She knows she should stop messing with him, but she can't help it. From the first moment she saw him, Ichigo had seemed to be in a constant state of cool, uncaring. Nothing anyone said seemed to bother him all that much.
But the slightest teasing from her and suddenly color springs to his face and his words stop working and the stammering starts. It makes her feel important, and that isn't something she feels often.
Ichigo opens his bedroom door and his father and one of his sisters practically tumble into the room, a sheepish look on their faces.