"Oi! Ichigo! Snap out of it!"

Ichigo looked over at the person who had yelled into his ear. It was Renji, his best-friend. But Renji wasn't just that, Ichigo had noticed it some time ago, whenever he saw the redhead, he got a weird tingling feeling in his stomach. He really didn't know what to do! Why did he get that annoying feeling? It was disturbing and he couldn't concentrate on what others said. The only thing he could think of was Renji, his clothes, his hair-style and the many tattoos that covered his upper body.

"Oi, you've been spacing out the whole day! Sure ya ain't sick or something?" Renji got a worried expression and came closer to touch Ichigo's fore-head to check if the orange-haired boy really did have a fever.

Ichigo shook his head. "Nah, I ain't sick, I'm just a little tired, had to help my dad taking care of some patients at the clinic last night."

That wasn't exactly true, well, he had helped his father, but just by carry some boxes.

"Well, if ya say so then I guess it's all right" Renji said with a big toothy grin before his attention went to something different.

"Look! It's Inoue! Man, those breasts are just HUGE! I can't believe she's able to walk normally!" But his expression was like a fox when about to eat a small rabbit. Ichigo sighed. Renji was such a pervert!

His thoughts was interrupted when someone hit him friendly on the head.

He turned around to see Kuchiki Rukia, one of his and Renji's best friends.

Rukia was currently living at Ichigo's place, she had run away from home because of some family business.

"Ready to go soon, Strawberry?" she said with a little mocking smile. She loved calling him Strawberry and it annoyed the hell out of him.

"Stop calling me that!" he glared at her before grabbing his bag.

"Okay, then I'll see you guys later!" Renji said before he too picked up his bag, gave Rukia a hug and ruffled Ichigo's hair, before he left off.

Ichigo and Rukia didn't talk much on the way home, Ichigo was busy trying to figure out what that weird feeling he got when he was around Renji was, and Rukia didn't want to force him to speak, he would speak when he felt like it. And after all, if she asked him something now, she would only get a snort, a 'yes' or a 'no' from him anyway.

When Ichigo opened the door to his home, he easily dodged his father who tried to hit him. Ichigo didn't know why, but his father, Isshin, had always tried to knock the shit out of him every time he saw him. But it wasn't because Isshin hated Ichigo, Ichigo used to think of it as his father's way to show that he cared for him. Well, it was a pretty weird way to show it, but...

Ichigo sighed again and lay down on the bed. Rukia watched him for a few moments before she asked;

"Hey, Ichigo, you've looked pretty down lately. What's been bugging you?"

Ichigo looked at her, wondering if he really should tell her. But she was a girl and girl's know the weirdest things. He decided to give it a try.

"Okay, I'll tell you if you promise to help me!" he said, his eyes completely serious. Maybe he could finally an answer to why he got that feeling around Renji?

Rukia looked a little surprised, but then she nodded and sat down next to him on the bed.

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain it, but lately I've have been feeling pretty weird when I'm around Renji." he said, unsure if he should continue.

"What kind of feeling?" Rukia asked, her eyes were almost shining with curiosity.

"I don't really know, it's like I have a bunch of mad butterflies in my stomach and I start noticing small things like, what clothes he's wearing, and his hair and all sorts of things" Ichigo felt a little helpless, he was used to take care of his own problems, not asking for help from others.

To his surprise, Rukia started laughing maniacally, she almost fell off the bed from laughing.

"Oh Ichigo, you're so dense when it comes to things like these!" she said, trying to wipe away the tears she had from laughing so much.

"It's obvious to everyone beside you and Renji that you like him!"

Ichigo stared at her, blinked two times before his brain finally understood what she had said.

"I WHAT?!" he screamed, jumping up from the bed.

Renji was just about knock on his best-friends door, when he heard the words 'it's obvious to everyone beside you and Renji that you like him!'

His hand stopped half-way to the door, his eyes where wide. Did Ichigo like him? Was Ichigo gay?