Disclaimer : I don't own Bleach (or any product that is named ;P)

Week one

~Monday~

"For me to know and you to find out… midget." Her eyes popped at the word and you could see that she was getting angry, but she solved the problem with one kick to shin of the tall orange haired man in front of her.

"Ouch… what was that for?" he rubbed his shin, trying to subdue the pain.

"For calling me a Midget, asshole." Her eyes bore into his and his mind came to a startling conclusion She has beautiful eyes… what no, Idiot Midget!

She walked around him, leaving her curiosity for another time. If you look closely you'll see that she was blushing, not full on, but her cheeks were rosy. She wanted to explore the house further but a strong hand grabbed a hold on her arm. "Where are you going, Midget… and who the hell are you?"

"For me to know and you to find out…" she mocked him and tried to get loose of his grip, but he was strong. "… mind letting me go?" she cocked an eyebrow to show him she was getting impatient.

"Actually… No. You can be a thief, breaking and entering. Who are you?" This time he cocked an eyebrow and moved in a little closer. If you were a fly on the wall, you could have sworn that he was going to kiss her.

"Yes… I'm a thief… pffft" she rolled her eyes knowing that the very hot and very attractive orange haired man was standing very close to her. She tried to get loose from his grip once again, and yet she failed… again. She flicked her one hair strand that was in her face away, just so that it could fall back into its rightful place.

"Midget…" he pulled her even closer and pushed her against the wall, her smooth velvet skin under his hands.

"It is Rukia… you idiot!" she still didn't give up on her failed attempts, she kicked him on the shin again and tried to get away. But his grip increased, holding her in place between him and the wall. Rukia… the name tickled his senses, he knew her or was it just the name. "Rukia Kuchiki… mind letting me go, now?" she place her palm on his chest and gave a playful push.

"Rukia… should that name make me think that you are not a thief and a hooker instead?" his amber eyes looked seductive in the light, but that didn't stop Rukia from planting a well oiled kick right in his beloved jewels. "Bitch! I want to have children someday!"

"If you ever get a wife idiot enough to marry an idiot like you." Her smile triggered something in him. His hand loosened around her arm and the other traveled to her back and pulled her closer to him. She could feel his breath on her cheeks and also the redness that was colouring them.

"Get away you fugly pervert!" Not that she meant it, because in her mind she couldn't stop screaming, in a very pathetic voice… God dammit kiss me!

"By the look in your eyes… you probably want me to kiss you…" her eyes jerked in a different direction, trying to avoid his gaze "…but I don't kiss midgets!" he let her go, making her fall to the floor as if an orgasm took control of her brain.

"Well I don't kiss Gingers" making a comeback was what Rukia was born for, but emphasising the word 'gingers' struck a cord at the mysterious orange haired moron that was walking away from her.

"What did you call me?" His eyes looked deadly and frankly it scared Rukia, it reminded her of her insane older brother. "Come on Midget say it again" he made his way over to her… very slowly as if to prove a point.

"G.I.N.G.E.R. ginger…" spelling out each letter as if he was a grade scholar "are generally considered to be inferior to their more melanin-rich brethren, and thus deservingly discriminated against. Gingers are thought to have no souls." She smirked knowing her high I.Q. was going to bring him down and kiss the floor she walked on… but she didn't intend him to do the next. He started to laugh, right out of his belly.

"Fine I can play it your way" he smirked again "M.I.D.G.E.T. A tiny sub-species of the human race. Mainly raised in midget mills, for the entertainment of normal people. Midgets in the wild are attracted to sugar packets, and if captured they serve many purposes, such as, midget butlers, wrestlers, and as collectables." At that moment Rukia didn't know if she wanted to kick his ass or kiss him. "What… no comeback?" This time she didn't say a thing, she just move closer… leaned in… and kick him his jewel box.

"Now you know… if you ever have children… God have mercy on your wife's soul… they will have orange hair and blue eyes." She quickly ran away from the testosterone filled male, laying on the floor in agony, making her way to her room.

When she was safely in the boundaries of her room she made her way to her bags, trying to catch her breath from the adrenaline rush. Her room wasn't small, but it wasn't huge. In the right corner, just next to her, stood a dresser and a long mirror on the wall, on the left side… across from the door was a table… probably a work desk for her to do homework on. On the right side along the window with wooden blades was a normal double size bed. It would do…

The next couple of hours she unpacked her bags, rearranged her room… putting books on the shelves and placing a picture of her brother on her desk. She glanced at her watch and it glowed 09:23 AM and she felt exhausted. She wanted to have breakfast and to say hello to the guys… but what if she met the rude, obnoxious, orange haired, idiot that looked like a god compared to the others she was stuck with for a few months. She looked at herself in the mirror, she had bags under her eyes and looked absolutely horrid. "Time for a shower, Rukia" she told herself and grabbed her shower kit, a pair of fresh new clothes and made her way out into the wild. When she finally found the bathroom after asking Renji who came out of the room next to hers with a big smile on his face, she turned the warm water on and started to undress.

Climbing in the shower she pulled the black shower curtain closed just for extra precaution. When the water hit her body it silently thanked her for the warm liquid that unknotted her muscles. She grabbed her favourite strawberry scented shampoo and dumped a lot on her hair. That's when the bathroom door swung open. She grabbed her towel not giving a damn if it got wet.

"Renji, why can't I come into my own freaking bathroom?" She heard obnoxious voice from the other side and knew this time he wasn't ever going to have children.

"Rukia is in there!" Renji's voice was kind of irritating but it did help her at this given moment. And just on queue the shower curtain was yanked from its position to reveal a shampoo covered raven haired girl holding on to a towel for dear life.

"YOU!" her eyes narrowed as it met with warm amber brown eyes.

"What is a midget doing in my shower!"

"Ichigo… she is the new Foreign Exchange Student! Dumbass."

"Dumbass? You are the one who didn't tell me we have a girl this year and that she was in my shower!"

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here…" Rukia's presence as ignored and the two continued to bicker.

"Well maybe if you were home sometime you would know that a GIRL was going to life here for SIX MONTHS!"

"Six months" he whispered, still ignoring the nude girl (in a towel) in the shower he was standing only a foot away

"Renji! Ichigo! Get out NOW!" this time both their heads yanked in her direction, Renji was immediately greeted with crimson cheeks and stormed out of the bathroom. Ichigo on the other hand slowly made his way to the door, but stopped.

"Nice strawberry shampoo, midget!" with that he was out of the door before bottle of strawberry scented shampoo could hit him on the head.

Rukia's first day at her new home (for six months) was interesting and really confusing. She tried to dodge Ichigo, she finally knew his name, but failed because each time she left her room he was outside her door. Not at her door, but somewhere in the hall. So her first day was spent inside her room reading.

Knock-Knock

"Hey, Rukia it's dinner…" Toshiro stated from outside her door. She had to miss lunch and she wasn't too comfortable to go make something herself. Making her way to the door she convinced herself that the idiot named Ichigo would not bother her the next six months. She was going to ignore him.

Well that was her plan.

Dinner wasn't quiet… hell no. The guys looked well mannered, but it would take time to get use to them and the antics. The whole table was full… salads, roast beef, potato's, bread sticks, rice and stuff Rukia never even heard of. When everyone was seated, the feats began.

"So Rukia, what made you come here?" Renji who was sitting next to her started the conversation on her past, a subject that she didn't like too much.

"Oh… my brother is a pain in my ass… so I decided to "take a break" from him and is mood swings. Not that he as any." She said it with a fake smile and her acting skills. If the guys would fall for it, her head would be through. Her eyes once again connected with a silent amber eyed boy sitting at the far side of the huge table. And in those eyes she knew he notice her act.

"Well… unfortunately for you, now you have 6 guys instead of one. Bold move Midget" Ichigo's cocky voice was heard for the first time at dinner.

"Well… Strawberry" she said the word as irritating as possible, because she was curious early who he was so she decided to Google him. And then she notice that his name actually meant strawberry, she couldn't contain herself when she found out and almost laughed for a whole hour. "When I'm home… I can't kick my brother's ass, but your ass I can kick." His eyes popped in disbelieve, but he said nothing which surprised each boy at the table.

There was an awkward silence and then Shuuhei decided to talk. "Rukia what music do you like? Just don't say classic…"

"Well actually I like Rock, mostly stuff from RED and Linkin Park" His eyes grew with anticipation, like he was begging her to kiss him or something.

"That's so cool! You have got to come to room lat..."

"… Shuuhei that ain't happening with her! You dimwit!" Rukia gave Toshiro a questioning look. "Oh… Rukia. Shuuhei is known for his lady company if you get what I'm saying."

It took her a while, but figured it out and started laughing which resulted in 5 pairs of eyes looking at her… expect one amber brown pair.

Dinner continued with more useless questions, small talk and remarks. Afterward she excused herself and told the brood of guys she was going to bed, because "Jetlag is a total Bitch…"

~Tuesday~

After sleeping what felt like days, Rukia hauled her body out of her bed and down to the kitchen. She didn't give a damn that she was still in her Chappy-bunny PJ's, the guys wouldn't dare laugh or it would be the end of them. Her violet eyes scanned the hall and found it empty. All the doors were open and the rooms were empty. The cold steps of the spiral staircase sent a shiver up Rukia's body, making her aware it was winter and not summer. Downstairs were empty to. Which was very surprising for Rukia, yesterday the whole house was buzzing all hours of the day, because the guys decided they would take the day off at school to welcome her. Now… nothing.

The huge refrigerator doors opened after Rukia nearly pulled the life out of it. She examined the content and found something to her liking, but unfortunately 'Ichigo's HANDS OFF!' was written on it. She didn't care, she grabbed the strawberry flavoured yogurt and plunked on the sofa. The black sofa stood in front of a huge TV and Rukia decided to use it (abuse it). She didn't have school for another 3 days and she had already done everything she should have done… now it was time for a little relaxing.

After flipping through all 267 channels she settled to watch a rerun of Titanic. It wasn't her favourite and it didn't make her eyes leak, but it was the only thing worth watching. The scenes rolled by and each time she saw 'Jack' she couldn't help but think of a ginger that was living with her and almost saw her naked yesterday.

"What are you doing Rukia? Get that idiot out of your head…" she continued talking to herself and arguing until the movie was done. Not knowing what time it was Rukia just slumped up and down the house, she did have the urge to look in the guys' rooms, but thought it would be entering their personal space and she was afraid what she might find. She decided to shower, this time locking the door and putting up a note on the outside saying she was inside so "DON'T ENTER!". She glared at her strawberry shampoo and tried reasoning not to use it, but in the end she lost to herself she grabbed it and started to wash. The hot steam filled the hall when she opened the door after her very normal shower. She dressed herself in a skinny dark-blue jean and a green button shirt. Her room was to perfect even for the Kuchiki princess, but knowing herself it wouldn't be like this for long.

She was settling in to read 'I am Number Four' when she heard the door opening and 5 or 6 voices entering. The book was placed upside-down on her nightstand to mark her place. "Rukia? You still here or did you run away?" Renji seemed to be in a good enough mood or maybe he was just happy that he was home were Rukia was.

"No Renji, I ran away to join the Circus!" she glared at him which he must have interpreted wrong, because he just smirked at her.

"Wipe that idiot smile of you face Abarai…" Toshiro entered from the kitchen holding a glass of water. He looked pissed as usual.

"Toshiro, don't waste your breath on an idiot" Uryu pushed his glasses up and examined the pathetic look Renji was giving him.

"How was school?" Rukia butted in before they started to throw fists at each other.

"Boring as usual…" Renji took a bite out of an apple and tried to finish his sentence which didn't turn out too good.

"You just don't like it, because you aren't good in it" Uryu started again. Luckily this time they both went into the living room and argued there. Toshiro was typing something on his phone with a huge smile on his face.

"Rukia, do me a favour if Kurosaki comes home and asks were I am…tell him I'm at Momo's." Rukia gave him a puzzling look "Oh Kurosaki is Ichigo…" he paused for a moment thinking if he should asked the following, but did anyway "… do you and Kurosaki have something going on?" Rukia was startled by the question. It has been two days since they met, how much could there be going on?

"I saw him staring at you at dinner last night…plus he is never this cocky to a girl."

"I doubt that!" she snickered at the thought that the rude, obnoxious guy could actually be a gentleman.

"Well, let's just say he is never this… outspoken, to girls that is." Toshiro grabbed a soda from the refrigerator and headed out. Rukia sat dumbfounded in the kitchen until she heard a crash from the living room, she headed out to find Renji sitting on the floor like a preschooler with Toshiro's foot in his face. A vain popped on Toshiro's face as he left the room and disappeared.

"That happens a lot, doesn't it?" Rukia looked to Chad to answer the question, he only nod and continued to watch the game on the huge T.V. placed in front of him. Renji sat upright and rubbed his scowling face and mumble something about getting him next time.

With all the commotion Rukia came up with a great idea to get out of the house. She quickly ran to her room and grabbed a jacket and some boots, she was going for a walk in the winter wonderland outside the house. She made her way down the stairs told Chad and Renji, who were still watching the game on T.V. that she was going out for awhile. When she reached for the door handle, the door suddenly swung open… connecting with Rukia's face, sending her back a few meters and making her land on her ass.

Ichigo stood at the door and stared at the girl on the floor holding her nose. "You big moron! Couldn't you open the door softer or something?" she let go of her nose and examined her hand to see if she was bleeding, luckily for Ichigo she wasn't or else he was going to have a miserable day.

"Oh… sorry" he unwrapped his scarf and hung it behind the door. He walked passed her, not even trying to help her up. A glare followed him until he was out of sight. Rukia pulled herself up, with the help of a small table… which she luckily didn't land on. She wasn't going to let that big blubbering strawberry ruin her mood. The doorknob turned slowly, checking fast to see if someone was there she exited. The breeze was cold and uninviting, but of some reason Rukia enjoyed the feeling that hugged her body. She walked around the city until she walked past a park, the sun was just about to set and the scene was beautiful. On a bench turned to the sun, a couple were sitting. Rukia couldn't help but be jealous. She always wanted a relationship, something she could hold close to her heart, but she never met anyone who made her blush of squeal every time she sees them. The couple got up, gave a quick hug and kissed. The dark haired girl then sprinted of in the other direction, leaving the short white haired guy behind. When he turned to Rukia's direction she could see who it was.

"I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Toshiro?" He jumped when he saw her, then frantically scanned their surroundings.

"Is Kurosaki nearby?" He startled her, but she shook her head and his face was once again filled with relieve.

"Who was that? An ex-girlfriend of Ichigo's?"

"Oh I wish it was… then maybe he would understand, but…" he paused turning to the sun that just went down and the little glimmer of sunlight that still was visible was busy starting to fade.

"But…" she encouraged him to continue.

"That was Karin… his younger sister"

"Oh…is he an overprotective brother?"

"Yeah…" They walked home together not saying much. Rukia knew that she had to keep this a secret, the glint of happiness she saw in Toshiro's eyes made it worthwhile. She was going to help them protect their secret, until they decided to make it public. When they arrived home, nobody said anything. The table was packed with food again… chicken, green beans, sweet potato and salad.

"Who makes all this?" Rukia interrupted Uryu and Renji's fight over the last chicken wing.

"Oh… That would be Ichigo…" she glanced over to him, he just continued eating like they weren't there. The next bite she took an odd feeling started brewing in her stomach.

~Wednesday~

The noise woke her up early in the morning, someone was probably injured or they were late, because outside her door was a huge commotion. Fortunately she didn't give damn, just pulled the covers over her head and again fell in to a dreamless sleep. When she woke again she grabbed her phone 10:36 AM glowed in bright pink digits. Smiling to herself because she slept more than 12 hours, she stretched feeling something snap. Not a bad snap, but one of those good snaps that makes all the difference.

Deciding to skip the shower she grabbed some brunch from the refrigerator, well more like leftovers from last night. Ichigo is really a good cook. Again her routine of lying on the sofa watching some old movie she'd seen a hundred times commenced.

Mean while a few miles away a school bell chimed and a lazy amber eyed boy sighed. "Lunch is done and one period left…that's all" he encouraged himself, after he placed his lunch tray in the right holder he left the cafeteria knowing someone was waiting for him.

"Ichigo! Honey!" an over excited voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Orihime… Yo" he waved unenthusiastic, but that didn't stop the busty young girl to pull him in a hug.

"So can you come to my house after school or are we going to your house?" she gave a puppy face and twisted her hair like a grade one girl or worse a baby that wants milk.

"Sorry Hime… I got to go to" he paused for very short moment "track this afternoon"

"I didn't know you signed up for track?" her brown eyes looked pleading and hurt "Don't you want to spend time with me?"

A sigh escaped Ichigo's lips as he began to explain… "I want to spend time with you, but this is my last year so I try to do everything I possibly can and…" he wanted to continue lying, but she was so gullible and immediately interrupted him.

"…Oh I'll come cheer you on, I am after all the head cheerleader." She bounced up and down from her glee, kissed him on the cheek and disappeared before he could reject her. He scratched the back of his head knowing this wasn't going to turn out to well.

"Dude? Why do you still go out with her?" Renji leaned next to Ichigo as he opened his red locker and took out his Science books.

"Why should it matter to you? Renji? Looks like you have your eye on Rukia?" Renji jumped back at the idea, but he knew Ichigo was right. "Stop blushing you lovesick idiot." The bell rang and Ichigo 'playfully' hit Renji on the head to get him out of his daydream.

"See you after school bro."

"Nope… I have track."

"Track? You don't do track." Renji gave him a puzzled face, all Ichigo did was point at Orihime and sighed. "Oh… lying failed again, didn't it?"

"Yip… So tell Toshiro he is making dinner tonight…" They walked into the classroom where a blue haired Professor stood writing something on the board. As Ichigo went to his seat he heard how the girls were gossiping about their new teacher's hair colour… It seemed that he 'fell in to toxic waste' or he was 'dared by his daughter', Ichigo only smirked and sat right at the back, alone. Something he enjoys actually.

"I'm Prof. Kurotsuchi" The blue haired man in front said with a evil smile planted on his face. Ichigo could feel everyone wish that Urahara was still their teacher but… he wanted to open a shop, so he left the school and left them with this… this maniac.

The period dragged on as they were taught about ions and all that boring jazz. Ichigo kept staring out of the window, looking for something to entertain him. When the bell finally tolled and the teenagers were released from their prison, Ichigo made his way to his car to grab his sports bag, he always had a spare for day like these. The black 1967 Mustang stood in the corner of the school's parking lot, Ichigo made his way over, but was stopped by a Dodge GT that almost ran him over. "Ikkaku you moron!" Ichigo shouted as it just drove away.

"Nice of you to join us Kurosaki" Ichigo continued to scowl standing in front of Yoruichi, the coach, not really wanting to be there.

"Yeah yeah, whatever Yoruichi…" he sprinted away from a catlike woman with purple hair that was chasing after him. While jogging he continuously looked out for Orihime and her gang of cheerleaders. Luckily she didn't show… Maybe she broke a nail?

Afterward Ichigo was huffing and puffing as he climbed into his Mustang and turned the ignition on, letting the car hum to life.

"Why do I always get myself into these situations?" he mumbled to himself as he drove up the driveway.

~Thursday~

The day started normally, well as normal as possible. The guys were all late again, and the house was in ups and arms… running around searching for homework and textbooks. Toshiro and Uryu was in the kitchen discussing if they were going to throw a party to welcome Rukia, because tomorrow was her first day at Seireitei High and they didn't want her to feel left out. Ichigo only shrugged when they asked him. Chad nodded in agreement and Shuuhei went into a daydream plotting the sneaking in of the alcohol that wasn't actually allowed in the house. Ichigo's dad that owned the house told them (ordered them) that nobody was going to get drunk under his roof, unless he was there… probably getting drunk with them. Rukia was still sleeping in and the guys envied her for it, each of them had the urge just to burst in her room and wake her up, but none had the courage.

Renji and Ichigo made their way to the Mustang and the others to the Jeep, that's when Ichigo and Renji started a really odd conversation.

"Ichigo? Do you think Rukia will go out with me?" Renji climbed into the passenger seat while Ichigo stood still, frozen outside the car. "Ichigo?"

"Renji, maybe you should get to know her first…" As Ichigo climbed in her didn't look at Renji not even in his direction.

"I know… Tomorrow night I'm gonna lay some ground work." Renji smirked at the idea of a raven haired girl at his side.

"She doesn't seem like such a… what is the word… typical girl." Ichigo kept his eyes on the road and not turning to Renji.

"What do you mean?"

"She just seems to complicated"

"Complicated? Says the one who is dating Orihime Inoue" a chuckle was heard and a death glare was seen.

"Just lay of Orihime, all right?"

"Dude… do you even like her?"

"…Yeah" this didn't convince Renji at all, but he just decided to shut his mouth and not say a word, for Ichigo would kick his butt.

"What do you think of Rukia?"

"That little midget, with her attitude… she ain't worth the time to talk about, all she do is irritate me to hell." Renji just glared at him.

"You sure have a strong opinion of her…"

"… no I don't, I just know her type." And like that the conversation ended and school began.

School was a pain in their butts, but Rukia… she was getting bored sitting at home, watching old movies and eating Ichigo's yogurt. She was still in her PJ's mostly because she just got up, her hair was a mess and she could feel how full of plaque her teeth were. She was slumped on the couch when her phone began to ring. The call I.D. wasn't to her liking, but she needed to answer it.

"Brother, Good…" she paused and looked at the clock "Morning"

"Good day Rukia, are you already settled in?" his voice was nonchalant.

"Yes, the house is really beautiful…"

"What about the people sharing this house?" she didn't want to get him mad, but she didn't want to lie either.

"They are all nice and well mannered, the cook is fantastic." She quickly change the subject to avoid him asking more questions she wasn't ready to answer.

"I'm glad. I will call you again in a few days. Rukia please don't do something reckless" with that the call ended, she didn't even get the chance to say good bye.

The day slowly dragged on, after watching Finding Nemo for the millionth time she went to her room and stared at her book collection. The idea sprung her unexpectedly, but it would take up some of her time. She grabbed the almost empty diary and started to scribble…

Thursday 20/01/11

I'm sitting in my room, trying to think of a way to pass time… and this is the only think I could think of. The last four days I have "watched" my roommates… they're a curious case I must say. I think we are going to be good friends, except for Mr. Ginger. Bleh. That guy has too much ego, it must be bad for him.

Okay so here is my analyses:

Toshiro Hitsugaya

He likes taking pictures (and videos). I think he wants to become a director or something (something that gives orders out)

He is really… small, almost like me, maybe a bit bigger.

He calls everyone on their surnames… which is weird.

Renji Abarai

He has freakishly looking red hair… he said he was dared to dye it red in the holidays by his friend Izuru… why would someone do that?

He does Karate for a living, I think he is a black belt or something.

He looks weirdly at me… and smirks a lot.

Yasutora "Chad" Sado

He is really quiet, maybe not the sharpest pencil in the pack.

He is big… not fat, but strong. I think he does some sort of sport, I haven't asked him yet.

Uryu Ishida

Smart-ass, stuck-up ass and general know-it-all.

I like his attitude!

Shuuhei Hisagi

Pervert! But he has good taste in music.

He is in a band! Cool ain't it… I think he is the drummer (don't know the other members, but I will find out.)

Ichigo Kurosaki (said Ginger)

He is rude, obnoxious, a pain in my ass… and … well hot. But that is beside the point. He acts all high and mighty around me. Toshiro says he actually a gentleman with girls. I doubt that. He called me a Midget! WTF!

Plus he has orange hair, I doubt it is natural… He must've bleached it or something. And he always comes home later than all the others… maybe he deals drugs after school?

She looked at the page and started giggling. She didn't know these guys, but she sure as hell was going to find out. As the day pressed on Rukia didn't do much. When the guys arrived she quickly yanked out jeans and a normal T-shirt. Her hair was in a messy bun, letting a few strands hug her face.

"Hi guys!" she cheerful greeted them and a chorus of "Hi Rukia" greeted her. Again they all made small talk and she found it to her liking, they could really make her smile. After an hour of random chitchat one-by-one they all disappeared to go do their homework (well that's what they said.) Renji went to karate practice when Ichigo returned home. Uryu was sitting on the sofa reading, what looked like a physics book. Toshiro was cleaning his camera lenses.

Everything was starting to get boring, so to save a little energy for school tomorrow, Rukia went to bed at eight leaving the guys at their own mercy.

~Friday~

The alarm clock beeped and beeped until Rukia threw it across the room. "6 o'clock" she groaned. Her body wouldn't move. After fighting with herself about 15 minutes she got out of her warm bed and made her way to the bathroom. The hall was quiet except from the soft snoring, tossing and turning. When the clock struck 8:15 Rukia was dressed, fed, books were packed, make-up (the little she wore) was done, teeth were brushed and she was standing ready, waiting for the guys who were running around like chickens without heads.

"Toshiro, why don't you guys get up earlier?" he was munching on his cereal when he looked up and shook his head.

"In this place, that would never work…" she gave an odd giggle which made Renji laugh when he came into the kitchen.

"Morning Rukia, ready for school?" he cracked a huge smile, putting her mind at ease.

"As ready as I'll ever be..." she gave a fake smile, trying to cover up that she was scared. A fear that always found Rukia's heart is not to be accepted, although she was already comfortable at the house, with six guys, she didn't know how everything would turn out at school.

After the guys, except Ichigo who disappeared, debated who would take Rukia to school, it was agreed that Toshiro will take her in his dark blue CITI Golf. Rukia paid attention to the road as they went, taking mental notes so when she gets her own car she wouldn't get lost.

The parking area was huge, filled with a lot of teenagers and very expensive cars. Rukia wasn't a stranger to all this, but in her old school there were no more than 250 students, here in the parking lot alone, was more than 500. Everyone stared at her when she and Toshiro got out of the cars. Toshiro gave her an encouraging smile and showed her to the principal's office, acting nonchalant if anyone stared. After a brief knock on the door a horsed Enter was heard. Turning to Toshiro she gathered all her might, his smile helped. When he turned around and walked away to greet a dark haired girl with a bun, Rukia used all her courage and opened the door.

The office was one of those old studies you always see in haunted houses at the corner of the street. At the desk sat an old man, probably over 100 years old, he was bald and had a long, like seriously long beard attracted to his face. On the neatly organized desk she could read his name plate 'Principal Yamamoto'. He pointed her to a chair which she gladly accepted.

"Mrs. Kuchiki, welcome to Seireitei High. The next six months is going to be hard for you, but I hope you will enjoy it." His voice was strong and had an added authority tone to it.

She gulped. "Thank you, sir. I'm glad to be here."

"I trust those boys you live with gave you your books and class schedule?"

"Yes, they have sir."

"Then you may leave." She stood up, bowed respectably and exited the office of the man she feared the most as of today. That was short and definitely not sweet. When she was in the hall and safely away from the atmosphere, she yanked out her schedule and proceeded to her classroom. Renji and Uryu tried to explain to her the previous day where what was, but they got in an argument… so now she was walking up and down the hall. All the students stared at her and she got that feeling that every new student gets… Oh shit, what am I going to do?

She tried to get a hold of one of the guys, but not one of the six was near. She thought Maybe they are hiding… she smirked at the idea of herself kicking their butts one-by-one after school. When her locker was located she looked at the schedule to see what the combination was… 52-74-36. The door opened to reveal a box of nothingness.

"Hi, I'm Momo Hinamori." Rukia jumped when a cheerful voice greeted her from behind. She had seen the girl before, she was with Toshiro.

"Oh, Hi… Rukia Kuchiki." Rukia smiled, feeling that she already had a new friend. When the bell finally rang, Rukia and Momo already discussed Toshiro and the other guys… which made the Rukia feel like they had been friends since birth. Momo pointed her out to her first period's class, Momo only winked and said in a very secretive voice… "Good luck". Rukia had no idea what she was talking about. Science (at her old school it was Physics) wasn't something she should be afraid of… or should it be?

When she walked into the classroom she immediately caught a glimpse of orange hair… sighing she went to the teacher. That's when Rukia knew why she needed luck, this guy was a serious weirdo…She was introduced to the class and given a seat, next to a rude, obnoxious, orange haired teenager, who only groaned and continued to look out the window. Throughout the day Rukia met new people, interesting people. She finally met Izuru Kira… the guy who dared Renji to dye his hair red, in her second period English class, which was taught by a very loving man, Mr. Ukitake. He made Rukia feel at home, with his warm smile and non rash behaviour. On her way to third period, Maths, she accidently bumped into the school nurse, Mrs. Unohana… she looked nice and all, but the vibe Rukia got, scared her half to death.

Maths… although half of the world thought it was a pain in their butts, Rukia loved maths and her teacher loved it too. Mrs. Nanao Ise, gave class with pride and understanding, that's probably the only reason everyone passed. In the middle of the period a man wearing a straw hat barged in and "kidnapped" Mrs. Ise and ran off. The class only laughed and started to chat alongside friends.

"What the…" Rukia's mind was boggled by what just happened. She turned to the class and they acted like nothing happened…

"Don't worry about it, that happens a lot…Mr. Kyoraku has the hots for our Teach… " a bald guy next to Rukia said, while slumping down in his chair ready to take a nap.

"Oh Ikkaku don't be rude" a feminist voice came from the other side of Ikkaku "I'm Yumichika and this is Ikkaku"

"Oh… I'm Ru.."

"Rukia Kuchiki, we know… Renji hasn't shut up about you since 3 days ago" Ikkaku said with a light yawn. Rukia was not surprised by the fact Renji talked about her, it just why does he talk about her… that bothered her. After 15 minutes Rukia and Yumichika was deep in conversation about the guys in her house… she found out Renji have never kissed someone, Chad was half Mexican and that Ichigo's hair colour was natural and he of course sat in the back of the classroom. Yumichika continued to gossip when Mrs. Ise returned and apologized to the class on behave of Mr. Kyoraku. Forth period was a complete joke… Life sciences, each grade had one of these periods, only the gods know why.

This is where Rukia saw Mr. Kyoraku in his natural habitat. He made jokes, told the class to forget their homework and take a nap with him. Rukia only stared at her classmates as they obeyed him.

Fifth period… P.E. How teenagers dreaded this period and Mrs. Soi Fon didn't make it easy… it is do as you are told… or take a hike (literally!)

When it was time for lunch, Rukia almost kissed the floor when the bell rang to let her escape from the hell of P.E. she got dressed in her jeans and blue/purple long sleeved shirt and joined Momo, Toshiro and Uryu at lunch. By now her head was filled with what felt like thousands of names… Nemu, Keigo, Tatsuki….

She was only surprised when Ichigo entered the cafeteria with a red haired girl with big 'assets'. She wore a red cheerleading costume, that barely covered all the necessary. From afar Rukia could hear her overly joyous voice and immediately got a headache. She continued to stare at the couple, tracking the movements… they moved together, talked together, but didn't look together. Ichigo continued to stare in other directions than the girl and talk to others that was not her. She looked used to it…

"That's Orihime Inoue…" Uryu's voice held an emotion Rukia couldn't place… envy? Hatred? "… she and Ichigo are our schools 'it couple'… plus she's the head cheerleader." He took a bite out of his sandwich and continued talking to Nemu. Rukia wanted to talk to her new friends, but she couldn't draw her eyes away from Ichigo and Orihime.

"Rukia… you have French now, don't you?" She didn't even hear when the bell tolled, but everyone in the cafeteria was getting up and going to class.

"Yeah, and you Shuuhei?"

Before he answered he dug his hands in his pockets and slumped into gangster walk… "I have Maths… God save me!" he begged to the ceiling. Rukia couldn't help but chuckle.

On her way to French Rukia saw Ichigo slamming his head against his locker door and mumbling something about his 'stupid old man'. She chose to ignore it and continued walking to her class. Her French teacher. Mrs. Yodamaru reminded her of Mrs. Ise, she was not as sweet as her, but with her black hair and glasses Rukia could have sworn they were sisters.

"Bonne journée de classe ... s'il vous plaît obtenir votre manuels sur."* She ordered them, while Rukia was reaching for her bag she saw that Momo was with her in the class and Yumichika. Luckily she wasn't alone…

Momo walked with Rukia to Toshiro's car, talking about how great it was that Rukia was there… "so I'll see you tonight then… oh but what are you going to wear?"

"What?" Rukia tried to remember what was going to happen, but it completely slipped her mind.

"The party, at your house? Remember?" With a burst of knowledge Rukia suddenly remembered, she slapped her forehead as to say… 'Idiot brain'.

Six hours later and said party was going strong, the music was blaring out of Shuuhei's enormous speakers, the house was packed from corner to corner and the smell of cheese puffs filled the air. Rukia tried to get some air, but the place was so full of people dancing and eating, she couldn't get through. Worst was everyone was greeting her, 99.9% of the time she had no idea who it was. At the other side of the room evil was brewing, yes Shuuhei somehow spiked the punch and the results was just beginning to show. It wasn't 42 minutes and the party turned in to a mad house… everything got louder and even more out of control. Shuuhei smiled at his success. When Rukia finally made it out of the room to the dark back porch she felt I little queasy after having more than 6 cups of punch. The garden looked cold in the winter night and out of touch as there was no light, only the sound of the party raging inside. The stars were bright, or that is what she thought…

~Saturday~

More than one shiver tickled her body at the same time, she had no feeling in her hands, ears, nose, face, feet, legs… well her whole body. She was too afraid to open her eyes to see what she was going to find. The image of last night's party was still in her head, but what happened after that was a blur.

"Rukia?" The voice was warm and gave her a sense of comfort. She didn't respond with words, her body automatically curled into a ball, shielding herself from the coldness.

The sun was the highest in the sky when Rukia's eyes opened and her conscious awakened. Her head was throbbing and her nose itching. The duvet slipped of her still clothed body when she stood up, ever muscle ached, and every joint creaked like an old man. Stumbling out of her room and down the stairs something caught her eyes and breath… all six guys were scattered across the house cleaning the mess from the party.

"Oi… morning, sleeping beauty." Renji joked as he scrubbed what looked like red toothpaste off the wall.

"What the hell happened last night?" Renji bit his lip and looked to the others for advice, Shuuhei slipped into the kitchen… Chad just looked in the other direction, Ichigo couldn't be bothered…

"Someone" he coughed twice secretively saying Shuuhei in between "spiked the punch..."

"Oh…I had six glasses full of punch" Rukia said dazed and rubbing her sore head.

"Yeah that's why Ichigo found you outside…"

"Outside?" She gasped for air "What did I do outside?" Renji just shrugged and continued with his scrubbing. She turned to Ichigo for questions, but he just turned away from her to avoid her gaze. The silence was interrupted by a sneeze… a sneeze from Rukia.

"You aren't getting sick, are you?" Ichigo turned back toward Rukia when Uryu asked the fabled question.

"No… it is just the soap or something you guys are using… that's tickling my nose" she gave a weak smile. Renji stared into is bucket and took a whiff.

"It is just Bleach…" he said dumbfounded.

While the guys cleaned their mess, Rukia disappeared to go take a shower and to get rid of the alcohol smell. When the house was clean, all six guys marvelled at their work and slumped in the living room.

"Just from a little cleaning and you all are tired? Weak…" Rukia taunted them, dancing about because after taking 6 headache pills her cranium's pain subdued. Her dancing and mocking about drew her housemates' attention away from her rosy cheeks and increasing fever.

An overall decision was made to order take out, but from which shop was the question… Rukia and Toshiro wanted Chinese, Renji wanted KFC, Chad and Uryu voted for Pizza, Shuuhei wasn't given a choice due to his behaviour… so the final decision was left up to Ichigo, he pondered for a moment and then sided with Chad and Uryu for Pizza. The short raven haired girl only glared at him, which he returned in a form of a smirk of victory. When the food was delivered, they all dug in… smearing cheese all over their faces, during which Rukia had a sneezing fit which resulted in drawing Uryu and Ichigo's attention to her cold.

"Rukia go to bed…" Ichigo took a sip of his coke and pointed to the stairs like a father figure.

"Wha—t? It is only 8 o'clock"

"I don't care you're sick. Go. To. Bed."

"I'm not… It's just the smell of the cheese that is irritating my nose and…" she paused right there, because of 6 pairs of eyes glaring at her. "… I'm not sick." Her lie would have worked if Uryu wasn't so damn fast. In the matter of a minute he ran to the bathroom grabbed thermometer and struck it in her mouth when she wasn't looking.

"42 degrees Celsius" ** Uryu glared at her and did what Ichigo did… pointed to the stares while sipping some coke.

"No"

"Go" Ichigo replied

"No"

Ichigo placed his half eaten pizza slice in the box and strolled to Rukia. From her seated position on the floor he looked like a giant. There was a moment of silence… Ichigo bent down, really close to Rukia and only said one word... "Go".

"No" she turned to the T.V. and took a bite from her pizza slice.

Big mistake…

Ichigo grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. Laughter filled the room when Ichigo climbed the stairs with a yelling Rukia on his shoulder.

He placed her on her bed softly and went into the bathroom to get a wet cloth… her forehead was sizzling and the coolness helped.

"Now, you should get some rest" he threw the duvet over her frail body and close the door.

"Stupid Strawberry" she mumbled as she settled in for a long nap.

Downstairs the guys couldn't stop laughing when Ichigo returned, but a quick fist to the face shut all of them up.

~Sunday~

Ichigo and Uryu made turns to go check up on Rukia, because her fever wasn't going down and all she wanted to do was get out of her bed and join the rest downstairs. After she had a hissy fit she was allowed to go sit on the sofa, but to sit still and with what felt like 16 blankets.

She continued to sneeze and began to cough. After a quick lunch, made by Toshiro, Rukia fell asleep on the couch. Each boy stared at her, not knowing what to do. Uryu took her temperature again and found it to be lower than last night. Shuuhei tried to avoid the other's gaze, because indirectly it was his fault she was sick.

"Guys we have a new record… not even a week and she is already sick." Ichigo wiped his face with is hand, implicating he was getting tired.

He then bent down and picked Rukia up (bridal style) with all her blankets and took her to bed. Just before he left her room, he felt her forehead again and the heat was subsiding. Downstairs everything went quiet when he entered the room. The five guys glared at him as he went into the kitchen, made some ginger ale and went back up to Rukia…

"Dudes… do you guys think…?" Chad was the one who interrupted the silence, nobody answered him, because nobody knew the answer… or the question.

* "Good day class… please take out your text books"

** 107 Fahrenheit

... Oh deary me... I thought that was never going to end. The next chapters are ten to one going to be shorter. I spent 3 days on this (on and off)
On my computer it is 14 pages!

But I hope you guys enjoyed it!
Sorry, if there is concord errors, spelling and typing mistakes...

Good news though... this story is going to be almost 24 chapters long... one chapter means one week in Rukia's wacky life XD

Review are loved!