AN: Hey guys…I'm rather bored. So, I'm writing this next chapter. Sigh…THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS! XD… Keep it up XD anyway, with nothing more to say, except that its 2:05AM (stay tuned for a seriously WEIRD chapter)…Actually I'm writing this after writing that fricken long second chapter of my other AU RTNH fic…I got a bit tired, and decided I should come over here…:P

Gi and Hakama… Gi is the top, and Hakama are pants. Like what those old samurai's used to wear…

Those people who guessed why they were staring, well all I can say is, you guessed right! Please do not tell Ichigo though. He doesn't know yet.

And, no, there will be no lemons. This is after all, a T-rated fic. (Doesn't mean they can have fun though. XD)

Sorry that I couldn't update sooner, but it wouldn't let me upload! HONEST!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

A Summer Job: Business Trip (Part II)

"Rukia."

Someone's voice jolted her out of her unconsciousness.

"Oi, Rukia, wake up." The voice became a bit louder now, and she opened her eyes a crack.

She couldn't believe what she saw. "Kaien…dono…" she mumbled weakly.

"…'the hell…It's me, Ichigo. Who the hell are you mumbling on about?"

Oh yeah, Ichigo. Kaien didn't have orange hair. Ugh. Ichigo. Her last memories of him were…somewhat not pleasant. As she became aware of her surroundings she noticed that she was lying on a dirt path, and Ichigo was squatting beside her, a worried look plastered on his face.

"Oi, are you all right?" he asked, as he helped her sit up.

"Yeah… I'm fine…" she brushed away his helping hands because she was uncomfortable with the proximity.

"What happened back there?" he asked, the worried look still showing on his face.

What did happen back there? She had just seen Ichigo doing some…err…rather weird stuff. She blushed at the thought.

Meanwhile, Ichigo just watched her turn red. He decided he would never understand this woman, and if he tried to it would probably kill a lot of brain cells. And he needed those.

"Um…" Rukia began, still blushing, "I, uh, must have fainted due to…uh, the lack of sleep."

It was obviously a lie, and Rukia could see the hurt on Ichigo's face. Pfft, he could live with it she thought. There was no way she was telling him why she had fainted. She would probably faint again if she told him…

Thankfully, he didn't pursue the matter. He just looked happy that she had come to.

"Can you stand up?"

"Of course," she shot him a look of disdain. This teenage mortal was actually asking her if she could stand up. It wasn't as if she broke her leg or anything.

"Here, let me help you," he extended his hand to her as he sat up.

"Idiot." Despite her words, she took his hand, and pulled herself up.

She took her hand away from his as soon as she was on her feet. And then nearly fell down again, if it wasn't for Ichigo's fast reflexes.

"Of course my ass."

Rukia didn't say anything, but let Ichigo put his arm around her back, trying to ignore the rising heat on her face. God, what was happening to her, she thought. She was like, ten times older than this guy, yet she was blushing when he put his arm around her. And it was only to support her as well. Even with these thoughts, she didn't bring herself to look him in the eye as he drew her close to him.

Their bodies were so close to each other. He could feel the warmth of her skin radiating on to his. Ichigo grimaced. He was chanting in his head 'It's only 'cause she can't stand, it's only 'cause she can't stand, it's only 'cause she can't stand…' That chant would keep him sane till…till when anyway? Did she expect them to walk throughout the whole night?

As if reading his thoughts, Rukia spoke. "T-there's an inn around here somewhere. W-we can stay there the night." Her voice sounded like a crackle she thought.

"U-uh…y-yeah." Ichigo's wasn't much better.

As they walked together in silence, Rukia felt strength return to her legs. She could probably walk by herself now, she thought. But for some reason she didn't move from her position. Could it be that she…liked it? No, hell no. That wasn't the reason. Then how come she didn't move? She almost felt her body snuggle closer to his body.

She was jolted out of her thoughts as she heard Ichigo's voice. "Is that the inn?" He was pointing with his free hand to a rather large building on the side of the road. It sort of looked out of place, due to the fact that it was the only large building around the place.

"Yeah, that's the one." She was thankful for the dark. It hid the red that had decided to rest on her face.

They entered the doorway, blinking their eyes against the bright light. It took a while for them to get adjusted to the light. When they could see properly, they noticed that the attendant behind the desk was laughing lightly at them

"Oh my, such late visitors," she exclaimed. "You're lucky – we were about to close."

Rukia breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad we made it in time…"

Before she could say another word, the attendant cheerily interrupted her. "So, the married couple's room?"

Ichigo and Rukia both spoke up at once. And broke up at once.

"U-uh…we aren't…like that, ma'am," Ichigo managed to get out, turning red.

"Oh? But just now, you were…"

"Oh, I…uh, hurt myself on the way here, and so he had to…" she trailed off, not able to say any more, because she was blushing furiously.

Ichigo and Rukia looked away from each other, and the floor had suddenly become a lot more interesting to both of them.

The attendant smiled knowingly, but if you looked closer, you could've sworn that there was a glint in her eye.

"Well, that's a good enough explanation, no need to embarrass yourselves," the attendant laughed.

Ichigo and Rukia both heaved a sigh of relief.

"However," the attendant interrupted their sigh of relief, "the only room available is the married couple's room."

Crap. Rukia had never been in such a tight position, while the attendant just smiled cheerily.

"Wait, no wait." Rukia looked up to see Ichigo leaning over the desk, arguing with the attendant. "There just has to be another room."

"I'm sorry sir, but there isn't." She looked up at her client, who looked rather exasperated.

"Wait, what the hell does that say?" The attendant's smile teetered dangerously, then went back to full smiling mode as she covered the sheet of paper with her hands.

"Actually…" the attendant was saved by the girl client, who looked rather tired.

"Come on Ichigo, let's just take it."

"But…" The attendant smiled to herself. It was obvious the girl's opinion really did matter to the young man.

"Well, do you want to sleep outside?"

The young man named Ichigo, merely grumbled something to himself, but the consented. "Fine, fine."

"Excuse me," the young woman smiled a smile that would have matched the attendant's, "We'll take the room. Please be kind enough to tell us the price and the number."

"Certainly ma'am." The attendant looked at her papers. "Room 5. The price is 5 silver pieces." She smiled her winning smile.

Rukia just smiled back. Ichigo took a step backwards, rather scared over this exchange of smiles.

"Here you go," Rukia said as she handed the money over. She grabbed Ichigo by the arm, and started walking down the hallway to where their room was.

"Wow. Hold on. I am so not sleeping in the same room."

"Why not? I've slept in your room anyway," Rukia said, now oblivious of the attendant. The attendant's eyebrow's lifted in acknowledgement. Ichigo shot the attendant an exasperated look, but her face didn't change.

"H-hey, wait! What about…" he was cut off by Rukia.

"Look, I'm tired and I want to sleep. Could you not argue?" her tone was sharp, and Ichigo knew when to keep quiet. However, he was annoyed at the attendant who just flashed him a knowing smile and…and winked! How dare she. He glared right back.

He mumbled something to himself, and then allowed himself to be led by the hand to their room.

The attendant just smirked to herself as she looked down at the papers she had been covering with her hand. On the papers was a list of all the rooms in building. When a room was occupied she was supposed to tick off that room in the provided box.

The smirk soon turned into an evil grin, as she ticked off the box that was labelled 'Room 5: The Love Room'.

So far only that one box was checked. That couple were the only ones inhabiting this place, but they didn't even know it.

The evil grin soon turned into a soft maniacal laugh. Ok, so she liked putting people together. That didn't make her weird. Not much anyway.

Wow. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad. The room was rather spacious, and it had a sliding door that was connected to, no doubt, a toilet.

He glanced quickly around the room. Something…wasn't right. The whole room was scented with a faint smell, it wasn't unpleasant, but it was… And the walls were pink! What kind of room was this? And the futon...He watched Rukia stroll leisurely across the wide room, to an even longer sliding door that was nearly the whole length of the back wall.

She opened half the sliding door to reveal a steaming hot rock bath. That sounds really good at the moment, he thought to himself. Then he thought about Rukia.

This was not good.

After a few moments of staring at the bath, Rukia decided that she would get in. She turned around, to see Ichigo staring at the bath as well. On second thoughts, she would probably take a lot longer in the bath than Ichigo would.

It would probably be better for him to take a bath first, since she didn't want him falling asleep without taking a bath. Actually, more to the point, she didn't want to sleep in the same room as him, without him having a bath.

"Oi."

"Huh?" Ichigo looked over to Rukia. "What?"

"You go in first."

"What?"

"Just hurry up and go in."

"Why should I go in first?"

"Because I'll take a hell of a lot longer than you."

Ichigo sighed. He would never, ever understand women. But she was right…in this situation. He was thankful that he wouldn't have to wait 10 hours before Rukia decided to emerge from the bath.

AN: Ah, cliffy…sorta…XD lol…well I would LOVE to write more…but its getting a bit late…well early in the morning…so yeah…I'm kinda falling asleep… I just scrolled through it now…It's not that weird… Weird…Usualy it is pretty weird this late at night…-Thinks about the maniacal attendant- actually… lol…Please review:P:P and I will update as soon as possible! Writing the next chapter right now!