Rukia came back at the playground, find herself seating on one of the swings rocking herself slowly, her mind is full of thoughts..about what happened earlier that day. She looks up the sky full of stars and sighs, thinking why Ichigo is playing with her feelings like that. He said before that he doesnt like her..but why did he-
Rukia close her eyes and remembered the way Ichigo looks at her, the way he said those words, the way he hold her..It feels like he loves her.
"No, that's impossible..he cant..he wont.." She said shaking her head, but a part of her mind tells her , he is..
" No..dont believe it Rukia, dont let him hurt you again.."
Ichigo was barely present at supper, scowling again..his family seems to know that he's not in the mood for talking, they leave him out of their conversation.
" I'm done." he said as he stands up, setting his bowl down.
He walks upstairs , goes to his room and closed the door behind him. He walks over to his bed and sat on , staring at nowhere..
So this is the feeling of being in love, you are willing to do anything just to see the love of your life being happy, even if it hurts..you are willing to sacrifice for her.
He closed his eyes.
Damn. why does it have to take long for him to realize? If he just saw it before, how much she means to him, none of this would ever happened and she is his by now.
Ichigo punched the pillow beside him, anger and pain evident in his eyes. God it hurts so much..
thinking that he wont see her beautiful violet eyes looking at him again, her smiles when she's with him, it makes him crazy but he said that he would stay away from her, that's what she wants and he'll do it just to see her happy.
He took a long deep breath and calm himself, he might do something if he lets his anger take over. He turned off his light and lied down, he just wants to sleep at the moment and forget everything..even if he knows that the hardest part is waking up in the morning, remembering what you were trying to forget last night.
He close his eyes and let sleep take over him.
"Ichigo! pssst! oi Ichigo! wake up idiot.."
he woke up by the sound of someone calling him, he sat up slowly and his eyes widen upon seeing his friend sitting outside his window.
"Tatsuki!"
"Hi.." she smiles at him, he goes over to her and opened his window letting her in.
"What are you doing here?" he asked grumpily.
"I'm here to invite you to play at the park..Chad and Uryu will be there too.."
" No I cant, my mom told to me stay at home untill she comes back..and besides its already late."
"Scaredy little Ichi..its still 8 pm and we'll just play for a few minutes.." she said pouting at him.
"No I cant go..sorry.." he said and turned his back at her.
"Fine, but dont blame me if Uryu and Chad tease you for being a chicken, I'll tell them you didnt come because your scared of the dark.."
he turned around and glared at her. " You wouldnt.."
"I would, you know me.." she said grinning at him.
"Fine..but just for a few minutes.."
she nodded cheerfully. "come on.."
He took his sweater, its a little chilly that night and jump at the window following his friend, they walk to the park together while his friend talking about how excited she is playing hide and seek in the dark until someone calls her.
"Tatsuki!"
The both of them turned their heads at the same time, seeing Tatsuki's mother walking towards them.
"Uh oh.." they said in unison.
"What are you doing outside? its already late..?come here lets go home.."
" Ichigo go to the park, tell them I'll be a little late.." she whispered to him.
"okay.." he said and runs away quickly before her Mom scold him too.
After a few minutes of running he arrived at the park, he looks around trying to find his friends but no he is the only one there.
"Where are they?" He said while sitting on one of the swings, "Maybe they're coming late too.." he slowly rock himself back and forth but stops when he heard a faint noise. He listened carefully, there, he heard it again some sort of muffled screaming sound. He stands up and goes at the direction of the sound. He walks to the woods where the sound is coming from, he stops and his eyes grew wide upon seeing a little girl carried by a man while walking away from the park. The girl is crying and kicking to get out of the man's grip, but her strength is far more weaker to be able to get out. They're pretty far from the park now but he still followed them, he doesnt know why but he cant just leave this little girl behind, it feels like he's here to protect her. The man stops walking, he stops walking as well , the man starts to unbotton his pants slowly while still carrying the little girl, right then and there he knew what's the man up to.
"Put her down!" he said in a very loud voice.
The man seems startled but smirked when he saw him.
"What if I said no? what you gonna do little squirt?"
"You dont know what I can do.." he thought and kicked the man on his shin hard.
The man stumbled to the ground and lets go of the little girl, he runs to her and pull her up before the man recover from the pain, he took her hand and run away fast from that place.
They keep running for a few minutes, holding hands running together..when he saw that they're near at the park , he runs faster pulling her with him. When they arrived he saw a big tree beside the swings, he goes there and hide.
He was breathing heavily, he kept looking at the direction where they came from, hoping that the man didnt follow them. They need to rest, he doesnt know if he can still keep on running.
"Who are you..?"
He turned around and saw the girl looking up at him, she's scared he can see it in her eyes. "Her violet eyes is beautiful.." he thought.
" I'm Ichigo.." he said softly, to his surprised the girl giggles upon hearing his name.
"It sounds like a strawberry.."
"No its not, it means he who protects.." he said pouting, he hate it when someone say that to his name, but he cant hate this girl especially now that she's smiling towards him.
''So that's why you save me?"
" Yeah, my Mom told me all girls must be respected and protected.." He said proudly.
"Thank you for saving me..I should have brought one of my Chappy toys with me, I'd give it to you.."
He frowned. "Chappy the Rabbit? no way!" he thought but he smiles instead. " No thanks.. you dont have to do that.."
Rukia! Rukia! Where are you?!
The both of them turned their heads at the same time, at the direction where the voice is coming from.
"That's my Aunt Yoruichi..she's looking for me, I have to go thank you again.."
"Yeah, your welcome.." He was about to turn away but the little girl grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to her, and when he was close enough the girl leans in and to his shock kiss his lips.
"Thank you.." she said softly and runs to her Aunt leaving him stunned, he just stood still for a few minutes, touching his lips.
"A girl k-kissed me.." he let a smile graced his lips upon remembering her name. "Rukia.."
Ichigo woke up from his dream, out of breath. He sat up. Rukia..Rukia..
He smiled , " Its Rukia..its my Rukia.." He stands up and quickly put on his shoes, "Its still 9 if I'm right she'll be there.." He thought and walks downstairs slowly.
The living room was dark, his family must already asleep by now, he walks slowly to the front door, careful not to make a sound, when he's about to open the door the lights turns on..and found his stepfather sitting at the couch, staring at him.
"Going somewhere son?"
He turned to face him. " Yeah, I have to go somewhere important.."
Isshin walks towards him. "To her?''
He nodded slowly. "Y-yeah.." his voice is a little shaky, he's afraid that she might reject him again after hearing what he has to say to her." What if it doesnt matter to her? what if she dont care? '' He took a deep breath. " She said, I should stay away from her..it wont change anything.." He said forgetting that his stepfather is in front of him, staring with a grin on his lips.
Ichigo is giving up, he cant do it..he starts walking away from the door when Isshin called him, he turned around pretty startled and remembers that his stepfather is still there. " Did he heard?"
" I thought your going somewhere important .."
" No..I- I cant, I mean I'm not..(sighs) I'm going to sle-
Ichigo was cut off by his stepfather's fist on his cheek, he stared at his stepfather wide eyes and he saw him grinning at him.
" Go get her son.."
He stared at him, that was it..he knew what he meant..he should be mad at him for punching his face like that but it feels good, it feels that he can do this, it feels that the punch brought back his self-confidence and that was the only thing he needs.
for the first time Ichigo smiled at his stepfather. "Thanks Dad.." he said and opened the door leaving Isshin smiling to himself. " You can do it son.."
9:20 PM
Rukia glanced at her wristwatch, its late and probably Inoue had run out of excuse, she asked her stepsister to cover her if her father asked where she is, she stood up her joints popping when she stretched her legs, she's been sitting on the swing for hours. " I have to go home.."
"Rukia.."
She turned to where that voice came from, there she saw Ichigo standing ten feet away from her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked trying to sound mad.
"I should ask you the same thing.. what are you doing here Rukia?" He said and starts walking towards her slowly.
"None of your business.." She said looking away from him.
"Hmm, maybe you have a special memory here, like your first kiss?" he said grinning at her.
"W-what? N-no of course not! and besides why are you here? I thought I told you to stay away from me..that was my third wish remember.." She said her face a bit flush.
But he shakes his head. "and I thought I told you that you can use those wishes for only a week, its already four weeks past Rukia..those wishes dont work anymore.."
she scoffs at him. "Idiot.."
Ichigo stops walking five feet from her. " I remember you now.." he said hopefully that she remembers it too but instead she looks at him like he was crazy. " I remembered the first time I met you, twelve years ago Rukia..do you remember?"
Her eyes widen a bit. " N-no I dont know what your talking about.."
He stared at her , he saw it she was shocked after hearing him, She was lying..he knows it.
"We were five years old, I saved you..there that tree we hid behind it, from the man who wants to hurt you..remember?'
"No! I dont remember anything!" she said glaring at him.
He took a deep breath and walks closer to her. " Fine, let me help you remember then.." he grab her hand and pulled her closer to him gently, wrapping his arm around her waist and the other touching her face.
Rukia was so shocked that she cant even move, she could hear the sound of his heart beating, she looks up and found his amber eyes staring at her, she likes it the way his hand caressed her cheeks, they're so close they could feel each other's breathing. He leans down to her, locking their foreheads and looking into her eyes. " Rukia..I love you.." he whispered softly.
Her eyes widen upon hearing his confession but before she could talk, he claimed her lips , he kiss her lips slowly while holding her tight. Rukia just stood still, eyes wide in shock she just lets him kiss her again and again until he stops.
"Do you remember now?.."
She swallowed. " No I don-
But before she could finish her words he kiss her again but this time she kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck, he kiss her deeply like there's no tomorrow and she holds onto him like her life depend on it. They kissed for few minutes and lets go for the need of air, they stood still staring at each other, both out of breath.
"Do you remember now?.." He asked smiling at her.
She smiles back and nods. " I remember now.."
Sorry if its short, my parents started arguing when I was writing this and I cant continue hearing they're loud cursing and yelling, it was very distracting. Hope you like the kiss scene, I was having a hard time explaining it, i havent experienced it myself *Blush deeply* so it was kinda hard for me. But still i hope you enjoyed this..:)
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