An orange haired teen named Ichigo stood in front of a two-story house, looking at it through his bangs, at the place where he would now be living in with four other people. His bag was shaking a little bit and he clenched his hands around the handled, but no one could see it because of the long grey and splotchy turtleneck's arms were hiding his hands.
'Why did this have to happen to me?' Ichigo thought. With a sigh he walked up to the house. His faded brown pants that didn't fit that well with what looked like grass stains and tattered tennis shoes and nervously rang the bell. Once, twice, a third time. Nothing his new rooms mate were supposed to be home it was still early in the afternoon. From the inside Ichigo could hear yelling.
"Get the damn door!" A voice shouted.
"You get off your damn ass pineapple and get it yourself." Another one yelled back louder.
"Would you all shut up! People can hear us and it is not beautiful!" Another voice called out.
"I've got it." Another and Ichigo hoped the final voice. "Hel..loooo." A hansom was staring at him. The one who opened the door was a black-haired man with very stylish glasses and purple eyes. He was also dressed very stylishly with a dust blue shirt and dark jeans.
"Hi." Ichigo said softly.
"Umm can I help you?" Looking over what the other man was wearing and he was sorely tempted to burn those clothes and give this poor unfortunate man some of his old clothes.
"I-I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, your new roommate." Ichigo said never meeting the gaze of the other man.
"Oh….Well ummm I'm Uryu Ishida. I was the one who you exchanged emails with."
"…" Ichigo said nothing and Uryu could not tell if Ichigo was looking at him because of the bangs covering Ichigo eyes.
"Well please come in and I'll introduce you to everyone else. Oh your things arrived the other day so we put your things in your room."
"Thank you." Ichigo said following Uryu into the house.
"Guys, come and meet our new roommate."
"Umm its all right I can meet everyone later." Uryu noticed that Ichigo was beginning to get nervous. Three other people came out of various directions, all of them were very good looking. One was a very well muscled teal haired man with matching eyes, a red head with multiple tattoos and a man who with a very good looking bob cut with grey eyes and feathers on his face were all staring at him and his small bag was shaking. "Everyone this is Ichigo Kurosaki. Ichigo this is…" Before Uryu could start he was interrupted.
"What the hell is up with your clothes and your hair? Change out of those disgusting clothes and cut your damn hair." Ichigo went white as a sheet.
"Grimmjow stop being an ass." The red head smacked the one named Grimmjow on the head.
"Well he is right Renji. That hair is unkempt and those clothes are just horrible." The man with the bob cut spoke to the red head.
"Still Yumichika it's rude." Renji said.
Ichigo wished that he could go to his room and just lock himself in there. Uryu noticed that Ichigo was getting whiter and was shaking even more.
"C-c-can I just go to my room and unpack please." Ichigo spoke for the first time to the entire house.
"Sure Ichigo, follow me." Uryu said leading Ichigo up the stairs case to the second floor with the rest of the house following. Ichigo counted three doors on the right and four on the left.
"Those two," Uryu said pointing to the middle doors on the right and left, are the bathrooms. "The last door on the right that's your room."
"Thank you." Ichigo said reaching over to open the door only to be stopped by Grimmjow.
"Damn it all. We don't even know what you look like if you ain't gonna do something about your hair then I will." Grimmjow reached over to Ichigo and was about to move he bangs from Ichigo's eyes and the second Grimmjow's hand touched Ichigo's bangs Ichigo let out a scream and ran into his room slamming the door.
"Well that was rude." Yumchika pointed out. "On both parts." Gray eyes looked at the closed door and then at Grimmjow.
"Just try not to piss him off cause we need him to help pay the rent."
"What ever." Grimmjow said walking away.
Ichigo slumped against the door his breathing was heavy and was shaking, but still got up to unpack(there was a bed all ready there). Why oh why did his dad have to do this to him. He was now to be living in a house with such perfect beings and him such an imperfect being. These people must get out a lot, go to parties, and have other people up to the house. Then Grimmjow had tried to see his face and also touch him. He nearly had a panic attack what with meeting all his roommates at once, with all those eyes on him and just him, how they watched him walk, criticize his looks and then Grimmjow yelling at him twice. He felt sick right now, he was still shaking and his heart was racing all of these were symptoms of his anthropophobia and now he was living in a house with four complete strangers. 'Thanks a lot old man.'
He placed a white skull with yellow gems in the eye sockets, three red stripes going from the forehead close to the nose and down, and another stripe under the right eyes right on the dresser.(basically his hollow mask)
"Oh Shiro tell me what am I going to do?" Ichigo asked the skull not really expecting an answer from the skull, and Ichigo continued to unpack.
Downstairs four out of the five housemates were sitting down in the living room. Yumichika, Grimmjow, Renji, and Uryu were talking about their newest roommate. Yumichika was mumbling about Ichigo's hair and clothes. Renji sighed there was only one-way to get him out of his repeating everything mode.
"You're getting worry lines." Renji told Yumichika.
"What!" Yumichika took out his compact mirror, checked his face, and was happy to see perfection.
"He seems nice enough." Uryu commented.
"Yes but his appearance could use some updating." Yumichika stated and mentally shuddered when he remembered how Ichigo looked.
"I agree with ya feather face." Grimmjow told Yumichika.
"Do not call me that." Yumichika shouted back.
"Grimmjow please do not start any fights with Ichigo." Uryu told Grimmjow with a serious face.
"Would I do that?" Grimmjow asked.
"Yes." All three roommates yelled.
"Come on I don't start all the time." Grimmjow retorted.
"Yes you do." Renji said. "Just try not to this time." Renji then got up from his seat and walked into the kitchen.
"Renji what are you doing?" Uryu asked.
"Being a good roommate." Renji appeared in the room for a second holding up a box of pocky. "Cause if you remember none of us properly introduced ourselves to Ichigo." Renji said now walking up to Ichigo's room. Only to be followed by the others.
Ichigo was all most done setting up his room. The main colors of Ichigo's room were red, black, and green. There were dark blood red curtains that touched the wood floor, a twin sized bed at the back of the room with black sheets and covers. Next to his bed were wood and iron bedside tables the irons were crossing in the middle making a very nice design on top of one of the bedside table a dragon lamp the scales being the lamp shade and the body going down and on the other a faceless angle hands in a prayer with red roses crawling up a gift from his mother. Thankfully there was a book shelve and a desk all ready in the room so Ichigo was able to set up his laptop and his TV. Also in his room was a life spirit alter, it was made of stone and carved into it were trees representing life. On top of that alter he placed his stone Ouija board. Ichigo let out a sigh of content and then jumped when he heard knocking on his door. Ichigo went over and opened the door. His eyes widened under his bangs as he saw all four of his roommates at the door. Ichigo hid behind the door.
"Hey there Ichigo." Renji said still holding the pocky in his hands. "We were never got properly introduced, this blue idiot interrupted Uryu before we could." Grimmjow merely snorted. "Well I'm Renji Abarai, you all ready met Uryu Ishida the one with the feathers on his face is Yumichika Ayasegawa." Yumichika gave a look to Renji. "And the blue haired guy with the short temper is Grimmjow Jeagerjaques." Ichigo has said nothing still clutching the door and none of his roommates could tell if Ichigo was looking at them, the floor or the box of pocky. "Oh yeah we were wondering if we could share some pocky with you in your room?"
"Umm" Ichigo said
"Che move the hell over." Grimmjow shoved the door further open to reveal Ichigo's dark decorum. Yumichika was just in a state of shock. All four roommates stared at the dark room none of the saying anything. All that happened was a pale hand reach forward and take the box of pocky. Renji jumped back a bit
"Thankyou." Ichigo slammed the door closed.
"Damn it." Grimmjow growled out, there was just something about his new roommate that was pissing him off.
"Grimmjow what ever you're thinking about don't do it." Uryu told him, but then again he was wasting his breath. Grimmjow was banging on the door, then just opened it. Ichigo stood the box of pocky still in his hands and let out a gasp.
"What the hell is your problem you freak? Be happy that we were even making an attempt to be nice to ya. I mean look at ya and your room we wouldn't be here at all hell no one would." Ichigo was biting his lip and shaking.
"Grimmjow stop." Renji and Uryu told their blue haired roommate but then again Grimmjow did what Grimmjow wanted. Ichigo brought up his hand and began to chew on his sleeve he was so scared.
"You are so weird ya freak." Ichigo's head snapped up at the last comment and felt tears come, so he did the only thing he could think of he slammed the door closed once again and let out a muffled sob with those words going through his head. ' You are so weird ya freak.'
'No no no no no.' "Shiro please help me." Ichigo pleaded to the skull.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society
There done. I have had this idea in my head for a while now. So please read and review no flames. Also I want to thank Constant Snow who was kind enough to help me out a bit.
Next I promise that I will update Gypsy with Orange hair.
If anyone knows the author of a Byakuya and Ichigo fan fic called Vamp and Tramp please let me know.