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Ichigo was sitting down on my bed, looking blankly at me. I quickly got my computer chair and sat down. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and started,
"Ichi-"
"Ruki-"
I opened my eyes and looked at him and he looked at me. I blinked a few times then we both started laughing. Looking at Ichigo's face, it made me laugh even more. He always had this weird expression every time he laughed.
*Ah, the awkward mood is finally broken.* I thought.
We finally stopped laughing. Then I asked,
"Why did you leave?"
He looked up and gave me a sad grin.
"Haha…I guess I didn't want to ruin to mood?" he suggested.
I flinched to what he said and furrowed my brows.
"What mood? There was no mood." I said.
He still had the sad grin on as he said,
"Well, maybe I'm jealous of Ulquiorra?"
This time I got up and stepped closer to him.
"What's their to be jealous of?" I asked.
"He can touch you and protect you" he said.
"So? That doesn't matter just beca-" he cut me off.
"And he's alive"
I looked at him, pain appearing in his pale face. I looked away, half mad, half sad.
"It doesn't change the fact that I still have feeling for you." I whispered.
Then I heard him laugh and I looked at him, confused.
"Haha…maybe you're right and besides I'm the only guy who fell for you, who else would look at you like that?" he said, teasingly.
"What the heck?! At least your lucky someone actually fell for you!" I retorted angrily, but happy he was laughing again.
"Huh?! What are you talking about? There was a lot of girls lined up for me, but I chose you!" he said, smirking.
"Wow, I must be special…" I hissed sarcastically, crossing my arms.
He smile softening up his stiff expression.
"Thanks." he said.
"Rukia," my brother called from downstairs, "Dinner's ready!"
I hesitated and looked at him. He got up and said,
"Go ahead and eat dinner, I have some unfinished business to do."
I cocked my head to the side, curiously. Then he disappeared. I sighed and came to down to eat dinner.
***Next Day***
I came in class, rushing, only 3 minutes left till the bell rings. I opened the door.
"Kuchiki, hurry and get to your seat!" the teacher called.
I walked quickly to my desk, breathing hard.
*Man, stupid alarm clock!* I thought. *Luckily, today's is a half day*
The bell rang as the teacher wrote something on the board. After she finished I read what she put.
"Drawing Contest" below it read,
"You are paired with someone to whom I will chose your partners and it must be a self-portrait of your partner. It will count as your grade, but whomever wins, their grade doubles."
*What?* I thought.
"Okay, I'll start pairing you guys up!" she said, enthusiastically.
"Aww, Sensei, can't we pick our own partners?" a student asked.
"I would, but that would mean I'm turning soft to you guys." she grinned.
Everyone, including me, whined.
"Okay! Haruno and Akano, Fujimoto and Kimatsu, Arisawa and Inoue, Schiffer and Kuchiki…"
I feel my jaw drop.
*W-What?* I thought, *Why always him?*
I quickly raised my hand.
"Umm…Sensei, can I be paired up with someone else?" I asked.
The teacher stopped and looked at me.
"Why Kuchiki? Is there something wrong with Schiffer?" she asked.
"Umm, nothing's wrong with him, its just that-"
She cut me off, then continued reading the names. I sat back down, looked at Ulquiorra, he wasn't even bothered on what I asked. I felt someone staring at me and caught Inoue looking at me with a sad expression. I looked at her and raised my brows. She turned around and I sighed deeply.
"Okay everyone get with your partners and let's head outside!" she said, "Oh! And before that don't forget we have a field trip tomorrow, so get here early or we'll leave you!"
I got up, grudgingly, getting my sketch pad and pencil. Ulquiorra was looking outside, at the sky again.
*Come on! What's up with him and the window?* I thought.
I tapped him in the shoulder. He turned slowly and looked at me.
"Hmmm?" he mumbled.
"Umm, we have to draw?" I said, holding up my sketch pad and pencil.
He only nodded and we walked outside. It was so sunny and I didn't see a single cloud in the clear blue sky.
"So, where do you want to draw?" I asked, still looking up.
"Anywhere is fine." he said in his usual monotone voice.
So I started walking to a shady tree and a bench underneath it. I sat down and got to work, opened my sketch pad. When I looked up he already started sketching.
"So…" I began, "Did the blood come off?"
I saw a tiny hint of smile appear on his face.
"No" he said, "I tried to burn it, but your blood was like gas, so it burned the whole thing."
I narrowed my eyes and smacked him with my sketch pad. He didn't even flinch, he was still sketching.
"That's not funny!" I exclaimed, angrily.
I continued drawing as time passes.
"You know what's weird?" he said all of sudden, "Is that you have so many different emotions that its hard for me to portray just one."
I focused on my drawing, trying to ignore him. A minute passed and he said nothing. I looked at him, trying to draw his features.
"What do you mean? Are you calling me bipolar?" I finally muttered.
"No, I'm not calling you bipolar, its just that its weird you can maintain another mask." he said, thoughtfully.
Annoyed, I smacked him in the arm twice, earning a smile from him. I got even more annoyed and kept on smacking him until I saw five shadows appear. I turned and saw five girl standing next to us.
"Hey, Schiffer-kun." Chizuru said, in a flirtatious tone, giving him a special smile.
.
Disgusted, I looked at the other girls, they were all glaring at me except Inoue. Ulquiorra barely acknowledging them, just continued sketching. Chizuru tried again and asked in a sickeningly sweet voice,
"May I see your drawing?"
Ulquiorra didn't move, so Chizuru moved closer to him and leaned down, smirked, and said,
"Wow, nice sketch, but the girl in the drawing just killed it."
All of her clique laughed. I narrowed my eyes and I gripped on my pencil harder, anger building inside of me.
"You know what-" I stopped, barely trying to compose myself.
Ulquiorra looked up to them, finally, his face dark and blank. Their expressions suddenly changed, it looked like fear.
"L-Look, Chizu-chan, don't say that I think Kuchiki-san is really pretty." Inoue stuttered, concealing an evil smirk.
She looked at me, giving me a faint smile, but her eyes deceived me, it showed anger and jealousy. They all started laughing again.
"Pretty? Inoue you must be blind, a girl like her can't be pretty." Chizuru scoffed.
I was about to get up and grab her read hair, but Ulquiorra's voice stopped me.
"Hey, do you only have to be pretty on the outside? It doesn't matter if your pretty or ugly, what matters is inside." he said, darkly, " While all you girls have both an ugly appearance, your disgusting attitude just made yourself more uglier."
I feel my eyes widened and my jaw drop. I slowly turned my head to face their completely shocked expressions.
"W-What are you talking about, Schiffer-kun?" Chizuru stuttered nervously, her face completely flushed.
"Shut the hell up, how dare you insult someone right in front of me, those things just piss me off." he said, harshly.
I turned and looked at him, then looked at Chizuru. She started sobbing, tears forming, and the girls quickly comforted her as they walk away.
"It's all right, he's probably in a bad mood." one girl soothed.
"Shut up!" I heard her say.
"I-I'm really sorry for what she said." Inoue said to me, backing away.
I just gave her a nod, still in shock on the harsh remarks Ulquiorra made.
"You didn't have to defend me from your fan girls." I pointed out, looking at him.
His expression softened again as he started sketching again. I turned to look at them and instantly my eyes widened. There I saw Ichigo kicking Chizuru's butt and I heard him say,
"Don't you dare insult my midget!"
He was slapping each of their faces now, creating winds, but his hand was going through their head. They started screaming and running as they felt the sudden wind.
"Pfft!" I started laughing.
"Are you okay?" Ulquiorra asked, raising an eyebrow, bewildered from my laughter from bursting into laughter again.
"Ah, uh, nothing, I just thought of something." I said, trying to control myself.
I looked back and saw Ichigo looking at me. He smiled, gave me a thumbs up, and disappeared from view. I must have looked disappointed because Ulquiorra said,
"Don't worry about it."
I looked at him and studied his concentrated face.
"I'm not, its just that, I could take your fan girls anytime and beat them up." I said, confidently.
He laughed and put down his sketch pad.
"W-What?" I asked, still not used to his soft side.
He looked at me and smiled. His face was so…attractive. He has such a beautiful set of green eyes, perfect pale skin, and his mediumish shaggy hair. I quickly looked at my sketch pad and started drawing. Then suddenly he reached out his hand and asked,
"Can I see it?"
I quickly pulled away and hugged my sketch pad.
"N-No! Its, Its not done yet."
He extended his hand ever more and took my sketch pad. He easily took it, I tried to take it back, but he was already looking at it.
"Is this how you see me?" he asked, disgustingly, "It looks like I've been beat up and I'm liking it."
I quickly grabbed it and narrowed my eyes.
"I told you I wasn't done yet!" I shouted.
He narrowed his eyes back and said,
"It looks like a four-year old drew it, wait, no, a dog."
"Oh, shut up! Like yours is better." I countered back.
He turned his sketch pad and I saw myself.
*I hate you* I thought.
It was perfectly drawn, my hair, the blank eyes, it was all detailed, but the mouth…it was missing.
"Is this how you see me? No mouth?" I asked, still amazed.
"Like I told you, I can't portray and chose an expression." he sighed.
"Wow, does this-" I didn't get to finish my question, he looked at me.
"Times up!" the teacher yelled, "Let's go back to class!"
We both got up and walked back to class. We laid our drawing in our desk as the teacher walked pass by to check it. Each time she would stop and laugh at the drawing.
*What a messed up teacher*
The teacher finished looking at them.
"Some of them were good, like Schiffer's, but your partner's just…no comment." she said.
"I hate her." I muttered.
"So," she continued, " the winner is Haruno and Akano."
Everybody clapped and cheered for them. The bell rang and everyone started leaving. I started packing my and saw Ulquiorra's hand extend, with his portrait.
"Here, once you've figured out your true emotion, I'll finish it." he said.
I looked at him, not understanding.
"Thanks." I said as I grabbed it.
I took my portrait and started to crumble it, but he quickly grabbed it.
"W-What are you doing?" I asked.
He held it up to show me.
"I'll keep it" he said, smiling a little.
I feel myself blush.
"So I could improve it." he continued, walking away, patting my shoulder gently.
*W-Wha?!* I thought, as I felt myself flush.
He was gone, I looked down at the portrait.
"Real emotion, huh?" I asked myself.