Summary: Mira's never been truly close with anyone ever since her mom. That is until she stumbled upon one of the few shops that still sold her favorite candy. Urahara/OC
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, for obvious reasons.
Sweets Brought us Together
Mira Kurosaki was never the most sociable of people. Sure she went out of her way to visit her sister Karin's soccer matches and pick up both of her sisters from school, but they were just about the only people she talked to for a long length of time. She would have talked more to her idiot of a twin brother, but he never really needed words to talk to her. It wasn't even that she was ugly with her feathery orange hair fit body and elegant posture. Neither was she unwilling to talk, she was just quiet always wearing her signature blank and far-away expression. But, the thing was, when she truly looked at someone with all of her attention she seemed to look right through to your soul seeing all of you, good or bad. Sure she never looked disparaging or mocking when she met someone's eyes, but almost no one in the class felt comfortable looking the truth in the face. None of this ever really did bother her though. She was perfectly content sitting on the sidelines with her friend Chad, making sure her idiot of a brother didn't do anything too stupid. Like get himself killed by those invisible monsters she sometimes saw around or, god forbid, get mixed up with the local or one town over gangs. He'd already had some close calls with those thanks to the local idiots who couldn't stand different colored hair.
Her regular alarm went off at the appointed time today. She could hear the echo of her father's 'Good Morning' and his subsequent splat to the ground. 'What an original wake-up call we have', she through fondly, exasperated with her father's daily 'training'. She could already picture her brother's signature annoyed scowl and twitching eyebrow. 'No matter how many times father wakes him up in that manner, I doubt he'll ever be a morning person.', she chuckled quietly, finishing her regular morning stretches and kata, getting ready to lay claim to the shower.
'Ahh, nothing like a morning shower to help you get ready for the day' she thought cheerfully with a rare lazy smile on her face. 'I don't know why, but I just can't help but feel that something good will happen today' she hummed to herself, picking up her school bag and ipod.
"Good morning Ichi." She got her daily grunt in return, heading downstairs to get breakfast and head out to school.
"Good morning neesan." Yuzu called with her usual morning exuberance and good cheer, with Karin grunting in the background clutching her coffee.
"Good morning" she smiled in return. 'Huh, two noticeable smiles already? Not some barely noticeable quirks of my lip? It must be a good day ahead if I'm already in this good a mood." She thought with a content far-off stare.
"Good Moooorning Mi-chan!" She smoothly stepped to the left, leaving her dad to miss out on his in-coming glomp and smash face first into the table.
Karin responded with her usual morning amused and annoyed grunt, while Yuzu started on her regular, and pointless, lecture to their crying father to stop jumping Mira and Ichigo, going on about the safety risks, disrespect and a slew of other reasons she no longer kept track of. Mira just blocked out the regular morning by-play, digging in to Yuzu's amazing cooking.
Ichigo comes down soon after, deftly dodging one of their father's signature kicks, scowling at him, and going on to greet the table and sitting down to enjoy breakfast while Isshin goes on to sob to the poster of their mom.
Just another regular day in the Kurosaki household.
And the day simply went on as usual. From the boring classes, to Keigo's antics, Orihime being molested by Chizuru, Tatsuki stopping Chizuru, Ichigo's annoyed fondness, and Chad's silent guard. 'Ugh. I hope something interesting …. and safe happens soon. Boredom is one of the worst tortures known to mankind.'
But nothing did. Unnoticeably sulking, Mira walked home to change and then wander around town hoping to, by some miracle, find some store that still sold her favorite candy. 'sigh. I still don't know why they pretty much discontinued it. I mean, there were plenty of people still buying it last I checked.'
Around one hour later, after checking every grocery and candy store that she didn't recognize on her walk, she spotted the strangest shop. 'Urahara Shoten, huh? I wonder what they even sell. Well, might as well check. It does look pretty worn down, maybe even a little dingy, but you never know.'
Opening the door Mira glanced around. 'No way. It's a candy store! And look they got all of the older brands before their expiration date.' She glanced around with sparkling eyes and a quirked lip.