Do You Want to Live with Me? Chapter 7:

Aoyuck's Got Issues

Ichigo and Kisshu turned, and both of them groaned. "Aoyama, what do YOU want?" Ichigo asked. "You already dumped me, so NO, I'm not getting back together with you."

"What are you doing with HIM!?" Aoyuck asked.

"Kisshu is my boyfriend, got a problem with that?" Ichigo asked. "Besides, what do you care?"

"What happened to being enemies?" Aoyuck asked.

"We're forming a truce, so you can go to hell," Kisshu said. "You're going to die soon, treehugger."

"And I'm not stopping Kisshu," Ichigo said. "Seriously, don't you ever learn? I thought Moe and Miwa taught you to stay away from me."

Aoyuck sputtered and stormed off. Ichigo sighed. "Kill him somewhere else, where there aren't a lot of people," she told Kisshu. "Let's go find Mom and Pai."

As they reached the section where Sakura and Pai were looking at pants, however, the intercom came on in the store. Everyone in the store looked up from shopping as a man's voice said, "We have received information that someone has planted a bomb in this store. Please evacuate immediately, we will find the culprit as soon as possible."

Shoppers started heading for the doors, and Sakura sighed. "There goes that," she said. "I guess we'd better get going." She headed for the doors, followed by Ichigo, Kisshu and Pai.

Halfway there, however, someone shouted, "There he is!"

Kisshu sighed. "I bet the treehugger wanted revenge," he muttered as they were surrounded by police officers.

Sakura looked puzzled, and asked, "What happened?"

"We received information that the green-haired kid planted a bomb here," one of the officers said.

"The informant wouldn't happen to have had black hair, brown eyes, and really tan skin, would he?" Ichigo asked.

"How did you know that?" one officer asked.

"He's mad at Kisshu because I chose him over Aoyama- your so-called informant," Ichigo said. "He was just looking for revenge. Kisshu didn't plant a bomb here, we just came to go clothes shopping, and we ran into Aoyama. He lied to you, in order to get Kisshu out of his way. He's not a very nice person."

"You're positive?" the officer asked.

"I've been with Kisshu the entire time, if he had done anything, I would have told you," Ichigo said. "I know Kisshu would never do something like that, though."

"Looks like we'd better go find this Aoyama kid," the officer sighed. "What's his full name?"

"Aoyama Masaya," Ichigo said. "Good luck."

"Thanks," the officer said. "Sorry about this."

"You were just doing your job," Kisshu said.

The officers left, and Sakura said, "Let's go back and get the cart."

"We still need shoes for Kisshu, right?" Ichigo asked.

"Yep, let's go to the shoes department," Sakura said.

The boys and Ichigo followed her to the shoes department, and watched as she looked around. Finally she said, "These are the kind you need; come see what fits."

Kisshu sighed and went over. "I'd suggest trying on size 6; your feet look pretty small," Sakura said.

Kisshu took the box she handed him and took the shoes out. He took his boots off, and put the shoes on, then said, "I think they fit."

"Stand up and see how they feel," Sakura said.

Kisshu obeyed, and said, "They fit, but I still hate them."

"You only have to wear them for school," Ichigo said. "I'm sure you'll get used to it."

"Mmph," Kisshu said. "Do we need anything else, or can we go home? I'm hungry."

"Kisshu, you're ALWAYS hungry," Pai sighed.

"Your point?" Kisshu said.

"Never mind," Pai said.

"We have to go grocery shopping still," Sakura said.

"I won't make it that long, I'll just teleport home," Kisshu said.

"Fine, but you have to teleport out of the car, or you'll get seen," Ichigo said. "I'm not too interested in grocery shopping, can you teleport me home?"

"Sure, and Pai should come too, because he'll ask five million questions about human food, and Sakura won't get any shopping done," Kisshu said.

"Grr…" Pai said.

"Alright, the three of you can teleport home, and I'll go grocery shopping alone," Sakura said.

"K," Ichigo said. "Let's go get in the car."

They went to the car, and got in. Then Kisshu teleported Ichigo home. They landed in Ichigo's room, and Kisshu asked, "What is there to eat?"

"Not sure, let's go look," Ichigo said.

Kisshu went downstairs, followed by Ichigo. "Let's make grilled cheese," Ichigo said.

"K," Kisshu said.

Ichigo got the cheese and bread out, then started making the sandwiches. "Kish, do you want to find some chips or crackers to go with the sandwiches?" she asked.

"Where are they?" Kisshu asked.

"The cabinet to the left of the sink," Ichigo said.

Kisshu went over and opened the cabinet, then started looking around. "Koneko-chan, can we have potato chips?" he asked.

"Sure, what kind do you want?" Ichigo asked. "I think we've got plain and salt and vinegar."

"Salt and vinegar?" Kisshu asked.

"Yeah, I like them, but I don't know if you will," Ichigo said. "Try one."

Kisshu pulled the bag out, and took a chip, then bit into it. "That's SOUR," he said. "Can we have plain?"

"Sure," Ichigo said. "I think I'll have salt and vinegar, but you can have plain."

Kisshu took the bag of plain out, and poured some into a bowl, then poured some salt and vinegar chips into another bowl for Ichigo.

"Hey, where's Pai?" Ichigo asked.

"He probably convinced Sakura let him go with her," Kisshu sighed. "I feel sorry for her…."

Ichigo giggled. "Pai's curious about everything, isn't he?" she asked.

"Yup," Kisshu said. "But the amount of questions he asks is annoying. Remember when we were watching that movie?"

"Oh yeah, every five minutes, "How does that happen? How do the pictures move?"" Ichigo giggled.

"He's good at sulking, too," Kisshu said.

"And unlike you, he's not cute when he sulks," Ichigo said.

"I like it when you think I'm cute," Kisshu said, smirking.

Ichigo giggled. "The grilled cheese is ready, here you go," she said, handing Kisshu a sandwich.

"Good, I'm starving," Kisshu said. He took the sandwich, and ate it in about four bites, then started eating his chips.

"That was fast," Ichigo commented, as about five minutes later, Kisshu was done with the chips too.

"I was HUNGRY," Kisshu said defensively.

"You'd better hope eating that fast doesn't make you sick later," Ichigo said.

Kisshu sighed and said, "It won't. Is there anything else to eat?"

"Do you like grapes?" Ichigo asked.

"I don't know," Kisshu said. "Can I try them?"

"Sure," Ichigo said. She got a bunch of grapes out of the fridge, washed them, and put them on Kisshu's plate.

Kisshu tried one, and said, "These taste GREAT!"

"Try not to get obsessed," Ichigo said.

Kisshu gave her an irritated look, and ate the rest of his grapes. "Why are you eating so fast?" Ichigo asked.

"I told you, I'm hungry!" Kisshu said. "Can we have ice cream?"

"Unfortunately, that has to be after dinner, or we get scolded," Ichigo said. Kisshu drooped, and she giggled. "Oh, fine, since Mom's not here anyways," she said.

Kisshu perked up and said, "Can I have more Rocky Road?"

"Sure," Ichigo said. She got out that and the strawberry, and got two bowls together. She set one in front of Kisshu with a spoon, and said, "Have fun with it."

"YAY!" Kisshu said. He immediately started eating. Ichigo decided it was pointless to tell him that he was going to get a headache, and just ate her own ice cream.

As she was finishing, the front door opened, and Sakura called, "We're back!"

"We're in the kitchen," Ichigo called back.

Sakura came in, and asked, "Why are you eating ice cream?"

"Kish wanted some, and him drooping was just so cute I couldn't resist," Ichigo said. "Though how he was still hungry is beyond me…."

"Kisshu is always hungry," Pai said, coming into the kitchen.

"I'm not anymore," Kisshu said. "And I have a really bad headache."

"Did you eat the ice cream really fast?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah," Kisshu said.

"That's why," Sakura said. "Eating cold foods too fast gives you a headache."

"Oh…" Kisshu said. "I think Ichigo was right about eating too fast…"

"Is your stomach okay?" Ichigo asked.

"Not really," Kisshu said.

"I'd suggest going to the bathroom then, you don't want to throw up on the floor," Sakura said.

Kisshu got up, and Ichigo noticed he was kind of unsteady. She got up and said, "I'll help you walk, unless you want to teleport."

"Teleporting will make me feel worse," Kisshu said.

Ichigo came over and said, "Come on, you're not looking too good." She gently tugged him upstairs.

As they reached the bathroom, Kisshu said, "My stomach feels really awful…." Feeling his stomach lurch, he ran to the toilet and dropped to his knees. Ichigo knelt next to him, and said, "Don't hold it, you'll feel worse."

Kisshu started to feel sicker, and a minute later, he threw up, feeling Ichigo start rubbing his back gently. A few minutes later, he thought he was done, but then his stomach lurched again, and more stuff came up.

Finally, however, he felt his stomach settle down a bit, and wiped his mouth with a tissue. "Are you feeling any better?" Ichigo asked.

"A little," Kisshu said. "My stomach's still not great, but I think I got everything out."

"You're looking tired," Ichigo said. "Do you want to go back to bed?"

"Yeah, I think so," Kisshu said. "My headache's worse now."

"Come on, let's go to our room," Ichigo said. "I'll stay, if you want."

"Thanks," Kisshu said. Ichigo helped him up and back to their room. He laid back on the bed, and Ichigo pulled a blanket over him. Putting a hand on his forehead, she sighed.

"You don't have a fever, I think you just need to rest," she told Kisshu. She smoothed his hair back and said softly, "Go to sleep, Kish."

Kisshu settled down, and closed his eyes. As Ichigo started stroking his hair, he fell asleep.

Don't worry, Kisshu isn't getting sick again. I'm off to work on my latest one-shot request, so till I come back, please review!