Hello Reader,

My sincerest apologies. I was busy enrolling for summer classes. pre-requesite sbjects are bitches, I tell you. It's only the third day of class, and we already had five quizzes. who does that?

anyway, this one came to me longer. After Ikkaku and Yumichika, I guess i felt pressured. had to wait for a light bulb moment.

I'm sorry if this one isn't as good as the last.

Hope you'll still enjoy.

Keigo

Keigo would never have stooped this low if Rukia and Ichigo hadn't given him reason to. Yet, as he knelt outside the classroom door and stuck his ear against it, he couldn't help but admit to himself that, whether or not he actually had a reason to, he would not hesitate to eavesdrop on his two friends. Especially with what he was hearing now.

"Ichigo, not so rough, you boorish oaf!"

"Boorish? You're the one that's clawing at me! Look at all these scratches."

Keigo squinted. He never suspected Rukia to be inclined to such physical violence. Moreover, he never knew Ichigo liked it.

"Could you please move a little slowly?"

"Do you think you'll be able to reach it if I move slower?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure that if you move slower, I'll be able to feel it better."

"Alright then."

Keigo bit at his knuckle. He could hear the quick, halting successions of scraping wood. The table. Oh my god, they were doing it on top of the table.

""Is that better, midget?"

"Yes. I've got to hold on to you."

"Just don't scratch me."

"I'll do my best."

For the love of Jessica Rabbit, Keigo thought, how long have these two been at it?

"Rukia, can you feel it yet? We've been at this for fifteen minutes now."

"You know, if you just keep doing what you're doing, I'm sure to feel it eventually."

Keigo closed his eyes and punched the floor as he tried to stifle a gasp. This was too much for him to bear alone. Standing up, he ran down the hallway, making sure to keep his strides silent. He made a turn and bumped into Mizuiro.

"Hey, Keigo, what's-"

"My friend!" Keigo gasped, grabbing Mizuiro by the shoulders. "I have to tell you something legendary."

It took less than a minute for Keigo to say share what he had witnessed, and five minutes for Mizuiro to take it all in.

"You lie," he whispered.

Keigo shook his head. "Fifteen minutes, Mizuiro. Fifteen minutes. I did not know Ichigo had it in him."

"The lucky bastard."

"The sly, lucky bastard. For how long he and Kuchiki-san had been pulling a quick one right under our noses, nobody knows. Still, at least he finally had the balls to do it."

"Pretty sad it wasn't you, huh?"

"I can't win every girl's heart, I guess."

Keigo and Mizuiro walked away, missing Orihime by a mere second. She skipped happily towards their classroom and opened it. She gasped. Ichigo and Rukia turned their heads, mouths ajar.

Rukia was standing on top of the teacher's table, while Ichigo was beside it, hunched over as he got ready to push it. Rukia's hand was resting on the ledge right above the blackboard.

"You guys still haven't found the eraser?" Orihime asked, baffled.

"Nope. I've been feeling for it since forever,' Rukia replied, pulling her hand back and wiping the dust off. "This ledge is longer than than the San Andreas Fault, I swear."

"I wonder how-"

Orihime was cut off by Chizuru, who burst into the room, her chest heaving as if she'd just finished running a marathon. Her eyes travelled fromm Orihime, to her bust, then to Rukia and Ichigo. She frowned at their uncompromising position.

"Damn that Keigo!" she hissed, "I thought we finally had you two for sure."

"You two?" Ichigo asked, "What's up with Keigo?"

Chizuru shook her head. "Nothing. He just passed me by a few seconds ago. Told me you and Kuchiki-san were doing the dirty here. Guess he was wrong. I thought for sure we finally had proof of you two having a thing. The rumors are driving me nuts! Sometimes, people need a little concrete proof."

The next day, Keigo came to class with a swollen eye. He swears he bumped into a pole. An orange one.

I know this one was different form the others. I guess Keigo found out about Rukia and Ihcigo in a very erroneous way. which is so like him.