Disclaimer: Don't own bleach.

Rukia jumped through Ichigo's window and gracefully landed at the foot of his bed. She searched the room and noticed he wasn't home yet. She had spent the afternoon with some of the school girls, while Ichigo had spent time training with Chad and Ishida. She was home a lot earlier then she thought she would be, she just shrugged and made her way over to her closet.

Rukia was grateful Ichigo had taken Kon with him; she could finally lie down without being groped. She closed the closet door and moved her hands behind her head, a habit she had picked up from Ichigo.

"Ichigo…" Rukia thought as she closed her eyes. She couldn't picture her life without him. She knew how she felt about him, though she would never verbalize it. She knew that even if she did, Ichigo would just call her a midget and tell her to stop being a 'silly school girl'. But then there was that voice in the back of her head that she refused to listen to.

It would always tell her that deep down she knew he returned the feelings. That deep down she saw the way he would look at her when he thought she wasn't looking, the way he would explain normal human things to her and take time to help her understand, when he should really be finishing off an important assignment due the next day, or the way he would always sneak her into the bathroom and sneak her meals. Even the way he would sometimes let her sleep in his bed while he slept in the closet.

All the little things he did for her, there relationship (if you could call it that) worked for them. Whatever they were doing made Rukia feel tingles all the way down her spine. Ichigo made her happy, and that was the bottom line. Ichigo had made her happier then she had been in her entire existence, and she could only hope he felt the same way.

She heard Ichigio's bedroom door open and the unmistakable voice of Keigo talking about why Ichigo never invited him anywhere. Rukia stayed as quiet as she could, all hell would break lose if Keigo found out Rukia was in Ichigo's closet.

"How do you always find us?" Ichigo question, Rukia held in a giggle at the annoyance in his tone and placed her ear against the closet door to her properly.

Ichigo looked around his room for any sign of the small brunette, and couldn't find any. He could sense her spirit energy was close, but sensing spirit energy had never been his forte. He just hoped she didn't jump threw the window while Keigo was there; he closed his eyes and just prayed that scenario would never, ever happen. Keigo had wailed some nonsense about 'just running into them' and 'co-incidents'. Chad just sat at Ichigo's desk, slightly exhausted from the training.

"I mean, you even hang out with that Ishida kid more then me now!" Keigo yelled his voice breaking at the last word.

"I am still here you know" Ishida said in a cold tone, staring at Keigo. Keigo just replied with a 'humph' and sat on the edge of Ichigo's bed.

"So Ichigo, what's the deal with you and Rukia?" Keigo asked looking at Ichigo. Suddenly all eyes in the room stared at Ichigo. Ichigo's face turned a slight red and shook his head, avoiding there gaze's.

"We're friends" Ichigo said in a small voice. Ishida rolled his eyes at Ichigo, and Chad just kept quiet.

Behind the closet doors, Rukia felt her heart drop. "Friends?" Rukia thought, she felt her bottom lip shake a little bit and her eyes started to water. She furrowed her brows at the emotion running threw her body, is this what Ichigo had reduced her to?

She still had her ear against the closet door, still listening. Then she heard the annoying voice of Keigo fill the air again.

"So I guess you wouldn't mind me taking her out sometime! I mean DAMN! Rukia's so ho-"

Before Keigo had finished his sentence Rukia had heard a huge crash and lots of 'Ows' and 'that hurts!' and 'Ichigo stop before you kill him!'.

Rukia opened the closet door, just slightly, and looked out to see Ishida and Chad Struggling to drag Ichigo away from strangling Keigo.

She closed the closet door and heard Ichigo yelling.

"Just because were friends DOESN'T mean I don't like her! You make a move on her and it'll be your last! GOT IT!" Ichigo yelled.

"Dude, all you had to do was say you had a thing for her!" Keigo yelled, rubbing his now swollen face. Ichigo regained his calm and shook Ishida and Chad off him.

"Keigo man, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose it like that. It's just, Rukia you know." Ichigo said.

Rukia's ear was now pressed so hard against the closet door that she was scared she was going to break threw it. She waited for Keigo's response.

"Just make a move on her before someone else dose, AND I DON'T MEAN ME MAN! I DIDN'T MEAN IT TO SOUND LIKE THAT!" Keigo yelled, Rukia heard his voice get further and further away. She also heard a lot of footsteps and a few 'Ichigo calm down's!"

So this isn't my best work, but I really wanted to right something like this.

Not as fluffy as I usually do, but I couldn't help it.

Bliiss

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