Chapter 36- Tell me

"Well… I think we can safely say I will not be making any further adjustments to your hair, Nnoitra-sama. You practically bonked my ass off."

I was lying beside him on the bed; duvet tangled messily around us both. We'd finished in such an awkward position, I couldn't tell where I ended and he begun. Rolling onto my side, I watched dotingly as Nnoitra clambered up the bed and collapsed in the space next to me. There was no satisfied grin on his face, and I begun to worry that 'it' hadn't been good enough for him.

"What's up? You're usually much happier after we do it…"

He laid face down on the pillow, totally mute and motionless. Was he sleeping? Beginning to get annoyed at his lack of response, I jabbed his arm with my finger, nail almost drawing blood.

"Hmph."

Is… is that it!? 'Hmph'? I knew he was still awake; he breathes differently when he's sleeping. He was beginning to provoke me, and I was sure it was on purpose. Swinging my left leg over his hips, I straddled him and started poking the back of his head madly.

"Hey you, I'm talking to you! Nnoitra-sama! Turn over! I'll cero a hole through your head… oh wait you already have one… just… get up!"

Nnoitra gave no warning and flipped over rather oddly, throwing me back to my previous position beside him.

"Hey, what gives?"

I found it rather peculiar that I had been the one doing all the talking, when it was usually Nnoitra who let his thoughts pour out of his mouth and flood me completely. He was watching me with his slanted, deep indigo eyes, and giving me this look… I can't explain it. The light from the moon outside bounced off the dull midnight blue walls and danced around in his eyes, fixing my attention on him fully.

"What is it? What have I done now…?"

Nnoitra reached out and placed his hand over my mouth, indicating that he wanted me to shut up.

"I wanna know summit…"

Raising an eyebrow, I deciding to listen. It wasn't very often Nnoitra asked a question, since he thought he knew it all already.

"The hell was Gin talkin' about earlier?"

Uh-oh. The one question I really didn't want to answer right now. Damn that Ichimaru! If it's not bad enough he makes things awkward when you're around him, he makes things uncomfortable even when he isn't there.

Nnoitra removed his hand from my face, expecting an answer.

"Oh… just some rumours. Stupid little rumours."

Instead of boring him and putting him off, unfortunately I intrigued the man.

"What kinda rumours?"

I was purposely looking anywhere but his face; I was burning up.

"Um... well there was the one about you and me sleeping together; but that's already been proved, and everyone knows it's true."

He tilted his head to the side, hair falling softly around his face. The sadistic grin that usually donned his face twenty-four-seven was non-existent, and he seemed fully interested.

"And the other rumour?"

"There wasn't one."

Nnoitra narrowed his eyes at me.

"The fuck you lyin' to me for? I wasn't fuckin' born yesterday you twit; ya already said there were rumours. That's plural. There's more than one, and I wanna know what the other one is. Now."

Dammit. He caught me out. I told myself to breathe deeply. Surely he won't kill me when he hears this... because it's totally crazy.

"Alright fine, I'll tell you. But you aren't going to like it."

He rolled his eyes, starting to get impatient.

"Will ya fuckin' tell me already!?"

Biting my lip a bit, I finally opened my mouth.

"The rumour is that you are in love with me."

"Lo...uhh."

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A/N: I'm really going to update less often... I'm getting to the stage where I'm actually still writing it now! Comments= instant love ^^ Hope you enjoyed chapter 36