noontide | kal

There was a cawing sound. It stopped. There was a chime. It stopped. And then there was clacking. It stopped? As peaceful and quiet as the fifth division’s barracks were, there was always a sound to be heard. With the serenity of the area came an ease to hear the individuals with. But there were some sounds that just did not sound right in a place like this, and the clacking of feet were one of them. That was so out of place that it lured one shinigami from her room.

For Katsuki Akiyama, work was over. She had a morning shift, and that was already over with. The rest of her day was set aside as time to herself, and that meant to her that she could spend the day in her room, writing and resting.

That’s really all she could do there. Just looking at the place, it was evident that she did not have much else to work with. The room was shared with other Shinigami, and their stuff covered most of the room. Their character and personality was seen in the objects, and so it was obvious that they were Kat’s. The only items that looked like they fit her were her uniform, which was on her now, some books, a desk and her bed. That was it.

But she did not need anything more than that. She was content laying back and writing. Writing about her day, about work and her prospects for the future. She was never happy with her writing though, and that could be seen on her face as she did write. Her eyes would cross, and she would lean back, and every look of discomfort showed on her face. And so when a strange sound was heard outside, it was an alert. It was a flag. It was a reason for her to get away from her writing, and see what the source was.

Katsuki was curious. She was like a cat, searching for the source of something strange.

First she checked the window. Then out into the hallway, the one on the inside of the building. When neither of those sources turned up anything, she took a peek outside.

Green hair popped up first. And then the rest of her head pushed in through the opening in the door. That was the only part of her that showed as she looked outside, and searched for anything that was out of place. First there was nothing to be seen, and nothing of interest, but then when she turned to look the other way she saw something, someone, that really stood out.

’Who is that?’ She mentally asked herself as she looked at the foreign person. What she saw was a woman. A woman, just like her and even wearing similar clothing. But that woman had never been around the division five’s barracks before. Kat didn’t know everyone in her squad, but she was sure she didn’t see anyone like this. She couldn’t be completely sure, but she was certain.

’But what if she is from here?’ She asked herself, with her eyes rolling up, to look at the sky. ’Maybe I should ask? Should I ask? But what if it offends her to be asked. No, no. I can’t do that. I don’t know her. What would she think? I.. I’

”Do you live here?” She finally blurted out. Her head was still the only part of her that poked out of the door still. But as soon as she asked that, her hands too left the safety of her room, to cover her mouth.