Ichigo had a bit of a hobby. A hobby no one had ever seen. Not his blood family, not his friends, not his pack. No one knew about it. But Ichigo…Ichigo loved it.
He loved the freedom in it. He loved the controlled movement, the strength, the grace, and the trust between partners. The stories it told.
Ichigo loved to dance.
When most people heard 'dance' Ichigo knew they tended to think of ballroom or fast paced hip-hop or pop, and while he was perfectly capable of it, neither class of dance were Ichigo's first or even second favorite type. Ichigo knew most people would assume he danced to the fast paced quick upbeat tunes. Music that used quick action packed movements. Again- Ichigo can he is capable of it, even good at it, but Ichigo prefers something else.
Ichigo loved Contemporary Dance and Ballet.
The slow, powerful, graceful, controlled movements, the story, the emotion in the dance, the way Ichigo could be swept away not only into the sounds of the music but also in the moments of silence.
It was beautiful to him.
And it was his.
He had discovered it by accident. He was 10 at the time, a year after his mother had passed. He had passed by a dance studio with a demonstration or a competition happening through the window- he had never found out- but he had seen a couple through the window preforming a Contemporary routine.
He had watched, completely mesmerized as the two people had flowed from one position to another, had fallen towards the floor with no hesitation trusting their partner to be there, as they jumped and flew and twisted around each other telling a story with emotions conveyed in every little movement and lift…
Right then and there Ichigo had fallen in love with what he had seen.
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Ok. So. I LOVED the idea of Ichigo flowing through the movements of a Contemporary Dance Routine. It's beautiful to me and I haven't found any so I am making it. MAJOR AU and PACK DYNAMICS.