When I'm late I make sure I'm fabulously late! lol Ichigo decided to take his girlfriend on vacation after the war to help relax. It's full of fluffy goodness.


"Ichigo let's go to this one!"

The Shinigami smiled as he watched his girlfriend smile brilliantly at him while tugging him along. He hadn't seen her smile so brightly in a while. After the whole war, she hadn't seemed quite like herself, and it was good to see her finally getting back to normal, or as close to normal as they could be.

"If you keep tugging like that you're going to make me tri-" Thud!

"Owww!" His entire body covered his girlfriend's and then some, and if he had to guess his whole weight was cutting off her circulation. "Fool, get off me!"

He lifted himself onto his elbows and kissed her nose laughing into her ear. "It's your own damn fault for tugging so hard. You're too short, and I have to hunch over when you try making me lose balance."

Dark brows fell over her violet eyes, and she somehow maneuvered her arm out and flicked him on the forehead. He rolled over and covered what he was sure was a red spot on his head. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and saw her crossing her arms and puffing out her cheeks. They had a light dusting of pink, and he realized she was embarrassed.

"I only wanted to show you the hot air balloons," She still looked away from him and the people mingling around them seem to ignore all the commotion they were making. Good, because he didn't want an audience to witness her rare moments of utter cuteness, they were for him alone to bear witness too.

He smiled softly at her, "Okay then let's go." He stood up and held his hand out for her to grab. She looked up at him in surprise as if she hadn't expected him to want to go see the balloons.

"I think they've left by now."

"Then let's go see what we can from a distance."

He watched as she blushed harder and tried to hide a shy smile from him. She grabbed his hand, and he hefted her tiny body up with no problem. What little weight she had was all muscle and it was still too light to cause him any trouble.

This time Ichigo set the pace to a leisure stroll, and they walked towards the earlier destination she had pointed out, hand in hand. She pointed in the air again pointing out a balloon that was flying over their heads. It was in the shape of a giant strawberry, and it was possible to see the vibrant pink color even from where they stood.

"Now all it needs is a fifteen printed on it, and it would be perfect for you," She poked his rib making him jump in response. She laughed out loud at his reaction and even had to stop to hold her side. He glowered at her but found it hard to stay made when she was so happy, even if she was making fun of his name.

"Yeah well, when we see a poorly drawn rabbit balloon that will be yours," He was ready for the punch and caught her fist easily enough but it still stung. What he was not ready for was her head-butt. He let go of her hand and grabbed his throbbing chin hunching over in pain.

By the time, he was able to compose himself he saw her walking away from him towards the balloons. He winced as he tried to move his jaw but found her sashay away much more intriguing to focus on than his pain. She knew exactly what she was doing because she even flicked her hair and gave him a heated look over her shoulder without stopping.

"Hold on!" He was able to easily catch up to her with his longer strides and he very well would have picked her up if she hadn't held her hand against his chest and proceeded to talk to the man in front of her.

"How much is it to ride?"

"150, but for you beautiful lady I'd be willing to drop it to 100." He leaned over his small booth and tried to get too close for Ichigo's taste.

"For both of us?" As oblivious as Rukia could be at times she seemed to understand this man was interested out of more from her. Just as she leaned into Ichigo the man finally chose to acknowledge his presence with a twist of his lips in distaste. Oh, he would gladly give that perv something to feel distasteful about. Like his foot up his-

"300 total for both to ride in a balloon." This guy was getting more and more on his nerves by the second especially with his rooming eyes all over his lady. If he wanted those eyeballs to stay attached to a brain, he would keep them to himself!

"Ichigo do you want to ride?" Having Rukia's full attention helped to ease is irritation with the man. Knowing full well she had no interest in the other guy helped the most. He let out a sigh to settle his anger and gave his attention to her. He leaned into her ear to talk to her privately and to show the guy to back off Rukia seemed to know what was doing but allowed him to continue without her usual punch.

"We could just get the same few as Shinigami's without all the money."

"True, but this is different." She had a point; it wasn't exactly the same to enjoy a view without having to concentrate on staying upright. He pulled back to look into her eyes. She wanted to ride in one of those balloons.

"Here." Ichigo pulled out his wallet and slapped three hundred dollar bills on the table. The guy started in surprise but took the money handing them a number.

"We'll call when the next balloon is ready." This time Ichigo had all his attention and the guy didn't even bother to look at Rukia. She grabbed his hand and led them away from the jerk without any comment. She had grown use to his possessive nature and took it in strides. He wasn't like this with everybody just the jerks who didn't understand he was her boyfriend even if he was right there.

"Calm down, you know I'm only interested in you." She glared at him, but he knew from the slight twitch she enjoyed his anger. No one ever got angry for her, and he would be more than willing to do so for her.

"I know just guys like that get on my nerves." He frowned looking at the balloons around them. She touched his arm and guided his attention right back to her. He was hooked when only a simple caress from her hand had him completely under her control. He deflated under her hand and moved to kiss the top of her head then rested his chin there.

"You're too good for me." She laughed and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Nah I think we're pretty even. I put up with her possessiveness and you put up with my abuse." Now it was his time to chuckle at her. That was very true not many guys appreciated being hit so often but call him a masochist cause he loved it. It was her way of showing love, and he would accept every hit graciously.

"Deal. Now I only want to enjoy the rest of this vacation with my lady and no worries." She looked up at him with a soft smile on her lips, and he leaned down further to meet them with his own. She pulled back blushing and moved a hand to touch his cheek.

"I would like that very much." They kissed again waiting for the balloon and for the rest of their concerns to go with it. They would enjoy their time together and make every moment last.