The Kuchiki household was silent when she came back. It seemed like no one was around.
"Thanks for coming to get me, Nii-sama." The elder Kuchiki didn't reply. He simply walked passed her upstairs. Rukia looked down and sighed. Then she quickly followed her brother upstairs and then entered her room.
Rukia was in the middle of tugging on her pants on her pajamas before she heard a knock on her door. "In a minute!" She finished dressing and ran to the door. "Hinamori-chan?"
Hinamori smiled and walked into the room. "Oooh! How was the festival!"
Rukia blinked as she watched the younger girl sat on her bed and bounced happily. A smile then tugged on her lips. She had told Hinamori a long time ago to treat her as just a friend instead of some princess. It took her a while before she finally got used to it. "It was...rather..interesting.. Why didn't you go?"
Hinamori flushed and studder out her words, "A-ah. Toushirou-kun needed help with s-some stuff. S-so I stayed back and gave him a hand." Rukia chuckled, knowing the little spark the two had for each other but not saying anything about it. Rukia went to her bed and laid down looking up at the ceiling.
"I'm surprised your brother actually lets you go out." , Hinamori's voice giggled.
Rukia chuckled herself, "Yeah..he never lets me go out to fairs and practically the public in America."
"They're somehow different worlds if you look at it."
"Yeah... Say.. Hinamori-chan?"
"Hmm?"
"How about we go to the fair sometimes, just you and me?" , Rukia smiled at how the young girl jumped in excitement. Hinamori nodded and giggled. "You can... try the roller coaster..by yourself."
"Roller coaster..?"
"You'll see."
Hinamori kept her confused look. Rukia laughed.
"Alright, Rukia-san. I'll leave you alone for the night now! Sweet dreams!" , Hinamori smiled and slowly walked out.
"Night." Rukia's eyes never left the girl until the door fully closed. Then she looked at the foot of her bed and remembered Mr.Chappy. She sat up and took the rabbit in her hand, remembering about Ichigo. Then she giggled, "Orihime's right...he does have a funny face."
Ring.
Rukia reached for her phone and picked up.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Rukia?"
"Speaking."
"It's Tatsuki!"
Rukia smiled, "Hey."
"We're going to chill and just eat tomorrow! You should come!"
"Sure." , Rukia gave a wide smile to herself.
"Alright, I hafta go to bed, have fun girl!"
"G'nights." , Rukia said before she hung up and went to bed herself.
The next morning, Rukia ran down to breakfast in search of her brother.
"Nii-sama?" , her brother looked up at her, not saying anything.
"You mind if I go out with a few friends again today?" The older Kuchiki kept silent for a while before closing his eyes and nodding.
"Arigatou!" , Rukia said with a smile before taking her seat at the table.
He actually cared for her, believe it or not. He was actually happy she was enjoying they're break in Japan and making new friends. He always kept quiet and somewhat act like he doesn't care. But he does, he really not.
"Who are with waiting for again?" , Mizuiro asked.
"Rukia!"
"..Who's that again?" , Ichigo questioned. "Why am I coming along by the way?"
"My friend from America, and you're coming because I felt sorry for you being a loner." , Tatsuki make a face. Ichigo just gave her a look and sighed.
They all stared and a limo pulled up. It wasn't those crazy long ones, just a simple limo the size of a mini-van, maybe a bit longer, but about there. Out stepped the raven haired girl.
"You got adopted into a family that can afford things like that!" , Tatsuki's eyes were filled with envy. Rukia just smiled.
"That's awesome! Can we ride in it?" , Orihime went up and stared at her reflection on the window.
"To go around today? Sure, if I knew you guys would of wanted to drive, I would of got the bigger limo."
"Larger..one?"
"Yeah, I was hoping we can walk so I can see things here in Japan, but I guess looking out the window is somewhat the same. But I guess limo it is, hop on."
The girls squealed and sprang into the limo, Ishida and Mizuiro followed. Rukia looked at Ichigo, who still had that annoyed look on his face. "Comin'?"
Ichigo sighed and walked into the limo.
"Waaaaaaaaaah. You have a fridge AND TV?" , Orihime said as Tatsuki reached for the remote. Rukia nodded and smiled.
"Where do you guys want to go?"
"Lets go to Sushi Boat!" Orihime suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement and Rukia went to the front of the seating area to talk to the limo driving.
Soon there arrived and everyone hopped out of the limo. Rukia told her driver to go anywhere as he pleased and she'll call him when it's time to leave.
They all took a seat at the counter where boats with sushi on top floated around. "Go ahead and get what you want guys, it's all on me!"
"We can't do that Rukia!" Tatsuki exclaimed.
"Why not? It's to pay you guys back for that great time last night."
"D-demo..Rukia..."
"Go ahead, it doesn't really matter much to me." Rukia gave an assuring smile. Tatsuki made a look before sighing and nodded. Obviously, they actually didn't mind or cared, because Rukia watched as everyone ordered about everything on the menu and grab everything off the boats. Rukia chuckled and slowly ate.
"Hey! That roll was mine!" , Tatsuki glared at Ichigo.
"Well too bad! I got to it first!"
"You cheated! You stood up and reached!"
"Oh yeah, and that's illegal!"
"Stop making a scene, guys!" Mizuiro said shaking his head. Both grumbled and sat down. Everyone else chuckled at the two.
"Oh, that's right! Guys, there's a dance tomorrow night, you're all going, right!" , Tatsuki gave a wide grin.
"Dance! I'm there!" , Orihime giggled.
"If my dear Orihime's going, then I shall go! Oooh , Orhime! You'd look so cute in a dress!" Chizuru said and looked at Orihime with dreamy eyes.
"If we're all going, why not?" , Mizuiro smiled and looked at Ishida. The blue-haired boy gave a nod.
"Sure, I'd love to." , Rukia smiled. She loved going out. Especially with her friends.
"I. Don't. Do. Dances."
"Aww, c'mon Ichigo! It can't be THAT bad." Mizuiro gave him a look.
"Yeah, it is. I'd have to wear a tuxedo and all."
"Actually, no, it's not formal." Tatsuki smiled. "You can come in pants and a t-shirt for all anyone cares."
Ichigo remained silent. "Fine." Their little group cheered.
Something sparks in the e next chapter, stay tune. :D
Note about the Byakuyu and Rukia. I'll give spoilers, but they'll be italics. After all the coldness he had shown her and
how she said he didn't care. He saves her from being killed by Aizen ( yes, he's not dead ) and gets stabbed himself while his hand bled from holding the sword coming down on Rukia.
It was a rather touching moment that I found out he actually cares. If you're curious abut how it all happened, go read the manga. 3
I'm desperate for a BETA reader btw. sd;lfhasdhgsd'a I hate rereading my fics for typos and grammar errors, it's boring and I miss quite a lot of errors since I don't read carefully.