With the Captains suffering casualties and heavy injuries on their side, all hope seemed to be lost... until Shinji Hirako appeared, along with the rest of the former Shinigami. Though the aid of the Vizards certainly helped to draw the battle in their favor, it seemed Aizen's power alone proved too much for them.
"Are you just going to leave your hand there or are you going to make this interesting for me?"
Yumiko smirked at this. She knew what she could do, but would she? Well, it wasn't very ladylike, so maybe she wouldn't. She would probably want him to make the first move, though the first "move" was already made, the first sexual move had not been made. This was considered in the back of her mind, she would need to decide sometime soon.
"Well, We are kinda in the open..."
"Oh really? Because you know, I'm obligated to give you a tour of the barracks now that you're an officer. There's a detour planned for my room unless you're scared."
"Oh, is that so, Iza-kun? Let's go then."
Yumiko smiled. Her hand inched up a little more. It was getting awfully close to being a sexual thing. Yumiko knew what she wanted, but she didn't know if Izaya felt the same. She would find out, if they actually went to Izaya's room. Yumiko would find a way to win this endeavor.
"Oh no. I think that one hand would be more than enough for you. My hands are small, but very nimble. Dexterity has always been my greatest asset."
"Only one hand?" Yumiko looked down and moved her hair slightly. "You need a lot more, hehe."
Yumiko grinned. Izaya was trying to use Yumiko's own "tactics" which wasn't gonna work. She knew herself better than anyone else. These tactics would be the end of Izaya, at least Yumiko would think.
"I never accused you of being normal."
Yumiko laughed. "True enough, Izaya-kun."
Yumiko felt herself blushing with Izaya's hand on her thigh and him right in her face. She could tell she wanted him, but knew it wasn't quite that time.
"Iza-kun... You may wanna stop what you're doing, before you are in way to deep." Yumiko was being completely serious, though there was an innuendo embedded in there as well.
"Well, if you're worried about what other people think perhaps I've misjudged you."
Izaya sat there and thought that he had won this little encounter. She was unwilling to go any further right here, and that meant that he was victorious in this social situation. If that was how one went about winning this type of social situation that was. However, the more he thought about it, the more he thought about how unwilling he was to actually do anything with Yumiko. Not that she wasn't attractive, but he had Kin. While he and Kin were nothing "officially", they were still very much a thing. He knew that the social convention was fidelity...he would follow that until she gave him a reason not to.
"Oh, is that so, Iza-kun? Let's go then."
"Oh no, you see, if you reject my earlier offer then a change in venue really won't change you much, now will it?" he said with a smirk. He would force her into either admitting defeat or reacting in some way. If nothing else, it would tell him quite a bit about Yumiko's personality. He didn't know much about her outside of being sexually forward and otherwise obnoxious.
"Only one hand? You need a lot more, hehe."
Looking down at his own hand on Yumiko's leg, he thought about what he was getting into. He knew that she would back down eventually; she would have to. That was just how the world worked. People like Yumiko were all talk and he didn't have to worry about anything actually happening with her. He was in control and no one was going to take that from him. He could push her until she finally broke and admitted defeat. That would happen; it would just have to.
"I don't know Yumi-chan, you talk a big game but you seem pretty tame to me. I think one hand would be more than enough for you."
"Iza-kun... You may wanna stop what you're doing, before you are in way to deep."
In his mind, he knew she was right. But, he wouldn't let that ruin his fun right now. "Someone sounds scared."
"Well, if you're worried about what other people think perhaps I've misjudged you."
Yumiko though about this for a moment. He was trying to be victorious, or at least get Yumiko to admit defeat, but this would not work. She could simply use Izaya's tasks against himself, or, she could use her own tactics, which would go against what she was trying to do. She would have to try Izaya'a logical route.
"Well, you see, as we are both officers now, it would send a pretty bad message to our subordinates to have an affair, especially in plain view, don't you agree?"
"Oh no, you see, if you reject my earlier offer then a change in venue really won't change you much, now will it?"
Yumiko got up close and whispered into Izaya's ear. "Oh, it will. I'm not a kiss and show kinda girl, if ya know what I mean." After saying this, she backed up and winked at Izaya.
"I don't know Yumi-chan, you talk a big game but you seem pretty tame to me. I think one hand would be more than enough for you."
"I have to come off as tame, silly. If I didn't then who would try and get close to me? No one wants a hoe in public and in bed, just in bed, they would much prefer a lady in public. Besides, you've never had me in private before, I bet I would rock your world..."
As Yumiko was talking, she had moved her hand up a little further, getting awfully close to Izaya'a crotch. She also moved in a bit closer, and gave him a kind of, embrace, almost like a hug, but a little more sexual. It wasn't a completely sexual maneuver, but it was close.
"Someone sounds scared."
Yumiko giggled as she laid her head on Izaya's chest. She let out a kind of exhale, that was a sigh of relaxation. She was feeling very comfortable resting her head on Izaya. For being short, he was comfy.
"Iza-kun, I'm not scared, I just don't wanna send the wrong message to everyone here..."
"Well, you see, as we are both officers now, it would send a pretty bad message to our subordinates to have an affair, especially in plain view, don't you agree?"
Izaya chuckled a little at this. She was trying to use logic against him or some kind of guilt through his "duty." That wouldn't work; Izaya was the king of rationalizations. He already knew that he would simply say that the regular members of the Third Division weren't even pretending to pay attention to the two officers on the wall right now. They were so apathetic to the activities of their superiors in most degrees. An affair wouldn't be any different. It would make for good gossip; but his division didn't care about that sort of thing.
"You seem to highly overestimate the attentiveness of our Division Yumi-chan. They don't care about the lives of their superiors. And besides, public affairs are the best kind." With the end line, he offered Yumiko a small wink.
"Oh, it will. I'm not a kiss and show kinda girl, if ya know what I mean."
Before she backed away, Izaya turned to face her while their face were so close. He offered a small smirk at her direction before leaning in even closer such that he was inches from her. "Well then it's a damn good thing that I can do one without the other, isn't it?"
"I have to come off as tame, silly. If I didn't then who would try and get close to me? No one wants a hoe in public and in bed, just in bed, they would much prefer a lady in public. Besides, you've never had me in private before, I bet I would rock your world..."
She had embraced him and inched her hand even further up his leg. For some reason, this hug didn't offer him any warmth that Kin-chan's hug had. It was...uneventful for him. He didn't know why it didn't instill any warmth in him or alleviate his suffering. It must have meant that this hug meant nothing to him. Maybe that was because he didn't have feelings for Yumiko. Either way, he decided that this affair wouldn't be fun for him if he was cold all the time.
"Doubtful if you can't even warm me up as is. I don't know what you hope to accomplish if I'm cold all the time."
"Iza-kun, I'm not scared, I just don't wanna send the wrong message to everyone here..."
He thought about what that line meant to him. Sending the wrong messages to everyone here. He was lying to Yumiko; he had her believing that he was interested when he wasn't. Well, earlier there had at least been a physical interest...but that went away when he found out she didn't take away the cold. Thinking about what he should do now, he decided that he would have to draw the line on this. If nothing else, he would have to spend time with Yumiko as an officer. He didn't want her to be uncooperative because she found out he had used her. No, that wouldn't do at all. So, he had two options: he could either stop her here and tell her, or he could never stop her and let her know that everything was just for fun. Both had their problems and possible side-effects. Not surprising was that Kin might find out about the latter option. Fuck, he was trying to have fun too.
She had laid her head on his chest in a manner that was supposed to be cute...or something like that. Either way, he yawned and stretched out his legs before looking down at her.
"You know Yumi-chan, I've had a marvelous idea. Perhaps a change in venue is in order. No objections?" If she said yes, he'd use Shunpo to go somewhere more secluded to catch her up to speed.
"You seem to highly overestimate the attentiveness of our Division Yumi-chan. They don't care about the lives of their superiors. And besides, public affairs are the best kind."
Yumiko blushed slightly. She couldn't really say anything to that, but she really wanted to. What could she really say though? There was no defense at this point. Wait... This was the way Izaya wanted it. He wanted to win this against her. She had to use logic to fight logic... Probably not the best battle to fight against Izaya. Smart little punk...
"Well, Iza-kun, you got a good point, but some people have standards... I am one of those people, I know it doesn't seem like it, but it's the truth." Yumiko smiled. She tried to show her softer side. The inside of the proverbial walls. Of course this wasn't the complete inside, that would take some time, and Izaya might not make it there.
"Doubtful if you can't even warm me up as is. I don't know what you hope to accomplish if I'm cold all the time."
Yumiko backed a bit and looked at Izaya long and hard. He was being serious... and she knew exactly what that meant. She didn't know whether to be upset, mad, or even happy. What did this mean for them? For this thing they had? Did they even have a thing? Yumiko withdrew her hand from his thigh.
"Cold...? All the time? I guess I was wrong..." Yumiko wasn't exactly devastated, but she was pretty hurt. Maybe she read to deep into "signals" that weren't really even there to begin with. Yumiko looked down to the courtyard below them. She was pretty confused by this.
"You know Yumi-chan, I've had a marvelous idea. Perhaps a change in venue is in order. No objections?"
Yumiko didn't know how to answer this. Her feelings had changed drastically. She thought she could have some fun with Izaya, but if he was "cold" how could she? Maybe he was lying from the beginning, or maybe he was never really telling her the truth. She wanted to say yes, and see what it was, but at the same time, she wanted to say no, and try to get his true intentions out. What would she do? Yumiko nodded slightly, a form of saying yes, without actually saying it.
"Well, Iza-kun, you got a good point, but some people have standards... I am one of those people, I know it doesn't seem like it, but it's the truth."
"Yumi-chan, I feel that, if you really have standards, the social contract is that you be outward with those standards. Otherwise, you're just a tease and flirt. Both of those seem to be bad labels for a person."
He reflected upon this. He was kind of a tease in this situation himself...oh well. That said, Izaya didn't really consider himself a tease in this regard because unlike Yumiko, he showed no interest in her and felt no sort of attachment to her whatsoever. That maybe made him a bad person, but he didn't care about such trivial things as that. He just worried about things getting out of hand here with Yumiko. He had other priorities in his life that he needed to divert his time to.
"Cold...? All the time? I guess I was wrong..."
Izaya didn't want to respond to this. Not quite yet. He wanted to be in private first. He was going to tell her that he wasn't interested and that he was just following her cues. After all, that's what was really going on here. He was just trying to kill some time with Yumiko around. It didn't seem like a big deal to him and he figured it wouldn't be a big deal to Yumiko either. She seemed to flirt a lot and that it was in her nature. She wouldn't be emotionally involved in him at this point. There was just no way.
She agreed to change venue, so he grabbed hold of her shoulder. Using a quick burst of Shunpo, he placed them a few meters away in an alleyway. He backed away from her then and looked at her with a kind of solemn expression on his face. This wouldn't be as much fun as killing time had been. Oh well; it had to be done.
"So hey Yumi-chan. I've noticed you've been flirting with me a lot and I've been returning it. But, the thing is, I think you're just flirtatious and didn't mean anything by it. I'm not interested in you romantically Yumiko."
"Yumi-chan, I feel that, if you really have standards, the social contract is that you be outward with those standards. Otherwise, you're just a tease and flirt. Both of those seem to be bad labels for a person."
Wait a minute. Did he just turn that around once again? What the hell?! She wasn't always like this, just when she kinda liked the guy that she was doing it to/with. She would have to make this known.
"A tease? A flirt?? How often do you actually see me flirting or teasing with someone other than you? Besides at that party, but that wasn't even anything. You didn't see it go very far now, did you? So what are you trying to say, that I'm some kind of whore or something? That's a pretty bold statement Izaya."
Yumiko folded her arms and turned her head away. As she did this, she felt a hand on her shoulder, and was swept away by a shunpo. She looked around the alleyway as Izaya backed up a bit. He had a solemn expression, as he was about to tell her something that would devastate her.
"So hey Yumi-chan. I've noticed you've been flirting with me a lot and I've been returning it. But, the thing is, I think you're just flirtatious and didn't mean anything by it. I'm not interested in you romantically Yumiko."
Yumiko stood there speechless for a moment. That was off, her being speechless, she took a moment to gather her thoughts before responding. How would she respond to this? What could she possibly say? The walls came up, and she would defend her emotions from this one, like she had done to the rest.
"Heh, you're right. I've just been flirting with you to pass the time. That and I thought it was pretty funny. I mean, I can stop now, since you obviously don't want it." Yumiko smiled. The smile was fake, but she put these up so often that it should go unnoticed. She would figure out a way to seperate herself from the situation, it's how she was.
"Just remember what you coulda had~" Yumiko winked playfully.
"A tease? A flirt?? How often do you actually see me flirting or teasing with someone other than you? Besides at that party, but that wasn't even anything. You didn't see it go very far now, did you? So what are you trying to say, that I'm some kind of whore or something? That's a pretty bold statement Izaya."
For some reason, this made Izaya feel bad. She was right...she didn't do this kind of thing with anyone but him. It meant...she really did have some kind of feeling for him. That meant that what he was doing was really going to hurt her. That seemed...a little drastic. How had she gotten so attached to him so soon? They had only met once or twice before and that wasn't nearly enough time to get attached. Shit...he began to think about things. What would life be like if he had met Yumiko first and developed feelings for her instead of Kin? For some reason, he thought that he would've still liked Kin if he had met her second. He would've just ended up hurting Yumiko even more and that would've just been worse. He couldn't choose her over the person he loved. Kin was a pain in the ass sometimes, but she warmed him up when he needed it.
"Yumi-chan..." This conversation would wait as he went on to transport her to the alleyway and she began to respond to what he had just told her.
"Heh, you're right. I've just been flirting with you to pass the time. That and I thought it was pretty funny. I mean, I can stop now, since you obviously don't want it."
The things she said earlier made him pretty sure that what he had said had just hurt her. But, she seemed to be fine. Something was wrong with her statement. She was hiding her feelings from him to try and look strong. Izaya wouldn't just take this from her because he knew she would try to lash out against him later. That was just the nature of people everywhere and he wasn't going to fall victim to it if he could help it.
"Yumiko, the things you said earlier made it clear that you care about me more than that. I'm sorry that I had to do this to you but don't bottle up your feelings. It's has nothing to do with you...there's someone else that I have genuine feelings for. I...I love her and I'm sorry that you had to catch me on the time when her and I were on hiatus."
He looked down after this. He could take some yelling now and be okay later. Right? That's how things worked in the Seireitei and with logical people? And Yumiko was obviously a logic person. He ignored her last comment because of its obvious implications...she was trying to downplay what had just happened. That wouldn't work on him.
"Yumiko, the things you said earlier made it clear that you care about me more than that. I'm sorry that I had to do this to you but don't bottle up your feelings. It's has nothing to do with you...there's someone else that I have genuine feelings for. I...I love her and I'm sorry that you had to catch me on the time when her and I were on hiatus."
Yumiko rolled her eyes. At this point in time, she knew how to play this off, and if he didn't believe it, then that's his own fault, right? He was treading in her territory, and she knew how to get him out. She would settle this once and for all, or at least try.
"Care about you? You made it clear that I was only in it for the flirt and tease, maybe that was all. You don't really know now, do you Izaya? Nor do you know me." Yumiko got close to Izaya once again, with a smirk on her face.
"I'm not buying it Yumiko."
Yumiko looked Izaya dead in the eyes as she spoke once again. "Buying what, hm? You made your decision, so this, this flirtation thing that I did with you, it no longer exists. It doesn't bother me, maybe it does you, seeing as how you're the one bringing it up. You enjoyed it, and I did too, but we can go our separate ways, it'll make it easy for you to continue with you love interest." Yumiko backed away and turned to look down the alley way, then back at Izaya.
Yumiko grinned as she walked back up to Izaya to whisper in his ear. "We could still have some fun, just not that kind..."
"Care about you? You made it clear that I was only in it for the flirt and tease, maybe that was all. You don't really know now, do you Izaya? Nor do you know me."
Narrowing his eyes, Izaya thought hard about what he needed to do about Yumiko. This was a problem he saw. This was the kind of the kind of thing that Kin would do to him. Shit, it didn't help that he liked this kind of behavior. She didn't know that about him, but it was really making him think twice about dropping Yumiko. Fuck! She didn't know what she was doing to him at the moment but it was driving him crazy. He didn't know what to do now. He looked at her with a look of quiet desperation and utter annoyance. She was tempting him and it was pretty hard for him to resist it at this moment.
"I know a lot of things Yumi-chan. Don't quite sell me short just yet." He looked her over for a second as he said this. He was measuring her reaction; he was measuring every aspect of her reaction.
"Buying what, hm? You made your decision, so this, this flirtation thing that I did with you, it no longer exists. It doesn't bother me, maybe it does you, seeing as how you're the one bringing it up. You enjoyed it, and I did too, but we can go our separate ways, it'll make it easy for you to continue with you love interest."
He narrowed his eyes even further, and thought about this. She was so obviously bitter and she was making horrible attempts at hiding this. It was like playing against Kin, but with a handicap. He didn't need the handicap by any means, but it was nice to know he could win regularly in this scenario. A small smirk crossed his face as he looked at Yumiko.
"You know, you say things like that but still sound oh so bitter. It kind of makes me think that you're actually bitter. Wait, that is what I think. You're not particularly fooling me Yumiko."
Then she leaned into him and told him that they could still have some fun but not of that kind. Izaya leaned away with a very red face as he thought she was implying some sort of sexual encounter. He was blushing because Yumiko's attempts at giving him hell had actually sort of increased his attraction towards her for some reason. This wasn't good for him.
"Yumiko, I don't think I like where this is going."