Author's Note: Selamat Datang! Hello! – wow, someone really bothered to check out my fic… I. Am. Truly. Grateful. – ok, I know that was lame, but can't blame a guy from trying...yeah… sure… Well anyhow, thank you for spending your time to try out this creation of mine. (SPOILER) I am not the, how you say, top notch kind when it comes to English, especially my vocab, so… - alright, I know the 'spoiler' thing was lame - …so I hope you don't get disappointed in my use of words. I really hope you get to feel how I felt when I wrote this. Remember, this fic of mine came from the heart, as I unleashed my imagination and freed my soul… --… now THAT was lame. Anyway, I really do hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing this. This is my first, and hopefully not my last.
Disclaimer: I really don't own Bleach, but IF I did, I would make Keigo a powerful person – an ex-captian maybe – though I still do not know why many despise him.
What is it about this scenery that makes it feel so… at home; not like I had one, but... if it makes me comfortable, secure, and being with the people whom I care about; the only people I care about… than this is my own home.
It was, simply put to it, a perfect night. There was something about the reflection of the moon, the radiant glow of its light on the watery surface of the lake that provides the perfect counterpart with the peaceful night sky. This beats running around at dusty streets anytime; heck, nothing can come as far as to make him feel, what he is feeling now…
Freedom…
Free to wonder on his thoughts without a worry in the world. An ideal way to end each day.
As the boy absently gazes at the night sky, he doesn't notice his feet playing freely in the lake water while both his hands stretched to the ground which he was sitting on, supporting his body weight as also giving him a satisfactory comfort. Little does he realize of the black raven-haired girl next to him.
That made the girl uncomfortable.
"Oi! Renji!" the black haired girl's voice broke the night's peaceful silence. For some reason the constant silent between the two made her really uncomfortable, and she was for one not going to sit there and do nothing about it. On the other hand, she pleasured herself knowing that she disrupted on whatever her friend was thinking about.
The red headed boy was irritated by his friend's sudden outburst. He tried to react calmly and avoid anything that could ruin the moment.
"Dammit Rukia… can't someone just enjoy gazing at the stars without you spoiling it!"… ok… he couldn't hold back. "Just because the others aren't here today you just had to annoy whoever was in your range!" Now he was ticked. "Cheh… girls…" he muttered under his breath while turning his gaze elsewhere, obviously, other than hers.
Her lips revealed a smirk as how the little boy just reacted; now she was pleased. "Aah, you'll get over it." Renji frowned as she said that, not knowing how she had just interrupted his 'Renji-time'. "The others not being here doesn't mean that we can't spend time with just the two of us,"she said sternly. "Can't we just… talk?"
The boy stared back at the night sky, still not wanting to meet her face, decided to let her win. "Hmph! Whatever…" He was calm now. "So what is it?"
"I'm glad you asked," she said it with a rather annoying tone that he knew too well. She then showed the boy… something that he was not very familiar with, when she unwrap a napkin. His eyes wide opened by what was revealed to him.
"What is it?" He then turned his gaze at the little girl, realizing that he was not angry with her anymore. "Where did you get it?"
"Well…" She tried to recall previous events… and soon after smiled triumphantly. "You know that shinigami we met at the street the other day?"
Renji paused to ponder on it. "You mean that guy who gave us that strange food."
She nodded and continued. "Well, this evening I met him at the same place… probably came to visit his parents or something… well anyways, he saw me and we had a little chat… and well, then before he left he gave me these," she said that while bringing the thing closer to the boy. "He said that it was from the human world and it was some kind of fruit."
The red-headed boy was now staring at it, now with a twitch in his left eye. "Fruits… you say?"
"He said it was delicious," Rukia said trying to assure him that it was not as strange as it looked like. "Here, try it." A look of determination was on her face.
"Errr… I think I rather…"
"P-llleeeasse…"
"No"
"Pretty Pleeeease…"
"I said no"
"… For me…"
"…"
"Cheh… alright… alright… you win." Damn those big eyes of hers…
She let out a smile of victory and soon the two started taking their first bite at the 'so called' fruits.
Renji took a bite and as soon as it melted into his taste buds, he knew what to do…
"Renji! What was that for?" startled, although she already knew why…
"This sucks Rukia! You bothered me just to have me spit out this horrible thing!"
"Hey! What are you talking about! This is freakishly nice and sweet! How can you NOT like it?" Rukia exclaimed; surprised that her friend didn't seem to like it as she did.
"Really Rukia…sometimes… I really don't understand you girls,"
There was silence between the two after the whole fruit thing was settled. Both lied on the ground, just gazing at the bright stars, not having a word to say as if they were mesmerized by the glowing night sky.
It was… until the red-headed boy finally spoke out.
"Oi… Rukia"
"Mmm…"the black haired girl answered lazily, not realizing that her friend was now looking at her.
"Well… do you think that all of us will stay like this… forever?"
There was an unassuring look on his face as he brought up the question.
Rukia didn't react immediately when he asked her that question. Instead, she paused, trying to digest it; or so he thought. What happened next surprised Renji
There she was, looking back at him, with a smile that his eyes never encountered before… a smile that made him at ease, as if assuring him of something…
"Of course, silly"
Her gaze was back at the night sky.
"Did you forget? The five of us promised each other that we'll always be together no matter what. So stop asking stupid questions when you know the answer yourself."
"You're right…" stupid me. He too now was also looking back at the night sky.
This time… I will do it for sure…
"Rukia…"
I just have to assure myself
"Do you think that… You and I … can be friends… forever?"
There was a pause at the moment, both silent.
"Renji… what did I just tell you? You and I will always be friends. We'll always be there for one another… forever."
At that moment, it was truly like he really didn't have a care in the world.
Her elegant smile was more mesmerizing than any star in the sky; a smile that he just knew too well of the the black raven-haired girl.
Nothing can come between… our friendship
It was not long until sleep was taking its role; for Rukia at least.
The boy examined his black-haired friend whom he knew very well.
The boy noted that his friend really seemed to love that fruit that, he just realized… she still had one in her hand.
"Hmm…" A smirk appeared on his face "I still don't know why she liked it so much" A silent pause as he ponders into it… "Girls…"
He let out a yawn, telling him that was it. Still having that smirk on his face, he remembered something that Rukia said to him earlier.
"What a name for a fruit…"
What was it again?
"Straww… berry…."
Seriously a weird name
And with that he drifted away into his subconscious mind… knowing that his friend will still be there when he wakes up.
Nothing can come between… us
Well? How was it?– turns around and mutters silently… Dear God… let them like it – So? I'm glad you made it safely down here... Is it me or does that phrase sound a little cheesy?Anyway,I really hope you enjoyed it. Oh, by the way, this was just a drabble of mine, and a pretty long one too… something I conjured p while I was looking at ep. 31… or was it 32… or 33… xP. Well, it was during Renji's flashback ep. thingy . Anyways, this is just my own drabble, so IF I get to write more, it will just be something that just pops up in my head and – I know you heard this a thousand times, I know I did – please review! If you would like me to go on, I will need all the inspiration I can get. Please click at that oh so intimidating square thingy on the bottom left side, you know, just above the random advertisement that no one seems to bother going to. Come on...I know you want to... .By the way, I'm a IchiRuki die hard fan. One more thing, can anyone guess what does the first word in the author's note mean? Yet, another reason to review…