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10- ICHIGO: IT'S NOT MY FAULT, YOU KNOW (VERY WELL) I HATE SURPRISES!

Listening to: Falling in love MATT WHITE

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"What? You knew? You're pissing me more and more!"

Ichigo (chp 61)

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Ishida finished work early, actually he brought some at home. He was reading one of the articles when he heard his friend coming back. He didn't bother to look at him, well, he saw this idiot everyday now and it was more than enough. "You weren't long." He just stated. No answer. When he heard his friends steps next to him, he looked up and saw him carrying a box with a very pissed look on his face. His eyes widened and he tilted his head frowning. "What happened?" He asked.

Ichigo dropped the box who fell on the floor making a big noise. "I was kicked out from Rukia's place." He stated angrily.

Ishida raised his eyebrow. "You were…kicked out from her house…" He repeated slowly.

"Yeah!"

Ishida chuckled. "But, how is it possible? you didn't even live there!" Ishida said mockingly.

Ichigo glared at him. "Well, no, but I had a few things there, clothes, toothbrush, the usual things you know, pretty useful when I sleep there, and she gave them all back to me because Kano is moving in!" He shouted.

Ishida's eyes shot in surprise. "Kano is moving to her place?"

"Yeah, seriously, he doesn't even know her! He just dated her for not even a week in high school and that's all!" Ishida coughed but Ichigo didn't noticed it as he kept talking. "How can they move together this early! Renji and Tatsuki haven't even moved together yet!" He said pacing up and down.

"Well, if they love each other… I don't see what's the problem. It's her apartment, if they break up, she will still have a house. And it's not like Kano is gonna rape her." Ishida said.

"You never know…." Ichigo muttered making his friend roll his eyes. "Anyway, she shouldn't have kicked me out! It's not like she doesn't have space for my belongings anymore!"

"Well, it's not like you are going to sleep at her place anymore." Ishida said matter-of-factly.

"Why not?" Ichigo retorted childishly.

Ishida raised his eyebrow. "You're seriously asking that Kurosaki? You know what? See it this way, imagine you had a girlfriend, would you like if she kept things from another man?"

Ichigo shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't mind, it's her own business, as long as she's good in bed."

Ishida stared at him blankly. "You really don't understand the concept of being in a relationship, do you?"

"I perfectly understand, the thing is, why did she do that? It's like, I'm not her first priority anymore."

"Sure you understand the concept of a relationship." Ishida thought as he listened to his friend. "Well, you're not anymore, now that she's dating Kano."

"That's unfair, I knew her before him! And I'm closest to her than him!" He said childishly.

Ishida sighed. "Things don't work like this Kurosaki… I thought you wanted to stay friend with her."

"Well, I do! It's her who doesn't want!" He retorted.

"Okay, what do you want from her?"

"I want to call her when I've a problem, she would do the same, we hang out as soon as possible, no other man in her apartment, we do and share everything together. You know the usual."

"That pretty is the description of a boyfriend girlfriend relationship, you know…" Ichigo glared at him. " And why are you so jealous suddenly? It's been ten years since Rukia is dating and well, sleeping with guys and it never bothers you much more. What now?"

"Well, I don't know… Maybe, I'm afraid they might steal her away just as Kano…" He sighed.

Ishida sighed. "Don't you think it's grand time now, Kurosaki?"

"Grand time for what?"

"To just admit that you love Rukia."

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They were eating in a diner, the two were sat beside each other. A burger with double portion of cheese with french fries for him, a cheese burger for her. Tatsuki looked a her boyfriend who was eating rather… ravenously. She felt her cell phone buzzing so she picked it from her pocket and looked at the screen. Renji leaned toward them, trying to read whatever was on the screen. "Who is it?" He asked full mouthed.

Tatsuki looked at him with disgust. "Don't speak when you mouth is full! And it was Ishida."

He muttered a sorry and wiped his mouth with the napkin. "Ishida? what does he want?"

She sighed. "Nothing, he just warned us that there's an Ichigo in his teenage angst running in the streets of Karakura."

"Oh, Something with Rukia happened?"

"Obviously yes."

"Do you want to pay him a visit?"

"Hell no! I'm tired of all their high school cheesy romance. If his steps bring him to my place, I'll deal with him. I won't look after him to listen to his depressing ranting. No thank you!"

Renji chuckled, put his arm around her shoulder to draw her to him and kiss her forehead. She looked at him puzzled as he got back to eating. After taking a bite in his burger, he looked at her. "You didn't answer my question by the way."

She tilted her head quizzically. "Which one?"

He swallowed. "Well, are you gonna move to my place?"

She scowled. "I already answered that a thousand times already!" She said annoyed.

"Well, then I'll change my question. Why don't you wanna move to my place?"

She looked away, she couldn't really find a good reason. "I…I don't wanna talk about this…"

"Well, I want." He said firmly.

"Well, each time we are together, we're fighting, can you stand that every single minute of your life?"

"That's how we are, that's how we show that we love each other. Look, I know that all around us, people are drifting apart, Ishida and Inoue, Ichigo and Rukia, even though they weren't a couple to begin with but… Maybe we can't be the example, show them that we're able to do it." He said as he caressed her cheek with his hand.

She shoved his hand and stood up. "I told you I didn't want to talk about that." She said harshly but not turning her back at him.

He looked her back. "You're running away."

She turned to look at him angrily "I'm not running away Abarai!" She shouted before starting walking away.

He immediately grabbed her wrist. She glared at him fiercely. He looked at her intently. "I warn you. I'm tired of this. If you're running away, I won't chase you around." He said seriously.

"Perfect, I don't care." She said before snapping her hand from his grip and walking away, leaving him alone in the diner sighing.

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Ichigo was lying on his couch, staring at the ceiling. He was thinking about what Ishida told him yesterday. Does he love Rukia? At first, it was a sure fact: he didn't like her that way. But actually he never thought about his relationship with his best friend before. He liked when they talked together, he liked when he hug her, he liked when she smiled at him, he liked when he made her laugh, he liked when she kissed him on the cheek. He liked when they had sex even if they were bit drunk and he didn't remember the most part of it. It's all that he knew. But if he loved her… He didn't know. What was love after all? He didn't even know? Was it to act all lovey-dovey? If it was, then he didn't love her. But if it was thinking overtime of the same person when she wasn't there, then yeah, maybe he was a tiny bit in love…. He phone rang. He answered nonchalantly, not even looking who was calling him. "Yeah?"

"Ichigo?"

He smiled at the voice and sat up. "Yeah, it's me… What's up?"

"Well, I just wanna know if you're alright, you know, yesterday, you left immediately when you saw Ashido. I just wanna tell you I'm sorry, I didn't want to tell you this like that."

He shrugged. "It's okay." He cut her. "It's okay…" He repeated quietly.

"Oh…great… So… If you need anything, just call me okay?"

"Wait Rukia!"

"Yes?"

"I…I want to ask you something…"

"So just ask, idiot." She said softly.

"When do you know that you're in love?" He asked seriously.

She was taken aback by the question so she didn't say anything. "Well…" She started.

"For example… When did you know that you loved Kano?"

"Well…There's no specific moment, you just know… When I realized that I didn't want him to be hurt, any other women to touch him, to talk with him. When I felt funny when I was around him. It's everything and nothing… It's just that.. you're in love. You know I'm not really the better placed to answer your question, as I'm not really familiar with this love feeling... Why are you asking? "

"For nothing… Just to know…"

"Oh..."

"I…I need to talk to you"

"That's what you're doing."

"No…I mean… face to face..."

"Oh, I see…"

"So… When are you free?"

"Right now." She said in a giggle.

He smiled. "Can you drop by my place then?"

"Yup, I'll be right there."

"Okay, I'm waiting."

"See ya."

"Yeah, see ya."

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When he heard the doorbell rang, he ran to open the door and smiled at her. She came in naturally and he followed her after closing the door. "Want to drink something?"

She smiled."Beer please."

He went to his fridge as she sat at the bar. He grabbed two cans of beer. He gave one to his friend who took it gladly and opened his own.

She opened her can and drank a little. She put the can on the bar and looked at him. "So, what do you want to talk about?"

"I…about…" He looked away and sighed in defeat. "Kano…" He finally said.

She looked at him puzzled and tilted her head. "Ashido?"

He jerked his head. "I was just wondering. Why him? I mean… You barely know him…" She frowned. "It was already really surprising that you accepted to date him, and now he's moving to your place… I 'm just wondering…"

She fidgeted on her chair. "Well…the truth is…I don't barely know him…" She said nervously.

Ichigo frowned. "What do you mean by that?…" He muttered.

She looked away. "Well… I've already dated him."

"Yeah, in high school, I remember."

"I wasn't talking about high school." He frowned. "Look… when I was in college… I had to study overseas for one year, so I choose to study in the US… Well… I happened to study in the same town as Ashido… And… we sort of became a thing…" She said nervously.

He was stunned by her words. He frowned deeply. "But…you never told me…" He said bitterly.

"I…I was afraid…" She stuttered.

"Afraid of what? We're supposed to be friends!" He shouted.

"Of your reaction! I didn't want to ruin our friendship!" She said desperately.

He hit his fist on the bar. "What friendship? There was no friendship to begin with! You lied to me! Why should I believe in everything else?"

"Ichigo I'm-"

He ran a hand in his hair. "Just…just go… I need to be alone.."

"Ichigo, let me-" She put a hand on his arm.

He shoved it violently. "Just go away! I don't wanna see you right now!" He shouted angrily.

He cheeks flushed in anger. She slapped him. He put his hand on his cheek glaring at her. She pointed at him. "THAT'S why I didn't want to tell you! I knew you would overreact." She shouted.

"Well, too bad, you did that for nothing, cause I'm OVERREACTING, as you said it, right now!" He shouted back. He grabbed his jacket and his keys and headed to the door.

She frowned. "Where are you going?" She asked.

He turned and glare at her. "I told you to leave, you don't want to do it? Fine, I'm not staying if you're here." He spat.

"You're so…. stubborn!"

"And you're so stupid! Don't bother call me to apologize!" He shouted as he opened the door.

"I wasn't planning to!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

He left, slamming the door in fury.

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"So… You haven't talked to Rukia since last week…" Tatsuki said.

Ichigo jerked his head. "Well… She didn't call either." He muttered.

"Do you two plan to make up soon?" Ishida asked making Ichigo glare at him. He quirked his eyebrow. "What? I was just asking. My company is organizing a cocktail party, I want to invite everyone."

"Hi everyone! Sorry, I'm a bit late." Inoue said apologetically, scratching her head.

"It's okay, Inoue, just take a seat." Tatsuki said with a smile.

Inoue tilted her head. "Oh, Renji-kun is not here?" She asked.

Tatsuki closed her eyes. "No." She answered dryly.

"You're still not talking to him huh?" Ichigo said.

"Well, you're not talking to Rukia either." She answered sharply.

Ichigo gulped. "I think you should talk to him and apologize, Arizawa." Ishida said with a chuckle.

Tatsuki crossed her arms. "And why is that?"

"Seriously… You 've been dating the guy for more than seven years now, why don't you want to move to his place? Look at Rukia and Kano, they are already living together." Ishida stated. Ichigo scowled. Ishida noticed it. "Oh, sorry, Kurosaki, I forgot that you were kind of sensitive about this topic." Ichigo glared at him.

"I won't talk to this dumb ass until HE talk to Rukia." Tasuki said angrily pointing to Ichigo.

"Well…I won't talk to her until she apologize to me. And guess what?" Ichigo showed his phone. "She hasn't called since last week! Coward." He said bitterly.

Ishida sighed. "I don't understand why you're so angry at her. Her boyfriend moved to her place. How is that so unbearable for you."

Ichigo jerked his head and gave a forced laugh. "If it was only that."

Ishida rolled his eyes. "Yeah, she kicked you out of her place as you say it. Which is, to me, perfectly understandable."

"Yeah, but there's something else…" He muttered.

"What?"

"Did you know that Rukia, dated this punk during one year! She dated him for one year, and she didn't even tell us about it! One year! And she says we're best friends? What the fuck? Best friends? I don't think so. So I told her that we weren't friend to begin with! She fuckin' lied to me! Why should I apologize? She's the one who have to apologize, and even if she do so, I'm not sure I'm ready to forgive her!" Ichigo shouted.

Inoue looked down. She thought about her raven haired friend.

She was at Tatsuki's. They were eating, girl talking, especially about a certain green eyed man that she started to date. The door bell rang. "I'll get it" She said beaming. Tatsuki nodded with a smile. Inoue went to the door. "Who is it?" She asked. No answer. She opened the door and her eyes widened.

Rukia stood there, crying her heart out. "He…He…He told me that…that….we…we weren't….anymore!" She said between, two sobs, before breaking down and cry en more.

Inoue immediately put her into an embrace and patted her head. "Shhh… Come here…" She said softly as she took her hand and led her in the living room.

Tatsuki came from the kitchen, a spoon in her mouth, a yoghurt pot in her hand. "Who is-" She begun before hurrying toward her two friends. "Rukia what's happening?"

Rukia shook her head. Inoue smiled softly at her. "You can tell us Rukia. We're your friends."

"Yah, and then we will beat the head of Ashido for you." Tatsuki said jokingly, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"It's…it's not… Ashido…" Rukia whispered. The two friends looked at each other with the same look which said. "Who is it then?". Rukia sobbed. "It's…Ichigo…"

Tatsuki frowned. "What did this stupid strawberry did again." she muttered.

"He said that we weren't friend to begin with…"

Inoue handed a tissue to her. " But why?…" She asked softly.

Rukia lowered her head. "I…I told him about Ashido…"

Tatsuki frowned. "You mean… About the thing in college?" She asked

Rukia nodded and sniffed. "I…I don't even know why I didn't tell him… I told to every one but… I was too afraid of his reaction. And now… now…"

"You wanted to protect your friendship and knowing Ichigo, it was the right thing to do." Tatsuki said seriously.

"But he was to find sooner or later! I lied to him! I didn't trust our friendship!" She cried even more. She put her head in her hands. "I'm such an horrible friend! I…I'm such a coward."

Inoue caressed her back with her hand. "You're not a coward Rukia. You just thought it was the right

thing to do…."

Tatsuki smiled to her. "And you know, I'm sure that if you just apologize to him, he will happily come back to you like a little puppy." Tatsuki said plainly.

"I…I can't call him. He… He told me to not call… That he won't forgive me."

Tatsuki raised her eyebrow. "And since when do you listen to what Ichigo say?" She said sarcastically.

"I can't…I can't upset him more than he already is..."

"I think you're a bit harsh on her Kurosaki-kun." Inoue whispered.

"Why am I always the bad guy? She's the liar! And she didn't even call, it's not like she cared about me!" Ichigo retorted.

"You know Ichigo… I think she's hurt as much as you…." Tatsuki said.

Ichigo looked at his friends unbelievingly. "Why does everyone want to side her? Can't you see she lied to us!"

"I think you're making a big fuss about that… Sure, she lied, but… who doesn't." Ishida said plainly.

Ichigo was about to retort but closed his mouth and looked closely at his friends' face with a frown. After a few minutes of watching… "You knew about it, didn't you!" He shouted angrily.

Tatsuki's face flushed. "I… What are you talking about?" She stuttered.

Ichigo hit his fist on the table making his friends jump in surprise. "You know exactly what I'm talking about! I'm talking about you knowing about Rukia and Kano's relationship!"

They all gulped before Inoue finally said lowering her head. "Yeah…"

"So EVERYONE knew but me! And NO ONE never ever bothered to tell me!" He shouted. His friends lowered their head in shame. "I…Seriously…Fuck you!" He said before grabbing his belongings and storming out.

I think that this chapter is kind of... useless (And I was happy to update this week -_-, it's not even long T_T) Why is Ichigo so upset? I dunno XD

Troubles between Renji and Tatsuki?

Anyway, thanks for reading it, hope you liked it.

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