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Chapter Three : In Contrary
"Ohaiyo, Inoue," Ichigo grinned, seeing the bright-haired girl walking out from her house.
"Kurosaki-kun," she smiled back and gave him a hug. Ichigo took her hand and they walked to the direction of the mall.
"That movie was great, don't you think, Kurosaki-kun?" Inoue asked.
"Yeah, love it too." He answered, "Now what do you want to do? Are you hungry?"
Inoue shook her head and Ichigo saw an Ice cream shop.
"What about some ice-cream, huh?"
She smiled, her face flushing scarlet, "I'd love it, thanks,"
Ichigo smiled to himself. Even the most ordinary request still make her blush somehow? Ichigo likes her smile. It was like a bright summer smile, and one of the things he loves from her the most.
He watched her as she ate her strawberry ice-cream.
"You like strawberries flavor?" he asked, finding it strange that he hadnt noticed before that she liked strawberries.
"Yes," she blushed a little, "Well, Strawberry is your name, Kurosaki-kun,"
He grinned at her words and took her hand, pointing to a cute doll shop. He saw a brown teddy bear and saw her squeal with delight.
"It's so cute," she said and he offered to buy it for her. He stopped when he saw a white rabbit doll next to the bear.
A voice seems to talk to him, but it's not Inoue's…
"Ichigo! Look at that baby rabbit, isn't it the cutest?"
Ichigo blinked, pushing the memories out of his head. Damn, Rukia showing up again really wrecks his life. It made him sad somehow. Inoue seems to notice his discomfort.
"Is there any problem, Kurosaki-kun?" she asked, concerned. Shaking himself out of his reverie, the orange haired young man smiled, "No, Inoue." And paid the doll, giving it to her. He grinned when he saw her face brightened.
"Thank you," she said and hugged him again. Ichigo put his arm around her as they walked out of the shop. Rukia's voice was still echoing inside his head, especially that words in her sixteenth birthday when he took her to Tokyo.
"Thank you, Ichigo. We'll always be together, right?" Rukia had said sheepishly.
He had smiled, "Of course. I love you,"
They had sat on the dark meadows, watching the starlit sky. It was one of those moments he relished the most.
Used to.
A frown appeared on his face.
Well, that promise is broken, the young man thought to himself. He thought about her, but then turned his gaze to his girlfriend, whose face was radiant with happiness.
He knew he loved her, maybe he still did, but he had decided from a long time ago that Rukia was a past.
He had someone now. He loves her.
I was content enough with that, he thought, ignoring a pair of blue eyes that keeps flashing into his mind.
The shadow of the garden's lantern illuminated the form of a girl standing in front of the manor's door. She flicked back her midnight dark hair and glanced at her wristwatch.
Six o'clock in the night.
The girl rested her head on the wall for a moment, sighing. Earlier today she had met someone she really longed to see, but the moments had been kind of… weird. Then she had gone, meeting nii-sama in the office and now…
Her nightmare had begun.
She bit her lip nervously before knocking on the door. One tap… two… and it swung open, revealing a young man standing inside, smiling at her.
"Right on time," the young man took her hand. The girl's blue eyes widened, showing fear.
"I've missed you, you know," he grinned, "Rukia,"
She shivered, and it wasn't from the cold.
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Ichigo froze as he saw the red marks on her neck.
"You're hurt!" he exclaimed, touching the burning skin. She flinched away, "Who did this to you...?"
"Er...no. I... I fell down my bike," she answered lamely.
Ichigo eyed her skeptically, unsure whether to trust her or not. Could someone be hurting her? Byakuya? No, it's impossible.
His eyes fell on her split lips and knew that she had lied about that too.
She seemed to notice his hesitant and smiled up at him, "Ichigo, it's okay. Trust me,"
He trusted her. For the moment. But if she had another injuries, well... he's going to find out.