Disclaimer : I do not own bleach and the song. But I do own the story line haha :)
Paparazzi Incident
by kunoichi1409
Summary : -AU- When Kuchiki Rukia agreed to become leading actress in the upcoming movie by Hisagi Shuuhei, her ordinary life changed. Started with gossips about her and a certain orange-haired hot med student until a paparazzi who would do anything to expose her private life.
Chapter One – When the King Meets His Midget Queen
you've got a face for a smile, you know
- World of Chances, Demi Lovato
"What do you think?" asked a 69 tattooed guy. His raven hair was messed up as the wind blew fastly. But Hisagi Shuuhei didn't give a damn about it and just let it be.
His companion was lost on his own mind. He seemed to think about something rather than responding to Shuuhei's question. His orange hair was also messed up, and with a scowl on his face, Kurosaki Ichigo was much more looked like a gangster instead of one of Todai's best med school student.
"Huh?"
Shuuhei glared at him, "Earth to Kurosaki Ichigo. I asked your opinion about that actress."
"You mean the midget?" Shuuhei nodded as Ichigo spoke, "Well, her acting seems very good and she has such a good way to control her expresion. Very skillful. But, come on, she's short. Oke, I told you again, she's short. I even thought that she was some kind of elf who was lost on Earth. On second thought, you might as well search for a new actress whose height is about 5'6. Duh, her height might be just—er, who's her name again?"
"Kuchiki Rukia."
"—Yeah, this Rukia-midget's height is obviously around 4'8."
Shuuhei raised his left eyebrow, "So?"
Ichigo took a deep breath as he put his hands inside his jeans pocket, "So, she'll be outshine by the lead actor. Oh please, I thought you were better than this. Isn't this your debut movie?"
"Yeah, you're right. I really wanna make a box-office movie. But well, you know, I've already sent the letter to Rukia's manager, Martsumoto Rangiku. And Rangiku said that she will force Rukia to take my offer."
"Then why the hell you ask my opinion? Tch, whatever. I just wanna go home and sleep. Lecturer's assignments plus you who crying your ass off just to watch her movie are so exhausting. And you pissed me off too."
Shuuhei chuckled as they arrived at Ichigo's car, "Who told you to take med school instead of movie school like me? Never thought you'll be a doctor just like your Dad. Look at you, studying your ass off at Todai. You'll lose your youth and life, dude."
Ichigo took his keys out from his pocket as he answered, "And here you are saying like Todai will shut down your life. And don't even bother yourself, I'm still wondering why the hell I chose med school back then. Old Man and Yuzu—even Karin—were lost in a joy when I got accepted in Todai. But hell with that, I'm top student at Todai who still have my own 'youth and life' as you said."
"Ok, ok, I'm freaking exhausted too though. We'd better go to our own apartement, eat dinner, and then sleep. Who knows if we can get a 'sweet dream'."
"Perv."
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"Have you considered Hisagi Shuuhei's debut movie?" asked a strawberry blonde haired woman as she ate another strawberry ice cream.
"Hmmm." Replied the woman before her who was busy playing some kind of fashion game on her Vaio laptop.
"I think you should take the role, Rukia. Honestly, your character on 'Anna's Lullaby' wasn't so thrilling." Continued Matsumoto Rangiku with her happy-go-lucky voice.
Kuchiki Rukia titled her head from her laptop, "Well, I think I'll take the role. I mean playing somewhat a witch who's bitchy? Very thrilling."
"So your final word is?"
"I take his offer. Call him and arrange a meeting between us, him, and the lead actor."
Without another word, Rangiku stood up and make her way to the living room, where she put her bag. She pulled out her iPhone and called Hisagi Shuuhei.
"Helo?" asked Shuuhei on the other side of the phone.
"Hisagi-san, this is Matsumoto Rangiku." She replied.
"Ah, Rangiku. So, what's the result?"
"She agrees. But, well, she really wants to meet the leading actor first. What do you think?"
"Well, I think you guys can meet him tomorrow. Hmm, what about lunch at Urahara's?"
"Perfect. See you tomorrow then, Hisagi-san."
"Call me Shuuhei."
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Ichigo threw himself upon his king sized bed. A long day trailing Shuuhei to watch different movies in different cinemas made Ichigo really missed the silence at his own apartement. Although he had an apartement in Elite Tokyo, he didn't decorate every corner of his apartement with branded and expensieve stuffs. He just wanted a normal yet comfortable apartement for himself.
Even since he was accepted into Todai, Ichigo decided to buy his own apartement instead of moving all his family to Tokyo. He didn't like the idea that his little sisters had to start a new high school life in foreign city—Isshin never took them everytime he had job in Tokyo so Yuzu and Karin were pretty clueless about Tokyo itself. So now he was all by himself. He didn't feel lonely though, since his family often visiting him or him visiting them back in Karakura. And of course since Shuuhei was also had carreer here in Tokyo.
His apartement had 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a kitchen, a mini bar, and a very big living room. He didn't call it living room though, he'd more like to call it his life room. Since everything he had—like laptop, flat TV screen, dvd player, his books collection, etc—was placed in that room. Being a Todai's top med student made Ichigo was a little bit famous around his apartement. So it was easy for him to have a contact with famous doctor.
He was half-awake when his iPhone buzzing. With a sleepy eyes he saw 'Shuuhei' on its screen. Shit, doesn't he know that I'm fucking tired here? Thought Ichigo.
Two minutes left and Ichigo still ignoring his iPhone. He was still sleepy when he heard Shuuhei's voice via mailbox, "Oi, Ichigo. I know you're too tired or too lazy to get your ass up and answer my phone. But I just wanna ask you to come with me tomorrow to meet Kuchiki Rukia and Matsumoto Rangiku at Urahara's for lunch. Well, I know you might think what the hell a surgeon wannabe have to do with a soon-to-have-new-movie director to meet his lead actress, but I forgot to tell Rangiku about the lead actor. He's outta the town and I think it'll be good if you come with me. So, how does it sound? Well, see you at 1 pm at Urahara's, ok? Try to be more hospitalized. Bye."
And with that, Ichigo fell asleep, with a thought of meeting Kuchiki Rukia in person tomorrow made him smile.
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The next morning, Rukia was woken up by Rangiku's happy voice from her kitchen. With a sleepy eyes she brushed her tooth and washed her face. 8 o'clock in the morning was too early for them to meet Hisagi Shuuhei. But it seemed that her always-happy manager had some other plans for them.
Rukia walked towards her kitchen only to find Rangiku in her usual clothes. A white harem skirt went just above her knees and a white creamy button-up short sleeves with two unbuttoned buttons—she swore that Rangiku used that to showed her perfect cleavage and her rather big... gifts to none other than Hisagi Shuuhei himself. Her plain grey blazer hang on Rukia's coat hanger. Rukia could even see Rangiku's favourite grey high heels at her shoes closet. Rangiku was cooking omelette when she heard Rukia's footsteps.
"Morning, hon." Said Rangiku as she looked at Rukia. Her bestfriend wore a Chappy the Rabit's pajamas special edition. Rukia was obsessed with Chappy, she knew it. But seeing a 22-year-old woman in Chappy's purple pajamas was still too Rukia.
Rukia sat on her kitchen chair before answered, "Moring, Rangiku. So, what brings you here this morning?"
Rangiku put two plates on the table and serve the omelettes she cooked before, "Well, I just wanna check your condition before we meet Shuuhei." Her eyes sparkled with some kind of stars when she said Shuuhei.
"We have, like, 5 hours before we meet him, Rangiku. That's more than enough for you to check me out and for me to get back to my dreamland." She yawned.
"Oh, come on, Rukia. At least we can hang out first, right? It's Sunday. People go shopping in Sunday. And I think we can meet Kuchiki-sama."
Rukia—who was currently drinking—choked when she heard Kuchiki-sama out from Rangiku's mouth. "N-nii-sama?! Why do we have to meet him?"
Rangiku sat in front of her and ate her homemade breakfast, "Why?! You have an upcoming movie, at least you call him first so he won't blame me again for his lack of knowness about you. I don't wanna get blamed again, hon. Him angry to me is my scariest nightmare."
"Ok, ok, I'll call him later tonight. Well, that's Nii-sama for you. Being the most successful bussinessman in Japan—probably whole Asia—turns him into the Ice King."
"Well, whatever you decide then. We're still going out, k?"
Rukia pretend to think as she ate her breakfast, "Hmm. Ok, where are we going?"
"Mall. There are some clothes I wanna buy."
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Exactly 5 minutes to 1 pm, Hisagi Shuuhei and Kurosaki Ichigo arrived at Urahara's. Ichigo, once again, had to drove both of them with his eco-friendly car. He always concerned about the Mother Earth, that was why he didn't want Shuuhei to drove his own car when they went to same place.
People there—mostly women and girls—eyed them like a crazy fangirls. Well, Shuuhei and Ichigo tried to dressed as cool as possible. Shuuhei wore his favourite black jeans and a red t-shirt covered by a black blazer with a 69 gravity on its right. While Ichigo wore the same jeans as Shuuhei, a grey t-shirt with a '15' on its center, and a plain white vest. They wore sneakers, red for Shuuhei and white for Ichigo.
Shuuhei took out his iPhone when a woman waved him and he just smirked.
"Shuuhei?" asked Rangiku.
"Hey, you're here?"
"Yeah, we're at table 14."
"Be there in a moment, bye."
After Shuuhei hang up the phone, he and Ichigo walked into Urahara's. This place was always crowded, of course, and was famous for its Japanese tradisional cuisine and its western food. The owner, a perverted old man whose fan never left his hand, Urahara Kisuke, was one of Japan's best chef ever. His wife, Shihouin Yoruichi, was once a famous pianist. But an accident happened and she stopped playing piano. Now, even though they bickered a lot, Urahara and Yoruichi were happily married for more than 10 years, with two adopted children, Ururu and Jinta.
When Ichigo saw table 14, he swallowed hard.
Kuchiki Rukia was far more beautiful than what he saw in her movies.
Her raven hair went about an inch above her shoulder, but a rebelious bang hang in front of her face and she had a very big violet eyes which made her looked like a child. From far away, Ichigo could easily know that she was a tiny woman, a midget one. But what got him mesmerized was her eyes. They were so eagle-like eyes. Seemed like she could see through your body effortlessy. She wore a loose light grey t-shirt which its edge was inside her black tiered high waist skirt with a cotton material. A grey oxford shoes perfected her look.
"Oi, Ichigo, what the hell is wrong with you?" asked a confused Shuuhei. Seeing Ichigo almost lost his conscious just because one woman? Rare incident.
"Huh? N-no. I-I'm just—"
"Mesmerized by Kuchiki Rukia, eh?" replied Shuuhei as his smirk grew wider.
Ichigo's face turned to red, almost more red than Shuuhei's t-shirt. "Don't be ridiculous. The Mghty Kurosaki Ichigo mesmerized by she-midget? You've gotta be kidding."
"Tch, deny it today, Kurosaki, but soon you'll regret it. I have eyes, remember."
"Whatever."
When they finally arrived at table 14, both the guys bowed and said 'Good Afternoon' together. They say before them. Ichigo before Rukia and Shuuhei in front of Rangiku.
"So, shall we order first before talking about bussiness?"
Rangiku let out a small smile before answered, "Well, why don't you introduce your partner to us first?"
Shuuhei glanced at Rangiku, such a beautiful yet smart woman, he thought. "Hmm. You're right. So let's start with me. I'm Hisagi Shuuhei. You guys can call me anything, but only one person can call me Shuu-chan." All laugh at Shuuhei's joke. Though Ichigo's attention still on Rukia. Something about the midget had already taken away his curiosity.
After the laughing ended, Ichigo continued, "Well, the name's Kurosaki Ichigo. And as you can see, unfortunately i'm a friend of this 69 guy," his thumb pointed at Shuuhei's nose, "and you might ask what connection between me and this movie. Nah, the answer is, nothing. I'm just a poor Todai's med school who's being forced to come here just because the lead actor, I don't even know who the guy is, is outta the town."
Rukia and Rangiku made a perfect 'O' with their mouths.
When Rukia's violet eyes met Ichigo's amber ones, he could feel his heartbeat started to beat faster. Damn it, what the hell is wrong with me? Cursed Ichigo.
Rukia kept on looking at Ichigo while said, "Wow, are you the Ichigo-carrot top? One of Todai's best med student? They said you could graduate earlier than the rest of med student along with Ishida Uryu! Cool!! Anyway, I'm Kuchiki Rukia. Currently studying movie in Tokyo University of the Arts a.k.a Geidai."
Ichigo glared at her in surprise. She's Geidai's student? How come I don't know her?! Damn, I think Shuuhei's right about me locking myself in Todai. Ichigo thought.
Rangiku—who was still had her eyes to Ichigo like he was somekind of hot manequin in mall—introduced herself right after Rukia, "I'm Matsumoto Rangiku. Bestfriend and of course Rukia's manager. Nice to meet you, Shuuhei, Kurosaki."
When the word 'Kurosaki' came from Rangiku, Ichigo looked at her, "Oh, please, don't call me by my family name. Just call me Ichigo."
"Well, if you like that, Ichigo. Now, let's order something and talk about this movie."
After waiting about 10 minutes, their orders came. Rukia and Rangiku ordered spagetthi while the guys ordered big beef burger. They talked about the upcoming movie and stuffs. Ichigo—not having any bussiness with the movie—only sat there eating his lunch in silence. He sometimes threw out a comment about the movie though.
Rukia, on other hand, kept on talking about how exicted she was for this movie since Shuuhei was such a talented director. But her eyes never left Ichigo, like she wanted to teased him. But she never teased people. She was a Kuchiki, and a Kuchiki didn't tease people, especially guys. But something about him made her couldn't stop playing with her hair.
She was lost in her mind, until she couldn't even realize that lots of camera's blitz capturing four of them behind the tree outside Urahara's.
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A 27-year-old guy stood alone inside his room. With a very lovely emotion painted on his face, he held a photo of a dark haired woman. Almost all of his wall was covered with pictures with the same woman as the pic's object. He even adobe photoshop-ing the pics so it was like he was with the woman.
It was not a healthy behaviour, he knew it, since he was not some brainless idiots wondering alone without an actual destination on streets. But he couldn't take it. She was his angel. She was his saviour. She was his— everything.
But one thing could led into something negative. One obsessive could turn into some stalker-ish thing. Because he would discover every single thing about her—not caring that she will hate him for that or the fact that he was now an illegal paparazzi.
Yes, a paparazzi who would risk even his life only to capture every little thing Kuchiki Rukia did.
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A/N : hey all, happy new year 2010 and welcome to my very first fanfic. thank you so much if you have waste your time to read this one [and thank you very very very much to those who bother to review anyway LOL]
soo i'm not a native english so pardon my mistake in both spelling and grammar.
anyways, i hope you all don't mind with each song i'll be putting inside latter chappies [yes, this won't be an one-shot] and if you don't mind again, why don't you listen to the songs? Demi Lovato's second album is so much less Disney-ness than the first one [no offence and why am I talking about her album anyway? oh yeah, i'm just a fan :P]
about Rukia's school, she suppossed to be in Todai just like Ichigo but when I did some research for my japanese assignment, I found Geidai. I'm sorry if I'm wrong about this one. i've never been in Japan before, so the city's situation is obviously my imagination based on every japan movie and anime i've watched and every manga i've read..
sooo, see you later when I post the next chapter [only if you review, cause if there's no single review... the readers will only be my friends..]
have a great day, and a great january 2010,
toods,
kunoichi1409