Chapter 2: The so called truth

Chapter 2: The so called truth

Ichigo knew he had to tell Karin something soon as she seemed to be getting impatient. 'Well, are you going to tell me what you are on about?'

'Um…er…well you see…e-'

'Come on, spit it out!' Karin interrupted. Ichigo was well and truly stuck now. 'Are you gonna tell me or do I have to force it out of y-'

'KARIN, ICHIGO WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE!?' Isshin shouted while walking up the stairs. When he entered Ichigo's room he was greeted with a weird site: Karin holding a bat looking murderous towards Ichigo while Ichigo himself seemed to be under pressure. 'What the hell is going on here!?'

'There's someone or something in Ichigo's closet and he seems to be denying all knowledge!' Karin sneered while watching all of Ichigo's movement. 'Karin it's probably just a cat, if it was a burglar he would have probably tried to knock you out because you're just a kid and Ichigo's a teenager!' Isshin reasoned. Karin knew there was something going on that she didn't know about and even Ichigo was suspicious. Why was Isshin being so reasonable in Ichigo's favour? He had to try and figure that out when he had time. After what seemed to be a lifetime of an awkward silence Karin and Isshin left the room. 'I thought they'd never leave!' Rukia exclaimed, clambering out of the closet.

'Tell me about it' Ichigo replied, flopping onto his bed, 'This is getting harder and harder'.

'I'm sorry Ichigo, that was all my fault, I didn't hear her coming up the stairs and-'

'Listen it's nobody's fault' Ichigo spoke softly, pulling Rukia down to the bed, 'It's just how things happen, we both knew this was going to be hard sometimes.' At this point Ichigo was staring into her eyes. She loved it when he did that for some unexplained reason. 'At least people at school don't suspect anything like that' Ichigo smiled.

'True, the kids at school just think we fancy each other.' Rukia sighed.

'WHAT!?'

'It's only to be expected, after all every time there's a hollow we drag each other off and we seem to spend the most time together.' Ichigo just couldn't believe how Rukia could be so calm about this. 'Tomorrow I'm gonna ask Uryu. He has the answer to everything.' Rukia shook her head; she couldn't believe that Ichigo, being reasonably smart himself didn't expect something like this to happen. Rukia dragged herself towards Ichigo's closet, wishing Ichigo a good night before she closed the door. Tomorrow should be interesting.