All characters property of Tite Kubo…

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Chapter 7

Rather frustratingly, Byakuya still had not gotten a chance to speak with Nelliel/Nel. Just as he was about to Tatsuki, Grimmjow, and Soi Fon all came back to the table (in about that order), and the expected entertaining reaction from the quarrelsome pair played itself out.

It started with Tatsuki plopping herself down beside Renji before Grimmjow realized what was going on. This of course left only the two seats at the end open, and before the blue-haired man could say anything about it Soi Fon arrived back on the scene. She immediately realized the situation she was faced with and began lobbing accusations at Grimmjow, which he denied in his singularly abrasive style.

At that point Kurosaki made himself heard and somehow convinced the two of them to 'just sit down and eat before their food got any colder'. (At which point Rukia whispered some cutesy little comment to The Idiot about his potential parenting skills, whereupon her intended went rather red about the ears and mumbled something about 'his sister Yuzu being a bad influence on him' while not-quite-successfully hiding his pleased expression. It was quite nauseating, really. But, back the other drama at hand…)

Soi Fon and Grimmjow were now seated and seemed to be eating the remainder of their meals in silence, amazingly enough. However, they would occasionally steal glances at each other when they thought the other wasn't looking. The others at the table pretended not to notice them for a while, and chattered amongst themselves (Nel-Nelliel was now involved in an apparently fascinating discussion of some snowboarding move with Renji. Annoying.) Then, when they could resist no longer, the group of friends (led by Kurosaki) teased the volatile pair a bit about their steadily growing blushes – which Grimmjow and Soi Fon denied in concert.

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GrimmSoi – The Sideshow (…whether they like it or not…)