Hey guys! Sorry for the delay, and I know it's a short chapter so I'll probably upload the next chapter pretty soon, I feel guilty haha. A couple of things, firstly thanks to those who review, it brings a smile to my face every time (although no TheSkandranon not my old stories! Haha I'm glad you think it's good though, I actually plan to rewrite Unexpected at some point because I love the plot but I wrote it 4 years ago when I was 12, I think I can do better now lol). And to Eto117, I personally believe that he doesn't really have a short complex as such, but because he gets teased about so often that it really irritates him, but that's just me. Anyway, onto the chapter!
SUMMARY: Karin found herself lying more and more these days. To her family, friends, even Toshiro. She felt like it was for a good cause though.
Chapter 10: Lies
Karin found herself lying a lot these days. She would lie to her family, about where she was going, what she was doing, or where she had been and done. She also found herself lying to Tōshirō, telling him that she had more spare time that she actually had, or telling her that she didn't have to be back home until late where in reality she was supposed to be home much earlier.
It wasn't long until Yuzu caught onto what was going on. She figured out that Karin was lying pretty quickly, and became very worried. She wanted to confront her about it. She was frightened that she was following the same path as her brother, and would end up disappearing for weeks at a time. So she tried to figure out why Karin was lying. After a couple of weeks she managed to. She ended up deciding against talking to Karin about it, after she figured out why she was lying. She was trying to keep something secret, and honestly, Yuzu understood why she was.
Karin knew that if her brother found out he would practically stalk the two of them until he was a hundred percent sure that she was safe. She knew if her dad found out he wouldn't shut up about it. Ever. It was the same reason Tōshirō hadn't let Rangiku find out yet. She wouldn't stop talking about it either if she knew. The two of them kept lying, so they could spend more time with each other, alone. So their relationship could remain theirs, even if it was only for a few more months. Neither of them had any doubts that Rangiku and the Kurosaki family would find out eventually. In fact Karin had an inkling that Yuzu already knew something. But they wanted to enjoy the peace for as long as they could before people found out.
Lying wasn't always a bad thing. Sure if you build a relationship on lies it was likely to fail. But Karin and Tōshirō were lying to protect themselves and their relationship for a while. Both of them agreed that their relationship would probably get a bit bumpy when people found out, just because of the noise it would cause. They were lying to give themselves some privacy. They knew that the two of them would be found out eventually, but for now, they were sitting on the roof, talking, laughing and enjoying each others company, protected by their bubble of lies.
This was a hard one, it took me ages to figure out what to write. With Toshiro and Karin both being rather blunt people, I can't see them lying to each other. Not huge lies anyway, if that makes sense, so this happened instead. Hopefully you guys liked it!
The next chapter after this is 'Bandage', which isn't the happiest chapter I have to say. The 12th chapter prompt got changed, because before there was no way I could write a story based on it, because I had honestly no idea, and neither did my friends. So one of my friends gave me a new word which ended up being 'Intoxicate'. I haven't written it fully yet, but I think it's safe to say you can probably expect lots and lots of hormones. The one after that, 'Lost', I have written and that one certainly isn't fluff. I may or may not have teared up slightly while writing it, in the middle of my college library (talk about awkward).
However, after reflecting on the prompts and planning a couple of chapters out, I've changed it so that chapter 17, 'Fun', will be the sequel to chapter 6, as suggested by the wonderful TheSkandranon. I hope you look forward to the next chapter, and as always all reviews, faves and alerts are appreciated and welcome!