a/n: I hate this one.

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Bleach: Love Songs are Cliché

"You think that people they had enough of silly love songs."

Her voice echoed from the bathroom. Ichigo swore that he jerked when he heard her singing. It wasn't really the first time he heard Rukia sing. He usually hears her singing Chappy the Rabbit Theme songs. But this was different. Sure, the song was some crappy love song. For Ichigo, it sounded kind of sweet. It sounded really good on Rukia's voice. He slapped himself on the face. Did he just think the voice of the she-devil sounded angelic? He just listened to her song.

"I look around me and I see it isn't so, no?
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
Well, what's wrong with that? I'd like to know."

It wasn't as great as the seductive as the voices of pop princesses today. Nor was it as powerful as the divas. Her voice has that distinct roughness and yet soothes him. It wasn't like the way she normally spoke with. It was her singing voice. Ichigo recorded it mentally. He'd play sometime in the future…for his own reasons; blackmail her or maybe something like that. He went to his room. He had math problems to do. He should not bother what Rukia sings.

If the polynomial function f(x) has a horizontal asymptote at x equals 0, then it would not have real roots. His understanding about it, however, was also asymptotic to the true idea. He hated. The nature of the discriminant tormented his head. Was it really the nature of math to torture teenagers these days? If the limit of f(x) as x approaches 0 is equal to 5, then for all epsilon greater than zero, there exists a delta greater than zero, such that if the absolute value of x-0 is greater than delta then the absolute value of f(x)-5 is less than epsilon. This limit thing was sure limiting his patience. It was only when he was dealing with the annoying trigonometric functions that he noticed he was humming… a familiar stupid girly song.

You think that people they had enough of silly love songs
I look around me and I see it isn't so, no?

Good kami, he had a song stuck in his head. He needed to get that song out of his head… before anyone heard him. He tried to drown the thoughts with more mathematical equations. However, it failed. He still found himself humming the same tune. He banged his head a few times, but failing miserably to get the song out. It was official. He had LSS, a.k.a. Last Song Syndrome and… Rukia had just finished taking a shower.

Great, just great.

Rukia was still singing the song. She was humming while drawing something on her notepad. Some divine being must be playing a joke on Ichigo. He should not here a word or note from the song. He needed to find a way not only to get the song out of his head but also not hear Rukia singing. Ichigo, running out of options, dug through his stuff looking for his ipod. He successfully found it in his drawer. He turned it on and the volume up maximum. Too his surprise, he heard the same thing.

You think that people they had enough of silly love songs.
I look around me and I see it isn't so, no?
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
Well, what's wrong with that? I'd like to know.

God must really be a practical joker. Ichigo had one last option left. He decided to do it. Though it was still just past nine, he decided to sleep. Hopefully, by the time he wakes up the following day, he was already cured of the LSS. Hopefully... because the moment he picked up his toothbrush the followinf moring, he began humming the same song. Stupid Rukia, and her girly songs, it was all her fault. He can't go to school singing some crappy love song. That would so be out of character. But, what else could he do?

He just prayed to kami that he could keep the song in his head. Too bad the divine being to which prayed did not answer his prayers. During discussions, teachers often hear his hums. Thankfully, they could not pinpoint it was him. And one time, he even doodled the words of the song in his notebooks. It was one heck of an LSS. And of course, it doesn't end there.

It was lunchtime. Ichigo and his gang were eating on the rooftop. Everything was fine. Everything should have been fine. He could have kept the song in his head. But, no kami had to play a trick on him. Kami was a trickster; Ichigo finally concluded; either that kami must really like picking on Ichigo. Of course, he could blame kami, however he blamed some other being for it. He had to thank her for that. Yes, he had to thank Rukia for singing out loud that song.

"Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs." Rukia sang as she lifted her juicebox and took a sip.

"Well, what's wrong with that? I'd like to know." Ichigo replied in a song. He heard weird looks from the others. He actually sang. Ichigo could have controlled it…if he had the presence of mind that time. Or maybe…

He was just plain stupid.

Stupid last song syndrome.

a/n: I really hate this. The worst of them all… Flame it 'coz I hate it! Please review!

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Moon-chan