First complete Bleach fanfic here! I haven't written a lot these past few months because real life has been really busy for me... But I needed to let out some steam this weekend, so I took one of those fic meme challenges floating around AO3.

The challenge was as it follows: 1. Pick a character/pairing/fandom you like, 2. Turn the music player on and turn it on shuffle, 3. Write a drabble or ficlet related to each song it plays, only you only have the timeframe of the song to write it.

I chose Shinji Hirako as my character, and I wasn't even gonna post it, but I liked some of them and thought, what the hell. This one is based off This Suffering, by Billy Talent. WARNING for some hints of Aizen/Shinji.

"Would you stand by me if I needed you, Sousuke?"

He will never be fooled. He's seen the coldness behind the warm brown eyes, the coldness which has cost the previous captain his life.

"Would you be true?"

He knows the polite smile and the thoughtful words are lies.

"Would you stand by me?" Or bury me?

He'll never catch Shinji off guard, even if it drives Shinji insane. He will never get to watch Shinji die.

"Would you?"

And yet sometimes—

"Of course, Hirako-taichou."

Sometimes he just closes his eyes and wishes he could believe Sousuke for a moment.

Thank you for reading!