(Me and Ichigo are currently normal-sized)
Me: Soo...We figured we're good on cake for three days, so if we get any more, we shall simply lock it up in a safe!
Ichigo: (looks at me like I'm crazy. Which, of course, I'm NOT) Tch. Whatever.
Rukia: (dangerous voice) Ichigo Kurosaki, I am NOT deflating you again.
Ichigo: (nervous laugh) ummm...Enjoy?
Ichigo slowly opened the door, and they poked their heads inside. Isshin was passed out on his bed, snoring.
Peyton grinned. His dad had turned back the covers and left the lamp on on Ichigo's side. Ichigo noticed the look on her face and rolled his eyes.
"You chicks," he muttered.
Peyton gave him a look. "Hey, I don't HAVE to help you with all this stuff."
"Yeah, I know. You're too nice for your own good," he commented, carefully setting his armful of stuff down on the table.
Peyton raised her eyebrows. "Nice? What're you smoking, Ichigo?!"
"You're nice, and you know it."
"Yeah, I'm nice, but not extremely nice!"
"Uh-huh. Sure."
She smacked his arm lightly. "Stop saying it like that!"
"Like what?"
"All...sarcastic-y."
"Hey Peyton."
"Yo."
"Tomorrow's our last day here."
"I know. What's your point?"
"I was just saying."
She set her load down on the table as well, then sighed and sat on the edge of his bed. "I'm exhausted. Do you know how draining it is to accept everyone's apologies about 'How sorry we are that your boyfriend died out of the blue. It's all over the park!'"
Ichigo laughed. "What did you say?"
"I said 'Yeah'. What else was I supposed to say?!"
"Thank you, maybe??"
"Well, I said that too."
"You didn't SAY you said that."
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I'm too tired to have rational thoughts."
He sweatdropped as she flopped down on his bed, covering her eyes with her hand.
"I can see that," was his simple reply.
It was quiet for a few minutes, and then he asked, right by her ear, "So...It really made you blush that she said I loved you?"
Peyton jumped and looked at him through the cracks of her fingers as he tried not to laugh too hard and wake up Isshin.
"...No."
"Peyton."
"Maybe a little."
"Chyeah, okay."
"Alright, alright, yes, it did! Happy now?!" She snapped tiredly.
He kissed her temple lightly. "More or less."
She made a wider slit through her fingers, peering up at him. Crap, he was a lot closer than she first thought. "What was that for?"
"I dunno."
The distance between them was so short, she couldn't help it; she leaned her head up and kissed him before flopping back down with a smirk.
"....And what was that for?"
She grinned and kissed him again, just to see him get all flustered again. "I felt like it. I told you, I'm too tired to have rational thoughts. Remember?"
He smirked. "Oh, no way."
"What?"
"Well, if I let you get away with that, you'd win. And you know I hate it when you win."
She grinned, having a good idea of what he was doing. "...So...what're you gonna do about it?"
"Tch. What do you think I'm gonna do?"
"Outdo me?"
"Of course."
THREE MINUTES LATER...
"Daaaad, Yuzu had a bad...Oh, hey, you guys are back," Karin said casually. Normally, kids would be freaked out at this.
You know, if you brother was currently kissing his girlfriend on a hotel room bed. But knowing them, it was probably because Peyton did something stupid, and they got into another one of their "competitions".
Both teens jumped, bonking heads. "Owww."
Ichigo removed his hand from the side of her face, and Peyton sat up spastically.
They all sweatdropped as they heard the distinct sound of Isshin hyperventilating.
"...Karin...HOW COULD YOU?!!"
Peyton and Ichigo sweatdropped some more, and Karin's jaw dropped. "What?!"
"Things were going so well!!"
Ichigo rolled away from Peyton, a horrified look on his face. "Oh my God...Dad...Were you WATCHING US?!!?!?!"
What.
The.
FUCK?!
To their immense relief, he shook his head miserably. "No no no, I just woke up. But I woke up in time to see what Karin was interrupting. One grandchild is just too much to ask for these days, I guess....Great, now I have to wait at least one more Christmas.."
Isshin trudged to Karin and Yuzu's room to prove to Yuzu her nightmare was ONLY a nightmare.
Peyton and Ichigo stared at each other, sweatdropping.
"You know, for a minute, I was starting to never be able to see your dad the same way ever again."
Ichigo laughed, but still looked a little spazzy. Peyton scooted over and patted the space beside her. "Kurosaki, you're starting to look like a fish on ice over there."
"Could you imagine that? My dad, watching us?!"
"No, but thanks for putting that lovely image in my head. Well, look on the bright side. All we were doing was kissing."
"...How is that the bright side??"
"Well, considering we were kissing on a bed, I'm sure more perverted things could've been going on when Karin walked in here and your dad woke up."
He sat beside her, propped up on his elbows, and nodded slowly. "True, very true."
Peyton couldn't help it; she started laughing at his expression. That made him relax a little, and she kissed his cheek before heading for the door.
"Don't have any nightmares about the pervertedness," she warned.
"Nope, I'll probably have dreams about the scenarios you just put in my head of what could've happened," he shot back with a smirk.
She abruptly turned her face to hide its redness. "Sounds good," she replied cheerfully, opening the door.
"I see you blushing!"
"SHUT UP!!"
BONK!
"Hey, that candle was heavy! Dammit, Peyton!"
She just laughed triumphantly and shut the door behind her.
"Peyton. Peeeeytttoonn?? WAKE THE HELL UP, DAMMIT!!" Rukia screeched.
Peyton blinked groggily. Her back felt fuzzy. "...What? What's going on?" She asked worriedly.
Rukia backed away slowly, a horrified look on her face. "Don't panic, but there's a huge spider on your back."
"WHAT THE FU-"
"I SAID DON'T PANIC, DAMMIT!! YOU'LL SCARE IT, AND IT WILL SHOOT OUT SEMI-POISONOUS BARBS AT YOU!!!" Rukia shouted.
Peyton felt the spider flinch at the loud voice, and she bit back a whine. God, she was terrified of spiders...!!
Rukia continued to back away. "...I'm gonna go get Isshin or Ichigo. I'll be right back."
Peyton sweatdropped. "Why the hell would you wake me up before you got it off me, knowing I would panic?!"
Rukia had already left. Peyton sighed rather loudly, and the spider scuttled lower on her back in response. "Well. This is just marvelous."
"OH MY GOD!!!"
Ichigo jumped and cursed. "Dammit, who's shouting?!"
He had just been in the middle of a really good and perverted dream, dammit.
Isshin pointed at Rukia, who looked totally mortified. "You're never gonna believe this, but a massive arachnid is currently crawling on Peyton's back!"
He stared blankly at her. "Rukia, it's too early to use big words with me."
"THERE'S A HUGE-ASS SPIDER ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S BACK, DUMBASS."
Ichigo shot into an upright position, then sweatdropped. "How big is this spider, exactly?"
"HUGE."
"And by huge, you mean...?"
"Bigger than my fist huge."
Isshin perked up, yanking Ichigo out of bed. "Now's your chance, son! Save your woman!"
Ichigo rolled his eyes and headed for Rukia and Peyton's room.
He had been expecting something slightly large, but no big deal. But damn, the thing covered most of her fricking back!
"Holy crap," he said weakly.
He couldn't help but smirk as Peyton perked up at the sound of his voice. That happy feeling was ruined when she sweatdropped and said gloomily, "Oh. Great. Ichigo'll never kill it!!"
His temple throbbed. "Well, gee, Peyton. Thanks. I'm definitely feeling the love."
Peyton sighed. "Ichigo, come on. We both know you're scared shitless of spiders."
Ichigo simply rolled up his sleeves and looked around. "Hey, Peyton."
"Yo."
"Where're your shoes?"
"The red-and-white bag by the bathroom door. At the top. DO NOT look below the top level of my bag," she warned.
Of course he dug through the bag, and he found something that made him turn red. He fought down the redness and decided this was the perfect time to get back at her.
"Hey, Peyton, what's this?" He asked innocently, holding it in her line of vision.
As expected, she turned so red that her hair looked brown in comparison. "Ohmigod, put that back!!" She hissed, trying not to scare the spider.
Ichigo waved it around a few times, trying to contain his snickering. "But what is it?"
"Ichigo, you live with two sisters. I assume you know what it is."
"I don't."
"IT'S A DAMN TAMPON, NOW PUT IT BACK!!" She yelled dangerously.
He jumped and put it deep into the depths of her massive tote bag, laughing uncontrollably. "You're right, I knew what it was."
He pulled out a shoe he had never seen her wear and held it within her line of vision. She nodded her approval, and he crept towards the bug.
"Hurry up please," she whined.
"Shh! I don't want it to know I'm coming!"
"Like it'll actually react..." She trailed off as she felt the spider bristle, and her eyes grew to the size of saucers.
"GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF!!!" She screeched as she felt her back sting.
"I GOT IT, I GOT IT!!!" He shouted with a triumphant half-laugh, and she felt the shoe wham into her back so hard it knocked the wind right out of her.
She coughed, and pretended she HADN'T felt the spider squish.
Peyton slowly sat up, and Ichigo had a weird look on his face. "Wait, don't turn around yet. You've got some of the barbs on you."
"What kind of spider was it?" She asked carefully as he put a hand on her shoulder before yanking the first barb out; she winced.
"Tarantula."
"WHAT?!"
"Relax! It won't kill you, I promise."
"Says you. What the hell do you know about tarantulas?!"
"Karin had a phase in fifth grade where she had a pet snake and pet tarantula. I had to listen to her talk about it for, like, half an hour at dinner for a week," he explained while yanking out the barbs.
"...Oh. You're mean, you know that?"
"Oh, yes. I saved my girlfriend from a spider. I am truly a terrible person."
Peyton rolled her eyes. "I meant about the tampon."
"Hey, I think I deserved some payback!"
"Oh, and me having a spider crawl all over my back and attack me wasn't payback enough?!"
"Yeah, well, I didn't know it'd attack you."
Peyton just sweatdropped and shook her head, wincing some more as he pulled out the last of the barbs.
Then he snickered. "Ewww, it's all over your back. Looks like you're gonna have to take off your shirt."
"I know how much you hate that."
"Totally."
"That's why I'm gonna spare your eyes and do it in the bathroom, ALONE," she said cheerfully as she sprang up before flinching as a pain shot up her back.
Good thing she didn't grab the small of her back out of reflex; she was sure that the damn spider was probably hanging off the shirt or something.
Ichigo just crossed his arms moodily. "Tease."
Peyton just winked and shut the bathroom door in his face, locking it right as the handle turned.
"AWWWW!!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP, KARIN!! You know, I bet it was your old spider I just killed."
"SHUT UP!! YOU GINGERS HAVE NO SOULS!!"
"GINGERS DO HAVE SOULS!! RIGHT, PEYTON?!"
"HEY, I'M NOT A GINGER, MY HAIR'S AUBURN," She shouted through the door while slipping off her shirt.
"Dammit, you could've just said yes," Ichigo whined.
"Yes, but that would be helpful."
"Whatever, just hurry up."
"Sir yes sir!"
Me: (shudders) I think I'm too creeped-out to comment on this chapter. Ugh, could you imagine? A TARANTULA?! Review, please...
Ichigo: (perks up) you're not gonna talk about the chapter? really?? oh good god, it's a fucking miracle!!
Me: (narrows eyes) ignore the soul-less ginger over there and REVIEW.
Ichigo: GINGERS DO HAVE SOULS, DAMMIT!!!
