I'm extremely sorry for the late update! :[ I've been so busy with school lately, and I haven't felt the motivation to write! I'm so sorry! I fee horrible..

I feel like such a dumbass xD In the last chapter I accidentally made Ginrei Byakuya's father, but I meant grandfather. Sorry for any confusion on that! D:

Now I'll answer questions!

silverdoutrane: Yes, you are correct. His parents are dead and Ginrei is his grandfather! Sorry for the confusion! And about Rukia arguing about the dress, that question will be answered with this chapter!

Byakua's sakura petal: Ginrei will be a hardass, but he will soften up as the story goes along.

pfftttt: You're probably not even gonna see this but... I'm the pathetic one? I'm pathetic for writing about a couple that aren't even true siblings? Yeah, right, whatever. You're pathetic for flaming me an anonymous review. Grow some balls and flame me on your real account. Kthxbai. ;)

Well then, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

Rukia was speechless. There, in front of her very own eyes, were gowns that were meant for royalty. And she was allowed to pick any one of them she liked.

Byakuya nudged her forward, pleased with her apparent reaction, the feeling of making her happy slowly drowning him. He loved to make her happy, he discovered a long time ago, but it was just now sinking in how good it felt to bring a smile upon her pretty face.

"Go on, pick a dress, Rukia," he urged, pushing her forward to the now standing up saleswoman.

The woman, tall in stature, raised an eyebrow at Rukia's outfit. Even though the petite girl was wearing a coat, you could still see parts of her outfit that could only be what a maid wears, as nothing else familiar resembles it.

Seeing the girl's trouble, assuming it was because she was shy, though, the saleswoman went up to Rukia with a smile on her face. "Welcome to Lucindio's Fine Dressing! How may I help you?"

Before Rukia could utter a single word, Byakuya answered for her: "I am looking to buy a dress for my lovely girlfriend." He held Rukia's hand up and brushed his lips against her soft skin, keeping his face devoid of any emotion.

The woman in front of them nodded in understanding, a hand on her chest as she replayed the scene in her head again, fascinated with how much of a gentleman Byakuya truly was.

"Of course, if you would come right this way, then." She offered a hand for Rukia to take.

Byakuya gave her another small push. "Rukia, I'll be right back." The dark-haired girl stumbled forward slightly as she took the saleswoman's hand for support, afraid that she'll fall down from his push.

"I forgot something in the car," he said. "So if you'll excuse me..." He slipped right out the door before Rukia could protest in anyway.

W-where did he go? She screamed in her head. She looked up at the saleswoman for an answer, but was met with a shrug and a pull to follow her to the back of store.

Rukia grumbled in her head at her master's actions, infuriated yet perplexed at his actions. He gave no valid excuse for leaving her with this woman, so where could he of gone? He said he was going back to the car, but something about his tone threw her off a little...

"If you'll look to the front, you'll see that this is where we keep our most beautiful dresses." The saleswoman gestured to the many dresses hanging before them on the wall. "But they do come at a hefty price, though I'm pretty sure your boyfriend can afford any one of them by the looks of him..."

The saleswoman let go of Rukia's hand. She observed the dresses closely, then turned her head back to Rukia, her eyes swaying up and down across her body. She turned back to the dresses and eyed them again before reaching up to a black dress.

She held it up to Rukia and looked back and forth between her and the dress. "Try this dress on." She pushed it into the shorter girl's hands. "The dressing rooms are over there." She pointed to the left of Rukia. "If it doesn't look good on you, just come back to me and I'll help you select the perfect dress for you!" She giggled cheerfully.

She could only nod at how quickly the saleswoman found her a dress and how excited she sounded at the prospect of it. She blinked her violet eyes a few times before she went over to where the dressing rooms were supposed to be.

With the dress clutched loosely to her chest, she walked over to the dressing rooms and stared at them for a moment. There were three rooms, and none of them looked occupied.

Making sure nobody was looking, she peeked under each door and found that nobody was in the dressing rooms. She opened the door to one of them and went in, locking it behind her as she did so.

She held the dress up in front of her, inspecting it before trying it on. It was just a simple, classic little black dress. There were no details to it, nothing special, but it still had certain cute look to it.

Rukia shrugged. Might as well try it on. She untied the white apron around her waist, then slipped the maid dress off of her head. Her stockings and shoes came off not long after as she stood there, clad in nothing but her bra and panties.

Once again, she held the dress up in front of her. Her eyes went down to the cups of her bra as she blushed slightly, embarrassed at how she didn't know what to do.

She had never worn an actual dress before. She didn't know if it was acceptable to where her bra when the straps would be showing. Her eyes fell to her breasts.

Her blush deepened.

...Her breasts were small, so it's not like you wouldn't be able to tell she wasn't wearing a bra. The bra itself didn't amplify their size in any way, therefore it wouldn't make much a difference to go without it on. She was going to save herself and Byakuya-sama of the embarrassment if she were to wear the bra with it by not wearing it at all.

She unhooked it from behind, letting it fall to the floor softly. She pushed one leg through the dress, then she pushed the other through it. The fabric felt soft against her skin, almost as if it were caressing it tenderly.

Her hand found the zipper in the back as she zipped it up. She looked at herself in the mirror, amazed at how different she looked, yet she still felt that it didn't look right on her.

The dress fit nicely along her slender frame, hugging and sticking to her perfectly. It wasn't too short, but not too long at the same time. But even so, something about it turned her off...

Ah!

The dress was black.

For most of her life, or at least when she became a maid, black and white were pretty much the only colors she wore. She wanted color, not shades. Her favorite color had always been purple, or maybe even blue, but she wasn't so sure about wearing a purple dress.

She slid the dress off of her and folded it neatly, placing it on the bench in the dressing room. She put her clothes back on before she opened the door and walked out with the dress in hand. She had the hanger in her hand, so she put the dress back on it, then hung it back up with a disgruntled sigh. Rukia looked in the direction where the saleswoman went, but didn't see her.

It was fine, she didn't need help anyways. She could find a dress all on her own. She started going through the other dresses that hung on to the wall, flipping through them quickly with only a glance to decide if she liked it or not.

She stopped, though, when she came across a certain dress. She took it off the wall and held it up in front of her. The dress was red, bright red. She looked at the tag on the dress and was glad that it was in her size.

She went back into the dressing room and took off her clothes once more. The dress was off the hanger in no time as she pulled it up on her, zipping up the back with an appreciative look on her face as she took in her appearance in the mirror.

The dress was just plain bright red, no fancy details or anything else. It was perfect. It was her. She didn't need anything fancy, just something simple like this dress. Just like the black dress, it wasn't too short, nor too long. Just perfect.

She smiled at how... (she didn't normally think of herself this way) ...Beautiful she looked.

Byakuya-sama would love it.

I'm sorry for the sucky chapter... It was short and not very good! I feel so horrible Dx But I hope it was alright for the time being... I'll try to update faster again! I've been so busy lately, so we'll see!

Oh and sorry for any spelling mistakes! D:

I don't have much else to say (I'm supposed to be doing homework!) so... please r&r! :D