Chapter: 1 of ?
Fandom: Bleach
Paring: Shuuhei/Renji
Rating: PG-13 for now at least. X3

A/N: I started this way back in my Senior year in HS (I graduated on '05...yeah, that long ago...) and I'm still not finished with it.

Chapter 1: Jealous? Me? Never!

"Nay~! Hisagi-san, how are you feeling today?"

"How are your injuries? Are they hurting at all?"

"Would you like us to get you anything?"

Renji cringed at the high pitched squeals of the 'fangirls' that surrounded Hisagi. They were always annoying to begin with but ever since the incident with the field training they've been becoming more so than usual. And the fact that he could hear their moronic squawking from across the damn courtyard wasn't earning them any points in Renji's book. "Gesh, they're acting like he was a hero or something when all he did was get his ass kicked." The red-head grumbled. "We're the ones who saved his pretty-boy ass."

Kira just regarded his red haired friend with an amused look and snickered. "That's true, but if Hinamori-chan hadn't stayed behind you probably would have left Hisagi-san's pretty boy ass behind."

Renji growled at him. "Shut up, that's beside the point!"

"Renji, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were jealous." The smirk on Kira's face grew and he poked his friend in his side.

"What! 'Me', jealous of 'Him'?" Renji snorted, batting the offensive away. "Yeah right, like I would ever be jealous of him." He pushed off from the railing his was leaning against and walked away, heading towards the dormitories.

The blonde-haired boy followed, snickering again. "Of course, whatever you say."

"I'm not!" He snapped.

"What's going on? Abarai-kun? Kira-kun?" The two turned to see Momo looking curiously at them, a book clutched to her chest.

"Ah! Hinamori-chan! How are you doing?" Kira blushed, melting into a mushy pile of pretty-boy goop.

"Get a hold of yourself, would you?" Renji rolled his eyes at his friend, giving him a good swift kick in the shin. He never could quite grasp Kira's infatuation over Momo. Sure she was cute and he liked her, but he could never bring himself to see her as anything more then a firend. He pointedly ignored his blonde friend's yelp of pain as he smiled down at the dark-haired girl. "Hey, Hinamori, how's it going?"

"Just fine, thank you." She walked up to the red-head, glancing worriedly over at Kira before asking. "What were you talking about that got you so upset, Abarai-kun?"

"Huh?"

"You said 'I'm not!' a few moments ago."

"Oh, that." Renji grumbled, mood gone sour, "I was just…."

"He was just denying the fact that he's jealous." Kira interrupted, rubbing his shin. He grinned when the redhead glared at him.

Momo cocked her head to the side, curious. "Jealous? Jealous of what?"

"Of that." Kira pointed out into the courtyard, at the mass of girls striving to get 'Hisagi-san's' attention.

"I. Am. NOT. Jealous!" Renji growled, practically seething with anger.

Momo looked out over the courtyard taking in the 'fangirl' mass before turning back to adress the sulking redhead. She looked up at him compassion and understanding shining in her eyes, a soft sweet smile on her lips. "You don't have to worry Abarai-kun; I'm sure Hisagi-sempai likes you more than those girls."

Renji froze, a blush spread across the bridge of his nose. Did she really just suggest that he…with Hisagi-sempai…oh kami what did he do to deserver this? "W-w-w-what exactly do you think you're implying, Hinamori-chan!"

Kira by this time was already clutching his sides, he was laughing so hard that he almost could breath.

Momo looked back and forth between the blushing red-head and the laughing blonde, confused as to why she was getting reactions like this. "Huh? What do you mean? You're jealous that Hisagi-sempai is paying attention to those girls over there, aren't you?"

Renji didn't know whether or not to be angry with the poor girl, she was only trying to be nice but really where did she get the idea that he would be interested in Hisagi like that. He continued to blush as he snapped out. "I am not interested in men!"

The dark-haired girl looked up at Renji in shock. "Y-you're not, are you sure? I mean, you always turned down girls who try to ask you out, and you hardly ever pay attention to any of the pretty girls in our class like all the other guys do. And I've just noticed you've actually been staring at Hisagi-sempai a lot lately since the…" Momo stopped when Kira started to laugh even harder.

Renji couldn't stop the blush from spreading even further across his face as Momo pointed out his behavior. At that moment he really didn't know what to think. When Momo was drowned out by the laughter of his blonde friend he glared daggers. "What the hell do you think's so funny!"

"Noth….ing." Kira gasped out through his laughter. "Just….remind me…..to…never…..shower…..with you…again! Hahaha!"

Renji shook with anger, a low growl emitting from the back of his throat. His fist itched to collide with the blonde's face. Cursing aloud he turned on his heel and stormed off in the direction of the school's dorms.

"Ah! Renji-kun!" Momo had started to go after the red haired boy but stopped when a large hand came to rest gently on top of her head. She looked up and gasped. "Hi-hisagi-sempai!"

The older boy merely looked down at her with a solemn gaze. "Don't worry I'll go talk with him."

A/N: Reviews are very welcome! =D