigo is whispering secrets about the future into Kaien's chest, Kaien's arms wrapped tight around him, when Ichigo confesses that he messed up, that he put the Shiba clan in unnecessary danger. Ichigo tells Kaien about his death in the original timeline. He talks about how Kisuke told him that in this timeline, Aizen would try and kill Kaien again if the first attempt failed. Ichigo promises desperately that he never would have sought out the family -- would have kept the danger far, far away from them -- if he hadn't thought he had to watch Kaien's movements so closely.

And Ichigo admits that Aizen never actually tried again. Ichigo admits that he and Kisuke miscalculated, that Ichigo brought danger to the Shiba's doorstep for nothing.

It happens like this:

First, the words leave his lips, "Kisuke" and "miscalculated" in the same sentence. Hearing himself say it lays bare the absurdity of its premise.

Then, Kaien draws away slightly, to look Ichigo in the eyes. Ichigo sees, plain on Kaien's face, a terrible, damning gratefulness.

Then, Kaien says -- fierce and defiant in the face of what could have been -- "I am so glad you came home."

And it clicks. At last, Kisuke's final manipulation reveals itself to Ichigo's eyes.

The emotions flash through him: the sting of betrayal; a flavor of love that bursts across his tastebuds as hurt; a familiar brand of exasperation that, a split second later, has his knees giving out under the weight of old pain made fresh.

Kaien catches Ichigo before he hits the ground and holds him as he shatters. And Ichigo can barely breathe through the knowledge that Kisuke would have been so smug to see them.

A sob rips itself from Ichigo's chest, and it's followed by another, and another.

Ichigo's older cousin holds him, in the home of their family, through it all.

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THE END except not really.

This must immediately be followed by a whole arc where Kaien, much to his own dismay, finds himself trying to hook Urahara up with his little cousin.

After all, Future-Urahara sent Ichigo to the Shiba clan. Future-Urahara tricked his little cousin into bypassing his own self-destructive tendencies to seek out family and love and support. Clearly, Urahara would actually be good for Ichigo.

And, you know, Ichigo clearly loves Younger-Urahara, judging by Ichigo's whole... well, everything, whenever the two interact.

(This whole matchmaking endeavor is made easier by the fact that 1) Kisuke is already infatuated, fascinated, and not a tiny-bit madly in love, and 2) Yoruichi is also, from the other end, trying to set Kisuke up with Ichigo.

This whole endeavor is made more difficult by the fact that 1) Ichigo is in denial that he loves this younger Kisuke since he never thought this younger Kisuke could also fall in love with him, 2) Kisuke is in denial that he loves Ichigo because that is a Shiba and he himself is a creepy low-born ex-assassin mad-scientist, and 3) neither Ichigo nor Kisuke know what it looks like when someone is interested in them.)

Poor Kaien. He succeeds eventually, but not before witnessing truly legendary social ineptitude.

#bleach #bleach au #time travel bleach style #time travel #kurosaki ichigo #urahara kisuke #shiba kaien #uraichi #can someone please explain to me why this CONCEPT/IDEA is over 1.4k words #please #help...#also if any sentences or concepts don't make sense or if there are typos feel free to say so in a note or something #i did this in a very short amount of time and am too done with it to actually properly proof-read

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yellow looks good on you

group: wanna one, nu’est member: hwang minhyun

genre: fluff, ceo!hwang minhyun summary: you work as an assistant creative director under minhyun’s wings, your ceo who is undeniably charming and smart

gender neutral! reader

word count: 1.4k

part two

you’ve been working at warmth, a boutique for like three years now

but you work at the headquarter as the assistant creative director

basically you help the creative director design or portray a collection or concept for the company

you work your ass off to achieve such high position in a short time

the atmosphere of your workplace is great

everyone is so kind and laid back, but still work hard at their job

you know, laid back doesn’t mean they neglect their job

now, onto hwang minhyun

you guessed it, he’s the ceo of the company

honestly you think he’s the reason why the atmosphere at the office is great

when everyone is tired they’ll just look at him and regain their energy and focus

it’s mainly coffee but, ceo hwang helps too because this man is one fine specimen

he’s what people call prince charming

like this person is really handsome and and also smart can anyone be more perfect than him??? the answer is no

to say you don’t have a crush on him would be a lie, but it was just a harmless crush where you admire his face and talent

despite being the ceo, he’s only five years older than you are

apparently, his first business started when he was in his last year of high school

and he first found warmth as a project in business school

it was an online shop at first but now has developed into a company

you were compiling the moodboard for this month’s collection that released about a week and a half ago when you felt a tap on your shoulder

it was marco, your boss, the creative director

he was like ceo hwang wants to see you

and you were like oh shit am I in some kind of problem???

you swear you did nothing wrong

then you went to knock on his door like five minutes later

“come in”

it was your first time being in his room and it was

CLEAN

like really clean

everything is in place

the minimalist white interior made the room looks even cleaner

“you called me mr. hwang???”

“oh, yeah come in and sit down for a second I need to discuss something with you”

you were so nervous at this point

the man looked calm, as always

and you were freaking out inside but you sat down anyway, fumbling with the hem of your blue shirt

“you’ve done a lot of great things for the company, it has been great but –”

you can’t bear to hear the rest of the sentence so you blurted out an apology

“I’m sorry if I did something wrong but please don’t fire me. I like working here tell me what I did wrong and I’ll never do it again I promise”

you said all of that in one breath but the man in front of you understood every single word you said

and he chuckled

“no, no I’m not firing you I’m sorry if it came off that way” and he explained that he really liked your inputs and works with your boss in the past years but he wants to see more from you

and so he assigned you to design a whole entire collection for next month

is this real life??? you asked yourself

you have a lot of ideas piling up inside your head over the past few years

but you forgot everything at that moment because you’re too excited

you were only the assistant of creative director, so your job is to go along with your boss idea and give inputs

but now you’re going to have a collection, it would be based on your ideas

you asked him to give you a few days, two at most to think about those ideas and he was like I believe you’ll do great so don’t get pressured and overthink it just work like how you always do

and you kept smiling since he announced you’re designing a whole collection

you thanked him enthusiastically and left the room

your co-workers are so happy for you

and so, your brainstorming begins·

and after a whole day of scribbling and scratching ideas, you finally found a collection idea unique enough

you decided the theme would be” “the amazon rainforest butterflies”· first because you think those metallic blue butterflies are just beautiful· and the amazon rainforest because you think that including nature is a great idea

you also want to raise awareness about the rainforest with this collection, so that’s another purpose

you presented the in front of the whole creative team and of course ceo hwang and everyone loved how you try to include meanings like that instead of putting out a collection just because it’s trending

also you didn’t notice this but ceo hwang was smiling the whole time, he knew you’d do a great job

fast forward a month

your collection launched and you couldn’t be any happier· so you decided to wear yellow

you never wear yellow except for special days when you’re feeling really good

you decided just to wear a yellow beret that has a rose printed on it · the sun is bright today, congratulations!” your co-workers said when you entered the room

you continue to smile brightly

suddenly ceo hwang came from his room and announced that you guys are having a company dinner tonight

he also added that it would be a celebration for yesterday’s release since it was your first collection

during the company dinner, your co-workers kept encouraging you to drink

“it was your big release yesterday, you should definitely drink the whole jar”

you don’t mind drinking but you’re a lightweight and you know you’d be drunk in no time and you hate being drunk mainly because you can’t be in control of your own body and you’d forget everything the next day

also the hangover sucks

anyways your friends told you that you’re really hyper and excited when you’re tipsy but a crying mess when you’re drunk

you cry about everything when you’re drunk. one time you saw a cat trying to find food near the trash bin and you cried because you thought someone threw it there

you were so close to tear down the bin

if only your friends weren’t there

anyways, your limit is four shots and you already had two so you’re already a little tipsy

minhyun, who sat on the table across yours noticed your face getting swollen

this man didn’t even sip a drop of alcohol, he knows his tolerance and it’s zero alcohol

one sip and he’d be out

so to save the embarrassment, he doesn’t drink

he told everyone to not mind him and enjoy the night

ok back to you, he noticed your co-workers trying to shove more shots down your throat

and he saw you trying to refuse but they kept pressuring

he went to your table

and cleared his throat and was like uh can i speak to y/n please

you were a giggly mess but you still understand what’s going on

you excused yourself from the table and followed minhyun outside

“yes mr ceo can I help you”

“nothing I just wanted to get fresh air and I saw you kind of need that too”

you gave him a huge smile and slurred a thank you

but you can’t help but think was he paying attention to you

why did he though

you can’t help but wonder if he has any interest in you

but before you could erase that thought from your mind, your tongue betrayed you

“do you like me, mr hwang?

and minhyun stared at you for a good five seconds before saying

“yes, I do like you”

and honestly, you didn’t see that coming

you were expecting a laugh, or a new topic

“your beret, yellow looks good on you, especially when paired with your flustered expression”

oh, so he was joking, you thought

you felt a little pang on your chest

but you laughed it off

“of course you like me as your employee, I make a great assistant creative director”

he smiled as he said “I’m not joking, y/n. I really do like you. I see you more than just an employee. I like you how a person like a person”

you were trying to process what he said

and by now the alcohol already kicked in, so you basically have zero filter now

you stared at him and said,

“I probably won’t remember this tomorrow, but I like you too.”

tell me if i should do a part two i like it like this but if you want more, i’ll do a second part

don’t forget,

request is open

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