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Clean Carpets
"You're bleeding!"
Ichigo had been expecting this. Half an hour ago Rukia's spirit phone had gone off, and the message had said that two low-level hollows were in Karakura Park. Ichigo had gone by himself to dispatch them, as Rukia had decided to stay in the apartment because there was a Chappy the Bunny Special on TV.
Two low-level hollows like these ones shouldn't have been any trouble for Ichigo, but somehow one of them had managed to slash his arm before he killed it. As a result he now had a large gash on his arm and it was bleeding quite profusely. It looked pretty bad, but Ichigo knew from experience that while this wound might look bad, it was merely superficial. Wrap a bandage around it and he would be fine.
Rukia however was a worrywart. She didn't like to admit it, but Ichigo knew that she secretly worried about him whenever he went to slay hollows on his own. Ichigo knew that when Rukia berated him for doing something dangerous or called him a fool she was really just saying that she had been worried about him.
Ichigo didn't know why Rukia worried about him so much though. He was a Shinagami with Captain level abilities. If she worried about anybody, it should be about herself. After all she was the one who always needed to be saved. Ichigo remembered that time when he had come for her at the Sokyoku, he had been terrified that he was going to be too late that--
"….ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME ICHIGO?"
Ichigo looked up guiltily at Rukia, he felt bad that he had been zoning out while she had been worrying about him. She probably was worried that he had a concussion or a head injury now.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
"I SAID YOU'RE BLEEDING ALL OVER THE NEW CARPET!"
Yep she worried about him, that was why she was currently in his face yelling at him … about the carpet?! Maybe he did have a head injury after all.
"What the hell Rukia! Here I am injured and all you're worried about is the freaking carpet?!"
"ICHIGO KUROSAKI, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET BLOODSTAINS OUT OF A CARPET?"
"Well how would you know? It's not like you do any cleaning around here." Ichigo shot back.
Oh crap!
"Now Rukia calm down. I didn't mean it that way. Let me explain--RUKIA PUT THAT DOWN. I SAID PUT THAT DOWN! RUKIA YOU KNOW YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET MORE BLOOD ON THE CARPET IF YOU DO THAT! AAAH!"