50. first kiss
Title: Loaded Questions
Word Count: 684
Rating: PG-13
"Truth."
Miziru looked faintly thoughtful as he glanced around the small circle of people. When his gaze landed on the severe-looking, stone faced man introduced as Rukia's brother, he had to suppress the smile when he turned back to Ichigo with his question.
"What was your first kiss like?"
The beer that had been halfway down his friends' throat sharply came back up.
When they had planned Ichigo's bachelor party, they probably should have tried to find better things to do than play a child's game like truth or dare. Miziru thought it was to bad that Ichigo had come down on them and threatened death on his "no strippers" policy, so that didn't leave them much else to do. But apparently, this Byakyua person was very traditional, and would not appreciate the gesture.
Chad and Keigo were watching their orange-haired friend cough with mild interest. Ishida was leaning back with a secretive smirk, most likely finding all this hilarious.
Or maybe he was laughing at the way that half the other people Miziru didn't know personally were leaning forward like they were waiting to tear Kurosaki apart.
He had felt a little put out at how many people were here that he hadn't known. Ichigo had met lots of people from Rukia's side that he had never gotten to see. But he did wonder why Chad and Ishida seemed to know them as well.
The most dangerous person in the room was probably the bride's brother. Miziru didn't think he'd finished giving the groom a hard time for marring his sister yet.
Next to Byakyua was Renji-san, with his crimson ponytail, jagged black tattoo's, and wildly dangerous expression.
Ganjyu and Hanatarou were a little further down, the former snickering, the latter trying to shush him hurriedly.
Urahara-san, Ukitake-san, and Hitsugaya-san (he'd been unsure if they should be letting someone who looks like he should be in grade school drink, but everyone assured him he was of legal age) were just on his left – one with a fan out, the first two leaning forward expectantly and the younger rolling his eyes.
"Well?" Keigo prompted.
"Yeah dandelion, you have to answer, right?"
Hanatarou was trying to silence Ganjyu-san more desperately now, but he didn't seem to be making much progress.
Having had to explain the rules of truth or dare to all of the new people (he thought that was strange too), they most certainly caught on fast.
Ichigo had stopped wheezing, but now he was eyeing Byakyua-san and Renji-san (leaned forward like a rabid hungry wolves) like he was judging the distance between them.
Miziru felt a moment of pity for his friend, but brushed it off a second later. It was certainly a loaded question, but it could have been much worse. He could have asked him what his first lay had been like, and then he either would have had to tell his bride's overprotective traditionalist brother and best friend about how he'd had sex (with her or with another girl) or admit to his other friends that he was a virgin. In that light, he'd gotten off easy.
To his credit, while tense as a bowstring he didn't fidget. "There isn't much to tell. Rukia told me I kissed like a dead fish and to hurry my ass up or we'd miss the train."
He relaxed only slightly when everyone leaned back in disappointment or amusement.
"Ah, my friend is so lame." Keigo mourned, and received a sharp kick for his trouble.
Fully at ease now, Ichigo turned to Ganjyu-san and had opened his mouth to continue the game when the door slammed open with a resounding crash. The loud voice that followed the tackily dressed man in the doorway was one Miziru was sure he should know.
"Boy! When I heard you were getting married, I had to come congratulate my number one pupil! Bowa ha ha ha ha!"
"Yeargh! Get out you freak! Leave me the hell alone!"
Yes, Miziru thought he should feel lucky he didn't know half the people Ichigo did. The man had the strangest friends.
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I think I must apologize. I was trying for subtle with the last character, but I seem to have been to vague. The last apperence was Don Kanoji. I thought that his use of "number one pupil!" and trademark "Bowahahahaha!" would give it away...
.:sulks:. Was there anyone who recognized him? Anyone?
