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CHAPTER 2

(In The Past)

Two months has passed after that incident, although since the first day they met until now they always fought by anything, but their friendship tighter day by day. He still don't know about him very much, but when he said his name is Kurosagi Ichigo, somehow it's ring the bell in his head, but because Renji being Renji he just shruged it off. It was really hard for him to be friend with Ichigo at first, he has a permanent scowln in his face, and he very much anti social and always keep his cold appeareance that Renji know it just a mask immediately, he was stubborn and short-tempered like him, maybe this things that make them be a friends in the first place.

For some reason Ichigo and he always hang out in music classroom after end of school so there were no one else beside them. Sometimes they just sitting in silence while looking out off window in silence with a little conversation there and then. That was some moment that Renji treasure a lot. He knew that he began falling in love with the orange head, fast and hard at that. But Ichigo interest in someone else, he can feel it even though Ichigo never said a word.

sometime when Renji feel his homeworks is to hard to understand, okay that a lies, everytime he had homeworks he always says one thing "Why are Those stupid Teachers always give us a fucking homework, it's pretty useless you know. And why it so hard, I can't even understand a little bit." Said Renji as he slammed the book on the floor, and Ichigo always commented "If it's useless Renji, there is nothing like 'school' around the world, and it was just you born as an idiot as you are that you can't understand a little bit." That lead them into another argument that always ends by Ichigo helps Renji to do his homeworks.

One day at Saturday, Renji sat beside the window while he heard Ichigo playing piano, 'Even I heard his played over and over, I can't still have enough hearing him, it's so beautiful' Renji always commented in his thought.

"Ne, Ichigo. Can I ask you something?" He started.

"If it's not one of your stupid questions, maybe I will answered it." Said Ichigo not even halt his tempo.

"Bastard, I just want to ask you why you always play just in Saturday?" he gritted his teeth

"There nothing really special reason, I just don't want someone hear when I was playing then disturbed me, like you do now."

"Okay, okay, I'am sorry for disturbed you." He raised his hand and appologize, then Renji stand up and sit down beside Ichigo "And is there a reason you always plays sad song, is it because you sad or what? He finally ask what he really want to know from the beginning.

Ichigo's face hardened but it's went as fast as it's appears and his fingers stop for a second. "No" he answered him. But Renji saw the change on Ichigo's face, sure he curious but because it's Ichigo's personal matter and don't want to offend him, he let it go.

"Oh well, you know Ichigo I think you've to let other peoples listen to your played."He quickly change the subject.

Ichigo raise an eyebrown "I consider it was a compliment then."

"It is a compliment you idiot, even I don't want to admit it but you've big tallent at this. Every time you played it's always makes a beautiful sounds."

"So that way you always eavesdropping me? I think if I not caught you in act you will still just listen me secretly." Ichigo smirked

Renji face painted as red as his hair when he hear Ichigo's teased. "Hey,, I thought I had appologized about this problem many times now, why you always bring it back?"

"After all what I just did was listen and not distureb you. And it was just when I passed by" He defensed.

"Right, right, so why are you blushing now?"

"URG... ICHIGO." He shout still with flushing very hard. He attempt to kicking his legs, but Ichigo dodge faster that make renji kick one buffer of the piano. " OW...! THAT HURTS...! ... STOP LAUGHING, YOU ASSHOLE!."

(In The Present)

"Oww.. Ouch... Please stop that Ryoji." Shuuhei begged as Ryoji throwing his toys to one of his uncles. Ryoji rarely do something like this that makes the adults frown.

"NO... whel maaama?" he whining and walked away from the others searching his mother.

"Why he upset and why he just thrown at you?" Ask Yumichika.

"If I can speak babies language, I will knew by now!" Shuuhei scofed, ussually after Renji and Hinamori, he was the one that closer to Ryoji.

"Maybe he upset because his mother has left him for quite long." Someone gave an idea, even the most stupid person know that it was imposible, Ryoji always behave with or without his mother.

"No way, it's not the first time Renji leave him alone with us, after all he just go to market!"

"What you all talking about?" ask Hinamori with a crackle of groceries in her hands, she was with Renji that carry almost everything of groceries, then they place it in the kitchen. Hinamori put every ingredient in refrigerator.

Almost after Ryoji saw his mother, he walk to his direction quickly (as fast as a toddler can) and jump to his direction. Renji caught him and picked him up, "hey sweethearts, what's wrong?" while stroking his backs.

"Mama... Howc..." Ryoji mumble in his mother chest (Renji has gave up to make Ryoji call him father or papa, one versus six people is unequal, of course he will lose).

"Eeehh?" Renji quite confused at first, then he touch his son forehead. "Oh shit Ryoji, you've fever." He cursed a little, everyone at the room has a little panic attack and began run to various directions.

"HEEYY, Ikkaku where the last time you put medicine for children?." Ask Rangiku while she rearranged the medicine box.

"I think it's still there, I will search in my room" Ikkaku then run to his room and began searching.

"Icepack... icepack... where the hell that stupid thing gone." Yumichika search in refrigerator almost thrown all the thing out the refrigerator.

Renji watch all his friends run to one place to others with amuse eyes, he sighed and shake his head. Sometimes he confused why the others more panic then him when his son's sick.

"Calm down guys, it's not the first time Ryoji's sick, I will go upstair and put him sleep and measure his body temperature." Said Renji while carry Ryoji to their room "And I think in my room still has medicine for him."

Everyone then calm a little, in the bottom of their hearts they know even thought Renji has rough personality but when it comes to his son, he became a good parent.

In the room he take care of his son, and when he see his son has asleep, he left the room quietly, and go downstairs. Everyone has calm down by that time, and they watch show on tv. When they see Renji, Hinagiku timidly ask him "how he's condition?"

"He's fine, thank" He smile "By the way why don't you knew that Ryoji was sick, he's with you all the time." He demand.

"He don't want to be touch, and he constantly thrown me with toys if I went near him." Answered Shuuhei.

Renji sighed 'He's really like him when he sick.' He thougt with sad smile on his face "Where's Kira?"

"He visit a friend in the hospital."

When Renji want to ask who, Kira had come home "Ah, Speak of the devil."

"And the devil is came." Kira joke while chuckle.

"Hey, there a woman outside who had been loiter around the house." He said with serious face.

"Who?" Ikkaku ask.

"Don't know, I ask her but she just said that she not sure that it was the right place, and when i ask again about who the one that she want to..." when he want to said something Rangiku break the speak.

"What she said?" Now Rangiku feel interesed.

"I hope it's not a stalker, you know with my beauty, people will not be able to resist." Yumichika said as he looks his appeareance on the mirror.

"Like hell it will." Ikkaku said, rolled his eyes.

"So what she said?" Rangiku push it.

"haah... please don't cut my speak, she said she want to meet a long friend of her."

Everyone frown and look at each other "She doesn't said her name or her friends name, and I guest she was very nervous." He add.

"Well then how she looks?" Shuuhei ask him.

"She short and petite, has a light skin-"

"and have a short black hair and violet-colored eyes?" Renji continued with surprise looks on his face, Kira just nod at him.

Twenty four years she has alive, just this time that she felt so tense and nervous like this, well maybe except when she's dealing with her brother when she was younger. She just want to ring the doorbell or knocking the door, 'Oh come on brave youself, it's not like he will instantly murder you when he see you' she thought, but in the end she hesitant and didn't do anything. When she finally gave up and turn back and plan to try another times, she heard someones talking, and she knew exactly the owner of the voice.

"You know what, if this kept on, even ten years we never meet with each other." Renji laugh "You just tiny as ever, don't you Rukia?" Renji make notice the change of his best friend locks, her hair is more shorter now, she height is still the same and her childish appeareance still there even its reduced a lot.

Rukia turn back again and she almost can hold back tears "It was just you that big like qiant." The tears just fell in her cheecks. Rukia hug him, Renji immediately responsed and hug back.

"You big idiot, don't you know how worry I am when you missing?" she shout while she beating his chest with her hand

"I missing you, you know. I feel pretty useless that you never notify or let me help you." She said after calm her nerve and leaned back from the hug.

"I know Rukia and I'm sorry for that, and I missing you too." He said as he ruffle her hair

"Wow, look at you, your hair longer that almost to your waist. What, you have a plan to become a woman?" She grinned, Renji just laugh at her joke 'if you know about Ryoji maybe you will said that I'am a woman in mans body' he rolled his eyes for his own jokes.

"You want to talk somewhere else?" Rukia frown at this

"It's not like I not let you in, but my housemates is a meddlesome peoples, right know they all eavesdropping in the back of the door." He whisper and smirk when he saw Rukia's expressions. When she saw in Renji back, she realized the door was open a little and true to his word, all of his housemates peeks from back the door.

"You have interested housemates." She commented with giggle

"So?"

"Well, I want to chat longer." She answer the previous quetions "But, I still has to work right know, but I will come here again soon."

"Okay then, just gave me your number, I will contact you when I'm free." Rukia then gave him her number.

When she want to leave she want to appologized to him "Renji I'am so sorry about what happen in the past, I can't even help you out, i can't even defend you, I'm really, really sorry." She said almost in tears again but when she open her mouth again Renji cut her off.

"You don't needs to appologized Rukia, it's not anyone fault. I was the one that choose to leave, and I've debt to say sorry to you too Rukia, so don't feel down because of me." he ruffle her hair and give her big smile.

She then give him smile too "Well, goodbye Renji, please contact me if you needs something."

"Take care. Oh and Rukia is there someone beside you that know I'm here?"

"No, it's just me, why?"

"Can you not tell anybody about me? I'a not ready yet."

"Okay then." She gave him big smile "When you ready, I will stay beside you. I promise."

"What?" Renji snaped when he came in the living room, everyone stare at him like he has a disease, it's make him irked,

"Sooo.. whose her? Your ex-girlfriend, I've to say you has a taste she's very ellegant." Ikkaku and Rangiku smirk at him,,

"Stupid, he gave birth a child, ring a bell?" Yumichika commented,

"Ignore them Renji, can i know who she is?" Hinagiku smile but you can see her eyes that held to much curiosity. And everyone eyes set on him.

Renji sighed and then sit beside Kira "haaa... she not my ex and when you see her personality you would thing twice that she was ellegant. She more like my sister, she orphan like me and we were in the same orphanage until she adopted to rich people. But she and I still contact with each other until I came here."

"What her names then?" Shuuhei inquire

"Kuchiki Rukia." Everyone eyes widen with shock.

"You mean that Kuchiki?" Renji rolled his eyes at their antics.

"One of the richest family in Japan, yes that Kuchiki." Renji amend.

"No wonder, she has such a nice car." Yumichika said admiring her cars.

"Wait, Rukia... Rukia... Rukia, where I had heard that name?" Rangiku trying to rembember something, "Ah, was this the same person that want to delivery dools in orphanage a month ago?"

"Yuup, that's true ."

"Why it just bunnys?" ask her again.

"don't know, bunny is always be her obsession from when we teens." He shrugged "I've go bedroom know, got'cha check Ryoji."

Then he walk to kitchen to have another ice to compress Ryoji, and make carrot juice for him. After that he walk to their room. When he enter the room, he see that Ryoji has awake and search him, when he spot Renji he smile brightly and a little jump in the bed. 'even when he sick he still very lively' he giggle and smile back at his son. He walk to his son and check his temperature and make him eat a little, Ryoji was never a picky eater, but always prefer it when Renji was the one who make it.

Renji feel relieve when Ryoji temperature has almost back to normal again, maybe after rest again he will healthy as before. Like if he can feel his mother's mood he laugh and nuzzle his face in Renji hand.

"Okay now you have to eat the medicine." Renji said

"noo, ich bitcl." He shake his head as he close his mouth with his hands.

"fine, what do you want?"

"warc tv pwesess." Ryoji face lit up, and crawl in his mother's lap.

"Eat medicine first then wacth."

"mmhh... Ocay." Finally Ryoji eat his medicine with a funny face that make Renji chuckle. "wacth tv now." He ask with puppy dogs locks.

Who Renji that can refuse his request. Then he turn on the tv and begin search a program for childreen. But when he almost push the button, there a news about a famous international pianist just arrive from his world tours and will performing in one of well known Hotel in Tokyo, but it was just for exclusive. Renji really want to change the channel althought he forgave him long ago but it still hurts if he saw his face, maybe he still has a felling for him after what happens.

Ryoji immediately cry if he change the channel. It was like he aware the object person from this news is his other parents, but it was impossible, and soon enough he realize what make he so much like the news was the music, the music is classical music played with piano, Renji recognize immediately who the one that can produce a rich sound like that. He turned his head down, and saw Ryoji's face had a happy expression. "You can feel that the one who playing this is your father, huh?" Renji ruffled his hair and gave a loving smile. Renji then recalled an important moment when he still with him.

His daydream cut off when he heard Ryoji sobbed and tugged at his sleeve, that make him realise that the news was finished long ago. Ryoji looked at him with worried eyes. "It's okay sweatheart, I'm fine. Let see another program, okay?" He shoothe his son and change the channel. After Ryoji satisfied, he feel drowsy and felt asleep in Renji's lap, Renji puts Ryoji at bed gently and kiss his son's cheeks, after put the blanket he go to dinning room.

It was dinner time, so everyones was there and food has been prepared, that when he remember it was his turn to make dinner. "Sorry everyone, I forgot." He said sheepishly and his hand stroking his hair. Everyone just smile at him.

"It's fine Renji, we know you preocupied with Ryoji." Said Hinamori.

"So how Ryoji?" Ask Shuuhei with worried that clear in his voice.

"Nah, he's fine. Just need a rest for a while." He smile at them, and everyone has a relief sighed hearing that. 'they really love him.' Renji though with full of gratitude for all of his housemates.

After he finished his dinner, he walk outside the house with determined face and make a call to Rukia. He waited for five seconds.

"Hello?"

"Hello, it's me..."

"Wait a minute." He heard she said goodnight to someone and excuse to leave early then he heard sound of door open and close. He assume that she now run to her room very fast.

"Hai Renji, sorry to make you wait." She finally said.

"It's alright, am I disturb you or something?" He feel slighly guilty.

"Definitely Not, I actually feel so happy you called at the right time, a family gathering and always have to make them please was definitely not my speciality." He then heard her pull out a big sighed.

"I fell sorry for you then." Renji said but not really meant it "It's quite surprising that Byakuya would let you run away!"

"My brother saw that I need a rest so he let me go." She respond "So what make you calling me so soon, you not in trouble right?" she ask, she really concerned about him.

"I'm not a little kid, you don't have to always worry!" he heard Rukia chuckle at this.

"But it's true that my reason for calling is because I needs yout help, ...you know that Ichigo want to hold a show in Hotel and it was just for exclusive?" he state

"... yeah, I know, so?"

"So I want you to find me the ticket, of course I'll pay for it." Well even he not to sure about this one, but he guts says that he must do it.

"... Are you... sure...?" Rukia can't bealief what she was heard

"Please don't ask, it's really make me get out all of my courage."

"fine then, do you have a formal dress then?"

"Nng... No." Anyway for what he had to have a formal dress, he never went to a show like this. It was just one times when he came to piano's competition to support Ichigo, but it was really long ago, he even don't know where he keep the suit now.

"I thought so, listen the show is this Sunday, so two days again I'll take you to buy a suit, it's my treat and don't complain. You just have to pay the concert ticket, deal?"

"... Fine then." He knew exactly from past experience that when Rukia decides something, it's hard to change it.

"Last things Renji, why you want to go there?"

"Because I make a Promise."