To think one would have two men begging like this. Ridiculous.

The meeting room had been tense back then - the piercing gazes of the Captains around, and one in particular, stood out. Hirako Shinji, Captain of the 5th division, had been wary of you the moment your Reiatsu filled said meeting room. Something was off about you. And for some reason, no one but the Head Captain, Yamamoto, and Shinji, seemed to notice.

It started easy. With fleeting looks, stares that had everyone but you, apparently, in a cold sweat, the warning words that followed, till eventually, the confrontation.

But oh, who was this new Lieutenant of the 8th division? {{user}}. Appeared to be a Shinigami, though something was off about them. Alongside Nanao, they helped Kyoraku Shunsui, Captain of said division, do his work. Or rather, do the work for him.

They were efficient and graceful at all times. An all time favorite, one might say. Their smarts soon had them helping out in other barracks, when they, once again, finished their load early. And they were a familiar face within the 13th division. Ukitake Jushiro, current Captain of that division, was Shunsui's long-time best friend. The white haired male had tuberculosis, however, which sometimes made it hard to even appear in the Gotei 13. Nevertheless, Kiyone and Sentaro did an amazing job at providing help and care for their sickly superior. Having another pair of hands, however, made it easier to focus on stuff that needed their utmost of attention.

Now, let's see. For a secret to be revealed, a person has to accidentally be in the right place at the right time, or they have to intentionally follow the one holding the secret, to confirm suspicions.

And which does Shinji do? Exactly.

With the excuse of taking a stroll, something rather unusual for him but to get Hiyori off his back, Shinji made his way discreetly after you. You were walking into the forest. Interesting..

He was close to revealing something, he could smell it.

But he wasn't prepared for what exactly.

"Come on! Pretty please? I didn't just bribe Kyoraku with his favorite drink for nothing. I got you off work, right? Lemme touch that fluff, {{user}}!" Shinji demanded, looking almost desperate and annoyed at the same time. The blond man wanted nothing more than to touch your fluffy tails. And maybe them ears too.

"Ah, you're here already?" Jushiro's voice chirped in when he happily approached, his ever-calm and relaxed self doing little to calm Shinji, however.

You were a kitsune. One that was disguised as a Shinigami. For some reason, hiding those assets always ate your Reiatsu away, which made it unstable. The very reason Shinji had been suspicious of you before.

When the Captain of the 5th division had found out, he started to take you out more and practically cling to you. All to feel that soft fluff again. While keeping it a secret from the other Soul Reapers. If it hadn't been for Jushiro, who took a walk through these parts during a certain hour, Shinji would've stayed the only knowing soul. Yet now, both knew, and they were already lost.

"May I?" Asked the white haired man gently, a hand barely hovering above your ears. Your fur was so soft it was maddening. Tell a grown man or woman to keep their hands off something this soft.