Chapter 12
"We're never going to find our food." Renji whined as he dragged his feet through the sand.
"Yes we are," Ichigo said. "Just trust me I know what I'm doing."
"This would do a lot faster if you would let me help." He said to her, she rolled her eyes.
"No I can do it myself." She replied.
"But if we work together this will go faster." He said to her.
"Fine then," Ichigo balled the map up and shoved it into Renji's hands. "We'll work together."
"Did you really need to ball it up?" he asked as he tried his best to return the paper to its previous state. "Our lunch is over there." Renji pointed in the complete opposite direction from which they had been walking for the longest time. Ichigo rolled her eyes, she didn't want to admit that she was wrong but she was, they had been going the wrong way the entire time and she knew it.
"I'm not going to say I told you so, but you should have let me help a lot sooner." Renji said to her. When they finally reached the blanket and picnic basket Renji went straight for the food. He grabbed the two boxes and held them bot out to Ichigo.
"What are you doing?" Ichigo asked. "I thought you were dying of hunger."
"They're different," he replied simply.
"What?" she asked.
"The lunches are different, what if I would have taken the one that you would have wanted?" Renji said calmly. Ichigo took a blind pick of one of the boxes and sat down on the blanket.
"Thanks." She said to him.
"No problem, grape juice of apple?" he asked.
"Apple," she answered. Renji reached into the basket and pulled out a juice box then held if out to Ichigo. She laughed.
"What's so funny?" Renji asked.
"You're so nice." Ichigo said still trying to calm her laughter. Renji looked away in an attempt to hide the dark color face had turned.
"I'm supposed to be being nice to you aren't I, this is a date remember?" Renji asked.
"You're right," Ichigo said as she continued to pick at the food in her lunch box.
"What are they doing, what are they doing!" Orihime asked nervously as she loomed over Rukia shoulder as if she could see through her head and into the binoculars Rukia was using.
"They're just talking; oh my god Ichigo just flipped her hair." Rukia said.
"What kind of flip?" Orihime asked.
"What do you mean what kind, isn't there only one kind?" Ishida asked.
"No, there are many kinds." Orihime replied.
"It was the flirty half smile kind of hair flip." Rukia said to her.
"And what did he do?" Orihime asked
"He just smiled back and looked away." Rukia replied; Orihime nodded. "I think we found her a match."
"Ichigo and Renji in a relationship…."Ishida said listlessly. "This should be fun to watch."