[Closed] Maids & Death Gods

[suchselfishness]

Characters: Ichimaru Gin, Toushirou Hitsugaya, Rhode Kamelot
Location: Deadly Pretty Maid Cafe
Rating: G (or PG for creepy dudes with silver hair)
Time: January 23, early afternoon
Description: An awkward accident of timing puts Gin and Hitsugaya in the same place at the same time- Which happens to be the place Rhode works at the time she is working.

Despite Rhode's fleeting hopes, the maid cafe had not been flooded or severely damaged by the earthquake, and she had been called in for her usual shift the day after the disaster. At least they'd managed to take care of the mess then; business was still a bit slow on the twenty-third, and she was pretending to sort menus while staring at the pastries set up for display in the lovely glass case at the front. If she was lucky, she'd be able to take home one of the strawberry shortcakes at the end of the day. After all, if there weren't any customers, there was no one else to eat the baked goods before they went stale.


 

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[facades]

Unlike Hitsugaya, Gin didn't bother correcting her. Master sounded rather nice to him. In truth, he hadn't even touched his water, too intent on the coffee, but ordering Rhode around was an opportunity he couldn't pass up.

"Ya. Maybe some more food too." He sat back in his chair- as if he was thinking really hard about what to eat. He hadn't even glanced at a menu. Turning his attention back to the shinigami at the other table, he shrugged in his direction. "I'll have what he's havin'."

Then he went back to his coffee without looking at either of them.

[frozenheavens]

Gritting his teeth a little, Hitsugaya was still a moment as he listened to his fellow captain order Rhode around. It had been stupid of him to think he could possibly ignore Gin for even 5 minutes. Before Rhode had barely turned away, he looked over at Gin and snapped, "Do you come here a lot, then? You get a kick out of treating people like your servant?"

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"Well, I can't get you anything until you tell me what you want."

She cast a pointed look at Gin's menu, bottom lip coming out just a bit. Even so, she moved to pick up the empty glass on Hitsugaya's table, as well as Gin's, pausing and looking to Hitsugaya when he snapped at the other man. Rhode almost asked him what he was doing, but she closed her mouth, looking between the two shinigami. Apparently this wasn't a very friendly relationship.

[facades]

Ignoring Rhode for the moment, he smiled sweetly at Hitsugaya over the top of his coffee.

"I came 'cause I heard the drinks were good. Why else would I be here?" Sip sip. "I didn't even know Rhode-chan works here! She's cute in that outfit, ain't she?" A pause and another sip. "So what're ya doin' here anyway? I didn't think ya were big on sweets."

With that he turns his attention back to the girl. "I ain't sure yet." And he waved her away. It was clear Hitsugaya have a valid point about enjoying treating people as servants.

[frozenheavens]

This continued behavior only made him more angry, especially at his calling Rhode cute. He was a little astounded Rhode took it, job or not.

"I came to check in on Rhode," he replied coldly, also ignoring the person in question. He was able to defend her, sure, even admit that he'd come to see her, but the actual act of speaking to her and being waited on by her was far more difficult than arguing with Gin, he was finding.

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Rhode made a face at Gin, nearly sticking out her tongue before she moved off toward the back of the cafe. It only took a few moments for her to return, but the unenthused expression on her face made it rather clear that she still wasn't thrilled by her dismissal, though her temper was somewhat soothed by the fact that he'd called her cute. She set the glasses down on the table- Gin's a bit harder than Hitsugaya's- And glanced to the back of the shop before pulling out a chair and sitting down across from the younger shinigami.

"I am very cute. In any outfit."

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[facades]

Ignoring Rhode a little longer still, Gin smiled sweetly at Hitsugaya. "So yer friends with Rhode-chan too? I didn't know ya had so many friends!." He was trying to irritate the other taichou, sure, but he really hadn't realized that Hitsugaya had friends apart from his partner. The kid was just so grumpy all the time.

Pushing the water aside, he went back to his cup of coffee, finally letting his eyes fall on the girl sitting across from the smaller shinigami. He didn't have anything to add, though, merely watching now.

[frozenheavens]

Hitsugaya looked forward at Rhode, especially when Gin made the comment about being friends with her. He hadn't really thought of them that way, and wondered a little if that was what she considered them. With a little nod to her, he murmured, "Thank you," as she gave him water.

The more he looked at Gin, the more irritated he felt so he fixed his gaze on Rhode still. "Does he come in here to bother you a lot?" he asked her irritatedly, going with the assumption that this was bothersome.

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Rhode shook her head at Hitsugaya's question, glancing toward the door as someone walked by the shop to be sure they weren't coming inside.

"This is his first time. He was a bit less bothersome when I wasn't working, though." She cast a mildly condescending look at Gin before letting out a quiet (but dramatic) sigh. "Neither of you bothered to mention that you knew each other."

[facades]

"Didn't we?" Gin feigned interest. In all honesty he had no idea that Rhode and Hitsugaya even knew each other. "I guess I only bring up things that're important enough." Besides, he had mentioned there were others from his world to her before, hadn't he? That was close enough.

He leaned back in his chair, pastry in one hand, and gave a shrug.

[frozenheavens]

He tossed Gin a look at the last comment before looking back at Rhode.

"I mentioned someone from my world who I wanted to kill," he answered without any hesitation. Gin knew exactly where they stood and didn't care, from the looks of it. "I didn't think to specify because I didn't know you knew him."

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Gin's answer earned a look from Rhode that fell somewhere between exasperation and amusement, though Hitsugaya's response prompted a little roll of her eyes and a huff.

"You're both hopeless. Why do you want to kill each other?" She paused, remembering who she was talking to. "Or rather, why do you want to kill him, and why don't you care about him wanting to kill you?"

[facades]

Receiving looks from both children sitting at the table across from him only causes him to smile brightly.

"Am I meant ta care?" Gin looks genuinely confused, before he takes another bite out of the pastry. Lots of people don't like him, possibly want to kill him, he's not sure why Hitsugaya in particular would bug him. "It ain't as if he's able ta kill me here anyway."