The Trouble with Love-games
Eventually, you are going to lose…
Firstly, as usual, thank you reviewers!
Kaileychigago: they guy she was wondering about in the hall was Uliquiorra, but the guy she talks to then kisses is Grimmjow… and have you been reading my notebook? O.O though there will be no catching at this moment in time… oooh mystery…
Shie0917: yes, lots of trouble. Silly Ichigo XD
StrawberryDragon94: Thank you, I want to draw it out more. And I also think this way is more realistic and cute haha. I don't think rukia would be up for just jumping into bed with him right away tbh… haha I am pretty awesome XD and bored :P
Mitchryan: Thank you, it is based on many years of parties and how I think the bleach gang would be if that was their lifestyle!
MikuAlli: I'm guessing you thought the kiss was ok? YAY XD
Nightkill: Im glad you enjoyed it, I proof read this time I promise!
Wow. Long A/N. on with the chapter.
(Still a moocher)
…..
'Wow my head'
Ichigo was struck with a pretty standard post-drinking first thought of the morning. Or in this case, afternoon. However, the thought that followed was much more out of the ordinary.
'I kissed Rukia last night. Shit. I called her beautiful. Shit. I told her I like her. Shit shit shit shit SHIT.'
He clapped his hand to his forehead, then instantly regretted the dull thudding sensation the action had instigated.
'If Renji finds out, I've lost the bet and I will never live it down ever. And Rukia will find out about the bet. If I pretend it never happened Rukia will be mad. Unless she doesn't remember. Oh god! What if she doesn't remember! Oh this is such a disaster. Well the consequences are. The kiss, and Rukia not freaking when I said I liked her were amazing.'
He smiled to himself momentarily, and sank back onto his pillow hoping the other thoughts would disappear if he willed hard enough.
Just at that moment, his door opened. He didn't bother moving, he knew who it would be.
A zombie-like Renji sat himself on Ichigo's small couch opposite his bed, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts, his long red hair hung messily all over the place. He had clearly just woken up.
"Mate, I feel like death, what the hell did I drink yesterday?" Renji was the first to speak.
"Er roughly your own body weight in about every spirit the town had to offer, and a shit load of beer, you and Hisagi had another drinking contest"
"For fuck sake I told you not to let me do that again!" He groaned.
"Like I would stop you, that would be criminal, its hilarious. You vommed in the sink then passed out. You might wana take a look in the mirror by the way"
"I can't be assed right now, why?" he had a grim suspicion
"I couldn't possibly ruin the surprise." Ichigo said, staring at the ceiling.
They stayed silent and groggy for a few minutes, until Renji spoke once again.
"So, judging from the lack of company you have in bed this morning I take it you still failed to bang that Rukia chick. Either that or she woke up and saw you and went to kill herself"
"Fuck off pineapple, I didn't 'bang' her" he said, emphasizing the bang part.
"Clock is ticking" Renji taunted, as he got up to go get some coffee
"Yeah yeah"
A few moments later…
"Ahhhh what the fuck have they done to my gorgeous face!"
Ichigo laughed to himself, and headed to his en-suite to shower, in the hope it would wake him up. He had after all, got to make sure he read the work Rukia gave him to do for their tutor session tomorrow so she had no excuse to try and beat him up.
'I wonder if she is thinking about me right now'…
…..
'Oh crap!'
It was 12.18pm, and Rukia had finally woken up.
'What the hell happened last night? My head is killing me, my mouth is dry, uhhh how drunk was I? How did I even get home?'
She stood up, fighting the nausea she could feel that was currently threatening to surface. She grabbed her towel and snuck to the bathroom, where she stuck her head under the cold tap and drank some of the water. She could not risk going to the kitchen and running into her brother like this. She would have a long hot shower, and when she saw him she would pretend she had been reading in bed all morning.
'Now, if only I could remember…' She thought.
She let the hot water run over her, whilst forming some kind of blurry chronological event list in her mind.
'I went to the game, went for drinks with Isane, went to Ichigo's group with Orihime' On thinking Ichigo her stomach seemed to swoop somewhat in that odd butterfly effect. 'Then I went with Rangiku and… er, er, Momo! Yes that was it, we went to Momo's room and drank more and got ready, then we went to Ichigo's flat and I drank more and teased him and made cocktails and fell over and, we nearly kissed. Wow. Then it all gets a bit hazy. I remember Renji passed out saying something about giraffes, when had that been? I feel like it was important…'
She pondered over that thought for a while, and suddenly stopped mid shampoo pour.
'Oh my god, me and Ichigo kissed! That HAS to be some drunken illusion my mind made up.' She now had a handful of shampoo that was beginning to spill over onto her feet.
'Did that really happen? I can't ask him… It seems so real in my head…'
She thought over this memory long and hard.
When she finally went down to the kitchen, much to her dismay, she found Byakuya there fixing himself a sandwich.
'Crap'
"Rukia." He stated, without looking up "What time did you come home last night?"
"Er, it was about 1 I think"
"You studied till 1am?"
"No, it was er one of Isane's flatmate's birthday, and they invited me out to go to the bar for a few birthday drinks. Nothing major"
"I see. I would have liked a text informing me of your plans"
"I'm sorry Nii-sama, I was caught up in the celebration, I forgot."
"I see. I shall be working this afternoon, please do not disturb me until it is time for dinner"
He left.
'Man, I wish he would lighten up more. I also wish I knew how I got home last night. Ah well, I will go do this week's reading assignments, and plan strawberry's lesson for tomorrow. Perhaps I should remind him, see if he mentions a kiss?'
A voice in the back of her head piped up
'Don't be stupid why would he, you will just look too keen'
'Oh shut up'
…
In Montgomery house, Orihime was knocking on Momo's door.
"Hey Hime!" Momo greeted her as she let her into the flat. "Want a cup of tea?"
"That would be great, thank you"
"No worries" She replied brightly. "What can I help you with?"
Silence.
"Hime?" She questioned.
Orihime burst into tears.
"Oh Hime, whatever is the matter!"
"Last night! Ichigo and Rukia looked so close! I was so jealous! I just, I didn't think, and I wanted to feel better, and now I feel so much worse!"
"What happened?"
"That boy, the one that was friends with Ichimaru, with the blue hair. He found me, and he said he would stop me being sad, and then when I woke up, he was gone!" She said, in between tears, into which now she had dissolved completely.
Momo placed the tea down and gave her friend a hug.
"Oh Hime, he didn't hurt you did he?"
She shook her head
"Did you guys…?"
She nodded.
"It's ok Hime, everyone does stuff like this sometimes, it's just human nature to want company when you are upset, especially over another guy"
She thought about how nice it was when Toshiro wrapped his arms around her after finding her when she had run away because of Aizen.
"It will all be ok, you have friends who love you, we do not need guys"
Orihime raised her head.
"Does that mean you have broken up with Aizen?" She said, eyes glistening with tears
"Not yet, but I'm gonna, you wait Hime, he is history"
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Quick note, referring to like the orihime andgrimmjow thing, do people think this should go up to M rating? There will be more sexual content later (Though probably not lemon, cos im not sure if I want to write that yet, unless everyone particularly thinks I should)