Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

Warning: Sexual content and alcohol usage.

Please... enjoy

Ken'Ichi stared in shock at his father, Chad, who he had not seen in a few weeks. He tightly clenched the packet of condoms in his fist behind his back to make sure that Chad couldn't see them. He was holding it so tightly, he was pretty sure that his had crushed the small box of contraceptives, but he didn't care as long as Chad didn't see them.

"How have you been?" Chad asked. "And everyone else?"

"We've all been uh.. pretty good." Ken'Ichi said, trying to keep his cool.

Ken'Ichi held the item in his closed hand behind his back, but it didn't take long at all for Chad to figure out what Ken'Ichi was trying to do. Chad smirked when he realized what was going on which made Ken'Ichi even more uneasy.

"What's behind your back?" Chad asked.

"N-Nothing." Ken'Ichi nervously replied.

Chad looked over Ken'Ichi's shoulder to see what he was trying to hide. Ken'Ichi leaned back in a desperate attempt to hide it, but he knew that his father was too big a man to fall for something like that. Highly unusual for his character, Chad busted out laughing. Ken'Ichi stared blankly at his father while he felt the heat of everyone else's eyes from all four corners of the pharmacy.

"Hehe I'm sorry, Ken." Chad chuckled.

"Okay, how do know?" Ken'Ichi said flatly as he took the crushed boxes of condoms from behind his back and put them on top of a nearby shelf.

"A teenage boy by himself in a pharmacy store. Doesn't get much more obvious than that." Chad replied, still chuckling softly. "That and you're standing in the sexual health aisle in front of the condom shelf."

The young teen turned around and saw that he was still standing in front of the shelf which was marked "Contraceptives" in big, bold, highlighted colors. Feeling humiliated, he lowered his head while trying to hide the bright pink blush that invaded his face. Chad simply smiled as he put his hands on Ken'Ichi's shoulders.

"Don't feel embarressed. I was a teenager too. We've all been through it. Every one of us." Chad reassured. His reassurance apparently worked because the young boy tilt his head up and smiled at his father.

"I guess that's true." Ken'Ichi sheepishly grinned.

"You're really growing up, aren't you?" Chad asked. "You're being responsible by using protection."

"Yeah. Too bad you weren't." Ken'Ichi put his hand over his mouth in shock over what he just said. He didn't mean to blurt that out and he knew he took it too far.

"Sorry Dad." Ken'Ichi whispered softly.

Chad frowned gradually at his son's remark and took his hands off of his son's shoulders. He still clearly remembered what had happened to Ichigo because of what he had done with Nova. He felt so guilty and had beat himself up so many times for that and several other things.

"No you were right, Ken'Ichi. I did deserve that."

Ken'Ichi and Chad both looked away in different directions and sighed. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Chad looked back at his son who was still looking away.

"So who's the lucky girl?"

"Her name's Loly. We've been dating for three months now."

"Oh! Wow that's, that's great. I had no idea."

"The things you miss when you leave your family, huh?"

Ken'Ichi was still looking away, but he saw out of the corner of his eye that he father sighed heavily and began to walk away. He felt like an ass for what he had said. He rolled his eyes and walked over to him, stopping him.

"So how are things in western KaraKura?" Ken'Ichi asked.

"Great. Good. Okay. Not too bad. Terrible actually." Chad confessed, rubbing his head. "I miss you guys so much."

"Have you tried telling Daddy that?"

"I would and believe me I've tried, but that would involve him actually returning my phone calls."

"So why don't you tell him in person? I'll be gone, but Minoru and Tetsuya would be so happy so see you. They really missed you. and even though he doesn't want to admit it, Daddy misses you too. A lot."

"Okay I will. Thanks, Ken'Ichi."

"Anytime, Dad." Ken'Ichi said as he nodded his head and smiled at his father.

Despite everything they had went through, Ken'Ichi missed his father too.

Minoru took a deep breath and walked into the mechanic shop that Grimmjow worked in. There were bright lights in the ceiling at the corners of the large mechanic shop and spilled oil on certain parts of the floor which Minoru made sure to avoid. There was graffiti written on some of the walls and even on the vehicles. There was also the sound of buzzing in the background, which made Minoru slightly uncomfortable.

Minoru walked around the shop to try and find Grimmjow. After a few minutes, he spotted the teal-haired man in the far right corner changing the tires of a minivan. He looked different than he normally did. Grimmjow had on a plain white t-shirt which had some black oil stains on it. His black cargo pants had some white stains on it as well.

"Oi, Grimmjow!" Minoru shouted.

Grimmjow looked over his shoulder to find the 11-year-old waving from the other side of the shop. He put down the replacement tire and pulled out a handkerchief from his pant pocket to wipe the oil from his hands as he hastily walked over to Minoru.

"Minoru!" Grimmjow shouted in response. "What are you doing here?"

Minoru closed his eyes and took another deep breath and began what he wanted to say. "Umm... Look I-I just wanted to apologize for being such a pain in the ass to you. I was out of line."

Grimmjow could only smile at Minoru. "It's alright.."

"N-No, it's not." Minoru remarked. "It's just I'm still pretty messed up... about everything."

Grimmjow kneeled in front of Minoru and took a quick glance at his hands to make sure that they were void of any oil stains before placing his right hand on the young boy's shoulder.

"It's okay, Minoru." Grimmjow reassured. " hat's the thing with parents. When something happens, they tell you not to let it affect you, but it still does and it sucks."

"Y-Yeah. That's exactly how I feel." Minoru said softly. "How..?"

"It's just I understand the pain that you're all going through." Grimmjow said. "Me and my brothers went through the same thing with my step-dad, Aizen. But we stuck it out with him and eventually we warmed up to him. Before we realized it, we were even calling him Dad."

Minoru was starting to feel bad about the way he had treated Grimmjow before. Now that he came to think of it, Minoru had never even given Grimmjow a real chance. He automatically wrote him off as a douchebag when he first met him. He had always acted rude and mean to him whenever he was around. He thought Grimmjow was a bad dude, but now that he was having an actual conversation with him, Grimmjow wasn't all that bad. In fact, he seemed kind of cool.

"Yeah. Well, I also wanted to thank you."

Grimmjow gave the boy a confused glance for a brief moment.

"Thank me? For what?"

"For making my father so happy. He hasn't been in this good a mood since he.. split up with my Dad. He was really depressed and for a long while me and my brothers weren't sure if he would ever get out of it."

"I like Ichigo alot." Grimmjow said. "He's really had an impact on me too. I mean, I even find myself getting off of work early just to be with him. He's amazing. Him and his whole family."

Minoru nodded slightly as Grimmjow continued.

"You're a good kid, Minoru. A strong one, too."

Minoru then looked at his watch to find that it was almost 3:30 in the afternoon. He quickly remembered that the next bus that would take him home woud leave in a few minutes. He had to go catch the bus to get back home.

"Uh the next bus will be here in a few minutes. I should probably get to the bus stop." Minoru said, pointing at the exit.

"Go." Grimmjow whispered as he motioned his hand for Minoru to get going.

"Okay. Thank you."

"Welcome."

Minoru smiled and hurried off to the exit. He took one last look at Grimmjow and waved good-bye. Grimmjow got up from off the floor and waved good-bye at Minoru as well he the young boy walked out of the mechanic shop.

The same moment Minoru walked out, a sadistic grin crept upon Grimmjow's face as he erupted into sinister laughing, his minacious laughs echoing throughout the shop.

"I can't believe he actually felt for all that shit I just said." Grimmjow said in a low but fierce whisper. "What a little bitch, just like the rest of his family."

Ichigo was sprawled out on the couch watching TV in the living room of his apartment. He was exhuasted from working all day at the hospital and even decided to pick up Tetsuya from daycare early because he didn't feel like leaving the house again once his he got back home. He looked over to the corner of the room and smiled at the peaceful 3-year-old boy happily playing with his action figures. Tetsuya always seemed to not have a care in the world. The young boy was always smiling and laughing and having a good time, no matter what problems were going on around him.

Knock Knock Knock!

Ichigo groaned. It was times like these when he wished that Tetsuya was old enough to answer the doorbell. The strawberry blonde got and walked lazily to the door. He unlocked the door and turned the knob, assuming it was Ken'Ichi or Minoru.

"Ken'Ichi, is that-" Ichigo trailed off as he saw the man that was once his lover standing in his doorway.

It was Chad.

Ichigo gave his former lover a dirty look and was about to slam the door in his face, but a quick flash of air blew past him and Tetsuya had already ran up and clung to Chad's leg before he could get the chance.

"Papa, Papa!" Tetsuya happily squealed. "I'm so happy you're back! I missed you so much!"

Chad smiled and picked up Tetsuya and held him on top of his arm.

"I missed you too, little guy." Chad said as he took his view from Tetsuya to Ichigo. "There's alot of things that I miss."

Ichigo simply rolled his eyes and walked away into the kitchen.

"Well, I missed you more!" Tetsuya said.

"Oh really?" Chad said as he negan playfully tickling Tetsuya. The young boy laughed and tried to tickle Chad as well as he felt the strong hands of his father tickling him. After a few minutes, Chad let down Tetsuya, who was still giggling, and bent over to meet his face.

"I wanna speak to your Dad, okay?" Chad whispered, playfully patting Tetsuya's blonde hair.

The young boy nodded and walked back over to where his action figures were. Chad silently walked over to the kitchen area, were Ichigo was washing the dishes in the sink. Ichigo could feel Chad's presence from behind him, but he absent-mindedly continued to wash the plates in the sink.

"Ichigo--"

"You can't just barge in here anytime." Ichigo spat in a cold tone.

"I-I know and I'm sorry. It's just, I thought I'd come by give you money for the rent in person instead of by mail."

Ichigo said nothing as he continued to wash the dishes, his eyes hidden underneath his orange bangs. Chad pulled out a crumbled yet rather thick envelope from his back pocket and placed it on the counter next to the fridge.

"Uh, I got something else for you." Chad said as he fished in his front right pocket and pulled out a long and thin gift box. Ichigo sighed, but still refused to turn around, keeping his defenses up.

"I've had this for a while now." Chad said. "I thought maybe you should have it. I'll just, I'll leave this here."

Chad stretched over and placed his gift next to the envelope. He briefly looked over to see if Ichigo was looking at him, but Ichigo's eyes and face were focused on the sink. In fact, the water was still running, but Ichigo wasn't washing anymore. He had his hands on the sides of the sink and his shoulders were hunched up, almost as if he was waiting for Chad to leave. Chad leaned back and awkwardly left for the front door. When Chad walked up to the door, he turned back around to face his former lover again, who still had his back turned.

"I love you, and I'm sorry."

Those words made Ichigo shiver despite his best efforts to keep his composure.

As Ichigo heard the doorknob turning and the sound of the door swing open, he could hear Tetsuya and Chad saying good-bye to each other. Tetsuya seemed to have been holding onto him as well, he Ichigo heard small footsteps running up to Chad and Chad telling him not to squeeze so hard on his leg and that he was getting stronger.

When he heard the door gently close, Ichigo slowly turned around to see if Chad was still there. The strawberry sighed a small breath of relief when he saw that he wasn't. Ichigo turned his gaze to the box that was lying on the counter. He didn't anything to do with the box that was associated with Chad, but curiosity got the better of him as he slowly reached out for the box.

Ichigo took a deep breath and opened the box. He gasped in surprise as he stared in awe at the flawless jewelry inside. It was a 10k gold necklace carved into the shape of a Chinese symbol that meant "Loyalty". It was stunning and looked like something Asain royalty would wear.

"It's perfect." Ichigo whispered in awe. "It's absolutely perfect."

Contradicting to what he had just said, Ichigo quickly shut the box and dumped it into a nearby trash bin.

"Perfect." Tetsuya sarcastically whispered as he sadly watched his father walk off into his room and firmly shut the door.

The song "Shake It" by Metro Station was blaring at full volume while the rather large living room was completely crowded with teenagers who were doing just as the song told them to. The party was completely crowded and looked like it was beginning to get out of control; their were two girls who had gotten on top of a table stool, took off their tops, and starting dancing with each other. Their were several guys (and a few girls) that surrounded that table and screamed for the girls to "don't stop there".

Ken'Ichi and Hiyori were leaning against the stair rail with their arms crossed, trying not to pay attention to the wild party they were amidst.

"Where's Dan?" Ken'Ichi asked. Hiyori chuckled and pointed to the blonde-haired boy in a corner making out with some girl, with made Ken'Ichi half-laugh.

What about Lilynette?" Hiyori asked. Ken'Ichi grinned and also pointed to another far corner in the room, where Lilynette was making out shamelesly with some guy named Wonderweiss.

"Are you sure you wanna go through with this?" Hiyori shouted, trying to drown out the loud music. "It sounds like she brought it up last minute."

"Yes I'm sure." Ken'Ichi replied. "And she did, but I really like her alot. Besides, I bought condoms just a few hours ago. We'll be totally protected."

"I don't know if you should do this, Ken." Hiyori shouted skeptically. "It seems like she's really experienced. Maybe a little too experienced."

"What are you trying to say?!" Ken'Ichi shouted in an offended tone.

"I'm saying she's a slut!"

"I can't believe you would even say that!" Ken'Ichi shouted, shocked that his friend would dare suggest something like that. "This is gonna be our first time for the both of us!"

Hiyori sighed. "Ken'Ichi, I should've have warned you sooner about this.

"About what?"

"About Loly." Hiyori began. My and her went to the same elementary school. Let's just say she was she got alot of experience points."

Ken'Ichi's face weakened slightly. "What does that mean? She went out with a lot of guys?"

"I'm not sure if there was much "going out" involved."

"Gee, what a way to pep talk a guy before his first time, huh?" Ken'Ichi sarcastically remarked.

"I'm just saying maybe you should rethink before you go in too deep. What if she changes and breaks up with you for someone else days later?"

"Why would she wanna do that? After loving me, she won't be able to love another." Ken'Ichi smirked. Hiyori simply rolled her eyes at her friend's remark.

"I'm being serious." Hiyori said. "If you're really gonna do this, make sure it actually means something to the both of you."

Ken'Ichi scratched his head in slight frustration. "Okay, now you're starting to rain on my parade. I'll see you later."

Ken'Ichi walked away from his blonde-haired friend and into the sea of wild teens as he made his way through the crowd and to the kitchen. When he walked up to the kitchen table to grab a bag of chips, he shivered when he felt two dainty hands rub on his shoulders. He turned his head to see it was Loly.

"I'm counting the minutes." Loly lustfully whispered into Ken'Ichi's ear, which made him shiver.

"Me too." Ken'Ichi replied as he kiss her softly on the cheek. "Just a hint of what's to come."

Loly smiled. "I'll gotta go check on the party."

Ken'Ichi nodded and Loly walked joyously back into the living room. When she was out of his sight, Ken'Ichi walked over and opened the refrigerator and saw a bottle of Vodka. Taking a quick glance around him to make sure that nobody was looking, Ken'Ichi pulled it out and popped it open. He took a nearby cup and poured the alcohol into it.

Whatever doubts he was having, this would reassure him to what he wanted.

Ken'Ichi stumbled wobbly out of the kitchen and back into the mob of dancing teens with a cup of Vodka, only to bump into someone a few minutes later, which caused him to spill some his Vodka on his left hand. Looking over, Ken'Ichi was surprised to see a certain white-haired boy standing next to him.

"Toshiro!" Ken'Ichi slurred. "What's going on, man?"

Toshiro opened his mouth to reply, but he twisted his face slightly when he smelled the slight essence of alcohol on Ken'Ichi's breath. "Ken'Ichi, are you drunk?"

Ken'Ichi's stared at Toshiro with a drunken gaze for a brief moment before shaking his head to clear the alcohol that was slowly invading his mind.

"N-No, not really." Ken'Ichi slurred. "Did Loly invite you?"

"Someone else did." Toshiro replied. "Listen, I just wanted to apologize about what happened with our project. I had--"

"It's alright. I'm the should be one who's apologizing. I was out of wacko."

Toshiro looked at Ken'Ichi with confusion. "Odd. I understood that."

Ken'Ichi laughed and took another sip.

"Ken'Ichi!"

Ken'Ichi and Toshiro turned their attention to a certain black- haired pigtailed girl standing on the top of the stairs. When she got his attention, she mouthed out for him to come upstairs and winked. Anxiety, excitement, and nervousness all invaded Ken'Ichi's emotions all at once. Ken'Ichi turned his head around briefly to see Toshiro.

"Seriously, we're cool man." Ken'Ichi said as he drank the remainder of his cup and wobbled up the stairs.

Toshiro then felt his pants vibrating as he reached out for his cell phone in his back pocket. His eyebrows burrowed in shock and his eyes widened.

"You have 1 new text message from Momo Hinamori"

Loly led Ken'Ichi into her empty bedroom and closed the door behind them. He looked around and saw that there were candles lit all over the room and there was soft music playing from her stereo in the background. Ken'Ichi could feel his heart beats racing and gulped silently This was all so overwhelming to Ken'Ichi, but he couldn't let it show; after tonight, he was going to leave this house a man. Ken'Ichi pinned to the door, his facing mere inches away from hers.

"Finally I have you all to myself." Loly lustfully said.

"Hey that was my line." Ken'Ichi joked. "But then again, who gives a damn?"

The two closed the space between them with a hungry kiss. Her lips crashed with his while their hands caressed each others smooth skin. Soon enough she parted her lips, inviting Ken'Ichi to explore inside. Tongues stroked each other, caressing, unsteady breaths warming up each other's cheeks.

Loly gasped in his mouth when she felt Ken'Ichi's arms circling her waist and lifting her from off the ground and cearing her to the bed, their lips locked the entire time. Loly ran her hands through Ken'Ichi's light brown hair while Ken'Ichi did the same with her hair. He then pulled her hair ties off and her long, black hair fell past her shoulders. Ken'Ichi took his hands from Loly's waist to her legs, rubbing and caressing her upper thighs which made her moan in a brush of pleasure while Loly had already undid his belt and tossed it on the floor.

Ken'Ichi disconnected his lips from Loly's to take off his shirt. Once his shirt was discarded, he descended down Loly's neck, sucking and kissing on the soft and smooth kiss. He was sure he had left behind love bites, but based on the sounds of content made from the girl underneath him, she didn't mind.

After a few more minutes, Ken'Ichi and Loly both jumped in surprise at the swing of the door.

"Yeah Loly!" Three girls had busted into the room. "Yeah Loly! Now you got boyfriend #22 in bed!"

Ken'Ichi stared at the girls who had ran back out of the room snickering and then looked back at Loly with disbelief. Loly rubbed her forehead and sighed frustratedly.

"You told them, didn't you!?" Ken'Ichi shouted. He angrily exhaled and climbed off of her to put back on his shirt and belt. Loly sat up on the bed to try and say something, but Ken'Ichi grunted and stormed out. Loly got up and chased after him.

"Ken'Ichi I didn't tell him anything!" Loly pleaded, finally stopping him at the staircase.

"Oh yeah, then how did those girls find out?!" Ken'Ichi spat. He had managed to put his shirt back on, but he was still trying to put back on his belt. "They can read minds?"

"... I guess... I might've mentioned it to Menoly." Loly confessed. "I was just so excited about us and--

"Oh that's great. Blab our love life to your loud mouth sister and her stuck up friends, huh!" Ken'Ichi pulled out his phone and quickly started dialing.

"Who are you calling?"

"My ride. I'm out of here."

"Ken'Ichi please!" Loly pleaded. "I'm sorry about what happened back there! They shouldn't have done that! It was a mistake!"

"No, us thinking about sex was a mistake. This party was a mistake. This whole relationship was a mistake!" Ken'Ichi angrily stormed down the stairs with, leaving behind a distruaght Loly.

Once Ken'Ichi made it outside, the cold air seemed to cool him down a little bit, but his head was still foggy from both the alcohol and what had happened with Loly. From the corner of his eye he noticed Toshiro sitting on the sidewalk curb, his head buried in his hands and his breaths coming out loud and harshly.

"Toshiro?" Ken'Ichi asked as he sat down next to him and put his hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?"

The white-haired boy shook his head. Ken'Ichi scooted closer to him.

"Do you wanna be alone?"

The white-haired boy shook his head in protest.

"What happened?" Ken'Ichi asked.

Toshiro took his face from out of his hands and simply stared at Ken'Ichi. Ken'Ichi couldn't help but notice Toshiro's eyes were slightly red.

"Toshiro, have you been crying?"

Toshiro looked away for a brief moment. When he felt Ken'Ichi's soft hand rub his back, Toshiro turned back around and to both boys' surprise, he pulled Ken'Ichi close and pressed his lips into his.

Ken'Ichi's eyes were at first the size of plates, but a few seconds later, he melted into the soft lips of the white-haired boy.

When Ken'Ichi comprehended the situation, he remembered that he was kissing Toshiro Hitsugaya. A guy. Another male. Ken'Ichi quickly pushed Toshiro off of him and stared at him with sheer disgust. Toshiro looked completely dumbfounded as he let out a shocked gasp.

'What the hell do I just do?' Both boys thought to themselves.

"Ken'Ichi, I--" Toshiro tried to explain himself, but he quickly got up and ran off. Ken'Ichi didn't move or say anything to stop him. He simply let out a stunned and shaky breath.

My longest chapter yet! Sorry if it took me a while to update. My SATs are later this week, so I've been prepping like crazy! I'm so nervous about it! Please R&R and chapter 7 will be up soon!