A/N: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE REVIEWS, FOLLOWS, AND FAVES! Like seriously, thank you all! This chapter is a little shorter this time…heh hope ya don't mind. Uhm, the title for this chapter doesn't really have much to do with the chapter itself, it's just the best I could come up with.
-.-' as always, please review!
Warnings: Swearing, Yaoi (not yet though!), and OOCness
Chapter 3: Friendship
Grimmjow's POV
After school, same Monday
"I still can't believe that you, of all people, were not paying attention in class." I said to Ichigo as we started the walk home. When I heard the teacher tell him to stop daydreaming, my eyes were so wide from shock, I thought they might fall off. But then I started laughing my ass off.
"Well, it seems you've finally stopped daydreaming Mr. Kurosaki." I heard the teacher say. I looked over at my best friend in confusion, and saw that he had this "oh shit" expression on his face. What the hell? That is so not like him at all. I was in a state of shock.
"I was…uh…um…just…uh…ya know…" I heard him say, well more like stutter, and I couldn't help the laugh that escaped.
"Yes, I think I do know. Now, you get to read the next five pages out loud for us please." She said with a 'sweet' smile. At that I couldn't help but laugh my ass off, knowing how much he hated reading out loud.
"I had stuff on my mind." he says evasively. Hmm..that makes me curious.
"Like what?" I ask, though he probably won't tell me. If he just brushes it off, I'll get really angry. I hate it when he does that.
"I was just thinking about how weird it is that two people can become such close friends from some carelessness and anger issues, that's all." He gave me a small smile when he got done talking.
The way he said that just now made him sound sentimental. He was thinking about how we first met and became friends? Wow, that was a really long time ago, wasn't it? At least, it felt like it. In all reality it's not like we've been "best friends forever" or anything like that, but I still remember the day quite clearly.
It was around the beginning of the 5th grade year. Well, basically. School has only been going for a couple of months and it was already more than enough for me. It was one of those days for me, one where I was pissed off just for having to come to school. So there I was, pissed off, tired, and hungry. I was making my way to lunch when some kid who isn't watching where he's going runs into me, making by books and his fall to the floor. I look to see just who had run into me, and I see spiky orange hair and big brown eyes (yes, his hair was slightly spikey, even back then). I was pissed that he had run into me, and I didn't want an apology. So I pushed him and he fell. "Oi, just what do you think you're staring at?" I asked him and narrowed my eyes at him.
I was thoroughly surprised however when he pushed me back saying "I didn't know your self-esteem was so low that you called yourself a thing." And then he sneered at me. Wow, he sure did have some nerve. And does that mean he's staring at me? Oh well, I am so pissed that he pushed me back. I'm not used to that. I don't know if I like it or not though. I punched him in the face, hoping he'd get the message that I was stronger than him. I had started martial arts training last year, after all. But then he retaliated with a quick kick to my gut, making me lose my breath. The damn brat! I lunged at him prepared to break his nose and give him a black eye. Unfortunately he blocked my blow to his nose, but I still got him in the eye. Ha. Teach him to mess with me. But then he punches me hard in the jaw. Damn. That hurt.
I was about to lunge at him again when I heard someone clear their throat. I turned around to see an angry glaring teacher. Great, just what I needed.
xXx
After the principal had given us a lecture and sent us to wait outside, I saw some guy come into the office and Ichigo sighed. That's right, his name was Ichigo. His mother had died in some car accident a couple of years ago. Still doesn't make me feel bad for fighting with him though. Anyways, Ichigo picked up his stuff and left and I realized that guy must have been his father. I thought back to my fight with Ichigo and remembered the look in his eyes before I pushed him, and when he was angry. I decided that he was a good fighter, and intended to see those looks in his eyes again sometime.
xXx
So after school on Monday as I was heading out to Starrk's car I heard Ichigo say "Hey, Grimmjow!"
Great. "What?" I ask him. I am not really in a mood to talk right now and I think he can tell, but obviously he doesn't care.
"I'm sorry I ran into you last Monday." The way he said it and wouldn't look at me was cute. Although, I didn't really take him as the type to apologize.
"It's fine I geuss, you were a pretty good fighter anyways, from what I could tell." I tell him, and it's the truth. I'd been thinking about it a lot lately and realized that he seemed like kind of a loner, like me. He would be a good friend probably, but I doubt he would want to be my friend after that fight. Oh well. I grin, but I don't know why.
He looks up at me in shock and says, "Aren't you at least going to apologize for pushing me?"
"Nope." I say to him as my grin grows wider. Then I walk away.
"Yeah it is pretty strange, isn't it?" I ask him.
"Yeah." was his only reply.
Ichigo's POV
So there we were, me and Grimmjow, just walking home. And I must say that I am very confused. Knowing Grimmjow the way I do, I'm curious as to why he hasn't brought the lunch incident up yet, because I know he will, just to tease me. The thing is though, I don't know how he knows what to do to make me get that angry. Obviously I know that I get jealous, but how does he? Or does he even? Well, I'm not going to let it get to me right now. It's not like this is the first time I've thought this anyways. I look over at him and see the look on his face. The look that lets me know that whatever it is he's about to do or say, I'm not going to like it. Lovely.
"So…lunch was interesting today." he says. Great. Here we go. Might as well play dumb.
"Yeah, Shinji getting tackled by Shiro was pretty funny." I say in reply.
"Yeah, I geuss it was…but that isn't what I was talking about." He says in a smug voice.
"Oh? Did Ulquiorra say something that was amusing?" I ask, knowing that he hates Ulquiorra and that he wouldn't 'waste time on the damn bastard' as he had once so kindly said.
"Depends. Are you jealous again?" he asks. What. The. Fuck. He knows?! I stop dead in my tracks, turn to look at him and see a smug smile on his face. I narrow my eyes then turn around and keep walking. I try to ignore him, but I really need to know if he knows how I feel about him. So I continue to play dumb hoping he'll state what he knows, or something of the sorts.
"Don't know what you're talking 'bout." I say casually.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about."
"Oh yeah, that's right…now that you mention it I might remember something… Something about you practically forcing yourself on some girl. Isn't that right?" Now it's me who's turning to look at him with a smug smile on my face. Ooh, he's getting irritated.
"That is not what happened, and I was referring to the part where you got jealous because I was flirting with that girl."
"Did I ever say that I was jealous?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Why else could you have been that angry?" he asked in his smartass tone.
"I told you then. It was the first day of school and we were already late this morning, I just didn't want you to be late again, is all." I hope he drops it. I can tell that he suspects something and I really don't want to have to explain that I am insanely attracted to him. My best friend. A guy. I mean, it's not like I'm gay (and I don't have anything against gay people though!) but I'm also not attracted to girls…but the only guy I've been attracted to is Grimmjow, so I don't know. I'm confused. And I like it that way, so I try not to think about it too often.
"Hmm…okay than." He says with a smile. Thankfully, he lets it drop after that.
Then we start talking about the homework we got, which consisted of math, English (I hated learning the language, it was so difficult and had way too many rules, in my opinion), and some sort of science. But I wasn't paying attention when the teacher gave out the science homework, so I was kind of screwed.
"Man teachers are such assholes. Giving us homework on the first day…what a pain in the ass." He says and groans.
"I know. I don't even know what the science assignment is." I agree.
"You could come over to my place later and we could work on the assignments." he suggested.
All of a sudden, my heart beat faster. I don't know why, considering that it's not the first time I've been over to his house, and he's been over to mine before. Best to ignore it for now, I guess.
"Sure, what time?"
"Don't care."
"Okay"
Just then we got to the part of the walk where we go our separate ways. "Later." he says.
"Bye." I say in return.
When I get home it's already 4 o'clock and I decide that I'm gonna take a nap. As I'm trying to fall asleep, my mind starts to drift. I'm glad I got to see Grimmjow today, the last time I saw him was 4 days ago. Although, we did still text of course…but texting your best friend is nothing like actually seeing them. Especially when your best friend is a tall, blue haired, blue eyed hottie like mine is. I thought to myself as I started to fall asleep for maybe an hour, possibly two before going to Grimmjows.
A/N: okay, I know that was short and mostly in Ichigo's POV so to make up for it, the next chapter will be longer and more in Grimmjow's POV ... and I'll try to keep updating everyday like I have been, but if the chapters are longer then I might not be able to update every day. But the longest it will ever take is like, a week, but it'd only take that long because…unfortunately…school is starting soon *shudders*
