I'm back again! Thanks for taking the time to read! It took me awhile to write this, I'm sick with the flu! It sucks. Anyways, this is an AU so there probably will be OOCness. Um, rated M for language, uh and I guess suggestiveness?

ENJOY!

I DO NOT OWN BLEACH! sadly, I only own my oc's!

Starrk woke up too a loud, annoying pounding at his door, he scowled, he knew who it was. "STARRK! Get your lazy butt up! It's almost 7:45!" yelled a shrill voice from the other side of the door. Starrk grumbled incoherent words as he pressed his pillow tighter on his head.

"Make your own breakfast!" Starrk shouted, the warmth of his bed kept him glued. He didn't want to get up.

"I'm thirteen! You make my breakfast!" Lilinette shot back, his scowl deepened.

"So what? Eat cereal!" he snapped, the pounding stopped. He sighed, sweet silence.

"MARI ATE THE LAST OF THE CEREAL!" Lilinette yelled causing Starrk to cringe. His moment of quietness was stripped away so quickly.

He sat up, shielding his gray eyes from the blinding sunlight seeping from the cracks in his curtains. "Fine, fine. Go downstairs, I'll be there in a minute." he said. He listened to footsteps fading down the hallway. He yawned, reluctantly dragging himself from his comfortable bed to go downstairs.

He forwent a shirt, completely forgetting the guest that was staying at their house. He ran his hand through his long, brown hair, cracking his gray eyes open slightly. He caught sight of a cherry red, auburn haired girl at the bar. His eyes widened, oops, but he couldn't fight the rising smug feeling.

Mari looked away, her eyes were glued back to her book. A blush still lingered on her cheeks, how could he look so good? She cursed her thoughts, her eyes dared to look up. He was dragging out some breakfast items, Lilinette sat next to Mari. She smiled brightly "So, Mari, you're going to the high school down the street right? I can tell by the uniform." Lilinette said.

Mari nodded "Yeah, this'll be my first day. My dad enrolled me there a few days ago, since were moving near here." she muttered unhappily. What was wrong with where they lived before?

"Oh! That means I'll get to see you a lot!" exclaimed the light green haired girl. Mari looked down at her cereal bowl, the artificially colored cirlces swirled around in the milk.

"Yeah," Mari murmured, sliding from her chair she dragged her eyes back to Lilinette. "Would you like to walk to school together after you finish?" she offered politely.

Lilinette lit up like a star "Sure! That'd be fun!" she replied, her pink eye glistened with youth. Lilinette had lost her other eye in the crash.

"Alright, I'm going to get my stuff." muttered the auburn haired girl. She hustled up the stairs to her room.

Once inside Mari opened her desk drawer, she rummaged around till she felt the cylinder shapped bottle. Pulling it out she popped off the top, she slid a pill into her mouth, she quickly swallowed. A shaky breath left her lips, the pills were to get rid of anxiety, she frowned. Isn't that pathetic. A numb feeling washed over her, pushing her emotions back and all her feelings were kept at bay.

She shoved her books in her bag, then slung it over her shoulder before leaving down the stairs. Lilinette was waiting impatiently at the door, a smile broke on her young face. "Ready?" she questioned.

Mari nodded "Yeah, let's go." she replied opening the door for the both of them.

As they walked an awkward silence hung in the air. Lilinette seemed to be in deep thought, her brows were furrowed in concentration. Mari felt uneasy, Lilinette wasn't the type to analyze many things. So what was going in her mind? Mari didn't like not being able to figure the small girl out.

"Mari," Lilinette suddenly broke the agonizing silence, Mari glanced over at the girl. "Did I used to know you? It's driving me crazy! I just have this feeling we've met before." Lilinette burst out, Mari's eyes widened.

Her hands clenched, she didnt want to lie, but she couldn't tell the truth. "No." replied Mari with a cold edge, her rising panic and guilt was shoved down by the medication.

Lilinette looked slightly disapppointed before she brightened once more "Well, that's okay! I'm always up for making new friends!"

Mari sighed, only a few more days. You can do this, she gave herself mental pep talk. Yells behind them shattered any more of her current thoughts. "Lilinette!" called a high pitched voice.

Lilinette glanced backwards, a smile stretched from ear to ear on her face. "Yuzu! Karin! Hey!" her small hand waved furiously back and forth. The two girls caught up, they both looked to be the same age as the light green haired girl.

Mari zoned out, not caring to listen to their conversation over school. "Bye, have a good day at school." she waved to the three girls as they disappeared in a crowd of similar kids. Mari scowled once she began her walk again. Finally, silence.

At school her fellow classmates were quite shocked to find they had a new student. She guessed that wasn't normal around this area. She kept her held high as she traveled to her seat by the window.

Mari didn't pay attention, like always. She didn't need too, she made straight A's no matter what. Her mom used to be a learning proidgy, so Mari assumed that's where she got her brains from. Mari shot out of the classroom like a bullet once the day was over.

On her way home she got ice cream, her tongue swirled around the sweet treat. As she walked she became confused, was she supposed to turn left a few blocks ago? "Great, I'm lost again." Mari huffed.

Suddenly someone grabbed the hood to her navy jacket, she squealed in surprise. She snapped back into something firm, warm, and sadly familiar.

"Oi! Look who it is!" said a voice in her ear. Panic shot through her limbs causing her elbow to shoot backwards hitting the person hard in the gut. Mari stumbled away as Jeagerjaques doubled over. "What tha fuck was that for?" he growled.

Mari held up her fists to protect her face "Are you going to kill me? Rape me? Rob me?" she asked in a raising voice.

"No! I'm not like that! God damn it, I think ya broke my rib." he hissed and stood up straight. He towered over her over her small 5'3 frame. She mustered up all her confidence, her glare was sharp. "I saw ya and thought I'd say hi." he explained, then add quietly "I guess that was a bad idea."

She searched his eyes but found them truthful "Whatever," she muttered turning, then it hit her. She had no idea which way was right.

"Are ya lost?" asked the smug man behind her.

Mari fisted her hands in frustration, pinking slightly from humilation. "I don't need your help." she stated defiantly and began walking once more.

"Uh, tha city is this way sweet'eart." Jeagerjaques told her, she could hear the smirk in his voice. She stopped, spun on her heel and stormed down the sidewalk past the chuckling man that followed in step beside her.

"Are you stalking me?" she snapped looking over at the blue haired man.

He shook his head, slipping his hands into his jean pockets. "Nope, I thought I'd walk ya home since ya don't knew yer way 'round the city." he smirked as she blushed.

"I'm a big girl. I don't need you to walk me home." muttered Mari as she crossed her arms. He laughed, his arm snaked around her shoulders.

"Nah, I know. But I like ya so I thought I'd be a gentlemen." he explained.

Her face darkened into a rose red "Be quiet." she muttered in an embarrassed manor. He laughed more as they walked. "You can stop touching me." growled the annoyed girl.

He shook his head "Nah, sorry no can do. I have to get tha word out that yer my girl." he replied, his breath ran over her ear.

Her mouth fell open "I-I'm not your g-girlfriend!" she sputtered, an even darker, if possible, blush on her face.

He smirked, that signature shit eating smirk, he looked like a happy cat. "Not yet." replied the man simply.

She divereted her eyes from his overwhelming blue gaze "Not ever." she mumbled.

He frowned slightly "Hey, ya haven't even got ta know me!" he shot at her.

"I know enough to figure out your character!" countered Mari.

"Let me take ya out tomorrow night." he said to her.

She shook her head as they came up to the house she was currently staying in. "No, no way in hell." she replied opening the gate that led up to the large house.

"So I'll pick ya up at 8:00!" he called to her as she stepped into the door. She glared daggers back at him as he laughed. Once she shut the door she let out a sigh of relief. Lilinette appeared with a large grin.

"Was that Grimmjow?" she asked, wiggling her eye brows suggestively.

"W-What?" Mari stammered incredulously.

"Were you talking to THE Jeagerjaques Grimmjow?" she questioned, her pink eye was wide with interest.

"U-Uh, yeah why?" replied Mari carefully, she swallowed uncomfortably, she could see Starrk listening in the other room from the corner of her eye. Her heart skipped a few beats then raced. A blush collected in her cheeks. Damn it. Damn feelings!

"He's like the hottest guy ever! He's a street fighter, but does it matter? He's so hot!" Lilinette swooned.

Mari rolled her eyes, a frown appeared on her face. "I guess he's okay. Although he likes to harass me like there's no tomorrow." muttered the exasperated teen as she traveled up the stairs.

Lilinette gasped "You're so lucky!" she exclaimed.

Mari shook her head in reply, she went to her room to change into some more comfortable clothing.

Starrk listened to his little sister and Mari speak. When Mari caught him staring she blushed. That was a good sign right? When their eyes met he had never felt something so... So strong. Then he was instantly jealous of this Jeagerjaques and wanted to rip his head off. Starrk didn't like the idea of other men flirting with Mari, it rubbed him the wrong way.

He sighed, she probably didnt like him. He was 22 and she was 17, she was underage. Even after telling himself that over and over again it made no difference. He scowled while walking the kitchen to make dinner before Lilinette could complain. He made his favoirite dish, Domburi. Lilinette didn't like it that much but she would eat anything he made.

He set out the food, Lilinette instantly bounced in the room when she smelled food. Starrk sat down with his little sister, she didn't wait and dug in. He politely waited for Mari, his breath hitched seeing her come down the steps.

She wore a baggy off the shoulder pink shirt and black short shorts. Then black thigh highs decorated her smooth legs. He swallowed, forcing himself to look away. She sat down, she froze with shock etched into every inch of her face. "Is something wrong?" asked Starrk.

She shook her head "N-No, Domburi is just my f-favorite meal." she said quietly, her voice was barely above a whisper. Starrk had to strain to hear her.

His eyes widened, well, that's a coincidence. "Mine too." he replied and begn to eat the meal.

She shakily gripped the chopsticks, she seemed to be struggling. He kept a close eye on her as she started to eat.

Mari was extremely surprised to Domburi on the table. Did he remember? But she learned he didnt, it was just his favorite meal. She couldnt stop the flood of memories that forced themselves into her mind.

*Mari giggled as she held the picnic basket, the sun beat down on her fair skin. She shielded her eyes to see through the glaring sun. Starrk followed behind her at a liesurely pace.

He stopped, searching the large field in front of them "I think this spot is good! I'm hungry anyways." he stated as he laid out the blanket.

Mari plopped down next to him and began to pull out all the food. She glanced up at Starrk who was smiling with his hands behind his back. Mari raised an eyebrow while sitting back on the balls of her feet "What's that?" asked the semi-curious girl.

He showed her the neatly wrapped dish "Only your favorite." he said, she gasped.

A light blushed colored her pale skin "Domburi! Starrk you didn't have to do that." she murmured diverting her eyes from his hypnotizing gray orbs.

He smiled and shrugged "It's not a problem. I know it's your favorite, I've even taken a liking to it!" he then began to eat. She smiled at her secret crush, she gently unwrapped the meal and started to eat it, cherishing each bite.*

Mari could only eat a few pieces, she stood up. "Thank you for dinner, but I think I need to sleep." she said and bolted from the room. She rummaged around in her bag upstairs, pulling out a bottle of pills. She slipped one inside her both, a sigh left her lips feeling her anxiety backing down. "No," she whispered gripping her head. "I can't fall for him," she told herself. "Again," added Mari softly.

After a few minutes of relaxing her phone rang "Oh hey dad." she answered.

"Hey sweetheart, how are you doing?" he asked, his voice oozed care.

She frowned "Fine, fine. It's a little weird to see them again after so long." said Mari softly.

She heard her dad sigh "I know, it must be hard. You used to have such a huge crush on Starrk." he stated.

Mari blushed furiously "N-No I didn't! Even if I did it doesn't matter! He'll never return the feelings. Anyways," she was desperately trying to change the subject "How has home been?"

"I'm afraid the house was taken. Now I'm just crashing at an old friends house. You probably won't be able to come home until I can find us a new house." she could hear her father holding his breath, he was waiting for her to explode.

Mari was engulfed by a numb feeling, if she hadn't just taken her medicine she would be screaming. She took a deep, shaky breath "O-Okay, how long is that going to be?" she asked between gritted teeth.

"Oh, uh, maybe three weeks at least."

"THREE WEEKS! Are you fucking kidding me?" she yelled, she could almost hear her dad cringe.

"Mari, calm down. Please, I know it's hard." soothed her father, although it wasn't working.

"I miss you though." she whimpered, then her conscience told her that she was being pathetic.

He sighed "I miss you too. How about we meet for lunch this Saturday at the Sushi Bar?" suggested the guilty man.

"Fine, see you there at 12:00." she said hanging up a second later.

Mari rolled over and buried her face in her pillow. 3 weeks? Living under the same roof as Starrk? How was she supposed not to fall for him? She already felt it, especially when he looked at her. Her heart skipped a few beats and raced, she always blushed, her body was decieving her! A groan escaped her lips "Fuck..." she hated this. A strong side affect from the pills was sleep, so she soon dozed off.

Starrk was walking down the hall, he felt concerned, should he check on Mari? He stopped in front of her door, his hand hesitated by the knob, should he? His hand gripped the cold metal, slightly opening the door a crack to peer inside. The room was dark, except for the night light in the corner, but he could make out her figure resting on the bed. His eyes roamed from her glossy hair to her nice backside. He bit his lip to drag his mind from perverted thoughts, she was underage it would never work. Although he couldn't stop himself from entering the room.

She looked so adorable asleep, her plump, pink lips were slightly parted and her hair was splayed to the side. He quietly traveled to her beside, he watched as her back rose and fell with every breath. He slowly reached out, his fingers brushed over her hair. It was like silk, he twirled it around, a small whimper was emitted from Mari. Starrk's eyes widened, he couldn't stop his hand from drifting down her back eliciting another whimper.

Mari suddenly turned over, her arms by her head, still deep in sleep. His mind was screaming at him to dash from the room but his legs stayed frozen. He was now touching her warm stomach, he pressed his palm to the flat area and began to drag his hand upward. Starrk hesitated to go further, this wasn't right she wasn't even awake!

He began to pull away but a small moan made him stop "Mm, Starrk," came from the still sleeping girl. He froze, did she just say his name? He stood and basically ran away, he had to take care of himself.

Mari was deep into sleep, her mind seemed to go wild. She was sent into a dream, one she could have done without.

*Her breath was coming in short and quick, heat flushed to every end of her body, shivers made their way down her spine. Mari's eyes opened slightly to gaze at the man hovering above her. He gently stroked her hair softly, the strands fell between his slender fingers. A soft moan broke free from her lips as his other hand carressed her inner thigh.

She gritted her teeth, she wanted him, but she wasn't going to beg. No way, Mari wasn't like that! A gasp was ripped from her lips as his lips descended onto the sensitive skin of her neck. His scent intoxicated her, she buried her fingers in his long brown hair, it was like silk. Her body was screaming for his touch, but he just wouldn't go further.

She pressed her body to his, a silent way of begging, she felt embarrassed for doing such a thing. She heard him chuckle, this made her face burn more. His hand found it's way up her night shirt to her stomach, warmth radiated from his palm. Electricity seemed to run towards the tips of her body. A quiet whimper pushed past her reluctant lips "Mm, Starrk,"*

As soon as Mari thought he was going to go further the sweet dream was shoved from her mind. She woke up, sweating and panting, a blush painted across her pale cheeks. "Really?" she muttered laying back in her bed. This was not good at all. She knew what these dreams meant, she liked Starrk. The one thing she had tried to protect herself from had finally plagued her.

She got up from the old bed and made her way to the window, opening to let the cool air run across her skin. "More heart ache," she muttered "Great."

Her mom came to mind. They never did find her body, if she's even dead. Mari's father hated talking about Manami. He took everything that reminded him of her down and put it away. He never did cope with the whole thing, but Mari didn't either. She missed her mother so much, her guidance was much needed now.

She didn't know what to do about Starrk! Should she pursue him? Or just leave it alone?

She banged her head on the window pane, this sucked. Her night clothes stuck to her skin uncomfortably and decided to go take a shower. It was already 6:00 am.

The hot water felt glorious, her stress slowly released. A contented sigh left the small girl as she let the liquid stream through her hair. She wondered what she would eat for breakfast, she was pretty hungry. Her mind drifted to other things to distract herself from her issues.

She wondered how her friends were, well, she only had one. But did it really matter? Mari's best friend was a girl named Hinamori Momo. She was the only one who understood the auburn haired girl. Momo had embraced Mari the first time they met, which was weird for Mari. But of course, Momo was just one of those people you just had to like. They'd been friends ever since Mari's mom disappeared.

I'll have to call her, Mari thought to herself. After she took a long shower she stepped out, wrapping a small towel around her body. Droplets of water still clung to her skin and hair but it didn't matter. No one got up this early in this house she learned.

Just to be on the safe side though she would run to her room. Being caught in a towel by someone in particular would be mortifying. She rushed out of the bathroom. Suddenly she just about ran into Starrk, good thing she skidded to a stop just in time. Her skin was flushed from the shower but now it darkened seeing he was only wearing a towel as well.

He blushed also, his eyes were locked on her deep cleavage. "E-Excuse m-me." she sputtered, he tore his eyes from her breasts.

"U-Uhm, yeah, sorry." said Starrk, awkwardly stepping to the side.

A foreign desire awakened inside her. "H-Have a nice s-shower." Mari stammered and pratically flashed to her room. Once safely inside she slid down the door, heat still lingered in her cheeks.

Starrk woke up early for once. He was too tired to notice anything, his surroundings were a blur of random colors. He yawned while lazily tossing his clothes off and grabbing his towel. Holding it around his hips he headed towards the bathroom. He was about to reach for the door handle when Mari flung it open.

His eyes were instantly drawn to her deep cleavage, her breasts were pressed together by the towel. He swallowed, his mouth was dry as sand. Holy fuck. She was flushed but darkened as she saw him.

He managed to rip his eyes away from her glorious twins as she stammered a few things. He awkwardly watched as she shot like a bullet to her room. He silently prayed she didn't notice his erection. That time he took a cold, cold shower.

Afterwards he felt much better. He went to his room, got dressed, then traveled downstairs to make breakfast. He saw Mari eating cereal at the bar once again. When she noticed him she turned redder than an apple. He cleared his throat as he pulled out some cooking items. An awkward silence filled the room. "I'm sorry about this morning." he said, breaking the everlasting quietness.

"N-No, that's alright." replied Mari quietly. He glanced back at her, he then noticed her eyes on his ass. A smirk crossed his features, he turned his attention back to cooking.

"Oi! Mari!" yelled the voice of his little sister.

"Yes?" replied the sweet voice of Mari.

"All my friends called me and said that Grimmjow was bragging about some red head chick. Then I realized that girl was you! You're so lucky! I wish I was you!" Lilinette whined.

Starrk frowned, he didn't like this Grimmjow man. "O-Oh, wow.." Mari trailed off, traces of disgust in her voice.

"Yeah! I also heard you have a date tonight!" sang Lilinette. Starrk stiffened, a date?

"I didn't have much of a choice." Mari muttered.

Lilinette gasped as she skipped over to her brother and took a piece of bacon. "Why would you want to pass up on that blue haired Adonis?" she asked giggling like the school girl she was.

Starrk gazed back at Mari who was scowling. "Because he's a pig. All he wants is an easy fuck." she growled and got up from her stool. Lilinette's mouth fell open while Starrk smirked. "I'm going to get my stuff. Be ready." Mari told Lilinette as she left up the stairs.

Lilinette shook her head, her light green hair whacking her face. She turned her pink eye towards Starrk "I won't be home till late tomorrow. I'm spending the night at Karin and Yuzu's." she informed her brother.

"I can pick you up tomorrow." he offered.

She smiled "Thanks bro, you're okay sometimes." she then walked away with Mari out the door.

He sighed as he watched them go "Better get ready for work." he muttered. He got to work about 10 minutes late, but it didn't matter really. His boss could care less. Starrk was his best worker when it came to getting shit done. All his female co-workers ogled at him, besides Harribel, she was one of his best friends.

Starrk yawned as he sat down at his desk in his office. His boss had upgraded him to a small, private office. His phone rang, the blaring noise caused the man to scowl. "Hello?" he answered lazily.

"Hey boy!" the famaliar voice of his uncle burst through the speaker.

"What's up?" asked Starrk as he spun in his black chair, watching the room turn.

"I was just calling to catch up! How's it been going with Mari? Is she doing well?" his uncle rambled.

"Yeah, yeah she's fine. Hey uncle," Starrk paused, he wasn't sure how to ask his question.

"Mhm? What is it Starrk?"

"Did I used to know her? I just can't shake the feeling maybe I've met her before." questioned the hesitant young male. His uncle was silent for too many seconds. "Uncle?"

"Um, I think you should ask her yourself. Besides that, are you free for lunch Tomorrow? I'd love to spend some time with you! You're my only nephew." Kyoraku exclaimed, successfully changing the subject.

Starrk scowled, why wouldn't his uncle just tell him? "Fine, where?" he muttered.

"The Sushi Bar! 12:00!" his uncle announced and hung up. Obviously not wanting to talk more than that.

Starrk rolled his piercing gray eyes while setting the phone back on the reciever. His door opened, in stepped a woman. She gave him a flirtatious smile "Hey Starrk, Aizen wants to see you in his office." she told him.

He got up, she winked at him but he scowled at her. Women like her repulsed him. He headed to Aizen's office, he wondered what he wanted. "Welcome Starrk, take a seat." Aizen told him as he came into his large office. His voice was cool and smooth like always.

Starrk sat down "What's this about?"

Aizen smiled at his impatient employee "Eager to get back to work I see. Anyways, I need you to do a special job for me." Aizen explained, he stood from his chair and glided around his desk. "You see I have a client wanting to build a house. She requested she had an attractive man to help her." he folded his arms over his chest, leaning against the expensive desk. A smiled formed on his lips "I'm too busy to take on the job, but I know you can do it." finished his boss.

"Alright, when do I get to meet her?" Starrk asked, yawning slightly.

"Right now, she's in the conference room." Aizen's smile still rested on his face.

Starrk scowled, standing up, he stretched then exited. When he got to the conference room he was surprised to see more than one woman. Which was his client?
"Excuse me, are you Starrk Coyote?" said a smooth, velvet like voice.

I hope you liked it! I tried to re-read it over and over again for mistakes, if there are any please tell me! (Sorry this took so long! I became lazy and got a case of the dreaded writers block! And i re-did this chapter to make it longer!) Oh well, I thought maybe I'd leave it off there to make people wonder who the woman is. Hopefully I can get the next chapter out fast! THANKS AGAIN FOR READING!