"And we saw you eating lunch with him!" a bespectacled girl accuses. "You need to back off! Hime has liked him since middle school!"
Inoue looks embarrassed. "Chizuru! Um, Kuchiki-san, I…"
"We're not dating," Rukia informs her shortly. She clears her throat, pastes a smile onto her face. "Ichi—Kurosaki-san was just being nice."
The girl with the short hair frowns. "Ichigo is never nice. Not on purpose, at least."
"It's okay if you like him too, Kuchiki-san!" Inoue momentarily brightens. "Because then it would be two against one, and we would beat Kurosaki-kun for sure!"
Rukia is stunned silent.