Ichigo was lounging comfortably on his bed reading a manga when he heard the light beeping noise coming from the girl laying on the floor. He rolled over to face her.
"Hollow?" He asked, not quite as serious as someone would normally be when asking about a hideous, deadly monster. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"No... Nii-sama wishes to see me... I wonder why.." She began to lift herself off the wood flooring "Oh well, I guess I'll find out when I get there." She shrugged, leaving her gigai on the floor and making her way to the window, when she felt a firm hand on her arm.
"I'm coming." Ichigo said seriously. She looked at him questioningly.
"Why? I'll only be gone for a couple of hours." She asked still confused by his actions.
"I'm..." He coughed and looked away from her, a pink tint spreading across his cheeks.
"You're worried about me?" She asked, a smirk climbing onto her lips as she placed her hands on her hips.
"I DIDN'T SAY THAT!" he screamed turning to her, his face not tinted anymore but full blown taken over by a steaming red.
"Just.. Remember last time?" he mumbled, eyes softening. Rukia was caught off guard by his sudden sign of affection and could feel her cheeks starting to heat up, so she turned and began out the window.
"Let's go, Romeo" Rukia grumbled jumping off the sill. Ichigo scrambled to find his Representitive Shinigami badge and was released from his body and ran after her, he didn't stop to wonder what position his body and Rukia's gigai were in...
Later in Soul Society
"Ugh how many more of these meetings am I gonna have to sit through? Cause if it's more than 2 I'm stabbing myself right now and saving us all the trouble." Ichigo whined as he speed-walked to keep up with the short, raven haired shinigami in front of him.
"You're the one who wanted to come here, idiot. And you better start unwrapping Zangetsu now cause it's a lot more than 3." Rukia snapped, looking at her long list of captains and seats to visit and clear business with. Ichigo responded with a long drawn out groan.
"Why don't you go see Renji or something? I'm busy.." she mumbled under her breath. Ichigo snorted and huffed indicating she was stuck with him. She sighed and continued to keep a sped pace. Good, Ukitake-Taichou is next. Kiyone and Sentarou can play with Ichigo while I handle business she almost chuckled at the use of words in her mind when she noticed Ichigo was not beside her. She looked back to see Ichigo kneeling over something by a pond.
"What are you doin, idiot?! I'm gonna be late!" she shouted so he could hear her clearly. He turned and glared at her, placing a finger over his mouth silently saying "sshh!!" then turned around and continued to work on whatever he was doing.
"Ugh!" Rukia groaned, tapping her foot impatiently. "what is he doing?!" She asked noone in particular and used flash-step to stand directly behind Ichigo's turned back and peered over his shoulder. In his hands he cradled a baby bird that had fallen out of it's nest and was sqwacking uncontrollably. It took her a few moments to process what the badass, carrot top was doing with the baby bird. She looked back and forth between his concerned face and the sqwacking animal several times before laughing hysterically. Ichigo turned to her a tint of pink heating up his cheeks for the second time that day.
"Hey! Ya'no what.. Shut up!" he fumed as he stomped over to the tree with a small nest in it. He expertly shimmied up the tree and positioned himself perfectly so he could properly place the bird in it's nest with its other birdy-siblings.
When he returned to Rukia he looked at her seriously and said only one thing before turning and walking away:
"If you speak of this ever I will be forced to kill you with my bare hands, understand?" she almost chuckled until she realized that he wasn't joking and nodded sheepishly.
"Good." He huffed and turned on his heels, jumping back on to the worn road. "Where to now?"
And back at the Kurosaki residence again..
They stood staring at the 2 entwined flesh bodies on the floor with blank expressions on their faces, both as white as paper.
"W-well..." On the count of three?" Ichigo turned to look at Rukia to confirm it.
"1... 2... 3!" They said in unison and crawled back into their living bodies.
Ichigo's face was now about an inch from Rukia's and the effect of being this close was having a.. well.. effect on him.
Suddenly Rukia shot a glare at him.
"Ichigo, that better be a banana or so help me god..."
FIN
