A/N I don't own Bleach.

Chapter 4: Silent Confessions.

Ichigo let out a silent groan of pain as Rukia's elbow smashed into the back of his head. "I'm not going to say it again Kurosaki Ichigo," yelled Rukia. "Put me down now or I'm going to kill you."

Sighing, Ichigo put Rukia down in front of him then crossed his arms. "There are you happy now midget?"

Rukia smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress the pulled back her leg and kicked Ichigo right in the shin. Rukia smiled as she heard the impact of her foot to Ichigo's leg and basked in the image of Ichigo dropping to the ground and grabbing his shin biting back the pain in his leg. "Now I'm happy," said Rukia.

"What did you do that for midget," said Ichigo through gritted teeth getting up from the ground.

"That's what you get for carrying me like that," said Rukia. "I'm not a gym bag you can sling around on your shoulders."

"What was I suppose to do?" asked Ichigo. "You didn't seem in the mood to go anywhere."

"You could have asked if I wanted to go," said Rukia.

"I did ask remember?" he said.

"You could have asked nicely," said Rukia crossing her arms. "When a lady gets asked out she expects the man to ask nicely. Not…(in a deep voice) hey get up we're going out somewhere."

"And you could have just come with me without making a scene," said Ichigo. "You should have gotten up and said, (Ichigo clasped his hands together and in a girly voice) Oh Ichigo I'm so glad you asked me."

Rukia glared at him. "I would have if you had come in and said in a nice and sincere voice; Rukia, would you go see a movie with me, like you were supposed to."

"What made you think I was going to do that?" asked Ichigo.

Rukia just glared at him for a moment then turned her head. "Forget about it," said Rukia. "I guess you don't understand." Ichigo was about to reply when a growl came from his stomach. "That's what you get for skipping breakfast, Ichigo," said Rukia with a smile.

"I didn't skip breakfast," said Ichigo. "Some undersized midget stole it."

Rukia stuck out her tongue and started to walk away. "Come on," she said without looking back. "Let's get something to eat." Ichigo looked at her strangely as she walked off then with a mental shrug started to walk after her.

Rukia glanced at Ichigo as the two of the walked along the sidewalk towards the area where most of the restaurants were located. She didn't know when it happened or how it happened, but somewhere along the line she had fallen in love with Ichigo. The problem with this was that she had no way to tell him that she loved him without making a total fool out of herself. The only way she felt to tell him that she loved him without hurting her pride, and as a member of the Kuchiki Clan her pride was considerable, she had to get him to tell her that he loved her. At first she had wanted to ask Orihime, but even though she had started to date Ishida, she still hadn't completely gotten over Ichigo yet so asking her would be awkward. She did not want to tell any of her friends in the Shinigami Women's Association, because it would not take long for word to get out via Rangiku's over sized mouth to get all across the Soul Society and to the ears of her brother. That would really make him happy to the point that he would come to the real world to congragulate Ichigo… as he used Senbonzakura to gut him. With all those options closed off she thought that she would be on her own on this, but help had come in the most unlikely form of Isshin Kurosaki. Rukia smiled to herself at his reaction when she had blurted out that she was in love with his son. She didn't remember the details clearly, but when she said that she was in love with Ichigo, he wrapped her up in a killer of a bear hug then he immediately went to the life-sized picture of his wife and started yelling about how a girl had fallen for his stupid idiot of a son and that despite knowing he was an idiot still liked him and now he may have a shot at being a proud grandfather. After she finally gotten him calmed down she told him of her dilemma. Isshin in an abnormally serious tone told her not to worry he would take care of everything. Rukia stole another glance at Ichigo and knew that Isshin's efforts had resulted in the date she was on right now.

"Hey midget where do you want to eat?" asked Ichigo.

Rukia snapped out of her reverie and looked around at the various restaurants and thought about it for a second. "How about that hamburger place?" said Rukia pointing at the nearby McDonalds. "The food is really good."

"Sounds good," said Ichigo. The two of them walked in and got in line. Rukia was looking at the menu when something caught her eye. It was a display case that was advertising the toys that came with the happy meals. Inside much to Rukia's delight were five different kinds of Chappy the Rabbit toys.

"Ichigo, I want five happy meals," said Rukia pressing her face to the toy case.

Ichigo gave her a questioning look "Why do you want five happy meals?" Rukia smiled and pointed at the display case. Ichigo saw the toys in the case and shook his head. "No way I'm I going to buy you five happy meals just so you can get that stupid rabbit toy."

Rukia punched him in the arm. "Chappy is not stupid," she said. "He is a cultural Icon for the people of the world to love forever."

"I'm still not going to buy you five happy meals," said Ichigo rubbing his arm.

Rukia crossed her arms and gave him a sinister smile. "That's okay Ichigo. I'll just go home right now and tell your dad that you left me to go hang out with Chad, Ishida, and Renji. I'm sure he will understand that his son would rather stick around a bunch of guys instead of a pretty girl."

Ichigo clinched his fist and was going to argue with her when their turn came up. "Welcome to McDonalds can I take your order?" asked the cashier.

Rukia pulled out a cell phone and hit Isshin's number for speed dial and waved the phone just out of Ichigo's reach. Ichigo let out a sigh. "Five happy meals please," said Ichigo. Rukia cleared her throat. "And could you make sure that all the toys are different?" asked Ichigo rolling his eyes. The cashier nodded and went back to tell the person making the food as Ichigo looked at Rukia. "I'm only doing this because of what you said," he told her.

"Don't worry Ichigo," said Rukia snapping her phone shut. "I won't tell your dad that you ran off with the guys."

Ichigo gave her a smile as he picked up the tray of food. "Who said anything about the guys," he said as he walked off to find a table. "I'm doing this because of the second thing you said." Rukia stood there thinking until it came to her. She blushed slightly and thought He just said I was pretty. "Oi midget hurry up before it gets cold," yelled Ichigo. A vein popped on Rukia's head as she stomped over to him punched him in the ribs. Rukia sat down and began to eat her food as Ichigo rubbed his side. "What was that for?" said Ichigo.

"You're an idiot," said Rukia as she pulled out one of the toys and unwrapped it from the plastic bag. "Oh and Ichigo…"

Ichigo looked up from his food. "Yeah?"

Rukia leaned over the table and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks." Rukia went back to her Chappy toy as Ichigo got a confused look on his face that slowly settled into a smile.

Ichigo watched as Rukia started to arrange her new Chappy toys in a row from favorite to least favorite for the fifth time. He still did not understand when or how it happened, but somehow he had fallen in love with Rukia Kuchiki. He had tried to deny his feelings for her and for a while it had worked. The person that made him accept his feelings for Rukia had been of all people Orihime. It was after the War and it was a conversation that Ichigo knew was coming. He had practiced what he was going to say for a while. He knew she loved him but he didn't share those feelings and he didn't want to hurt her. So when the time came Ichigo was ready for everything except what happened.


Hueco Mundo 3 days after the War.

Ichigo saw her walking to him and readied himself for what he knew he had to do. "Ichigo I want to tell you something," said Orihime. "I love you."

Ichigo let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding. "Orihime, I'm sorry but…" started Ichigo.

Orihime held up a hand to stop him. "Let me finish. I love you and I always will," she said. "But I've come to realize that I love you as a friend not as a lover."

Ichigo gave her a surprised look. "What changed?" asked Ichigo.

Orihime looked over at Ishida who was talking to Chad. "Ishida," she answered. "I fell in love with him."

"Ishida?" said Ichigo looking over at the Quincy. "How did that happen?"

"It just happened," said Orihime shrugging. "Maybe tiny robots planted the idea in my head while I was sleeping." She gave him a knowing smile. "Besides, I know you love Rukia instead of me."

"What makes you say that?" asked Ichigo defensively.

Orihime smiled and shook her head. "The way you get depressed when she is gone and how you smile when she comes back. The way you look whenever she's around, and how you go nuts whenever Renji comes around her," she said ticking off the reasons with her fingers. "It was pretty obvious to just about everyone except you and Renji."

"I guess I do love her," admitted Ichigo glancing over at Rukia. "I just haven't found a way to tell her."

Orihime gave Ichigo a hug then smiled at him. "Then you better find a way to tell her," she said winking. "Before I ask your father to give you a hand."


Ichigo snapped out of his daydream when the clicking from Rukia messing with the toys became louder. He waited for a second hoping that she would stop, but the clicking continued. 'I love you Rukia,' thought Ichigo. 'But right now you are really being irritating.'

"Will you cut that out already," said Ichigo. "That is really getting annoying."

Rukia looked up from her toys. "Be quiet, Ichigo. I'm trying to decide which one I like the most and put them in their proper order."

"Decide later, we have to get to the movies," said Ichigo looking at his watch. "We may be too late as it is."

Rukia sighed and put all the toys in a plastic bag given to her by the cashier as Ichigo threw away the trash. The movie theater was just a few blocks down inside the mall. They got in line and as Rukia messed with one of the Chappy toys Ichigo looked at the list of movies that were playing. As he was looking at the list of movies, Ichigo noticed a poster off to the side that read; Now Playing, The Adventures of Chappy and Friends.

'Oh no,' thought Ichigo. 'If Rukia sees that…'

Just then Rukia's head glance over the direction Ichigo was looking. Her eyes widened when she saw her beloved Chappy in theaters. "Ichigo, I don't believe it," said Rukia pointing at the poster like an excited child. "It's a Chappy movie. We have to go see it."

Ichigo crossed his arms and shook his head. "No way am I going to see a Chappy movie," said Ichigo firmly. "I would rather spit in Kenpachi's eye and kiss Renji than go see a movie about that stupid rabbit."

Rukia gave Ichigo a smirk then as loud as she could, started to wail. "It's okay Ichigo," she said faking tears. "I understand if you don't want to take your poor girlfriend to see a movie she likes after I did all those things for you yesterday." Ichigo tried to calm her down, but Rukia wouldn't listen and several people started to stare at them. "All I did was clean your room, do your laundry, walk your dog, and cook dinner."

Ichigo tried to ignore the nasty looks several of the female customers where giving him as walked up to the ticket counter. "Two tickets to the Chappy movie." The guy at the ticket counter snickered as he handed the two tickets to Ichigo. Ichigo banged his fist on the glass in front of the guy causing him to jump back a little in his seat.

"Hurry up Ichigo," said Rukia. "All of the good seats will be taken if we don't hurry up." She grabbed his arm and started to pull him towards the theater entrance.

"Trust me Rukia," said Ichigo. "No one is going to watch this stupid movie."

Rukia turned around and kicked Ichigo in the shin. "For the last time Chappy is not stupid."

Rukia grabbed a limping Ichigo and lead him into the theater. Ichigo looked around and saw only a handful of people, mostly small children, sitting down. They sat down in the middle of the theater.

"I'm going to go get some drinks and popcorn," said Ichigo. "If i'm going to be forced to watch this, I might as well get some snacks. I'll be right back."

Rukia arched an eyebrow. "Ok, but if you try to run, I'll hunt you down and make you watch this with me twice in a row," she warned. "And get me a box of Kit Kats also."

Ichigo grunted and got up and went to go get the food. When he got back in, he saw someone talking to Rukia as he got closer he could hear what he was saying.

"So how about baby," said the guy. "You wanna ditch this kiddy flick and go somewhere more private and have a little fun?"

"I'm with someone else right now," said Rukia trying to ignore the guy. "And unless you want him to rip your arms off I suggest that you leave." The guy didn't get the hint, and grabbed Rukia's arm. It was at that point Ichigo took one of the drinks and threw it at the guy hitting him in the back of the head. He wiped the drink off as turned around and saw Ichigo coming at him.

"You're going to regret that punk," said the guy. "No one does that to Ken Tamaki and gets away without getting a good beating."

"Guess I'm no one then," said Ichigo cracking his knuckles. "Now apologize to my girlfriend before I make up my mind on which bone to break in your body."

Ken raised his fists and was about to throw a punch when at that moment a rather large usher came into the theater. "What's going on here?" he demanded. "I have complaints of two idiots starting a fight."

"Nothing," said Ken dropping his hands to his side. "Just having us a friendly chat."

The usher didn't look convinced. "We both know that's a lie," he said. "We have kids in this movie so whatever your problem is take it outside or sit down and watch the movie before I throw both of you out and ban you from coming here for the rest of the year."

Ken walked out and as he passed Ichigo he whispered. "This isn't over," he said. "I'll be waiting." Ken left with the Usher following close behind him.

Ichigo just scowled at him and he sat down next to Rukia. "I should have hit him," he said.

"If you had done that you would have gotten us kicked out and we would have missed the movie," said Rukia.

Ichigo groaned and smacked himself in the head. "If I had known that I would have," he said. Ichigo got up. "Maybe I can still jump him."

Rukia pulled him down and gave him a deadly look "Don't even think about it."

Ichigo was about to reply when the lights dimmed and the previews started. Rukia's eyes immediately went to the screen. Ichigo settled himself into the seat and watched as he went head first into his own personal hell, all because he couldn't say no to the midget.

Go off, thought Ichigo as he held his shinigami badge. Go off, Go off, Go off!The movie was barely twenty minutes old and already Ichigo was in pain. He stared at his Shinigami Badge and tried to will it to go off, but no matter what it never so much as beeped. Under normal circumstances it would have gone off about four times already. Ichigo couldn't help but wonder what was going on.

The Park.

Isshin slashed through a hollow before it had even a chance to look around. "I will not allow any hollow to ruin my son's chances to score," he yelled waiving his sword in the air.

Ichigo sighed and let go of the badge and started to drum his fingers on the armrest of his seat. He tried not to fall asleep out of fear of what Rukia might do to him if he did. Rukia glanced at Ichigo and saw his discomfort. She wouldn't admit it to him, but it was rather sweat that he was doing his best to sit through a movie he thought was boring just to make her happy. He may not always realize it, but Ichigo always put others first. It was one of the things that Rukia found so attractive about him. Wait, she thought. Did he just call me his girlfriend? She looked back at Ichigo as he sat there fidgeting in his seat and snaked her hand out to his. Ichigo felt a hand slip into his and fingers interlock with his. He turned his head and to his surprise saw Rukia smiling at him. She leaned over, kissed him on the cheek, and put her head on his shoulder and continued to watch the movie. Ichigo felt a calmness come over him and a warmness creep into his chest. Happy Ichigo settled down and watched as Chappy and his friends got out of another easily escapable situation. 'I really hate that stupid Rabbit,' thought Ichigo happily.

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