Disclaimer: Bleach is not and never will be mine.
Rating: K
Pairing: Ichigo/Rukia - somewhat.
Warnings: none, I think
A/N: A ficlet I wrote for Valentine's Day this year, but never got around to posting here.
Feedback: Will be saved into a special folder on my harddrive and taken into consideration.
Revenge
Ichogo
looked at the box warily. There was nothing wrong with the box,
really. It was quite a nice box, actually - well, if one liked red
wrapping paper and pink ribbons, that is. The worrying factor were
the hands that presented the box to him. They belonged to Rukia. And
the rest of her was attached to them. She was positively beaming at
Ichigo.
"What are you doing?" The words were not about the box, or Rukia giving it to him - even Ichigo knew the meaning of a box presented to a boy by a girl on the Valentine's Day. No Ichigo was referring - and from the way Rukia's smile got even wider she understood it perfectly well - to their yet another ...disagreement... couple of days ago. They'd not made up. Well, they actually never did, but... they had yet to start talking to each other again.
Now, some
may have interpreted the box as a peace-offering - from the stars
that Ichigo could swear he saw in Inoue's eyes she was thinking
exactly that, and by his expression Sado probably too... But Ichigo
knew Rukia better than any of them. He had a feeling that if Renji
had been present he would have gotten an advice to run as fast and
quick to the opposite direction from the sweetly smiling figure as
his legs could take.
He also knew there was no escape.
"Chocolate for you! I made it myself," if possible, Rukia's smile got even bigger and sweeter. "Well, not quite by myself, really. Orihime-chan explained to me how to make it," now Inoue was beaming at Rukia and Ichigo both nodding happily, "and Rangiku-san gave advice too. It was a group effort, in truth."
Sado had the sense to retreat carefully.
Ichigo looked at the box. There was no way he could get out of accepting it and tasting the... chocolate.
Rukia pushed the box against Ichigo's chest. She was still smiling.
"Take it, Ichigo. It's a surprise!"
It was, really.
End