The phone on Rangiku's desk rang. It was a page from her boss. She paused in typing up a report and pushed the button to open the call. "Hey Toshiro! What's up?" Her voice cheery. Toshiro and her had be steadily growing closer since the party and their talk on Monday. He'd even gone so far as to invite her to lunch on Wednesday. Her intern was able to handle most things now so it made it easier for her to leave the office.

"Would you be able to leave with me and give me a hand with something?" Toshiro's business voice came over the line. But Rangiku picked up on a hint of nervousness.

"I should be able. Going to need a few minutes to fill Lisa in though. What do you need a hand with?" Typing out a quick text to Lisa, to get her to come to her desk, Rangiku started gathering her things. Not much, just her purse, water bottle and her phone.

"Something you're good at and I'm not." Rangiku made a confused face, why wouldn't he just tell her what it was. Oh well. She'd play his little guessing game.

"Taking dick and being tied up?" She giggled when a choked sound came over the line.

"I'm good at both of those. I need help shopping." Toshiro's voice was devoid of emotion but Rangiku was certain that the man was blushing. Beside her Lisa had just come around the corner. Luckily after Toshiro had finished speaking. She ushered the intern over, standing and picking up the phone so she couldn't hear anything else. The black haired woman quickly took Rangiku's seat, her black pleated skirt riding up a little too high, and her white dress shirt left three buttons open, giving her superior a good view of her average chest. Rangiku swore the woman was flirting with her.

"Sure thing sir." The line went dead making Rangiku pout. Had her sudden change to formal upset him. She was just trying to keep it looking purely professional when other employees were around.

"Let's go." Toshiro was suddenly walking past her at a brisk pace, his office was around the corner, just out of view so his appearance startled the poor woman and Lisa. "Lisa, make sure to get that report that's open done and." He stopped to level turquoise eyes eyes with a stern look. "If you are going to view pornography at work, at least clear your cookies and history. Or better yet use in private mode." Lisa nodded and stated a simple. 'I'll be sure to do that' and went about her work.

Rangiku starred at her boss disbelievingly. "Well come on. I don't have that much time." Toshiro said coldly, heading to the elevator, not waiting for his stunned secretary. He was leaving work about 30 minutes early which would leave him two and a half hours to get ready. He figured the shopping trip would take about 30 minutes to a hour on it's own and he still wanted to shower.

Running to catch up the the smaller male, Rangiku barely made it into the elevator, her black dress ridding up from the movement. "How did you know she watches porn at work?" She asked blue eyes wide in wonder.

"Same way I know how much you go on soulbook and how recently you've been looking into electro play." Rangiku couldn't believe it. She always used in private mode how could he know that?

Toshiro pulled out his phone and opened some app called PC-viewer. When it opened it showed Rangiku's computer. She watched in horror as Lisa finished off the document faster than she thought possible. Man that woman could type fast. "That answer your question? I have this open on my computer all the time. And I check it on here when I'm out of the office."

"That's...That's just wrong Toshiro."

"I think it's productive. I've used it to send myself files from your computer when you've left you desk for who knows why for large amounts of time." Toshiro shrugged, closing the app and putting his phone away. "It's also how I found kinklife. So I guess you're kind of the reason I found Grimmjow and Ichigo."

Rangiku was at a loss for words. Sure it was a good thing he had met Grimmjow and Ichigo but monitoring everything she and Lisa did on her computer? That just felt wrong. Emerald eyes were fixed on her, looking at her with concern. "If it bugs you that much I won't run it while I'm in the office. But sometimes I need remote access to your computer and mine. That was it's main purpose. I only use it this way because I thought you were always slacking off. And well I was right."

"I am not always slacking off!" Rangiku protested.

"Fine, eighty percent of the time. But when you do work you are very efficient."

"Why are you being so cold to me! You were doing so good lately!" She pouted dramatically at her boss and friend. Well she thought of him as a friend, she wasn't so sure he saw it that way though. Even with how close they had seemed to be getting.

"Nervous." She blinked at him. He was nervous and that made him act like his old icy self? "Sorry, I've got a date and it's been years. I shouldn't be so worried about it. It's not like I haven't already done much more with him. It's just I also haven't been to a festival since I was a little kid. And well it's a date so...Forget it." Toshiro's tone was still a little chilly but his face had softened into a sad look of frustration.

"Grimm finally asked you out?!" Rangiku blurted. Toshiro turned wide emerald eyes to her.

"Grimmjow wants to ask me out?" Oooops, maybe she shouldn't have said that.

The elevator beeped, the metal doors sliding open on the garage level. Rangiku stepped out but Toshiro didn't follow. He was stuck in place, looking at her like she must be crazy. He was having a hard enough time believing Ichigo actually wanted to date him, let alone Grimmjow too.

"I don't know. It's not like he said anything. But It just looked to me like he really likes you." She emphasized the word really, clasping her hands behind her back. "So who is your date with then?"

The doors started to close, snapping Toshiro out of his stupor. He jumped out, emerald eyes wide for a second before he recomposed himself. "Ichigo." He stated and lead the way to his 2014 white ford mustang. Rangiku followed after him a sad smile on her face. She was happy that Ichigo had asked her boss out, but there was something in Toshiro's reaction that made her think he was having trouble accepting that it was real. That someone could actually want to date him. That made her sad.

"That's awesome! I figured he liked you too. I just didn't think he'd voice it so soon." She chirped, pushing aside her need to validate the younger male. It was something he would come to understand in time, through people's actions, not their words.

"I wasn't expecting it either." Toshiro said, his face hidden by the top of his car as he opened the driver's side door. Rangiku, slid into the passenger seat and smiled when she saw the look on her boss's face. He was blushing cutely, a small smile gracing his lips.

Nothing more was said as Toshiro turned the radio on low and pulled out of the underground garage. When they were about half way to the mall something finally clicked in Rangiku's head. "Ohhhhhh so you need my help picking out a festival date outfit!?"

Toshiro chuckled. "Yes Ran that's exactly it. I thought you'd figured it out back at the office." Rangiku blinked at him. Stopping at a red light Toshiro glanced at her. "What?"

"Ran?"

"Sorry, I'll call you Rangiku t-"

"No no! I was just surprised. I'd love it if you'd call me Ran. We're friends after all." The light turned green and Toshiro turned left after a car passed. "Can I call you Shiro?" Her boss quirked a brow, smiling again.

"Sure."

"What about lil Shiro?"

"Bitch I will cut you." Rangiku burst out laughing. Toshiro laughed a little too, he'd understood the joke, so he wasn't really upset.

They pulled into the mall parking lot and got lucky. Finding a spot right in front of the doors. The two stepped out into the warm spring sun and headed inside. It was still before five so the mall wasn't too busy just yet, but it would be soon.

Not even bothering with the map Rangiku grabbed Toshiro's hand, dragging him down the length of the mall. She stopped in front of a store called Gamuza. The sign was black with it's name in a cursive font, shining a bright green. In the windows were some very edgy casual clothes. Toshiro wasn't sure that was festival wear. "Uhhhhh-" He was suddenly yanked forward again as Rangiku ran up to the woman behind the counter.

"Nel! Toshiro needs an outfit for the festival tonight!" She cheered, hazel eyes turned to regard them before the busty woman jumped the counter. Scaring the few other customers as she hugged Toshiro, drowning him in her giant breasts and cutting off his air supply. The poor guy struggled in the iron rip, trying everything but hitting the woman to break free. He could hear Rangiku losing it laughing.

"What. Is. With. You. Two. And. Trying. To. Kill. Me. With. Your. TITS!" Toshiro yelled between deep breathes after Nel finally let go of him. Fuck, he thought he was really going to die for a second there. Emerald eyes were wide, Toshiro's teeth bared in a silent growl. Rangiku only laughed harder. "Stop laughing! It's not funny!" He glared at her, shoulders raised in anger.

"Oops sorry Toshiro." Nel didn't look sorry at all, her hand was covering her mouth but Toshiro knew she was giggling.

"Just help me find a damn out fit Ran." He growled as the woman's laughter died down.

"Okay Okay. Nel what do you got that would be sexy and casual?" Blue eyes turned towards her mistress, smiling when the woman kissed her on the cheek.

"Hummm, Let me think." Nel thoughtfully tapped a manicured finger on her chin, hazel eyes turned up as she thought. She snapped her fingers and exclaimed. "I've got something perfect for our dragon." Toshiro raised a brow. So that was a thing now? His angery quickly faded as the two woman darted around the isles.

"Shiro what size are you?" Rangiku yelled from somewhere Toshiro couldn't see.

"Small..." He replied, eyes falling into a look of disdain.

"Perfect, we always have that in stock!" Nel chirped from the far side of the store, her arm already full of what looked like a full outfit. "Ran, Sweetheart I need a chain and a white belt!" She called to her sub, the woman popping up by the counter again, grabbing the items from the wall behind it. "Come on Toshiro, try these on." Nel grabbed his hand pulling him to the back of the shop where the dressing rooms were.

Toshiro was pushed into the room, followed by the belt, outift and chain. The curtain was pulled closed on the stunned male.

Shaking himself out of his stupor, he stripped off his suit and changed into the items the women had picked out for him.

The black skinny jeans, hugged his lithe legs in all the right places, making his ass look almost as good as the leather pants he had worn at the party. He had clipped the chain into the loops so it hung in a loop half way down his thigh. The simple white belt fit perfectly and contrasted well with the pants. The black T-shirt was tight too, showing off his toned abdomen. On it was a white Gothic silhouette of a dragon. Over that he wore a white leather biker jacket, with flat gold studs on the shoulders, breast pockets and the large collar.

Looking in the mirror Toshiro was very impressed. Both with how he looked and how easily Nel had thrown everything together. The total cost of the outfit worked out to about $150 and he didn't even have shoes. It was expensive but he could tell the quality was good and he did look really good so he was okay with it.

He pulled the curtain open. Nel and Rangiku whistled approvingly at him. Both looking at him like a tasty piece of meat. "It really is too bad your only into man." Nel pouted playfully. "Here, I guessed your size so let me know if it's wrong." She handed him a pair of white hi-tops. He checked the size, it was correct.

"You've really got a good eye Nel." He slipped his dress shoes off, replacing them with the offered shoes. He knelt and tied the laces. "Everything else is a good fit as well. I guess I'll forgive you for almost killing me." Nel giggled.

"I'm glad you like it. You can just wear it out. I'll check you out once you grab all your stuff." She winked at him, ripping all the tags off each item and sauntered back to the counter.

"Well there you go! It's perfect and Ichigo will be drooling over you I'm sure!" Rangiku cheered excitedly, clapping her hands together as her boss gathered up his suit and shoes. He kept his wallet in his hand, he was going to need it out in a moment anyway.

"Am I really that hot?" He questioned skeptically as they walked to the check out.

"Hell yeah you are!"

"I second that." Nel added, ringing through the tags she'd pulled off him. "You're total is eighty six twenty five." Toshiro reworked the math in his head. That was fifty percent less than it should have been. Before taxes anyway. He was about to say something when Nel explained. "I own the store sweetie. I gave you a discount."

"Oh, you didn't have to do that. Thank you. Visa please." She just smiled at him, handing him the machine so he could tap his card. The machine beeped, signaling that the transaction was complete.

"You and Ichigo have fun. Grimmjow and I will try not to bump into you!" Nel called after them. Grimmjow was going to the festival with Nel, Ichigo hadn't mentioned that. Oh well. It didn't matter really. "Bye bye my love!" Rangiku blow a kiss at her girlfriend and mistress as they left the store.

That had taken a lot less time than he thought it would. It was only 5:10pm he still had plenty of time to go home, shower and change back into his new clothes.

"I owe you one. Pick something you want I'll buy it for you Ran. As thanks." Blue eyes turned to her boss, a little confused by the gesture but she excepted it none the less.

"Okay, I want you to buy me a kimono. I know a place that has them on sale."

Again Toshiro's hand was taken and his was dragged to the second floor of the mall. The store they went into was a little shop, that sold hand made Kimono's for reasonable prices. Toshiro figured they'd be just as quick finding her a kimono as they had been finding him a whole out fit. He was wrong. Very, very wrong. An hour and a half later they were finally back in his car so he could drop her off and head home.

He arrived home at exactly 7pm. He was pissed. But he'd managed to stop himself from bitching at the woman. It had been his idea to buy her something. Luckily Ichigo hadn't arrived yet, giving him just enough time to run inside, throw on some deodorant and spray on his favorite cologne.

A horn honked outside from his drive way and he sprinted down the stairs, almost running right into his Grandmother. He deked around her and skided to a halt, giving her a peck on the cheek before dashing towards the door.

"Have fun on your date hun!" She called after him as he stopped at the door, took a deep breathe and walked out onto the porch.

He ambled down the driveway to the black corvette z06. Ichigo was leaning on the hood, arms crossed over his chest, brown eyes giving Toshiro a very flirtatious look over. Toshiro returned the attention in kind. Emerald eyes roamed over ripped blue skinny jeans that hugged the man's long legs. Up to the tight white cotton shirt with a Gothic cross on it, and over the black leather vest with a large collar and flat silver studs on it. Back up to Ichigo's handsome grinning face. His usual day collar was missing.

"No band?" Toshiro inquired, pointing to his own empty neck.

Pushing off the hood of his car Ichigo moved around it and opened the passenger side door for his date. "Nope, tonight's just me and you. Grimm's got nothing to do with it." He explained.

Toshiro tilted his head, not really sure what he meant and slid into the passenger seat. Leaning over the open door Ichigo added. "That day collar, means I belong to Grimm, but tonight I'm all yours Toshiro." He winked, closed the door and half jogged around the car to get in the driver's side.

Toshiro didn't quite understand the whole of the meaning. But it basically meant that while he was on the date Grimmjow had no meaning. It was just Toshiro and Ichigo. Easy enough to accept.

Toshiro's phone beeped in his front pocket. He fished it out to read the text as Ichigo put his hand of the back of his seat, twisting at the waist to back out of the drive way. 'You two have fun tonight. It brings me great joy to see you two seeing where things can go. I can't wait to hear how it goes. :)' Read the text from Grimmjow. Toshiro smiled. He was glad the other man thought to reaffirm that he was 100% okay with them going on a date.

'Thanks Grimm.' He typed quickly, getting almost an immediate reply.

'Of course. I'll try not to run into you guys. Nel, Rangiku, Starrk and I are all going tonight too. Around 9pm or so though.'

'Lol Okay. Whatever, it's not like I don't like you guys. ;)'

"Who you texting?" Ichigo asked, glancing quickly at him before turning his attention back to the road.

"Grimm, he wanted to reaffirm that he was okay with us going on a date. And he says he'll try not to run into us with Nel, Ran and Starrk when they show up at nine." Toshiro replied, before another text came in.

'You flirting?'

'Maybe. Now stop texting me I'm on a date you know! :3' The texts stopped and Toshiro stuffed his phone back in his pocket.

"Ran? You mean Rangiku?" Ichigo inquired as he turned into a sort of empty parking lot a few minutes walk from the festival grounds.

"Yep."

Ichigo pulled into an empty spot, put the car in park and turned the engine off. They got out of the car, Ichigo locking it twice before they started walking in the direction of the festival.

"How come she gets a nick name and I don't?" Ichigo teased, pouting playfully at the shorter male.

Toshiro quirked a brow at him. "Have I never called you Ichi?"

"Nooope."

Toshiro shrugged, his hands in the pockets of his tight jeans. "Well it's not like you've ever called me Shiro."

"That's an option? I thought you'd hate being called that." Ichigo exclaimed in honest surprise, brown eyes wide.

The street was starting to get crowded now. A few people didn't see Toshiro and would have walked into him if he hadn't deked around them. He moved closer to Ichigo so they wouldn't get separated. "Why wouldn't it be? I have a height complex not a white hair complex. I always thought my hair made me look older. Which is a good thing considering how many people think I'm a kid due to my height." He replied plainly. And then he remembered something. "Wait a second Grimm calls me Shiro-pet, why the heck would Shiro be off limits then?"

"Oh yeaaaah." Ichigo chuckled. "Forgot about that." He shrugged.

"You're rediculou- Ouch. Son of a..." Toshiro cursed has a very tall, very large man walked right into him. He hadn't been paying enough attention to see the man before it was too late. He couldn't really blame him though, he was two heads taller than Toshiro. He could however, blame him for what he did next.

The asshole turned on Toshiro growling out a violent. "Watch were you're fucking going short stack." Toshiro had managed not to fall flat on his ass from the collision, but it had really hurt. The guy was like a fucking wall.

"Excuse me. You're the one that plowed into me." Toshiro bit back, fixing the stranger with an icy glare.

"I don't give a shit. Shorties like you should just stay the fuck out of my way." Ichigo stepped between the two. It wouldn't be a good idea to let things escalate any further.

"Come on buddy, just let it go. It's a festival." Ichigo tried, holding his hands up in a defensive gesture. He could feel Toshiro's eyes burrowing holes in his back. The shorter male was furious. Luckily the big guy in front of them tched and walked away.

"I should have kicked him in the face." Toshiro spat as they started walking, his shoulders hunched and hands angrily in his pockets. He glared at anyone that got too close to them and surprisingly, everyone started giving them a wide birth. A few people even seemed to scurry away when they made eye contact with the white haired male. How murderous was that glare?

Curious Ichigo jogged a step, turning on his heel to walk backwards in front of his date. The look in those emerald eyes had Ichigo shiver. That was probably the most murderous look he had ever seen, and he'd seen Grimmjow pissed. No wonder everyone was avoiding getting close to them now.

"What?" Toshiro spat, emerald eyes narrowing at the ginger.

Ichigo throw his hands up in mock defense. "Wooh come on Shiro, don't let one asshole ruin your whole night." Emerald eyes softened.

"Sorry."

Ichigo stepped aside, letting Toshiro catch up to him before wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "Don't worry about it. Lets just have a good time yeah?" Toshiro nodded, his anger subsiding a little more. Ichigo kissed the side of his head getting a 'Fucking faggots.' from a passer by. And the anger was back. Ichigo sighed.

They were on the festival grounds now. Surrounded by hundreds of people, vendors, food stalls, and game stalls. Ichigo's eyes scanned over all the nearby stalls. Spotting a cotton candy one, he steered Toshiro over to it, His arm still wrapped around the man's shoulders. Toshiro glared at the sweet treat, making the man behind the table running the cotton candy machine look at them in concern.

"Two large cotton candy please." The worker nodded, swiftly preparing two large fluffy sticks of the cloud like candy. He handed them to Ichigo, who removed his arm from Toshiro to pay and take the tasty treats. "Thanks."

Shifting out of the way of other waiting customers Ichigo pushed the blue fluffy cotton candy in front of Toshiro's face. The man said nothing and seemingly with great reluctance took the offered food. Deciding that that attempt to cheer his date up had failed, Ichigo took another look around to see if he could find something else that might work.

When he turned back to Toshiro, having found a shooting game that might work, he found that the man had wolfed down half the cotton candy. In the man's hand was a large chunk of it, his tongue sticking to the top of it as he watched it dissolve before devouring the whole piece. Emerald eyes were bright with child like glee before they landed on wide brown.

All movement to eat the delicious treat ceased and Toshiro starred at him like a deer in the headlights. "So you like sweets hum?" Ichigo held back his laughter as best he could.

"No..." Ichigo lost it. He keeled over laughing, his whole body shaking. He almost dropped his cotton candy but Toshiro grabbed it from his failing grip. When Ichigo was finally able to stop laughing he looked up to find Toshiro's cotton candy stick empty and a quarter of his gone. Once again the man was holding a chunk in his mouth when Ichigo looked up.

"Hey, that one's mine give it back!" He cried reaching out for it, only to have Toshiro weave through the crowd, grin on his face as Ichigo was blocked in his effort to retrieve the candy. "Get back here Shiro, I paid for it!" He called over the crowd.

Eventually he made it threw to a chuckling Toshiro still holding the partially eaten treat. "You're an ass." Ichigo panted, snatching the fluffy treat back.

"You wanted to play this right?" Toshiro said pointing to his left where the shooting game was. The goal of the game was to shoot out the enter center of the paper target with only ten shots.

"Yeah, I thought it would cheer you up. But I also kind of want that Lion plush." Ichigo pointed to the little orange lion plushy hanging from the front of the stall.

"Okay, I'll hold your cotton candy and you can try to win it." Toshiro reached out to take the treat.

"Hell no, I'm not letting you take it again. You'll eat it all!" Ichigo pulled the candy away from the thieving hand.

Toshiro looked off to the right suspiciously. "I don't know what you're talking about." Ichigo rolled his eyes.

"Like hell you don't." Both men chuckled and Ichigo quickly finished off the remaining candy. They threw the paper sticks in a nearby trash can before approaching the worker in the stall.

He greeted them happily. "Hello there! Care to try your hand at my little game! It's five dollars for a single try or eight for two!"

"Two, one for me and one for him." Ichigo handed the man a ten, getting the the change. They were both handed a BB gun pre-loaded with ten pellets each.

Ichigo took up the firearm and lined up his shot, shooting once straight in the middle and then shooting around it to try and get all of the black bull's eye. He failed, leaving most of it. Beside him Toshiro had tilted the gun around in his hands a few times before lining up his shot. Ten shots went off in quick succession, leaving none of the bull's eye.

Ichigo and the worker starred at him in disbelief. "I'll take that Lion there please." He said placing the gun down and pointing to the orange one Ichigo had said he wanted. The worker nodded and got it down, handing it to the white haired male.

"You're really good at that game." Ichigo praised, following Toshiro as he walked away from the stall holding the prize out to his date.

"You said you wanted it right?"

"Yeah, thanks." Ichigo smiled at him, giving him a kiss on the cheek. Toshiro blushed. Luckily this time no one said anything about the public display of homosexuality.

"I'm good at all the games that are usually here. I always came home with lots of prizes from the festivals I went to as a kid."

"Really?" Ichigo starred at his date, brown eyes wide with wonder.

"Yeah, so if there's something you want, I'll win it for you." Toshiro, hunched forward, trying to hide his blush. Ichigo looked so cute right then.

Ichigo looked around, the plush clutched too his chest. His eyes landed on a ball toss game that had a gaint white cat plush, with blue eyes and black paws. It would be a hilarious joke gift to get for Grimmjow. The man didn't seem like the stuffed animal type, and Ichigo had never seen any around. It would be funny to see what kind of reaction the CEO would have to receiving such a gift.

"How about winning that giant cat plush for Grimmjow?"

Toshiro followed Ichigo's gaze as best he could. Luckily the cat plush was hanging from the roof of the stall a little ways down from them, making it visible even from Toshiro's height over the crowd. He couldn't see the game however and scowled. "What game is it?"

Ichigo tilted his head in brief confusion before he realized Toshiro was at least a head or two shorter then most of the people in the crowd. "It's ball toss, with milk tanks."

"Oh yeah, that won't be hard. That game is the easiest for me. I think we should come get it later. It would be a pain to carry around all night." Ichigo nodded his agreement and suggested they find something to eat. Getting a positive response, he grabbed Toshiro's hand, holding it gently as he lead the way through the crowd.

Toshiro starred at the large hand wrapped gingerly around his, leading him through the crowd. His legs moved to follow the path the other male was making, but his mind was solely focused on the warmth that came from Ichigo's slightly callused fingers. It was hard to remember the last time he'd held hands with someone like this. His last boyfriend had been wholeheartedly against it for a reason Toshiro would never know. And the same could be said about the boyfriend before that; he'd only had the two. It was nice. Better than nice. A warmth spread up from the hand, through his whole body.

"Toshiro? Are you okay?" Ichigo looked at his date in concern. He'd stopped near a Takoyaki stall to get some food and when he'd turned to ask Toshiro if he would like some, he found the man just starring at his hand. In his concern he tried to release Toshiro's hand, thinking he'd upset the other by taking it.

Toshiro gripped Ichigo's hand, stopping the man from pulling away. "Please don't let go..." His voice was small and when those emerald pools turned to look up at Ichigo, full of mild fear but also a great happiness. Well how could Ichigo ever let go of his hand after that. "It feels nice. I'm really happy right now. Weird huh? Such a simple thing..." Ichigo smiled, giving the hand in his a little squeeze.

"Not weird. It's often the little things that mean the most."

Toshiro smiled back. It was so bright and pure that it took Ichigo's breath away. God those smiles would be the death of him. Heat slowly built in his cheeks, brown eyes shifting to his left to look at the Takoyaki stall. Emerald eyes followed his gaze. "You want Takoyaki?" Toshiro inquired, pulling them into line, pretty sure he was correct in his assumption.

"Yeah, I'd love some."

GrimmXD: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please review and let me know what you think! 3