A/N: Good lord im lazy! I simply cant update my stories systematicly and every week and stuff. They come as they come and it kinda sucks.. But here it is, 2nd chapter of AStR!!

Disclaimer: Im not a guy, im not japanese, im not that good at drawing, and my name is certainly not Kubo Tite... So go figure...

Enjoy!

Finally the dismissal bells rang and the small raven haired girl jumped up from her seat.

"Finally!" she groaned and packed her things and made her way out of the classroom. It had been an awful long and boring day and just to make it worse, everyone was jerks in her class. The only thing able to light up her day was her date.

With a gang leader.

As strange it might sound, he was really sweet. If only towards her. He wasn't all that of a 'gang leader' but simply got that title because of the small group which followed him and used to be the ones cleaning up the "trash". Unless it was something personal, they were the ones doing the dirty work, which usually meant 'getting rid' of the one in their way. And he was just the one leading the group. He was friendly and had a heart of gold. He was quite good looking as well, except for the unusual hair.

"Renji." she whispered to herself and smiled a small smile (A/N: Did I get you disappointed there?).

She continued her pace away from the school.

White snow was falling softly from the light sky. There was not a breeze and the small crystal flakes fell peacefully and landed in the raven colored hair. Rukia smiled. She loved the snow. So pure and white. Simply beautiful.

She was looking forward to seeing him. But there was just a slight problem.

It wasn't Renji she kept thinking of.

It was that singer.

"Ichigo…" she whispered and looked at the white sky. "Kurosaki Ichigo, when will I see you again?"

She wrapped her arms around her body as if trying to keep the cold out, but she had a thick coat on.

This could turn out bad. If she met with Renji still only thinking about that boy she would end up doing or saying something she would regret. Plus she and Renji had a really good relationship; she did dare to call him her boyfriend, but the word sounded funny in her mouth. She could ruin everything so easily. She wouldn't do that. But was she only saying that because she didn't want to hurt Renji? Was it only because of that, that she was dating Renji? Because she really didn't want to hurt him.

She was slapped out of her depressing thoughts as a hand was placed softly on her shoulder. "Ichigo?" she thought. Somehow he was the one she hoped would grab her shoulder. That he recognised her and now addressed her.

"Oi Rukia what's with the long face?" spoke a different familiar voice.

"Renji. Hi…" she said and trailed off. She turned to see him and her depressing thoughts were washed away as he grinned at her. He was wonderful really. "He's so wonderful. Of course I do love him! Im just… I have a lot of thoughts in my head… That's it! Yes keep that in mind! And don't think about some strange rock star that pulled you up at the stage and sang with you and had the most beautiful eyes and- NO! Arg!"

"Hey. You still didn't answer my question."

"Im sorry… It's nothing. It doesn't matter." Rukia said downcast. Then she lifted her head and smiled cheerfully. "So you're early today huh? Do you want to go somewhere or something?"

"Nah not much just couldn't wait to see ya. Thought you were hungry so we could go to that café near the music shop. Whaddya say?"

"I say lets go."

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Rukia drank the rest of her coffee and placed the small cup on the table. She looked up to see Renji slumping lazily on his chair, looking at her. He smiled and Rukia replied with a smaller one. He had been done for a while.

"You done yet?" he asked and smirked jokingly.

Rukia gave him a mock frown and crossed her arms.

"Well it's not my fault you glomp it all down so freaking fast. But as a matter of fact, yes I am done. You wanna go now or what?" she spat.

"Hey, hey no need to get pissed now. It's okay we can sit here for a while if ya want." Renji sighed.

"Yes I don't really think we are in a hurry or anything. Are we?" Rukia said and looked suspiciously at her boyfriend.

"What no. It's just not that interesting to watch you eat."

Rukia felt an urge to stomp on his foot but didn't, considering that it was Renji who was paying. But she still felt like using some of his money for her own sake. What could she say? That's the price to pay if you want a girlfriend.

"Well I'll just order another coffee. Im so tired and I just really need some energy. God I hate school. But there's only four months to go and then im all free." Rukia said and acted a bit more tired than she really was.

"Good for you. And lucky that im givin', too. Waiter!" Renji called and lifted his hand to summon a waiter. Soon one came and Renji ordered a medium coffee with cream. It didn't take long for the waiter to return and soon Rukia was drinking from another steaming cup.

She sat for a while, while drinking her coffee. Renji's cellphone rang and he had to take it. Must have been some from his gang, Rukia assumed.

The raven haired girl took her time looking at the small café. It was not that big but it was a nice little place where she and Renji came pretty often. They were sitting outside under an awning at a small round table. Just as a French café would look like. Only that this was in Japan instead.

She took a look across the road. There was the music store. Rukia came there from time to time to buy CDs, but mostly she came there with Orihime, Hinamori or Rangiku, her three best friends. The small shop was never really crowded and there were never more than five or six people inside at one time. This time she only saw two figures behind the shaded windows. She could only distinguish one of their silhouettes. One was a small male person with spiky hair which would seem to have taken hours to set up. The other one was taller and the head was completely hidden behind the windows. They seemed to be talking to the owner of the shop. Suddenly Rukia became curious about who these two people were.

She was snapped back to where she was and so when Renji poked her shoulder. He looked at her a bit puzzled.

"Oi! Whacha doin'? You seemed to space out there for a while. And your coffee is cold. What's so exciting about the music shop anyway? Its not like it's the coolest guys who hang out there…" he said and stood up. "Are you ready to go now?"

Rukia got up from her seat and nodded. "Yeah im ready to go now."

She got her jacket on and took another look at the shop on the other side of the road. The door to the shop opened and suddenly all Rukias attention was caught by the ones walking out from the store. First the short guy came. His slightly long, spiky hair was pure white. Not blonde or silver, white. He was also very small. He seemed to be only a few inches higher than Rukia. And at least one head or two lower than his companion. And it was his companion who caught the raven haired girl's attention. She widened her eyes. There was no way she could mistake the hair. That extremely bright, warm orange color. He was walking a bit behind the white haired boy and had his guitar on his back in a bag in the shape of the instrument. He had his hand stuffed in his pockets and from what Rukia could see he was scowling like the day she met him. He was wearing dark sunglasses and a lot of his orange hair was hidden under a white hat, matching to his white jacket.

Rukias heart sped up and she felt she couldn't move. She made a strange gasping noise and out floated his name in an unconscious whisper.

"Ichigo…"

"Why the hell didn't you ask for any then?" a voice came from behind her.

Rukia jumped and looked at the red head.

"What do you mean?" she asked, still not calmed down after she saw Ichigo a good week after the concert.

"If you wanted some strawberries why didn't you ask for some instead of standing here mumbling about it?" he said and crossed his arms.

"Oh… I…" she tried but she could seem to say anything which would make sense. She didn't notice before but Ichigo really did mean strawberry. That was probably the cause of the, fortunate, mistake between the two. "didn't want… anyone anyway…" she managed.

"Oh well that's good cause it's not really easy to get any in the winter. C'mon lets go home." he said and placed an arm over Rukias shoulder.

They walked from the café after Renji had paid and when they walked she saw Ichigo and the white haired guy walk on the same pavement as she and Renji. For some reason she didn't want to meet Ichigo right now. Her heart sped up again and she kept her gaze at the ground as they neared the orange haired singer. He seemed to be looking at the ground as well. It seemed they passed each other without any fuss, but as they passed each other both Rukia and Ichigo lifted their gaze and Rukia was sure she felt his gaze penetrate her violet eyes behind his dark sunglasses. She looked back at them, but the two boys just kept walking as if nothing happened.

She turned again and sighed inwardly. Maybe it just wasn't meant for them to meet again. It was probably also for the best.

Wasn't it?

So there's the second chapter :D Rukia's got a boyfriend, Rukia's got a boyfriend!! Oh boy... That's bad isnt it? Oh well!

The next one will be better and it will prolly come this week. Until then, take care :)

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Thank you for reading.