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I failed miserably in the Biology exam " BUT I'M STILL HERE AND TYPING FOR YOU GUYZ "

Talking way too much :P Let's start!

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"She's just a friend! I swear!"

She heard it all.

Just by looking at the boys' reactions and an as-red-as-a-tomato-face of Ichigo, she knew what they were talking about.

"Rukia-san? W-Where are you going?" Orihime asked as she saw Rukia stood up and headed towards the boys.

All the boys, as soon as they saw Rukia, their mouth zipped. No one said a goddamn single word. Except for Ichigo, who was too busy denying to notice. And there she was, standing right behind the ginger guy, with a game-on face. Dramatic music turned on.

"Did the atmosphere just drop?" Ichigo asked when he stopped his speech about Rukia-as-a-friend and noticing that all the boys stayed silent. Then he sensed it. The smell of danger. His brain started to activate.

"Is she right behind me?"

*SLAM*

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The orange head was walking home, with a huge lump on his forehead. You already knew who did that. And "who-did-that" was walking next to him. Seemed like he was playing cold-war. And she was waiting for him to say something.

Rukia hates it when he turns cold to her. Maybe I hit him a bit too hard? She thought. And she hates this awkward silence. But she didn't want to say sorry either. So she tried to look at him with "puppy eyes" like Yuzu did. But no, he didn't even look at her. Great. She thought. Now I feel like a total jerk. Should I… say sorry to him? She wondered.

"Ne, baka." She finally decided that she'll be the one who broke the silence.

However, the silence was too hard to break.

"Oy, sorry for that bruise… I guess!" She shouted out.

Still silent.

Rukia kept trying to have his attention, but his brown eyes are as cold as ice. She hit him bazillions of time, and this was the first time he reacts this way. Was he that mad about her punching him on the head? How long will she have to stay in this awkward situation? She felt guilty, and her steps were getting slower and slower, stayed behind him. He realized, but didn't turn back. He can clearly see the guilt and sadness in her eyes. He wanted to talk to her, but he can't. 'Cause he was the one that decided to play this game. And to him, suddenly stopping the game will be a shame.

He closed his eyes and wished that he could go back in time to talk to her and stopped this stubborn game at the very beginning. Or stopped babbling about "Rukia-is-just-a-close-friend" when she stood behind him. Or at least dodged her attack. And now it's her who was playing the cold-war game. He knew that she was looking at him, but he didn't have enough confidence to turn back to look at her. Finally, he managed to take a peep at her. And what he saw was heart-breaking. The brave, cheerful Rukia was walking with her head down, lack of vitality, made him imagined about the dead tree nearby his house. Maybe she won't ever talk to him for the rest of his life.

"When two people playing cold-war for too long, probably because both of them wanted to apologize, but did not have the courage."

Idiot… He thought.

Drip. Drop. It started raining heavily. He decided that he must say something, like "Hey, let's get home asap! It's raining." Or something like that.

So he gathered all his courage and turned back. The rain grew heavier and heavier. The two were soaked wet.

"Rukia, look. I…!" He suddenly stopped. Her nose was a bit red. Her whole face was wet... Not because of the rain.

She lowered her head and ran pass him.

"RUKIA!" Ichigo yelled out. He immediately regretted it. He shouldn't have played this game from the beginning. All he wanted was for her to say a proper sorry. Most of all, he didn't expect her to react this way.

And so, for the rest of the day, for the first time, they didn't talk to each other at all.

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In the next morning, Ichigo woke up and saw a note on his table.

A familiar note with clumsy Chappy bunny drawings. In the corner of the note was his face and Kon's, both were drawn terribly ugly.

"I have a small task in Soul Society. It's quite important, so I have to stay there for a month. Don't you dare follow me and say goodbye to your father, Yuzu and Karin for me, ok?

P.S: Ichigo, sorry about yesterday. I'll miss you lots, I guess.

P.S: I'll kill you if you let Kon touch my underwear."

A month? And why so sudden? And did she say that she'll MISS me? He blushed slightly. I wonder what will it's gonna be without her…

He walked downstairs to make breakfast and noticed a small bowl of steamed rice, a bowl of miso soup, a piece of cooked fish and some pickled vegetables and a cup of green tea. A traditional breakfast. He picked up the note on the table.

"I made you breakfast before I leave. Take care of yourself k?"

He couldn't resist the smell of the food. So he took his first bite. Everything was tasty, except the fish, 'cause it was too salty. However, he still felt happy. He realized that Rukia normally quite annoying, but when it comes to her soft side, it was very sweet of her.

After finishing breakfast, he walked outside and breathed in the fresh air, looked up at the deep blue sky with occasional patches of white clouds spreading across.

"Oi, where's nee-chan?" Kon asked as he stepped out and sat down on the stairs next to Ichigo.

He didn't say anything, just simply handed the note to Kon and let out a sigh. And just as he expected, Kon's expression changed.

"A MONTH?! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO NEE-SAN YESTERDAY!? IS THAT THE REASON WHY SHE LEFT?!"

"It was just a regular fight. That's all." Ichigo stared at the dry juniper bushes, and rows of white and blue Agapanthus. He knew it was not just simply a fight.

Normally, he would take Rukia to an ice cream stand or some malls so she could get used to the city in Sunday mornings. Then teach her how to drink juice from a box. Or go to a fast food store and have lunch there. And so many things to do. However, this Sunday morning was different. No funny conversations with her. No teasing her. No, nothing at all.

A lonely bird passed by. Ichigo looked at it until it disappeared between the clouds. The leaves from the tree nearby rustled and the yellow leaves fell down as if an invisible hand touched them gently. He sat there with Kon next to him, thinking about all the good time with her. How she teased him at school. How she pretended to be the nice, good transfer student with that angelic voice. How she said goodbye before she disappeared in front of his eyes. And how beautiful her smile was when she's happy. How her eyes slightly sparkling when she saw him coming to her rescue before her execution. And wondering, what will happen in this one month without her?

"I miss Onee-chan…" Kon broke the silence.

Ichigo froze for a second. His eyes lowered down. Something valuable was lost. Seemed like she's more special than he thought. Without her, seemed like the world stopped spinning. The sky has been just plain blue. The rustling of the wind in the trees stopped. And the lively chirping of the birds around disappeared all of a sudden. The world without her seemed empty. He wondered how he could live the life before she came into his life, gave him all her power, and almost died for him. The bonds between them increases as time goes by. He knew that it's no longer a bond between friends. It turned out to be something more than that.

And with a small sigh, his eyes looking at somewhere far, far in the sky, "I miss her too.", he said.

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Mission accomplished! There you go, the second chapter! This whole thing about fighting and moving away is a bit too sudden, I KNOW! But I typed whatever I was thinking about so here, the result! Hope you guyz enjoyed, leaving a review will make you guyz the best people in the world!

The next chapter will be published on Monday!

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