"YOU'RE GOING TO ASK WHO?!" Rangiku bewildered.

"Keep it down will ya..." Ichigo said, "What's the big deal?"

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MAD KUCHIKI-TAICHO IS GOING TO GET?" Rangiku shook her head.

"So what... like I care what Byakuya thinks.." Ichigo sighed.

"But still.." Rangiku looked down, "I heard Renji is going to asked her too, so you better hurry."

--

Ichigo rushed to squad 13 barraks, I hope I'm not to late, he thought to himself, if Renji asks her first then she is sure to say yes to him.

"RUKIA!" Ichigo called.

Rukia turned around surprised to find Ichigo here.

"What are you doing here?" Rukia asked.

"I need..to ask...you something.." Ichigo slurred, "Will you go to the dance with me..?"

-pause-

"Um...well..." Rukia began, "I can't..."

"What? Why? Did Renji ask already?" Ichigo asked.

"No... I have to go with nee-sama..." Rukia said.

"BYAKUYA?! Are you kidding me? THAT WEIRDO?" Ichigo blurted.

"Watch it Ichigo!" Rukia warned, "It is the way of nobility, and Renji did ask me already and I said the same thing to him."

"Byakuya is such a perv..." Ichigo muttered as he left squad 13. Now what am I going to do, he wondered.

--

"So.. taicho.." Rangiku leaned over to her little taicho's desk, "Who are you going with to the dance...?"

Hitsugaya was buried in a mountain of paperwork, "I don't know."

"Oh..." Rangiku sighed, she was hoping for a my-lieutenant-of course, but who is she kidding...

Rangiku watched her little taicho work she loved his serious look...aww...now he's annoyed at her...so cute.

"Masumoto...what are you doing?" Hitsugaya said to his paperwork.

"Just watching you..." Rangiku said absently, "Oh and taicho... you are going to the dance with me, right?"

Hitsugaya was half annoyed and half amused at his lieutenant's attempt at asking him to the dance.

"Oh, but I don't think I can go with all of these unfinished paperwork..." Hitsugaya said in a fake voice.

"Well... I can help you... finish..." Rangiku hesitated, this was a trap and she knew it, well... whatever it takes, she thought.

"Great,"Hitsugaya smiled, "everything is on this table." With that he stretched and talked towards the door.

"Wait.." Rangiku called. "Aren't you suppose to HELP me?"

Hitsugaya turned around, "Well... I still have to get ready for the party don't I? Unless you want me to go wearing.. uh..something ugly..." With that he left.

Rangiku sighed, imagining what her taicho was going to wear. This was going to be a long day she thought to herself.