Ichigo sat in the park watching his sisters play on the playground. The day was sunny and not a cloud in the sky. It was one of those carefree days where you could feel like doing anything instead of being stuffed up in the house. Though his eyes were following Yuzu and Karin, Ichigo's mind was elsewhere.

Rukia was at the mall with Inoue and Tatsuki being dragged from store to store. She initially didn't agree to go with them, but was tricked into going. She received a phone call from Inoue saying that she needed her help on something. Then when Rukia arrived at her house, Inoue and Tatsuki were standing there with evil grins on their faces. Well, Tatsuki had an evil grin, but Inoue was making weird faces and saying strange things.

She was forced to then go with them as they went on a shopping spree.

"Wow! Look at this dress Rukia. It's so beautiful and it matches your eyes." Inoue held up the dress for Rukia to see. It had beautiful black flower design on the bottom of the dress. Rukia's eyes widened as she saw just how good the dress looked.

"Try it on!" Tatsuki said. She then directed Rukia to the dressing room and she began to try it on. When she stepped out of the dressing room, both Inoue and Tatsuki were amazed. Rukia looked perfect in it.

"Wow! You look so stunning." Inoue said as she tried to pull up her jaw which had dropped all the way to the floor. Rukia blushed lightly as she looked in the mirror and saw herself. She did look great.

"You have to buy that. I bet Ichigo would really like that." Inoue said involuntarily. Rukia glanced at her for a moment and thought about it.

"He would wouldn't he?" She replied. So they bought the dress and continued shopping.

'All according to the plan.' Inoue thought to herself.

Ichigo, Yuzu, and Karin all sat there slurping happily away at their ice cream. Ichigo had bought some from the vender that walked around the park. He looked at his watch.

"They should be finished by now." He whispered.

"Did you say something Onii-chan?" Yuzu asked. Ichigo began to laugh trying to wave it off as nothing. He blushed lightly as he continued slurping his ice cream. Both Yuzu and Karin noticed that he had been acting weird. As they were walking home, Ichigo's cell phone rang. He fumbled through his pocket until he answered it.

"It's going smoothly." The voice said. Ichigo smiled and thanked the person as he hanged up.

"Let's go in here!" Inoue grabbed a hold of Rukia as she nearly ripped Rukia's arm off going into the beauty shop. She began going through all the making, asking Rukia if she could put some on her to see how it would look. Before long, Rukia was covered with all kinds of blush, mascara, eyeliner, and other random assortment of make-up.

Rukia began coughing from the all the scents that Inoue and Tatsuki sprayed all over her. They began arguing about what smelled good on her and what didn't. Rukia felt like a test subject for them to test their beauty tips on. When Inoue finally decided on something, she bought her things and then they left.

Inoue left skipping happily still holding onto Rukia, who was tripping over herself trying to skip like Inoue. When they arrived at the house, Inoue put all of her stuff on the floor and headed towards the kitchen. Then she stopped and looked around.

"Wait a minute where is Tatsuki?" She said suddenly.

"I'm over here." A voice called from the kitchen. Tatsuki then emerged waving at them. Inoue smiled as she said she was going to make a pizza. After she put everything into the oven, Inoue began to gossip with the girls.

"Hey Rukia do you have a boyfriend?" Inoue asked. Rukia gave her a blank expression.

"Yeah, I have lots of boy friends. There's Sado, Ishida, Keigo, Ichigo, and everyone back at Soul Society." She answered. Inoue's and Tatsuki's head drooped a little after she answered them.

"No. What Inoue meant was is there a guy in your life that is very close to you?" Tatsuki corrected. Rukia began to wonder why they were asking such questions.

"Well I do have my brother Byakuya…"

"NO!" Inoue yelled randomly. "I meant is there someone you love." Rukia was a bit taken back by her sudden outburst. She repeated the words in her mind.

"Well…"