Hey, people! I'm in tech, again, and am getting kind of bored. So here's another update for Feels So Right.

Thanks to everyone ho has reviewed me, and anyone else who's taken the time to read this fic. I know my writing's nowhere near the best, but whatever. I still love writing, and will continue until my computer somehow commits suicide on me, and then I'll just get another one.

Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine...read other disclaimers...

Karin slammed her hands down on the steering wheel, tears spilling from her eyes. That was the hardest thing she'd ever done.

The Kurosaki girl, the one who'd spent all that time trying to hide any painshe'd felt, for the sake of her family, had finally cracked.

She's not going to take it. She refuses to be a slut. It's no one else's business; no one but herself, and the father of her baby.

"I'm not goinng to just sit back, and take it like any bitchwould; I'd rather die!" Karin rested her head on the now dinged-up steering wheel, attempting to catch her breath from all that crying.

After a few minutes resting in that position, her lower back started bothering her, so she got out, and bought a V8 from the convenience store.

Lucky her, she'd pocketed Ichigo's wallet that morning when he sent her out for some breakfast. Otherwise, she'd be digging up the change for a pay phone for someone to bring her gas money, as she forgot her phone when she'd stormed out of the house.

Karin dug through a box sitting in the back of the truck, and pulled a few CD's from it, all of which were burned copies of stuff her mother had listened to when she was alive. She was probably still listening to Jimi Hendrix, considering he was dead, too.

One can only hope.

She put in an old Rolling Stones disc into the player, and turned it up fairly loud. Hey, a storm is threatnin', Karin leaned back in the driver's seat, and listened to Mick Jagger. My very life today; If I don't get some shelter, Lord, I'm gonna fade away.

This made Karin think of when she was little; her mother always used to sing to them, and this was what she sang most often.

Her father told her stories of how Masaki used to sing in bars to make a living, before they had a whole lot. Isshin still had records, and cassetts of Masaki singing, and if he was depressed, he'd play them. Karin walked in on this when she was nine, and needed help with math homework.

She'd have asked Ichigo, but he wasn't home at the time. He was at the arcade with a friend, trying to get his mind of his mother's upcoming birthday.

War, children!
It's just a shot away, It's just a shot away!
War, children!
It's just a shot away!

Karin leaned farher back into the seat, if that was possible. She jumped when someone knocked on the window. It was raining outside.

Karin immediately unlocked the doors, and Chad got in on the other side. Karin turned the CD player off.

"How'd you-"

"I was about to walk into your house when I saw you run out of there. Now tell me what's up."

"You should know dmn well what's up. It was on your back door this morning," Karin leaned on his shoulder, and closed her eyes to avoid crying in front of him. There were only a few times she'd let him see her cry, and this wasn't going to be one of them.

"That's it, huh?" He ran a hand through her hair, and leaned back against the door.

"All I want to let on, at least."

Chad pushed his hair back, and sighed. He wished his girlfriend would tell him more about what she' feels, but she's got tat Kurossaki pride that she doesn't want to risk losing.

Of course, he was the same way. He, like Karin, masked his emotions to keep others from worrying about him. He'd been doing so since he was nine, and moved in with his grandfather.

Flashback

Chad leaned on the headboard, listening to the sounds of his grandfather washing dishes from downstairs. He'd claimed he was tired, just to get away from washing dishes with his grandfather. Not that he didn't enjoy spending time with his grandfather, it's just that after awhile, he asks about his feelings.

"Are you alright?" or "Are you upset?" were always the most common.

Chad just wanted to reply, "No1 How the hell do you think I feel? My goddamned parents just died in a car accident! Of course I'm not ALRIGHT!"

But then Abuelo would just pry further. He always meant well, but it would get annoying after about two seconds. When Chad would say something even remotely along the lines of 'Leave me alone,' Abuelo would go outside, and light up a cigarette.

Then, Chad felt guilty for hurting his grandfather's feelings, and the tense silence would only end the next day at dinner when he'd apologize, and then Abuelo would apologize for prying so far.

Then about a week or so later, it would start over.

End Flashback

Chad pulled into the driveway behind Karin, and they went into the Kurosaki home. Chad threw the keys to ichigo, who set them down on the coffe table.

No one spoke for about fifteen minutes, and the silence began to annoy Ichigo.

"Karin, why did you storm off like that?" Ichigo realized t was a mistake asking her that, because she kicked him in the Family Jewels.

"None of your goddamn business!" She went upstairs, and slammed her bedroom door.

"At least we know she's back to her old, not upset self." Rukia said from where she was sitting next to Yuzu on the couch.

Ichigo just groaned in response, and Yuzu went to get him some frozen peas.

Karin opened up her e-mail account, and looked through her mail. She now had five new slut-mails, which didn't make anything any better. But her e-mails from the people who read her blog cheered her up.

Jane, from Chicago, Illinois, US of A.

Hey, girl! You're looking good. Hope you continue to do this good, even though being pregnant's probably a pain in the ass. Hope that I can read again soon, as I've got my own child to worry about as of late. I've been having to take Lilly to daycare every day, because I just got a new job. Anyway, love the blog!

Karin smiled at the e-mail, and replied with best wishes on Jane's job.

She looked at a few more, all good wishes for her baby, and replied to them all, a smile plastered to her face.

"You still mad at Ichigo?" Karin jumped when Chad rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Enough to steak his credit cards, but not enough to leave him in a ditch somewhere." Karin pulled a card from Ichigo's wallet, which was still in her posession, and got on Amazon. "i'm gonna hae fun with this one!"

Hope you liked it! I'm quite happy with this one, myself, but I guess you people will be the judge of that!