I started this fic some time ago, and then life took over and it ended up getting pushed to the side, but the idea wouldn't leave my head, so I dug it up and finished up the first chapter. I hope you enjoy! And don't forget to review to tell me what you think! And hopefully I will have the next chapter up soon~

Summary:AU. Renji is on his way back to Japan from college in America with his roommate Ikkaku. He is determined to prove himself worthy of Byakuya, and while he attempts to find a job and a place to live, muses about his past with the dark haired man. But what will happen when he unexpectedly runs into Byakuya?

Disclaimer: I don't own.

Chapter 1

It was a sunny afternoon in the late spring as Abarai Renji sat at the airport with his roommate for the past four years. The red-head fidgeted slightly as the pair waited for their flight back to Japan. He glanced over at his roommate to see the bald man staring at him exasperatedly.

Madarame Ikkaku sighed as he looked at the other. "If you want to see him so badly then why are we staying at a hotel instead of going to his house?"

"Because I don't know if he still lives there and I want to get a job first so I don't have to depend on him!" Renji replied.

"Che. Whatever. I'm going to get a cup of tea. Do you want anything?"

"Nah. S'ok"

Ikkaku nodded and walked away, leaving Renji to sit alone and think about the past.

Renji sat alone on a park bench, legs pulled up to his chest and arms wrapped around his legs to keep warm. It was about ten o'clock at night in the middle of December. When he heard footsteps, the young red-head prepared to run. He looked in the direction of the approaching footsteps and saw the most beautiful man he had ever seen.

The man stopped and gazed at the boy sitting on the bench and noticed a few bruises and a cracked lip. "Shouldn't you be at home?" he asked.

"I don't have one," Renji replied, still ready to run if the man attempted to take him to the authorities.

"Really? How old are you?" the man asked, raising a pristine eyebrow.

"I'm fourteen," Renji replied, puffing out his chest to make himself appear bigger.

"Fourteen years old, running away from home and getting in fist fights?"

"That place is not my home. And those people are not my parents. Parents aren't supposed to hurt their kids," Renji answered, looking down at the ground.

"So you would rather stay here and freeze? Let's go." The man grabbed Renji by the arm and began dragging him.

"W-where are you taking me?! Let go!" Renji tried to fight against the older man's surprisingly strong grip.

That night, Kuchiki Byakuya had taken Renji home with him. He lived in a nice sized apartment near the high school where he taught English.

Renji sighed as he remembered how the older man had taken him in without a moment's hesitation. The red-head began thinking that after that, there was no way he wouldn't have fallen in love with Byakuya.

"Flight 26 for Karakura Town is now boarding," the loud speaker announced. Renji got up and grabbed his carry-on bag, looking around for Ikkaku. He spotted the bald man walking towards him with a cup of tea in his hand. Together, the pair boarded the flight. Once they were seated and situated, they began chatting about nothing in particular for a while. Eventually, Ikkaku had fallen asleep and Renji was once again left to his thoughts.

It was late at night, at least 1 o'clock, and Renji couldn't fall asleep. It had been two years since he had been taken in by Byakuya, and recently he couldn't stop thinking about the older man. And by thinking about him, I mean dreaming about him. And by dreaming about him, I mean wet dreams. Yes, Renji was attracted to the man that took him in and acted as his guardian for the past two years. He knew it was wrong, after all Byakuya was 25 years old and taught English at the high school he was enrolled in. But he couldn't help it. Renji blamed the hormones.

So, unable to sleep, Renji went into the kitchen to make himself a late night snack. He then went and sat on the couch in the den and turned on the television. He had been watching infomercials for about half an hour, when a voice right behind him startled him. "What are you doing up still?"

"B-B-B-B-Byakuya! Don't scare me like that!" Renji waited until his heart rate returned to normal before answering the question. "I…couldn't sleep."

"Hmmm. Me either," Byakuya stated before sitting down on the couch next to the young red-head. Renji blushed at the close proximity and his blush darkened when he realized the affect the close proximity was having on his body. "What's wrong?" a concerned voice asked from next to him.

"Nothing!" was the quick response.

"Liar. Look at me. What's wrong?" Byakuya asked again as he grabbed Renji's face and turned it towards him.

They sat like that for what felt like forever, staring at each other. Still blushing and lost in the moment, Renji slowly leaned in to kiss the teacher. It was several long moments before Byakuya hesitantly responded. Once they parted, they looked at each other again for another minute, before Byakuya leaned back in to kiss the younger of the two once more. As the kiss heated up, Renji maneuvered himself so that he was straddling Byakuya and moaned softly, pressing his hips against the other.

With a slight gasp, Byakuya pulled away from the kiss and pushed Renji so he was sitting back on the couch. "No sex until you are 18. I refuse to do it with a minor. Now get some sleep. You have school tomorrow." And with that, Byakuya walked away and back into his room. Several minutes later, Renji snuck into his room and crawled in his bed with the raven haired man and curled up against his back. Byakuya grunted and Renji pleadingly asked, "Can I stay with you? Please?"

Byakuya gave in and every night after that, he and Renji slept in the same bed.