Grimmjow and Nnoitra didn't fight that day. Nel intervened and took the blue haired male away. Nnoitra didn't run after them, not after what he realized. He watched as Nel held onto Grimmjow's hands and walked away. It killed him to see it, yet there wasn't anything to do about it. He was mean to Nel, all the time, and now he couldn't expect her to come running behind him because of a stupid pinky promise.
Nnoitra walked away, his heart crushed.
Akiko and Ichigo walked back home quietly. The run in with Sosuke Aizen proved painful for the girl to keep walking, and Ichigo sighed. "Hey, if you want to feel better again, you have to move past the fear and pain, Akiko. You're not weak, I know you can do it." Ichigo smiled and Akiko nodded.
"But, something tells me he was lying Ichigo. He was lying about not loving me, because I know he does. I know he just wanted to get into my pants before, but he had several opportunities to do so, yet he didn't. Maybe he left because he didn't want to hurt me anymore, but he doesn't realize that him leaving hurt me the most." Akiko spoke.
Ichigo's eyes widened.
"Akiko, he…" Ichigo knew what she was saying was the truth, but he didn't want to hear it from her. They loved each other, even if Aizen was a sick twisted man, who couldn't be trusted, he loved her too. Ichigo groaned.
"This is so frustrating." He said, and sighed.
"Akiko, let's go home okay?" He said, and took the girl home.
Nel was overexcited for two things. As soon as Akiko returned home, Nel pounced on her and said, "I'm dating Grimmjow!" Ichigo turned to look at his blue haired friend and smirked. Akiko smiled and said, "That's great!" Nel blushed. "The other thing is next week, school's opening." Akiko's stomach exploded. She didn't know how she would look at Aizen in the eye. He was still his teacher.
'Oh god, why do you hate me?' Akiko thought and groaned. "So, we need to do some shopping. This is senior year, we need to look as good as possible." Akiko shook her head. "Nel, we're not cheerleaders. We don't have to-""Oh hush." Akiko listened.
That night, Akiko was alone at home. She couldn't sleep, and she checked her phone. No new messages. Akiko sighed and shoved it under the pillow and got off the bed. "I'm taking a walk." She said, and grabbed her jacket, and headed out. Akiko walked the empty streets alone, and she sighed. She could see the air come out of her mouth, the coldness now striking her.
Akiko walked near the park and saw that no one was there. It wasn't that late, it was only 10 o clock. Akiko turned around and walked to another street. There was a seat there, and Akiko sat down, ignoring the person beside her. All the while, she only thought about Aizen. She thought about the good times they shared, and she suddenly remembered the part where he took her gym shorts and never returned it to her.
She remembered the time with Yachiru.
She remembered the time he first kissed her.
And then she remembered something else. The car incident. 'Oh I wish I can ride it.'
'I wish that too.' Akiko now understood what Aizen had meant, and she groaned, her face red.
"Why am I so stupid?" She thought out loud. "Because you're a girl." Came a voice beside her. Akiko gasped and turned to her left and saw Nnoitra there. Akiko almost stood up, but she didn't. "N-Nnoitra-""Shut it, kid." He said, and Akiko frowned slightly. He didn't look too happy. She could see there were dark bangs under his eyes, and he was holding a beer bottle.
"Are you drunk?" The words came out of her mouth before she even realized it. "What's it to you?" Akiko shook her head. "Hey, you ever felt the feeling of…someone stepping on your heart and crushing it, and blowing away the powder?" Akiko cringed.
"I…won't exaggerate it as much, but I know the feeling." Akiko admitted. Nnoitra glanced at her and clicked his tongue.
"It's fucking ridiculous." Akiko felt sad for him now.
"Nnoitra, did you love anyone-"Nnoitra groaned. "You and Aizen huh." Akiko's eyes widened and before she fought back, Nnoitra said, "I'm with Barragan, the men that kidnapped you." Akiko turned away. "I'm not here to kidnap you." Nnoitra said, and Akiko turned to look at him.
Then something struck her.
Nel announced that she was dating Grimmjow.
Akiko gasped as she realized what really was going on. "Oh, Nnoitra…I'm so sorry I didn't know-""Like it matters." Nnoitra knew she figured it out. There was no use hiding it now, right?
"Nnoitra, I know how you feel. I'm so sorry, I feel terrible-""Want a beer kid?" Akiko blinked.
She put her hands in front of her face and shook them rapidly and spoke, "On n-no I-""I figured. You don't seem the type." Nnoitra said. "How long have you loved her?" Akiko had to ask.
"I've never not loved her." Akiko felt her insides melt away. "You shouldn't drink Nnoitra. The world isn't ending. This is hard I know, and I'm so sorry-""Quit apologizing kid, I'll hit you if you say that word again." "Okay, sorry." Akiko yelped as she felt a hand on her head. "Stupid kid." Nnoitra said. Akiko frowned. "I'm no kid, we're almost the same age-""Don't push me." Akiko was quiet.
"Go home. If you don't wanna be raped, or murdered. Or both." Akiko nodded and stood up. "Nnoitra." The tall male turned to look at the girl. "Things will become better." She said and smiled. Nnoitra scowled. "Get moving." He said, and Akiko waved and walked away.
Nnoitra looked at his phone and sighed.
"Stupid girl." He said, and closed his eyes, throwing away the beer bottle.
A/N: Okay, this story might actually end soon. 50 chapters, I think.
Nel and Nnoitra are my favorite, more than Nel and Grimmjow.
Really.
Nnoitra DIED staring into Nel's eyes in the manga!
And anime.
And well, read and review~ :)