The Proposal
Disclaimer: Bleach and The Proposal belongs to their rightful owners. I'm just playing around with the characters and plot.
A/N: First and foremost, I'd like to present a huge thank you to my reviewers who are all so supportive. Especially to those who corrected me on my name mistake thingy previously, and to those who reviewed more than once, i.e 'sagitgirlth', 'theflyinglion', and 'misfitthemiserable'. I appreciate it - I really, really do! Secondly, I'd like to wish all of you a very happy new year! Here's to wishing 2012 kicks ass!
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Rangiku shifted her body and buried her head deeper into the down pillow, trying to get the warm rays of light away from her face. She let out a little groan when she realized her shifting not only made one of the pillows fall to the ground, the angle she was in also made the light shine directly to her eyes, blinding them. Ngh, must be the sun.Rangiku groaned to herself. She thumped her arms randomly to the bedside table on the right side of the bed, grabbed the alarm clock, and brought it to her face. Rangiku could barely make out the numbers from her bleary eyes. She rubbed it once. Twice. Finally, she saw the 4 digits in front of her, 11.00.
Shit, I'm late for work.Rangiku jumped out of bed in panic, and was just about to change into her work attire, when her surroundings caught her eye. Oh, right. I'm in Sitka. Rangiku furrowed her brows. She then peered cautiously below the bed, and saw a mattress neatly folded on the parquet floor, next to the Baby Maker. She stared at the two things for a while, trudged herself out of bed, and then went into the bathroom for a bath.
Morning, dining room
"Morning." Rangiku smiled as soon as she saw Yumi and Gammy talking animatedly on the couch. "Hey, have you guys seen Tou.."
Gammy returned her smile, "Morning, dear. He's in the garden."
"You want breakfast, Rangiku? I cooked eggs and bacon. There's still some in the table if you do." Yumi waved her hand vaguely to the grand mahogany table. "You should grab a bite first. We have a whole day planned for you!"
"Oh, that's great! So what are we doing?" Rangiku asked as she helped herself to a plate of bacon and eggs.
"That, my dear, is a surprise. But you should hurry. You still have to get ready." Yumi said gently.
"Yeamph. Thas souns funh! And these," She lifted the plate of food, "are elichious, Yumi." Rangiku said in between bites. "I'm just gonna go and talk to Shiro for a bit, alright?"
"Of course, sweetie." Yumi dismissed her with a wave of her hand.
Garden
"Hey, what are you do- Oh my God! What is Momo doing over here?" Rangiku said with a little jump, causing some of the scrambled eggs to fall messily onto the grass.
"Hey. I see you're up." Hitsugaya stood himself up from his squatting position and stretched. "I'm playing with her. She's actually pretty... cute. Like you, in a way."
"Oh my God, you are so weird." Rangiku dismissed as she scooped the last remaining bits of bacon into her mouth. "Anyways, I just came by to talk to you before I leave. I'm going out later."
"Out where?" Toushiro asked raising an eyebrow.
"Your mum made plans for me and the girls later. Although I'm not quite sure who 'girls' refer to." Rangiku furrowed her brows together, thinking.
"Great, I'm sure you'll enjoy Sitka." Toushiro said after a while, poking Momo on her scaly back after he said those words.
"Ugh, that's disgusting. You better put her back in her aquarium when you're done." Rangiku crossed her arms, and scrunched her nose for the second time this morning.
"Nah, I think I'm going to put Momo in your bed later." Toushiro said with a playful glint in his eyes.
"Don't you dare, Hitsugaya Toushiro." Rangiku said as she backed up hastily against a small bush – trying to get as far away from Toushiro and the scaly pet as she could.
Toushiro scooped Momo gracefully in his arms and was just about to pretend throw Momo in Rangiku's direction when from the corner of his eyes, he saw his mother and Gammy looking suspiciously from the big glass windows.
"Rangiku!" Toushiro hissed.
"What?" The woman hissed back.
"Give me a hug, Rangiku."
"What? I'm not touching you." Rangiku said with a frown. "Are you drunk or something?"
"What? No! I just don't want mum and Gammy to think we're fighting or something. In case you didn't notice, they've been shooting worried glances to us for quite a long time already." Hitsugaya explained with a jerk of his thumb toward the where the two women were standing.
"Now come 'ere."
"No. I don't want to touch you. No, I..." Rangiku said reluctantly.
Toushiro captured Rangiku in his arms and whispered huskily in her ears, "Is it seriously that bad to hug me?"
"N-no, I just don't want you to touch me after handling th-that slimy creature." Rangiku mumbled back with a deep pink blush across her cheeks. "Mph, lemme go now."
"There. Such a good fiancée." He tousled Rangiku's hair and patted her back, ushering her away, "You should go get ready by the way. I think you're late already."
"R-right. See you." Rangiku said, still flustered by the previous encounter. The last thing she saw before she turned away was Toushiro kneeling down on both knees, playing with Momo again, with what seemed like a small smile plastered on his face.
Rangiku rubbed her eyes and soon left. She must have been mistaken, she concluded at last.
Moments later, alleyway
Rangiku stepped out of the car clad in a simple white tank and skinny jeans. Following behind her was Yumi and Gammy, both dressed in flowery dresses – which Rangiku made a mental note to buy before leaving Sitka.
"Here we are! I hope you're ready for your big surprise! Gammy announced excitedly, hands opened in a 'tada' fashion to a dingy metal door.
"Yeah, I hope you're ready too, because this is one of Sitka's greatest treasures!" Yumi added after dismissing the driver. "Oh, Rangiku, you're gonna love it!"
Yumi and Gammy both pushed the metal door, which opened with a loud squeak. Yumi motioned for Rangiku to follow her inside, "Come on, Rangiku, everyone is inside already!"
As soon as the door swung open, Rangiku saw several tables and chairs laid around the room. At least that's what she saw first anyways. The room was dimly lit and she had to squint. Also, the air was thick with the smell of cigarettes and overhead, the sound system was blaring rock music really loudly.
"W-wow. You guys bought me to a uh-club." Rangiku said aloud, somewhat confused. She stepped in carefully and glanced around the place and noticed there were actually a lot of people inside. "This place is crazy packed!" She shouted to Yumi and Gammy, trying to overpower the music. She whirled around and saw both women were apparently already sitting comfortably in a front line circular sofa already filled with people too.
Gammy motioned for Rangiku to sit next to her. The latter then hurriedly walked swiftly, dodging chairs and tables, and sat herself down just in time as the lights suddenly dimmed to blackness and brightly colored pink and blue neon lights flashed to a stage in front of the group.
"Ramone's our only exotic dancer here in Sitka, but we're lucky to have him!" Gammy leaned over and shouted with glee to Rangiku.
Rangiku was just about to ask who Ramone was when she was interrupted by a spotlight shining brightly to a man dressed only in a tight black leotard suit. Cheers and claps exploded and erupted throughout the club as though on cue.
Rangiku's jaw dropped opened.
To be Continued..
A/N: I couldn't think of a name to substitute Ramone, so I just used the movie's given name. All credits to them, alright? Anyways, my break's ending in awhile and school's starting in like, 3 more days. I'm apologizing in advance if I can't update as quick! Reviews make me happy c: