Since the first war, Ukitake was feeling surprisingly quite well, his coughing reduced, even his fatigue disappeared.

And somehow, he no longer needed to stay in bed intermittently; he even began personally visiting the squad's barracks and greeting all the Shinigami there.

On top of all this, he was able to tolerate sake much better than before, and he began spending more time drinking with Kyoraku and Nanao.

You were sitting in your house, drinking some green tea, before he approached from the engawa, holding a bag of monaks treats.

"Aya-san!"