Tea Time with Ukitake-taichou (Kiyone and Ukitake)

It was just another normal day within the Seireitei; same old weather, same old structure, same old Seireitei. As usual, the whole Soul Society was experiencing fair and mild weather; a warm and bearable temperature with few clouds in the sky. It was odd how the Soul Society always seemed to have perfect weather, though it did rain on occasion. To be honest though, once you had lived there for a while, one really gave little thought to the seemingly constant weather. Over the 400 years since the war with Aizen, while the Soul Society as a whole had under gone some changes, the Seireitei remained almost the same. It was kinda hard for some to ever imagine the Soul Society ever changing, especially since 400 years ago it still looked like feudal Japan, but even those who followed tradition had to keep up with the times. That being said, extreme care had been taken to keep the aesthetics of the Seireitei unchanged. Of course, just like the weather, not many people ever really paid much attention to the changes that had taken place over the past 400 years, simply because they had become the "norm".

For one individual, however, thoughts of the past seemed to be all that filled their mind. The individual, a female Shinigami, stood at 154 cm (5'0½"), had short blond hair, and was walking at a slower pace. Although the appearance of being deep in thought was not one of this female's normal facial expressions, she was still easily recognizable as Kiyone Kotetsu; younger sister of Isane Kotetsu. Though usually more energetic and open, today, Kiyone's thoughts had shifted to the past; mainly to the time after Ukitake had retired as Captain. To Kiyone, though she knew full well about his illness, was a large shock. Of course, this had hit Kiyone rather hard because, although she wouldn't admit that it was anything more than loyalty to her Captain, she was rather infatuated with Ukitake. Of course, as she thought this, a small blush crossed her face, mainly because, well, she had never actually stopped to think about her infatuation with her former Captain. Of course, to get rid of said blush, Kiyone chose a rather...odd method. "O-of course, everyone likes Ukitake-Taichou, but none more than me" she said out loud in her confident tone, the same kind of look crossing her face. As one might have guessed, there was no one there to actually hear her words, even though she said them as if to someone else.

Ignoring her rather "goofy" actions, Kiyone continued walking, now more back to her usual self as a large smile crossed her face. Both the smile and her previous thoughts could easily be explained by the destination she was headed for, and why she was headed there. Earlier that day, Kiyone had received a message from Ukitake himself; inviting her over to his place for tea. This, of course, was not unusual for the former Captain it seemed. He had always been a nice man, and seeing as it had been quite a while since he had seen his former 3rd seated officer, it was probably just to socialize and catch up on things. Of course, Kiyone would have accepted any order or invitation from her former Captain, and she had almost stopped reading the message after seeing the word "invite". Now that she was almost there, though, Kiyone's eagerness was soaring through the roof. As she finally reached Ukitake's house, Kiyone quickly made sure to straighten out her Shinigami uniform, wanting to look her best for her former Captain. With that done, she prepared herself, before knocking on the door. "Kiyone Kotetsu here, as per your request Ukitake-Taichou" she announced rather loudly in a cheerful yet professional tone. As she did so, Kiyone stood up straight, as if she were a soldier in the army, and awaited her former Captain's response.