No Patrol Today [Rukia, Shiro]

To say that Rukia was more than a little bit disappointed with how her last assignment had gone would be something of an oversimplification of the matter. She wasn't exactly disappointed, professionally speaking everything had gone just fine. The problem was that she'd made something of a promise that the nature of duty had left her unable to fulfill. It turned out there was still a lot more patrolling to do, especially with the situations down on Earth, and the Captain hadn't been able to give them any extra leave. She understood that, but still.

Well, better late than never. She had today off, and she'd checked to see that Shiro had too. She was dressed casual, ready to go, though she realized that she hadn't told him they were going today. Going where, you might ask?

Down to Earth, of course. They were off today, and it wasn't as if they were barred from Earth. Rukia was going to give him a decent proper visit to Earth, even if it killed her. Er...maybe not that serious. But, still. She'd promised.

"Hey, Shiro, you awake in there?"

Knocking on her subordinate's door, Rukia wondered if that was maybe too plain of a greeting. Was it? Nah.

Was he-- He was. He'd really opened the door without anything on, right out of the shower. Honestly, it wasn't the worst thing in the world. It wasn't as though Rukia had never seen a guy just out of the shower or anything, but still, she almost had to admire the sheer confidence to greet your teacher that way.

"Good way to start the day. You plan that one out, or was that just the natural instinct?"

He was leaning against the door now. What a dork. There was almost something innocently charming about it, the same way you'd smile at a child proudly digging up nothing. Oh well.

"I told you I'd show you around Earth, and I'm free today. Glad to see you're actually dressed, I'm not so sure I'd want to drag you around in your towel."

"Well, I should count myself lucky I only caught you naked, and not drunk."

That came out wrong. Sighing in exasperation, at both him and at herself, Rukia turned around and headed off, not particularly willing to look at him after that whole back and forth now. He was lucky she'd mellowed out over the years, that urge to kick him had really welled up for a second or two.

"I'm not worried about what the 'gals on Earth' would have minded. Now pick up the pace, before I change my mind on this whole trip."

Rolling her eyes, she simply continued on toward the Senkaimon, not looking back at him or his cocky grin. Her stride quickened a bit, but she knew that wouldn't actually matter at her height. How annoying.

"Oh, your undivided attention? That's pretty impressive. Can I save that for tomorrow and use it in class instead?"

Despite her annoyance with the situation, and even moreso with his smarmy grin, she was still someone who played well off any situation. Rukia simply looked up at him as they walked with a faintly unamused expression, though really, it was a lot less disappointed-looking than one might have assumed it would be in these circumstances.

"You're lucky I owe you this one, otherwise I might tell you to go find some 'lucky gal' who'd be more excited to have seen you fresh out of the shower. Besides, imagine what might happen if it got out you showed a teacher your naked body withouy her consent. And a noblewoman, at that."

Despite the theoretical looming weight of those words, Rukia didn't treat them particularly seriously. If she had an issue with the situation, she'd have just handled it herself. The small smug grin on her face gave away how she actually felt about all this.

Looked like he'd taken that a little more seriously than she'd meant for him to. Well, that was probably her fault, huh? It might not have been good to mention the whole possibility of him getting into trouble over something minor like that, especially not with his situation. At least he was taking the whole thing in strive.

"I told you I'd buy you a proper wardrobe, didn't I? I'm not planning to lie about that any more than I am about this whole trip."

Of course, there was plenty of other stuff to do down on Earth, and Rukia had every intention of showing him a decent bit. But it was better if she kept at least some of it a surprise. Laying it all out at once would take away from the fun of it.

"Movies are okay. I don't think they're much more fun than up here, but if you want to see one, we can find out what's out right now."