Maiko woke up before time to get up and made herself some breakfast. When she unlocked the door someone had left a dead rat there that made her almost lose that breakfast when she cleaned it up. It had been one of the girls who had her eye on Byakuya. The girls who valued the professionalism of the unit were shaking their heads. The girl Mai knew dropped the rat had some flowers addressed to Maiko sitting on a vase with Mai's name crossed out and replaced with her own. The captain came in to do inspection as he did every morning and the girl got reprimanded for the theft but the rat was unknown to the captain as far as everyone knew. Maiko passed inspection like usual. Last time she hadn't she'd been ill and had thrown up on the floor. She had to go to the fourth Division. Turned out she'd had a stomach bug that had been going around. So Mai in general besides a few pranks on the eleventh division, namely drawing on the third seat's head when he'd passed out drunk at a bar she happened to have been dragged to by Captain Koryaku. That man had tried to get her to quote 'loosen up' a few times. The reason she did it was Kitsune Hime told her to. She realized that Ikkaku waxed his head then and there.
The Captain looked at the doorway where the rat had been and said "Why is there blood on the floor?" Mai said "Someone dropped a rat in front of my door and I was about to clean that up. I don't know who did it." That last part was a lie. The captain saw right through that and said "Third seat Miyamoto do not lie to me. Who did it?" "I only have suspicions and do not wish to falsely accuse someone." He turned to the others and asked "Who left a rat at the third seat's door. There will be consiquences for all of you if the guilty party does not take responsibility for her actions." The girl who stole the flowers reluctantly stepped forward and bowed in apology. "I apologize third seat Miyamoto." Mai said "Apology accepted." She still got in trouble and had to clean the blood up. Maiko followed the captain as he inspected her quarters without comment. Mai followed after him when he left the barracks but he said "Take the day off." Mai thought he was angry at her but did as she was told. Unfortunately for her Rangiku intercepted her on the way to the market district dragging her instead to a bar. "Come on and drink with me! We never talk." Maiko made to politely brush her off "Leutenant Masamuto I do not drink outside of formal occasions, even then I only drink sparringly. I'm also not much of a talker... You'd be bored with me. I have a day off and personal errands to run. Please let me go now." Maiko got loose and went back to the market. She had to find something to make amends for lying to her captain. A western calligraphy set... Well she figured the captain probably had such a thing but it was the thought that counted so she bought it and had it wrapped.
Maiko gave it to her captain saying "I'm sorry I lied earlier, I didn't want to be a tattle tail and get in trouble with the girls..." "You also thought I was angry." He unwrapped it and thanked her accepting the apology gift. Maiko left and the captain seemed happy for once. Mai had thought about him and his feelings. That was good.