I OWE YOU SUCH AN APOLOGY. GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! HONTO NI SUMIMASEN DESHITA! Explanation: first, my computer got a virus. REBOOT, LOSE DATA. It works for awhile… then it gets yet another virus. But this virus HATES ME. Every time I would open up an internet window , JUST ONE, about one hundred little internet windows would open and I would have to alt+f4 them all. Then the unthinkable happened; I lost my wi fi. Then went my ability to get internet through a cable. And then my computer died altogether (it wouldn't even start up) That happened over the course of… I can't even remember how long. Then I was computer-less for SO LONG. And when I finally got a new one, I had completely lost interest in anything like this. Then, I suddenly remembered this fic and decided that I would write a chapter. IM SOOOOOOO SORRY….

Recap: Ichigo and rukia had been called to soul society to fight some adjuchas and a vasto lords. The fight was cancelled since the hollows escaped to the world of living, leaving Ichigo and rukia stranded in sereitei in the kuchiki manor. ichigo had fallen down and accidentally kissed rukia. Of course, Byakuya- niisama came in without seeing ichigo trip, and started assuming things. He got into a strange conflict with ichigo.

Over the course of the next few days, everything went as planned. Ichigo continued to wait longingly for his return to the world of the living. Byakuya wanted to kick him out of his manor. Rukia didn't know what the hell was going through either of the men's minds, so she kept quiet.

That is, until something rather horrible happened. Well, it was horrible for Ichigo, it sounded like "you will be sent to hell" to Byakuya. Rukia thought "yay, ichigo!". For the rest of the world, especially those residing in the world of living, it could be a nightmare.

The head captain had just received news from shinigami he had sent to the world of the living. A connection directly to hueco mundo had been found leading directly into a populated area. The thing was, It wouldn't close. Ichigo was being forced to live with the ice-cold noble for how many more days, and neither he nor Byakuya was too pleased about it. Rukia was just glad that ichigo was able to stay a bit longer, since after the incident a few days ago, she was almost certain that Nii-sama was going to have her stay in sereitei.

What a wonderful time they were going to have!

"Ichigo!" yelled rukia, still not quite sure where in the manor his room was. She had been 

sent by Byakuya to go "drag kurosaki down here" for breakfast. Rukia had decided that she wasn't going to interfere in whatever strange conflict there was between her Nii-sama and ichigo. So she just cooperated with whatever Byakuya said and acted exactly the same as she always did around ichigo.

Back in his room, ichigo lied there staring up at the ceiling. He really didn't care if he was late to breakfast, he wanted some time to think. For some reason, that stupid day he had accidentally kissed rukia kept coming back to his mind. Why? He really didn't know, but he was trying to figure it out. He closed his eyes and scowled. Why did he care so much anyway? Rukia didn't seem to have a problem so why should he?

Slowly but surely approaching Ichigo's room (without knowing it) was Rukia. She still hadn't found him, but she was determined to do what her Nii-sama asked. She stopped for a moment to catch her breath, and heard someone muttering from a room rather close to her. She snuck up to the dorr, and listened…

"She doesn't care does she… why am I thinking like this in the first place, it was an accident! I kissed her by accident, why does it matter?" Rukia's eyes widened. Ichigo? She slowly moved away from the door. Ichigo? Was he… was he still thinking about that? She put her hand up to her head and thought about it for a minute.

Wait! Did this mean that Ichigo… she felt herself flush red, but then shook away the thought. No, ichigo didn't even… she just couldn't think of him… he was ichigo, for gods sake! He wouldn't even care, right? Just forget that happened. Please forget…

She got herself together, and knocked on Ichigo's door/

"hm?" he inquired, trying to sound sleepy.

"Ichigo… Nii-sama wants you down for breakfast,"

Oh. So it was rukia.

"I'm tired, go away midget." Ichigo

"…I-CHI-GO!" She said, and slammed her fist on the door. Little did she know, Ichigo had already gotten out of bed and headed toward the door. And the door just happened to be unlocked, so when rukia slammed the door… It swung right in and hit him in the face.



"AGH!" yelled ichigo, holding his bleeding nose. "What the hell was that?"

"Well, it was a door, ichigo." Rukia replied, watching him try to stop the blood from hitting the very expensive carpets. Rukia sighed, and looked up at the ceiling. There was absolutely no way that the Kurosaki Ichigo she knew had been thinking about such an insignificant event….

As she walked away, she yelled back to ichigo. "You'd better come quick, ichigo, or Nii-sama will be… disappointed,"

"I FINK MY NOSH ISH BWOKEN! GAWD DAMN IT!" That was ichigo again.

When rukia walked back into the dining hall, she got an inquisitive look from her brother. She must have been gone longer than he had expected…

"I didn't know where his room was, Nii-sama… and he refu-," Right before She finished her sentence, in came ichigo holding his hand up to hi heavily bleeding nose. This earned a confused look from Byakuya and a smirk from Rukia.

"Uhh… My nosh ish bwoken, and I dunno how ta fix it," His odd speech was due to the fact that he was holding his nose rather tightly, and his hand was sort of covering his mouth… it sounded sort of like an odd speech impediment.

Rukia couldn't help but laugh at how he looked. He just looked… funny.

"What are you waffing at, midget? I don't shee your nosh bwoken!"

"You didn't get any of that filthy blood on anything except yourself, correct?" Ichigo turned his head to see Byakuya, staring coldly at the mess on ichigo's hands. Ichigo started to look worried, and looked away.

"I… tried to stop the bleeding with the white towels in the bathroom in my room…"

Byakuya pause to think, and then sighed, rather disappointed.

"You owe me…400,000 yen. (Aprox. (very approximately) 4000 USD)

"FO HUNDWED SHOUZAND?" Yelled ichigo, quite distressed.

"Approximately. The exact is probably more, but 400,000 should do…"

"FOR SOME TOWELS??" screamed ichigo, removing his hand from his nose, letting the blood drip on the carpet below.

Byakuya scowled, but started thinking. That carpet must have cost…

"1,400,000 with that carpet, now. Still just approximately," Ichigo's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to yell, but then fainted.

"N-nii-sama?"

"yes, Rukia?"

"Couldn't you just... get the towels and carpet cleaned?"

"Most likely."