My Life is a big "What If"
AU What if they lived a so called "normal" life? With a twist… hahaha… Did you ever think of what might have happened after years passed? A story of serendipity… The love between a girl who has never believed in love and a guy who once made her see its magic... Only to prove that years and obstacles are not enough to separate true love and that no matter how far apart you may be, you will always find each other… Ichiruki :D
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach :P ( I wish I did XD)
Chapter 11: Handicapped
Rukia rushed out of the taxi cab. It was drizzling and she had no umbrella. She ran towards the front door of her house. She opened the door and wiped her wet arms and hair with her handkerchief. She took of her shoes and proceeded to the living room. There she saw Rangiku watching a DVD on the television.
"Oh! Rukia! Welcome home!" She said after seeing Rukia enter the living room.
"It's drizzling outside, you want some coffee?" Rangiku asked raising her cup.
"Thanks…" Rukia said smiling.
"Great, I made coffee and I think there's still some left in the kitchen, you can get it if you want." Rangiku replied pointing at the kitchen.
"Gee… thanks. You're the best Rangiku." Rukia said rolling her eyes but Rangiku giggled.
"I'm just kidding honey, take a seat, I'll get the coffee." She said standing up and walked towards the kitchen.
Rukia sat down and rested her head at the back of the soft couch. Soon Rangiku came in the living room holding two cups of coffee and she handed one to Rukia which the petite girl gladly accepted.
"Thanks." She repeated and Rangiku sat beside her and put her cup down on the small table in front of them. Rukia took a sip of hers then did the same. They both looked at the movie playing on the screen.
"Where's Ken'ichi?" Rukia asked.
"Oh, I think your son's asleep."
"Already? It's only 8? Did you guys eat?"
"Well, the kid said he was tired and yes, we ate, I was able to whip up something simple to eat, how 'bout you? You hungry?"
"No. Just tired." Rukia said resting her head at the back of the seat again.
"You know, you punish yourself too much." Rangiku said looking at her.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking back at her officemate.
"Well, look at me; I don't work as hard as you so I'm carefree while you're all stressed. How old are you anyway? 28? 29?"
"I'm 23." The petite girl answered coldly.
"See? You need to take a break girl! Chill~" The busty woman said.
"Okay, first of all, you don't have a son to feed and Soi Fon keeps throwing me with work which if I declined, I'll never get 'newbie' out of my name."
"Oh, come on, you need to ignore that, you've been working in the company for almost five months, and that girl has been working in the company oh I don't know—since she was a fetus or something. She must think everyone is new unless everyone else worked as long as she has in the company."
"I guess…"
"And what do you mean you have a son to feed? You work late and you can't even spend that much time with the poor kid. The boy doesn't just need food you know?"
"I-I cook for him—"
"When? When it's convenient? Which is close to never!" Rangiku said putting her hands on Rukia's shoulder.
"O-okay, maybe I'm a little overworking—"
"A little? Don't get me started on that!" The woman eyed the raven haired girl.
"O-okay? What are you implying?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"You should start dating!" Rangiku shook the poor girl.
"W-what? Y-you s-sound l-like M-Momo" Rukia said as Rangiku shook her. Rangiku stopped shaking her.
"You mean that best friend of yours who went out of town with her boyfriend?"
"That's the one"
"See? Even your best friend knows how to live life. So why can't you follow her footsteps?" She said shaking Rukia again.
"I-it's n-not th-that!" Rukia screamed which made Rangiku stop. Rukia took Rangiku's hands and put it on top of the busty woman's lap.
"I've had enough of that dating shit." She said. "I've already had my time."
"Don't say that!" Rangiku said pouting. "You're still young and even younger than me on that fact. You're beautiful and smart too. Guys will definitely swarm you."
"Yeah, right. All those stupid idiots will take whatever you throw at them." Rukia scoffed and took a sip of her coffee.
"Look, I didn't mean that stupid meet and then the next day forget like what I do, I was thinking of something permanent. I mean, don't you think it's about time to find Ken'ichi a dad?"
Rukia choked on her coffee upon hearing what the woman said. She coughed a little.
"I-I don't think so, we're doing pretty well without one." She replied turning away.
"Well, it might be working out for now but think about it. We're here for you always whenever we can but we can't all act as a dad towards the kid right? I mean, you can't just rely on us all the time. You need to have someone that will be there, not only in convenient times but absolutely be there always for both you and the kid. Rukia, I don't see you hanging out with any guys except Renji—not that I'm saying that red haired idiot won't be capable of being a good dad—"
"So you're saying I need to date to find someone to marry for my son to have a dad because I'm incapable of being a good parent because I rely on my friends too much?"
"What? Look all I'm saying is—"
"It's okay, I get it. No matter what I do, I'm still the incapable Rukia from before who got pregnant when she was fifteen and was left by the man who did it. I get it." Rukia said looking at the television screen that seems to show the credits of the movie.
There was a short silence in the room.
"Hey… I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—" Rangiku said with apologetic eyes.
"Nah, I don't mind. I know that you said those things because you were concerned. I'm not mad either, I'm just tired that's all." Rukia replied smiling but Rangiku wasn't convinced.
"What did he look like?" She asked blatantly.
"Who?" Rukia asked raising an eyebrow.
"I meant, Ken'ichi's dad, the boy must have inherited some of his dad's traits—"
"He didn't inherit anything."
Well, except for his spiky hair, scowl, over protectiveness of her, dislike of chappy(was that even something you inherit from a parent?), being unpredictably sweet and some more attitudes then the kid definitely didn't inherit anything.
"Really?"
"Really."
"That's too bad. Do you know where he is now?"
"No, and I don't want to know. He could be dead for all I care."
"Hey, now that's a little too harsh don't you think?"
"Try telling that to him after he left."
"What would you do if you see him again?" Rangiku asked examining the petite girl's reaction.
Rukia froze at the question.
What do I do if I see him again? I'll kick his ass and slap his face a hundred times and tell him how much of a jerk he was and… and…
"I don't know." She whispered and Rangiku nodded.
"I guess I wouldn't know too if I was in your place." She said.
There was only one thing that Rukia really wanted to do besides all that violent stuff and that was to ask:
Why?
"Well, I better go now; I still have a dinner date at nine." Rangiku said standing up and taking the DVD out of the DVD player.
"What were you watching anyway?" Rukia asked eyeing the woman.
"Well, a friend of mine at the office lend it to me, I asked your son to watched it with me but he refused and said that he wanted to go to sleep."
"Oh…" Rukia said taking the container of the said DVD and examining the cover.
"This movie is rated R-18!" Rukia screeched.
"So?" Rangiku asked looking at the shocked Rukia.
"So? You were planning on watching this with my kid? Are you trying to corrupt his mind or something?" Rukia asked crossing her arms on her chest.
"It's just a movie Rukia, besides Ken'ichi's what 10? 12?"
"He's seven!"
"Ten, twelve, seven. They're all the same."
"No! They're not!" Rukia yelped.
"That's just…" Rangiku counted with her fingers. "…eleven years from 18. Besides he'll probably turn 18 soon—"
"No! That's still a VERY long time from now." She said scowling as she handed Rangiku the container of the DVD.
"Well, won't it be good for him to watch these now so that when he turns eighteen—"
"No!" Rukia said standing up.
"Whatever you say. I'm off." Rangiku said rolling her eyes and walking towards the door.
"Fine, oh and thanks again on for fetching my son and for the coffee!" She yelled and she heard an "Anytime" coming from the woman who's now outside.
She took the cups to the kitchen and washed them. After that she locked the doors and proceeded to go upstairs. She went to her room and changed into a pink night gown. After doing everything necessary to do before going to sleep she sat on the bed and started to read some paperwork.
So much for not working too hard.
Meanwhile, Ken'ichi couldn't sleep. His thoughts were too occupied by what happened the whole day. He was rolling in bed as he tried to take his thoughts away from his mind.
"Your parents are the only one I haven't met yet"
"Heard your parents didn't come, too bad."
"Heh, heard his mom was a slut and got pregnant early. Maybe she's embarrassed of you that's why she didn't show up."
He sat up and groaned.
"Why can't I just go to sleep?" He growled to himself.
"And maybe his dad got tired of his bitchy mom and left."
"So, you're probably mad at your dad too?"
Ken'ichi got out of bed and went out of his room. He stood in front of another door and hesitated to knock.
"Aww… what are you gonna do now? Call mommy? I doubt she'll even come."
He growled inwardly and knocked at the door.
"It's open." The person from inside the room said. After hearing the permission to enter, the little boy opened the door and walked inside.
Rukia looked up from the papers she was reading and saw Ken'ichi enter the room.
"Oh, you're still awake? I thought you were tired?" Rukia asked eyeing the boy.
"Well I—"The boy paused looking at his mother. "Are you working at home?" He asked scowling.
"Um… No…" She said putting the papers on the side table.
"Don't lie to me, I have eyes you know." He said walking towards the bed and sitting beside his mother. After sitting he looked at Rukia then at the papers then back at Rukia again, the scowl still on his face. Rukia sighed.
"Fine, you caught me." She said raising her arms to admit defeat. But then she noticed the band aid on her son's face. Her eyebrows furrowed. "What's that?"
"I-it's nothing." The kid said looking away.
"Oh? And you just decided to put that on your face?" Rukia asked sarcastically and she turned the kid's face to face her then she pulled away the said bandage.
"OUCH!" Ken'ichi yelped.
Rukia gasped upon seeing a bruise and a cut on the child's lip. "What happened to you?" She asked with concerned eyes and furrowed eyebrows. "You got into a fight didn't you?"
"N-no, I just fell down the stairs?"
"Oh? Did you win?" Rukia asked raising an eyebrow.
"Of course…" Ken'ichi said crossing his arms across his chest, then upon realizing what he said he immediately added "not!"
"I knew it, you got into a fight." Rukia said also crossing her arms. "Do you really think that I'll fall for the 'I fell down the stairs' excuse? Last time I remember you said you hit your head on the door."
"That's because I did." The boy said pouting.
Oh, right. But it would definitely seem like an excuse for getting into a fight right? I mean, who hits their head on the door?
"Well, it's pretty obvious now that you had a fight. With who?" She asked looking straight at the boy's face and turning his head to face her.
"It wasn't anything serious… Don't worry about it." He said and the raven haired woman just sighed.
"Ken'ichi, do you know why I don't like you getting into fights?" She asked.
"Yeah, yeah, because you don't want me to get hurt I know." Ken'ichi said rolling his eyes.
No, it's because you remind me of him.
"Why do you always get into fights?" She said looking at him.
"You know why, it's because of my hair." He said pointing to his orange hair.
"Yeah, it does catch people's attention. I mean I could see you three blocks away."She said and he scowled at the comment.
"Whatever, why do you ask all of a sudden?"
"Nothing."
"Che. You're a weird midget." He cringed when he felt the girl kick him.
"Ouch! And a violent one too."
"Well, it wouldn't hurt you to stop calling me a midget." She frowned and stomped ahead.
He sighed, "Hey midget! Wanna know another reason why I get into fights?"
She stopped and turned around. "What reason could that be, your stupid attitude—" She paused when his face was right in front of hers.
"You."
She felt her cheeks start to heat up. She knew she was blushing. He chuckled.
"See? I don't think I can spare the life of a man who makes you react like that besides me."
"That's right…" She said patting the boy's head.
"What was the fight about?" She asked.
"Yeah, must be hard being a son of a slut"
"N-nothing." He replied burying his face on Rukia's tummy.
"Oh?" she said wrapping her arms around the boy. He looked up.
"Can I sleep here? Because you know, you might have a bad dream and—"
She kissed his forehead and replied, "Of course you can."
Rukia closed the lights and opened a night light. They closed their eyes.
"Good night, mom."
"Good night Ken'ichi" She said hugging the boy. "I love you"
The boy smiled.
I know you do.
"I love you too mom." He replied
I know you do too.
She kissed the top of his head and they soon fell asleep.
A/N: Wheew… *wipes sweat* Okay, that wasn't as long as the one before it but I'm glad I finished it. I'm going to be honest, this chapter wasn't supposed to be here and chapter eleven was supposed to be the things that will happened in chapter twelve but ideas came flooding my head and I just had to write it. I hope you guys are still with me. I just want you guys to know that it is hard to have only one parent although I have both which I am very thankful for. I'm not quite satisfied with this chapter but I have to end it to this. Sorry for the wrong grammars again, I just have to apologize for that in every chapter because I know that I keep on making mistakes which is natural for me since this is my first time writing a full fan fiction. I hope you guys continue to read and review. The more you review the more I get pumped up into writing so thank you for those who reviewed before and for those who are planning to, please review, I would really appreciate it. Oh! And by the way, I have enabled the anonymous reviewing because I know the feeling when you want to review but you can't because you don't have an account and you feel pretty lazy to register. Just please NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS and NO FLAGS, FLAMES or WHATEVER you call it. Come on people I just want to enjoy writing, don't ruin it haha that's all thank you! ILY guys! God bless everyone. :D
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