A/N: It's been a week now and I've decided to… Continue the story! Thanks to XxXMidnightStarzXxX I have enough ideas I need. Guess what? The setting of the story is in July… meaning Ichigo's birthday is going to take place soon.
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Chapter 8: Hospital
School ended and Ichigo was walking around Karakura High School to look for Rukia. He spotted her earlier but once he looked away for a minute she had disappeared. He decided to give up searching and head home. He walked down the road to his house passing many trees. He saw the Karakura hill ahead and saw a little figure lying down on the grass looking at a dandelion in her hand intensely like she was thinking about something deeply. Ichigo instantly knew that person was Rukia so he thought of an idea of sneaking up behind her to surprise her. Rukia sat up from her position to look at the sun setting down. Her face and eyes were glowing from the dimmed sky colours that were fading away as the sun set down. Ichigo slowly approached her from behind and put his hands on both her eyes.
"Guess who?" Ichigo said in a fun voice while smirking.
"Hey Ichigo," Rukia said in a low voice.
'What's up with Rukia?' Ichigo thought as he got an idea to attempt to make her tell him what's going on.
"Rukia, you were good at your fight today. Orihime looked really beat up."
"Yeah," she said looking down."
Ichigo instantly took her both hands and held it looking straight at her which set her off to jump in a little surprise.
"Rukia, what's wrong?"
"N-Nothing," she flashed him a weak smile.
"You can tell me anything." He said while looking at her with his soft amber eyes. She starred straight at them and looked away quickly after feeling flushed. She knew telling Ichigo was a good thing to do.
"I- I'm confused, with e-everything. I don't get why Orihime would go through the trouble to get you back. I feel like a burden standing by your side hurting her every minute, yet she wants to hurt me. I still don't get the point of this thing we're doing. All we're doing is hurting her.
"We're doing this to help me remember? I want her to stop following me, prove to her that I have moved on from her. Show her how I can be better off without her. Tell her I will never be her boyfriend ever again and that I'm happy to be with you. But only till she gets over me."
"Alright, but I wanted to know what are we right now Ichigo?"
"We're friends."
"Oh okay." She said looking down again.
"I'm also your soon to be pretend boyfriend, come on I'm coming over now to convince your brother. I don't want Orihime hanging on my back every day." He told her pulling her up to her feet.
Rukia was flushed a bit by his last sentence; but the part that bugged her was the feeling of him using her and she let that happen so easily, she didn't care. He started dragging her by the arm to the road they were going to cross ahead. They stopped on the sidewalk looking at the flashing stop sign waiting for the walking sign to appear. The sign flashed up and Ichigo started dragging her across the road smiling while Rukia was blushing from him dragging her like she was his. Little did they know a small black car was turning their way at the worst time. The car had swooped by and made a big impact on Rukias body, Ichigo felt Rukia's hand slip off from his own and heard her laugh had faded away. He heard the sound of the car screech and drove on ahead leaving Rukia on the ground lying on the cold cement.
Ichigo stood there with wide eye trying to process the event that just occurred. He slowly turned around to see a crowd of people surrounding Rukia's hurt body on the ground. She was bleeding from her head and was bruised on her leg.
"BASTARD!" he yelled with anger.
"Ichigo…" Rukia said looking up at Ichigo with her eyes half closed and her hand reaching up to grab him but then she slowly fell unconscious.
"RUKIA!" Ichigo yelled with wide eyes and a hurt face. He was running towards her hurt body trying to keep in his tears. Ichigo would never break down but Rukia was someone he started to care about more.
'No no no no, Rukia please don't die, please!' he thought running to Rukia.
"SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE NOW."
"I'm on it," a woman responded.
"How could have this happened?" Ichigo yelled in anger tightening his fists.
Rukia was lying down on the bed with Ichigo sitting near her in the back of the ambulance. Ichigo was upset, he looked down at his fist that was gripping tightly and let it unleash the stress that was put in. He looked at Rukia's face, every time he looked at it he felt more pain and guilt build up inside him. He needed to call everyone and tell them the news but first he needed to call Byakuya. Ichigo took Rukia's phone out of her book bag and looked through the contact list trying to find her brothers name. Once he found it he started dialing the number. The phone began to ring as Ichigo started to feel nervous by Byakuya's reaction.
"Hello?"
"Byakuya, it's Ichigo I have something important to tell you.."
"I don't have time to listen to a person like you Kurosaki," his voice was icy cold.
"It's about Rukia, she's hurt!"
For a few seconds there was the sound of shuffling and awkwardness.
"May I ask you what happened?"
"Sh- She got hit by a car earlier, she's heading to Karakura hospital."
"I'll be there." With that that phone had shut off and Ichigo started to dial his family and friends phone numbers telling them what just happened. Their reaction was not good.
The ambulance arrived the hospital and Ichigo met up with his friends and family. Their eyes and faces were filled with worry and sadness. It seemed sadder to goat chin than he was himself. His sisters had not met Rukia but they had an idea that she was Ichigos girlfriend so they tagged along. They waited in the waiting room looking at the clock tick as they waited for the results of Rukias condition. Byakuya didn't want to wait inside the room so he stood out there waiting alone with Hisana. It had been 4 hours since they've been waiting and everyone was getting sleepy. Isshin noticed that everyone looked tired so he decided to let them go.
"Look guys, if you're tired you can go home and get some rest. I'm sure Rukia will be fine by then," he told everyone in his non-usual voice.
Everyone answered no and continued to wait for Rukia's conditions. What seemed like two more hours passed the nurse came in with the results.
"Excuse me everyone I would like to tell you Rukia's condition," she said as everyone gathered around her especially Ichigo he pushed everyone to be in front of the nurse.
"Oh you must be her boyfriend," she said with a giggle.
"Get on with the results lady," he told her in an irritated voice.
"Alright," she said with a smile. "Your friend Rukia is okay, she had minor cuts and bruises but she will survive, she seems like a strong girl. She will have to stay in the hospital for two more days due to the pain that's in her body right now. Only two people may visit her at-
Ichigo had already bolted out the room and headed to Rukias room. Byakuya was already walking towards it slowly but Ichigo had ran past him. He whipped open the door to see Rukias lying figure on the bed. Her eyes were half close and she was smiling softly. He was so glad she was okay.
"Rukia!" he exclaimed as he ran to her bed to hold her left hand; by then Byakuya had already reached the door looking at Rukia silently.
"Ichi-
"Rukia I'm sorry that this happened to you. The car should have hit me, not you. I wasn't careful enough and I thought it said to walk and it did but that stupid car had drove anyway not caring for the world. I don't know what to do or feel now because everything seemed like my fault that you are hurt and it makes me feel like everything is all on me. I want to protect you, protect you from now on so you won't ever be hurt, I promise."
Rukia looked wide eye at him then soften it. "Ichigo it's not your fault, it was the cars fault that it went. I should have been looking out for myself but I guess I was too distracted by you. It's okay to feel good that you're not hurt, you should care about yourself more than others. And I thank you, thanks Ichigo for trying to protect me."
"No problem," he smiled. "Anyway you should get some rest now, you shouldn't be up late it's not good for your health."
"Does it matter what time do I sleep?' she asked crossing her arms.
"Yes it does, I'm just looking out for you. Sleeping early is much better than late. Look it's 11pm now and if you wake up early you'll get to see my morning visits."
"Fine," she said with a pout. "Goodnight!"
"Goodnight Rukia."
Byakuya and Hisana was staring at the two wide eyed. What Ichigo just said to Rukia made Hisana feel like she was in a love story and made Byakuya have second thoughts on Ichigo. They seemed so perfect for each other but Hisana knew Byakuya forbids the kid from dating Rukia which was upsetting, she likes Ichigo. It just reminded her of when she was younger and Byakuya was her boyfriend, he was much different back then. Byakuya was so sweet to her. They argued and laughed all the time but ever since they got married, Byakuya was hired to a high position in a technology industry that turned him to mean and cold.
"Ahem."
"Wha- whoa wha! B- Bykuya were you standing there the whole time?"
"Yes."
"My dearest apologies, you may uh, see Rukia now," by then Ichigo had already ran out the door in embarrassment.
"Thank you," he said shutting the door.
"Rukia," Byakuya said walking towards her.
"Mmph?"
"We're glad you're okay."
"Thank you Nii-sama and Hisana."
"Rukia, what is Ichigo to you?" he asked staring at her straight in the eye. Hisana started to look worry at what was going to happen.
"Oh, I- I like him and would like to be with him, that's all." she nervously said while her face winces at what he will answer.
"I see," he said. "About the Kurosaki kid, I will allow him to be with you. If any problems occur to you I will have him taken away, do I make myself clear?"
Byakuya had no idea what he was doing letting his little sister date someone but somehow it felt right to let her.
"Y-yes Nii-sama, thank you, thank you so much," she said with a surprise trying to hide her wide grin.
"Don't mention it."
Hisana stood there looking at Byakuya like he had gone crazy. Did this really happen? The boy Byakuya truly dislikes is allowed to date Rukia. Hisana always knew Rukia had feelings for Ichigo but she always denies it completely. Deep inside Rukia, Hisana knew she had a soft spot for him.
"Well, we'll be going now. Get some good sleep I will be visiting tomorrow."
"T-thank you, goodnight!"
"Goodnight." With that Byakuya had left the room while Hisana was slowly closing the door.
"Rukia?" Hisana asked.
"Yes?"
"Just to let you know, I always thought you and Ichigo would make a perfect couple." she said as the door clicked shut.
'Now someone tell that to him.' she thought.
That night Rukia was lying in bed about to sleep, the nurse had shut all the lights off leaving the moonlight the only source. Rukia slowly shut her eyes about to be in deep sleep. She was thinking about what happened today trying to gain memory of how she got hit by that car and blacked out. She thought for a moment, suddenly something strike her remembering who owns a car like that, Orihimes stalkers.
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