A/N- I had a request to do this…it's dedicated to the person that requested it! Please enjoy!
Confrontation, Talk, Lemon
Rukia sighs, as she walks slowly outside of the school building. Ichigo was called back by the teacher, and so Rukia left class without him.
Rukia hopes it's a short talk, so that he can catch up to her, but she can feel that he's still in the classroom, so she begins to pick up her pace. If she beats him home, she can take a quick shower and be changed out of her school uniform before he even makes it back.
As Rukia turns the corner out of the school yard, and onto the sidewalk, she's surprised by Ishida.
"Kuchiki-san!" Ishida says, and Rukia turns around to see Ishida hurrying towards her, as though he'd waited to the left of the school, rather than the right.
To the right is the way she and Ichigo always go, unless a hollow dictates otherwise.
"Ishida?" Rukia says, wondering what he wants.
"Can we sit and talk for a minute?" Ishida asks, as he points at a shady area under a tree.
Rukia figures maybe she and Ichigo will walk home together, since she's been held up too.
"Sure." Rukia says, and she follows him over to the shady area, where they both sit down.
Rukia looks at him expectantly.
"Have you noticed anything about Inoue-san?" Ishida decides to start that way, and Rukia gives him a strange look.
"Like what?" Rukia asks, and Ishida closes his eyes for a second.
"That she's in love with someone?" Ishida presses, and Rukia appears to be thinking for a second.
"No, I can't say that I've noticed her being in love with anyone. Sorry." Rukia says, wondering if Ishida wanted her to say that Inoue was falling for him.
"Well I've noticed. It became pretty obvious to me when we all went to Soul Society. Inoue-san is in love with Kurosaki." Ishida informs Rukia, who automatically shakes her head no.
"No way. Inoue doesn't love him." Rukia says, even as her heart twists at the thought of such a thing.
Inoue had years to develop something with Ichigo, and she never did, so why would she suddenly be interested in him now?
"Yes, she does. I know it for a fact. It's hard to miss, when you actually pay attention to her for more than five minutes." Ishida says, and Rukia glares at him.
"Just so you know, I've spent a lot of time with Inoue, and she gave me no reasons to believe she was in love with Ichigo." Rukia insists, and Ishida shakes his head.
"I don't know how you could miss it…I know why Kurosaki hasn't noticed it, but I didn't think you were unaware too." Ishida says, as he pushes up his glasses with an air of superiority. Rukia begins to feel irritated.
"Will you just get to the point?" Rukia asks him in a clipped tone.
"Kurosaki hasn't noticed Inoue-san's feelings for him, because he's all hung up on you, the same exact way that Inoue-san is on him." Ishida says easily, and Rukia's mouth falls open. She narrows her eyes at him, and wonders what his purpose is for having this conversation with her.
"Did Ichigo say something like that to you?" Rukia asks him in a calm and serious tone, as she pins him with a level stare.
"No-" Ishida starts to respond, but he doesn't get past the first word.
"If Ichigo hasn't said anything, then you really don't have a right to speak for him. I won't believe anything like that unless it comes from Ichigo himself." Rukia tells Ishida in a hard voice.
"So you're saying my observations are wrong simply because Kurosaki hasn't come out and admitted it?" Ishida asks her with a look of disbelief on his face.
"I'm saying you can't speak for other people, and your analysis doesn't equate to fact. You can't say that Ichigo is hung up on me, you can only say that you've seen him display strong feelings of caring for me. I won't deny that Ichigo and I are close, but you can't speak for someone else's feelings." Rukia informs Ishida in a cold hard voice. He may be an intelligent kid, but she's got years of experience on him.
"What other explanation do you have for him not noticing Inoue-san's obvious feelings for him?" Ishida asks, trying to make her see things his way.
"I didn't notice any such thing either. That's two against one." Rukia says stubbornly, and Ishida rolls his eyes.
"I spent time with Inoue-san in Soul Society, when you and Kurosaki weren't there. All she talked about was finding him, to help him. She was so scared when he fought, and she was so glad when he came out alive in the fight against your brother." Ishida says quietly.
"You know what I think? I think you're sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, and I really am done with this conversation." Rukia says, as she stands, and Ishida doesn't appreciate that. He stands too.
"Do you want to know what I think?" Ishida gets really angry, and says a few things that he shouldn't, and doesn't even truly feel are true. "I think that you've done nothing but ruin Kurosaki's life, and you'll probably just keep on ruining it." Ishida spits out, and Rukia gasps. "It's all you can expect from a Shinigami." Ishida sneers.
She reaches back before she can even think about it and slaps him so hard across the face that he goes straight to the ground. Rukia realizes that Ishida has become a blur, and she wonders why she's the one with tears in her eyes, when he's the one who just got hit in the face.
Rukia turns on her heel and walks as fast as she can, without running, away from Ishida, and his venomous remarks. She begins to run, after a moment though.
Ishida blinks as he stands up. She has a fierce arm for such a tiny woman.
I probably went a bit too far…I am so sick of seeing Inoue's sad and depressed face, though!
Ishida's thoughts are interrupted, by someone clearing their throat behind him, and Ishida sucks in a breath, since he knows who it is immediately.
Ichigo is standing next to the tree, as though he just came out from behind it, with a look of rage, clear in his eyes.
Ishida instinctively takes a step back. Ichigo's arms are crossed, but the look on his face shows how angry he is.
"Kurosaki…how long have you been there for?" Ishida asks, and Ichigo's arm muscles start flinching involuntarily, from keeping his crossed arm stance.
"Long enough. You've got about five seconds to give me one good reason I shouldn't beat the living shit out of you." Ichigo warns Ishida through gritted teeth.
"I can't stand to see Inoue-san so sad anymore!" Ishida belts out, and Ichigo doesn't look pacified.
"How does insulting Rukia accomplish that goal?" Ichigo asks, his voice progressively getting louder.
"I didn't set out to insult her, she made me mad." Ishida admits, and that's when his glasses are smashed right into his face.
Ishida squeezes his eyes shut tight, and thanks his lucky stars that nothing wound up in his eyes.
"Fuck you, Ishida!" Ichigo shouts, before he punches Ishida again.
"Wait!" Ishida shouts as he holds up a hand. "Can't you let a guy remove his glasses before you punch him in the face?" Ishida asks, and he expects Ichigo to stop for a second, but Ichigo punches him in the cheek, and Ishida flies to the ground, where his head hits pretty hard.
Suddenly, Ichigo is standing over him, glaring down at him angrily.
"Don't ever talk to Rukia like that, ever again, or you'll be in much worse shape than I'm leaving you in now." Ichigo growls, before he takes off to run after Rukia. "How does Kon run so fast in my body anyways?" Ichigo mumbles, as he sprints towards his house, and her reiatsu.
Ishida is left dazed on the ground, wondering why he even bothered, since it wasn't worth it, at all.
When Ichigo huffs his way to his own house, he heads in the front door, and is shocked to see Rukia at the kitchen table, with a tub of ice cream in her possession.
"Hi, Ichigo." Rukia says, in a fake bright voice, and Ichigo rolls his eyes, before he goes to grab a spoon to join her.
Rukia watches in surprise as he sits down next to her, and digs into the tub of ice cream with her.
"What's wrong with you?" Ichigo asks in a conversational voice, right before he sticks a bite of ice cream into his mouth.
"What do you mean?" Rukia asks, and Ichigo grins at her with a knowing smile.
"Everyone knows that when a woman is in a tub of ice cream, she's depressed about something." Ichigo says, without a hint of doubt in his voice. Rukia watches him for a minute.
I've loved Ichigo for so long…and even if I agree with Ishida that Ichigo has feelings for me, it's only Ichigo's place to declare such a thing.
"I had an unpleasant conversation with Ishida after school…I'd rather not talk about it." Rukia mutters, and Ichigo stares at her for a second.
"I didn't feel like you hit him hard enough, so I decked him a few more times. Busted his glasses too." Ichigo says as though he's mentioning the weather. Rukia's eyes widen as big as saucers when she hears him say that.
"You did what? Wait…you saw me hit him? Where in the hell were you?" Rukia asks nervously.
"Behind the tree." Ichigo says cheerfully, and Rukia's eyes widen.
"How long were you there for?" Rukia asks him, and Ichigo grins at her.
"I can't believe you didn't pick up on me, I guess Ishida had you kind of rattled though. I was able to hear everything from where you told him that Inoue doesn't love me and on." Ichigo admits, as he takes another spoonful of ice cream.
"You eavesdropped on the conversation?" Rukia squeaks, and Ichigo rolls his eyes at her.
"You were talking about me, it wasn't like I came over there intending to eavesdrop, but I heard Ishida say my name, and neither of you even noticed me. I slipped behind the tree, and heard everything clearly from the part where you said no way, Inoue doesn't love him, meaning me, all the way to the end." Ichigo says, before he eats the spoonful of ice cream that he gathered a moment ago.
"It wasn't my idea to talk about you." Rukia grumbles, before she takes some ice cream herself.
"I figured as much, when I listened to you. I appreciate you telling him that it's not his place to stick his nose in. I was on your side." Ichigo tells her, and he has to concentrate on his ice cream, to keep himself from looking at her and blushing.
"That's good to know." Rukia says, before she takes another spoonful of ice cream.
"Except that Ishida was right about one thing." Ichigo tells her, before she can finish her big bite of ice cream. Her eyes widen and she struggles to hurry and finish the bite she just swallowed, before she looks back at him.
"What was Ishida right about?" Rukia chokes out, before she lets out a little cough, from finishing her ice cream too quickly.
Ichigo saw all of it, and he can't help but to smile at her, which just makes him look ten times more sexy when he answers her.
"He implied that I'm in love with you. He wasn't wrong." Ichigo says, and he stares at Rukia for a reaction. Her eyes are all wide, and she looks like she can hardly believe what she just heard.
Ichigo watches as her hand begins to shake, and she sets the spoon down, to just stare at him.
"After all this time, that's how you decide to tell me?" Rukia utters, and Ichigo smiles again.
"Sorry. Let me try again." Ichigo says, and he begins to blush, like he'd been hoping he wouldn't. "Rukia, I love you." Ichigo says, and Rukia just can not believe it…for a moment. Then she smiles at him.
"Me too…" Rukia says, and Ichigo laughs.
"I guess I'll just have to convince you to say it. Why in the hell isn't any of my family around, cheering for this moment?" Ichigo asks, as he looks around.
"Nobody is here." Rukia says, and before she knows what's happened, Ichigo grabs her up under one arm and sprints upstairs. "Eeeeh! Ichigo what are you doing!?" Rukia yelps as he takes the stairs three at a time.
"This is rare, so we're going to take advantage of it!" Ichigo tells her, as he flies into his room and slams the door shut. He doesn't let her down until it's to sit her on the bed.
What now?!
Ichigo looks at Rukia's bewildered face, and he feels very calm, not to mention anxious to kiss her before someone in his family yells that they're home.
"Rukia…" Ichigo whispers, and then he leans in to kiss her.
Rukia's heart is pounding so hard, and so fast, but when his lips crash into hers, she loses her shock. She kisses him back enthusiastically. When she feels his tongue against her own, it makes a shiver run throughout her entire body.
Ichigo and I are actually kissing! Finally!
Rukia and Ichigo lay back on their sides. They keep on kissing, since they're both equally happy with the closeness and feelings shared as they do so.
Oh my god…I should have done this on top of the Soukyoku…why in the hell did it take this long?
Ichigo kisses her and he begins to rub her arm as he does so. Rukia's hand moves to his face, and then his hair. They don't pull away, and she moves her hand to his neck, while he moves his to her shoulder.
Suddenly, Ichigo pulls away from her, and begins to breathe heavy, even as he feels lightheaded.
"Rukia…we have to stop. All I can think about is taking things further." Ichigo mutters, in annoyance with himself. He only just now experienced the sensation of necking. Why his hands are itching so badly to take it to the next step is a mystery he can't explain. Ichigo closes his eyes and rolls to his back.
Rukia grins and bounces up on top of him.
"You're such a tease." Rukia tells him, and Ichigo's eyes pop open.
"Excuse me?" Ichigo asks, totally confused.
"Shhhh. Just be quiet, and let me take care of things." Rukia says, with a wink. Ichigo's eyes widen as she unbuttons her blouse, and shrugs it off. She unsnaps her bra, and his eyes widen even more. He couldn't speak right now if he wanted to.
Incredible.
Then she proceeds to unbutton his shirt, and Ichigo can only stare at the tiny seductress on top of him. Before he knows it, she's relieved him of his shirt, and she's now unbuttoning his pants.
Ichigo is bright red, but there's no way he's going to stop her, because his heart is thundering in anticipation of what she might do next. Because his eyes are closed, he doesn't realize that she peels off her panties right after she removes his pants.
He finds out when she climbs back on top of him and straddles his stomach, and he lets out a sound of complete surrender when he feels her…
Rukia can feel it when Ichigo begins to shake a tiny bit under her. His muscles are flexing subconsciously at all of the new feelings she's just brought on, all at once.
Rukia leans over to kiss him, and he slides his hands down her back, all the way to the top of her skirt.
Their kisses change from sweet and loving, to more needy and lustful, and when Rukia takes his bottom lip with her teeth and then rubs her tongue along his bottom lip, Ichigo shivers a bit. Rukia scoots down, and begins to remove his boxers, and Ichigo can only breathe heavily. He hadn't expected it to go this way, but it's better than the best dream he could think up, because she's making him feel…rapturous.
Ichigo closes his eyes when he feels the air hitting him everywhere, and he knows he's blushing. He hears Rukia make what sounds like a squeak in surprise as she stares at him now that he's fully exposed. He opens one eye and turns even redder when he sees where her gaze is centered at.
Rukia gawks a bit.
Well…I'm getting more than I bargained for here…
She realizes that Ichigo is looking at her, and is obviously embarrassed, and so she reaches out to touch him. Her eyes widen at how small her hand suddenly seems…
Rukia's never been one to run away from a challenge.
I'm not scared of this.
She leans back over Ichigo and begins to kiss him again, as she keeps her hands down below.
Ichigo wonders what on earth she's planning, since she very nearly looked scared of his package, but he soon finds out…because suddenly he feels himself against what feels like could possibly be the entrance to heaven. Rukia winces a bit as she lowers herself, and she feels a bit of resistance, which she forces her way past rather slowly.
"Holy shit…Rukia!" Ichigo groans, as she slowly but surely lowers herself over the length of him. Ichigo feels like his whole body is reacting to this intimate touch, and he wraps his arms tight around her, to hold her still a moment. She stares deep into his eyes.
"I love you, Ichigo." Rukia whispers softly, and Ichigo kisses her, hard on the lips.
"God Rukia…I love you so much…" Ichigo moans as Rukia begins to shift on top of him. He sucks in a very loud breath when she does that.
"It didn't hurt as bad as I thought it might." Rukia whispers, and Ichigo nuzzles her ear.
"I'm glad." Ichigo whispers back, and Rukia shifts again.
She sits up, and Ichigo about dies as he actually looks at her, on top of him, while they're in the middle of making love. It's the hottest thing he's ever seen in his life.
Rukia surprises the hell out of him when she suddenly raises herself up and slams down on top of him.
"Ohhhh…." Ichigo groans, and he begins to twitch a bit, involuntarily.
Rukia is completely fascinated by the response that she just got out of him, and so she does it again, except she doesn't pause before she continues the motion.
"I've always wanted to do this with you," Rukia says, and that does it for Ichigo. The combination of her saying that and moving makes him make a noise unlike any he's ever made before.
Rukia pauses and Ichigo draws her down into his arms.
"Rukia…" Ichigo mutters, and she kisses him.
"I know…" Rukia whispers back, and neither one of them move.
They stay like that so long, that Ichigo never goes completely soft, but he does end up getting hard again. Rukia is amazed, since the second time lasts a few minutes, rather than a few seconds, and he puts in the effort the second time around.
Much Later...
When they finally get dressed, and go downstairs right at seven, they're still surprised that nobody is home.
"Shit! We left the ice cream out!" Ichigo groans, and Rukia laughs as the ice cream is completely melted, and the table is sticky.
Rukia wipes off the table, and Ichigo yanks out some leftovers. They are in the middle of eating, when his father and sisters walk in, with take out.
"Why didn't you call, if you were bringing home dinner?" Ichigo asks, and Isshin grins at him.
"I happened to be driving by your school today, to go and pick up the girls, when I saw Rukia-chan running away from school, and then I spotted you, hitting some kid. I figured the two of you might want a little bit of privacy, so I took the girls out, and left you alone. You can thank me later." Isshin says, and Ichigo begins to blush.
Rukia's eyes widen, and she shakes her head thoughtfully at Ichigo's father.
That old man is so wily!