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Cough 021 - [Video Post]

[The feed opens with the sight of Ukitake coughing into his free hand. Luckily, no blood can be spottted. Yet.]

Ungh...my apologies. Even with the weather clearing up, it seems that it has finally caught up with me. [Cough.] It's what I get for traipsing about in the snow.

[He tucks himself into bed, propped up on pillows again. This is a normal pose for the Shinigami, as friends have and will come to know. Sniffling, he speaks again.]

I should be back to myself within a week or tw--

[There must have been a tickle in his throat because he's coughing violently now, red visible through the cracks of his fingers before the feed ends.]

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[She kneels next to him and starts rummaging through her puch. She is smiling, but there is a slight ... edge to her next words.]

Ara, Ukitake-taichou, do not say that. If you are old, then just what am I, then ?

[Well, that was not the thing to say. He thinks quickly, trying to save his own skin in the process.]

Heh, I meant no disrespect, sempai.

[She pats his arm nicely.]

Of course you didn't, Ukitake-taichou.

[She takes a small bottle of that tonic she's been making for all those people suffering from the same symptoms as Ukitake. It is rather odd that she started making it as he wasn't here, because she knew just the thing that could help, and now that he's here, she's already got a steady supply of it.]

Do you have anything to make tea around, Ukitake-taichou ?

[Oh good, she didn't kill him.

He lifts his hand to point lazily at the desk in the back of the room.]

Second drawer.

[Unohana quickly busies herself with making light tea, and brews some of the tonic in the tepot with it. Then she pours him a cup, and comes closer to help him sit up.]

Here, drink this, and then I shall examine you more thoroughly.

[He graciously accepts her help, and the tea, and does as he's told.]

Thank you, Unohana-taichou.

[Unohana's hands start to glow with the usual, soft white light as she starts her examination. It's, unfortunately, more of the usual.]

Another attack ... You'll need to take it easy for a few weeks, Ukitake-taichou, and take some of that tonic daily for at least two weeks before reducing the dose.

[He tries to hide his disappointment at the diagnosis and nods in understanding.]

[She can see that he is putting up a brave face, but she's known him and his illness for so long now ... She puts a warm hand on his shoulder and squeezes it.]

I always seem to bring you bad new, do I not ?

[She rummages in her puch some more, and takes out ... a small bottle of sake and two cups.]

Would you care to share a drink with a friend, and talk, as we often did before ?

[He's still just a kid at heart, but he knows when he's lost. He closes his eyes and smiles gently.]

I'm used to it by now. It's become another fact of life.

[His eyes widen in surprise when the sake comes out. Isn't he a sick man who needs to take care of himself?]

I'd greatly enjoy it, as long as sempai thinks it wise, of course.

[She smiles and pours.]

Everything in moderation is wise, Ukitake-taichou.

[She holds out a cup ot him.]

How have you been doing ?

Fair enough.

[He takes the cup from her.]

I've been holding up as best as I can. I guess after all of the excitement of the last couple of months, my body decided to tell me to relax...in a way.

[He takes a sip, falling easily back into the familiar routine.]

And I...I think I've deepened a friendship. At least, I hope I have. Honestly, I'm not too sure what I've done.

[And after saying that, he almost wishes he could have told Kyouraku first. There are just some things a bro has to know.]

That is good to hear. As always, keeping your morale up is key to your well-being, Ukitake-taichou.

[She takes a sip herself, and sighs.]

Is it anyone I know ?

Mm.

Ah, I believe you know her? It's Rinoa-san.

We have talked a few times, I believe. She seems to be a lovely girl.

She is.

[He takes another small sip.]

I've...grown to like her quite a bit.

And is this mutual ?

[Why yes, Captain Mom wants the gossip !]

So she has told me.

[Captain Mom is lucky Daddy Shirou trusts her this much to get the gossip. XD]

Well then, I wish you good luck in this endeavor, Ukitake-taichou.

Just be sure not to overexert yourself.

Thank you, Unohana-taichou.

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