The Trouble with Love-games

Eventually you will lose…

Firstly sorry I haven't updated in a while, its been a busy week, and I was way too excited about the final HP film to concentrate on anything else XD

Secondly, thank you kindly to my 2 reviewers, your thoughts mean a lot! (Sorry for not mentioning you last time!)

Thirdly, I clearly do not own bleach.

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Rukia was sat in her kitchen, reading through her marked mid-term paper on contract law. She thought it would be a good idea to start Ichigo's tutoring by comparing their exams, so she could show him what they would be aiming for, and then they would slowly begin to iron out his mistakes.

She also planned to quiz him on a topic each session, but obviously not the first week, that was too harsh even for her.

However, her lesson planning was interrupted by the arrival of her older sibling.

"Morning, Rukia"

"Oh! Good morning Nee-Sama! How are you this morning?" Rukia enquired brightly.

"I am well, thank you. I plan to go to the library today, I have an important paper due next week, and I wish to do some extra research and add the finishing touches, I don't suspect I will be back for dinner"

"Ok" she smiled "I have to tutor a boy from Montgomery house who failed his mid-terms this morning, then I have classes all afternoon and the dinner shift at work."

"Well, be sure to find time to eat"

"Yes, Nee-Sama"

He had prepared a flask of tea to take, and was clearly just about to leave the house, when Byakuya stopped dead, and turned to his sister.

"Montgomery, did you say?"

"Er yes, you know, the posh halls on campus?"

"I know what it is Rukia, and I also know the kind of boys who live there. They are not the sort I'd like you to be interacting with, vile hooligans with no respect, the lot of them"

'Dammit! I should have said student, not boy!' Rukia cursed her self mentally 'Now Nee-Sama is going to get all over-bearing and demand to know where I am and if I'm ok all the time! How unnecessary!'

"It isn't like I'm going to hang out with them, Nee-Sama, trust me, that's the last thing I want!" Rukia reasoned "I am only doing it as a favour to Kyoraku and Ukitake, they know the guy, and I'm being paid well, we could use the money. I will be fine."

"Well Ukitake is certainly a reputable guy, and Kyoraku is wise, so I'll give this the benefit of the doubt. Be careful."

And with that, he left.

Rukia made her way to Montgomery hall. It was fairly deserted. She wasn't surprised, she didn't expect most of the students living in this place to bother attending any classes before 12 noon. She searched for block B, and walked up to the door, when a thought struck her.

'Oh crap, I don't have a key! Or Ichigo's number! Hmmm wait doesn't Uryu live here? Man I really must get all my fellow bar staff's numbers!'

Just as she was beginning to panic, the door to Ichigo's block opened. A red haired girl walked out, and noticed Rukia.

"Oh hi! You are that girl who was working at the bar last night! I didn't know you lived here!"

"Er, I don't. I am actually meant to be tutoring Ichigo right now, but I don't have his number to get him to let me in…"

"Well you can go in now! He lives in flat 12, its on the 2nd floor up. I'm sure someone will be up in his flat, but here's his number just in case."

She read out the number as Rukia programmed it into her cell.

"I must be off now, I'm going to be late for my personal tutor meeting! Nice to meet you!"

"Thanks, it was nice to meet you too…"

"Orihime Inoue!" The girl shouted, as Rukia walked into the building.

It was very nice, she thought, almost grand looking. She made her way up two flights of stairs, wondering what state she would find Ichigo in.

Ding dong!

Uryu Ishida was in the kitchen making a cup of tea, when the bell rang.

'Odd' He thought, 'It's still half an hour early for me to meet people for the lecture, and no one else in this flat can possibly be up, they were out last night, and I didn't go to bet til 2, I didn't hear them return.'

He went to the door to see who it was.

A small, raven haired girl stood there, looking back at him.

"Er, can I help you… miss?"

"Hi, I'm Rukia? I'm in Ichigo's Law classes, I'm supposed to be tutoring him here this morning?"

"Oh, I know you, you work at the bar too right! Come in! It's about time that good for nothing idiot actually did some studying in his bound to be short lived university career!"

'Good, so I'm not the only one who hates strawberry' She smirked

"His room is the 3rd one along on the left hand side, you can knock for him, and yell at him till he wakes up, but I suspect you may have to wait a bit for him to be decent to teach! They all went out last night see."

"Yeah I saw them, they didn't leave the bar till close, and someone said something about a flat party?"

"Typical. I wonder how these people get in to uni sometimes."

Rukia smiled. She liked Uryu, they worked together occasionally, though they'd never really spoken much.

"I have a half hour to kill before my lecture, I could make you some tea and wait with you if you wish?"

"Oh I don't want to interrupt you!"

"Not at all! Go wake the bastard up then we can laugh about work over some tea!"

"Thank you, Uryu."

The boy smiled and went back to the kitchen. Rukia on the other hand, made her way down the hallway of flat 12, stopping at the third room on the left.

She knocked loudly.

"Oi Strawberry! It's 10 o clock, which means its tutorial time. Get your ass up! I won't wait for you forever!"

Gahhhhhhh!

'What the fuck is that banging noise!'

Ichigo woke groggily, wishing the noise to cease, this would not do his hangover any good!

"Oi Strawberry! It's 10 o clock, which means its tutorial time. Get your ass up! I won't wait for you forever!" He heard the midget's voice through the door.

'Shit! I forgot! She did agree to tutor me! I have to get up and look sexy and be charming and get her to fall in love with me. And make sure I can pass my re-sits. Whilst hungover. I must be mental'

"Alright already, just stop hammering my fucking door down you midget face! Il come to the kitchen when I'm ready, just make sure there's a cup of coffee waiting for me!"

'He wants me to make him coffee in his own flat? What a tosser.' Rukia mused, as she walked back towards the sound of Ishida's laughter and the smell of fresh tea.

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Not the most exciting of chapters perhaps guys, but don't worry, I plan to update lots this week cos I'm off on holiday next Saturday! Lucky you guys! (Luckier me perhaps, hello south of france!) Hope you like the story still! Love! xx