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Chapter 1 Proposal to Rukia
One evening Rukia was walking along the riverside in Karakura Town. When Renji spots her, he runs towards her and stops right in front of her. Renji wore a black top with black pants. He had a pair of sunglasses sitting on his pulled-back red hair. Rukia wore a blue dress that Uryu had created for her. She had a bracelet on her wrist that Orihime had given her as a token of friendship. Rukia watches the sun go down as she walks with Renji, hands entwined with each other.
"Rukia, where do you want to go first?" Renji asks her patiently. He looks at her and notices that she looks sad, frightened and worried about something. He sighs, this has been going on for a while. But each time he questions about what was wrong, she would jump to another topic quickly as if she was afraid of talking about it.
"Let's go to the fair in the southern part of town?" Rukia suggests trying to smile but miserably failing to not let him know that something is bothering her. She wore a fake smile and Renji knew that. If anyone knew her at best, it would be him. They have been together since they were very young. Renji just nods his head with approval of going there, and they enjoyed the company of each other as they walk to their destination. When they got there, they got something to snack on for a bit. They played a couple of games and soon bumped into Ichigo and Orihime. Orihime got Rukia to finally smile a real, genuine smile in the past month. Ichigo and Renji stood at the bottom of the Ferris wheel, while their girls went on the ride.
"Hey Rukia, what's wrong? You look like something has been bothering you for a whole month," Orihime states out of concern for her friend. She looks at her new friend and notices Rukia starring out into the horizon.
"Orihime, please don't tell Renji. But I think I'm pregnant. I don't know how to tell him. I'm nervous and scared. Not only that but telling Byakuya nii-san, that's even scarier," Rukia replies. Orihime could see that she is trembling, and moves over to her. Rukia's eyes start to fill with unwanted tears. Orihime hugs her friend tightly.
"Rukia, he loves you so much. Why are you scared to tell him? I know you mean the whole world to him, and if I know him more than I think I do, then he would never leave you. I'm pretty sure it would force him to move forward with you in his life forever," Orihime responds. Orihime hugs her friend until the ride was over, Rukia had let the tears fall for a couple of seconds. When they got off the ride, Renji saw the already dried tear tracks and hugs Rukia.
"If there is anything you need to tell me, I'm right here. I'm not planning on leaving you," Renji whispers into her ear. They let go and she silently nods her head. Orihime just smiles at the scene before her. Ichigo came up to Orihime and hands her something. Orihime looks at it very carefully and notices a shiny bracelet.
"Thank you so much, Ichigo!" Orihime squeals. Rukia and Renji looks in their direction and saw Orihime jumping for joy. They both chuckle at the sight, and turn to face each other. They kissed each other for a couple of seconds, then separated. Ichigo and Orihime asked them to join them for a small snack. Rukia nods her approval of going, and Renji followed afterwards. All four of them left the fair grounds and went to a small café. They sat down and chatted. Soon after that, Orihime and Ichigo had to leave. Renji and Rukia nods their heads to say good-bye. Orihime and Ichigo left them alone and went home. Rukia got up and so did Renji. They left the café and walked around the town.
"Rukia, honestly, what's the matter?" Renji asks more out of worry than anything else. 'I will get to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I ever do' Renji thought to himself. Rukia stares at the ground, and knew that it's now or never.
"Well,…. Renji, what would you say if I told you something that would have consequences?" Rukia asks quietly. Renji was caught off guard with this question. He thought about it for a bit.
"Well, that would all depend on how serious it is," Renji answers honestly. Rukia stops in her tracks and put a hand on her stomach. Renji notices this and stops to watch her as her eyes fall to the ground. After a while, Renji walks up to his girlfriend and hugs her. Rukia struggles out of the hug until Renji finally lets her go.
"Umm…. Renji, I'm…." Rukia stutters when all of a sudden Yoruichi walks by.
"Hey, Renji, and Rukia," Yoruichi interrupts Rukia. They both look in the direction of the voice and notice that they walked to Kisuke Urahara's shop. Rukia shies away and ran with tears falling down her face. Yoruichi runs after her, and catches up to her. Renji follows in pursuit soon after.
"Rukia! Wait, where are you going?" Yoruichi asks as soon as she gets in Rukia's way. Yoruichi notices the tears and soon Renji caught up. "Did I interrupt something?" Yoruichi asks Renji silently. Renji nods his head and Yoruichi moved her head to suggest that he come hold his girl. He walks over to them as Yoruichi moves away and heads back to Urahara's shop.
"What were you trying to tell me?" Renji questions after Yoruichi was a ways away. Rukia looks up into his eyes, and notices she worried him.
"Renji… I'm… I'm pregnant," Rukia finally confesses to him. Renji stood still surprised that this was the information that she kept hidden for a whole month. Rukia looks straight into his eyes, and becomes scared at what his next words were going to be. She could silently hear the three words over and over again in her mind. Renji just hugs her tightly.
"If you were scared that I would break up with you just because you're pregnant, then you were scared of nothing," Renji responds. Rukia was surprised at how Renji reacted to this information. Rukia broke down crying then. Renji kept her in his arms tightly and let her cry it all out.
"Thank you Renji," Rukia sobs through the tears that won't stop running down her face. She finally let the last of the tears fall down and starts walking back to Urahara's shop with Renji in tow. When they got back into the shop Urahara and Yoruichi greets them at the door.
"Everything okay now?" Yoruichi asks a little depressed at ruining what was going on before. Rukia wipes the dried tears away as she nods her head in approval and smiles brightly at them. Renji just went to the bathroom and took a quick shower. As Renji was doing that, Yoruichi walks Rukia back to Orihime's where she is staying at.
"What were you guys talking about, that I kind of interrupted? You don't have to tell me but my curiosity is killing me," Yoruichi asks after a while of walking. (A/N: I didn't realize the importance in the last sentence that Yoruichi said. I don't own the quote of 'Curiousity killed the cat'. I just realized it as I was editing this.)
"Umm…. If I told you, promise me you will not make fun of anybody related to this or tell anybody," Rukia quietly commands from the flash master. Yoruichi nods her head and crosses her heart. "Well, I'm pregnant, so no making fun of Renji. Please, I beg you," Rukia continues on. By then they arrived at Orihime's place. Yoruichi nods her head in agreement one last time.
"Good night, Rukia," Yoruichi salutes to Rukia. Rukia replies back with the same statement. Rukia went inside and notifies Orihime that her fears of him breaking up with her are over.
The Next Day….
The phone starts ringing at Orihime's place. Rukia was busy making something for lunch, so Orihime answers the phone. Orihime calls Rukia over to the phone and said it was for her.
"Hello?" Rukia answers through the phone. On the other end, Renji quietly questions her if she had anything planned for the night. Rukia denied having made plans for the evening. So Renji asks her to meet him at the river bank at six. Rukia replied yes, they both hung up so Rukia got back to making lunch for Orihime and her. After lunch Rukia starts reading another book that told her about relationships. Orihime went out for a couple of hours and came back before Rukia left. Rukia was about to leave when Orihime stops her.
"Rukia, now you see how much he loves you, right?" Orihime asks out of the blue. Rukia silently nods her head. "Just have a nice evening with him," Orihime continues as Rukia nods her head once more and walk out the door.
At the River Bank…
"Where is she?" Renji thought out loud to no one in particular. Just then he heard footsteps rushing to him. He turns around just in time to see Rukia jump into his arms. He chuckles to himself, as Rukia let go of the hug.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Rukia questions him. He looks deep into her purplish eyes. He took a deep breath before answering the question.
"Well, it's more of a question for you. Umm…" Renji starts to ask as he puts his hand at the back of his head and scratches it continuously. After he realizes his well known habit, he kneels down to the ground. He grabs a hold of her left hand. "Well….. would you think about becoming my… my bride?" he continues stuttering and blushing like crazy. Rukia was caught off guard by the sudden question.
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