Holy fudge sickles this is a long ass chapter. It took me forever to write this shit. Finally it's done. I'm never writing another long ass chapter like this again. Anyways, I'll shut up and let you read.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of it's characters. I do own a Kisuke Urahara T-shirt and he's happy about it cause he's touching my boobs ;).

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Ayame was the first to wake up the next morning. She groggily walked into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on. Yumichika and Izuru were the only two in the house that could wake up in the morning and not require coffee. That is, unless alcohol was thrown into the mix the night before. In that case, coffee was the last thing on everyones mind. Ayame sat in her chair and her mind started wandering to the night before. She couldn't believe that they were actually together. She smiled and got a giddy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Next thing she knew, she was giggling and squealing to herself. She sighed, today is going to be a good day. 'It'd be better if Toshiro had stayed the night' she thought as she walked to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. When she walked back in the living room and was met by Yumichika and Ikkaku walking out of their bedroom.

"Morning," Ayame smiled.

"Good morning Ayame. You seem to be in a good mood," Yumichika smiled back.

"Uhhh..." Ikkaku grumbled.

"Coffee's made," Ayame motioned to the kitchen.

Ikkaku nodded and dragged his feet to the kitchen.

"So, what's put you in such a good mood today?" Yumichika asked as he sat on the love seat.

Ayame shrugged, "Just a good day I guess."

"I'm glad you and Toshiro got together. The attraction in the air could be cut with a knife," Yumichika commented.

"Yea same here," Ayame blushed.

:You do know we all ditched you two at the movies on purpose right?" Yumichika asked.

"Yea I know. You guys are dicks," Ayame giggled.

"Worked though," Ikkaku butted in as he sat next to Yumichika.

"I'm just glad Azra was smart enough to make Ishida drive my car," Ayame sighed.

"I'm evil not retarded," Azra mumbled as she walked in the room, "Coffee made?"

"Yea I know," Ayame smiled, "Yea coffee's ready."

Azra nodded and walked in the kitchen. Grimmjow walked in shortly after Azra disappeared in the kitchen.

"Morning Grimmjow," Yumichika greeted.

"Mmmm..." Grimmjow replied before disappearing in the kitchen himself.

Azra and Grimmjow walked out and shared Azra's seat. Everybody sat in silence, sipping on their coffee, for a couple minutes before Uryu and Ichigo walked out.

"Morning guys," Yumichika smiled at the two of them.

They both grunted in unison before disappearing in the kitchen.

"Nobody ever replies to you Ayasegawa. Yet you still try every morning," Azra laughed.

"I'm just trying to be nice," Yumichika pouted.

"Nobody's nice in the morning," Ayame replied.

Yumichika sighed, "Yea. I guess so."

Uryu and Ichigo walked out of the kitchen shortly after, holding individual cups of coffee. They sat next to each other on the couch. Izuru came out of his room a couple minutes later looking a bit flushed. He sat down next to Ichigo on the couch.

"You look a bit too happy Kira. What's up?" Ayame asked.

Izuru blushed deeply, "Just a dream I had."

"You wanna share this dream with us?" Azra smiled.

"It's kinda embarrassing. I'd rather not," Izuru whispered.

Azra smiled widely, "I understand. You just need to get laid sweetheart."

Before Izuru could reply, Toshiro busted through the front door.

"AYAME!!" Toshiro panted, "Can...we talk?"

"Ummm...sure. What happened?" Ayame stuttered.

Ayame stood up and started walking toward the hallway. She turned around and noticed Toshiro wasn't following her. He was just standing there, looking at her wide-eyed. After a couple seconds, she noticed why. She was wearing a short black silk nightgown. It stopped just below her thighs, and most of the back was held together by thin straps. Toshiro started turning bright red as he looked her up and down.

"Oh come on. It's not like I'm walking around ass naked," Ayame laughed.

Toshiro smiled and half laughed before following Ayame down the hallway. After they disappeared into Ayame's room Ikkaku turned to Azra.

"Holy shit, did you see his face?" Ikkaku laughed.

"For a second there I thought he was going to pass out," Azra snickered.

"That would have been hilarious," Ichigo laughed.

"Then I would have had to do CPR on him," Azra grinned maliciously.

"Then he'd die because he touched what's mine," Grimmjow growled.

"I wondered what you were going to say to that," Azra giggled.

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"So what is it?" Ayame asked Toshiro after she closed her bedroom door.

Toshiro sat on the bed and sighed, "Well. My parents kinda...wanna have dinner with you..."

"You told you parents? How'd they find out? I thought you didn't live with them," Ayame blurted out.

"Well I don't but my parents pay for the place. And my sister came over last night and I told her. I just didn't think she'd go off and tell them," Toshiro explained.

"Damn...well, fair warning, I'm not very good with meeting parents kinda things," Ayame sighed.

"Don't worry about it. You'll be fine," Toshiro smiled.

"I doubt it. But okay. When do they want to have dinner?" Ayame asked.

"They said whenever you're open," Toshiro replied.

"Oh. That's better then. At least I've got time," Ayame smiled.

"Well, lets go back out there before they think we're doing something," Toshiro said, standing up.

"So," Ayame smiled and set her hands on Toshiro's shoulders.

Toshiro blushed, but wrapped his hands around her waist and embraced her in a hug. He set his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes.

"I missed you," He whispered in her ear.

"Missed you too," Ayame smiled, setting her head on his.

"I KNEW YOU TWO WEREN'T JUST TALKING!!" Ikkaku screamed.

Ayame turned around and glared daggers at Ikkaku, "Get the hell out Madarame! You ruined the moment!"

Ikkaku rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.

"I guess you were right," Ayame sighed.

"Told ya," Toshiro smirked.

"Don't start getting cocky," Ayame snapped playfully.

Toshiro retaliated and stuck his tongue out at her.

"You're fucking wierd," Ayame laughed, "Come on lets go before Ikkaku decides to check up on us again."

Toshiro nodded and they both walked out of the room and back into the living room.

"See! Now the know they got caught," Ikkaku grinned.

"I told him not to but he insisted," Azra sighed.

"It's cool. We were just hugging. And if Madarame really needs to walk in on us to get off then someone needs to talk to Ayasegawa," Ayame smiled smugly.

"Hey! You know that's not true!" Ikkaku retaliated.

"Oh hush Madarame. You know she's just fucking with you," Azra snapped.

"Hey. Where's Abarai?" Ayame asked, noticing the red head wasn't present.

"That fucker's probably still sleeping," Grimmjow snorted.

"Not for long," Azra smiled and got up, "Imma go wake him up myself."

Azra walked over to Renji's door and busted it open. Much to Azra's surprise, Renji was still sound asleep, not at all affected by the ruckus. She ran over to his head and jumped, landing right next to his head. At this, Renji bolted up, then slowly looked up and met Azra's gaze. He sighed and layed back down.

"Too early," Renji mumbled.

"Get your lazy ass up," Azra commanded, as she started jumping up and down.

"Stop," Renji whined, covering his head with a pillow.

"I will when you get up," Azra laughed.

When Renji ignored her, she grabbed the pillow off of his head and hit him with it.

"Get up get up get up get up," Azra sang as she continually jumped up and down.

Renji whined but finally sat up, knowing she wasn't going to leave him alone until he did.

"Okay dammit, I'm up. Now cut it out," Renji grumbled.

Azra jumped off the bed and started to walk out of the room.

"You better be out here with a cup of coffee within five minutes or I'm coming back to fuck with you. Understood?" Azra smiled.

"Yea yea. Just get out so I can get dressed," Renji mumbled.

"Yes sir Mr. Grumpy sir," Azra giggled, and walked out.

"He up?" Ayame smiled.

"I believe so," Azra replied as she plopped down in Grimmjow's lap.

Grimmjow made an audible "oof" as Azra sat on him.

"Hey, easy. I'm a little sensitive from the waist down ya know," Grimmjow growled.

"You trying to say I'm fat?" Azra asked.

"No...what? Where'd that come from?" Grimmjow asked, a bit stunned.

"You are trying to say I'm fat!" Azra exclaimed.

"You're not fat. I would tell you if you were fat," Grimmjow countered.

"Oh that makes me feel better," Azra mumbled.

Grimmjow leaned up and lightly bit Azra's shoulder, "Stop being retarded. You know I love ya."

Azra shivered at the bite, "Ok you win. This time."

Toshiro watched the conversation from Ayame's seat.

"They go pretty good together don't they," Toshiro commented.

"Surprisingly, yes," Ayame replied.

"I could say the same about you two," Yumichika butted in.

"Yea, you're all active and menacing from time to time, and he...well...he looks like he's trying out to be the new Keana Reeves. All stern and shit. It's kinda funny," Ikkaku laughed.

"You make me sound like a statue..." Toshiro grumbled.

"You...kinda are," Yumichika smiled.

"Am not!" Toshiro argued.

"Are too!" Yumichika laughed.

"Oh hush you two," Ayame sighed.

Renji walked out of the room before anybody could say anything else.

"Coffee?" Renji half slurred.

"Still hot," Azra replied shortly.

Renji nodded and walked into the kitchen.

"Why is he so tired?" Izuru asked.

"He was probably up late thinking about Byakuya," Azra giggled.

"I really don't think my neighbor's gay," Toshiro commented.

"I really don't think you know your neighbor that well," Azra replied.

"Well...I mean he's all clean and proper and shit but he never struck me as gay," Toshiro sighed.

"We'll see. Just wait till you see how he reacts to Abarai," Azra winked.

"He wasn't...hitting...on me," Renji grumbled, walking into the room.

"We'll see," Azra smiled.

Renji plopped down in the middle of the floor. He was still too tired to pull a chair into the room. As he sat there and sipped on his coffee, he thought about the night before. That guy, Byakuya, was kind of looking at him funny. But that didn't mean anything. He usually got a lot of attention because of his appearance. He was covered in tribal tattoos and had very unruly bright red hair. Who wouldn't give him a second glance? But coming out and shaking his hand. Did he do that for Azra? No he couldn't have. Azra said he was closing the door in her and Gin's face. And even if the guy did like him, it didn't mean that he liked the guy back. He had to admit, Byakuya did look very well toned. And he had a very well-groomed look in general. What was he thinking? This guy is NOT attractive! Is he? No...he wasn't.

Renji's thoughts were thankfully cut short by Ayame.

"So when are we heading over to dude-mans?" Ayame asked Azra.

"I guess as soon as everybody wakes up and gets ready. Where's Ichimaru?" Azra asked.

"Oh, he's at my house...probably just waking up," Toshiro replied.

"Good, we don't have to go get him," Azra sighed.

"Well, everyone that's done with their coffee, go get ready," Ayame announced.

Ikkaku, Yumichika, Ichigo, Uryu, and Izuru all got up and left the room. Azra stood up and looked expectantly at Grimmjow.

"What?" Grimmjow finally asked after about 30 seconds of silence.

"Get up. You're done too, so go get ready," Azra replied.

"In a minute," Grimmjow sighed.

"Now. I know how you are. You'll wait till last second then everybody else will be ready and we'll all be sitting here waiting for you. You're going now," Azra ordered.

"Fine. You're mean," Grimmjow growled as he got up and left.

"He's so easy to order around," Azra grinned.

"He's always listened to you. Guess now we know why," Ayame commented.

Azra smiled. Now that she thought about it, Grimmjow had always listened to her, no matter what. Even if he didn't want to do what she said, he still did it. And he always seemed to be calmer around her. Or at least more laid back than usual. He never acted like he needed to impress someone around her. The more she thought about it, the more she noticed how blind she had been. The signs were right there in front of her and she never saw them.

"Wow, I'm retarded," She finally said after thinking it through.

"I won't disagree with you there," Ayame laughed.

"Oh very funny. But really, he's been hitting on me for years and I never noticed it," Azra sighed.

"I wouldn't know. I wasn't the one being hit on sooo...I guess you're on your own there," Ayame shrugged.

Shortly after Azra's 'epiphany', Izuru, Uryu, and Ichigo all walked out in their bathing suits. They were practically matching. They were all the same fabric and style. They only difference was the color. Izuru's was lime green, Uryu's was light blue, and Ichigo's was orange. The three of them sat on the couch and looked at Azra and Ayame expectantly.

"Uhhhh...why are you looking at us?" Azra finally asked.

"Why haven' you two gotten ready yet?" Ichigo questioned.

"I'm getting there. Be patient," Ayame smiled.

Ichigo nodded and turned to the TV. Spongebob Squarepants was on. No matter how old or grown up everybody was, they all still loved Spongebob. It was probably the only thing that kept everyone quiet.

"Imma go get ready. It's best to hurry up and get it done before Grimmjow walks out and bitches about him having to wait on me. Damn men," Azra laughed as she got up and headed to her bathroom.

Much to Azra's surprise, Grimmjow was in her bathroom. She firmly place her hand on her hip and eyed him. He looked back at her with confusion in his eyes.

"You said when we got together, that I could use your bathroom," Grimmjow quickly stated.

"I said it was a possibility. That's not a definite yes," Azra replied firmly.

"Do you want me to leave?" Grimmjow asked.

Azra sighed deeply, "No because then you'll just take even longer. But from now on, you ask to use my bathroom. Understood?"

Grimmjow nodded and smiled his trademark smile, "Thanks Az."

"You have a nickname for me now? Fine, if I'm 'Az' then you're 'Grim'," Azra winked.

Grimmjow raised his eyebrow then sighed, "Eh...I guess it's not too bad."

"I like it," Azra replied, "Now get ready. Almost everyone is already done.

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Ayame walked into her bedroom and closed the door. She still had to find out which bathing suit she was going to wear. She owned about four of them, but she hadn't worn them since last summer so she didn't know how they'd fit her now. The first one she pulled out was a white bikini with black straps. She got undressed and tried it on. She half snorted when she looked in the mirror. Her boobs were way too big for it now. She took it off and walked back to her dresser. The next one she grabbed was a white bikini, but it had blue flowers on it and blue straps. She wasn't able to wear this one last year because the top was too big, so maybe it would fit now. Ayame tried it on and it fit her perfectly. She nodded and walked out of the bedroom and back into the living room.

Toshiro looked up at Ayame and smiled, blushing a bit.

"You look amazing," Toshiro whispered.

Ayame smiled and sat in Toshiro's lap. She slowly leaned in and pressed her lips against his.

"Awwww...how adorable!" Renji giggled.

Toshiro blushed and broke the kiss. Ayame turned to Renji and scowled.

"Hush Abarai. You're just mad cause your man isn't here," Ayame laughed.

"He's not my man. Shut up!" Renji screamed, "Fuck it! I'm not going!"

"You're going because I say you're going," Azra said as he she walked into the living room, followed by Grimmjow.

Azra was wearing a red bikini with black and white skulls on it. Grimmjow was wearing a pair of long black surf shorts.

"No, you guys are going to be fucking with me the whole time and I am in no mood," Renji pouted.

"We'll stop. I promise," Azra reasoned.

"Promise?" Renji asked.

"I promise. If anyone says anything, I'll punch them in the face," Azra smiled.

"Okay. Thanks Azra," Renji sighed.

"No problem," Azra nodded.

"Well, it looks like everybody's ready," Ayame butted in.

Azra looked around and sure enough, her and Grimmjow were the last ones to get ready. She inwardly sighed, then nodded at the group.

"Who's got the towels? I really don't want to use up all this guys towels," Azra asked.

"I got some," Ayame replied.

"Alright then. Lets go," Azra smiled.

Everybody nodded and headed toward the door. When they were outside they all walked toward separate cars. There was never any organization when it came down to who rides in what car. They just crowded around and got in. Grimmjow, Renji, and Izuru all got in Azra's car. Ichigo Uryu, Ikkaku, and Yumichika all got in Ayame's car. Toshiro hopped into his own car and lead the way to Byakuya's.

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Toshiro pulled into his driveway, while Azra and Ayame pulled into Byakuya's. Toshiro had called Byakuya on the way to let him know they would be there soon. So he was patiently waiting outside when they arrived. When they pulled into the driveway, the first thing he did was walk over to the Miata to check on it's condition. He didn't expect to be met by a certain tattooed, topless, red-head.

Renji's eyes widened as he noticed the man from the night before poking his head in the car. Ayame looked back and forth at the two men, tempted to say something about it. Instead she turned to Byakuya and smiled.

"I've been good to your car, I promise," Azra said, luckily peeling his eyes off of Renji.

"I see that. Thank you," Byakuya replied calmly.

Azra opened the car door and got out. She was followed by everyone else in her car shortly after. Ayame and the others were already standing outside waiting. Byakuya shook everybody's hand, including a flushed Renji's, before escorting them to the backyard. They were greeted by a very elegant and high-class in-ground pool. Azra looked around in shock. This was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life.

"Well, here it is. Don't be shy, jump in," Byakuya smiled.

Nobody wasted another second. All of the men jumped in, except Renji. He didn't want to be like everyone else, but now he was feeling overly exposed. He inwardly calmed himself and walked over to the shallow end and slowly stepped in. He tried to ignore Byakuya's strong gaze on him. Renji could feel his face turn as red as his hair with each step he took. He took a deep breath and started calming himself down. He did not like this guy...he couldn't. It just wasn't possible.

"Cold?" Byakuya asked from Renji's right.

Renji jumped and looked over at him, "No. No, it's great."

Byakuya smiled and swam over to the group. Renji shook his head before diving underwater and heading over to the group as well.

"I trust everybody likes it," Byakuya said to the crowd.

"This is pretty badass man!" Ikkaku commented.

"It' beautiful," Yumichika smiled.

"How much did this cost?" Uryu asked.

"A lot. It was worth it though," Byakuya replied.

"Azra! Ayame! You guys getting in?" Ichigo yelled over to the two girls.

"In a minute," Azra yelled back from the edge of the pool.

They had both feet in the water, but they weren't ready to get in just yet. Azra never just jumped into a pool. She had to get accustomed to the water temperature first. Ayame usually wasn't afraid of just jumping in. She actually thought it was easier that way. But she was waiting for Toshiro. She didn't want to go in without him. She didn't want him to come over and be the only one out of the pool. It was starting to get hot though. If he didn't hurry up, she would just have to go in without him.

Azra got up and headed for the stairs on the shallow end.

"You getting in?" Ayame asked.

"Yea. It's getting too hot," Azra replied.

Ayame nodded and decided she had waited long enough. She stood up and started walking to the shallow end herself. Just as she got to the steps, the gate opened and in walked Gin and Toshiro. Toshiro was wearing a pair of dark blue surf shorts. Gin was wearing a pair of red and yellow surf shorts. Gin jumped into the pool right next to Izuru. Toshiro was actually afraid that he landed on the kid. Gin came up right in front of Izuru and looked him straight in the eyes. Izuru turned bright red at the closeness.

"Hey. You look good in those shorts," Gin half whispered.

"You...you too," Izuru stuttered.

"Can I talk to you over in the shallow end?" Gin asked.

"Ummm...yea...sure," Izuru replied.

As Izuru and Gin passed Azra to go to the shallow end, Ayame walked over to Toshiro.

"What took you so long?" Ayame asked.

"Me and Gin were talking. Guess we kinda lost track of time," Toshiro replied, wrapping his arms around Ayame's waist.

"What were you two talking about?" Ayame asked, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Oh," Toshiro whispered, "Gin's got a thing for Izuru. He asked me how I think he should approach him."

Ayame turned to see Gin and Izuru talking in the shallow end, "Oh really?"

"Yep. I guess he's taking my advice. I told him to just flat out talk to him about it," Toshiro smiled.

"Kira wouldn't have made the first move," Ayame explained.

"More importantly, you were waiting for me weren't you?" Toshiro smiled.

"Maybe," Ayame blushed.

"Well, from the looks of it, you haven't gotten in yet," Toshiro grinned.

"What if I was just sun bathing?" Ayame asked.

"Well you're not anymore," Toshiro smiled widely.

Toshiro grabbed Ayame's hips and slipped out of her grip around his neck. He then proceeded to push her into the pool. Ayame lost her balance at the edge of the pool and started to fall. She reached up and grabbed Toshiro's arm, pulling him in with her. He tried to pull his arm out of her hand, but he didn't have enough time and was pulled in right behind her. Toshiro landed on Ayame and quickly surfaced to make sure she was alright.

"Shit, I didn't mean to land on you. Are you okay?" Toshiro asked frantically.

"Yea, I'm fine," Ayame laughed, "You didn't think you could get away that easily did you?"

Toshiro smiled and rubbed the back of is neck.

"That looked painful," Izuru said conversationally.

"Yea it did," Gin replied, not even looking at the new couple.

Izuru tried his best to ignore Gin's stern gaze but he couldn't any longer and looked the smiling man in the eyes.

"You know," Gin finally said after a moment of silence, "I've been blabbin on about dumb things since I brought you over here, and I think it's time for me to get to the point."

Izuru stared at the man expectantly. He knew there was a reason Gin wanted to talk to him, but now he was starting to get butterflies in his stomach.

"Izuru...I've been...drawn to you, ever since we met. And the other night...in the bathroom...I felt we made a connection," Gin took Izuru's hand in his, "I'd like to further pursue that connection, and see where we come out at. What do you think?"

Izuru gulped and collected himself before finally saying, "Gin...are you asking me out?"

Gin giggled, "To put it bluntly, yes."

Izuru blushed darker than he ever had in his life. He wanted to say yes...but not just yes. After that speech the word yes alone sounded stupid. So Izuru got his head straight and looked Gin straight in the eyes.

"I think it would be wise to further pursue that connection," Izuru replied as calmly as he could.

"A simple yes would have done, but that sounded so cute comin from you," Gin smiled.

Izuru blushed even darker, if possible, as Gin wrapped him in a hug. Izuru melted into Gin's embrace as he savored the moment. The next thing he knew, Gin's lips were firmly pressed against his. He opened his eyes in shock and tensed up. Gin felt the smaller man tense and broke the kiss.

"Sorry, I just wanted to do that for a long time," Gin explained.

Izuru shivered, but missed the new sensation the kiss had given him, "Do it again."

Gin didn't waste another second. He pulled the younger in for another much deeper kiss.

"I guess they're together," Azra watched as the scene unfolded.

"I guess so," Ayame smiled.

"You don't mind that they're having a mini make-out session in your pool do you?" Toshiro asked.

"I don't mind," Byakuya replied shortly.

"Do you mind that your pool water is now pink because Izuru's hair was dyed a couple nights ago?" Ikkaku asked conversationally.

Everybody turned their attention to the water and it was indeed, pink.

"Other than the fact that it's going to take forever to clean, no. It reminds me of sakuras," Byakuya replied unusually calm.

"Sakuras?" Renji asked, now that he had the balls to speak.

"A flower, in Japan," Byakuya smiled at Renji.

"Well, lets get everybody out of the pool before Kira ruins it more," Ayame announced.

Everybody jumped out of the pool except Gin and Izuru, who were too caught up in making out to hear anything.

"Hey love birds. Out of the pool. Your hair ruined it," Azra walked over to the new couple.

Gin looked up at Azra then down at the pool water, "Wow, I didn't know my pubes could make such a pretty color."

"Get out dammit," Azra laughed.

Gin snickered then carried Izuru out of the pool bridal style. Everybody sat in the chairs that were lined up alongside the pool. Byakuya had walked inside to get drinks. He walked outside shortly after Gin and Izuru sat down, with a good amount of alcohol.

"Ummm...if we drink, we aren't going home tonight," Azra commented.

"That's fine. I have room," Byakuya smiled.

"Alright. I hope you're ready to deal with a drunken version of a small army," Azra grinned.

Byakuya raised an eyebrow, then handed out the drinks.

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A/N: Finally done!! My god that took forever. Literally it took me like about 2 hours to type this shit up. Bout time!! I hope you enjoyed cause if you didn't then you suck and all my hard work was in vain. And that would suck. Anyways, please review and let me know what you think. And if you see any typo's or whatever let me know and I'll fix em. Okay...bye.