Okay… I do know that Yuzu is spelt like that. It's just that the scanlations I read were spelling it like Uzu, and the scanlation group I belong to spells it like that too. Force of habit. Jeez people are persistent… Also, I kind of thought I should say something about the whole currency thing… I feel like I'm getting a bit too defensive… I thought maybe it would be like equivalent. But apparently I should "Research" I have but I'm too lazy… Also because I kept you waiting I makes de super de duper long-ish chapter! :P

When they got home they noticed that Yuzu (There ya happy? Derp." was about to start cooking dinner.

"Yuzu, Ishida-san is making dinner. I hope you don't mind…" Ichigo stated nervously. He knew how much his little sister enjoyed cooking and that kind of thing. But tonight she'd have to let Uryu have a crack at it.

"Oh… What's he making?" She asked, eying the little mackerel Uryu had in his bag.

"Well, I was thinking maybe we could have miso stew tonight, but if you don't want to I can make anything else, really." Uryu said sheepishly, he remembered he hadn't consulted anyone in their family but Ichigo. He was nervous someone had some weird allergy to fish, or if one of them just didn't like fish.

"Ooh! I can't wait and see what you'll make. You seem like the kind of guy that can cook." Yuzu chirped. Uryu just blushed and scratched the back of his neck.

"You really think so?" This time he looked away a bit. This little girl seemed perceptive. A little too perceptive. Maybe she was like her father, who seemed to read him like a book too. But she was cute and really had it all together. "At the orphanage I helped a lot. The old janitor really liked me and she'd tell me stories while I helped her cook and clean so it was more than worth it."

"Hm. That's nice." Karin entered the room. Uryu jumped a bit, he didn't hear her sneaking up on him.

"Karin! You scared the life out of him. He's scared stiff!" Yuzu tried to shake a trembling Uryu. She thought she could see a ghost coming out of his nose.

"Sorry Uryu…"

When he finally stopped shivering he turned around to see Ichigo about ready to pinch the back of his neck. "Uh…?"

"That's how I get people to move, wake up, etc…" Ichigo trailed off when Uryu started glaring at him. "But you seem okay now so I won't."

"Okay. I just hate it when people sneak up on me. But I knew you weren't trying to so don't feel bad, 'kay?" He ruffled Karin's hair. "Well… Yuzu do you want to help me cook a bit?"

"Sure! What should I help with first?"

"Well… you could help by chopping up some chives, and I'll make a broth. Do you guys have any tofu? It tastes good when you cube it up and put them in the broth." Yuzu looked in her fridge. They did in fact have some leftover tofu. "Oh perfect!"

Uryu began boiling some water and put some dried shavings of skipjack in the water to make a broth. When Uzu finished chopping the chives she dropped them in there. Ichigo stayed in the kitchen and sat on the counter. He wondered how Uryu would make it; maybe his family wouldn't have the right ingredients? That would kind of suck, because it smelled wonderful so far. They resumed working; Uryu had assigned Yuzu with stirring and watching the soup cook, while Uryu diced the tofu in to perfectly uniform sized cubes. In fact, he got mad if he made a cube even slightly narrower than another.

Then Uryu put some miso paste they had in their cupboard, which was the most important part of it. (Otherwise it'd just be soup) When he was done dissolving it he put the now cooked fish slices in.

"Well, we're done here." Uryu and Yuzu looked at the perfectly done soup. It looked wonderful, and smelt even better. "I think we may have out done ourselves, neh?" Yuzu nodded. When it was time for dinner and everyone sat down, Uryu served it up.

"This smells really good Uryu." Isshin stated the obvious.

Everyone said Itadaminashi and made themselves busy with eating. They all complimented Uryu and Uzu's soup, and the entire pot was gone. "Good, then there won't be any leftovers to pack up. Ichigo, could you help me do the dishes?"

"I dunno… you're better at them than me so why don't you?" Ichigo stated lazily. Uzu and Karin glared at him at the same time and with deathly intensity. "Well then…" He got up and got busy getting the water hot and soapy. He knew Uryu was a neat freak and he couldn't stand it, but he kind of liked how shiny the cups look when they are washed by hand, so he started loading the dishwasher with the cooking utensils, bowls and pots. Uryu came in the room, and thanked Ichigo for getting the water ready.

"Oh no problem." Uryu started with the cups, Ichigo was almost already done the dishes. When he was done Uryu was just finishing rinsing the dishes, so he dried and put them away. When they were finished with the chore, Ichigo went upstairs and flopped on the bed. He felt like falling asleep right there, but Uryu entered right when his eyes were closing. Lovely.

"You look really tired. Why?" Both of them hadn't stayed up much longer than ten, and Ichigo woke up with even more energy than normal. Maybe it was the walk. He hadn't been out in a while, and really wasn't up for doing much. Still, how did Uryu get him to go with him for the walk? It seemed like anything that had to do with Uryu, he'd go with him. Doing chores may be a bit of a stretch though…

"I dunno. We did walk 40 blocks or so." Ichigo replied bluntly. They did walk half of Karakura town.

"Well… that's a valid response. I guess I could use some sleep."

Ichigo yawned a bit. "I'm so tired" he stretched out, and drifted off.

'Okay…' Uryu didn't have any pyjamas on him, and his jeans were too tight to fall asleep in. He decided to just get in his underwear and fall asleep like that on the floor.

3 a.m.

Ichigo reached out to find Uryu. He wasn't there, and quite frankly he was like a Chihuahua. He'd stick with you, steal your body heat, and then ditch you again. He peeked over the edge of his bed, and saw Uryu asleep on the floor. "Ishida? What are you doing down there?"

"I was sleeping." His glare was visible, even though the room was shrouded in total darkness.

"Get the fuck up here."

"I'm in my underwear." Uryu blushed.

"That's fine." Ichigo demanded.

"Well if you insist…" Uryu climbed up onto the bed awkwardly. It wasn't bad sleeping in a bed. Actually, Uryu had to admit that he really enjoyed cuddling with Ichigo in the middle of the night, even if he always ditched him eventually. When he rolled away from Uryu, Uryu shifted his body as close to Ichigo as he was before, and he realized what Uryu was doing. Ichigo just stuck with him until he got cold again and rolled in to Uryu again.

When they woke up, Ichigo yanked the blanket off of both of them.

"What the hell Kurosaki?" Uryu pulled it back on to his long legs; they were a bit shocked by the cold air that assaulted his body. Also he wasn't particularly inclined to show off his body right now.

"The alarm clock was going off and it was pissing me off. It's summer break." Ichigo pressed the button on the top and yawned. He stretched his lean body and yawned again. "What an annoying sound." Ichigo put on a t-shirt and jeans.

Uryu got up in his underpants and put on some clothes. He wasn't really against wearing the same pants twice in a row but eventually he would need to wash them. He sat down on Ichigo's bed. "Well I guess there is no use trying to go to sleep again. What should we do now?"

"I dunno. Are you hungry?"

"Nope." Uryu said, putting exaggeration on the "p".

"Me neither." Ichigo sat a bit closer to Uryu than the latter felt comfortable with. He shifted away. "What's wrong?"

"Y-you seem a bit- err… you just sat really c-close to me and I moved. Okay?"

Ichigo blushed and shifted away a bit too. "I guess…"

"Sorry. I just don't like people getting too close. I guess you could say I'm scared of people in general…" Uryu blushed too, but had looked away before Ichigo noticed. Uryu tried to sit a bit closer to Ichigo; he decided that he was being a bit unreasonable. What happened last night? He didn't get scared or red in the face like he was now. He trusted Ichigo, maybe even better than anyone else, but that was because he was the only person he really got to know. (Besides the old lady at the orphanage, but she didn't count because she was an old lady.) But why?

"Ishida?" Ichigo looked at Uryu, a pink blush still visible on his creamy skin.

"Yeah, Kurosaki?"

"Would you mind if I called you Uryu?" He looked away, until Uryu pulled his chin to face him.

"I guess. But don't try any nicknames. I will kill you if you do." Uryu stared at him. "Anyways, can I call you Ichigo?"

"Duh. Wouldn't it be creepy if I called you by your first name and you called me by my last?" Uryu blushed and realized how stupid he just sounded.

"Yeah, a bit I guess…" Uryu thumbed through his hair. It was beginning to smell normal again, Ichigo's smell had finally worn off of it. They sat there for a while, Ichigo was staring at the fan, waiting for a leprechaun to jump out of the wall, or for his computer to turn into a robot. Whichever. "So, Ichigo." Uryu smiled. It felt kind of nice saying Ichigo. It was nice, and the meaning made him think of sweet things. He was tired and let his mind trail off until they both fell asleep.

Ichigo buried his nose in Uryu's hair. It smelt like normal, as far as he could tell, while Uryu nuzzled into Ichigo's chest. Ichigo kind of reminded Uryu of a statue, he was toned, chiselled and he had a nice-ish face. Ichigo might not be the best person he knew as of now, he wasn't half bad after Uryu got to know him. Uryu pressed his body up to Ichigo's. They slept until nine, (They fell asleep at 7) Ichigo jerked the blanket off of them and shook Uryu awake. He moaned and opened his eyes slowly. He looked like an angel for a few seconds. Shiny hair, perfect skin, pretty face… yep. Angel. He even had a nice mug on him.

"Well it's late. My dad may be an idiot, but it's nice to see him off before his business meetings." Ichigo and Uryu got dressed. The former shinigami was trying to contain his urges at the now ever so vulnerable boy standing beside him. 'Ichigo! Where's your head at? That's the last thing he needs right now!' A little voice in his head named "Conscience" rattled off. Ichigo had thought that it might've been his hollow, but since he lost his powers he couldn't hear what he had to say. That was the only thing he really got any benefit from losing his powers. That hollow was always jabbering at him, sometimes not even making very much sense. But he still was having pretty dirty thoughts about the boy.

"Ichigo, what's wrong?"

"Oh nothing." Ichigo blushed and scratched the back of his head. He was caught staring at Uryu's ass. He looked so cute in his underwear and shirt. "Well then… Could ya hurry up? Sorry to sound like a jerk or anything but I really need you to." Uryu nodded and yanked on the very tight pants again. They hugged his ass really tight, and Ichigo was staring at the lines again.

"Ichigo. Stop that." Uryu mumbled something along the lines of pervert and yawned. He was still a bit tired and the last thing he needed was Ichigo stressing him out. "Oh, I'm so tired."

Ichigo led the other boy downstairs where they were greeted by Karin and Yuzu. Yuzu had made a humble breakfast of bacon and eggs. Ichigo and Uryu saw off Isshin and returned to the dining room to finish off the rest of the food. They were like locusts, they'd come in, eat, then leave. Uryu noticed Ichigo seemed extremely absorbed in the T.V. show. It was like a Japanese "How It's Made", today they were making motorcycles, toothbrushes and pillows. Right now they were showing how they got the bristles in the broom. It looked pretty cool, maybe that was what got Ichigo interested in it.

Uryu rested his head on Ichigo's shoulder. He was surprised to see that Ichigo didn't move at all. Uryu yawned and closed his eyes. He was super tired today because Ichigo kept him up all night; so he didn't really mind looking like Ichigo and himself were on a theatre date. Ichigo tried to sleep too, his show was over and there was nothing better to do. He was tired too because his heart was racing all night from Uryu's rather close proximity to him. Also he definitely could dream to the smell of Uryu's hair all day. Uzu watched them sleeping. "Look at Nii-San" Yuzu beckoned Karin over quietly.

"What am I looking at exactly?"

"They look so cute!" Yuzu pointed at her brother, and "brother".

"Yeah I guess. I'm gonna take a shower. You make sure they don't do anything stupid, k?" Karin went upstairs with a towel hanging on her left shoulder. She didn't mind Uryu, he cooked well and cleaned, but she didn't bother to get to know him very well. She decided that she should try later.

Ichigo got up and shifted Uryu off of him so he could get up. Uryu seemed really light. Like, 10 kilograms underweight for his age and height. Ichigo made it his new job to fatten Uryu up a bit. But how? Maybe he could sneak something in his food and drinks, but he would probably get caught by Yuzu and she'd be mad. If he could tell Yuzu what he was doing and that Uryu was underweight, she'd definitely go with it.

"Nii-san?" Yuzu said timidly.

"Yeah?" He sat down at the table, Yuzu followed.

"Do you consider Uryu your brother?"

"Should I?" He asked with a bit of a crack in his voice. He realized that Yuzu did.

"I don't know. I do. He's just great; isn't he?" Yuzu cheered. Ichigo had long since realized that his family really enjoyed Uryu being there with them. He wondered if he should tell Yuzu about his little plan right now when they were on topic, but decided against it. Yuzu probably wouldn't feel too great about putting things in other people's food.

It was probably around 11 when Uryu woke up. He felt someone was watching him and he didn't like it. He opened his eyes to see Karin was trying to wake him up. Turns out she was plugging his nose and covering his nose. If he hadn't sensed her presence then he would have died of suffocation, he slept like a rock either way. He sat up, and heard Karin tell Yuzu that her "mission" was complete. Ichigo was sitting on the coffee table like a kid. He was making a comic strip, but the art was kind of bad and everyone was a stick figure.

"You were out for a while." Ichigo said as soon as he saw Uryu had woken up. He snickered as he noticed Uryu almost fell off the couch.

"Yeah. I feel better now." Uryu sat up and looked at what the comic that Ichigo was making. It was pretty funny, but it seemed like Ichigo couldn't draw a couch very well and Ichigo was getting a bit mad about that.

"dammit, I'll work on it later." Ichigo folded it up and put the little piece of paper in his pocket. Uryu found Ichigo really funny at times.

"Do you want me to draw a couch for you?" Uryu asked quietly.

"Can you?" Ichigo turned around.

"Yeah sure. What kind of couch?" Uryu picked up a pencil.

"Any kind. Just don't erase the guy on there. He took a while to draw." Ichigo pointed at a guy with hair that suspiciously resembled Uryu's. He set the piece of paper down on the table in front of Uryu, who got to work immediately. He carefully sketched out a couch that looked the one he had just napped on; being careful not to mess up the guy Ichigo had apparently taken a while to draw. (He seriously doubted that.) When he was done he called Ichigo back. "That looks really good. But when you offered to draw me a couch I didn't ask for a masterpiece." Uryu smiled. 'Was that a compliment?' he wondered.

Ichigo drew for about fifteen more minutes until he was satisfied with his little comic. He showed it to Uryu, who chuckled at it and handed it back. It was a joke about a public service announcement. I won't explain it because it looked better on paper but it was good. "This is really good Ichigo. Maybe I can teach you some drawing things though," said Uryu.

"That would be cool. The only things I can really draw are pokemon. Even those are hard." Ichigo sighed.

"Okay." Uryu turned the corner, and ran right into Karin. Surprisingly Uryu was the one that fell back. Embarrassed, he got back up and waited for Karin to pass. He could tell that today was going to be a bit different. He didn't want to hide out in Ichigo's room like he normally did, because Ichigo wasn't there, and Karin seemed like she could beat the shit out of him any day. The only person he really thought was normal here was Yuzu and even she had her quirks. Today he'd try to get to know everyone better.

It was nice out today, maybe Uryu could get Ichigo to go outside and walk with him. For someone so muscular he didn't really get out that much. Sometimes it seemed like he only went outside when he needed to. But he did get a lot of stares from people because of his hair; also he had a really tweaked sense of style. Today he didn't look half bad, aside from the fact that his t-shirt was a bit short.

"Hey Ichigo do you want to go out? We should get some fresh air and also I want to go get some tayaki." Uryu approached Ichigo with a nice smile on his face.

"Yeah sure I guess. Why Tayaki?" Ichigo noticed that Uryu had a wad of cash in his hand. He decided he didn't want to know how Uryu made that kind of money. As he wondered about it he figured that he should maybe get Uryu a new hoodie and jacket, because the one Uryu borrowed from him was way too big.

"I dunno. Do you not like it?" asked Uryu.

"I don't mind it. It just seems like an odd choice for someone like you."

"Hm. Well could you walk with me anyways?" Uryu really wanted some company, even if it meant Ichigo. He wasn't so bad after all.

"Yeah. I'll eat anything really." Ichigo said bye to both of his sisters and they set off. The stand that Uryu was trying to go to was about 20-25 blocks away. As they walked Ichigo made small talk about how his dad was goat like. Uryu just didn't see Isshin the way Ichigo saw him and let Ichigo keep on talking. He nodded and tried to look like he gave a shit about what Ichigo was talking on and on about. But it was harder than he made it look.

When they got there Uryu got a discount somehow. Maybe he was a repeat costumer or something, or the owner of the stand just really liked Uryu. It was probably the latter, because they talked for maybe fifteen minutes before Uryu finally left the owner to do whatever she did in between costumers. As they left, Uryu nibbled on the fish shaped pastry, and offered Ichigo one.

"Why do you eat so slowly?" Ichigo turned and noticed that his friend was less than a quarter through his, and he started after him. He was nearly finished his and he didn't even like tayaki.

"I figured that if I ate slowly I'd lose weight." He nibbled a bit again.

"Well you don't need to lose weight anymore. In fact if I was you I'd be trying to gain weight." Ichigo felt like shoving the entire thing down his throat at one time.

"Okay. But when I had to work I tried to lose weight to get more customers. And then I ate slow so I felt full." Uryu took a bit of a bigger bite.

"You don't have to worry about that kind of thing anymore." Ichigo took a bite out of his. "This one is good. It kind of tastes like something Orihime would make. Maybe because of the red bean paste."

"Who is Orihime?" Uryu asked.

"A good friend of mine. She's nice you should meet her. We were all planning on having a big get together this weekend and you are going to come to meet my friends." They were going to meet at his place and eat the bread that Orihime brings every week. Often she brought too much for them to eat and they would have to eat it later at school.

"That sounds great and all, do you have a girlfriend?" Uryu had been wondering this for a long period of time. Ichigo seemed like he'd attract girls like fleas. He had a good looking face and neck, not to mention he's ripped. If he did have a girlfriend she must be really be faithful, because Ichigo hadn't invited her over in over a week now.

"Nope." Short answer. A little too short for Uryu's liking. Was he lying?

"Are you sure?" Uryu asked.

"Yeah I'm sure. I wouldn't lie about something stupid like that so calm down." Ichigo walked a little faster. He didn't really want to answer Uryu's questions. He didn't like girls. And he definitely didn't like Orihime. She was alright, she had a nice face and a nice body but, as mentioned before Ichigo didn't like girls. Of course Uryu didn't have to know this and he wasn't going to tell him so it wouldn't matter.

"Well then you should get one before they're all taken."

"No thanks." Ichigo replied curtly.

"Why not?" Uryu hounded him. He wanted an answer. A valid one.

"Because I don't like women." Ichigo covered his mouth a bit. Shit.

"Hm? So who do you like?"

"I don't like women because they are bitchy. They always want you to tell you everything. And they always do their hair up so you can't run your fingers through them." He was right about the last part. He liked Uryu because he could run his fingers through it all day without worrying about ruining his hair. Uryu's hair fell perfectly anyways. And it smelt good.

"I see. But who do you like? Like, what's your deal?" Uryu kept pace with Ichigo, his hair flowing with the wind.

"Why do you care?" Ichigo walked even faster now, to no avail, Uryu's long legs easily carrying him along with Ichigo.

"Well I'm just curious."

"Who are you interested in?" Ichigo looked down at Uryu and finally noticed he was subconsciously walking really fast, and he was really tiring himself out.

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because you can trust me, and I won't tell anyone about it. Who do you like?" He was seriously starting to get annoying now. And since when did Ichigo trust him?

"I can't tell you. I'd just be embarrassing myself and my hair is bad enough. So just shut up and walk okay?" Ichigo slowed his pace a bit, to Uryu's appreciation.

They walked some more in complete silence. It was like that wall that was between them when they first met and Uryu didn't like it. He sometimes dared himself to talk, but when drew breath to speak his head told him not to automatically. Instinct sucks. When they reached the door both of them decided without thinking to walk upstairs. Ichigo reached the door first and slammed it in Uryu's face, then locking it. Uryu sat down outside the door, thinking about what he might've said to offend Ichigo. Ichigo made it seem like having a girlfriend was a bad thing. Why was he being so secretive? They were fine this morning. What happened?

Karin exited her bedroom, to see Uryu sitting on the ground and staring at the floor. It almost looked like he was meditating and he didn't want to be disturbed. Still, she waved her hand in front of Ishida's face. "Hello? Anyone there?"

"Yeah?" Uryu looked up at her.

"What 'cha doin'?" She sounded like that annoying girl off of Phineas and Ferb.

"Wellll… as you can see I'm not in Ichigo's bedroom. He locked me out and now all I have to do is just sit out here and wait for him to come out again." Uryu sighed.

"That may be a while. Do you like Ichigo?" Karin held out a hand and helped Uryu up. It was then that she realized that Uryu could really use some more food. He was light as a feather.

"Meh. He seems alright. But sometimes he kicks me around and that really makes me mad. If he pushes too hard then I'll push back I guess." Karin led him down the hall to the stairs. "Maybe he'll be more social when he's done whatever he's doing."

"He really enjoys his alone time. But now I think he's just pouting. To be honest he wasn't particularly happy when you came, but he'll come around eventually." Karin ran down the stairs pretty fast. She can be very agile at times, and that definitely helped her in soccer. Uryu followed her, a bit slower in pace but he still was only two steps behind her. He was still a bit scared of stairs after watching Ichigo wipe out a few times. But that was Ichigo and he could trip on a ladybug, so he wasn't as freaked out. Stairs were a bit of a new concept for him though.

She told him to sit on the couch, and as obedient as ever Uryu sat down without an argument. Karin flicked on the television and watched the news. Why was he sitting here? He wanted to get to know this girl better, and now all he had figured out was that she liked the news and T.V. He also knew that Ichigo had stopped hiding out in his room and was now running down them. He swung around the railing ninja style and flopped on the couch between Karin and Uryu. Right now the news lady was discussing "explosions" that Ichigo knew were hollows, and tried to act natural, despite the fact that he was worried that somebody might get hurt. Right now he had the spiritual power of a normal person and couldn't even detect an average plus.

"What's up?" he asked innocently.

"I dunno… sittin' here watching the news I guess." Uryu turned his attention to the guy who had sat beside him. "What're you doing?"

"I got bored."

"Why'd you lock me out? Am I really that bad of company?" Uryu asked.

"I don't like people being with me when I go online. It just gives me the creeps when I'm chatting with my friends and there is someone breathing over my shoulder. I don't know if you're that type of person, I guess I should've let you in and told you." Ichigo looked away.

"Okay. Well I don't exactly care what you and your friends are talking about so don't worry." Uryu looked back at the television. He was kind of interested of what Ichigo's friends were like, but only in person. Everyone acts different when one can't see what the other is doing.

"Fine." It was around five o' clock. The evening news hour was almost over so Karin got up to get a glass of water. She didn't seem so bad to Uryu, she was quiet and kept to herself like Uryu. Also, she had a strong disposition but knew her place. It seemed like she was a negative of Yuzu. She was still alright though.

The two guys stayed on the couch for a while longer, Ichigo wanted to see some of the movies that were coming on after. Uryu got up to go to the bathroom, and while he was there Ichigo talked to Karin and Yuzu. He told them about how he was trying to get Uryu to eat more, so when they had snacks they should offer some to him. Even if it didn't work he'd pay them back for their efforts. When Uryu exited the bathroom he warned them with a short, curt "Don't go in there." He noticed they were all very close together, and asked "What were you guys talking about?"

"We were uh- p-planning a surprise for uh- dad. Yeah we were planning a surprise… heh." Smooth Yuzu. Real smooth…

Uryu looked at them funny and walked back into the kitchen for some water. He had no idea what was going on and decided that they'd think he was being weird if he asked to be in on their little plan. Not that he cared what they thought. –Ish.

Yuzu walked in with Karin and they both sat on the counter, looking at Uryu intently.

"Hello?" Uryu backed up a bit. They could be rather scary just sitting there.

"Do you know about brother?" Yuzu asked first.

"Well I've been living with him for the past few days… I'd say I know him better than the average guy…" Uryu replied carefully.

"Did he tell you?" Karin asked this time.

"Um… he told me a few things. His favourite color, dumb stuff like that, he talks in his sleep a lot…" Uryu rattled off a few more, earning a facepalm from Karin.

"Did brother tell you he was gay?" Yuzu said as fast as she could.

"Uh… no?" Uryu was super naïve, and couldn't tell from all the signs he was getting that Ichigo was, in fact, homo. It wasn't very surprising, considering we're talking about Uryu here. But still it was very obvious.

"Well he's been putting it off quite a while then. He told me he'd tell you this week and it's Friday." (, Friday gotta get down on Friday, partyin' partyin' YEAH!) said Karin. *A.N. I just had to.*

"Hm. I have been meaning to tell you all the same thing. I am gay too." Uryu said with a proud undertone in his voice, meanwhile Yuzu, who had a total crush on Uryu, was a bit devastated. Karin looked un-moved and Ichigo poked his head around the corner, with some toast crumbs falling out of his mouth.

"Um Dad doesn't know about Ichigo yet, so I'd recommend this stays between the four of this." Yuzu pinky swore to Uryu that she'd sworn to secrecy, and Karin did the same. A few weeks ago a very similar event happened between Ichigo and his sisters. But that time he was a bit tweaked from the sleeping pills he had taken earlier.

"Okay. I'm glad to have gotten that off of my chest. How about we eat something?" Uryu eyed the vegetable crackers that Karin was munching on with a glint of longing in his eye. She soon noticed this and told the boy to grab a bowl. Obediently, he grabbed a small black bowl that normally donned some noodles, and Karin filled it up. Uryu sat down beside Ichigo and made small talk about the explosions. Ichigo was a good actor, and pretended to believe that they were like the general population that had no clue about hollows. Ichigo had no clue that Uryu was spiritually aware, let alone an active Quincy that snuck out at night to battle evil creatures. Uryu preferred it to stay that way and so it did.

Karin winked at Ichigo when she saw him notice the bowl of crackers that Uryu was nibbling on. They were practically all carbs and Uryu didn't really do much. Ichigo thought that this might prove to be a bit easier than he thought initially.