A/N: I just wanted to thank everyone who's been faithfully reviewing and reading. We're not quite done yet, but we are nearing the end. At the end of this story, in the end author note, I'll give information on the title of the follow up oneshot and my next stories that are coming up. Anyway, on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or make any profit off of this.
Lisa bounced the tennis ball off her ceiling, catching it just shy of hitting her in the eye. She knew she shouldn't have kicked Rose out of her room, that she could've just admitted that she had missed him. "Damn…" She muttered, letting the tennis ball roll out of her hand and under the bed.
The lock had popped, just as she had taught everyone to do, except for Mashiro anyway. Rose stepped inside, shutting the door and locking it.
"We're going to talk now." His face the epitome of seriousness, he sat beside Lisa's hip, eyeing her.
"Let's not and say we did." Lisa rolled on her side, facing away from him. She didn't want to deal with this right now. She couldn't deal with it.
"Let's." Rose leaned down over her, tugging one of her braids almost playfully. "I'll start. True or false, you missed me more than you're letting on."
Lisa hesitated, her heart pounding. "True." She tried to wriggle away from him, just so she wouldn't be eye to eye with him, but he put a hand on each side of her head so she was stuck.
"Even though you were busy with everyone else, you still couldn't stop thinking about me."
Silence set in. Lisa didn't want to answer, yet she did. She didn't want to divulge her secrets, yet she didn't want to hide everything anymore. Lisa held eye contact, but didn't say anything.
"I can wait." Rose gave her an easygoing grin. Lisa knew damn well the kind of patience Rose had, and it wouldn't work in her favor.
"True." Lisa's voice was a little softer this time, but she wasn't breaking eye contact.
"Percentage, how much did you miss me?" Rose had gone serious again, staring deep into her eyes.
Lisa briefly considered shoving him off of her, but quickly reconsidered. Unohana had said that there was a chance his wound could break open, and Lisa couldn't remember which side it was under all this stress.
"Rose, get off of me." She muttered, looking for a way out. She wasn't one to run away from a battle, but battles of emotions were so much different than killing a hollow with a sword. Emotions were delicate.
"No." Rose didn't move, but blood dripped out of the corner of his mouth.
"Rose!" Lisa swore loudly as Rose collapsed on top of her, blood leaking from his mouth and into his shirt at an alarming rate.
At this point, Rose was fully unconscious. Lisa managed to get them to her feet, holding Rose's arm over her shoulders to hold him upright.
Opening the door to her room, she yelled out, "Love, watch the household!"
With that, carrying Rose, she fled to Soul society.
A/N: this is a shorter chapter, but I wanted to leave off on the cliffhanger. Next chapter should be up shortly. What do you think?
