Although Yinsen knew Yoruichi definitely hadn't meant it that way, his mind still went somewhere else.
Especially after following Yoruichi into this secret underground space and seeing the mostly completed hot spring before him.
"A hot spring?"
He knew Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara had worked together to build a hot spring, a knockoff modeled after Tenjiro Kirinji's hot spring that possessed considerable healing abilities.
He hadn't expected them to have made it so early, and judging by its state, it seemed close to being fully completed—did she want him to try it out?
"What are you thinking about?"
Yinsen stared silently at the hot spring pool. As if suddenly thinking of something, Yoruichi sidled up beside him, draped an arm over his shoulder, and asked in a very suggestive voice, "Could it be... you want to soak in the hot spring with me?"
"Yeah!"
How could an experienced man like him be intimidated by a little girl? That trick might work on an innocent boy like Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Want to join me?"
Yinsen had nothing to lose anyway, so what did he have to fear? If she had the nerve, then they could do it.
"..."
Yoruichi found that she always ended up at a disadvantage around Yinsen. This guy never followed the script she had imagined. He was seriously annoying!
"This hot spring isn't finished yet."
"Heh heh!"
Yinsen's expression of "I knew it would be like this" irritated Yoruichi greatly, but she knew she couldn't keep playing around. He didn't look like he was joking.
"Ahem."
Yoruichi felt strange, unable to describe the feeling. If she had asked, Yinsen surely would have described it perfectly: I treat you like a buddy, but you want to...
"What do you think of this place?"
Yinsen followed Yoruichi's lead and shifted