YOOOOO! HAPPY NEW YEARS GUYS! How was your New Years Day? I hope it was good. Mine was okay, mostly slept in my moms Aunties room. Anyway I hope that all of you have nothing but success and happiness this year and if you don't let me know and I'll bake you a cake.

It took me a while to write this, I know. But I was really trying to figure out how to write out this chapter but I think I'm finally happy with it and I can move on to the next one.

Also, I'm thinking about going back to school. It's a thought but it's definitely there.

ALSO! Thank you for all the new followers and my old ones for sticking around. Ya'll are appreciated and I love you. I really do.

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Please Enjoy.

Before Grimmjow knew it, he had stopped in front of what was clearly a university. Nel yawned in his arms as she slowly opened her eyes and stared ahead of her.

"Where is this? A school?" She slowly leaned up placing one of her small hands on Grimmjows shoulder as the other one rubbed at her eyes. "He's here. I feel him," Grimmjow said as he continued to look at the foreign building in front of him. "So, what are ya gonna do? Are you going inside? They might call the cops on ya," Nel yawned with a small chuckle as she squirmed in Grimmjows arms, telling him that she wanted to be put down. "Hilarious. I'll just wait for him to come out. By the looks of it, I'd say some classes are over. Maybe he's done now, and he'll walk out of those doors any minute," Grimmjow complied as he put down Nel and leaned back up, his legs moving on their own as he started walking towards the doors, Nel following after.

"Besides, If Ichigo feels this pull as much as I do then he'd come to me regardless," the Teal man added as an afterthought. "Then why are you walking?" Nel questioned suspiciously as she looked up at him, but before Grimmjow could answer they were bombarded with a group of girls, Nel getting scared and grabbing onto Grimmjows leg.

"OMG! You are so handsome! Are you a model?" One girl asked, catching Grimmjow of guard as he stared at her in disgust. "Are you a foreigner? A new transfer? Do you need help going to the office? I can take you there," Another girl spoke. "Move out of my way. I don't need your help," Grimmjow hissed hoping that they'd leave him alone. He felt Nel climb onto his back, clinging onto him as she hid her face between his shoulder blades telling the man that she was scared. "Is that your kid? She's so cute!" Someone else complimented.

Grimmjow was about to yell at the people around him to kindly fuck off but stopped when he heard someone yell the name of the person he's been searching for. He quickly turned and saw a red head boy turned and looking at someone else that wasn't him. Instant jealousy flooded Grimmjow and he pushed the girls out of the way as he strode towards his fated with a predatory smirk placed on his lips.

He watched as Caramel eyes turned his way in shock and he stopped right in front of him, his hands reaching up to hold onto Ichigo's face, caressing his smooth skin, joyful when Ichigo leaned into his touches with longing.

"I told you we'd meet again, Ichigo," Grimmjows gruff voice spoke in a teasing manner.

"Grimmjow," the teal man shivered when Ichigo spoke his name so lovingly and before he knew it, he had leaned down and planted a chaste kiss on his lips.

Ichigo leaned into the kiss, grabbing onto Grimmjows collar and deepening the kiss between them. It's been years since he's last seen him and all of his body is telling him he wants more. He wants to kiss him more, touch him more but his thoughts of that were interrupted when he heard a cough come from his side.

Realizing what was happening he quickly moved back and sent a fist towards Grimmjows face, making the tall man take a step back and hold onto his nose with strings of curses leaving his lips. Ichigo covered his lips with his arm as his face continued to turn the color of his name, making his freckles on the bridge of his nose apparent. He turned to Shinji to see the man looking at him with a sly look as if he knew what was going on but Ichigo knew he didn't but that still didn't mean that his best friend wouldn't tease him about it.

"IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!" Ichigo yelled at Shinji who only chuckled at his embarrassment. "And what do you think I think it is?" Shinji began his teasing. "It's just-! This is-! It's not-! I-! I know what you're thinking and it's not that!" Ichigo blabbered as his face continued to grow more red. Shinji smiled wider showing his pearly white piano teeth and huffed in amusement. "Who is that Ichigo?" Chad finally spoke up wanting the man to calm down. "He's! Uh! A friend! Yea! He's a childhood friend!" Ichigo blurted hoping that his two friends would buy his lie.

Shinji and Chad looked at each other clearly being able to tell that that was a lie but they thought Ichigo was suffering enough as is, so they just let him have it, the two of them shrugging in acknowledgment. "Well your friends a strange one. Who goes around kissin' people?" Shinji asked with a tilt of his head, his blonde mop of hair following the movement. "Where he's from that's just how they greet close friends!" Ichigo answered as he was able to calm down a bit, his eyes moving to the side to see Grimmjow staring at him with amusement in his eyes. Ichigo let out a tsk and turned back to his friends.

"Anyway, I have some business with him, so I'll text you guys later yea?" without hearing their responses Ichigo grabbed onto Grimmjows wrist and pulled him along as quickly as possible away from the onslaught of eyes.

Shinji and Chad watched as their friend walked away with his "Friend" and turned the corner in haste, the blonde man squinting hard at them. "I know I'm not crazy but I feel I should ask regardless…" Shinji started as he processed his question before asking it. "Did that guy have a child on his back?"

"Hn" Chad nodded

Shinji let out a heavy sigh as he began walking, chad stepping along after him. "Ichigo never fails to amaze me with all the weird people he meets," Shinji spoke, Chad nodding silently beside him as they walked off in the opposite direction from where Ichigo and his strange friend went.

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Ichigo wasn't paying attention to where exactly he was going but when he finally did stop to catch a breath he realized that he had taken them to the park that was near his house. His legs automatically taking the path he takes on the way home. He stiffed when he felt chiseled arms wrap around his waist, a head placing itself onto his shoulder. He calmed down a bit when he heard Grimmjow breath in and let out a sigh of relief.

"Gert off me!" Ichigo retorted as he moved his arms around in a fussy movement, the tall man letting go and looking at Ichigo in disappointment as he took a few steps back. "What's wrong?" Grimmjow stared at the boy in confusion, wondering why he refused his touches.

" "What's wrong?" Are you really asking me what's wrong?!" Ichigo waved his hands around not really knowing what to do with them, but also to emphasize his anger towards the current situation. "You're what's wrong! How could you just…kiss me?!" Ichigo blushed remembering how the humanized Panthers' lips felt upon his. "And in front of my friends! And a bunch of girls! My college life is ruined because of you! Couldn't you just…I don't know, give me a handshake or something?!" Ichigo rubbed at his head with both his hands, the images of people pointing him out and talking about how he made out with a guy in front of the school playing in his head.

"In my defense you didn't really stop me from doing it," Grimmjow huffed.

"I punched you!"

"After I did it,"

"UGH!" Ichigo threw his hands up in aggravation and walked over to a tree, lifting his arm to lean on it while the other hand placed itself on his hips. Grimmjow took that moment to take a peek at his ass and licked his lips in reflex knowing that it was his and his alone. Ichigo felt a small shiver and turned around to see Grimmjows lust filled eyes staring at his ass and picked up a rock and threw it at him, the man catching it easily.

"Don't look at my ass!" Ichigo's faced continued to turn the color of embarrassment as he continued to pick up small rocks and chuck them towards Grimmjow, the man catching them and tossing them back on the ground. "I've been away from you for a long time, of course I wouldn't be able to help looking at you like a piece of meat," Grimmjow explained as if it was perfectly normal.

"I-Well-I-I never asked you to come! You're a monster! You didn't bite me to keep up your street cred! You bit me because of all that fated crap!" At that Grimmjow looked at him in suspicion. "How do you know about that? I wanted to be the one to explain it to you," Grimmjow strode forward without warning and trapped Ichigo between himself and the tree by placing both hands beside his face, heated Azure orbs bearing into pissed Caramel ones.

"I don't have to tell you anything!" Ichigo pushed Grimmjow back, his breath coming out in pants from the close proximity of their bodies. Grimmjow looked at him in anger, hating the thought that Nel might be right. The thought of Ichigo being with someone else, and by the sound of it, another were-animal.

"Are you seeing someone?"

"What?" Ichigo caught his breath and stared at Grimmjow, shocked by the anger shown in his eyes.

"I asked you if you were seeing someone," Grimmjow stepped forward towards Ichigo, the red head suddenly feeling small with the man slowly approaching him. Grimmjow lifted his arm to grab Ichigo and at that moment Nel took the liberty of making herself known by yelling, startling both men.

"Grimmy! Look out!" But it was too late, Grimmjow grunted in pain when a pair of sharp teeth bit down on his right forearm. Grimmjow quickly moved back and Nel jumped off of him as she watched the man transform into a Panther. "Grimmy no!"

"Shiro?!" Ichigo yelled as he watched the albino Husky charge at the Panther, the two getting into a tussle. Ichigo prayed that where they were continued to be empty of on goers as he figured out how to stop them. He looked to the side to see the little girl that yelled for Grimmjow look at the two fighting with worry, her small voice yelling for Grimmjow to stop.

He watched as Grimmjow bit one of Shiro's back legs, the Husky whining in pain, and saw his white fur coat slowly turn red. His eyes bugged out, the sight of blood making him nauseous, memories he was hoping he wouldn't have to remember surfacing to an unwanted place.

It was suddenly dark, and Ichigo could hear rain, but when he looked up it was clear as day. His breathing became heavy as he continued to watch the two animals fight, clearly to the death if all the blood being splattered around inclined anything. Ichigo didn't know what to do. If they kept going like this, surely one of them will die. Ichigo didn't want them to die. He couldn't' watch someone die in front of him again.

He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard another whine come from Shiro and watched as he was tossed to the side. He looked at Grimmjow to see that Shiro had done him in too, the Panthers white fur being coated red in numerous places. Shiro stood up and coughed up some blood, the two of them grilling each other and sizing the other up. When they moved, so did Ichigo and he grunted in pain when he felt two sharp pairs of teeth bite down on each of his forearms. Ichigo could hear the little girl gasp and run over to them, quickly grabbing onto Grimmjows collar and pulling him away from Ichigo.

Grimmjow stared at the boy wide-eyed. Not believing what Ichigo had done, but also what he himself had just done. He looked down at what he did and saw the blood seep through the bite marks that he had left. "Grimmy…" Nel cried silently, the man not being able to move as he continued to watch his regret.

Ichigo looked down at Shiro, who's golden eyes were widened in shock, his mouth still clamped around Ichigo's arm, the fear of the blood rushing out stopping him from removing himself. "Shiro…," The Husky stiffened from hearing the boys voice. "It's okay…You were just trying to protect me…It's fine. Let go," Ichigo lifted his other arm, wincing a bit before placing his hand on Shiro's head and petting him behind the ear lovingly. "Its not your fault,"

Shiro hesitated for a few more seconds but was able to calm down enough to open his mouth and remove himself from Ichigo's forearm, the Husky quickly licking at Ichigo's wound. "King…We need to get you home…," Shiro said as he nudged for Ichigo to stand up. Said man looking down at the blood that was leaving his body, terrible memories from his childhood playing like a movie in his mind.

"It's…not your fault, Ichigo…Please…Don't ever think that this was your fault…I love you…" A soothing voice said in Ichigo's mind. Ichigo's vision slowly faded to black, the last thing he heard was the sound of someone yelling his name.

::+::

Ichigo groaned in pain when he finally came to. He opened his eyes slowly, his vision slowly coming to him as he noticed that he was in his room.

How'd I get here? He slowly thought to himself, the man quickly leaning up when he remembered everything that has happened. He winced in pain when his arms started to hurt and he looked down to see that both his forearms were in bandages. He turned to look at his door when he heard a little girls laughter coming from downstairs. He got out of bed and made his way to the door, silently opening it so he could listen to what was going on downstairs.

"Shi-shi, you dummy! You can't do that!" the small girl cried with a laugh. "And why the hell not pipsqueak?" he heard Shiro answer back. "Because that's cheating!" She yelled again. "Isn't that right Grimmy?"

"Doesn't matter. I'm still winning," He heard Grimmjow snicker. Ichigo became curious now and opened the door, silently making his way downstairs, when he hit the bottom step he saw that the three of them were playing a game of cards and Shiro had a hand full of them, indicating that he was losing.

"Fucking annoying," Shiro grunted underneath his breath as he put some cards down to match the ones already on the table. "Don't be a sore loser, Dog-" Azure met amused Caramel and he stood up, dropping his cards and quickly walking over to Ichigo, engulfing the man in a tight hug. Ichigo didn't push him away, feeling the regret emanating throughout the Panthers body. Instead, Ichigo lifted up his hands and rubbed Grimmjows back in a soothing motion, telling the teal man that it was fine without actual words.

Shiro and Nel watched from the couch, not wanting to break up their moment, they decided to stay quiet.

"I'm so sorry," Ichigo heard Grimmjow whisper. "It's fine," Grimmjow removed himself from Ichigo and cupped his face, giving him small butterfly kisses here and there. "I promise I'll never hurt you again," Ichigo wanted to tell him to stop but he couldn't help but be soothed by Grimmjows love and affection, so instead he decided he'd let Grimmjow do as he likes, just this once.

"I've never seen Grimmy this caring before," Nel spoke up not so quietly from the couch. "Shh, you're ruining their moment," Shiro hushed with a snicker. Ichigo blushed in embarrassment and coughed into his fist when Grimmjow pulled away and squinted at the two on the couch.

"Good to see you're okay, King," Shiro stood up and walked towards him, standing next to the Alpha. "I can say the same about you," He lifted up his arms and searched the Husky for bruises. "Are you okay? Did you clean your wounds?" Ichigo asked as if he was a doting parent. "King, I'm fine. We were-animals heal faster than humans, remember?" Shiro grabbed onto Ichigo's wandering hands and held them in front of him.

"But…I'm sorry too. You didn't come home yet and I got worried so I went to look for you and when I did all I saw was this guy harassing you. I got scared 'cause he was another were-animal so I thought he was going to hurt you…I didn't know he was your fated," Shiro sighed in regret. "So you guys talked," Ichigo said as a statement more than a question.

"It's crazy what men will do when they are trying to protect the one they love huh!" The girl chipped from the couch, making the two in front of Ichigo become a bit bashful. The red head took a picture of that in his mind not knowing when that will happen again.

"I don't' think we've met yet," Ichigo strode over to the couch and knelt down to the girls level, looking into her joyful Ash Hazel eyes. "My name is Nelliel! But you can call me Nel!" She introduced herself with a clap of her hand. "And you're Itsygo! Grimmy's fated," She exclaimed in delight. "Did you know! Did you know! Grimmjow looked all~~ over Tokyo for you?!" The little girl pointed at her impromptu guardian.

"Oh?" Ichigo was actually a bit shocked by this revelation. "Yea! He's so~ in love with you! Like crazy in love that he didn't even take up the girls' offer when they-"

"Okay, shut up, kid," Grimmjow covered Nels mouth and picked her up, tucking her under his armpit. Nel squirmed in her new place but Grimmjow wasn't giving her the luxury to talk anymore.

"Aw, I wanted to hear the rest of that," Shiro snickered. "Shut it, Shiro," Ichigo rubbed his face with a new-found embarrassment. "Here," Grimmjow took Shiro's hand and covered Nels mouth with it as he pushed her into his arms. "Take Nel and go play upstairs. Ichigo and I have to have a little talk," Grimmjow demanded as he turned them around and pushed them towards the stairs. "Tsk! I'm not leaving because you're telling me to. I'm leaving because it's clear you guys need to talk it out!" Shiro complained as he made his way up the stairs.

"Also! You have an hour max! That's how long I can last until I get hungry!" Ichigo couldn't help but chuckle to himself when he heard the door close behind Shiro, Grimmjow letting out a huff before turning around and staring at Ichigo, who looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Uh…Would you like something to drink?" Ichigo walked into the connected kitchen, Grimmjow following him and watching him open the fridge.

"Beer if you have any, would be nice," the red head took out a bottle of beer and tossed it Grimmjows way, the giant cat catching it and removing the top with his teeth. Ichigo watched him do it and was honestly amazed at how sharp his teeth were. Ichigo on the other hand, decided that Orange juice was good for him.

"So, we need to talk huh?" the berry asked in wonder as he sat down in a chair, rubbing his arms once before laying them on the kitchen Island. Grimmjow sat onto the chair next to Ichigo and took his wrist into his hands, caressing the wounded appendage. "You were in so much pain…," Grimmjow whispered. "You could feel my pain?" Grimmjow silently nodded. "Does it have to do with being fated?" Grimmjow hummed in agreement. "It works both ways then? Because I felt regret from you. It was unbearable…," Ichigo took a sip of his Orange juice, letting out a sigh when he put it down. "One thing about being fated is that we feel all the others emotions. No matter how far away they are, you will always feel it." Grimmjow started quietly.

"You've been sad for a long time…ever since you were a child," Ichigo twitched at that and snatched his arm away from Grimmjow, staring at him with anger. "Don't," Ichigo hissed at the man as he stood up and walked towards the sink, looking at the used plates and cups drenched in now dirty water. "Whatever happened… I felt your anger…Your pain…Your sadness. I didn't know how to deal with it, 'cause just like you said…It was unbearable…," Grimmjow stared at nothing as he twisted the bottle of toxic in his hands. He turned his head slightly to look at Ichigo who had his arms wrapped around himself in a defensive state.

"I didn't know how to deal with it…and because of it I hurt the people who were around me at the time. I just wanted the agony to disappear. Not for me…but for you," Grimmjow stood up and walked towards Ichigo, standing close behind him but still having a small gap so they weren't touching completely. "You don't have to tell me what happened, but.. Is there anything I can do that could lessen the pain? I don't want to see or feel you being sad, Ichigo," Grimmjow shoved his hands into his pocket not knowing what to do with them.

"There's nothing you can do. There's nothing anyone can do," Ichigo said silently. "Won't you at least let me try?" The teal man let out a small sigh in defeat. He knew it would take a while for Ichigo to open up to him, this whole fated thing being new to the both of them, but Grimmjow isn't lying to himself when he says he really does like Ichigo, and he was going to make this, whatever this is, work.

Ichigo turned around and looked at the tall man in front of him. "Are you saying that because you actually care or because you're forced with the burden of being connected to me?" He asked as he squinted at the man. Grimmjow was taken aback, that question catching him off guard. Ichigo took the silence as a not so good sign and shoved passed him, heading towards the question. "You can sleep in the room to the left, upstairs. I think we're done talking," Ichigo walked out of the kitchen and Grimmjow stayed in place as he listened to Ichigo's footsteps trudge up the staircase and into his room.

He let out a sigh he didn't know he was holding and turned around to sit back at the island, taking a chug of his beer. He looked up when he could feel the presence of another being and seeing that Shiro was staring at him quizzically from the kitchen entrance. "So I take it your talk didn't go so well," Shiro couldn't help but give the man a taunting smirk, Grimmjow squinting at him in displeasure.

"Is he always so difficult?" the teal haired man sighed. "Only to people he's just met," Shiro took a seat across from him after he grabbed a plate and filled it with snacks, his golden eyes analyzing the panther in front of him. "But we've already met," The blunette huffed in annoyance. "Technically this is your first time actually meeting. The last time King saw you was not only when he was a kid but also when you were in your panther skin,"

"I'm always in my panther skin,"

"You know what I mean, asshat," Shiro huffed, munching on a cookie. "But don't take it to heart," he added on. "How? My supposed fated hates me because I couldn't answer a question fast enough. The hell am I supposed to do now?" Grimmjow leaned his head on one of his arms, the other grabbing the bottle and taking another swig of beer. "Like I said. Don't take it to heart. You might not believe me when I say this but Ichigo is actually a very trusting person. So trusting it got him to trouble a few times,"

"Then why does it feel like he's treating me like a villain?"

"Well you did bite him when he was a kid so…,"

"I didn't want someone else claiming him…," Grimmjow said silently in defense. "His smile…I haven't seen such a wonderful smile in a really long time and I just thought that I wanted to keep that smile on his face… but I guess that's going to be hard now," Grimmjow laid his head on the table, his arms wrapping around his head.

It was silent for a while, neither were-animal saying anything to the other. "If it makes you feel better. King does trust you to some aspect…since he's letting you stay in the house," Shiro suggested. "It's probably more for Nel than me," Grimmjow leaned up and looked at Shiro who huffed in annoyance. "Maybe, but he didn't kick you out did he? If he really didn't like you he would've told you to come back for Nel or something. That's just how he works," Grimmjow pursed his lips and turned his head to the side as he leaned onto his hand.

"Do you like him?"

"What?" Grimmjow looked at the man in front of him, seeing that Shiro was looking at him sternly, analyzing gold ones on annoyed Azure ones. "Do you like Ichigo?" Grimmjow squinted his eyes and let out a small sigh. "I like him," Grimmjow said with a serious tone. "A lot," he added as an afterthought. Shiro chuckled at that. "Then do what you have to do to make things happen," Shiro stood up from his seat and stretched his arms above his head with a groan, picking up his now empty plate and dropping it into the sink. "Show him you care, and all will be good," Shiro turned around but stopped at the entry way. "Ichigo's smile never reaches his eyes…It'd be nice if I could see that smile you fell in love with," was the last thing the albino said before heading upstairs to Ichigo's room.

Grimmjow sat there and stood up after a while, throwing the now empty bottle away and headed upstairs to the room Ichigo told him he could use, a new determination roaring through him. In the morning he was going to show Ichigo that he did care, and that they were meant to be fated for a reason.

Shiro heard the door click, indicating that Grimmjow finally decided to go to sleep, he transformed into a husky and trudged towards the bed, jumping onto the foot of the foot of it. He watched as Ichigo moved a bit in his sleep, his arms wrapped around the small frame that was Nel. He moved slowly and laid behind Ichigo' dropping his head on the Berries side. Ichigo groaned, "Where did you go?" he lifted up his hand and rubbed at Shiros' ear subconsciously. "I went to go cheer up a cat," the Dog yawned. Ichigo just breathed in and let out a small sigh, telling Shiro that he went back to sleep, the small figure in his arms turning to him and sucking on her thumbs. Shiro let out a content sigh and closed his eyes, his thoughts hoping that things would be better in the morning.

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"Grimmjow,"

Grimmjow groaned in his sleep, the light from the curtains raining down on his face, making the already aggravated panther turn his head away from whatever sound was reaching his ears.

"Grimmjow," Ichigo nudged him again, a bit more frantically.

Grimmjow turned his head and angry Azure orbs met annoyed yet worried Caramel ones, making the panther lean up and stare at Ichigo. "What's wrong?" Ichigo didn't answer right away, he just turned around and headed towards the door as he said, "Come look at this,"

Grimmjow quickly got up, and followed after him, both of them walking into Ichigo's room. The Berry stopped near his bed and Grimmjow looked over his shoulder to see Shiro, who was kneeling on the bed, looking at something with not only concern but interest. He followed Shiro's eyes to see that what once was a little bundle of joy was now slightly bigger.

He stared at the girl on the bed and noticed that it was in fact Nel, except she looked like she had grown. A lot. Her sea green hair was longer, even thought it was all over where she was laying it was clear it reached her mid back, and you can tell that she grew in height as well. Grimmjow walked around Ichigo, the man watching him as he leaned down and rubbed at Nels cheek. "Hey, Shrimp. You okay?" Grimmjow whispered. "Hnnn," Nel groaned. "Grimmy… Why does everything hurt?" Nel silently cried.

"You'll be fine. Go back to sleep," Grimmjow ran his hand through her now long hair, glad that she was finally starting to look like an 8 year old. "What happened to her?" Shiro spoke up silently from his seat on the foot of the bed. "Is she alright?" Ichigo asked as he stepped forward, his arms wrapped around himself as he looked between Grimmjow and Nel in concern. "She's fine. Nothing to worry about. She's just finally getting a taste of Omega Pheromones and it's helping her grow to the state she should be in," Grimmjow stood up and threw the covers over Nel.

"Omega Pheromones?" Ichigo turned to Shiro in hopes that the albino could explain but the dog just shrugged his shoulder with his lack of knowledge. "I thought you were and expert," Ichigo squinted his eyes in a questioning glare. "I only know what I know, King," the albino crossed his arms in defiance. Both of them turning to Grimmjow so that he could explain the situation more.

"Omegas have these certain pheromones they give off that are specifically towards children. It helps them grow. All Omegas have it for situations like this when the child, for any reason, is separated from their mother. I guess because there were two Omegas so close to her, she grew faster than anyone could have expected and because it caught her by surprise she's feeling the after affects of it," Grimmjow huffed in annoyance, finding it odd how he had to explain to Omegas what they do.

"So Nel looks her age now because of us?" Shiro asked as he got off the bed and went to stand next to Ichigo. "Yea," Grimmjow gave Ichigo a side glance then headed for the door. "Anyway leave her alone for a while. She should feel fine after she wakes up," Grimmjow left the room, not noticing the brown eyes following after him. "Wow, it's like we have super powers," Shiro said as he kneeled beside the bed and started poking at Nels face, much to the child's dismay. "Uh-huh, hey, can you watch Nel for a minute? I need to talk to her father," before Shiro could even answer Ichigo was out his room and closing the door behind him.

"Everyone is so eager early in the morning," Shiro scoffed as he went back to messing with Nels face.

"Grimmjow," Ichigo called as he stepped down from the last step on the stair case. Grimmjow peeped his head from out of the kitchen as he watched Ichigo with calculating eyes, waiting for the boy to speak. "About…yesterday…," the Berry started.

"What about it?" Grimmjow stepped out of the kitchen with a glass of milk in his hands. Ichigo stared at it and couldn't help but think that Grimmjow really was a cat. He coughed into his hand and looked up at the Blunette as he stepped towards him. "I… uh… said some mean things and asked a bad question and I just… I wanted to say sorry. The whole fated stuff is still kind of weird to me…," Ichigo watched as Grimmjow gulped down the cup of milk that was in his hand, a small amount running down his chin as Ichigo watched it go down onto his chest, the red head, for some reason, now noticing that the man was half naked and not wearing a shirt.

Grimmjow caught him staring and gave the kid a teasing smirk, making Ichigo blush. "A-Anyway! I just.. Uh… What was I going to say?" Ichigo looked everywhere but at Grimmjow.

"I get it. It's fine," Ichigo stopped his administrations and looked at Grimmjow, a blush still in place. "I'd be pretty mad if some guy suddenly came up to me, told me they were my soul mate, kiss me and then try to barge themselves into my life," Grimmjow walked up to Ichigo. "Not in that order, but I'm sure you get the point," he added as an after thought.

"But what I do know, is that I do like you. Not because of the fated crap, but because I fell for that stupid smile of yours when you were a kid. And my goal is to make sure I see that smile again," Grimmjow wrapped one arm around a blubbering, blushing mess that was Ichigo, "And whether you like it or not we're stuck together," He continued, his other hand going up to caress the small faint scar on the crook of his neck. "At least if this mark has anything to say about it," Ichigo shivered underneath his administrations and tried to push him away but Grimmjow held onto him tighter.

"So, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure you fall in love with me. So you better prepare yourself, Ichigo Kurosaki. 'Cause I'm not taking "No" as an answer,"

EEHHH? Was that a declaration? I think it was! Lol of course it is, I wrote it.

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