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That was all we heard of Grimmjow. In my head, I still believed that Grimmjow was still talking with Ulquiorra. The only thing that crushed it was the loud beeping of Ulquiorra's cell phone. The next thing I know is that Ulquiorra's cell phone is in pieces. He threw his cell phone at the wall. The next thing Ulquiorra did confused me. He went to his backpack, took out a sweater and a pair of shoes. Ulquiorra was putting them on and was walking towards the door. Orihime tried to block his path, but he pushed her aside.
"Ulquiorra, its one in the morning. Where are you going?"
Ulquiorra looked back at Orihime then at me. I knew where he was going and I bet Orihime knew too. "I have to. . . Get some fresh air is all. I'll be back soon." With that Ulquiorra left. Just what is going on?
Orihime slips down to the floor and just stays there, in front of the door. Rukia tried to coax her to get some sleep, but she only shakes her head. "I'm fine. Besides, someone has to wait for him right? He'll be back. . ." We leave Orihime alone after a while and Rukia and I try to go to sleep. Rukia turns off the light, but it's bright because the hallway light is on. I look at the clock and my heart drops. It's 3am.
Orihime hasn't seemed to move from that spot. Ulquiorra, hurry back. You're making Orihime worry, just as Grimmjow is making me worry. Rukia is fast asleep and only then do I let the tears fall silently. I don't know what to do anymore. . .
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Ulquiorra in the meanwhile was running. His feet were telling him where to go. He was only going for a walk, but then it turned into a run. Ulquiorra knew this street, he was going to Grimmjow's place. Why? Ulquiorra didn't know why. He found out the answer when he got the spare key from under a plastic rock near the house. He enters and the kitchen light is on.
"Grimmjow come out. I know you're awake." Grimmjow doesn't answer, so Ulquiorra walks into the kitchen. There he sees Grimmjow holding a mug of coffee staring off into space. Grimmjow is in his baggy grey sweats and a white wife beater. Ulquiorra grabs his attention by slamming his hands on the table. Grimmjow doesn't even flinch. He simply looks over to Ulquiorra, blinks, then looks at the clock near the fridge.
"It's 2:30 Ulquiorra. What ya doing here? Don't you have a sleepover?"
"I don't know what I'm doing here. My feet just dragged me here. . .You're a mess"
Grimmjow shrugged and stood up. He walks over to Ulquiorra and towered over him. Not knowing what to do, Ulquiorra tried to move back, but Grimmjow grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward. Ulquiorra didn't expect Grimmjow to use that much force, so he banged into Grimmjow and they both fell on the floor. Ulquiorra was on top of Grimmjow and he didn't like it. He tried to get back up, but once again Grimmjow stopped him from moving.
"Say Ulquiorra. . .why did we break up?"
Ulquiorra struggled even harder, trying to get away from Grimmjow. "You know why! Let go of me!"
Grimmjow decided that Ulquoirra talked too much. He grabbed Ulquiorra's face and just like all those years ago, kissed him. Well, he would have kissed him, if it wasn't for Ulquiorra's fist in his face. Grimmjow let Ulquiorra go and Ulquiorra put as much distance between them.
"You. . . What. . . Kiss. . . Ichigo?" Ulquiorra tried again since his speech wasn't that great at the moment "You tried to what? Kiss me? What about Ichigo?" Grimmjow rose from the floor, as did Ulquiorra. Grimmjow looked at him and walked back to the table, where he was, picked up his mug, and threw it at Ulquiorra. The mug missed, so it hit the wall and shattered near Ulquiorra's feet.
"Get out Ulquiorra. I don't wanna see ya. I don't need you seducing me." Ulquiorra picked up a broken piece from the mug and threw it at Grimmjow. It cut Grimmjow's cheek and Ulquiorra hoped it hurt.
"Seducing you? You fucking asshole. . . You're still going on about that? It's over between us Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. It has been and always will be. I thought. . . WASN'T ICHIGO THE ONE FOR YOU! I came over here for no particular reason, but I now I know why. I wanted to tell you that Ichigo is confused at the moment, and what do you do? You tried to kiss me! Grimmjow, I'm telling you to stay away from everyone, even Ichigo."
Grimmjow picked Ulquiorra up from his shirt and held him in the air. "Don't fucking tell me what I can and Can't do asshole! I love Ichigo and you know it!"
Ulquiorra spat in his face. "Then why did you try to kiss me?" After that Ulquiorra kneed Grimmjow in the stomach. Grimmjow let out a gasp and dropped him. Ulquiorra ran out the door.
Grimmjow getting back his breath, realized that he screwed up everything.
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Ulquiorra ran to Orihime's house and barged through the door. When he entered, he saw Orihime next to the door. She stood up, while Ulquiorra was taking off his shoes. They both went into the kitchen and Ulquiorra saw the time, it was almost 4am.
"Orihime, what are you doi-" Orihime shook her head and smiled.
"I was waiting. . . You went to see Grimmjow didn't you?"
"N-no, I. . . I. . ." Orihime's eyes widened. Ulquiorra asked her what was wrong.
"You're crying Ulquiorra." Ulquiorra touched his face and when he removed his hand, there were tears. After Ulquiorra knew he was crying, he let it go. Orihime was there to comfort him and Ichigo heard everything.
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(10 Days before Ichigo leaves)
School began again on a Monday morning, but Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, and Ulquiorra weren't in school that day. Grimmjow probably knew the reason why all four of them weren't in school. Grimmjow punched his locker, giving him a few stares from the other students. Grimmjow left school after that and stopped coming the entire week.
The four friends also didn't come the entire week. After Ulquiorra's break down, he told Orihime what had happened, causing Ichigo and Rukia to walk into the kitchen. Rukia was trying to comfort Ichigo, who slid to the floor like Orihime had earlier. Ulquiorra felt horrible and tried to comfort Ichigo as well. Orihime just sat there absorbing everything that had just been said.
"Ichigo, listen to me. I really don't know what got into Grimmjow and why he tried to kiss me, but I feel like it's my fault." Ichigo just sat there looking lost and the others knew that Ichigo's heart was breaking because of what Grimmjow did.
Monday rolled around, but no one even bothered to wake up. All four were feeling miserable and they didn't feel like going to school this entire week. So they all stayed at Orihime's house trying to comfort Ichigo, who was still looking lost. At around 12pm, Ichigo was no where to be found. Orihime, Rukia and Ulquiorra looked for him. Rukia soon found him locked in the bathroom crying. No one dared to go in. Ichigo has to handle it his own way.
"GOD DAMNIT!" The next thing everyone heard was glass being shattered and things being throen around. Ulquiorra broke open the door and saw Ichigo sitting next to a pile of glass. The glass came from the bathroom mirror that broke because Ichigo threw a brush at it. The friends decided that Ichigo had to stay away from Grimmjow.
Rukia told Ichigo the plan and his whole body shook, but he nodded his head none the less.
