"I am not surprised that you two are here, Ms Rujioki and Matsumoto, but you Ms. Kuchiki...I expected better." Rukia looked down.

"Sorry."

"Suspended. All of you."

"What!" I shouted, standing. "There's only 4 more days left of school, and you want to suspend us?"

"That's not fair!" Rangiku agreed. Rukia stayed quiet. Yamamoto grunted disapprovingly.

"Eh, cut 'em some slack. It's the end of the year. And ya ain't gonna see 'em next year anyway." Mr. Ichimaru said from the back of the room. The principal leaned back in his chair.

"Dismissed." he said.

"Really?" Rukia said hopefully.

"Gin, take them to their next class, before I change my mind." we all stood, relieved smiles on our faces.

"Lets go ya troublemakers." Ichimaru said. We all walked into the hallway. The bell rang, ending lunch. "What classes do ya have?"

"Math."

"Science."

"F...French." Gin smiled at Rangiku.

"Then you have my class then." she nodded once, looking down. "Well, we better get ya to class." I sighed. Now I know why he's not our language arts class, he doesn't understand proper Japanese. No 'you' or 'yes'. It's 'ya' or 'yea'. It's actually a bit annoying...I was dropped off at my science class, and I took my seat next to Shuhei. He looked out of it.

"Hey, you alright Shu?" when he touched his shoulder, he jumped slightly.

"H-hey Kimi...when'd you get here?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Umm...about 5 seconds ago."

"Oh..."

"Quiet!" my teacher, Mr. Kurotsuchi spat. "My word, you children are sometimes noisier than frogs about to be dissected." the students put on grossed out faces. We remembered when we had to dissect a frog...when it was still alive...I shuddered.

"Sorry." me and Shuhei mumbled. I ripped a piece of paper from my notebook.

Meet me after school?

I handed him the note. He scribbled something down and passed me the paper.

Can't, got detention with Ms. Ise.

I frowned. Our language arts teacher is the most uptight teacher in this whole school. Rumor has it that she's sleeping with Mr. Kyoraku. How is he attracted to such an uptight person? Then again, opposites attract.

After School

Renji was waiting for me at my car. I smiled and hugged him. He kissed my cheek.

"What's up Renji?" I asked.

"Well, there's no basketball practice today, wanna go see a movie?" I nodded.

"Sure, lets just stop off at my house and pick up some cash..." he held up his hand to stop me.

"I'll pay, seriously." what a gentleman! ! ! I quickly shut up the tiny voice in my head before I lost my cool. He flashed a smile, and I almost melted. Almost.

"Really? Thanks! C'mon lets go." we jumped in our car and made our way to the theater.

Shuhei's POV

After Detention

I groaned as I walked into my house.

"Mom? Dad? You home?"

"Nah, just me." I walked into the kitchen to see Izuru lounging on my sofa drinking soda. I plopped down next to him. "You seem stressed, Shu. What's wrong?" I ran my fingers through my hair. I've been contemplating how to tell Kimiko about me being accepted into college all day.

"I got accepted into Osaka University."

"What? That's awesome! Osaka's like the 3rd best school in Japan!"

"5th." I corrected.

"So...what's the problem?"

"Kimiko doesn't know yet." Izuru sighed.

"Shuhei, just tell her. It's not the end of the world. If this is something you really wanna do, go for it. She'll understand." I sighed.

"Alright. I'll tell her tomorrow."

"No. Tell her now. The sooner the better." Izuru gave me a hard stare, and I sighed again.

"Alright, alright. I'll tell her." my cousin gave me a small smile.

"Good." I got up and left the house.

When I finally reached Kimiko's house, I noticed her car was gone. I knocked on the door anyway, guessing that maybe her mom or dad is using it run some errands. Her mother opened the door and smiled at me.

"Hi, Shuhei! What brings you here?" she asked.

"Kimiko. Is she home?" she shook her head.

"Sorry, she's out with Renji. But I'm sure she'll be back soon. Do you want to come inside? I made brownies!" I smiled, but shook my head.

"No thanks. I'll just talk to her tomorrow at school." I turned to walk away. "See ya Mrs. Rujioki." I cursed under my breath. She's with him again? She spends every spare minute with him! And she didn't even consider the fact that I might've wanted to see her later on! I mean, even thought she doesn't love me like she loves Renji, I'm still her best friend! I mean, what the hell! I took a deep breath. What's the point of telling her that I'm leaving? It's not like she's gonna miss me anyway...