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Renji blinked as he looked down at the man in front of him. He looked a littlefamiliar but Renji couldn t quite place him. He glanced at Urahara for help, but�  the shopowner seemed to be having the same problem. Knowing everyone else was justtoo polite he decided to break the ice.

Who re you again?� � �

Renji!� �

What? You can t remember his name either, Ichigo. So stop pretending.� � �

The stupid idiot was blushing now and looking a little upset for being caught.Renji tried not to notice when Urahara took a little too much pleasure incomforting him. Ichigo, on the other hand, noticed and was quite indignant about� �  it. The small man in front of him didn t seem surprised, either by Renji�  forgetting his name or by Urahara s teasing .� � �

I m Yamada Hanatarou. I m the seventh seat of the fourth division. I healed� � �  Kurosaki-san when he was rescuing Rukia-san.�

Ah, Renji still didn t quite remember him but it wasn t like they d spent much� � � � �  

time together if all he d done was heal Ichigo. Hana-, er (how had he already�  forgotten his name?), Hana-something had come to talk to Rukia, saying there wassome sort of news he wanted to relay. Renji hoped she would show up soon. Ichigoand Urahara were being no help and Renji d never been good at entertaining.�

As if summoned by his thoughts, Rukia burst into the room, followed by Orihime.She paused as she noticed what s-his-name before smiling and continuing in. Renji�  smirked triumphantly; Rukia didn t remember his name either. Hah! He wasn t the� �  only one.

Hana . . . er, Hana-kun! It s nice to see you again. Did you need something?� � �

No, this statement was accompanied by a nervous seeming head scratching. I just� � �  

wanted to tell Rukia-san something. She was so nice me before so I thought shemight be interested. And you all are Ganjyu-san s friends so we thought you might�  want to know. I hope I m not imposing.� �

Hana-something trailed off at the end as if suddenly realizing that he mightactually be imposing. Renji waited to see if Urahara would re-assure Hana.� �  However, he simply waved his fan a little. Apparently Renji would remain the onlyone called a freeloader.

Rukia was quick to assure him that he wasn t a bother and they soon started�  chatting about recent gossip in Seireitei. After all the new gossip was broughtup, and they finally stopped asking how each other had been doing, Hana seemed togain the courage to finally tell them why he d come.�

Um, Ganjyu-san wanted to come too but Kuukaku-san wouldn t let him so I came to� �  tell you. You see, Ganjyu-san and I really like each other and we decided todate.�

Hana had gotten progressively quieter as he spoke and even started to poke hisfingers together like some nervous girl confessing her crush. They all sat for amoment digesting the information before Ichigo couldn t take it anymore. Even�  after having a moment to think he was still predictably idiotic in his wording.

What? With that oaf?� �

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Don t talk about him like that! Renji was surprised to see the nervous shinigami� � �  shoot to his feet. Hana seemed to lose steam directly after his outburst andslowly sank back down before finishing what he had to say. Ganjyu-san s not an� �  oaf. He s very kind and nice and good to me.� �

Of course he s not an oaf, Hana-kun. Ichigo here s just an idiot. None of us� � �  think that way at all.�

Ichigo muttered an apology after noticing how Rukia was glaring at him. Renjismirked a little to himself; trust that idiot to anger almost everyone in theroom. No matter how few manners Renji had (and Kuchiki-taichou seemed to takepleasure in reminding him about that) he still knew not to insult someone s lover.�  

The rest of the evening was spent with the girls cooing over Hana and asking allsorts of silly questions. Rukia seemed suddenly inspired at one point and lungedfor her sketchbook. Ichigo glanced at it nervously and Renji winced to think aboutwhat she might be drawing. After a few moments of concentrated effort she held itout proudly to Hana.

Um, this is very nice Rukia-san, but what is it supposed to be?� �

Well, since I read a lot of boylove manga I ve picked up a few tricks. I figured� �  you and Ganjyu could use this as a manual. See, that s you and that s him. I� �  didn t want to assume who d be on top so I drew both versions.� � �

Only Orihime seemed to be able to take this information in stride and actuallyacted excited after learning what the drawing was. Ichigo appeared to have sunkall the way under the table and even Urahara couldn t hide his shock (or�  amusement). Hana blinked at the paper for a few moments before slowly turning itsideways. This didn t seem to help, however, and he folded it before tucking it�  away. He still appeared confused though and looked uncomfortable before openinghis mouth to speak.

That s really nice of you, Rukia-san. And I m sure Ganjyu-san will, er,� � �  appreciate it. But, why are we bunnies?�