Running a quiet GinIchi Day this year. Owing to the general blurgh of 2021 + mod busyness, the usual behind-the-scenes work will be done quick, dirtily and with minimal discrimination.
What to create? Any kind of story/art/video/poem focusing on the Gin x Ichigo relationship.
Theme?
Laziness. 😴
Are Gin and Ichigo lounging on a beach somewhere?
Does Gin need dragging to his job?
Does Ichigo flop into bed and expect Gin to do all the work?
When?
Aug 12th as usual – the midpoint between the characters’ birthdays. Day-long event but we've never been strict, so the collection will be open for a few days.
Good luck and have fun! As always, feel free to share your experience with other shippers in the Discord!
The one time running an errand for Ran worked out for Gin. Who'd have guessed? // Mundane/Modern AU
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Bleach GinIchi oneshot under 1k. No warnings, just fluff. Enjoy!
Full fic below~
Gin parted two ornate hardbacks. He blinked at the shadowed chasm behind them, void of the prize he knew they guarded. He fished an arm in behind the row of books, rummaging till flesh hit hard cloth. He tugged free his elusive catch and flipped through, enjoying a private smile while nobody could see, before he strode off gamely.
Students had littered the desks earlier but the herd thinned when the sun dropped. Lacking its warmth, the indoor lights were a nuisance too, blinking enough they gave Gin a headache. He was only here for Ran’s scarf – (“Please, I forgot it after Shuuhei came to study.” “Do the kids call snog fests study seshes now?” “Ah, fuck off.”) – while she headed into town for her date. No student of sound mind condemned themselves to wasting an eleven on a Friday here willingly.
Except for that one, crammed into a booth. A classic meal deal of frenziedly scrawled notes, laptop and bouncing skinny-jeaned legs. A redhead poured into a slim, grey V-neck jumper and armed with a viciously stern glare. He scribbled on a post-it, stuck his biro between his teeth and battered away at the text brick on his screen with the kind of ferocity you reserved for fighting God.
Gin slowed to a stop at his shoulder, overly conscious of his shadow cascading across the desk. Awkward seconds crawled by but he went unnoticed. So he dropped the book on a heap of paper and strolled away.
“Oh fu-!” The pen clattered as it hit the laptop keys and its owner scrambled. “Hey. Hey, excuse me!”
He bolted after Gin, who had done a shit job at escaping. “How did you-? I mean, Ichigo. Wait, no.” He squeezed the ridge between his eyes and sighed. “Clearly, I’ve been staring at my essay too long. I meant to say, I’ve been looking for that book for ages. I have no clue how you found it, but thank you. I’m Ichigo by the way.”
“. . . Gin.”
“Gin.” His name spilling from those lips set Gin’s knees trembling. “Thank you again, Gin.”
“It wasn’t a hassle.”
“Wasn’t a-!” Ichigo paused to slowly breathe in. “You don’t understand. I’ve been looking for this book for three days! Criticising it is the bulk of my argument. There are no digital copies and nobody ever took it out until this week. You’re missing how much you’ve saved me! And my essay. And maybe my degree, but definitely my dignity.”
(Ichigo was, tragically, not kidding about that last part. If he couldn’t trounce Uryuu this year, he took the baton of a dinner out for Ryuuken’s birthday. Christ knew the Ishidas needed some chill. Otherwise, plan B: tricking his dad into going instead.)
“I didn’t quote a line I needed and I cut those paragraphs, but now, I can stick them back in. I’m done. So I can’t let you go without thanking you.”
Ran always told Gin he was allergic to sincerity. (It was why her every Christmas gift came with a dollop of teasing.) Gin couldn’t process a happy . . . really hot guy clasping at his wrists like they were a lifering. There was only one thing he could do – emote nothing.
“It was behind some . . . books I was looking at. I saw you searching the shelves the other day and took a guess.”
Only a slight lie. Gin had been an aisle down and heard talking:
“Shove it somewhere and let’s go! I’ve got a party to crash and I won’t let him get away with pawing at Nel again.”
“Did she tell you that was a problem or are you just jealous?”
“Can it, Tesla! We gotta move.”
And later, he meandered by right as Ichigo’s knees crumpled to the floor, letting him peer under the shelves with his head against the carpet. The plastic dust jackets squealed as Ichigo took a final stab and checked behind a row of books, but he walked away while Gin travelled down the narrow aisle. Gin only realised the connection after seeing him again.
And now with Ichigo’s item returned to him, the universe was in balance or something.
“Sorry, this is probably a lot right now. I’m just really, really tired. I’ll buy you a coffee. Tomorrow.” Ichigo looked at his watch, looked at Gin, looked back at his watch again. “Uh, I mean the other tomorrow?”
“Because you’ll be dead in the morning.” Ran was going to check Gin over for signs he’d been bodysnatched. But with how heavy Ichigo’s eyes were, it was easier to side-step time with a guy that actually appealed to him. “You should finish your essay and go to sleep. It’ll be Saturday soon anyway.”
“True. But I still wanna ask you out.”
Gin’s slow blink failed to express the stampeding of his heart towards a fierce crescendo.
“Coffee’s a good start- Way? No.” He chuckled at himself endearingly. “A good way to get to know someone you might like. And I think I like you already. So, it’s coffee. Sunday?” He was lurching backwards before Gin could muster his thoughts – his presence was so commanding, Gin forgot he was clinging to consciousness with a fusion of effort and deadline pressure.
“If you’re done by midnight, I’ll take you to my regular. In the afternoon. They have comfy sofa chairs to slump on.”
“Marry me.”
“I only marry finishers.” Gin swept Ran’s scarf around his shoulders and strutted for a seat by the entrance.
Ichigo grinned, keen and tigerish. “Give me twenty minutes.”
GinIchi Day 2019 | Role Reversal | Sōkyoku Hill scene with Ichigo as Rangiku
summary.
“Goodbye, Ichigo. I’m sorry.”
Kurosaki Ichigo, captain of the Tenth, would never have taken that lying down.
Fun fact:
The moment I saw GinIchi Day I thought I wanted to do the Ichigo-and-Rangiku role reversal, and of course Ichigo is nobody’s lieutenant.
I was totally surprised by the plot twist too haha. I had no idea how the scene was going to progress at first - if it gets resolved before the Negacion comes down, Aizen loses his impact as a major villain; but if I let the Negacion come down, nobody can hit Aizen unless I deux ex machina Ichigo... - so while I was rewatching the scene in question, I thought to myself, “what’s the most badass thing that I wished could’ve happened during this scene?” and the answer came in a flash ^.^
Thanks @ginichievents, I had a lot of fun writing this!
Feel free to play in this universe, just drop me a note.
This was the first fic I planned for GinIchi day, but it grew into a monster on me and I couldn’t finish it on time.
I’d like to give a massive thank you to @theothersarshi for giving me permission to write this based on your work, and for getting me into the ship in the first place.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20307283
Ichigo never had let go of the those he held dear easily, not when they were all that was keeping him together.
It’s a day-long event to create fanworks—fics, art, and anything else focusing on the GinIchi pairing. The prompt page is right: here.
Why?
Because GinIchi’s a rarepair we’d love to see more of and a set event makes it more fun and motivating for fans to take part!
When?
August 12th — the midpoint between Gin and Ichigo’s birthdays.
Where?
The collection’s hosted on AO3. And we have a Discord (linked on our FAQ page), so feel free to drop by! We’ll track #ginichi day 2020 on our Tumblr for reblogging posts and giving out updates.
Who?
It’s open to everyone! You just need an AO3 account to post to the collection. Or a Tumblr account to post on Tumblr. If you’re posting to another site, submit a link and we’ll share it on our blog.
How long will the collection stay open?
We’ll set works to reveal at midnight UTC and keep it open for a week after the event has finished so there’s no chance of missing your chance to post.
Different route to relationships | Practically Married, Secret Relationship, Not-so-Fake!Relationship F***ing
Any unconventional, crazy, stupid way for this pair to inadvertently find themselves boyfriends/partners/husbands.
Mundane/Modern AU | Domestic, Daily Gotei Antics, Professional Rivals
Try Ichigo in the Gotei or GinIchi as lawyers? Journalists? Coworkers with a petty office rivalry and plenty of UST?
Down and dirty
Smutty serenade material. Gin gets the hots for Ichigo in the club? Ichigo shows Gin just how attentive he can be?
• “Why are you talking with your mouth? Use your hands instead.” – Ram Jaane (1995)
Songs of Innocence and Devotion
For the musically inclined promptees, or anyone aiming for the more straight-shot romance. Because Gin has gorgeous eyes? Because he gets lost in Ichigo’s?
• Yuri On Ice!!, Serenade for Two 🎶
• “Swear I seen you before / I think I remember those eyes” – Usher, DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
• “There are some secrets I will take to my grave. But I don't want loving you to be one of them.” – A Softer World
Phantasm | Fantasy AU
All about the not-so-humans. Is Gin a vampire? Does he turn Ichigo into one? Reincarnation! Meeting human!Gin or re-meeting past life shinigami!Ichigo
Serving up some angst
Looking for a more savage, scary tone to your inspo? When relationships go wrong? Being stuck on diverging sides of a battle (never heard that one before). Machiavellian craftsmanship.
• Enrique Iglesias, Love to See You Cry 🎶
• “You don't understand, you should never know / How easy you are to need” – Hozier, It Will Come Back 🎶
• “If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me.” – Alice Roosevelt Longworth
• “How do you expect things to get any better? / If you keep me on the sideline / Don't you know there's a million things I wanna do / But you gotta meet me halfway you gotta try” – Jesse McCartney, Not Your Enemy 🎶
The Correspondence Circuit | Letters, Poetry, Spies
A relationship in writing. Leaving notes on the fridge or cross-continent texting? Is Ichigo a poet and Gin his Muse? Is Gin a spy and Ichigo his mark?
It’s a day-long event to create fanworks—fics, art, and anything else focusing on the GinIchi pairing. The prompts are listed: here.
Why?
Because GinIchi’s a rarepair and we’re all desperate to have more of it! And a set event makes it more fun and motivating for fans to take part!
When?
August 12th — the midpoint between Gin and Ichigo’s birthdays.
Where?
The collection’s hosted on AO3. And we have a Discord (linked on our FAQ page), so feel free to drop by! We’ll also track #GinIchi Day 2019 on our Tumblr for reblogging posts and giving out updates.
Who?
It’s open to everyone! You just need an AO3 account to post to the collection. Or a Tumblr account to post on Tumblr.
How long will the collection stay open?
We’ll set works to reveal by 4 p.m. BST (UTC+1) of the 11th—and keep it open for a few days.
We’ve finally got ourselves in order and come up with a full Prompt List, so here it is:
- Pirates
- Arranged Marriage
- Time Travel
- For Want Of A Nail
- Vaizard!Gin
- Mob AU
- Magical Creatures
- Soulmates
- “He wasn’t looking for a soulmate. That would require having a soul to share, and he’d sold his off long ago” ― Miranda Liasson, Heart and Sole
- “The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
- “They’d used sex instead of communication in the past, and it had turned out disastrously.” ― Miranda Liasson, Heart and Sole
- “You will ever depress the devil if you always love those who spit hatred into your face." ― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
~ This is just a list of suggestions and we hope they’ll inspire, but feel free to do something different ^-^
