Disclaimer: I don't own bleach
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach! I got enough kicking from Kubo…Wooooooooooo!!
Cross-over characters:
Prince of Tennis – Atobe Keigo
Ouran High School Host Club – Suoh Tamaki and Hitachiin Twins
Second to the last chapter of my story. This would be a short one. Please leave a review. Well, thanks in advance!
"WELL, HE SAID THAT HE'LL BE HERE AT 5 PM. I WAITED FOR TWO HOURS AND HE'S STILL NOT HERE! I CHECKED THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HE'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR SIX HOURS!!" yelled Toushiro in much annoyance.
Chapter 10: Six years of Yearning
Ichigo came inside in a bar where he noticed a familiar scent of combined cigarette and alcohol. He was not really a bar type of person but his friends insisted on him to come. He walked past three men who were harassing a waitress. The music was so loud and he couldn't care less what he sees like two men making out or girls fighting over spilled cocktail. He just continued to walk and found himself facing himself a big guy with an eye patch on his right eye. He moved from his position and went up the steel spiral staircase and sat on the nearest 'bed' together with his friends: Rukia, Renji and the ever lovable (and annoying) twins.
"ICHYYYYY!!" synchronized the twins as they embraced the expressionless face of the orange-haired.
"Here we go again…Phew!" thought Ichigo.
It has been years since he finished college and became a professional architect. He was always busy as projects popped up on and on. However, Fridays weren't an excuse for him not to go since Renji or Rukia will not stop bothering if he won't go. Well, this morning he had an urgent call that a client will arrive tomorrow and needs to talk about a plan for a high-class night club. So he really needs to go home and start on the project since he already had the details he needed. But Renji keeps on calling so he had no choice but to go here.
"So, how's Orihime back at home," implored Rukia just to start a conversation on the lethargic Ichigo.
"Huh? What?!" he replied as he almost fell of the bedside.
"I said, how's your girl doin?" asked Rukia again.
"Oh! Well, she's on GY tonight. She said she had a hard case," he retorted to Rukia.
Orihime became her live-in partner just a year ago. She was still studying as intern under a famous lawyer in Tokyo.
"Nothing else?" quizzed Renji with a nasty look.
"Nothing else, Renji. I don't think what you are thinkin' is significant as of this moment," answered Ichigo with a raised eyebrow.
"Heh, if Grimmjow's with you I don't think you will be this uhm… cle – " Hikaru was suddenly kicked on the head by his twin and both fell of the bed.
"Hikaru, I told you not to mention his name in front of Ichigo," whispered Kaoru to his stupid older twin.
"But that was years ago. Don't you think he already moved on, dumb ass!" he responded as he chopped the head of the younger twin.
"It's all right, you two. So for compensation, why don't the two of buy me a drink? Shall we say a Zombie or a Cuervo," Ichigo said plainly with a smirk.
"Yes, yes!" acknowledged the two and immediately called for a waiter.
"Cuervo? What a shot or the whole bottle?" quizzed Renji.
"Bottle," he answered with a devilish smile. "Since I don't think you guys will allow me to go home early, might as well stay here and make myself drunk."
"That's our Ichigo!" cheered Rukia as she squeezed Ichigo.
"Ouch! …. Ah… well, by the way, where are the Egoistic Kings and Toushiro?" asked the orange-haired.
"The Kings were both busy running their empires and Toushiro was still in the airport. Hmmm… I wonder, he was there for almost six hours," answered Rukia as she took her phone and dialed Toushiro's number.
"Airport?" wondered Ichigo.
"Oh! Hello, Toushiro. Well, what happened? You're still there? Why?" she put the phone on speaker so they can all hear Toushiro's voice even with the loud music.
"WELL, HE SAID THAT HE'LL BE HERE AT 5 PM. I WAITED FOR TWO HOURS AND HE'S STILL NOT HERE! I CHECKED THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HE'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR SIX HOURS!!" yelled Toushiro in much annoyance.
All of them just smiled as they understand the situation. Rukia then continued, "So what time would you be here?"
"About an hour or two, well, bye I call you when we're on our way," he replied and hung up the phone.
"So, who's coming back?" inquired Ichigo as he poured the Tequila on his glass.
"What? You didn't know?" Rukia replied with a confused look.
"Yeah, didn't you received his e-mail?" added Renji.
"Well, I haven't checked my e-mail for the last two days," replied Ichigo.
"That explains why you didn't know who's coming back," said the twins with an agitating tone.
"Huh? Who the hell is it?" he shouted in irritation.
"You'll find out later," replied Rukia.
"Damn, you're slow!" commented Renji as he sipped a shot of Jack Daniels and poured another.
Ichigo just stayed silent the whole time thinking who might come back. While doing that, he drank a glass of Tequila one glass after the other. A whole hour past and his bottle of Tequila ran out.
"Nah, Renji call the waiter please. I need another one," he pleaded Renji with a flushed face.
"Whoa! Ichy, take it easy. You just had a whole bottle. How's your liver?" replied the redhead.
"Monkey boy, just call the waiter!" exclaimed Ichigo as he threw a pillow to Renji.
"Hey!"
"Cut it out you two!" interrupted by a certain silver-haired who just happened to arrive.
"Yay! Shirou-chan's here," clamored the twins happily.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME SHIROU-CHAN!" roared Toushiro as he kicked the twins.
Ichigo just snickered to the three who are quarrelling until he noticed a figure standing just beside him. His blood rose suddenly and his drunkard state went out the window like nothing happened.
"G-Gr-Grimmjow?" he said as he looked onto those cerulean eyes.
"Told you, I'll come back," he said with a warm smile.
"Reality check! I did not wait for you, duh," he thought as he stood up.
"Well, I need to go. It's already past midnight. I have a project to start to in the morning so I need my sleep," he said and walked away.
"Ichigo! Wait -" cried Rukia out.
"Cut it Rukia," Grimmjow snatched her left arm and watched Ichigo went downstairs and leave the club, "I'll see him tomorrow, anyway."
Ichigo went out of the bar as fast as he could. His mind was all in a daze because of Grimmjow's sudden appearance. He almost stumbled at someone when he walked directly into the parking area.
"AH! Damn it, my freakin' head hurts… it burns!" commented Ichigo as his gently massage his temples, "How can I drive properly at this state?"
He took his keys out of his black pants and unlocked his black Porsche. He mind was all blank as he drove fast in the highway. Fortunately, nothing bad happened while he drove for the past half hour and got home safely. He parked his car in front of the apartment's door and gave the keys to the doorman.
"Good Morning, Sir" greeted the doorman.
"Morning?" he looked at his watch and noticed it was already 2 in the morning.
He walked straight to the elevator area and pressed the up button and waited for the lift. Once he got inside, he pressed the 10th floor as he checked out his phone for some messages. His boss left him a message that he needs to be in the firm at 8 in the morning to discuss the matter of his four new projects. He was shocked by the time since his usual was 10 or 11 in the morning.
"Why so early?" wondered Ichigo as the doors open in the 10th floor.
He walked westward at the end of the hallway and swiped his keycard on the door. He opened it up left his coat at the nearby couch and walked straight up the kitchen. He got a glass of water and searched for an analgesic for his headache in the medicine tray in the cabinet. When finished dinking, he went upstairs to his room to find Orihime sleeping on the bed.
"I-Ichigo? You're home," she said slowly as she flinched to Ichigo's direction.
"Y-yeah, you're quite early," he said while taking off his clothes and threw it off the basket.
"I need to go back there early anyway. I'll just need some sleep for about three or four hours then I'll go," she replied and shut her eyes.
Ichigo took a white shirt and slid it on himself. He laid himself flat on bed looking at the ceiling. He tried his best to fall asleep but he couldn't.
His thoughts were in a foggy state, "He's back … but I … I'm not ready for this… What … will … What will I do?" It went on for minutes and went on the REM state.
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