Ichigo and Rukia were walking down the road, with Kon stuffed in Rukia's bag. Without exchanging a word they walked, each lost in his own thoughts. They didn't even notice how far they'd walked, till they saw Tatsuki and Orihime closing in.

"Hey guys! So good to see you!" Orihime chirped, while Tatsuki waved silently.

"Hey girls!" was Rukia's response, while Ichigo nodded. Kon got his head out of Rukia's bag and jumped right on Orihime's arms.

"Sweet Inoue-saaaaaan!", and she hugged him. Lost in his daydreaming, he didn't notice that Tatsuki got a hold of him until it was too late.

"You little bother…You'll come with me!" she said and, after waving, ran towards Chad and Ishida. Said boys were sitting on a bench, Ishida entwining his fingers nervously. Chad nodded to Tatsuki from afar, to let her know about their plan. She responded with a wink and when she reached them, she gave Kon to Ishida. " He's afraid that you'll sew his mouth, so he's always behaving around you" was her explanation. "Chad, why don't you go and greet them and I'll stay with Kon and Ishida?"

Chad walked off, while Tatsuki turned to Ishida. "What's up with you?"

"What do you mean Arisawa-san?"

"Oh, nothing special. Did Chad tell you about Hime?"

"How did you…" he trailed off, but she pulled him close and she hissed.

"What do you think? Instead of behaving like a man and go claim the girl, you sit here with me and a stupid stuffed animal!"

Ishida didn't say a word and she continued. "You'd better go down there and do something, will you? Before he takes her!"

He sighed. "Should I?"

"Yes, you should. Go find her, for god's sake!Or wait…I'll bring her to you, okay?" He nodded and sighed again. "But…does she like me?"

Tatsuki's answer was a friendly, but harsh slap on the back of the head. "Can't you be less of a gentleman for once? Before you lose the girl? Anyway, I'll bring her now. Stop being such an idiot, okay?" And with these words, she ran off.

At the same time, Orihime was staring at Ichigo and Rukia, who were bantering about casual stuff. As usual. Why don't they admit it and get over it?She pondered, smirking at the thought. She thought she should do about it, so she decided to go straight ahead.

Ichigo, who was at that time fighting with Rukia, did not notice Orihime's whereabouts, until two hands wrapped around his arm. Her voice, purring next to him, made him jump. "Kurosaki-kuuuuuuuun…."

"W-What is it, Inoue?" Rukia was glaring at Orihime, but she went on. "Nothing, I just wanted you to show me how to skate, you know?"

Ichigo frowned. "Uhm…Sure?"

"Great!" She dragged him along and left, leaving Rukia and Chad alone. Then Chad turned to look at Rukia, who was biting her lip.

"Kuchiki, are you alright?"

No response.

"They do look good together…"

"Shut it, Chad."

He smiled. "So…why don't you tell him?"

"Because he's an idiot!"

"But a lovely idiot, eh?"

"….."

"Go ahead. Before he starts dating Inoue, alright?"

Rukia ran off to where Orihime headed. But instead of Orihime, she found Tatsuki. She decided she didn't have much time to care, so she tried to send Tatsuki away. She left to see Chad swiftly, while Rukia glared at Ichigo.

"Congrats strawberry."

"For what? "

"Dating Inoue, of course!"

"Are you an idiot? I've never…", but before he could continue, Rukia stepped closer and claimed a kiss. No matter how shocked he was, he wouldn't say no. He kissed her back. They parted for breath, not wanting to talk any more.