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Chapter 7, Friday: Help us Nurse!

"So you finally woke up on your own." Hitsugaya remarked, sipping his juice. Yes, I was finally able to wake up on my own without any sirens or faces staring at me. Thank God.

"Oh yeah, where's Ichigo? He's not usually this late in waking up." I asked, tying my hair into two ponytails. My hair finally grew. I'm so glad.

"He probably overslept. Could you go wake him up, or else we'll be late for school." Hitsugaya said as he went to get his bag from the sofa. I went up to Ichigo's room.

"Ichigo. Ichigo? Hey we have to go to school! Hurry and wake up!" No answer came through the door. Man, what a pain! "Hey Ichigo, are you gonna wake up or..." I went into the room. I really shouldn't have. In front of me was Ichigo, changing into his uniform, bare chested! I stood there, blushing furiously. Ichigo then turned around, once he saw me he was shocked.

"AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!" we both yelled. I slammed the door shut.

"Kurara?! What the hell are you doing? Barging into a man's room! You're quite bold!" Ichigo cried out from his side.

"I've been trying to call you out for a long time! It's your fault for not answering!" I cried out, covering my blushing face. Why did I go inside?! Why did Ichigo have to change now?! But I have to say, he had such a fine, broad...AAHH! Why am I thinking of that now?! Just then the door opened and Ichigo emerged.

"Nevermind. Let's just forget about it kay?" Ichigo smirked. I nodded, then realised that he was quite red. Was he blushing too?

Classroom

"You look so cute with two ponytails! Just like a little child!" Rangiku squealed as she played with my hair. I'm not really sure if that's a compliment. Then I saw Ichigo dozing off at his desk. That's unusual. He's usually jumpy during school. I walked up to him and saw that his face was still quite red.

"Hey Ichigo, wake up!" I shook him, he slowly opened his eyes. "Your face's still red. Don't tell me you're still affected by what happened this morning?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh it's nothing." Ichigo murmured. But I knew something was wrong.

Field

"I can't take this anymore! It's too much for me to handle!" Rangiku dropped to the ground and heaved a tired sigh.

"Rangiku, we've only ran for a few minutes. How can you be tired already?!" Rukia cried out.

"But Rukia! It's different for me since I have these huge…" Rangiku complained out loud.

"Don't even finish that sentence!" I stopped before she could finish that. Then I saw Ichigo running at the field, surprisingly he was slower than the rest of the boys. Ok now things are getting weird. Once the boys were done with their run, I went up to Ichigo. He was panting heavily.

"Hey Ichigo, you sure you're ok? You seem really pale." I asked concerned. Ichigo then looked up at me with tired eyes.

"Oh Kurara. It's ok, I'm..." before he could even finish, Ichigo slowly fell on top of me.

"I…Ichigo?! Whats the matter with you?!" I cried out. What's this?! He's burning up! "Someone! Come help please! Ichigo's burning up!" I cried out, really worried. Suddenly everyone came over.

"We should get him to Doctor Unohana. She'll be able to help him." Rukia said as she and Rangiku hoisted Ichigo off me. We soon left the field for the infirmary.

Infirmary

We were in the bedroom, where Ichigo was resting up while Doctor Unohana made the report. Ichigo was panting and was sweating really badly.

"Do you think he's alright? This doesn't look like a simple cold." I asked as I wiped his forehead with a cold towel.

"Don't worry. Ichigo's hard-headedness will pull him through." Rukia said with a smile, but I knew she was worried about her friend. Then a tall woman came through the curtains. Her long black hair was braided in front of her and she was wearing her doctor coat. "Miss Unohana! How is he?" Rukia asked as soon as the doctor stepped in.

"It seems that his fever has gone up. It looks like he's had this for some days already." Miss Unohana explained. A few days! How could I have not noticed?! "However, he'll get better with a few days' rest." Thank god!

"Wait, what do mean that his fever has gone up? Do mean that he's had it for some time already?!" Rukia asked.

"Yes. In fact Kurosaki-kun came in just a few days ago with a slight cold. I told him to relax for a day or two. As you can see, Ichigo's stubborn nature took over him again." Miss Unohana explained.

"That idiot! He's been fighting with Renji for the past few days! Man that stubborn brat!" Rukia complained while Rangiku held her down from kicking Ichigo. I looked at Ichigo's panting face and went out of the room. "Kurara? Where are you going?"

"I'm going to make Ichigo something to eat. Just keep an eye on him for me ok." I replied as I left the room and went into the Home Ec room.

"Ah Kurara-san, what brings you here?" Hantaro asked in a timid voice.

"Hey Hanataro. I need to make something for Ichigo. Do you know any recipes for fevers?" I asked as I wore my apron.

"A recipe for fevers? There's one that Kasandora-san usually uses." Hanataro replied as he searched for the ingredients. He then came back with an onion, French bread and some cheese.

"Right then time to get started!" Soon we took the ingredients and prepared as fast as we could and soon made onion gratin soup.

"Wah! This is amazing!" I said as I stood there looking at the soup. I should make some for Hitsygaya and Kuchiki sensei.

Infirmary

As I went in, I met two familiar faces. "Hitsugaya? Kuchiki sensei? What are you two doing here?" the two of them were sitting around Ichigo's bedside.

"Oh Kurara, Miss Unohana told us to come take care of him. Man, this guy really knows how to make people worry." Hitsugaya complained. So these two actually care for Kurosaki. Then I noticed that Hitsugaya was still in his uniform and Kuchiki sensei was in his suit.

"Did you guys eat dinner yet?" I asked and Hitsugaya shook his head. "Well luckily I made some soup for everyone. Here, have some." I replied as I handed the bowls of onion gratin soup to them.

"This is quite good Haruno." Kuchiki sensei praised as he took his first sip of the soup. Thank goodness. We soon spent the rest of the time chatting while waiting for Ichigo to break off from his slumber.

Few Minutes later

Hitsugaya and Kuchiki sensei were already fast asleep. I was cleaning up the bowls when I heard a jerk behind me.

"Ichigo?" I mumered and saw Ichigo slowly opening his eyes.

"Kurara? Woah! What am I doing in the infirmary?!" Ichigo asked as he slowly sat up.

"You fainted during fitness lesson due to a high fever. Why didn't you tell me this before? Do you know how many people you worried cause of this?" I softly complained.

"Yeah, I guess I did worry some people." Ichigo muttered as he saw his two roomates sleeping on the chairs. "But I couldn't help it. There was so many things to do in the sports groups. They needed me so I had to help them.

"Look, it's good that you want to help your group mates, but you should take care of yourself first. You should…" Before I could even continue, a loud grumble came out of nowhere. "That was you wasn't it." I said, looking at a blushing Ichigo.

"Heh heh heh. I just remembered I didn't get to eat anything since this morning." Ichigo stammered, embarrassingly scratching the back of his head. Same old Ichigo. I then handed him the bowl of soup. "Wow! This is great!" he exclaimed as he slurped down in one gulp. I never knew someone could do that.

"Well you probably should get some rest. You better be thankful tomorrow's a weekend." I said. After a few seconds, we both had a laugh.

Few Minutes later, Ichigo's POV

It was still the middle of the night. Everyone's asleep. I really made a fool out of myself. Then I looked down at Kurara who was sleeping soundly with her head resting on the bed. She looked so innocent and I couldn't help but stroke her soft hair. Then I stopped and noticed what I had done. Damn it. Am I really falling for her?

And that's it! Whew! Well it wasn't that good so pls forgive me. I really need your support in giving some ideas by reviewing this fanfic. Pls, this fanfic depends on it. I'll try my best to continue to update this as fast as I can. Thank you for your patience.