I don't own Bleach or any of its characters, they are all property of Tite Kubo.

So this was originally supposed to be a part of a multi-chapter story around Rukia and her relationship with several of the Bleach characters. But my computer crashed before I had a chance to publish any X{ any way I found this on one of my usb drives, I will try to rewrite the story so please let me know what you think. Rant over! On to the story!


Rukia was fumbling while Toushirou was skating circles around her. Rukia tried to move forward, but she couldn't and was about to fall, luckily Toushirou caught her.

"Wow, for someone so short, you sure are strong," Rukia stated.

A vein popped on Toushirou's head at the word 'short'. "Maybe next time I'll just let you fall then," he then moved, acting like he was going to let go of her. But Rukia clutched his arm and said, "Okay, okay I take it back." Toushirou gave a smug smirk and the two continued to skate.


After hours of skating, Rukia and Toushirou were getting cold so they decided to take one last lap around the rink before leaving. As they were skating, they heard "SHIROU-CHAN!" They both turned towards the voice and saw Momo waiving. Toushirou let out an annoyed sigh.

"Let's go say hi," Rukia said as she was still struggling a bit with her skating. Toushirou nodded and slowed his pace to match Rukia's.


"What are you doing here Momo?" asked Toushirou.

"I'm here with a group of friends. What are you doing here? I thought you had plans," asked Momo.

"I did, I had plans with Kuchiki," Toushirou said as he pointed at Rukia, and Rukia waved hello.

"Oohh, well would you two like to join us?" asked Momo.

"We were just leaving," replied Toushirou.

"Sorry Hinamori, but we've been here for hours and are really cold so we're going for hot tea and hot chocolate. Why don't you join us?" asked Rukia.

"I can't then my friends will be waiting for me," answered Momo.

"Oh, right," replied Rukia.

"Maybe next time," Momo suggested with a smile.

"Ok yeah, next time. See you later Hinamori," Rukia said as she started skating away.

"Bye Momo," Toushirou said as he also started skating away.

"BYE SHIROU-CHAN!" Momo shouted as she waved good-bye.

Toushirou who wasn't that far out yet, went back to Momo and said, "How many times have I told you to stop calling me that?!"

"Why? I used to call you that all the time when we were little," defended Momo.

"Well we're not little anymore," responded Toushirou.

"Well, one of you is," Rukia stated, as at some point she had also made her way back to Toushirou and Momo.

"Don't start Kuchiki, you're not that tall yourself," threatened Toushirou.

"Well from where I am standing, the view is still better up here," Rukia replied with a cocky grin.

"Yeah, well that better view doesn't change the fact that you still look like a damn middle schooler," retorted Toushirou.

"You're one to talk," Rukia said as she shoved Toushirou, causing him to fall on his ass with a loud 'thump'. Rukia started laughing at him and Toushirou yelled "Kuchiki!"

Rukia saw him getting up and immediately skated away to try and get off the ice before Toushirou could catch her.

"For someone who doesn't know how to skate, she sure can run," Toushirou commented, forgetting that Momo was there, and ran to catch up with Rukia.


Momo who was watching them the entire time with a somewhat sad smile thought to herself, 'I wonder what it is about Kuchiki-san that makes even the coldest guys warm up. Shirou-chan and Kurosaki-kun hardly ever smile, but when she's around they seem to smile so effortlessly. I just wish Shirou-chan could be more like that even when Kuchiki-san isn't around. *Sigh* He really needs to act more his age.' With her final thought she went to look for her friends.


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