Chapter 1
It had been sunny, yet chilly out for weeks. Ichigo forced himself up on his elbows and let out an exasperating sound as he performed his regular morning stretch in his bed, still on his elbows. You know, one of those stretches where you hardly move, but there's no feeling better than it. Wearing his classic white tee shirt and blue plaid boxers, he was satisfied with his amount of sleep. He gazed at the clock above his white bearer, but he couldn't see the time. His vision was still pleasantly blurry from a great night's sleep. Something was different about this morning…
It was about Rukia. He lay his head back down on the long pillow that Rukia was unconscious on. She was right next to him. When he finally had clear vision, he shot a quick glance at the clock once more, hoping that it wasn't time for school.
He was restless the previous night; he'd been playing an extremely competitive yet seemingly endless game of Monopoly with Rukia, and it carried on for so long that they'd completely lost track of the time. They exchanged many laughs all night long, and he didn't remember falling asleep. The last thing he remembered was the sound of Rukia's tired voice as he was falling asleep. He was struggling to remember what they had been talking about before he just, well, passed out.
The time was 6:30 am.
"Shit!"
Forcing himself up, Ichigo rolled right around Rukia and out of the bed. He ripped off his pajama tee shirt and quickly, without considering Rukia being right there in the room with him changed his boxers. He was quickly pulling on his pants, and just as he was about to pull them all the way up the house phone rang. Before he even had a chance to curse the phone, he heard someone walking up the stairs. Of all the experiences and horrors in his life, he's never been so freaked…Someone coming up the stairs, Rukia in his bed…
"Oh, God damn it!" He forced himself forwards, but as he did so, he forgot about the pair of gray khakis around his ankles and fell hard to the cherry wood floor. Instinctively, he flew up and jumped back in bed, right over Rukia and pulled the snow white comforter over the both of them, and to his surprise, not to mention fear, she didn't even wake up. She just lay there, with an adorable, yet quiet smile across her face, and lightly breathing through her delicate nose. He pulled the comforter completely over both of their heads. Karin opened the door not a millisecond later.
"Yuzu made you Bacon and Eggs for breakfast-wait, why are you undressed and all covered up!?"
"I was just getti-"
"Gross!"
She closed the door pretty hard, seemingly out of disgust. Ichigo could only find himself laughing at this. He lifted the snow white comforter, revealing Rukia sound asleep right at his side. He wasn't upset. He just smiled down at his companion. He was glad to see her comfortable.
He was falling back into his deep and solemn slumber, but before he was completely unconscious, he was surprised by the rain that had begun tapping on the window.