"Aww aint ya cute…Hirotaka. Ya turnen' inta a softie, for ya sista's child, na?"

Hirotaka looked over and his eyes widened as he spoke the name of the person who stood smiling.

"Gin"

It was quite until Hirotaka started to laugh, he sat up and dragged Ichigo onto his lap; looking at Gin he motioned for him to sit down.

"So...sup Gin?"

"Noten' much...Aizen's being mean so I thought I come n' bug ya; though I didn't think ya would get wit' Ichi"

Gin smiled at Ichigo and it wasn't like one of the creepy ones he has seen before; Hirotaka smiled and moved Ichigo so that he was straddling his waist, Ichigo blushed as Hirotaka's arms snaked around his waist and pulled him closer, when he spoke it was muffled by Ichigo's chest.

"Neither did I, but hey you fell for the Growd so don't even say that"

Gin laughed and rubbed the back of his head, before looking at Hirotaka and becoming serious again.

"So ya killed him...Szayel"

Hirotaka took his face away from Ichigo's chest and looked at Gin with hate filled eyes.

"The bustard messed with what is mine...no one is going to touch what is mine"

Ichigo just smiled and started to run his fingers through Hirotaka's hair; Hirotaka could feel his eyes getting heavy and soon he was asleep with Ichigo still straddling his waist. It was quite until Gin spoke again.

"So Ichi...ya don't care if I call ya that? Do ya?"

Gin continued when Ichigo shook his head no.

"Wha' do ya say bout' coming back to Los Noches wit me? It'll make Taka ere' happy, see he don't like da Human World"

Gin looked at Hirotaka with a kind smile before continuing.

"Ya mother, Masaki, was a really nice person...Hirotaka was devastated when he found out she had died in...how did he put it...this 'hell hole'"

Gin laughed making Ichigo smile a little, Ichigo looked down at Hirotaka who tightened his grip on Ichigo's waist; he spoke still looking at Hirotaka as he played with his hair.

"Can I think about it?"

"Course' but now I have ta' go back...Aizen's probably worried about me"

"Bye Gin"

"Bye Ichi"

"Ichi...Ichi wake up"

Ichigo opened his eyes and he saw the tilted sky of his inner world; sitting up he looked around to try and find the voice that called him, looking to his left he saw Shiro sitting next to him.

"Ey' dare' Ichi...so ya gonna' go wit' Hirotaka ta Los Noches?"

"I don't know...I mean I'll be leaving all my friends and family"

"Hirotaka's family"

Ichigo looked down at his lap before speaking.

"Yea...I know...but"

"Sok. I just want ya ta' know dat I will always be wit ya"

Ichigo looked at Shiro before asking the question that was been bugging him.

"Ne, Shiro...why are you only in my head?"

"Oh...I'm dead. Have been for a long time...ya see when mother died...-"

Ichigo woke to the smell of something cooking, opening his eyes he noticed that he was laying on the couch and was covered up by Hirotaka's coat; standing up he wrapped himself in the coat and walked quietly into the kitchen.

"Hey Ichigo, glad your up. Dinner's ready"

Ichigo sat down at the table and waited until Hirotaka took a bite of food to speak.

"I want to go with you"

Hirotaka chocked on his food as he stared at Ichigo, who had a determined look on his face.

"You want to do what?"

"I want to leave with you"

Hirotaka just stared before he got up and walked over to the counter to get a glass; Ichigo got up and followed him.

"Gin told me that you don't like it here"

'Damnit Gin!'

Hirotaka could see Gin smiling at him in that 'haha' fashion.

"No"

Ichigo turned Hirotaka around and looked him in the face.

"Why?"

"Just leave it!"

"No. I want to know!"

Ichigo was being stubborn and it was getting on Hirotaka's nerves very quickly.

"God damnit boy, just leave it"

Hirotaka tried to leave into the living room, but Ichigo just followed him again; Ichigo was going to get an answer.

"No!"

"Lass mich zufrieden!"

Hirotaka stopped dead as he yelled that...but still Ichigo said no; Hirotaka's anger got the best of him and he yelled.

"Ich nie wollen nach sehen du wieder! Verpiss dich!"

Ichigo could only stare before he ran out of the house, Hirotaka cursed at himself for yelling at Ichigo...but Masaki wanted Ichigo to grow up as a normal human and become a Soul Reaper; Hirotaka held his hand over his chest where his heart was located, for some reason it hurt...and he didn't know why.

Ichigo was crying as he ran to his mother's grave, in his head Shiro tried to calm him down by telling him that Hirotaka didn't mean it.

'Don't worry Ichi...he didn't mean it, n' ya know he didn't'

'Doesn't matter...it still hurt'

Ichigo tripped on a upturned stone, where he just laid there and cried; after a while he got back up and took off Hirotaka's coat and allowed it to fall onto the ground forgotten, as he walked off somewhere unknown.

Hirotaka was running through the streets and alleyways trying to find Ichigo, he shouldn't of said that, he was pissed at himself for saying that to him; Hirotaka ran in the direction where Masaki was buried...maybe he would be there he hoped so. After what felt like hours he finally reached there...only to find his discarded coat on the ground...but no Ichigo; Hirotaka picked up the coat only to find it cold, looking around he tried to find some kind of clue of which way he went.

'Damnit Ichi!"

Hirotaka cursed as he closed his eyes and hanged his head...only to snap it back up and look at Masaki's grave when a voice was heard.

"He went dat way"

"Gin"

Gin stood beside Masaki's grave and pointed in a direction to the left.

"If ya go now, ya can still get him"

Hirotaka nodded his thanks to Gin and headed off in the direction that was pointed out; Gin sighed.

"Funny paring, aren't they?"

"Yes they are"

"Let's just hope that Hirotaka can patch this up; don't you agree? Gin?"

"Yep I completely agree!"

Gin smiled as a person walked out from behind the grave; they were hidden by a black cloak that hid all of their body and only showed the lower half of their face, but from the sound of their voice it was a female...but who is the question.

'Don't fuck this up Hirotaka!'

Lass mich zufrieden - leave me alone

Ich nie wollen nach sehen du wieder - I never want to see you again

Verpiss dich - piss off