The Sway of Hearts


Summary: I had not known what would happen if I had saved Shou. But right now, I'm glad I did. Seeing him better, I was DAMN glad I did. I think I might have loved him. But now I know I could not have loved him. Fuck the world for making him my English teacher. Really, just bang the world right now and see how it feels. Not. Fucking. Good.

Warning: Cursing, violence, and contains Yaoi or 'Boy's Love'. If that doesn't cut the butter for you then Yaoi is about two men who share mutual feelings of lovely love. Conclusion; G.A.Y. Fanfiction.

A/N: KYAAAA! I can't believe I got a new chapter out so quick! I expected this chapter to come out way later but my eagerness seeped out! I am really sorry about not making the story's plot clearer in the summary but I don't know what to put as a summary! I suck I know... SO I CHANGED THE SUMMARY! XC But it will pan out in time! I promise!


Some reminders for ya! ~

Bentou = lunchbox

Arigatou = thank you

Kon'nichiwa(really Brian? XD) = hello

Sayonara = goodbye

Tatami matt = comfy floor for kneeling on

Kotatsu = a low table with heating and lowered floor under it (no chairs)

If I forgot anything let me know! X)


Kurosaki's POV~

I took off toward the direction of the still screaming woman as fast as my legs could take me. As I made it to the water's edge where no one dared to be near the horrific scene. I could see the albino man from earlier, grappling with a shark hooked to his waist and high thigh.

I assessed the scene in about half a second. The man was in chest deep water that was rapidly turning a unnatural red color. The shark was splashing the blood -filled ocean water rapidly with its tail. The pain on his face was hard to look at as he scraped and punched the shark in the gills and snout. The shark furiously shook him once more then it let go, swimming off into the distance. The female screamer had long run out of the water and I could see the man pushing his feet to try and stay upwards to not go under. He looked barely conscious as he held himself below the water where the wound assumedly was. He looking like the walking dead.

I didn't think twice as I pursued the deep treading waters to help the man, even though I heard protests from my friends. When I reached him, he murmured something I couldn't quite hear through my own panicked rush to get the man out of the loud ocean water and to safety. I looked down and saw his skin was shredded with many deep punctures that leaked his bodies life source. As I lifted him again to get a better grip, he cried out again as his damaged side rubbed against mine. That made me wade faster through the water to shore and then I saw Grimmjow rushing across the water, calling out his most lovable swears.

He finally reached us and got on the albino's good side to lift the bleeding wound off of me. As we reached the shore people, I barely noticed people were gathering for this scene. We marched out of the water and to the sand. I immediately rose to my First Aid impulses ingrained in me from my oto-san.

I first shouted at the top of my lungs, "I need a clean towel to lay him on!" I looked around and everyone just stood like a bunch of fucking lamp posts. Shit. I did NOT have time for staring! "Go get me a fucking towel now! You!" I pointed to a random person, "Go get me one now!" I stared as he ran off and quickly came back with three. I hurriedly told the guy to lay the towels out in a neat, open fashion and he did as he was told by me.

I looked at Grimmjow and said, "We are going to lay him on his back CAREFULLY." He nodded and obeyed earnestly. We gently turned him around and let his limp body down slowly with great effort. His face was scrunched up in rigid pain and I tried not to think about it.

I focused on physical features. He was looking deathly pale and was slightly green. I looked over his body to his hip. And I did not like what I saw. His white skin was mutilated with deep lacerations in a jagged crescent shape. The skin was pulled back unnaturally with almost jelly like red tone with blood oozing from it, staining the towels quickly. I then put my finger to this man's throat up to the pulse and found it racing. Obvious sweat shown and his breathing was hinged slightly. He was going into shock I guessed.

"OK! You! Call 119! And you! I will need something to elevate his legs with! Something sturdy!" I called out pointing and looking to each person I ordered, not caring who. "I will need someone to get me more towels and bottled water!" I thought about what else I would need but couldn't think of anything else. I waited as I constantly checked his vitals for any change. I noticed he was shivering when someone came to me with the towels and bottled water.

I pulled his ruined swim shorts down a little and grabbed a water, opening it with haste. I poured it slowly over all the albino's wounds I could see. I grabbed another and did the same before I reached for a towel. I could see a person with an American looking bentou but I didn't pay it any mind when I started to press a towel into his wounds. I heard a gruff whimper and I saw visible shaking as I applied more pressure to stop the bleeding. I felt someone's leg brush against my back and I looked up from my patient and saw almost everyone from the beach crowding around enough to touch me. What. The fuck.

I raised my voice at EVERYONE, "Will everyone BACK THE FUCK AWAY!" I saw shocked and almost offended people give us some room before I looked back at the very nasty PALE albino. I looked behind me and saw Ulquiorra was closest to me for help. "Ulquiorra, come here and keep pressure on this man's wounds, okay?" I said to him, my voice shaking with nervousness. He walked over and placed his hands where my bloodied ones were.

I grabbed the American bentou and lifted the man's legs to slide it under as I maneuvered around Ulquiorra. That should help with the albino's forming shock as I tried to remember correctly. I could hear sirens in the distance but needed to stay focused. I grabbed another waiting towel and began to place it around his shivering body.

As I tucked it around him I saw in the corner of my eye his arm raise. I grabbed his hand and bent towards his face. I saw his eyes blink open slowly and painfully. What I saw was gold, with yellow and light brown mixed, making these eyes shine brightly. I could see only pain in his beautiful eyes.

I talked to him with my most confident voice I could muster, "You are going to be okay. I'm Kurosaki Ichigo, and I know you are going to be fine." I gazed at him for a while longer before checking his vitals again. I looked at Ulquiorra to see that he was very pale and that he was very uncomfortable with blood now soaking his hands.

I could hear the medics arrive and begin to set up in the background. They finally came over and relieved me and Ulquiorra. They also checked us for anything (not to mention Grimmjow with blood all over him) as well, but we told them the blood came from the albino man. They washed us off and checked on us for a little longer before they cleared us to go. I looked towards the albino's direction and saw them getting him ready for the ambulance ride to the hospital.

The EMTs told me I did a great job and they are happy for me to have been so brave as to of helped. I thanked them and said it was no problem for me and that my oto-san was a doctor himself. The men got our information and checked if it was reliable before they left. I turned to find everyone but our group had left. They all rushed over to us (once they saw the EMTs were done) and asked sincere, worried questions which I was not ready for yet. Grimmjow took notice, I guessed, so he told them to calm down and back off and that he was going to take me home now.

I couldn't believe I had to do something like that. What if I messed something up? What if I didn't do something correctly? What should I have done better? Should I have even helped? I don't know. What if he dies? Would that mean I killed him? Would I have someone's death on my hands for the rest of my life?

As I questioned myself, I was vaguely aware that Grimmjow was almost dragging me to his car. I began to walk so he didn't have to make me. He put his arm around my shoulders to guide me safely to his car, I assumed, and then I noticed I was shaking. Oh shit. I needed to calm down. I started to become aware of my OWN situation. I was actually breathing raggedly and I was shaking, not from being cold, but from being upset of my own worries that seemed to be fifty kilos on my chest.

He pulled his keys out from his not-bloodied pocket and unlocked his car. He opened the door for me and gently sat me in the passenger's seat on the left side. He closed the door and went back to the beach. In the meantime he was gone, I tried to think comforting thoughts about how if I hadn't helped then he would be worse off and how my helping him saved his life. I was doubtful though and I seemed to contradict myself more often then helpful. Grimmjow soon came back with our items and put them in the back of the car. He then walked over to the driver's side and got in. I half expected him to drive away but he just sat there for a little bit till he decided to speak.

"You know what ya did was good, right? You're not beating yourself up, right? Please don't." I processed what he said like honey and didn't really believe it. So, I put on a fake smile and nodded.

He wasn't falling for it. "Ichigo, seriously. Do you think anyone else would have done that. I didn't even do anything! I was too shocked. You. Saved. Someone. So please stop looking like you had someone die in your arms." I didn't look at Grimmjow but I knew he was leaning over the armrest and staring at me. I saw a hand come over and grab my chin, turning my adverted eyes towards him. I think if this was any other occasion, I would have died from happiness at this moment, but my feelings of self-criticism were winning. Why did he believe in me so much? I couldn't answer the question as I stared into his bright blue-green eyes. It was like they were pleading with me. They wanted ME to believe in myself.

He spoke in a soft voice this time, "He is probably going to survive because of you. If you don't believe me, we can go check up on him if you're that worried. Just trust me, okay?" I had never thought Grimmjow as a serious person, even in serious moments, but right now I think I could just go along with him. I could feel my chest grip itself as I keep looking at him. Yeah, I would trust him.

"Okay, Grimmjow. I'll trust you. I would also like to check on him." I said as I could feel my little crush coming back for him. He may be an asshole sometimes but he was a good asshole.

Satisfied, he let go of my chin and turned the keys in the ignition, making the car roar to life. The rest of the way home we were in a comfortable silence. Not saying anything but just enjoying the time we had, or well I did. I stared at the now darkening sky. Feelings of doubt were creeping back slowly but keep my mind on other thoughts. We made it to my house safely and he then checked again to see if I was okay.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fucking fine." I tried to joke a little, "just a little upset that I didn't get to drink all my beer, that's all." He cackled at this and said 'get out of here' before he kicked me out. I stuck my tongue out at the blue haired man feeling my mood slightly lifted and grabbed my towel from his trunk. I waved as he took off and turned to the front door of my house. My mood kind of darkened when I thought about having to deal with the stupid oji-san. But as I opened the door I found no fighting oto-san. Strange.

I called out a little worried, "Oi, I'm home. Oji-san?" I looked around and breathed a sigh of relief as I saw Karin and Yuzu on the couch. I heard them gasp and look at my clothes. Curious, I looked down and found that I still had dark blood stains on my shorts that was now dried. Hah! I didn't know that blood could show up on dark clothes. Oh well.

Yuzu ran to me and Karin looked disturbed as she walked quickly over to me. Yuzu was the one to talk first.

"Onii-chan! What happened?! What is going on?! Are you hurt?" She looked over my bare chest for any wounds or faults that may have caused this. I wasn't that wet but my pants were a little damp but I figured hugging her was okay. I then took my nearly-in-tears little sister into my arms.

"Shhh... It is okay, Yuzu. Nothing happened to me. There was just an accident at the beach was all." I tried to use my most calming voice for her.

"And brave he was. I'm proud of him." I jumped in surprise as I heard my oto-san's voice from behind me. I turned around and stared at him. Wait. How did he know? The question must have been written on my face because Oji-san said, "The hospital called me just now and told me everything. I am very proud of what you did. You can go get some rest. I'll get Yuzu to make you something." Woah. I didn't expect Oji-san to get all serious.

I nodded anyways and let go of Yuzu. Karin seemed better so I patted her head and went my way up the stairs. I went to the bathroom to take a nice warm shower. I stripped off my ruined shorts and threw them in the trash and put my shirt and towel in the laundry basket. I stepped in and turned on the shower head. We had a pretty western style house so we also had a cool shower that was big and closed off.

I turned my face to the water and rinsed the salt and grime out of my hair. I then grabbed some shampoo and lathered it on my hands before going through my hair. The shampoo smelled of watermelon and I enjoyed it. I then put in some conditioner and soon had my orange hair feeling silky smooth. I got out and reached for a towel in one of the cabinets to dry myself off. I then tied the towel around my waist and headed to my room. I hung the towel up after drying everything off and grabbed some underwear with comfy shorts and a shirt. I plopped down on my bed and felt my mood plummet. I was back at square one with myself. I broke Grimmjow's promise and began to think about what wrongs and rights I did and didn't do. Gah! What was I going to do? Fuck! I couldn't believe I-

A knock disturbed my troubled thoughts and I called out for whoever it was to enter. I turned my body on my side and pushed up to sit up for my food. Karin, surprisingly, brought my food. I smiled and she came in walking to my bed. She sat the food on my desk near the bed and sat down beside me.

"Oji-san told us about what happened." She said as she studied my face. I nodded and proceeded to look casual about it. I didn't want her to know how bothered by it I was. She sighed and let her head fall against my shoulder and then went on to say, "Well, that guy was lucky to have you there. From the way Oji-san told it, he made you out to have super healing powers and that by just standing there you healed his soul. You also, according to him, breath love and cure the incurable by looking at people... I think he is on drugs or something." I laughed all the while she was talking. That oji-san was a fucking nut. He really is. That crazy old loon. She started to giggle as well and then she got up and told me to finish my dinner. I complied with her wishes and grabbed my food to finish it off. She closed my door behind her and I was left with my food business. I was done and quickly put my dish outside my room's door to the side.

I curled up in my covers and I let sleep take me with no bad thoughts on my mind.


The next two weeks were pretty normal, besides everyone complaining about how we only had about two more weeks left before our Senior year started. Nothing major happened but my friends and I now talked about the shark attack with ease. In the end I did keep Grimmjow's promise to an extent but he didn't have to know about every little detail. I had actually forgot about us going to check up on the albino until Grimmjow asked if I still wanted to. I agreed and now we were on our way to the local hospital. He might not even be there, but hey, we could try.

We arrived shortly and I looked at the large building that loomed over us. I got out and Grimmjow followed along as we walked into the air conditioning lobby. I walked up to the desk clerk and she greeted us with a slight bow.

"Kon'nichiwa, how may I help you today, boys?" I noticed her blushing slightly at the sight of us (of course we were hot in all people's eyes). She was a slightly older women with jet black hair, finely pulled back into a bun. She had a heart shaped face with light green eyes. Very rare and I would have to say she was Grimmjow's type. I peeked at him and he just regarded her thoughtfully. Wow. I thought he would be flirting with her by now. Oh well.

I smiled at her, which she seemes to eat up, and I said, "we are looking for a patient that came in here around two weeks ago from a shark attack. Could you look up what his status report is or was?" I tried to play it cool but I wasn't sure she was going to go through the trouble to look that up for us. I wasn't sure if hospitals were supposed to. Then I added, "We wanted to check with him since we were at the scene when the attack happened."

"Hold on, let me see for you." I was actually surprised she complied with my request. She shuffled through her papers and then typed on her computer a little. After a little more time she gave a 'Ah!' sound and turned back to us.

"It says that a man named Shirosaki Shou was registered for an emergency visit two weeks ago for a shark attack. He had to get 33 stitches in his side and was kept at the hospital for a week and a half before being able to go home with a healthy slate. I can't really release any more information about him. Sorry, boys." She said with a thoughtful bow. I nodded about to leave when Grimmjow spoke up.

"Can we have his address? We would like to meet him personally. Please, Onee-chan?" I was shocked at his use of words and that he wanted to meet him personally. I looked back at the desk clerk to see her reaction and it was cute. She was blushing and kind of stuttering along the lines of 'that she really shouldn't'. But I think she was won over when she saw me gazing at her with hopeful eyes. She sighed and clicked the computer some more. She handed us a piece of paper with the coordinates on it. We thanked her with big, heart bursting smiles and took off. As we got in the car, I wasn't so sure about this idea Grimmjow had. So I spoke my mind.

"Grimmjow, I don't think this is a good idea. We don't even know the guy and we might get in trouble for getting information we are not supposed to have..." I trailed off as he gave me a grin of confidence. Damn him for looking so damn hot.

"I don't think we are going to get in trouble. She was too fucking smitten for us and probably the little shits watching the cameras were too." He said still grinning.

"Still, why do we need to check on him in person?" This was my real question.

Grimmjow laughed but was serious. "I think that if I was him I would want ta thank my helper." He looked at me when we were at a stop light and I couldn't quite tell what was going on in his mind. "I'm pretty sure he is just going to thank you and then we can leave. Nothing more. I know I fucking would want to, too." His voice took on an edge to it but I couldn't figure it out. He looked back at the road as he took off once more.

Shirosaki Shou's house was actually not that far from mine. We arrived and I got out of the car feeling a little awkward but pushed those emotions away. I examined the house and noticed it was a one story with a pretty design to the outside. It was white paneling with double windows placed here and there. The roof was black steel and came down like any other house, mostly western styled. There were little potted plants out under the windows and the door was black also. Very unique. And then Grimmjow knocked, wondering if he was home. The sound of soft padding and then the click of the locks on the door sounded. I stared as the man named Shirosaki Shou appeared.

I studied him for the first time up close (I hadn't really thought of his appearance any other time). He had a gorgeous face that was as white as his last name implied. And his facial structure was just fascinating to me. The way his face was framed by slightly spiked white hair was almost perfect to me. His golden eyes that lit up his features was astonishing. What got me is he looked so mature. I thought Grimmjow was cute (even sexy at times) but this man was downright simply attractive. Something about him drew me to him. Not physically, but there was an air about him... And I loved it.

I noticed I was staring before I bowed slightly and spoke with politeness, hiding my embarrassment, "Kon'nichiwa, I'm Ichigo, Kurosaki Ichigo. And this here is my friend Grimmjow Jaggerjack. Sorry for intruding but we just wanted to check on how you were doing with the attack and all." I raised my head to see Grimmjow give a slight nod not looking pleased for some reason. I turned my attention back to Shirosaki Shou and... Found that he was studying me too? Maybe I was overreacting... Hot damn.

The albino man shook himself slightly and replied with his own curt nod, "Uh, hello. I'm Shirosaki Shou. Sorry for all the trouble I put you through... I remember you." He was still looking at me. "You were the one who helped me out of the water and treated my wounds. Arigatou. I am very grateful." He bowed deeply to the both of us and I blushed at such a thing. Grimmjow rustled his hair looking a little taken back.

"Ah! No. The pleasure is all ours!" I bowed a little deeper feeling silly.

"Please, come in and have some tea. It is the least I can do." Oh goodness, he was a nice man with sexy looks.

"Arigatou, Shirosaki-san." He lead us in and we took off our shoes.

"Oh please, call me Shou." I nodded and I gazed around the place. It was quite clean, but it had little to look at. I saw some boxes around and figured he may have just moved here. He took us to what I assumed was the living room and found we were on a Tatami mat with a Kotatsu table in the middle.

Woah. That. Is. Awesome! I haven't seen a Kotatsu in real life before! Only in movies and yet, here was a perfectly good one in front of my eyes! I could see Grimmjow looking awed too. He left us to go to a kitchen and we settled around the table putting our legs under the low table. It felt very warm, comfortable even. He came back with what smelled like Earl Grey Tea. Good fucking stuff. He set the tea tray down and handed us our cups. We took them and sipped lightly. I looked at him as he sipped and found he was sitting like me, straight back with proper head alignment. Was this guy oldish styled or what? He was different then most guys and girls now-a-days. I liked that, I found.

I decided to pip up, "so, how are your injuries? I heard that you were released not too long ago from the hospital." He gave me a look that I didn't quite understand. It was like he was curious about ME and unsure of what he thought of me. I didn't get it.

"My wounds are pretty much closed up now with the stitches but they are sore. My doc said not to do any strenuous activities or anything. I do have to take some medication but that is normal." He said all the while trying not to just look at me I hoped. His eyes looked between Grimmjow and me and did I love his eyes. They were just so unusual and to go with that, he was an albino. Cool combination.

Grimmjow spoke up, "Well, that is very good to know." He patted my head. "This little guy was so worried about if you were going to die because of him." He chuckled a little from me swatting his hand away and blushing. So I threw in a glare for him. Shou seemed to find this amusing and laughed a little too.

I glared at him too as he said, "No, thanks to you, Kurosaki-kun, I survived and I am deeply grateful to you. I'm also happy you came to visit on how I was." His gazed made my blush come back a little. I figured they thought it was from the praise and not him looking at me.

"It was no big deal. I did what I was taught and I am glad it was helpful to you." I looked down at my empty tea cup, distracting myself with the small filter spots at the bottom. "Well, arigatou for the tea, and we should be heading home now." Shou's smiling face fell a little but otherwise stayed joyful. Grimmjow nodded in agreement and we started to get up. Shou got up too and walked us to the front door.

We said our 'sayonara' and headed out the front door. But Shou caught my arm before I got too far, and I don't think Grimmjow noticed because he kept on walking to the car. Surprise and alarm shot through my body. His hand felt warm on my arm and I looked into his eyes to see surprise, uneasiness, and disappointment. I wonder which emotion went with which.

He said to me with a quiet voice that was REALLY close, "uh, I'm not sure how to go about this but, I-I want to meet you again. I want to get to know my savior a little more." I was pretty sure the latter was an excuse but I didn't care. I felt that same draw to him as I did a little before, but now I could smell him. He smelled so fucking good whatever his aftershave was. Such a sharp and sweet smell. I barely found my voice.

"Ah-ah, ok. Umm... We could meet again at the park tomorrow at 14:00? Is that ok?" I was really nervous and not sure how to react to everything. He, to my disappointment, let go of my arm and smiled. His smile made me smile. He was about to reply when we heard a honk from a very irritated Grimmjow. He quickly nodded and said he would be there.

I walked away feeling very light on my feet. I got in the car and Grimmjow wouldn't even look at me. What the fuck was up with that? I shifted in the seat uncomfortably as I put on my seat belt and I kept staring at him as he pulled out of the drive way, driving me home. I was curious as to why he was in a bad mood so, as always, I spoke my mind.

"Oi, you alright? What got your balls on a wire, man?" I asked. I didn't know what to expect and was slightly worried. He swiped a glance at me and relaxed a little before retorting back.

"Fuck all. I just... I don't know. I'm tired I guess." I couldn't see any sleepiness on him but I wasn't going to question him. The drive home I assessed what happened with Shirosaki Shou today. I thought about my attraction to him and, not to just his looks, but to the way he spoke and his mannerisms. I was attracted to almost everything about him, strangely, AND I GOT A FUCKING DATE WITH HIM. Today, I concluded, was awesome. And then I started to doubt myself as I always did. I was assuming it was a date. Maybe he really only wanted to get to know me because I helped him. I don't know. I got home and had dinner like normal. I couldn't keep this Shirosaki Shou out of my mind. Oh, well. I was going to find out tomorrow anyways.


WOOT! ANOTHA' MOTHA' FUCKING CHAPTER! Haha... Well I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did. Please review so I can have some criticism! Now we are getting to the gooey fluff! Hell yeah. Much drama comin' up, my fellow cubs! I hope you have a wonderful day!