Yes, Yes, this is the second chapter to Breaking Routine!

I am so sorry for the weeks wait. I actually had this chapter typed out the day after published the story, but something I really couldn't prevent came and kept me from updating the story. Actually, I couldn't even get to a computer. The good news is, that I used my spare time to bust out a notebook and began writing out the next few chapters. (Just between you and me, I also wrote out a lemon... or two *Wink*)

Reviews:

VampireNecromancer:Thanks for the review, I hope to live up to your expectation of this story.

Grinja:I plan on making this a multi-chapter story. So, Yes. I will continue. Thanks for the advice by the way.

Nightkill:You have good taste in music, sir! Glad you enjoyed the first chapter.

Kaiser969:I'm happy you enjoyed it. Here's more story for ya!

Guyshuriken:I dunno. I prefer pairings that involve and Ichigo and pretty much any arrancar woman. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Lazruth:Thanks for the review. Yes, I agree, they were pretty bland. I'm typin' the description out with a '-_-' look on my face, thinkin 'Oh god, this is so bad.'

(Edited: 8/1/2013)

(Karakura Town)

The tour had started with Ichigo leading them to one of the busier districts of Karakura Town. Over the next hour and a half he would casually point out and explain the sights to see in the area, Loly and Menoly listening and paying attention with very interested and happy expressions. Occasionally, one of the two girls would point something out and ask about it, which Ichigo was all too happy to give them an answer.

Ichigo couldn't help but notice just how foreign all this seemed to be for them. He hadn't asked them where they had moved from, or where they had lived before, and saw they seemed genuinely excited and curious about many of the things he pointed out. He also couldn't help but notice how they jumped slightly when a car would speed by or honk their horns. While he did find it odd that all this seemed new to them, he decided to not comment on it unless they started a conversation about it.

While they didn't voice it to each other or Ichigo, Loly and Menoly were having the time of their lives. Loly was all the more happy in the fact that her plan had succeeded and they had found something to do here in the World of the Living. She also seemed very appreciative of the fact that it was Ichigo they had found and gotten to show them around, if the fact that she would sneak glances at the teen every chance she got wasn't a good enough sign.

Menoly had similar thoughts. While she was very skeptical about coming here at first, her suspicious and nervous behavior had gradually stopped and switched to that of enthusiasm. She didn't talk as much as Loly did to Ichigo, but she did occasionally have her own nervous question for him, and would calm down when he answered her in a friendly tone. She also would sneak her own glances at him every so often, and took note of the fact that Loly was doing the same thing, only a lot more often. Something that seemed to irk her for reasons she didn't know.

The three of them came to a stop in front of a crosswalk, waiting patiently for the sign to signal them to come across. Loly took this opportunity to try and find out more about their tour guide.

"So Ichigo. What do you do here?" Ichigo glanced at her and scratched the back of his head as he answered.

"I'm still a high school student for now. I don't really do anything other than help out my dad at the clinic if he needs me too."

"Clinic?" Menoly questioned when he finished talking. Ichigo nodded, putting his hand down into his pocket.

"Yeah. My dad owns a clinic in the neighborhood. I get paid to help out every so often." Menoly nodded and mulled over his answer. Loly seemed satisfied at his answer and didn't have any other questions for him, so Ichigo decided to ask a question of his own.

"I can't help but wonder, but, where did you two move from?" Menoly immediately looked up and over at her sister with an almost nervous expression. Loly had done the same when Ichigo asked, the two of them looking at each other, trying to quickly come up with an answer. When it was obvious Loly didn't know what to say, Menoly tried to cover for her.

"We moved from the country. We used to live in a small house in the hills. Our parents weren't all that wealthy and we've never lived inside of a city like this before, but they both found jobs of their own that can let us live here now." Menoly mentally berated herself. She gave too much information on what should have been a simple answer, something Ichigo seemed to notice. Her fears were unfounded, however, when Ichigo nodded and didn't comment on the matter. She looked over at Loly, who also seemed relieved and gave her a look that clearly said, 'Nice save.'

Loly decided to try and change the subject and asked another question. "Where do you go to school?"

The sign ahead signaled for them to walk and Ichigo did so, with them following after him closely. "Well… just your average High School I guess. It's not far from my house." The next question from Menoly caught him off guard.

"Can we see it?" Ichigo paused when she asked him, thinking that she had meant to see his house, something that seemed a little sudden to him.

"See it?"

"Your school, would it be alright if you could show us sometime today?" Ichigo sighed in relief, berating himself for jumping to conclusions. He answered with a shrug.

"Sure, I guess. I can show you later."

Menoly nodded with small smile on her face, obviously happy with the answer. And with that they continued down the street, Ichigo continuing with his explanations. Menoly and Loly were content with listening intently over the course of the next hour and a half. When Ichigo suggested they stop and get something to eat, they agreed and asked what there was around here.

"Well, there's plenty of places to eat around here. There's a sushi place I know just down the street. There's also this great Western Restaurant I like to eat at every so often. What do you two want?" Menoly and Loly both seemed startled at the question, almost appearing to not know the difference between the two. Menoly spoke up after she and Loly had looked at each other for a few seconds.

"Um. W-whatever you want is fine." Ichigo looked back at her, but only shrugged and replied,

"If you say so. Western food it is."

After a lunch full of questions and comments on the food, the three had returned to their walking. It was already close to two in the afternoon. It seemed to go back to their routine of pointing and explaining, but then, Menoly asked another question as she pointed to a small human girl and what she was holding. "What's that?"

Loly looked over at the human girl and raised a brow in curiosity. "Yeah." Ichigo followed where Menoly was pointing and saw the little girl. It looked like she was holding an ice cream cone. He almost couldn't believe that the ice cream cone is what Menoly was asking about, but answered hesitantly.

"That's Ice Cream… do you not know what that is?" Ichigo mentally berated himself after he asked her. He knew that may have sounded really condescending, and once more when Menoly seemed to be startled and looked away from him.

"S-sorry. I've just… never seen it before, and-." Ichigo cut her off quickly, trying to sound reassuring.

"I'm sorry, I was just surprised. It's, um, frozen milk I guess. It tastes good. Wanna try it? I'll buy."

Menoly looked up at him with a happy expression, followed by Loly. "Yes, That would be very nice."

Ichigo nodded and led them over to the small Ice Cream parlor. A few minutes later, they walked out with their own respective flavors. Ichigo held a Styrofoam cup of chocolate ice cream which he ate with a spoon, Menoly held a cone of vanilla ice cream, something he had expected, and Loly ate her own strawberry ice cream. They stood outside of the shop, eating their frozen treats. Menoly and Loly seemed to eat theirs with great enthusiasm, something Ichigo couldn't help but chuckle at. He was about to speak up when all the sudden, they heard,

"Kurosaki-Kun?" They turned and Ichigo immediately recognized the voice as Orihime's. He greeted her with a wave.

"Oh, hi there Orihime. What're you doing?" Ichigo asked her, though it was obvious she had been shopping, if the small bag of groceries hanging from her arm wasn't a clue. He also couldn't help but notice the combination of food she had bought, but didn't question it.

"Oh! Just shopping! I was eating breakfast this morning when I came up with a new idea for a dish!" As their conversation branched out to more trivial things, Loly and Menoly were talking to each other quietly. Loly held a glare at Orihime and, surprisingly, so did Menoly though it was obvious hers was less vicious than her sister's. Loly spoke up first.

"Who do you think that is?" Menoly stopped glaring at Orihime and looked at Loly, answering with what almost resembled malice.

"I don't know. She looks like she's a friend of Ichigo's." For reasons they both didn't quite understand, this fact seemed to annoy them greatly.

"I don't like her." Loly stated as a matter-of-fact. Menoly sighed at her sister's statement, but inwardly felt the same way. A thought came to Menoly's mind afterwards, surprising her.

'Are we... jealous of Orihime?' She looked over at Loly again who, by the look on her face, seemed to have come to the same realization.

Orihime looked past Ichigo and noticed the two girls that were behind him for the first time. She seemed to remain oblivious to the fact they were both glaring at her and questioned Ichigo. "Who're those two?" Orihime asked, gesturing behind him. Ichigo's eyes widened slightly at forgetting Loly and Menoly. He corrected himself and took a step back, allowing both parties to have full view of each other and introduced them.

"Oh yeah. Orihime, these two just moved here and I'm showing them around town. This is-." He was cut off by Loly who was followed by Menoly.

"Loly."

"Menoly." Either Ichigo didn't notice the tone they had used to introduce themselves, or he didn't give it any mind. Orihime, on the other hand, had noticed their tone but tried to remain friendly.

"I'm Orihime Inoue, nice to meet you!"

"Are you one of Ichigo's friends?" Loly asked, not even bothering with a greeting. Menoly turned to look at her sister, a little surprised by the hostility she was exerting. Orihime eye's seemed to narrow in a rare moment of annoyance for her.

"Yes, I am. I'm a good friend of Kurosaki-kun."

"Oh? Well, good for you." Loly replied pleasantly. For the next few seconds, the three girls held a glaring contest, which was interrupted when Ichigo sensed the tension in the air and intervened.

"Well, sorry Orihime, but I was about to continue showing them around town." Orihime's expression brightened though disappointment was obvious in her voice.

"Ok then! Goodbye! I'll see you at school!" And with that, she turned to leave. When she was out of sight, Loly and Menoly seemed to calm down. Ichigo scratched the back of his head with a confused look on his face as he watched Orihime leave.

'What was that about?' He thought. Menoly spoke up rather quickly, in an attempt to not get questioned by Ichigo on Loly's, and her own, behavior.

"We're done eating. We can get back to the tour when you're ready." Ichigo turned and nodded, his expression changing back to friendliness.

"Yeah, ok. Not much left to see I guess, but you did want to see my school."

(Later)

Another hour had passed for the trio as the tour seemed to be nearing it's finish. They ended up close to where they had started. Loly and Menoly both seemed rather content, although they were disappointed that the tour was over. Ichigo stopped walking and turned back to them. "Well, I suppose that's pretty much it. Not much else too see."

The two girls nodded and expressed their gratitude. Menoly went first. "Thank you very much Ichigo. I had fun today."

"Yeah, me too. We should do it again sometime." Both Ichigo and Menoly were surprised at Loly's statement, though for different reasons. Ichigo was surprised that they had enjoyed it as much as they did and wanted to go out again. Menoly was more shocked at Loly's statement than anything. If they wanted to see him again, it would mean sneaking out of Las Noches a second time. Although she wanted too, she was still a little skeptical.

"Um, alright then. I can just give you my number if you want." Ichigo offered, but Menoly shook her head, much to his own dismay. But his spirit was lifted at her statement.

"We don't have any phones. But, we can find you. You said you ran a Clinic around this area, shouldn't be hard too find."

"Alright, if you say so." He then checked his watch. "I gotta get home anyways. I guess I'll see you two later."

With that, he intended to wave them goodbye and head home. But right before he left, a thought came to Loly's mind that made her blush faintly but she steeled herself to do it anyways. She grabbed Ichigo by the arm and said, "Thanks again Ichigo-kun." And with that she put lifted herself up slightly on her toes and gave him a small peck on the cheek. Menoly gaped at Loly from behind her. Ichigo had a surprised expression of his own, a dark blush on his face, which the same could be said for Loly, who looked like a tomato after she finished her bold action. Menoly then found herself wanting to do the same thing that Loly did but she knew she couldn't do it so easily like her sister had so she merely thanked him again and followed Loly as she left, leaving Ichigo there with a dumb-struck expression on his face.

The dumb-struck expression vanished after a few seconds, replaced with a rather content smile.

(Las Noches)

When the Garganta opened in Las Noches, both Loly and Menoly quickly exited, landing in their room. When it closed behind them, they waited a couple minutes, not making a sound. When no one came, they sighed in relief. They had gotten away with it. Loly spoke up immediately, with a smirk on her face as she looked at Menoly, who in turn had her arms crossed, already knowing what was going to be said.

"I told you so, I told you so!" Menoly rolled her eyes as Loly continued. "That was awesome, huh? Admit it! That was a great idea, and I was right. We did meet a hot guy."

Menoly couldn't help but sigh, but reluctantly nodded in agreement. "Ok, Ok. You were right for once." This left Loly feeling rather triumphant. But the next question made her blush and turn away with an a defensive expression of her face.

"What was with that kiss, hm? And saying, 'We should do it again sometime.'?"

"H-Hey! You were thinking the same thing! I don't know about you but I'm going back to hang out with him again. Bad idea or not!" Menoly raised her eyebrow at this, and asked the question that not only affected Loly, but herself.

"Why are you acting this way about him? He's a human, and we're Arrancar." Loly's expression seemed to turn sour at this, as did Menoly's. Why indeed? Loly realized she didn't have an answer for that question.

"I… I don't know, ok?" Menoly nodded and sighed, her mood turning even more somber.

"I don't know either. Let's just... think things through. Ok, Loly?" Loly sighed and appeared to be dejected.

"Fine." They soon discarded their Gigai and set them aside neatly. There was a few minutes of silence between the two. Menoly looked over at her sister and saw that she was obviously deep in thought. With her sister quiet for now, Menoly had her own silence to think about the situation. She liked Ichigo, yes. He was a very friendly and polite person, which was a pleasant change from the usual occurrences here in Las Noches. He was also very attractive. His orange hair made him stand out and, from the glances she took, seemed to be rather well built with muscle. Menoly found herself blushing upon remembering.

Loly had similar thoughts. Ichigo was very kind and respectful to her and Menoly. But, if her many peeks and glances at him and his expressions were true, he could also be very intimidating and tough. She didn't comment on any of the times she caught him glaring at other males that came too close to them or were looking at them. Though, she honestly couldn't tell if he was doing this intentionally, or was doing it without knowing so. And after that thought, they both came to a similar, and dangerous, decision. They both looked at each other and said, almost at the same time,

"I'm going back again."

(Karakura Town/Ichigo's Room)

Ichigo stumbled into his room and plopped himself down on his bed, rubbing the part of his head where his dad had elbowed him when he entered the house. He was too out of it to care at the moment though. He was hoping for a change in routine and he got it. Today was fun. He felt a little bad remembering the incident with Orihime but quickly forgot about it when his mind drifted back to the two girls. He hoped to see them again. Sooner rather than later preferably.

He remembered them perfectly. They were beautiful, one not more so than the other. Which only made him blush slightly when he recalled Loly's parting gift. What did that mean? Did she like him? He found himself hoping so, a little confused at the feeling. It was almost funny. He had interacted with other girls for years, and either he didn't show interest in them or they didn't show interest in him. Even the girls at his school were the same.

And to think that the same day he met those two girls, one of them seemed to like him, just as he thought of them.

With that in mind, he put his hands behind his head and relaxed, falling asleep soon after, even though it was still only late in the afternoon.

(Chapter End/Authors Note)

Well there you have it. I know this may be a little too 'cute', but please hear me out before you send some sort of hate review that basically resembles,

Dear InhumanNexus... GGGAAAAAAAYYYYYY!

Cause that wouldn't be cool, dawg. The way I feel, doesn't matter if you're small children or a hundred year old hollow with a personality, if you genuinely care about learning something new about a thing or place, you may act a little different than normal. You might show emotions like excitement and giddy...ness... :D

Now, I don't know about you guys, but this past week, to me, seemed like a month. 'Cause I couldn't get to a computer AT ALL! But hey, I'm actually quite grateful I didn't get to type. I got to think of new ideas for the story and, personally, I'm very excited for how I plan the story to be. Of course, it still didn't help that when I came up with the new ideas I still couldn't type it out. Here's me on Saturday:

Journal Entry:86 Day 43

It has been four... five days? Five days since I've been able to type out my thoughts. I find myself slipping deeper and deeper into a paranoid, psychotic, mess, forced to suppress my ideas into the bowels of my mind. The only thing I can do is write out my thoughts on paper. My room is filled with paper, all ranging from notes to mythical runes to try and summon a way to use a computer... I just got my forty-third paper-cut...

Someone help me.

Ok, maybe that was a little exaggerated, but yeah. You get the idea. ANYWAYS, just so you know, I have Chapter 3 typed out, but I will wait a day or two to publish it to see if a review or ten manages to make me change the way it ended out.

And that will wrap it up for now. Be sure to leave your reviews! Constructive criticism is welcome, but flamers will be hunt down and beaten up by me personally, I assure you.