Pucker Up
Six and Mix
Thud, splash. The text books slipped out of her grasp. Neither of them cared.
Slow, deep, and temperate; seasoned in the sweet sugary essence of Chap Stick. Again, Rukia trapped him in the graceful caress of another kiss. There was no route of escape, and he did not want to escape.
Damn it.
They were drenched and it did not matter; nothing really mattered actually. Ichigo tasted the warm rain on her wet lips, drizzling down her flushed face, and his too. That was all the mattered: the taste of sweet Chap Stick and fresh rainwater.
Several cars drove by, sloshing through flooded streets.
Didn't matter.
He returned the kiss without hesitation, savoring each gentle step of the dance. His hand traced up the seam of her blouse, up and up and up the soggy lace.
"Kurosaki?" said a voice, but the voice didn't matter.
Fat rain droplets fell even harder.
"Kurosaki."
Still didn't matter.
Ichigo dismissed the pest with a flick of his wrist.
"Kurosaki," said the voice, "have you no respect for books?"
Rukia flinched. Crap! Had he just accidentally nipped the tender inside of her lip?
A thick vein throbbed at the corner of Ichigo's brow. Stupid voice was leaving a nasty stain on the moment. Damn it. Now it mattered. Whoever it was would be throttled for vandalizing the sacrosanct kiss.
Ichigo turned around, and blinked. Nothing came out of his mouth. This was bad, very bad. Perhaps the situation was not as complicated as it could have been, but for the ego, it was a terrible blow.
Rukia clapped a mortified hand over her mouth, as if to hide her sinful lips from God's prying eyes.
With the faintest, teeny-tiniest trace of a smirk, Ishida adjusted his glasses. Waterfalls surged over the edges of the black umbrella perched over his should. "I'll pretend that I didn't see anything," he said, and then pointed to the text books lying in the mud. "Just pick up those books before they get ruined."
Rukia scrambled to pick up the muddy text books.
Finally Ichigo found his voice, "What the hell do you think you're doing sneaking up on people like that?"
The tiny smirk grew slightly more profound. "What the hell do you think you're doing kissing someone in the middle of a park on the rainiest day of the year, Ichigo?"
She's not just someone, Ichigo wanted to shout, she's Rukia and her kisses are dynamite, thank you very much! But his pride would never approve of those words. It was as good as saying, Because of you, I almost chomped her friggin' lip off!
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you've fallen for Kuchi— "
Ichigo glared. "It's none of your business."
Ishida shook his head. "I guess not." He turned to leave and waved a hand over his shoulder. "Carry on you two."
Was Ishida laughing?
Ichigo glared at his back. "Bastard," he muttered.
"Yeah, you should talk." Rukia gave him a sharp glance. "When you were getting sneaky with your hands."
Ichigo folded his arms and stared at a shrubby little tree with half its leaves. So what if he had? "I was not."
Rukia smoothed out her blouse. "It's fine; just don't get ahead of yourself. You're dad…" she trailed off.
"My dad," Ichigo agreed with a certain amount of dread. "Or your brother."
They both exchanged glances and shuddered. "Maybe the park isn't a good place…"
Ichigo nodded. Big brothers had their own set of laws to abide, and Byakuya was not only a big brother, but he had a thing about abiding rules. This would not go over well. Then again, that only mattered to a certain degree.
"Yeah." He paused while continuous rivers trickled down his face. The he draped an arm around Rukia's tiny shoulders. "But a shower— "
Rukia elbowed him in the gut— hard. "I said don't get ahead yourself!"
"I was only kidding! You don't think I'd actually— " She gave him a dubious look and he clamped his mouth shut.
In silence, they walked home through a curtain of mist and rain. Several cars passed by, sloshing through flooded streets. They did not matter. All that mattered was carrying the muddy text books and walking a chilled girl home to a shelter of loving warmth.
A/N: I have one drabble to go…sobs This was so much fun. Maybe I'll write another series like this with a similar theme (instead of adding extra chapters like I was planning). Yay or nay? Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate your thoughts and stories. Sunshine to us all!