A/N:- These are a series of one line prompts for the pairing UkitakexShunsui.

One Line Wonders

First Time – When Ukitake entered the Academy it was the first time Shunsui had ever ignored a pretty girl.

Kiss – After they had kissed for the first time Shunsui informed Ukitake, with a wry smile, that crashing waves were only supposed to occur inside his head

Sacrifice – When Mayuri sacrificed his own men in a pointless battle with the Quincy it was Ukitake and Shunsui who made sure they had proper burials.

Shikai – Barely anybody alive could recall seeing their shikai but those that could never forgot a detail.

Bankai – Not many people knew this now but Yamamoto had long since forbidden the release of their bankai anywhere in Soul Society – the destruction last time was simply too vast.

Academy – Many Academy students over the years have wondered why the detention rooms are named for the two most famous Captains of Seireitei.

Training – The black eye blossoming on his face was the sweetest thing Ukitake had ever felt because it told him that, unlike everybody else who seemed to believe he was made of glass, Shunsui would really train with him.

Illness – The seconds between Ukitake's raspy breaths seemed to last an eternity to Shunsui who would gladly have died a thousand deaths to cure this one illness.

Respect – At first the recruits of Squad 13 only saw a sickly pallid man requesting politely that they spar with him one by one; at the end of the day when he still stood, with not a drop of sweat staining his clothes, amid the battered and bruised members of his squad they saw a captain they respected.

Family – Of all the things he could have a family was never one of them, the ability to procreate was beyond Ukitake in case he passed on his disease. Nobody knew how much this pained him but Shunsui, who watched him hand out chocolate treats to the small captain who looked so similar to him with a heavy heart.

Love – Shunsui used the word love several hundred times a day to describe how he felt about everything from his sake to Nanao. Ukitake only ever used the word love with Shunsui.

Blue – The skies over Seireitei were always blue, only Shunsui knew how much Ukitake longed for thunder and lightening – just once.

Power – Most people believed Shunsui to be the more powerful of the pair but those who had seen Ukitake, bloodied and gasping for breath and yet still smiling, would beg to differ.

Warrior – They were many things to each other; friends, lovers, confidants. But when they stood side-by-side facing the Espada across a battlefield littered with fallen comrades they were nothing if not warriors.

Birthday – They had long since forgotten when their original birthdays were, but they always celebrated the anniversary of the birth of their friendship.