Connect our hearts
Disclaimer: I do not own the Bleach series.(Ichigo/Rukia )
Chapter 3 : These feelings can't be ignored
"I can't believe it Mari! He beat me! At first in kendo and then in tae kwon do!" Rukia shouted from behind the bar where she was working.
"Wow, he must be good if he can beat you in kendo and tae kwon do." Mari laughed slightly.
"It's not funny." Rukia retorted dryly.
"No, it's actually very funny."
"You sounded just like him a second ago."
"Really?" Rukia nodded and prepared someone's drink. "Hey Kuchiki, some hot guy came over and wanted to see how you were."
"Fiery red hair with lots of black tattoos."
"Yup, that's the one. I told him you were fine but your shift didn't start till late and not to worry."
"Thanks."
"Excuse me, , can we speak to you a moment?" A man in a suit asked.
Mari turned to her and mouthed the words manager. Rukia set the glass down and walked over to him drying her hands.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing. We've been so impressed with your work that we have an irresistible offer, a family is looking for some hired help to live with them, without having to pay for room and board. Now all you have to do is say yes and you're hired."
"Well I don't really know, moving in with this strange family and everything is kind of weird."
"Of course it's not, you get double the pay and can still work here but if you refuse I'm afraid your employment will be terminated. This family is one of our most respective donors, they supply us and fund us so if you disappoint them then I'll have to fire you to save the club. Believe me Rukia I don't want to have to fire you, you're a hard worker and it would be a great loss, not to mention you would get paid full-time by them plus paid here hourly."
"Well," Rukia hesitated, she needed the money and free room and board didn't sound to bad. "Well, ok I'll do it." He smiled as she shook his hand.
"Great it's settled. I'll show you to the family." She followed him as he led her to a table at the top of the bar and club.
"Mrs. Arisawa this is Kuchiki Rukia."
"Hi, nice to meet you, thank you for the offer."
" Yes of course, we've been in desperate need of some help." Mrs. Arisawa said haughtily. "You will move in right after work and we'll get you started with your chores tomorrow."
"Um, ok, thank you."
Rukia walked away, something didn't feel right about how everything was playing out. Inside her she felt that intuition that was telling her that something was going deeper than what she had seen on the outside shell.
But with no answers she grabbed her things and went home. Looking around the room she began packing. Putting things in boxes and wrapping valuables. She took the picture frames off of her nightstand. Looking at the one picture of Byakuya and Renji, she had to smile Byakuya wasn't smiling, but in his eyes she could an entire world of love that had crumbled when Hisana died. She kissed the glass and set the picture in a box.
Another picture caught her eye, Jushiro and Kaien were smiling together. A tear made its way down her cheek, that was the last picture of Kaien ever taken. He was an amazing man, and she had ripped his life from the world. She quickly put the picture down, sometimes it brought back the most terrible memories, of the rain that poured down that day.
In one picture was Reingiku, with Renji, and Toshiro. He was the shortest one in the picture so some people said Renji was holding him up so he could fit in the shot. She smiled, even though he was a captain he was so funny and sometimes very hard to take serious.
She set the last picture in the box and closed it, sealing it shut. She stood and looked around in an hour she had packed everything that was of value to her. She was about to pick up the box to take it outside to the truck but a knock on the door interrupted her.
She walked over to the door and opened it. Ichigo was standing outside dripping wet. He smiled and she looked at him.
"Why are you all wet?" She asked.
"Well, it just so happens to be raining outside."
"Oh right, what?"
"Well, you have the textbook I need, so I came to get it."
"Oh, come in sorry."
She let him in and began searching for the textbook, he looked around the room at all the scatter boxes.
"Are you moving?" He asked.
"What? No, I'm just relocating, to another part of Karakura Town."
"Oh, why?"
"Well, it's for this job I have. I can't find that stupid textbook."
"Oh, I'll help you look for it." He started opening the boxes.
"Why do I have your textbook anyway?"
"Well, let's see. You needed it because you didn't have one for some strange reason so I let you borrow mine and now I need it, which leads us here I think."
He got in one of the boxes and picked up a picture of Rukia and Renji, he looked over it.
"Is he your boyfriend or something?" He asked.
"Who?" She looked up at the picture and grabbed it out of his hand. "Where did you get this?"
"It was in the box I was looking in." She put the picture down and closed the box.
"Well this box is private."
"You're not some serial killer that I need to know about, and this guy was your last victim."
"Hilarious really." She said dryly.
"Then who is he?"
"That's none of your business ok!"
"Whoa sorry, take it easy Hisana."
"Don't call me that." She said quietly.
"What your name?"
She sat on her bed and stayed silent. Telling him her name was Hisana wasn't a very smart idea. It was killing her every time he said it, almost like only Byakuya was allowed to say her name. She thought about telling him, but that would make things awkward. She was getting in too deep, too attached.
He sat next to her as she remain quiet. He thought that maybe he had said something to offend her and instantly thought of a way to make her feel better.
"Hisana, if I said anything I'm sorry. I didn't-"
"No, it's nothing, let's just find that textbook." She got up and started looking again.
He stood slowly and walked over to her, he could hear the muffled sound of tears. He placed his hand on her shoulder and turned her around to face him, she was crying. He pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her as she cried on his chest.
"Okay we're ready." A guy said as he walked in the door. Ichigo nodded and told the guy to give them a minute. "Oh, ok I'll come back in a few minutes."
She pulled away and wiped her eyes. He lifted her face to look at him, she kept looking away but he followed her eyes.
"Come on, just one smile. Come on." She laughed slightly and a smile bent onto her face. "There, come on I'll help you load."
He helped her load her things into the small truck and watched her drive away. The rain was still pouring after she left her old apartment and made her way toward her new home. She watched the buildings go by as the truck drove on.
It stopped at a large house that was the largest in the area. Getting out the house got bigger and bigger. Holding the box with all of her pictures she stepped inside the house and looked around at décor. Mrs. Arisawa came up to her and looked over her soaking wet self.
"Follow Tanaka he will show you to your new room." She said.
Rukia nodded and followed the man into the house. He opened a door and motioned for her to go down it. She walked down the stairs as the nice white walls turned into brown wood. At the end she found herself in the basement, spacious enough it was still a basement.
She set the box on the bed as the movers brought in the rest of her boxes. When the last box was in her room the butler threw down a key and closed the door. She turned on the small light bulb that was the only light in the room.
It was a sad room with everything made of wood. As she set up her room she sighed, she had gotten herself into a mess and it didn't look good. When she finished fixing it she went up the stairs to talk to the family.
As she got upstairs she heard some noises like talking. Following the sounds she walked into the living room and saw Tatsuki sitting on the couch.
"Excuse me, do you live here?" Rukia asked.
"Yeah, oh you must be the new maid we 'hired'."Tatsuki laughed. "Well, I guess that shows us whose the better of the two. As if Ichigo would ever go for a lowly maid, be ready Hisana Kuchiki I'm gonna make your life a living hell for trying to ruin mine."
"You'll be lucky if I don't poison your food first."
"Don't worry I'll keep you plenty in line."
"I don't care about you Tatsuki, if Ichigo loves you then you have nothing to worry about. Especially me getting in your way, I don't like Ichigo, so if you have any problems take them up with him."
"I'm not gonna let you get in my way, with you out of the picture, I have nothing to worry about."
Rukia turned away and headed downstairs to her new room. Closing the door behind her she fell on her bed, definitely not allowing tears to fall in the least. She looked at the pictures of her friends and her brother. Playing the music box Byakuya had given her she fell asleep dreaming of better times when she had very little to worry about.
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