Rukia turned off the hot water knob, then as fast as she could, turned off the cold one. It had been two whole weeks and a half since she moved in, so she basically got used to almost everything.

Rukia got out of the tub and wore a large black shirt (that belonged to Ichigo) and gray sweats (that also belonged to Ichigo). Water was dripping from the tip of her hair but Rukia didn't bother drying it. All she wanted to do was plop down on the couch and turn on the t.v. Once she was down and settled on the gigantic couch, the lazy shorty turned the great big 3 feet plasma t.v. on. It had rained for a straight five hours and it had just recently started thundering. Rukia hated thunder. The thunder boomed and she twitched, then covered her ears as she made the volume on the t.v. louder.

Ichigo fiddled with the house keys, and six bags from Hollister was hanging from his hand. He was getting wet, wet, wet from the rain, and the thunder was going boom, boom, and boom. Eventually, he opened the door and automatically dumped the six bags on the floor. "Clothes," he finally managed to say. Rukia gaped at him then at the bags. How much did all that cost?

"Thanks for the…birthday present," she mumbled to the clothes.

The carrot-top looked at Rukia. "Birthday?" he asked.

"Yup, it's January 14th, I'm actually turning 17, and not 18…"she said. Ichigo paused to let the information sink into his brain. "Wait, but when I signed in your school forms, you said you were 17!" he said, "Why'd you lie?" "So, I could be in the same grade as you, dope," said Rukia as she rolled her eyes.

"Oh…" Ichigo rushed his hands through his hair, "oh, I didn't really get you that as a gift though, I just…got it."

Rukia stared at Ichigo, "well, you could get me another birthday gift…"

Her heart skipped two beats. It was something she always wanted to try since the night they met. She got up and slowly moved to where Ichigo was standing. He looked uneasy, "Rukia?" She shushed him and told him to close his eyes. It was something she had wanted to try for so long; she just couldn't help it anymore.

Automatically, she connected her lips with his once again. It felt so good to her. Rukia felt Ichigo shocked, then loosen up and return the kiss. He tasted like white chocolate. Yum. Rukia loved white chocolate. After another good few seconds, she needed to breathe and disconnected their…lips?

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Ichigo needed to breathe and slow thing down. He needed to think. But it seemed all he could think about was how great that kiss was. He saw her finally catch her breathe and this time, he was the one who kissed her gently first. And he felt her trying to deepen the kiss. He grinned slightly.

To Rukia, this was heaven. She got what she had wanted to do for the last two weeks and it was better than what she expected! It was even than kissing Kaien.

Her eyes widened as she thought of Kaien and automatically jerked away. Ichigo looked surprised. This was only the second girl who ever jerked away from his kiss. Bad breath?

The stupid orange fuzztop casually looked away and pretended to yawn, catching a sniff of his breath for a few seconds. Nope, it was minty breath…probably from the toothpaste he used that morning. "What's wrong?" he asked.

The midget looked away, "nothing…" Her voice was shaking. Obviously, something was wrong. "Thanks for the clothes." For such a little human being, she had amazing strength as she lifted up the six bags with her right hand. Though she wobbled a bit while walking, leaving the poor clueless standing there and staring at the space.

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Ichigo was like a drug. Once she tasted it, even just a little, she couldn't get him out of her head. Her heart would always skip a beat or two when she saw him. (It was annoying whenever he stepped out of his shower and he's like, all wet…)

She really was going to have a heart attack if she keeps on staying. Sooner or later.

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"I'm going," said Ichigo. "To where?" she asked. "To this guy named Keigo's birthday party…he kept on insisting for me to come and bring you along." It was clear that Ichigo did not want to bring her along. "I wanna go," Rukia still said. He groaned, "why???"

"Because I want to, gosh…"

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Ichigo had ditched Rukia somewhere in this gigantic party and around five boys had already tried hitting on her. It's only been four minutes since he ditched her too!

She crept her way to the punch table, trying hard to hide under all the other tall people. She took a sip. Yum. This punch is good! She drank about six cups when she finally found Ichigo. He was surrounded by girls and one of them playfully kissed him on the lip. It was a long one. Snap! "I caught a super good picture of that! My turn!" squealed a girl. Ichigo chuckled nervously, "did you guys drink the punch-?" he was interrupted by the kiss of another girl's. Rukia couldn't see it clearly, but she could've sworn he grinned slightly. Just like the way he did when he kissed her, on both times.

Feeling madness bubbling inside her, she marched up to Ichigo and that girl. "Boo," she said, then suddenly burst into a fit of giggles and the girl turned around, shocked. Ichigo took one look at Rukia and his mouth fell. What the—

The girl got off Ichigo (yes, she was on him and he was sitting on a chair) and stared at Rukia. "Who're you?" Rukia stuck her tongue out at the girl, "Your nightmare!" she giggled.

Ichigo looked nervous, "sorry girls, gotta go." He stood up and grabbed Rukia hands and led her out of the big house.

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"Rukia…Rukia! Look at me!" Ichigo roughly cupped her chins, "did you drink the punch?" She had been giggling and while he was still leading her away fro mthe house, she started crying. Her eyes were red, puffy, and tears were still coming down. She had been crying for a straight ten minute now. Rukia nodded, looking like a little girl. "How much did you drink?" he asked. "Bubba!" she squealed and giggled sadly, then continued crying and choking on her saliva.

Ichigo looked up as though an angel would suddenly come down and instruct him on what to do. But nothing came down, nothing fell down, except for the big one-ton iron bar that stated "you're in trouble."

For a few minutes, he just let Rukia cry and clutch onto his jacket. "Wh-wh-why don't y-you like me?" she choked silently. She hit with his chest curled up fist as hard she could. Ichigo' eyes became wide. "What?"

"Why don't you like me?!" she half-screamed. The people who were crossing the bridge turned around slightly to see what happened, then continued on. Young people these days, they thought. "I thought you would like me! And you know what? I like you too! I like very much! I don't care if you took away my family or my dead fiancé, I love you, dammit! I really really love you!" Rukia choked and sobbed and she clenched onto his jacket tighter.

Ichigo's mouth fell so hard, his jaws hurt. "Rukia…" he managed to say at last. She looked up at him, with big red innocent puppy eyes. She looked so cute, he chuckled as he nervously ran his hand through his hair. "Why don't you like me?" she asked once again. Then the tears came down. "I do like you," he said gently. His voice was so gentle, it shocked Rukia. She didn't know a player and an assassinator like Ichigo was capable of being so gentle.

It took plently of seconds to let that one phrase sink into Rukia's drunk head. "You…do…?" she felt herself grin as her head grew more dizzy. "yay.." she said softly. Then she slopped down to the floor like a jellyfish when it wasn't in water and started sleeping soundly.

"Yeah…" Ichigo said lightly. Then he felt her fall. "Oh crap!" he said out loud. He bent down. Was she dead?! Wait, no, did Keigo put poison in the punch? No, no, that's impossible…I had a lot of punch myself at first and I'm not dead yet…Oh wait, is she sleeping?

Carrot-top grinned and chuckled. He was so stupid. Innocent Rukia was just sleeping. She looked so peaceful and silent. Definitely not like how she was a couple of minutes ago. He carried her three quarters of the bridge when she woke up and unconsciously punched Ichigo, who she thought was a kidnapper. And whadya know? They fell off the bridge and into the water.

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Ay yah! Sorry for the slow update, but you know, I had school and everything. Please tell me if the IchigoXRukia actions came in too quickly or too slow. I could just put this as another chapter if you would like…I'm most likely to update…Saturday? Yeah, probably. [: thanks for reading! D

-Cyndi and Morgan who are talking on the phone…blablablaaaaaaa

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Uploaded, for the second time. Read the new chapter five. D Now all this stupid soul mate stuff wouldn't be too fast. Hehee…

-Morgan and Cyndi