Chapter 1: Double date

(Ichigo's pov)

" ICHIGO!" Shinji exclaimed as he burst into my apartment at full speed, jumping onto the couch next to me. I rolled my eyes.

" Shinji, why can't you knock on the door like a normal person?"

" Cuz normal is boring! Come on you should know that you can't change me by now, Ichi. Well never mind that... you know I love you right..." he said suspiciously.

" What do you want?" I asked.

" Why do you assume that I want something?"

" Because I know you, that's why," and I did. He always said he loved me or tried to sweet talk me every time he wanted something for me. And that was a lot.

"Well…" he started," I really want to go to the beach with Nnoitra, like a date kind of thing. But he said he won't go with me unless you come too."

" Why the hell does he want me to go? I thought it was a date? Won't I just be like a third wheel or something?" I asked, confused.

" No you wouldn't be a third wheel..."

" Why's that?"

"..."

" Shinji.."

" Well Nnoitra has this friend and he's worried about him because he's never been in a relationship before and only has like random sex and stuff.."

" He sounds like a player to me."

" No, no! That's not it; he just doesn't have any luck in the relationship department."

" Ok, so what does that have to do with me going to the beach with you guys?"

" Well Nnoi… wants you to go on a date with him. We're all going to the beach, kinda like a double date. Wait Ichigo! Before you say anything, just please! I mean it won't hurt you to go on one little date. And you might like him! He's a really good person, I promise! I've met him before."

" Shinji, you may have met him but I haven't. You want me to go on a date with someone I've never met before?"

" Pleaseee Ichigo! I think he's perfect for you! Please, please, please. Please..." he looked up at me with puppy dog eyes.

I sighed, " Fine, at least tell me about him."

" Yay! I love you Ichi, you're the best!"

" Yeah, yeah. Now tell me about him."

" OK! Well he's nice and really smart and he works at the tattoo shop with Nnoi. And omg Ichigo! He's hotttt! Like model hot! He's like 6 feet tall and has an amazing body. He has blue hair and beautiful ocean blue eyes."

" So what's wrong with him?" I said skeptically. If he was as wonderful as Shinji was saying, then why was he single?

" What do you mean?"

" Well your saying how awesome he is, but he's single? There's got to be something wrong with him then."

" There's nothing wrong with him..."

" Really?" I was still skeptical.

" Yes."

" If you say so... so how old is he?"

" Mm..."

" Shinji!"

" Fine he's... 31..."

" 31! Shinji, you know I like just turned 20 last month right? He's like 11 years older than me!"

" So!"

" So! That means he was like 11 years old before I was even born! It's kinda weird that's why!"

" Come on Ichi, haven't you ever heard that age is just a number? Please Ichigo. It's just one date then you never have to see him again if you don't want to."

"... Fine. One date! That's all! When is it?"

" Yes! You're the best Ichigo! And the date's at noon tomorrow." he exclaimed, jumping off the couch and hugging me hard.

" You bet I'm the best. Now get off, you're going to crush my ribs!"

I finally got up at 11 o'clock to get ready for my double date. I was kind of nervous. I mean I've been on dates before but still. What would we talk about? There's an 11 year age difference between us. He sounded nice and all, but I was still skeptical. He was 31 and still single? There had to be something wrong with him. Shinji said he just didn't have good luck with relationships but there had to be something. Anything. Did he have some weird fetish or something? Was he a creepy stalker or something? I just didn't understand. Well I guess I'll find out soon.

I pulled out a pair of red swimming trunks and a white t-shirt from my dresser and went to the living room to wait for Shinji to come get me. I didn't have to wait long.

Knock Knock

He actually knocked this time? I went to the door and opened it to reveal a very excited Shinji. I barely had time to lock my door before he grabbed my wrist and pulled me to his car.

"Where're the others?" I asked as we got in the empty car.

" We're going to meet them there." he responded.

We drove down to the beach and got there in about 20 minutes. We parked and I looked out at the beach. It wasn't too crowded today so that was a good thing. The bright blue ocean sparked in the sunlight as it gently crashed against the shore, rolling over the pale white sand. There was a light warm breeze coming from the ocean. It was a perfect day. Just then Nnoitra's red Ferrari parked right next to us. Well I guess it was now or never...

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