"Wait, repeat tha'?" The taller of the two pleaded. He couldn't believe what he'd just heard.
"I said I didn't see anything from him, Nothing. It's like he's not going to die." Grimmjow repeated again as they moved through sidewalk after sidewalk of people.
"He's abnormal, it's like he's not even really alive. He doesn't have a death scene, and is able to interfere with other people's death?" The bluenet shook his head before walking into his apartment building.
"Well, he's gotta 'ave a death scene. Maybe he's just not close 'nough to it?" His friend asked as they stepped into the elevator.
"I've encountered people whose lives were lived out completely and were going to die in their older ages. I'm able to see them all, but not him!" Grimmjow sighed and shrugged, before looking to his friend. "Go home. Tell your dads that I'm not gonna come for dinner tonight. I have food here." He demanded.
With a growl, his companion nodded before exiting the still open lift. As nnoitra left the building, Grimmjow watched him move. He closed his eyes before resting his back against the metal paneling of the lift.
He was just about to push the button for his floor when the same girl with black pigtails came into the small metal box. Grimmjow gave her a questioning look and she just smiled before pressing the button for the 6th floor, much to Grimmjow's surprise. Looking from the button to her he raised a brow: did she know that he lived on that floor?
"Oh, I ran into you yesterday didn't I? I'm so sorry about that." She exclaimed, obviously overjoyed that she didn't get hit by a car. It still confused the blue haired man to no end. How had ichigo managed to save her?
How had one person been able to not only avoid having his death scene seen by Grimmjow, but also managed to help someone else avoid their own death? It didn't seem like a coincidence. "It's fine." Grimmjow mumbled to her. In truth, he was wondering if the girl's death scene would be different if he were to touch her again. He'd never experienced this sort of thought.
When the doors to the lift finally opened on his floor, he left first, but heard her steps behind him. Stopping in front of his door, he went to unlock it but heard the girls voice again, "Oh wow, I didn't know you were the guy living across from me." She said with a smile and an outstretched hand. "My name is Loly."
Grimmjow looked at her outstretched hand, thinking over what would happen if he touched her. Would he see a different death scene, or would there not be one? He decided however, not to shake her hand, "Grimmjow." He mumbled before opening his door and going inside.
Once he was inside, he pulled the polaroid picture from his pocket. Fumbling with it for a moment, he ripped it in two. He didn't think it was right to put a picture of someone who survived into the box. It was almost disrespectful to those he could do nothing for.
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It was nearly seven now and Grimmjow didn't get a call from his adoptive fathers, he was happy about that. He could only take so much of those three.
He'd just finished his homework when he decided to call for a pizza. Once his order was done, there was a knock at the door.
"That's not the pizza." He commented to himself. Walking to the door, he opened it to come face-to-face with none other than Ichigo himself.
"Oh, this isn't the right apartment. I could have sworn that she said 6th floor and 5th door on the left. Do you know where Loly's apartment is?" He asked.
Grimmjow couldn't say anything, he was just completely dumbfounded. "Hello?" The orange haired boy looked slightly concerned for Grimmjow. "Are you okay?" He questioned before those chocolate brown eyes ran over the body in front of him.
"Who are you?" Grimmjow mumbled the question, which caused the male in front of him raise a brow in question.
"Me? I'm Ichigo, Ichigo Kurosaki." He announced. At the same moment he said his name, Loly opened her apartment door wide.
"Oh there you are! I was worried you'd gotten lost." She exclaimed as she gave Grimmjow a look that screamed she didn't like him. Probably due to him closing the door in her face, but he wasn't concerned.
"Oh, that one's your apartment!" He laughed, and with that, it made Grimmjow freeze. It sent warmth down his spine that made him completely forget about all the death that he'd seen, it made him smile.
"It was nice talking to you." Ichigo said as he turned toward the girl.
"Grimmjow." His name passed his lips before he could stop himself.
Ichigo turned around and raised a brow, "What?"
"My name. It's Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez."
Ichigo turned to face him fully, and extended his hand for a shake, "It's nice to officially meet you Grimmjow." He said with a grin.
Hesitantly, he grabbed the other's hand to shake. And that's all he got was a handshake. No scene of Ichigo's death came rushing into him like every other time.
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"I'm telling you Nnoi, he doesn't have a death scene." Grimmjow whispered to him as they walked through the halls of their school.
"He has to 'ave one, everyone does." Nnoitra whispered back with an eager edge to his voice. Then he gasped, "Unless he's already dead?"
Grimmjow gave him a look that spoke for him, 'are you fucking kidding me?' "You can't be serious Nnoitra." He said with a shake of his head.
"Oh come on, think bout it. He don't 'ave a death scene, and he saved someone from theirs. You couldn' foretell him being there to save her cause he ain't alive!" The taller male explained. Now that he actually put it into words, it did sound plausible at least.
"Stop, it's not possible. He'd have to be a zombie, and obviously he's not." Grimmjow noted before opening the door to their chemistry class. It was the only class they had together, and it was the only class he shared with Ichigo as well.
"Hey, zombies don't 'ave to be all bout wantin' your brains." The one eyed teen announced as soon as they came into the class. Everyone turned to look at him, including the orange haired teen. Nnoitra looked around in embarrassment before looking directly at Ichigo. "Am I right or what? Zombies don't 'ave to be bout eating people, tha's just a stereotype made up by fiction writers."
Everyone started laughing in the class, including Ichigo, "Sure I guess you're right, but zombies aren't real anyway. So why does it matter?"
Nnoitra growled before shooting a glance toward his friend. He couldn't back up his argument with the idea of suspecting Ichigo was a zombie. That would mean they'd have to believe Grimmjow could see how people died. Neither boy wanted that secret to get out.
"Nnoitra, stop being stupid. Of course zombies aren't real. If they were, I'm pretty sure vampires and werewolves would be running this world!" Renji laughed out, which made half the class join in with the joke.
"Renji, shut up!" His short black haired lab partner yelled before slapping him with a rolled up newspaper.
"The hell Rukia! Where'd you get a newspaper and don't hit me like I'm some dog!" He hollered at her while rubbing the sore spot on the back of his head.
"You're a damn monkey, not some dog. Dogs are cuter than you."
Renji gave a scowl and was about to retort when the classroom door opened up to reveal their pink haired teacher.
"Alright class, thankfully yesterday's lab project went on without a hitch this time, thank you Halibel for not catching yourself on fire again. Now we can actually do this silly test that the school board is making me give you." He announced, earning a bunch of dissatisfied groans from the class.
"Seriously teach? Can't we just say we did it?" Nnoitra questioned as he finally took his seat next to Grimmjow.
"Well Nnoitra, I could always say you did it and just put your grade as an F in the computer if you'd like." Mr. Granz said as he moved about the class, handing out test packets.
As he was handed one, the blue haired boy couldn't help having his eyes wander toward the orange haired boy that sat on the opposite side of the room. When he looked over at him, a frog seemed to jump in his throat as Ichigo had his own chocolate brown eyes glued to Grimmjow's blue ones. He didn't falter or try to hide the fact that he was staring at him. He kept his eyes glued to Grimmjow for a moment before their teacher told them to start on their tests.
