Color pinups of the crew three years ago
kogami is the type who doesn't think much of valentine's chocolates, just accepts them as long as they're friendly but if it comes with a confession he might turn them down or just say a polite thanks.
gojo however is the type to parade around receiving chocolates because he loves sweets even though he's not going to accept any proposal he just wants to eat so that makes him sort of an asshole but no one cares because he's being cute about it.
geto is the type to politely accept chocolates and kindly reject confessions, but he does it so nicely that there's a line of people waiting their turn to be rejected.
as for liu xiao he will disappear that day, he doesn't exist.
gojo's sakamoto days verse is literally just him and nagumo being roommates. that's all there is to it.
I’m not about…to let you be the only one who dies!
gojo's bleach verse... he's a captain (haven't decided the division yet) that comes from a noble family. his zanpakuto is called six eyes, all that jazz and his abilities remain relatively the same with the exception that the six eyes is actually an acute sense for reiatsu that is passed among those of the gojo clan bloodline. his existence is an anomaly, so naturally he still grows emotionally isolated from the rest, geto being the only other captain he truly became close with and whose deflection of the corps made him spiral into insanity (though only inwardly, no one knows about this being his only weakness).
his bankai is unlimited void.
the vice-captain seat is still vacant as no one really keeps up with him and they resign or request to be reassigned, not to mention he values strength and goodness of heart, influenced by geto's own morality from the past days.
❛ the only path that’s left for me is forward. ❜ ( kenjaku & teacher!geto? )
shared brain-bits let him know where @hharau’s proclivities lay. it explains the taut line of his shoulders, eyes turned dark, unbridled with fury - he wonders if geto knows, not the extent of everything but instinctively understands that what ties them together isn’t mere cursed energy but the flow of something more sinister, vicious.
by way of introduction, kenjaku had traced a single line across surgical wounds, calling for geto’s attention, smiling through bared teeth, and said: ‘ does it bother you? or why are you looking at me as though you’d seen a ghost? ’
it gained him little, all things considered, but he did always enjoy a gamble, much more so when the rewards came in floods: a glare, violent jabs and despair; anger he knows how to work with, easy to map out. he remembers farmers, their housewives, kids and their friends, all of them fell into patterns, led by their hearts and not reason and things became simpler, weaknesses poorly disguised. humanity doesn’t change: then and now, it’s all relatively the same, and suguru geto he’s come to understand more than anyone alive - the ones who mattered anyways.
it takes a moment for kenjaku to part his lips, smile fading into a displeased frown. what is that supposed to mean?
‘ ah, i see. that is exactly like you. ’ words echo, he feels something perilously close to affection, like watching a house plant grow, or a pet; it brings him closer to inspection, the way that, although their faces are copies of each other, the skin lacks blisters from rot that’s carelessly swiped away, or the pallid undertone of a body that has once been lifeless and brought back to roam about the earth. it puts a new smile on his face, lighter, but ever-present.
‘ you must pardon me but i haven’t the faintest idea what that entails. or rather, it doesn’t matter. mutations between dimensions are rare, but not impossible. the path forward you’re talking about exists solely for you, though i doubt it leads anywhere beneficial for someone who’s technically a storage of cursed energy. don’t get me wrong, it’s an excellent ability, otherwise i would not be here. ’ the gesture beckons geto to watch him, head to toe, expecting appraisal. he gets the opposite. kenjaku shrugs, tongue darts out briefly and playfully.
‘ its only drawback, i daresay, is the price that comes with it. there’s flashier deaths than self–immolation, in the literal sense or not. i suppose you’ve overcome it, for now. i’m not entirely convinced, though. ’
there’s not a breath to be taken without precaution. whether it’s the will of the hot, sinister flavor of victory or a more primal apprehension, ulquiorra isn’t sure. but he wants to hear the monster growl again, cry if he must. beg, like the rest of them had when faced with something larger than themselves.
it’s hardly a sweet sound, grimmjow’s baritone carried defiance the kind that you could only find in untamed hollows, the misguided souls that are still too raw and persistently detached from authority, save from the chains that bind them to the skeletal forms. there is no placid trolling to it. unlike ulquiorra’s own voice, apathetic, cruel in its manner devoid of empathy, grimmjow’s groans feel more corporeal than ulquiorra’s own presence. the applied pressure burying itself deep into grimmjow’s marrow becomes the only symbol of his wicked existence in a room so wide and empty.
tongue darts out to wrap itself around ulquiorra’s digits, the sensation a shot of liquid fire when it’s met with the hierro layer that always seemed to run cold. curiosity. confusion. the reasons for such action escaped him, though he’d heard bits of it from other espada — desire, lust. it hardly matters now. ulquiorra doesn’t relent.
‘ what are you doing, grimmjow. ’ fiercely, his right hand clasps around the other’s jaw. bones give in, something cracks. it’s nothing compared to the damages of drawn out battles, the sort of commodity that blood-thirsty beings seek and get drunk off on most nights - it always is night time - so he applies more pressure just to make a statement.
ulquiorra’s gaze doesn’t falter. ‘ how convenient. your mouth taunts and yet you choose to take the punishment with baseless threats. go. try to defeat me. you can’t? or do you not want to? what could you possibly say to make excuses for yourself after this—? ’ the heel that had remained motionless aims a kick to his stomach, sending him back to the floor. ulquiorra is quick, looming over grimmjow’s tall figure sprawled on the ground. slowly, as if testing the waters, ulquiorra lowers his head, locking gazes. here, now, there’s only grimmjow and him. here, only one man could judge him.
‘ your body is more honest than your tongue. what should i do with it? ’ frigid fingers run down grimmjow’s bared throat, down to his sternum, keenly aware of their new proximity, the heightened nerves beneath his touch, ‘ should i rip it out and feed the troops with it, or should i make you swallow your own sword? show me, i might begin to understand you. ’
THE PROBLEM WITH CRAMMING THE ESPADA TOGETHER - WAS too much power and too many big personalities for the proffered space. they were no better than feral animals really, scratching an existence out of survival of the fittest. the primordial part of him knew sharper teeth and claws meant victory, but ulquiorra ( despite him knowing better ) had a vast well of untapped power - an unending wealth of dominance that might sink into grimmjow's flesh at any moment. he hated it - loathed it through the emptiest part of him. the bastard had no spark - no fire. his cold, unfeeling mish-mash of souls was appalling to number 6, who felt unerring destruction to his very marrow.
but that was the thing about being an arrancar... sometimes, the wires got a little crossed.
spirit pressure swells around him - a threat and a promise. it writhes against his own, melding against his skin and cracking his defenses far too quickly. grimmjow feels that he can't breathe ( or at least he thinks that's what this sensation is ) - each inch of him grinding in agony. the weight of a million souls presses down down down - and white teeth are bared again, the phantom outline of a tail, black claws taking shape as he's pushed, pressed, and bent.
his knees hit the hard floor with a painful crack, and the hiss he lets out his predatory.
of course grimmjow tries to stand - of course wildness and rage and the thirst for a fight, fight, fight permeates his very being, pooling saliva into his mouth. ulquiorra - a worthy opponent, right there, ready to struggle for the top spot... yet strong pressure and a hand keeps him on his knees, and grimmjow is about to lean down and simply sink his teeth into his arm, tear into him with unfettered savagery when…
❝ nn- ❞
he's not so much ashamed by the noise that leaves him - not so much ashamed by the heat that curdles in his limbs when ulquiorra does that with his foot - as he is by the sheer knowledge that he has effectively been scruffed like an an unruly cat - and has to stare up at the fourth with a different sort of guarded hunger in his gaze.
❝ you're so fucking annoying, ❞ he eeks out, breathing still labored, body wired. black tipped claws sluggishly raise, coiling about his wrist again - except this time he forces ulquiorra's hand upwards, and the pad of his rough tongue, feline, skates along fingertips. ❝ all self-righteous an' haughty. you think you've gotten the best of me? ❞ yet his voice is breathless, whether from the swell of desires, or the thorough disciplining - it was hard to say. even so, he bumps his jaw against the back of his fellow espada's hand, rubbing lightly - the faintest rumble resonating from deep within his core.
❝ just wait, you bat bastard. ❞ the purr rises and swells, a continuous cacophony while grimmjow dares to eek his hips upwards, and dares to smirk once more. ❝ just wait, until i get my fangs in you. ❞
no one is allowed to talk to suguru if you've seen him before no, you haven't, erase him from your memories trust me it's better if you do he's a wanted criminal and a very dangerous curse user stay away from a man with long, black hair dark as night beautiful honey-tinted eyes and bewitching smile do not speak to him and come to me asap and share his location this is important for the nation's safety, government orders not mine. please and thank you.
“ I’m sorry. I couldn’t keep my promise. I wanted to go into a line of work where I could protect people. That’s why I became a detective. But Makishima changed everything. That man will continue to kill people. And yet, the law can’t judge him. As long as I’m a detective, I can’t touch him. This case made me aware… that the law can’t protect people.” - shinya kougami.
Happy Birthday, Selle! ♦