A/N: I do not own Bleach... Kubo does……..
But I do own this little story
I am not apologizing ~ Please review ... Updated - had to make some corrections... released at 2:00am
ICHIRUKI…. Pairing well sort of ….
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Valentines Day 2009
Her POV
She awakened early today …. With a large smile on her face it is her first Valentine's Day…. She was excited she had gotten everyone something special …
She was also nervous… his gift ….
She wanted him to really like her gift above all... she had searched everywhere for it … it was special like their friendship…
She is looking at her wrapping job, she did her best … but she knows he is her friend ... he will overlook it …
She carefully puts all of her gifts into her book bag and quietly walks out of the twin's bedroom and off to school…
She will meet him there
His POV
Yes… I forgot to get her something …. WE are best friends… buds… you know one of the guys… we don't exchange gifts….
As they had done every year I had known them… Orihime had just given me pastries she had baked last night and Tatsuki had given me a nice card …
I had given them both as I do every year a stuff animal with chocolates….
So when she handed me the little package awkwardly wrapped with huge amounts of tape and Chappy wrapping … I loudly laughed at her... I did not notice that she was nervous as she handed it to me saying Happy Valentine's Day …
Everyone was standing there watching …. Hell this is the midget we are talking about..... The Bitch that kicks me in my head when I fail to meet up to her high standards…
Thinking… It was a joke..... I laughed at her …. Saying "what the hell is this... Please don't tell me is a book of you god awful drawings" …
She is a great actress, and it showed as she quietly ignored me and continued to exchange Valentines Day gifts with our friends…Orihime, Tatsuki, Chad, and Ishida…
She gave Orihime a bean paste cookbook, who in turn also gave her pastries she made last night…
Tatsuki a gift certificate to the Dojo store, she gave her a card …
Chad she gave him sheet music of guitar solos, he in turn gave her a CD of guitar Solos…
Ishida is was a book of patterns, he gave her a silk lavender scarf, which accented her eyes...
The gifts where unique for each of her friends…..
They all quietly returned their seats….
I had not opened her gift… I threw it into my book bag
During lunch both Chad and Ishida tried to talk to me, but I was not budging, saying… "NO I am not apologizing",
I replied saying "she is one of the guys …. I did not exchange gifts with them why ... would I exchange gifts with her" ….
Chad just shook his head, while Ishida called me a fool …. I still had not opened her gift...
We ignored each other for the rest of the day, I am thinking we both were thanking god there where no Hollows……
I had to stay after school and collect makeup work... from the days I missed while in Soul Society…
Once class was over without looking back she quietly walked out ….
Her POV
She is sitting in the Twin's bedroom quietly doing homework …. He had embarrassed her to the point of tears…. Her violet eyes where now swollen with shades of red …..
She is thinking since when did she become so emotional…he had always teased her …
So what it was her first Valentine's Day …..So what everyone was running around with candy, and stuffed teddy bears… So what he gave her nothing … So what he did not think about her …
So what he had saved her life… but he could have got a card….
He got gifts for Orihime and Tatsuki … why didn't he think of her like he thought of them … even if he had not gotten me anything ….
He could have said something nice … but he did not …He laughed at me … Like I was a joke … I am nothing more that a Joke …
And I had to sit there during lunch humiliated listening as Orihime and Tatsuki tried to make me feel better…
Damn this really hurts… The BAKA did not even open what I had given him… I am a stupid fool…
Reader's POV
She gets up and walks into the bathroom and washes her face… she applies makeup... she knows she can not let Isshin see her in this condition …
She breathes deeply, pulling herself together and returns to twins bedroom and to KON who is now sitting on one the beds…
He knows she has been crying; he heard from his room ….
He knows that Strawberry Fool hurt his Ne Sana...
He is angry he starts asking questions …." Ne Sana what is wrong"...
She sits back at the desk and continues to do her homework … she is ignoring him...
He says ..." what did that fool do... I will kill him" he is now jumping on the desk in front of her
he is angry …
She looks up at him smiling softly saying "Kon… please for me… just forget it"
She smiles as she picks him up.... hugs him and kisses him on the forehead saying "oh by the way Kon happy Valentine 's Day" ….
Kon Faints with pleasure ….
She lays him down then returns to her studies …. Her cell phone rings…
His POV
I had just got home… as I walked to my room I glanced in to the Twins room and saw her; she was quietly talking on her cell phone; I guess to Byakuya ….I could not hear what she was saying … I could not see her face … I kept walking to my room.. I am not apologizing … I took her unopened gift out and tossed it on my bed….. I am not apologizing ….
I heard my father talking to her asking how was her Valentines Day … her voice is cheerful as she say it was great … she really is a great actress…
He asks her what I got her … as he does I roll my eyes saying… ' I am not apologizing' …
I hear her say to him I said very kind words to her and that was enough …
My father is getting upset… saying "But Rukia-Chan he should have at least given you a stuff animal and chocolates"
but she calmed him saying' all she expected from me where kind words which expressed the meaning of Valentines Day from one friend to another' …
I think, Man… she really is an actress … I am going to have to straighten her out … Buds don't do that!!!! …….and I am not apologizing
My father says… "Are you sure?"
She replies…. "Yes and by the way I am leaving…to visit some friends I will return in a week or so" …
Just as she finishes speaking I can hear a car horn outside... She is walking down the steps with my dad saying "I had left your, Yuzu, and Karin's Valentines Day gifts on the Dining Room Table"….
I look out the window I can see her as she kisses my dad on cheek and get into the taxi… she did not say good bye to me or look up at my window…
I see KON.... his head and hand are hanging out of her bag.... he looks up at me and flips me the bird…
I roll my eyes … I say …' I am not Apologizing' … I kick the gift off my bed onto the floor, and lay down … I am now Pissed and really not apologizing … !!!!!
Several hours later
His POV
I refused to go downstairs and eat … I am not hungry… I am pissed that she acted that way ... we are buds… Buds not exchange gifts !!!!! …
I can hear my family react to her valentine's gift … she apparently got Karin a gift certificate from the soccer Shoppe…. Yuzu a gift card from a department store and Pop a new book of medicine
I look at the clock it has been 3 hours since she left …. She is probably in Soul Society by now... Stupid Midget…..
When she returns I still will not apologize…
I am Bored ... it is too quiet…. I get up and walk over to my closet, even though she does not stay in there anymore it still has a faint smell of her .... I close my eyes and breathe deeply .....Lavender … I now look down and see some of her stupid Chappy wrapping paper in the closet …
I turn and look, at her disregarded gift which is now laying on the floor … she must have wrapped the stupid gift in the dark no wonder it looks so bad….I am really not apologizing for that ragged looking gift…
I walk over and pick the gift off the floor and look at it … I say 'what the hell' and tear the stupid thing open ….
My mouth hangs open from the shock at what she has given me … My heartbeat quickens … Shakespeare ….
It is a book of Shakespeare love sonnets … the leather bind is exquisite …
I am speechless, my mom would always read these same sonnets to me when I was a child …
My love for Shakespeare is beyond words … none of my friends have ever thought to do this for me ….
I open the book ... a note falls to the floor it has some of her stupid pictures and these words …..
Strawberry …..
I hope you like the book;
I wanted to get you something that truly reflects how unique I feel our friendship is….
Maybe one day you will share with me why you love Shakespeare so very much
Thank you for teaching me the meaning of Valentine's Day
Midget….
I read her note over and over …. I look at the clock it is now 9:00 pm …
I jump up, still holding the book in my hand and run out of my room, like a mad man …
I run down the stairs knocking down my dad … he screams "Ichigo where you going in a Hurry" … I run fast as I can…. yelling ….. "OH GOD .... I GOT TO FIND HER and APOLOGIZE"…..
Reader's POV
Isshin gets up off the floor, with a smirk and walks over to the phone …. He dials … he is happily humming as it rings
He says..." Hello … how is she doing" ….
The voice on the other ends whispers saying 'she is getting angry…. I can't keep her here too much longer… did he open her gift yet'
Isshin replies saying "yes … the fool is on his way now: …..
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A/N….. Don't ask why I had to write this it is different and I know Valentine's Day has passed… but I had so much going on then ….
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Should I continue or leave it as an oneshot…..
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LeRukia