All Falls Away [Igen, Rangiku]

He tilted his head a bit as Rangiku offered ... well the same advice he had a lot. It's what people usually said around these kinds of things. But at the very least, he was glad that he was doing the right thing in terms of how he acted. That really was how it came down hm? He wondered what would have happened if he'd grown up like Kyo? Or was he just built like this? Wasn't like there was really any way to tell. But even so, he gently curled the arm that was on Rangiku's waist and turned his frame, gently pulling Rangiku into a hug as he smiled.

"Hm, maybe this'll turn out arlight. Maybe Rukongai girls are more into guys like me." He chuckled, sighing to himself as he released the woman and ... paused. Looking at his drink. He couldn't really get it without moving Rangiku. Ehhh, probably for the best. He was pretty toasted.

He blinked and looked at the glass that was offered to him. He .... hesitated for only a moment. But well. He wasn't ever gonna say no to a drink from Ran. And so he took the glass and smiled. "Thanks." He noted, before taking a slow and steady sip from it, a sigh escaping him as he let the glass settle on the arm of the couch and he looked back to the wall across from them, only pausing to turn when she asked him that question.

For a moment he looked a bit confused, but it was only brief. He smiled for a moment and snorted, a fond smile breaking out again. "I dunno, I just.. gotta try and get her outta my head. I couldn't even get any good sleep this mornin." He sighed, he had no idea how long he'd be asleep this time, hopefully a while, but he doubted it.

There were a great many things that a shinigami endured in the service of the gotei. And in that service, one experienced a great many trials and torments. Not just sparring with allies with sometimes volatile abilities, but fighting with hollows with powers of vile and corruptive influences. No matter how strong one became, some things could shock you to your very core. Igen himself had once found out this very thing when he had found himself sparring with Lady Ai some time ago.

In this moment, even through the haze of being drunk, the feeling of the woman's lips pressing to his cheek had an immediate and visceral physical reaction and Igen's eyes widened a bit as this sudden cardiovascular shift did indeed flush his thoughts down his spine like an emptying sink. "Hhhuh?"

"Wha, no it wasn't bad at all!" He promptly sweated a bit as she pouted. Sure she'd teased him in the past, but this was not the type he was used to! "It just...it kinda knocked me off my feet a bit! Ahah, It was really amazing! Way better than a dream yaknow!" He responded in drunken panic as he attempted to save the situation. The last thing he wanted was for Rangiku to think that it had been a poor experience! "Its way better than I thought it'd be!" He doubled down, his mind racing on how exactly to deal with potentially having hurt her pride!

He promptly reached in and turned her head to look at him, firming his expression for a moment as he blinked a few times. "Ran... you're thmost beautiful woman Ive ever met. And your face bein on my face was the bees knees!" He stated firmly, the conviction in his voice ...mixing a bit comically with his impaired state.

Igen managed to hold onto some sense of composure in that moment, and certainly she'd been playful in the past at times, but honestly not really more than a few playful pokes and jokes. Seeing her laying back and smiling up at him had his mind racing just a little. But more than that, the compliment had his eyes widening just a little. Naturally she'd... SAID such a thing before. But not really so directly. She'd asserted that he was a good guy, but calling him a looker? It wasn't exactly easy to go looking through his memories, but it FELT novel. It felt good in fact. And as Rangiku turned to look out the window, he briefly followed her gaze and took a moment to appreciate the gentle slink of that dull pink glow plunging past the horizon in its own farewell of warm twilight. It really HAD gotten late on them.

He looked back down to Rangiku, and for a moment he found himself looking at her not quite like he usually did. Just a bit disheveled, and no doubt tired, but still all the more beautiful. He couldn't write a haiku like Kyo, but he could still feel a sense of appreciation for the moment, perhaps amplified by just how tired and drunk he was. No, that was the far more the culprit for what he did next. He.. wasn't actually sure what he was aiming for when he leaned in. Her cheek maybe? But where he wound up was just on the corner of her lips as he gently returned that soft kiss.