A/N Yello! Sorry that there was none of this last chapter... If I would have known you have to do it yourself I would have O.O Anyways... how'd everyone like it so far D:? I was listening to a song and suddenly got the idea so I have no idea if this is bad, good, ok... ARGH *frustrated* Also, I did notice some errors last chapter, but I'll fix them later and I know the ages for high school are ridiculous, but bear with me please? :D? This being my first story I really am clueless so any reviews would be GREATLY appreciated. Anyhow, read on!
Bleach: I don't own Bleach! That belongs to Kubo Tite! The only thing I own is the plot for this story!
Day One
Karukara High School
Grimmjow POV
I honestly couldn't help myself. It was just too fucking hilarious. First, this random kid going and pretty much telling him off and then Shiro actually being insulted by it. My, my. This was going to be one fucking interesting year. I was trying my damn hardest not to crack and start laughing all out, but that expression did it.
I let go. I felt myself shaking with the movement of laughing so hard and I heard my laugh echo through the classroom, noticing a few students that were actually brave enough to look back to see what I was laughing at. I could feel Shiro glaring ice at the back of my head, but at this point I couldn't stop myself.
Suddenly I heard a low noise from my right. I looked over to see this Renji dude trying not to laugh so hard that a tear leaked from the corner of his eye and rolled down his face. This only made me laugh harder when I imagined Shiro noticing that this new guy was laughing at him, also. Amazing, just fucking amazing. This was gonna be one of the best years yet.
Finally, after somehow managing to stop laughing, I turned around to see Shiro staring at the piece of paper the orangette had picked up and handed to him. Curious, I watched as Shiro's golden eyes, wide for some unknown reason to me, looked from his paper to Ichigo's fingers only to return to his paper again. What the hell? Now the curiousity was eating at me. What the fuck was on that paper Shiro had in his hand? Just as I was about to get up to steal the paper from the albino's hand the bell rang. Sighing I got up from my seat, making a mental note to find out about the paper later, but first I needed to eat something.
Ichigo POV
I heard a sigh and Grimmjow stood from his seat in front of me and strode out of the room. Stifling a yawn, I stretched my legs under the desk, groaning when I felt three different places pop. I had forgotten how brutal school could be. I jumped slightly when Shiro slammed his hands down on my desk. I looked up to see his golden eyes lurking in inky darkness simmering with barely controlled rage. I gulped. Maybe insulting him hadn't been the best idea.
"So, mind tellin' me how ya' knew the tune of tha' song, I-chi-go," he drawled, no, snarled down at me, purposely pronouncing every part of my name. Well, this wasn't going well.
I peeked around the albino to give a desperate look to Renji and Shinji that I hoped was screaming 'HELP ME!' Apparently Renji caught it as he stood up from his seat and closed in the short distance from his desk to mine.
"Well, hello there Shiro. I didn't know you were in our class. Congrates on stealing number two this month. Maybe you'll do better next time. Ichigo, we should really get going before Rukia thinks we're ditching her and decides to take it 'personal' so how bout you say your goodbyes and we'll head out," the red head commented, emphasizing the word personal, providing me with a much needed escape route.
"Sure thing. It was nice chatting with ya, Shiro, but I best be going. See you after lunch," I quickly grabbed my stuff, stood up, and followed Renji out the door with our other friends following in tow.
I didn't miss the angry growl that followed me out the door or the sound of something crashing into the wall. I also didn't miss the angry yowl that screamed "ICHIGO", but I chose to ignore it, sighing.
I know I shouldn't have commented on the music, but I really could not stop myself and trust me, I did try. I tried my damn hardest. Running my hand through my hair I eventually did start listening to Renji and Shinji agrue about something, but quickly decided that it wasn't worth it. Blocking them out, I just blindly followed them to the rooftop where we ate every year since, well, since forever.
Sitting down, the railing digging into my back, I took out my lunch to find my bento filled with all kinds of different foods. Sure enought they were all my favorites and I silently thanked Yuzu. All my friends and I placed our hands together and shouted "Itadakimasu!" and started digging in.
The next twenty minutes passed with hardly any talking, just the sound of my friends and me eating. After we had all finished our respective lunches and had cleaned up the first thing out of Shinji's mouth was, "I can't believe it! First we're friends with the all fabulous Ichigo, and now we're in the same class as Shiro and Grimmjow. I might die of over exposure to hot guys," he squeled and mocked holding his heart and falling to the floor, supposedly dead.
Even thought I know none of my friends know about it, everytime Shinji mentions anything close to gay I feel myself tense a bit. To be honest, I'm gay, but nobody knows it, not even my family. I'm the only one clued into my dirty little secret and even though it may deny me my happiness, I don't intend to ever tell anyone about my sexual preferences.
"Yea, but what does this idiot go and do, " Renji says as he punches my arm, "he just HAD to go and piss off Shiro. I swear, what a stupid fuck. Are ya trying to get found out?"
Sighing I rubbed my now sore arm, not really intending to give an answer at all when I heard someone shuffling next to me. Looking over I saw Rukia, her violet eyes shining with worry.
"Ichigo," she murmured, "you know you need to be more careful. What if anyone finds out?"
Looking at her, and the worry and desperation shown on her face I instently felt more stupid then before and regret washed through me. Lifting my hand I placed it on her head which made her look up at me again.
"I'm sorry, ok? I'll try to be more careful. Just... don't worry about it. It'll all be fine," I reassured her and I felt her immedietly relax and the tension that was so thick before slowly eaze away, leaving a calmness in its wake.
All of us jumped when the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Grumbling under my breath I slowly rose to me feet, helping Rukia up after me. We all started making our way back to class, complaining about how lunch was just way too short these days.
Right before entering I suddenly got a weird feeling in my stomach. A feeling that told me that I shouldn't go in. Pushing it aside and ignoring it, I shrugged and opened the door and stepped inside. I started to make my way over to my desk, quickly noticing that Grimmjow had already returned to his seat, but Shiro was nowhere to be seen.
Exhaling a slight sigh of relief I walked over to my desk and flung myself into the chair, relieved at the release of pressure on my feet. After doing pretty much nothing over the summer just walking about school and up and down those damn stairs was enough to make my feet hurt. Taking a quick glance I noticed how about half of the class was there, the other half unaccounted for.
Not really caring anymore, I leaned my head against the window, feeling the warm sunshine warm the side of my face. Humming my approval I stuck my earphones in, changing the song on my IPod to one of my favorite songs. Quickly feeling sleep start to overtake me, I gladly gave in to it and the darkness overtook me with music silently still playing.
Grimmjow POV
Shiro was really starting to piss me the fuck off. Where the hell was that bastard? I was practically ready to kill myself if I didn't find out what the fuck was on that paper. Impatiently running a hand over my face I heard someone snoring behind me.
Turning around, I was genuinly shocked. Ichigo had his head rested on the glass on the window, light shining over his peaceful sleeping face, making his hair and face light with an unnatural glow. I couldn't deny the fact that the kid was sexy as hell and to add to it, he was one hell of a firecracker, ready to explode for any given reason.
It was in the middle of my observations when I heard footsteps pounding over my way. Looking up, I saw Shiro and, damn, he looked pissed to high heaven. Nostrils flared, eyes glinting dangerously with rage, he descended upon the poor unprepared berry. I quickly debated whether or not I should wake him up and save him a possible injury, but decided against it. This could turn out to be very interesting. Smirking I watched with anticipation at what was about to happen, only to be royally confused with what Shiro did...
Shiro POV
I stormed back in the room and my eyes quickly darted over to Ichigo. Fully intending to get him to answer my questions I started to march over to him, not missing the way Grimmjow was smirking evily to himself for reasons unknown to anyone but that crazy bastard.
In no time at all I was standing right next to the berry and I went to yell at him, but I quickly stopped. I didn't notice that he was asleep from the other side of the room. What was worse was the fact that I couldn't pry my eyes off of him. How the hell can anyone look so peaceful and relaxed when they sleep when they have such a shitty and bitchy attitude when they're awake?
His orange hair looked like it was on fire, shining with the light from the sun. His eyelids were closed, but still had the slight warm, honey brown color that you could see when he was awake. The frown that he had wore ever since he had stopped laughing at the beginning of class was gone, leaving not a trace behind. I couldn't help but stare at him in awe. This boy was truly breath taking.
I was pulled out my stupor when I heard a loud cough to the right. I turned my head to see Grimmjow, wearing an amused expression. What I couldn't understand was the slight look of confusion that he was trying to hide in his eyes. Noticing that he had caught my attention, he raised an eyebrow, making the most smug expression I had ever seen.
"So, snow white, see something you like?" he spoke with a pointed look at the sleeping berry.
I didn't miss the twist in my gut and the slight feeling of what I believe was possessiveness starting to form. I quickly smothered the feeling, placing a look of pure disbelief on my face.
"Now wher' tha' hell ya get tha' idea from, ne?" I questioned, trying to ignore the feeling of how it felt so wrong to say it.
"Oh, just the fact that you were staring at him with your jaw on the floor with drool falling from the side of your mouth. Guess I was wrong though," he shrugged it off. "By the way, now that we're having a lovely conversation, what exactly was written on that piece of paper, eh? I am SO very curious," Grimmjow dragged out the 'so' in his statement much longer then really required.
I was about to reply with a smart ass remark when I heard someone tsking behind me. Suddenly Renji appeared next to me and reached down and pulled out what could only be Ichigo's IPod. My suspicion grew when he read the song title and started cracking up with laughter.
From out of nowhere all I could hear was music blaring from in front of me. I was shocked for two reasons. One being that he listened to THAT kind of music and the second being that even though his music was on full blast he didn't even bat an eyelash.
It felt like I jumped out of my skin when Grimmjow suddenly started booming with laughter. Again, Ichigo didn't even give a hint of waking up. What the fuck? I was curious as to what the hell this kid had to sleep through if he didn't even twitch at this.
"Well, fuck. At least we know the berry has good taste in music. I was worried that he would be listening to some soft shit, but apparently that's the last thing he listens to. And look at how soundly he's sleeping through that shit, too," Grimmjow got out in between fits of insane laughter that made me question his sanity.
But I couldn't exactly disagree with him. After seeing and hearing this I highly doubted he was listening to mellow music. But still... listening to GRIMMJOW's music? Seriously. Apparently he wasn't the good teen everyone thought he was.
At the same time, though I was shocked, I was also thoroughly pissed at the same time. Here I was, number two on the charts, or hell, even Tensa with number one, and he was listening to fucking music by Grimmjow. That hurt. That really fucking hurt.
I didn't like it, but it was apparent that it boosted Grimmjow's already too big ego. He was beaming like he had won the lottery. Then the song was over, and now it was my turn to cackle with delight. Now I definitely knew that Ichigo is anything but innocent. Listening to Grimmjow and my music was certainly anything but pure.
Seeing Grimmjow's face fall and a feral snarl appear on his lips sent me over the edge. I absolutly doubled over laughing, actually more like cackling. I've heard that my laugh is scary, eerie, and fucking insane, but to be honest I like it that way. Who the hell wants to be normal? Certainly not me.
By this time the whole class was in their seats or talking to their friends. But the majority was watching our little corner with wide eyes and a few with slight smiles of amusement. It was now that the teacher decided to grace us with his presence for the first time all day.
In walked a normal sized guy with brown hair and glasses that looked old school. He took his spot in front of the board and wrote his name in handwriting that could only be from years of writing. When he backed away it read 'Aizen Sosuke'.
Giving a smile to the class that clearly demanded silence he cleared his throat and spoke. "Good afternoon class, I apologize for me not being on time. I had some... 'previous' engagements to attend to. To show my deepest apologies and since we only have about half an hour left, I will allow you to talk quietly with your friends," he put emphasis on the words previous, allow, and quietly and everyone got the hint.
Turning in my seat to face the still sleeping berry with his IPod now turned down to a normal volume I couldn't stop my frown. He was still sleeping. Did he not get any sleep at all last night?
It was at this moment that Renji decided that Ichigo needed to get up. He walked over to him and straight up hit him on the back of his head. I stared wide eyed as Ichigo suddenly jumped up, the top of his head hitting the red head right under his chin, causing the red head to curse out rather loudly, that caused the teacher to give them a pointed look.
"Fucking pineapple. You could've tried to be a bit more gentle," Ichigo commented, rubbing the back of his head with his hand, trying to soothe the pain that was slowly ebbing into his skull.
"I could've, but I chose not to so get over it. Stupid strawberry, I swear, if I get a bruise Imma kill ya," Renji said while rubbing under his chin where it was already turning into a slight bruise.
Ichigo looked at me with rage written on his face when I snorted at the nick name.
"Something funny there, snowflake?" he taunted, eyelashes fluttering.
It was at that moment that his hair reminded me of something and I laughed, which caused him to shoot me another glare.
"Oh, nothing a' all, King," I commented, watching his eyebrows skyrocket upwards.
"Excuse me? Where the hell did King come from?"
"Well, ya seem t' be full of ya'self so it fits nicely, ne? And your hair reminds me of a crown," I shrugged noticing how his eyes glinted dangerously.
"Full of myself, hmm? That's really rich coming from you. So proud of yourself, but you forget. You only managed number two, didn't ya?" he chuckled at my astonished expression that I was sure marred my features.
"Why I atta' -," the sound of the bell ringing interrupted me and I silently cursed it to hell.
Smirking with a knowing look, Ichigo stood up and strode toward his friends. Right under the arch of the door he turned to me and said the words that I would never forgive him for.
"Yo, snowflake. Maybe you'll do better next time, ne? Good luck with that, though," laughing he walked out, his friends following him laughing all the while.
"FUCK YOU ICHIGO," I screamed out after him, so full of rage I was seeing red.
Grimmjow POV
Yup, this was gonna be one hell of a fucking interesting year.
Thanks for reading :D! I would just like to thank my first reviewers. You have no idea how happy you made me! I woke up just to check to see if it published and here I had two reviews. I can't lie, I did a little happy dance. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this little chappie ;) See ya next chapter, fer sure! Hopefully I find it in myself to start the drama soon!