[A/N and disclaimer: This has been sitting around for awhile and loveholic encouraged me to post. So this is dedicated to you loveholic. I've been listening to Lykke Li while finishing this. If you guys haven't heard of her, you should check her stuff out. I own nothing.]

Chapter One: No Sleep

3:29 am

Ichigo sat contemplating his entire 8 year relationship with his best friend, Renji Abarai. They meet in 4th grade and had been inseparable since. The two boys had played, ate, colored, matured, fought, loved and lost together. They knew everything there was to know about each other. Or so he thought. Renji was currently fast asleep right next to him in his queen size bed, Ichigo laying on his own. The apricot haired teen could not help but feel slightly betrayed. After countless hours of flying, driving and walking with their noisily hyper class of over 70 students, he was beyond tired. The senior trip to the island of Hueco Mundo was already taking a toll on Ichigo's mental health and it was only the first night of their two week long trip and to have to lay next to… to HIM? For two whole weeks? Ichigo was having fun don't get him wrong but he couldn't sleep at all. His brain was somewhere else.

'Renji. How could you?'

The hotel looked just as exquisite as it had when Ichigo and his class arrived that morning in Hueco Mundo. The lavish lobby complimented it very well but to their disappointment, the rooms the student body received at best were mediocre. On the brighter side, they did get nice firm mattresses which made up for the mediocre statement in Ichigo's opinion. The green and burgundy sheets and curtains were still ugly. Well that's what Renji kept complaining about anyways. Guys on the floor three, girls on floor four. Every student was equipped with a queen size bed (two in each room of course), one bathroom, a television, one large night stand, a dresser (four drawers for each occupant) and a desk. They had spent the whole day walking and sight seeing with their class and made their way back to the hotel around 9 pm. Ichigo decide to crash while Renji went to visit Chad and Uryu in their room. Taking a quick shower and changing into a pair of sweats and a wife beater, Ichigo spread eagle style on his huge comfortable bed.

An hour later, the tranquil boy, being the light sleeper he was awoke to the sound of Renji opening the door. He liked no sounds, no lights, and no noise while he slept. Just peace. But Renji seemed hell bent on not letting that happen. The red head insisted that it was too early for him to sleep and that they at least have the TV on since overhead lights were of out the question. Knowing that a lot of people did not rest the way he did, Ichigo reluctantly agreed. Not to long after Ichigo settled back into his bed, Renji demand that he had to turn up the television (up meaning blasting the damn thing) and to this he complied as well. Sitting up, the tired teen figured that he could just wait it out until the idiot fell asleep to turn the blaring noise and flickering light off. They sat together laughing and crunching on potato chips until Renji finally dozed off a hour and a half later. Getting up and going towards the television, Ichigo heard Renji breathing lightly and chuckled. He'd have to admit, Renji was gruff yet attractive but sleeping he looked completely adorable and less like an asshole. Smiling, Ichigo turned the TV set off and got back into his cozy bed. The last time they'd done anything like this had to be ninth grade.

And then the nightmare begins...

1:46 am

He could not believe his best friend, no his super best friend had not told him! Ichigo felt hurt. Set up even. Renji Abarai snores. He fucking SNORES! And no, not normal snoring either. He makes this sound between howling and snorting. It was absolutely disgusting. Ichigo tried sleeping through it for over two hours. Sadly, it seemed that Renji got louder and louder as time progress. The poor strawberry didn't know what to do anymore. That night he called every reliable friend of his that occupied the hotel, looking for a silent place to lay his head. Keigo and Mizuiro were the first stating "they had company". How when Urahara was to stand guard on their floor, was beyond Ichigo. The blond haired weird-ass chemistry teacher probably gotten a room for himself and a certain lady friend *cough* Yoruichi-sensi *cough*. Next up, Uryu and Chad whose phones were turned off. Why? He wished he knew. Shinji and Shuhei did answer but they just laughed and told him that he was "shit outta luck." One person he knew would refuse his plea for a decent nights rest was Toshiro. But he called anyway and being the straight arrow Tosh was, he did not want to break any of the rules that their Nazi teachers set in place which equaled him a mega 'HELL NO!' He even phoned Yumichika and Ikkaku. The last resort. Yumi had said "Ikki and I were just about to start having a little fun. You're more than welcome to join." To this, Ichigo knew that those two sense of fun wasn't exactly his definition of the word FUN so he instantly declined. By the way, girls were out of the question. The teachers specifically had Soi Fon guard their floor. And no one gets passed her. However he did call Tatsuki for advice who agitatedly stated "google it." before hanging up. Did he say reliable friends?

2:11 am

After idly sitting by for what felt like forever, Ichigo tried to lay down again hoping to catch some Z's. Renji's subconscious wasn't having it. His situation felt like entrapment. Renji knew Ichigo was would be the only one to put up with something as intolerable as this. Anyone one else would have probably thrown the poor bastard out by now.

2:33

Every time he'd nod off he'd wake again due to Renji's restless tossing, turning and horrid snoring. Taking Tatsuki's advice, Ichigo grabbed his charging phone from the night table place in between the boys' bed and Googled: 'How to stop someone from snoring?' Well, Google did have options. None of them worked though.

There was:

Massaging/ rotating his jaw- Which turned out to be very nauseating due to Renji's slobber problem.

Plugging his noise- Renji choked, so no.

Putting Icy Hot on Renji's balls- No Icy Hot and no way in hell he was doing that even if it they did have it and it work!

Flipping him over- Worked for approx 2.3 seconds. Renji was way too heavy to try again.

Pillow to the Face- Very, very, very tempting but that would ultimately lead to death by suffocation.

3:27 am

So what did Ichigo do? After all the thinking and futile labor he put into silencing the older boy, he gave up. Somewhere in between the googling and flipping, the weary teen became a little less exhausted and a bit more restless. And this is where we find Ichigo. Sitting on his plush and very comfortable queen sized bed. Completely stuck. The only other place that Ichigo could seek refuge in was the bathroom and there was no way that he'd be able to fit into that small bathtub. Oh and there was always Yumichika's offer...

"Seriously, I'm not that desperate." he thought aloud.

Short story or A/N: Well this is kinda based on a horrible traumatizing experience of mine. This time last year, my family (mom, step-dad, bro,grandma) and I were relocating from Michigan to Texas by car. It took a little less than five days. We stopped at some wannabe holiday inn for a night. The parents had their own rooms, me, my bro, and gma had to share. Me and the old lady had to share a bed. The beds were comfy but had bed bugs I later discovered. I made Ichi sleep how I do in this. I hate noise, lights, hell any disturbance. My bro for the life of him wouldn't turn the freaking TV off and grandmother kept talking. I'm telling you, once that woman fell asleep my night was through. Her snoring was terrible! Like a tiger and giraffe trying to have sex. With snot included. To make it worse, my brother takes after her (I'm guess'en since their b-day's are 15 days apart) and joined in so I was stuck with a chorus of snoring. I did try and sleep in the hotels' bathtub. Bad idea. Would'a went slept in the car but it was snowing hella bad out there. Bad bad night. I didn't sleep a wink.

Okay. I'm done, swear. Grimm next chapter :). Any suggestions, corrections, or ideas are always welcome. Read/Review no pressure.