#erich/kisuke

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Wish-granter!Erich Part 3

Kisuke sighed and propped his chin on a hand, glowering down at the bottle that still wouldn’t open no matter what he’d tried. “You really are stubborn, aren’t you?” he murmured as he reached out and poked it, then frowned when the bottle responded with exhaustion-resignation-acceptance. “Or… maybe not you, precisely,” he amended as he ran a thumb over the smooth, unmarred curve of the glass.…

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Cover Me In Colors Part 1

In a universe where everyone has wings colored by the people who think of them, Kisuke's wings are a mess. Between Aizen and Kurotsuchi, he barely has any feathers touched by those who think of him kindly. And then he meets Rerugen Erich.

An AU where everyone has wings but they’re hidden unless willingly shown. Most people leave them out with pride, but some hide them away. Because each feather is a thought someone has had about you where they were thinking of nothing but you, and to some, this is a beautiful experience. For Kisuke, his wings have screamed of Aizen’s obsession for a century, and he had learned how to consciously…

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swept up amid this changing world Part 19

Erich wakes abruptly, hand going immediately to his pistol, and listens— “Morning, sir,” Degurechaff greets him as she stalks closer, her spiritual presence prickly with exhaustion-annoyance-exasperation as she comes to a stop a bare foot from his head. “I have the troops breaking camp already after a cold breakfast. Here’s yours. Major Schwarz will be along in a moment with theirs.” Erich…

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The Stolen Heart Part 6

Kisuke decides that he can't let this continue-- he's going to speak his mind even if it means embarrassing both of them.

Kisuke slips out of the house while Sora is distracted with the cleanup from breakfast, and heads straight towards Erich’s place. He hopes the young man will forgive him for that, but… he can’t wait any longer. (Assurances aside, he needs to see Erich with his own eyes to rest easy.) (He just… he needs to know!) Several people nod at him as he pass, warm-welcoming-kind despite him being a…

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The Stolen Heart Part 3

Kisuke decides avoidance is the better part of valor. It goes about as well as expected.

Kisuke is more vigilant about remaining out of Erich’s sight from then on. He doesn’t want to risk the man’s fury, doesn’t want to have to see what Benihime has done— (Even if he should, at least to make sure she hasn’t done something terrible to Erich, no matter how much she insists otherwise.) (Still, he can’t bring himself to check.) (Coward…) Avoiding Erich is made easier by the strange,…

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The Stolen Heart Part 5

There's nothing quite like dealing with a healer.

Kisuke jerks awake at the sound of footsteps, the breath catching in his throat and one hand reaching for his blade— “Woah, hey, just me,” a vaguely familiar voice announces even as the footsteps halt. “There’s no danger around.” Kisuke scrubs at his face, trying to shake the cobwebs from his mind, and then glances blearily up at the healer. “How long…?” The young man shrugs and casually walks…

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The Stolen Heart Part 4

Kisukes decisions come home to roost.

It’s a week before he leaves the safety of the shoten, a week spent focusing on anything (everything) except Erich. The connection still remains between them, is still an unerring compass pointed in Erich’s direction, but unlike before, Erich doesn’t approach him. He can tell that Erich is still moving about — likely to different towns in his territory — but the man never heads towards him. And…

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swept up amid this changing world Part 20

The world is quiet when Erich swims back to awareness: no gunfire, no shouting, no noise, just quiet-safety-peace. (Quincy wards hum in the back of his mind, protection-reassurance-warmth.) (He’s home.) (He home, he’s home, he home!) Erich takes a careful, shallow breath, braced for pain, but— it doesn’t come. Just a slight tugging at his side, more like fresh scar instead of fresh wound, but…

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The Stolen Heart Part 2

Benihime decides to take an interest in the person Kisuke's been obsessing over. It goes about as well as expected.

They meet again on the battlefield. Kisuke is late this time, having been caught up in clearing out a monster nest, and isn’t paying attention to his senses the way he should. He’s late, and the Invasion has already begun, and who knows how many people have already died because of his incompetence— He skids to a stop on the edge of the battleground, eyes widening as he takes in the sheer…

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The Stolen Heart Part 1

After a frantic battle, Kisuke falls into bed with the man he fought alongside. It was supposed to be just a one night stand. Just a way to blow off steam and relax. He wasn't supposed to catch feelings!

23 and 33, erich/kisuke, “Adam and Evil”? 😀 ser (23: One night stand turns serious, 33: Balcony Wooing scene Erich/Kisuke) Kisuke eyes the slowly lightening sky, then glances over his shoulder at the bed where Erich is casually leaning back against the headboard, a book in one hand and a lit cigarette in the other. “I thought you were going?” Erich asks as he glances up from his book, his gaze…

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werelynx!Erich/Kisuke: Accidental Marriage + Bodyguard Falls in Love With Client Part 2

Kisuke takes a step back as Rerugen rises from the bed, and immediately has to bite his lip to keep from reacting to how short Rerugen suddenly is! Normally Rerugen barely has to tip his head to meet Kisuke’s gaze, but now he’s almost as small as Yoruichi is in her human form! (And so soft—) (Wait, no, bad, Rerugen’s his annoying bodyguard, not someone he should be mooning over.) (No matter…

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Masterpost by Month: June 2021

Lost Eclipse:

part 19

Beneath the cherry trees:

part 5

part 6

A Token, My Liege?:

part 16

Ichigo/Bucky AU:

Part 2

meta on how the au sort of works

On Ghost Patrol

Kisuke in this au

Symbiotic!Quincy AU:

Part 1

The beginning of our hope:

part 2

Soulmate AU:

do Yoruichi and Tessai know where Kisuke is?

Benihime's reaction to being taken from Kisuke

Shinigami vs Quincy approach to soulmates

does soul vs living affect soulmate bond?

Benihime is something entirely new to Erich and Alexis

Tanya's manifestation of powers

Fanart:

mer!Hanataro from the little mermaid AU (by @nyava )

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Masterpost by Month: August 2021

Dragon Eclipse:

On Kisuke's relationship with the other teens

Lost Eclipse:

part 20

The beginning of our hope:

part 3

Beneath the cherry trees:

part 8

On Ammy's reaction

Storms are Over (Nier/Bleach):

part 2

a bit of meta on the crossover

The Pulse Itself Remains:

the premise

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

A clue by four is necessary. it will come eventually

part 6

Lergen would like compensation for having to watch this trainwreck

part 7

a bit of meta on the verse

part 8

Io and Lergen's reaction to this new world and Erich in particular

Code Vein Meta (i have a shovel and I will dig):

The life cycle of the BOR parasite

what potentially happens when a planet is fully infected

where in the world could beings like this come from

Exoskeletal Clothing. You Heard Me.

You Heard Me, I said Exoskeletal Clothing

Ichorified Clothing is Also A Thing

Premise for a Code Vein timetravel fic

Code Vein General:

code vein fanart by Ser

Cruz Silva fanart by Ser

Yakumo, Jack, and MC fanart by Ser

Yakumo, Louis, MC snuggles fanart by Ser

Yakumo WINNER by Ser

Erich as Code Vein MC Reference Pictures

Random:

Kisuke's Hidden Wings (WordPress)

Different reactions to Kisuke's very confusing wings

Not A Person Part 1 (Code Vein) (WordPress)

Michiyo and Varix being cute by @qwan-hei

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Masterpost by Month: July 2021

Dragon Eclipse:

Kaito's relationship to Uryuu

Symbiotic!Quincy AU:

part 2

Storms are Over (Nier/Bleach):

part 1

Beneath the cherry trees:

part 7

Random:

Kisuke Builds Himself Wings (WordPress)

Erich as Code Vein MC (one reference image)

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Masterpost by Month: May 2021

Dragon Eclipse:

potential future POVs

Lost Eclipse:

Part 18

A Token, My Liege?:

part 15

Beneath the cherry trees:

Part 4

The beginning of our hope:

Part 1

on adding Hanataro into the AU

The Stolen Heart:

Part 1 (WordPress)

Part 2 (WordPress)

Part 3 (WordPress)

Part 4 (WordPress)

Part 5 (WordPress)

Part 6 (WordPress)

Cover Me In Colors:

AU where everyone has wings (WordPress)

Erich will shake Kisuke's worldview up a bit

On how the feathers and feather coloring works

Random:

stories I'm most excited about

do I ever daydream about my stories

Which stories my Quincy OCs appear in

Thoughts about Nier Replicant

Nier/Bleach Crossover?

Nier/Bleach - on Kisuke's worldview

Nier/Bleach - Nier's take on the modern world of Bleach

Nier/Bleach - No idea if it'll turn shippy

Commissions:

Varix by @sarang-archer

[akaluan]

An AU where everyone has wings but they're hidden unless willingly shown. Most people leave them out with pride, but some hide them away. Because each feather is a thought someone has had about you where they were thinking of nothing but you, and to some, this is a beautiful experience.

For Kisuke, his wings have screamed of Aizen's obsession for a century, and he had learned how to consciously turn his own thoughts away from adding feathers to others. Because the idea of Aizen wearing his thoughts was nauseating.

And then he met Erich.

((Okay, so there's definitely going to be more of this, but it'll come Later (TM) bc right now I just want to get something written for things and posted XD Hope this suits!))

(Warnings for Kisuke's anxiety and the whole apology-after-SS-arc thing)

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Kisuke hid a smile behind his fan as he watched the teens tumble from the gate into midair, their panicked and confused shouts both hilarious and reassuring—

(They’d survived.)

(They’d survived, they’d survived, they’d survived…!)

—especially as they were caught in a rug and batted towards Tessai who spilled them out atop Kisuke’s flying carpet. He needed to apologize to them all — especially to Kurosaki — but in this brief, wonderful moment he could simply watch and enjoy.

Movement from the gate made Kisuke jerk back around, staring up at the stranger who strode from the closing gate and then stood there, his sharp eyes scanning the scene and one corner of his mouth quirking up into an amused smile. His gaze caught on Kisuke and his head tilted slightly, amusement fading and stance shifting into something watchful-wary-thoughtful as his wings flared slightly to make him look bigger.

Kisuke swallowed at the sight, at the sheer array of colors on the man’s wings, a patchwork quilt of bright-beautiful-loving thoughts laid bare for the world to see. His primary feathers were alternating sky and midnight blue, marbled with threads of copper and gold, and the rest of his feathers were equally bright, equally distinct, proof of how many people thought of him — thought well of him — in his life.

(Unlike his own wings.)

(No, don’t think about it.)

The man abruptly twitched, right wing spreading slightly more as the man cast a glance at it, and Kisuke froze at the sight of a feather turning sunshine yellow right in front of his eyes.

(No, oh no, he hadn’t meant to—)

(Damn!)

Kisuke yanked his thoughts back in line. Buried his admiration of the man’s wings deep-deep-deep into the midst of a jumble of thoughts-calculations-plans where it couldn’t stain the man’s beautiful wings.

(No one needed his thoughts directed only at them!)

“Ah, Rerugen-san!” Inoue said cheerfully as soon as she got to her feet and waved at the man overhead. “Come down and meet Urahara-san and the others! They’re the ones that helped us get into Soul Society so we could save Rukia-chan.”

The man nodded slowly and folded his wings, then appeared next to Ishida in a burst in hirenkyaku that Kisuke had to strain to follow.

(A Quincy soul?)

(Fascinating.)

“Maa, find a new friend in Soul Society?” Kisuke asked, trying to figure out how and why the Quincy soul had followed the teens home. The man wasn’t wearing Shinigami garb so he probably wasn’t part of the Gotei Thirteen, but how, then, had he convinced the Shinigami to let him follow the teens back to the Living World?

Ishida shrugged and looked away, his shoulders hunching a bit as he tucked himself closer to Rerugen’s side. “Something like that,” he muttered as Rerugen’s wing partially spread to wrap around him in a protective gesture.

“Rerugen-san is going to teach Ishida-kun!” Inoue announced with a bright-sharp-pointed smile, and Kisuke couldn’t help but admire the technique. She was a bit rough at it, but… well, she was still young and didn’t have quite the… incentive… to do well at it that Kisuke’d had at her age.

(Perhaps he should keep an eye on her, give the occasional bit of advice on how to get her way without seeming to do so.)

(She seemed like she’d be good at it.)

“Is that so?” Kisuke tapped the edge of his fan against his chin as he examined Rerugen again: a warrior for sure, and clearly protective over Ishida—

Kisuke suppressed a frown as he turned his attention to Ishida, trying to figure out exactly why something felt off about the teen. Ishida had always been clever-controlled-certain, but… his lack of presence didn’t feel like control. Especially not next to Rerugen’s own control, so strong that Kisuke could only sense the barest edge of presence from him.

(What had happened in Soul Society?)

(He had hoped…)

(Well, one more thing for him to apologize for, it appeared.)

“It is,” Rerugen answered firmly, his attention fixed on Kisuke, and—

Kisuke tried not to shiver as he felt the tell-tale brush of someone’s thoughts running down his spine and into his right wing, already bracing for the dirty-oily-clinging sensation that Aizen’s obsession always left behind, but… it didn’t come. Instead, it felt like cool water across his back, sluicing away the memory and making his hidden wings feel slightly lighter.

He resisted the urge to reveal his wings, no matter how much he wanted to see what had changed; he refused to let the teens see his wings, refused to show a complete stranger that someone was obsessed with him.

(He’d just have to wait until he was safe in his lab to see.)

(He could wait that long.)

Kisuke took a careful breath, shunted his thoughts aside, and turned his attention to the teens in front of him. They deserved an apology for all he’d forced them through, especially Kurosaki, and he wasn’t going to let a stranger’s presence deter him from doing so.

He went to his knees and leaned forward, head bowed and hat pressed to his chest, and announced, “I’m really… really sorry for… everything.”

Shocked silence met his words, but he forced himself to remain in place, not wanting to face the looks the teens were likely giving him. Sensation rippled down his spine and spread to his hidden wings, proof that he had everyone’s attention, and he swallowed. Squeezed his eyes shut. Knew he’d be spending the night in his lab, obsessing over whatever he could sense from his new feathers.

(He deserved this.)

(He deserved it, he deserved it, he deserved it.)

(He did.)

Kisuke braced himself as Kurosaki’s reiatsu roared to life and the teen stalked forward, uncertain what was to come but knowing he wouldn’t protest whatever the teen chose to do.

“Don’t do that,” Kurosaki growled as he stood over Kisuke. “Don’t bow to me,” he insisted when Kisuke didn’t move. “You did what you could to help us, and we all knew something was up beyond the obvious.”

“You could have died,” Kisuke tried, still not looking up. “I sent you into dangerous territory with little explanation or preparation. I lied to you, led you right into a trap—”

Pain exploded across his cheek, the shock making him jerk to the side and drop his hat. He reached up to touch his stinging cheek with one trembling hand, mind trying to piece together what had happened.

(Kurosaki had… slapped him?)

(That was… less than he’d expected to happen.)

“Done trying to make everything about you?” Kurosaki asked sharply. “We knew what we were getting into,” he said, then huffed when Kisuke made a noise of protest and added, “Okay, we didn’t know exactly what we were getting into, but we knew it was worse than you were making it sound. We’re not ignorant kids, Hat’n’Clogs, we know when things smell rotten.” He clicked his tongue and took a step closer, nudging Kisuke’s side lightly with his leg. “I can’t control how you feel about what you did,” he said more softly than before, “but I can say that none of us blame you. And if you’re apologizing about it, then you probably feel shitty enough to not do it again, right?”

Kisuke swallowed at the forgiveness in Kurosaki’s tone and words. “I can’t promise to always tell you everything—”

“Tch, I wasn’t asking for you to do that,” Kurosaki grumbled as he knelt in front of Kisuke and poked his shoulder. “I don’t want everything,” he said firmly. “I want you to promise that next time something like this happens, you’ll lay out the dangers and your suspicions. And if there’s something you can’t tell us, just say that. We won’t be offended.”

“Maa, if you say so,” Kisuke said as he lifted his head enough to eye Kurosaki warily, wondering exactly how long that permissiveness would remain. Eventually the teen would get tired of Kisuke’s everything, just like everyone else did: Tessai and Yoruichi were the exception, not the rule, after all.

“I do,” Kurosaki said, a stubborn cast to his features that surprised Kisuke not at all. The teen truly was Masaki’s child.

Kisuke gave him a shallow nod and said, “Then I will do my best to do so.”

“Good.” Kurosaki settled back on his heels, a pleased air about him. “Thank you, Hat’n’Clogs.”

Kisuke huffs a laugh and straightens up a bit, fidgeting with his hat and doing his best not to rub at his still stinging cheek. “Well, I suppose if no one else wishes to add anything—” he paused and cast a wary glance over the rest of the teens, waiting for someone, anyone, to speak up. But no one did, not even Rerugen, despite the man watching him intently.

The moment their eyes met, another brush of clear water sensation slid down his spine and settled into his wings, making Kisuke twitch at the unexpectedness of it all.

(Oh, that wasn’t good, that wasn’t good at all.)

(No one thought kind things about him after watching him apologize.)

“Ah, well, as I was saying!” Kisuke continued with as much cheer as he could, flashing a smile at all the teens to mask his growing discomfort. “If no one has anything else to add, then I suppose it’s time to head home!”

(The sooner he could tuck himself away in his lab, the better.)

(He needed to see, needed to know—)

(Just a little longer.)

(He could wait.)

(He could.)