The bell which signals the start of college just rang. "Ompphh! " the oranged haired teen grunted and he looked down. A girl, whose height barely reached his chest ran into him. "Watch where you're going idiot!' the girl exclaimed furiously. What? So it's now his fault? "Maybe you're too short that you're out of my line of vision!" Ichigo retorted angrily. The tip of that girl's sneakers collided with his shin. "I'm not short! I'm small sized!" she said ingidantly. Her voice surprised him. It wasn't a girly high pitched voice. It's low, authoritive and shows how spoilt she actually is, Ichigo thought. "Heh! Yea right!" Ichigo scoffed. That girl was to kick him again if it wasn't for her friend. "Chill girl!" she said and placed a hand on that shorty's shoulder. That girl glared at him and he smirked. The smirk seemed to have infuriated her as she hardened her glare and was about to hit him again. "You know what?" Renji suggested," let's go to class," True that, they were fresh mans. Guess what? Ichigo had almost got himself into a fight with the seniors due to the outstanding colour hue of his hair and he would've got beaten up if it wasn't for his huge friend from high-school, Chad, who intervened if it could proceed any further. Karakura college had been their first choice of college since high school. With a scowl, he carried his chemistry textbooks and made his way to the lab. (I'm just gonna say that homeroom is over) To his annoyance, the lecturer assigned that midget who ran into him this morning to be his lab partner. Of all the people, it had to be her. It could've been Renji, Chad, Arisawa, Toshiro, Ikkaku or Yumichika. But no, it had to be her. She sent him death glares. He smirked in reply. "What's your name midget?" he asked. "I'm not a midget!" she said tiredly. "Okay class! I'm going to give you a quiz just to see where your level is at," the lecturer announced. Ichigo smirked when he saw the paper. Seriously? This is college? His father had already taught him all of these when he was a 9th grader. He scribbled down all his answers on the 8 pages worksheet and handed it in. Everyone gasped. WTF? The guy who seems to have an attitude problem could handle the quiz? Ichigo saw his lab partner furrow her eyebrows. She actually looked cute when she isn't glaring or yelling at people. WAIT! WHAT?! Did he just thought she was cute? "Kurosaki, can you help me?" she whispered to him and passed him a correction tape with a paper stuffed inside. Ichigo opened it, read the questions and wrote down the answers. He stuffed it in the correction tape and passed it back to her. "OKAY CLASS! TIME'S UP!" the lecturer yelled. The midget scribbled down the last of her answers and handed up her papers. "Thanks, carrot top," that girl smiled. "No problem. You're my lab partner anyway," Ichigo answered simply and then mentally slapped himself. What is he saying? "Aww, thanks. I'm Rukia Kuchiki by the way," the girl said, smiling. Ichigo froze.
Meanwhile...
"Awww... Look at that!" Rangiku whispered to Arisawa, pointing at Ichigo and Rukia. Arisawa laughed. College would be interesting after all. "Hey look, Ichigo's hitting on Kuchiki-san," Ikkaku nudged Yumichika. Renji howled in laughter. Ichigo Kurosaki hitting on a girl? No way! Toshiro didn't comment. He just saw a real pretty creature and is really fascinated. She was smiling at another guy. Then she pouted. The pout was really cute. Toshiro stared. He wished she was talking to him not some random guy. "Toshiro's lovestruck," Rangiku announced suddenly. Everyone turned to stare at her. Toshiro shot her a death glare. Rangiku shivered then laughed sheepishly. "Ignore what I just said guys," she waved her hand dismissively.
Back to Ichigo's POV
Did she say that she's Rukia Kuchiki? Hell, Kuchiki? "What's wrong er... Kurosaki?" Rukia asked. I composed myself with a smirk. "Nothing. Call me Ichigo," I said. Seriously? She's a Kuchiki? "Ichigo, do you and your friends wanna have lunch with my friends?" Rukia asked me. She's asking me to eat lunch with her? "Errr... Yea," I stammered, not really knowing what I was saying.
Rukia's POV
Ichigo seems to know what the name Kuchiki actually means. People call me Kuchiki-san without knowing that the name carries a sense of pride, terror and ,err, I don't think I'm in a position to tell that much. But whoever we Kuchikis are, Ichigo Kurosaki seemed to know. Despite the fact we've keeping a really low profile, he knows. Who the hell is he?
