Grimmjow marvels at the fact that Ulquiorra remains in complete awe after she shocks him with her straightforwardness in the hallway.
She desperately attempted to prevent a fit of giggles to escape since she silently adored the expression on his face.
'So the stoic Ulquiorra is susceptible of shock and awe tactics?' The raven haired woman happily assumes right before they proceed forward on their venture to Karakura High School.
"How you doing over there sport?" Grimmjow teasingly wonders when she peers upward in order to witness his next reaction.
Ulquiorra swiftly shifts his head downward then to the left and take notices that she casually observes him before he asks her, "So can I get another kiss like that when we get back home?"
A toothy grin materializes on her face, which prompts her response with, "Why Ulquiorra, if I didn't know any better I believe you were hinting at something dirty?"
"And I would say you're damn right." He abruptly confirms his intentions for her once they make it back to their apartment.
The couple soon blended in with the crowd of students, who either dread the early morning time to report to school like Grimmjow. On the other hand, there were some enthuse about the wealth of new knowledge that a new day brings like Ulquiorra.
The sight of Mr. Manabu immediately ensnares Grimmjow's focus, which causes her to unexpectedly freeze in her steps.
He briefly halts in the middle of his stride once he immediately recognizes that she was no longer next to him and turn off to the side.
"Hey, are you alright?" The brunette inquisitively questions the raven-haired girl a few strides behind him as the other students seem to flow around the both of them.
Her red eyes rapidly cut her eyes upwards toward the school's window and catch sight of the brunette male, which promptly causes Ulquiorra to trace the direction of her gaze.
Once Ulquiorra processes the fact that Grimmjow intensely stares at an empty hallway, he inwardly registers, 'It's no one up there.'
All of a sudden the "ding" of the school bell seems to snap her out of her daze when she softly mutters to herself, "I know I saw him."
Her red eyes idly divert her gaze back to eye level ono to observe him critically study her actions so she fibs, "I must've zoned out there."
His hazel brown eyes closely examine her when she saunters up to him before they enter inside of the building, a moderate distance from one another.
'Something's not right.' He inwardly concludes since he could not shake this ominous feeling that unexpectedly hits him once he studies that expression on Grimmjow's face.
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"Mr. Satoshi," A feminine voice politely addressed Gin, by his newly adopted human identity name, which caused him to instantly perk up.
"That's me," He raises one of his hands upward when the lady nods her head and proceeds to speak, "Right this way, please."
Gin follows behind the woman in to what he assumes was her personal office space while she directs him to take a seat.
"Your resume is very detailed and your references checked out so I would like to extend to you an invite to the open position of Guidance Counselor here at Karakura High." The woman thoroughly informs after he takes a glimpse at the folder that contain his resume.
"That's excellent news! So when can I start?" Gin curiously inquires to the woman in front of him with a small smile present on his face.
"Bright and early tomorrow morning. However, if you're available now I can have someone give you a tour of the school if you would like?" The woman in front of him suggests before she hands the folder back to Gin.
"Oh no, I fine with getting lost and discovering my way around the building." He coyly mentions with the same smile present on his face.
"It was a pleasure doing business with you Mr. Satoshi. We will see you first thing tomorrow morning." The woman solemnly remarks as she leads Gin out of her office and back to the secretary position.
"There are a couple of papers that you will need to fill out first. If you want, you can bring those back in with you tomorrow as well." The woman instructs him while the school's secretary starts to print out the necessary paperwork.
Once he was properly situated with the paperwork, he graciously complimented the two ladies that were in front of him, "Thank you lovely ladies. Enjoy the rest of your day!"
'I can't wait to see to see the looks on their faces once they see who their new Guidance Counselor is!'
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"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Nnoitra loudly shouts while he roughly nudges Szayel's side with the side of his foot.
Szayel merely rolls away from the foreign sensation before he continues his actions until the man wakes up. "What? What is it that you want?"
"That Reiki guy left this box and message on the top that says something about some uniforms for school and that he thanks us for doing our paperwork properly." The taller of the two was answering all while exchanging glances from the note to Szayel.
He abruptly slaps the foot that nudges him in the ribs away before he makes his way to his feet. "It seems as if our landlord is a reliable guy."
"I could care less about our damn landlord. Who I really want to see is Grimmjow and that spineless ass Ulquiorra." Nnoitra states as he knocks over the box with one of his feet.
Szayel rolls his eyes at his childish actions before he retorts, "Of course you want to see the person that you can't have because you lost to that spineless ass."
That seemed to put his roomate in a temporary fog, "That's why I will claim my revenge in the World of the Living and take what's rightfully mine."
"I'm sure that boat has already sailed from the shore and now is in deep water." He exaggerates as he starts to work on the box.
"Besides, those two are probably closer than the last time we saw them together. I mean they do have an apartment all to themselves so just imagine all the naughty things they do to each another behind those close door." Szayel was claiming deliberately adding fuel to Nnoitra's fire.
'Damn that bastard…' "Well he won't be able to enjoy her for much longer since I'm here." He declares with a slight puff of his chest.
"So you're confident that this so called plan of yours will work out in your favor?" Szayel questions him in a tone of disbelief.
"Of course, so once it happens you have three choices (1) be a part of it (2) be against it or (3) just don't be involved at all." Nnoitra outlines his options.
Szayel shoots the taller male out of the two an expression when he counters with, "You already know my answer to that question."
"I knew that this partnership would work out for something good."
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The day seemed to move at a snail's pace for Grimmjow since she received constant warnings about her doodling on the assignments rather than correctly filling them out.
'I'm already to go home now.' She asserts as she sits in her lunch period class and proceeds to scribble doodles across the white sheet of paper.
Ulquiorra was immediately aware of Grimmjow even more than usual lack of interest in the academics portion of the school.
He politely asks for a sheet of paper from his next door neighbor, who happily rips out a piece of paper for him, and kindly thanks them.
"Meet me on the roof top for lunch. – U" Ulquiorra quickly scribbles down on the paper, tightly folds it into tiny pieces, and nimbly flicks it across the room in Grimmjow's direction.
The piece of paper suddenly captures her attention since her desk was typically clear of any loose paper and idly begins to unfold it.
"Meet me on the roof top for lunch. – U" She mentally read the message on the paper before she rotates her head in the direction of Ulquiorra's desk.
Her red eyes casually observe him as he seems completely engross into the work that the teacher assigns for the class to complete. There were even a couple of more books splayed open across his desk compared to the average students in the class.
'He seems so into his work.' The raven haired woman inwardly assumes as she continues to silently watch him from the distance that separates them from one another.
Ulquiorra senses a pair of observant eyes on him when he was halfway through a rather complex mathematical problem.
He briefly breaks his concentration away from the formula that he uses to solve the equation and deliberately glances in the direction of the eyes.
His hazel brown eyes curiously studied how Grimmjow had her left elbow propped on the surface of her desk and lazily leaned her left cheek inside of her left hand at a tilted angle and intensely stared at him.
When she finally realizes that Ulquiorra stares at her for the second time today, she could not help but to stick her tongue out at the brunette male and returns her focus on to her doodles.
Ulquiorra shakes his head and chuckles at her immature action, which seems to temporary set aside the ominous sensation that he feels earlier this morning.
'I shouldn't think about things that I can't control.' He sternly reminded himself of the advice that Grimmjow gave him.
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Gin eventually pulls up to a red traffic light when the street that he was on starts to look very familiar to him. 'I should go by and check up on those two.'
'I just hope that those two don't turn their rage on to the neighbors…' He automatically assumes the worst case scenario right before another thought pops up in his mind.
'So what exactly was Aizen's purpose in sending those two, specifically to the World of the Living alongside with Grimmjow and Ulquiorra?'
'...unless he plans to capitalize off of the intense hatred that Nnoitra holds toward Ulquiorra for beating him in the right to have Grimmjow.' Gin concludes about Aizen's ulterior motive for the additional pair.
'Then why did he send Szayel along with him?' He mentally ponders before he veers right once the light shift from red to green.
'Those two absolutely hate each other guts but they do work well together when they have the same enemy.'
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The lunch bell aloats causes the students to erupt in a buzz of excitement since they look forward to the break away from school work.
Some students appear rather content to sit in the classroom to eat while others madly dash toward the cafeteria in order pick up a lunch or they prefer to dine outside in the courtyard.
Once Ulquiorra and Grimmjow selected some options from the cafe, they traveled up to the roof of Karakura High School.
"Whoa!" Grimmjow loudly declares after she sprints to the edge of the roof, roughly slips her fingers in between the open spaces of the gate that encloses the area, and silently marvels at the scenery, "This is one hell of a view!"
He was silently appeased at Grimmjow's dramatic reaction at their location for their lunch break.
"So are you going to enjoy the scenery and not eat or what?" The brunette politely questions as she breaks her concentration away from the city sights and on to him and their spread of food.
The raven haired woman exhales a small "humph" before a smile stretches across her face and admits, "You're right. I am kind of hungry."
All of a sudden her stomach growled at her from not being filled, which caused her to grasp it out of embarrassment along with a red tint present on her cheeks.
"If you weren't so distracted by the sights then your stomach wouldn't be so mad at you." He playfully teased her as he handed her the meal she had ordered from the cafeteria.
"Thanks." She says as she accepts a black rectangular shape box that has "Surprise Bento Box" written across the lid of the box.
As they start to chow down, the young man decides to strike up a conversation, "Do you like any of your classes so far?"
Her red eyes briefly peer up from her food and at him before she replies, "They're okay but I think I might fall in love with Physical Education."
Her response brought forth a small grin on his face since he already assumed that she personally hated all of her classes and was barely interested in what Karakura High had offered her.
"That's good." The brunette merrily utters before he sticks a piece of sushi inside of his mouth.
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