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Chapter 38: It's a date?

I smiled at Mikomi as she walked up. She looked a little annoyed at the fact that she had to dress formally and have nice hair just to meet with us yet again. The only time she didn't have to dress formally and have nice hair to leave her family estate was when she was leaving as a member of squad six instead of a noble. She forced a smile on her face when we approached her.

"Hello Rukia. Hello Miyako. I am here for our night of fun."

"It's going to be so much fun," Miyako gushed beside me.

"I fail to see how," Mikomi answered. That meant she was being watched.

"Katsuro, just go home! I'm the one that protects her!"

"I came to ask if you could keep me out of the estate for a few hours," he said to Miyako.

"Why?"

"Because Mrs. Fukui is going crazy. She is having mood swings or something. It's scary in there."

"I get it. Just chill out and hang with Rukia."

"Miyako, why am I stuck with him?"

"Because I said so. Come on. Do it. Do it for our fun night."

"Fine," I said after a sigh.

"Miyako, there you are. Why did you want to see me?" Renji asked while walking up.

"For a date silly!"

"Well now I'm going to look like a fifth wheel on my birthday," Mikomi said with a pout.

"Come on. We have a surprise waiting for our birthday girl!" Mikomi perked up at Miyako's words.

"Really?" she asked excitedly. You could see the childish wonder in her eyes.

"Yes," Miyako answered. "Come on."

Miyako took Mikomi by the hand and took her into the restaurant we were gathered outside of. Once inside, I blindfolded Mikomi and we took her to the table that had Hanataro, who was also blindfolded. I walked to stand behind Hanataro.

"On the count of three, I'm taking off your blindfold," I said. "Prepare to be surprised. One. Two. Three." Miyako and I both pulled off the blindfolds and the two that had them stared at each other. "It's a date," I told them while we snuck off to nearby tables.

"A date?" Mikomi asked nervously while looking down.

"I-I'm sorry for being the one you're on a date with! I'm sure they could have found someone better," Hanataro immediately said, looking down as well. Mikomi slowly looked up and cocked her head to the side curiously with a blush painting her cheeks.

"Better?" she asked.

"Yes. Better. I know that you probably would have liked someone stronger, better looking, and more talented. I'm just clumsy and uncoordinated."

"That's not true!" Mikomi looked down with embarrassment showing on her face. Hanataro looked at her in the same way she had just looked at him.

"What?" he asked her quietly.

"You're more than just clumsy and uncoordinated. You're strong in your own ways and the talent shows in your work. You're one of the best members of Squad Four."

"Hey," Miyako shouted. Mikomi just ignored her and continued.

"As for better looking, even if looks were a big part of what I thought about, no one could beat you there."

"O-oh," Hanataro replied while joining Mikomi with looking down.

"So how exactly does security for the Fukui family work?" I asked Katsuro since Mikomi and Hanataro were still too nervous to talk to each other.

"Just talk," Miyako shouted before Katsuro could answer. A number of people turned to look.

"This is why I told you not to force me to ask him on a date! I knew it would get weird and I really didn't want anything to get messed up between us! I was willing to stay as just friends for that!" More people turned to look.

"Miyako was trying to get you to ask me on a date?" Hanataro asked with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"Y-yeah. I was too nervous to try," Mikomi replied. He looked at her with shock.

"You were too nervous to ask me on a date? Why would you be nervous about that?"

"Because I really like you Hanataro, but I also don't want to ruin things between us. I mean, we can stay as friends, right? I don't want to lose you because I was forced into admitting my feelings by being tricked into this date you don't want to be on." Mikomi stood. "Don't answer that. I'll just go."

"No!" Hanataro stood and grabbed Mikomi's wrist just as she turned to leave. By now, the whole restaurant was watching the two.

"What is it?" Mikomi asked with her head down. Hanataro moved to stand in front of her before wrapping his arms around her in a hug.

"We can't stay friends. Mikomi. Mikomi? Mikomi please stop."

The shock I felt was at an amazing level. Miyako looked like she was ready to scream. Renji's jaw was hanging down. Katsuro was sitting across from me with wide eyes set on Hanataro. Everyone else was murmuring. Mikomi was sliding down in Hanataro's arms. It was obvious she was no longer standing. Hanataro knelt with her.

"What?" she asked in a lifeless voice.

"We can't stay friends unless you deny what I am about to ask." Mikomi cautiously looked at Hanataro with teary eyes.

What is it?" she asked.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

Shock times two. I now owe Miyako money. We made bets on who would ask who out. I am ashamed that we did, but it doesn't change that fact. I looked over at Renji handing money over to a smirking Miyako. Katsuro sighed and started to pull out money. I followed his actions before walking with him to Miyako and giving her the money.

"Thank you," she told us while counting the money and leaning back. I looked over at Mikomi staring at Hanataro with wide eyes and her mouth slightly open.

"What?" she finally asked. "Did I really hear you right?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Hanataro repeated.

"Yes!"

Mikomi jumped into Hanataro's waiting arms and knocked him onto his back from his kneeling position. In a second, Miyako was blocking Mikomi from everyone's view with a tablecloth she had snatched somewhere. Just because we couldn't see didn't mean we couldn't hear. They were obviously happy since Mikomi was giggling and Hanataro is the one that asked.

"I'm glad you said yes."

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I've been wanting to ask you about it, but I was always too nervous to talk to you about it and I didn't want to make things weird. If I made things weird, it would just ruin our friendship. Our friendship is really important to me so I," Mikomi rambled. She stopped for some reason.

"Way to go Hanataro! You kissed her! That's great!" Miyako let us know what happened. She didn't leave us in the dark.

"Miyako," Mikomi whined.

"I know. I know. I'm sorry."

"It's not that. It's just that I don't know where I put my stuff."

"Oh. I think you left it at home."

"Oh. Ok. Everything's fine then." Miyako threw the table cloth into the air and it landed on a nearby table, covering everything on it perfectly and neatly. Hanataro and Mikomi were sitting again and holding each other.

"Awwwwwwww," said almost everyone in the restaurant, me included.

"Mikomi," Hanataro suddenly said, moving back.

"What?" she asked him. He pulled out a slim box.

"Happy birthday." She took it carefully and opened it, curiosity being the most prominent trait in her at the moment. She pulled out a book and started to flip through it before grinning and almost tackling Hanataro again.

"Thank you Hanataro! I love it! Thank you!"

"You're welcome. I'm glad you like it. I was hoping you would."

"What's the book?" Miyako asked. Mikomi held it up and Miyako took it and started to look. "A picture album of your greatest moments we were able to take pictures of," Miyako said with a voice that said how sweet she found it.

"Awwwwwwww," chorused the majority of the restaurant again. They really were a cute couple.

That's it for now. Another update! Yay! They're together! Yay! I got there! Now then, I don't own Bleach or its characters. In this chapter, I own the other half of named characters and the unnamed characters that were barely mentioned. Have an awesomenessedissness day/night!