The other side of us

Alright I'm soooooo very sorry for the REALLY long wait but my computer was fried and it's taken FOREVER to just upload this chapter….I'm soooo sorry! Again!

time for the next chapter!

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Takashi stared into eyes that he knew only too well. Hisagi Shuuhei and Kuchiki Rukia were looking up at him with perplexing looks all over their faces,

"Uhh, hi Kuchiki"

"Hitsugaya san...what are you doing here?" her voice giving life to what confusion she held on her face,

"I...uhh" his lime eyes looked from the girl to the man standing by her desk with a deep frown on his face, his onyx eyes if at all possible looked darker when they looked at him.

"Shuuhei could you get me a drink? I'm a bit parched" Rukia calmly said as she looked up at the man who looked down at her in wonder,

"But My Lady!"

"Please Shuuhei" the kind voice she once used before made it's way towards Takashi's ears once again, and even though he was glad to hear it again he couldn't help think,

'Why does she only use it on Hisagi?'

"Very well Rukia sama, I'll be back shortly" knowing she would tell him to not rush and not wanting to ignore her request Shuuhei walked over towards the door in an instant and opened the door to leave but not before he whispered a warning to Takashi.

"Remember, your place boy" and he was gone.

Silence quickly engulfed the two teenagers as Takashi stood where he was but finally getting a good look at the rather large room. From behind the finely cut and polished rose wood desk Rukia looked a lot smaller than she already was, however the wide clear glass window behind her gave her a light that glowed all powering. In the middle of the room was a small rose wood table with elegantly fine china with hand painted plum blossoms on them. An intricate rug of many colors and patterns laid on the floor under the table and pure white chairs. The room was a light maroon with a snow white ceiling, equally talented hand painted angels danced across the dome. Aligned the walls were rows of books and maps of the world, trading points and other things that Takashi couldn't understand.

In all he was blown away by the shear magnitude of the grand room, to think a petite girl like his classmate Kuchiki Rukia would own this and more!

"Wow!...this room is...hah no words can say what I'm thinking" he embarrassedly scratched the back of his head, as he could feel the girl's eyes on him never wavering

"Hitsugaya san why did you come here?" her cold and hollow voice asked, trying to ignore the pain in his heart at that voice Takashi spoke up,

"Truth be told Kuchiki, I just wanted to see you" his heart raced and his face flushed bright red as the words left his lips, he saw Rukia's face turn slightly red as well.

"You wanted to see me?" he nodded not trusting his voice for the moment however the thought of her white eyes brushed against his mind as he let out a sound telling her he was telling the truth

"Why?"

"Why what?

"Why did you want to see me? if it's about me not coming to school today, my apologizes but things came up that I couldn't ignore" Rukia spoke quietly as her eyes were closed, her mouth resting behind her clashed hands as they laid on her desk.

"That wasn't the reason" the boy walked up to the table in the middle of the room and stood a while before continuing, he wanted to tell her he just wanted to see her, that was it! but telling something like that to someone you barely know would be beyond embarrassing as well as humiliating. However Takashi quickly found that he couldn't lie to her face, whether it was a little white lie or a partial one.

"I got worried that you didn't show up and thought it was because of the rumors going around about us, however I sort of didn't think that was the case so I looked you up on the internet and..." he paused for a moment gaining Rukia's wondering eyes

"And? is it that you found the location of this building?"

"I did but that wasn't the first thing I found, what I found and read were a lot of hate articles about you and your Corporation" Takashi said with a heavy heart

"I suddenly got really worried and I felt like I needed to see you, that's all" the male teen looked up into Rukia's blind eyes and even though he knew she couldn't tell he was blushing he still tried to hold it to a minimum. When suddenly the girl before him did something that made his heart flutter like it did not long ago. Rukia gave him a shy half smile from behind her hands.

'Just like that time after school in the music room!' Takashi mused as Rukia's smile stayed on her face, he found that that smile of hers whether it be big or small, it was contagious.

"Thank you for worrying about me Hitsugaya san, but it's only natural that there are hate mails and articles about me and my Corporation, it's nothing new" as quick as it came her gentle smile became a humorless smirk, her blank eyes open as she stood up and walked towards the window giving her back to the boy.

"Kuchiki, I...never knew, I mean I knew that you had a lot of weight on your shoulders but I never knew that...so many people wanted you to fail" Takashi felt whispered as he saw Rukia's petite body stiffen for a moment, before she responded

"This was the life that was given to me by my father, I have no other choice but to endure the pains to brings as I hold my head up high"

"But I don't get it, even if your the last Kuchiki can't you wait until your old enough to run the Corporation?" the petite girl who stood before him remained silent as the grave, her body encircled by the afternoon light of the setting sun. Rukia turned around as she held her eyes to the boy now in front of her from across the room, her body bathed in blood reds, velvet oranges and smooth yellow, cascading from the sun. She smiled

"If only it were that simple, Hitsugaya san" she sighed and cased her white eyes down to the floor, "If only it were that simple, then my life wouldn't be like it is now" her soft voice returned, only it as it fell on his ears it came as a silent plea, a prayer. A hope.

"Kuchiki..." Takashi unconsciously took a step forward, wanting nothing more than to hold the small girl close to him. She abruptly looked up at him with cold eyes once more,

"If that is all Hitsugaya san, then please leave I have many things to look over" before returning to her large black leather chair, Takashi stopped her

"Wait! I have something else to say"

"What is it?" he walked up to the girl and with a slight blush on his face as he asked,

"Inoue Orihime is having a party on Friday at the end of next week and the whole school is invited so I was wondering if...if you'd want to go with me?" his heart clenched, his mind raced and his breath hitched. He finally asked her! but he couldn't pass out yet. So he waited for the reply of the shocked and slightly red face of the raven haired girl.

"Kuchiki?" he opened his lime colored eyes to see the girl blush at his request frozen like a statue,

"Kuchiki? are you alright?" he waved his hand in front of her face when he remembered she was blind he withdrew his hand as if he had been slapped.

"I'm sorry!" he couldn't have felt more like a buffoon than at that moment.

"No, I'm sorry Hitsugaya san...I don't know if I can make it" Rukia's voice came out gentle, yet it still hurt him

"No, it's okay I mean we just had one conversation in the two months we've known each other, I understand you're busy sorry" the white haired boy turned to leave and return home when Rukia yelled to him to stop,

"Wait! I...maybe I can go but I'll have to make sure I'm free on that day, so could you wait for me to reply to you later?" her slight blush turned a few shades darker in that moment but she tried to keep a straight face, as she looked at Takashi. He grinned like a goof but who cares?! he knew in that moment his heart stopped for a second and he couldn't have been more happy! he wanted so badly to hug the girl that second but he knew if he did, she would get freaked out and he didn't want that. After all they were just getting started in their friendship.

"Of course! tell me anytime!"

"I will"

"See you later then Kuchiki" he waved, as she smiled

"Yes, until the next time we meet each other Hitsugaya san" and he left, both with wide smiles that remained on their faces all night.

Me- I know it's short but! I plan to upload another chapter VERY soon because of the SUPER long wait everyone had to endure but!

the next chapters will be longer! much longer!

and A LOT more deeper and interesting!

so please read and review!!