I know it's been a while, and I thank you all who have been waiting so patiently for this next update. Sorry it's not super long, I promise to make the next chapter more fun too!
When Grimmjow awoke, he was expecting to have a ginger haired male asleep next to him. With a satisfied groan, he rolled over, arm outstretched to wrap around the smaller male, only to find that the space was empty. Lifting up quickly, he looked to the other side of the bed. No one was there. Searching around the room, Grimmjow felt a little disheartened by the sudden lack of another person. With a sigh, Grimmjow looked back toward the pillow he was sure Ichigo had used the night before.
Sitting atop the pillow, was a folded paper with Grimmjow's name written on it. Smirking, he picked the piece up and opened the fold.
Sorry, had to run to class.
Took your car again. See you tonight.
Love, Ichigo
Laughing lightly to himself, he lifted off the bed, allowing the sheets to fall to the floor. At the same time, a knock came from the door before it was opened to reveal Nnoitra. "You're still in bed? Dude, it's almost noon." He said before he took one look at Grimmjow before turning his back to the man. "And put something on dammit."
Looking at the man with minimal surprise, he looked down at himself to see himself still nude from the night prior. Chuckling, he shook his head. "Fuck I'm in a good mood." He said to no one in particular.
"I noticed, asshole." Nnoitra said, commenting on the morning wood that Grimmjow seemed to be proudly showing off. "Now put something on and come down stairs. We got fresh coffee, and Yuzu made breakfast. Isshin also wants you to come on down. He wants to have a word."
"Oh no, not the father talk again." Grimmjow groaned before he moved to get something on. He didn't mind if people saw him naked usually. But he was sure he'd get an earful if Ichigo were to hear about him walking around in front of Yuzu or Karin while still naked. Slipping into some loose fitting boxers, and a pair of sweats, Grimmjow pushed Nnoitra out through the door so he could also get out of his room. The man was standing there in the doorway, facing the hall, just standing there.
The two didn't speak as they walked through the hall and down the stairs. When they got down there, Isshin was sitting at the dining table, breakfast in front of him with a steaming cup of coffee. "Sit." Karin demanded as she saw Grimmjow come into the room. She stood, making her way toward the kitchen.
Doing as he was told, he let out a satisfied sigh with the comfort of taking a seat. It didn't take but a few seconds for everyone else to come and join them in the room. Both Ginta and Toshiro were quiet with their entrance as they sat down, plates in front of them. Yuzu gave a bright and joyous greeting, "Good morning Grimmjow."
"Morning Yuzu. You sleep well?" He asked as she placed a plate of food with a cup of coffee in front of him. It looked delicious. Having a circle cut out of the toast that was plated gave a good place to cook an egg. Then there was of course bacon and sausage sitting on the edges, along with a few pieces of fresh fruit.
"Oh yes. Thank you again for letting us stay in your wonderful home!" The girl seemed to always be bright and happy with everything. But it didn't bother Grimmjow at all. In fact, he was a little impressed.
As the group of them ate their breakfast, chatter was cut to a minimum. Grimmjow had finally finished his coffee and was about to get up to get another when Isshin finally made a sound. He'd stayed silent the entirety of the meal for the most part. Only speaking up when someone addressed him directly.
Following after Grimmjow, he too went for a second cup. "Ichigo must really like you." He commented as he set his mug down, waiting his turn for a second pour.
Grimmjow hesitated for a moment before pouring the man another; "Thank you? I'd like to think that he really likes me too." When he'd taken notice of Isshin following him, he was expecting the 'father' talk about taking care of his son and what not. But the man didn't say much about that point.
"I'm glad that he found someone who cares for him too." He said now, looking into the deep dark color of his coffee. The man seemed more nervous talking to Grimmjow than the blue haired man was with him.
Raising a brow, Grimmjow proceeded to finish making his coffee how he'd wanted. "I've never been good at giving this fatherly talk to anyone. So just make sure you take care of him." Isshin said with a gruff sigh, he turned to walk out before Grimmjow spoke up.
"There's nothing I would do that would ever hurt him. But I know this, if I were to hurt him, I would regret it." He said this because he knew that if he hurt Ichigo, he'd lose the man forever. After what happened with Renji, he was sure that any other situation would be one-and-done with mistakes.
"Yeah, I'm sure he would bury you six-feet-under if he were to get hurt by you." Isshin said, turning to see that his comment surprised the other male. It was obvious that Grimmjow didn't know. "Don't get into a physical fight with Ichigo, he'll probably kill you." He said with a smirk. He would know after all, he put the ginger through the ringer more than enough himself to make sure that the male could defend himself. Not to mention, he'd also gotten the male into, probably too many, martial arts classes.
Grimmjow was still surprised by what the man had said; he didn't know Ichigo as a fighter. He figured that he was tough, but not someone who could kick ass. Taking the thought to heart, he'd have to make sure that he'd never pissed the male off.
Giving a sigh, Grimmjow headed back to the dining room to gather the dishes. He was a little surprised to see Toshiro picking up all the dishes. When the shorter male looked to Grimmjow, seeing his questioning expression, he shrugged. "Figured I could at least do the dishes. Least I could do since you're allowing us to stay." The male seemed to be polite in everything he did. Ginta on the other hand was just gabbing away with Yuzu. That boy seemed to be a little more hyper and immature.
"Thanks." Grimmjow said as he let the boy pass on by. Karin followed after Toshiro, holding a few dishes herself. The only two left in the room were Ginta and Yuzu now. Nnoitra had seemed to go off on his own, probably to get some work done.
Turning quickly, Grimmjow made his way toward the stairs. Headed up to his office, he decided to check his work email and see if there were anything that needed his attention before he decided to slack off.
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Hours went by before Grimmjow was able to take a breath from work. Looking at the time, he raised a brow. He hadn't known that it was so late already. Standing from his chair, he stretched his arms backward letting out a satisfied groan from the little pops that sounded in his back.
He was sure Ichigo would be back by now. It was well passed the time that he got out of class. Headed down the stairs, he looked into his own room to check if the ginger was there. Nothing. Figuring that he would be down stairs, probably working on his homework, he headed down. The entirety of the house was rather silent considering how many people were supposed to be there. As he made his way through the house he looked into each room he passed. No one was there. Not in any room. "Huh. Where did they all go?" Grimmjow asked himself before pulling his phone out of his pocket.
Flopping onto the couch, he looked through his messages. No one so much as sent him a text to say hello. Shaking his head, he flipped through his contacts before dialing Ichigo's number. It rang twice before being sent to voicemail. Pulling it back, he hung up before raising a brow. He was about to dial again when a text came through.
At work, whats up? Grimmjow nodded now in understanding. He didn't know that Ichigo was at work, so it made sense that he wouldn't pick up.
No one is here. Was wondering if you knew where they went? When Grimmjow sent the message, he stood and grabbed his keys. Pulling on a proper shirt, he made sure to slip on a warm jacket before sliding into a comfortable pair of shoes.
As he headed out to his car, he felt his phone go off again. No idea. Nel drove me to work then said she was headed home.
Stopping for a moment as he stood in the doorway to his garage. His eyes were on the message. He'd forgotten that Ichigo took his car to class today. Letting out a sigh, he looked up into the dark garage. Nel surely didn't come back and bring his car home.
Grimmjow was sure that his sister went off somewhere with his car. But then again. There it was, sitting in the darkness of the garage. Letting out a sigh of relief, Grimmjow sent another text to the male, I'm going to stop by. Need a bite.
Ichigo didn't reply. There was a notice saying he read the message, but that was all. Figuring that he was still busy at work, and unable to answer, he made his way toward the small diner he'd wondered into with Nnoitra that brisk morning so many weeks ago. Listening to the silence of the day, and the cars driving by him, Grimmjow just smiled to himself. He couldn't place as to why, but he was incredibly happy at this moment.
When he'd pulled into the parking lot, Grimmjow was somewhat surprised to see how busy the place was. They were a small diner but they seemed to bring people in easily. Finding a spot, Grimmjow got out of his car, wrapping his arms around himself to try and keep warm.
Stepping into the small building, warm air instantaneously enveloped Grimmjow's form. "Hey there! Find a seat anywhere you like!" A girl with long red hair called out before she turned back to what she was doing. Grimmjow looked around for a moment before walking up to the small counter and taking a seat on one of the stools toward the register. He didn't see Ichigo yet.
Looking over the menu, Grimmjow didn't know what to order. "Excuse me sir, but you're way too attractive to be here alone. Are you waiting on someone special or are you perhapes on your own?" A voice asked. Grimmjow didn't have to look up before he felt his lips spread into the silly grin that adorn his features.
"In fact. I am waiting on someone." He said as he looked up, seeing Ichigo standing there, pad in hand. "You see, I'm supposed to be meeting someone here. He's pretty fucking sexy himself. He's about your height, with the brightest orange colored hair that you've ever seen." Grimmjow said as he leaned forward over the counter. "He also has the most beautiful eyes. I could stare into them all day."
With the words he spoke, Grimmjow took note of the light pink shade dusting over Ichigo's cheeks and nose. He also noticed how the woman sitting two seats over was staring at the two of them intently, almost like she was waiting for them to start making out. He was sure that he would be able to get a good reaction out of the both of them with his next few words. "Oh, and don't even get me started on how good he is at sex. He's got this amazing ass that is just so fu…" He was cut off by Ichigo reaching over the counter in a flash, hands clasped over his mouth. Now Ichigo was beat red with embarrassment.
"Okay Grimm. I get it." He said in a hushed tone before pulling his hands back, eyes glaring at the blue haired male. "Anyway, you know what you want?" Ichigo asked him before leaning on the counter, chocolate brown eyes locked with azure blue.
"I guess Coke would be fine for now. As for food, I trust your judgement." He said before pushing the menu back across the counter toward Ichigo. The ginger just smirked and nodded in understanding. As he headed off to put the order in, Grimmjow looked around the diner. The woman who was sitting two seats over was still looking at him, her eyes were a darkened color as though she were lost in a fantasy about the two men.
Grimmjow just winked at her before turning to look in the direction Ichigo went. At the same time, the ginger was headed back with the coke in hand. When he set it down in front of his blue haired boyfriend, he smiled. Before Ichigo could walk away, Grimmjow reached over and grabbed hold of his hand. Pulling it up to his lips, he'd placed a kiss on the palm, his face looking to his right, the direction of the woman.
"G-Grimm." Ichigo whined out as the male swirled his tongue out and around the palm, along his fingers, and between each digit. The woman was obviously watching, and breathing heavy at the show that Grimmjow was putting on. Finally, Ichigo pulled his hand away quickly before lightly slapping Grimmjow's head. "Stop that. Gah, now I gotta go wash my hands." He said as he tried to wipe off the saliva on his pants.
Chuckling, Grimmjow just watched the man walk away. He licked his lips before shooting a glance toward the woman to his right. She seemed rather, turned on, if how her legs were moving were any indication. As though she was trying to hide something.
Giving the woman one of his best smirks, he turned to watch Ichigo go about his job. He spoke with a few tables before there was a ding on the bell from the kitchen. Looking up toward the sound, Grimmjow turned to see Ichigo headed his way. When he'd gotten to the small window that sectioned off the kitchen from the dining room, Ichigo grabbed the plate and spun on his heel, placing the plate in front of Grimmjow.
"One of our secret menu burgers, and my personal favorite for dinner." The food looked somewhat simple, a burger and fries. However there was something special about the burger, Grimmjow was sure. Looking it over, he'd noticed that there was a pretzel bun there, a thick burger patty, with what seemed like fried onions and what looked to be steak but sliced into bacon-thin strips.
"Damn that looks good." Grimmjow said as he lifted up the burger, taking a good look around it before taking a big a bite as he could manage. Letting out a low moan of delight, Grimmjow nodded to Ichigo before going on to continue eating.
Ichigo again left Grimmjow be, opting to check on his other customers.
It didn't take too long for Grimmjow to finish eating the burger. After he was finished, he made no move to get up just yet. When Ichigo came back to the male, he went ahead and removed the plate before raising a brow. "What? You have a funny look." The ginger said before letting out a soft laugh.
Raising a brow, Grimmjow looked up from the spot on the counter he was staring at. "What do you have for dessert around here? Anything good?" Shrugging, Ichigo took out a small menu from behind the counter.
"Got a few things. But my favorite is our orange meringue pie." He said with a smile before handing over the menu for Grimmjow to look at.
"Why am I not surprised you like the orange?" The blue haired male laughed out before looking over the desserts. "You know what though, that actually sounds pretty good." He said before handing back the menu.
"Alright, coming right up."
Grimmjow and Ichigo shot banter back and forth between one another for what seemed like hours. When the time came for Ichigo to finally go home, he was in a much better mood than he was when he got to work. Not saying he was in a bad mood.
The two of them walked out of the diner together, Grimmjow's arm wrapped around the small of Ichigo's back. They still shot small quips at one another before getting back into the jaguar. When they sat down finally, and Grimmjow turned on the car, Ichigo finally said something. "Hey, would you mind dropping me off at my apartment? I wanna go home and take a shower." He asked before resting his head against the rest, and glancing toward the blue haired beast next to him.
"Can't you just take a shower at my place? Why even go home?" The tone in Grimmjow's voice made him sound like he was pouting at the idea of Ichigo leaving him to go home.
"Dude, I've been wearing no underwear all day, I wanna have a nice shower and a pair of underwear on if you don't mind?" The ginger looked away from Grimmjow, sure that if he made a pouty face, he wouldn't be able to resist and would cave to going back to the man's house.
A devious smirk came over Grimmjow's lips. "Damn, if I'd know you were going commando today, I'd have made that woman cream herself." Grimmjow laughed out.
"I'm glad you didn't. She looked ready to jump you any second there." Grimmjow looked to Ichigo with surprise. He was sure that Ichigo didn't have any clue as to what he'd been up to when he was making those remarks, and teasing the ginger. But to his surprise, he'd known, the whole time. "I didn't say anything because it was funny." He added on top.
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