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Chapter 25: Thursday, A Date with the Strawberry?!
"Ah, we ran out of markers." Rukia cried out as she searched the box.
"Not only that, our pins for the noticeboard are running out." I said.
"Well then, looks like we'll have to get some more. Is anyone able to volunteer to buy supplies for our class?" Urahara sensei asked the class. But no one seemed interested. "Guess I'll have to choose. Haruno and Kurosaki, you two will go and buy for us." Eh, me and Ichigo? I turned towards Ichigo and saw him having the shock face as mine. Soon I felt a very unpleasant feeling of glares all around me. Turns out all of Ichigo's fans were pissed off at me going out with Ichigo.
"Isn't this lovely Kurara?" Rangiku smirked.
"Why?"
"Because you just scored a date with Ichigo!" Rangiku gleefully said.
"What! No, it's not a date! We're just getting supplies that's all." I quickly denied, hoping that I wasn't blushing. Rangiku just kept to that idea as she smirked to herself. I turned to Ichigo and saw he was staring at me. When our eyes met, he quickly turned away blushing. Please don't tell me he also thinks this is a date?!
The next day, Ichigo's POV:
Where in the world is she? She's taking quite a while to get ready. I was standing outside the house, waiting for Kurara. I swear, I don't know why girls take this long to get ready.
"Sorry for the wait." I heard Kurara's voice and looked towards it. Her hair was held up by a pink hairband. She wore a pink long sleeve hooded jacket over a yellow shirt, denim shorts which ended at the thighs and dark purple boots with long black stockings. One word came to my mind. Cute.
"Ah, it's alright." I quickly said, trying to block my blush.
Kurara's POV:
Wow, Ichigo looks really good. His navy blue shirt over a red one, denim jeans held up by a black belt with a chain attached to the right and brown boots. He looks really hot! I can feel my face turning red. I could also see Ichigo turning red.
"Good, then let's go. No time to waste." I smiled and said as I went down the lane with Ichigo by my side. In a few minutes time, we reached the shopping center.
Normal POV:
As the two teens discussed on their shopping list, there were three other teens looking at them.
"Neh Rangiku, why are we doing this?" Rukia asked quietly as the three of them hid behind the pillar.
"Aren't you the least interested in what's gonna happen in this date?!" Rangiku asked back.
"But Kurara said this wasn't a date…" Rukia said.
"Oh don't listen to anything she says. She's probably too embarrass to admit it." Rangiku said before turning back to the two they were looking at. The boy behind them started to grow tick marks on his forehead.
"Tell me again, why I'm here?" a very irritated Hitsugaya demanded with his arms folded.
"Oh Hitsugaya. I know among the three of us, you're the one most interested in what's gonna happen." Rangiku smirked.
"I'm only here because you came to my house all of a sudden and dragged me out here without any explanation!" Hitsugaya retorted angrily.
"Well, no use looking back to the past. Might as well take the opportunity and enjoy the show." Rangiku replied before turning back to the two teens. Hitsugaya gave a deep sigh and looked at Ichigo and Kurara. He could see the smiles on their faces and couldn't help but clench his fist in jealousy.
Ichigo's POV:
Shopping with Kurara was more fun than I expected it to be. Though I look back every now and then to make sure she was still with me and not going off window shopping. But every time I see that excited smile of hers, makes my heart beat faster.
Kurara's POV:
As we were walking to our final stop, I spotted a cute looking shop on my right. I could see many cute little trinkets shelved up there. I couldn't help but stare and I think Ichigo noticed that.
"You wanna go there?" he came to me and asked.
"Huh? But don't we need to finish our shopping?" I asked back.
"It's ok. We got a lot of time to spare. Come on." He suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the shop. His hand was big and warm, making my heart beat fast. How can he do that without any hesitation?! We then arrived in the shop and were greeted with many cute items. I felt myself get excited and went exploring. There were so many little toys and cute bags here. Then I caught my eye on a blue checkered print wristband with charms of a heart, spade, clover and diamond connected to it by chains. Wow! It's so pretty. I've always wanted a wristband. Should I get it? I mean it looks expensive. As I thought to myself, I didn't realize that someone was staring at me.
"Hey Kurara. Come over here for a sec." Ichigo called out for me.
"What's up?" I asked. Ichigo then took off my hairband and put on a large black ruffle heart pin on my hair.
"Heh, I was right. It really suits you." He smiled. I blushed again.
"What?! No! I mean it's kind of girly for me and…"
"I'm gonna go to the cashier and buy it." He soon escaped from the spot.
"Ah! Ichigo!" I cried out. I gave a sigh and gave a small smile at his persistence.
Toshiro's POV:
"Hey they're going out. Come on let's follow them." Rangiku whispered and went back to tailing the two. I gave a sigh and slowly followed them. I then spotted the wristband and remembered Kurara happily looking at it. I couldn't help but take it and bring it over to the cashier.
Kurara's POV:
"So which one? Chocolate or Vanilla." Ichigo asked, holding out two cones of ice cream. I sat by the fountain in the middle of the shopping mall, looking at the two ice creams.
"Uhm…I'll go with Vanilla." I answered and took ahold of the cone. "Hey, thanks for the hair pin. But you really didn't have to get it for me."
"It's alright. I kind of wanted to get it for you. Thought you would look pretty in it." Ichigo smirked, causing my blush to come back. "Ah, I mean you're already pretty… I mean I don't mean it in that way…I mean…Gah!" he stammered so much that he looked like he was going to faint. I couldn't help but laugh at his actions.
"It's ok. I get what you mean. No need to explain." I said.
"Man, you should have told me that in the beginning." Ichigo pouted. Then we both started to laugh. Without knowing, I felt something cold touch my stocking. Ah, my ice cream melted! "You're ice cream's melting. We gotta get that cleaned up before it leaves a stain." Ichigo said.
"It's alright, really. I'll wash it off when we get back home." I reassured.
"It's ok. Just help me hold my ice cream. I'll clean it off soon." He handed me his chocolate ice cream and dabbed a tissue into the fountain's water. Then he rubbed it against my leg. At first it was kind of ticklish, but then I started to heat up as Ichigo's hand rubbed against my leg. Ah this is so embarrassing! If anyone in school saw this, I don't think any girl will forgive me!
Normal POV:
"OMG! I can't believe what I'm seeing. This is priceless." Rangiku said as she and Rukia looked through the small binoculars they bought at the cute shop. Hitsugaya however couldn't bare to watch it. He just wanted to punch Kurosaki in the face right there.
Kurara's POV:
"There, all done." Ichigo said before standing up and throwing the tissue away. I was still a bit dazed at his actions. "Uh, Kurara you ok?" Ichigo then closed up to me, staring at me to see if everything's ok. His brown eyes were inches away from mine.
"Yes! Yes! I'm fine!" I cried out and pushed him away without thinking. When I looked at him on the ground, I saw that I had slammed the ice cream to his forehead. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey it's not funny, getting food on yourself." Ichigo pouted.
"I'm sorry. Here let me help." I took out my handkerchief and wet it before cleaning the ice cream off Ichigo. "Looks like now I'm the one doing the cleaning." I smirked and we both chuckled.
Ichigo's POV:
"Look at that couple. They're so cute." I heard one of the passersby comment. Couple?! She thinks we're a couple?! It didn't look like Kurara notice it since she kept on cleaning my face. I couldn't help but be happy at her comment. After all, I've always liked Kurara.
Kurara's POV:
We soon arrived at home and finished eating dinner. I was resting on bed when a knock came through my door. "Come in." I responded and from the door came Hitsugaya. "Hitsugaya? What's the matter?" I asked as I jumped off of bed. He then shoved a bag into my face. "Wha! What's this?!" I cried out as I took the bag. I realized that it looked similar to the bags from that cute shop I went to with Ichigo. I opened the bag and saw the wristband I wanted. "Hitsugaya. How did you?"
"I just happened to be there and thought you would like it." Hitsugaya said averting his eyes away from me. I smiled at him warmly.
Toshiro's POV:
"Thank you Hitsugaya. I actually wanted this. It's really nice for you to get me this." She beamed her usual warm smile and started to put the wristband on. I couldn't get tired of seeing that smile every day. It was the first time I felt selfish, wanting to keep that smile all to myself.
"Next time, you'll have to go out with me." I softly muttered.
"Huh? What was that?" Kurara asked.
"Oh nothing. Well you should get some rest, got school tomorrow." I quickly said before shutting the door behind me. I can't believe I just said that out loud! But it's the truth. I wanted to hang out with Haruno, just the two of us.
Kurara's POV:
I have no idea what he just said, but something about going out. Anyways, it was nice of him to get me this. I'm just wondering, how did he know that I would like this. Oh well, maybe I'll ask him next time. I put the wristband next to my hairpin on the desk and went to sleep.
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