I haven't been updating... for very long... same for my other FanFictions...

Sometimes people just tend to forget and can't be bothered...

I don't know why I like updating when my music performance is coming up along with History test and English essay...

But then, I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not ownBleach.

Act 2

It has been one whole week, since that 'incident' happened. Rukia refused to practise the role play for the entire week, and Ichigo has tried to speak to Rukia but the response was always a cold treatment. Although the two lived in the same room, Ichigo always said 'good night' or 'good morning' every time but Rukia just ignores him. What's wrong with her… It was an accident… Why can't she just get over it? He thought to himself as Urahara Sensei explained some more details and events happening in the upcoming Spring Festival. He stared out the window as he sighed.

"Kurosaki-san, what are you sighing for?" Urahara stood right in front of his desk immediately after the long sigh being heard. He closed his fan and pulled out his usual smile to Ichigo.

"Uh… Nothing…" Ichigo pulled himself out of the staring out the window and started to focus on what Urahara is talking. He looked at Rukia through the edge of his eyes, she was concentrating of class, jotting down notes since she is in charge, and so is he.

"So Kurosaki-san, Kuchiki-san, is it fine if we start our role play practising tomorrow? We have organised what store our class is going to hold so we can concentrate on our role play now, you two fine with it? We will have a rehearsal at Friday afternoon and today is already Tuesday." Urahara finished off his sentence as the bell rang. Ichigo and Rukia didn't reply but Urahara accepted that as a 'yes'. He left the room with his role and folders, and headed back to the teacher's staff room.

"Kurosaki-kun! Kuchiki-san!" Orihime hopped into their classroom as she sat down on her best friend, Tatsuki's desk. Rukia smiled as she faced Orihime.

"Inoue, I got some cookies, want some?" Rukia took out a small bag full of choc chip cookies. She handed it over to Orihime.

"Thanks a lot, Kuchiki-san!" Orihime was very happy and hugged her tight enough to leave Rukia no air to breathe.

"Inoue, you're suffocating Rukia." Ichigo spoke; he wished he had some of those cookies, since it was Rukia's homemade cookies. He saw Rukia was busy in the kitchen yesterday doing something and noticed she was baking cookies.

"Ah! Gomen, gomen. Are you fine, Kuchiki-san?" Orihime let go of Rukia as she opened the small bag full of Chappy the rabbit shaped cookies. Rukia exhaled and inhaled, and pulled out a smile to Orihime, telling her she is perfectly fine.

"And those are Rukia's homemade cookies. They should taste really nice." Ichigo added as he leaned on his desk.

"Really?! They taste really nice!" Orihime shoved a cookie in her mouth as her face expressed full of happiness. Rukia was happy to see Orihime enjoy her homemade cookies, and it was her first time. She had another bag of cookies near her bedroom desk, behind her photo frame; she made that packet for Ichigo. But she just didn't know how to give it to him. She hasn't talked to him for one whole week, and she rejected to talk to him. She didn't know why. She always wanted Ichigo to be the first one to taste those homemade cookies, but instead, it was Orihime. She utterly disappointed at herself.

"Kurosaki-kun, haven't you eaten any?" Ichigo shook his head.

"But don't you and Kuchiki-san live together? I presume that you should be the first one eating them." Orihime mumbled, with a mouth full of cookies.

"Who knows why?" Ichigo shrugged his shoulders and the bell went. Orihime waved good bye to the two and headed back to her own classroom.

They continued on to class, concentrating on their work, not even looking at each other, or spying at the other. That was unusual of the couple.

The bell rang again, as packs of students walked out of the school gates, some of them running out heading towards the city hurriedly as the others were slow and calm, heading to the busy street for some fun or heading straight back home. Ichigo headed towards the city alone, thinking that he should apologize in order to stop this awkwardness between Rukia and him. Rukia head to the streets to buy some more ingredients so make some other cookies for Ichigo, she thought that she should apologize to him for being so stubborn about an accident.

Ichigo walked down the busy roads of the city, packed with mountains of people walking in many directions. He wondered around and started to search for a shop designed for girls especially, so he could know where to buy the present for Rukia. He turned from corner to corner, trying to follow some of the girls in their school, since he knew that most girls will go to somewhere like a toy shop or those very cute looking ones or a cafe. He took out his phone and checked the time. 4.30pm. He should get a bit quicker and head back to home; otherwise Yuzu might be wondering and worrying about him. It didn't take him long to find one of those shops, by stalking some girls from his school. It was a shop named 'Morning Glory', full of cute stationary and toys, in which all types of girls will like. He looked around and found a chappy toy, which was always Rukia's favourite. It was a good thing that he kept Yuzu's cards, which had a Morning Glory membership card; at least he can get a discount. There were chappy key rings along with different sizes of chappy plushies. There were huge ones which costed more than fifty dollars, there were also small ones which costed at least twenty dollars.

Ichigo scanned through the whole stack of chappy toys, it was awkward, for being the only man in such a shop, with people from his school staring at him and talking about him. He took the biggest one he could find and paid fifty dollars for it.

I don't care anymore. I just need Rukia to be back to normal. The end. He repeated it to himself over and over again, carrying the huge bag all the way from city back to Kurosaki Clinic.

Rukia took out the freshly baked cookies from the oven and placed them on a cooling rack. She poured some boiling water into a pot with black tea teabags placed inside. She looked at the clock. 5.00pm, just need fifteen minutes to settle everything. She took out the milk from the fridge and another pot, filled with water and ready for making the pearls. She poured a quarter cup of milk in a glass and three quarter cup of tea in the glass, mixing the tea with the milk and adding in sugar. It only took five minutes to make a cup of milk tea, for her.

Wait, why am I even making this? For Ichigo…? Maybe I should apologize to him… Rukia spoke to herself as the door clicked open.

"I'm back." Ichigo took off his shoes while the huge bag covering his face and upper body.

"Welcome back." Rukia spoke softly as she returned back to the kitchen, serving herself a cup of milk tea. Ichigo stomped all the way to the living room and placed the bag down, he stretched and noticed Rukia staring at him.

"Rukia."

"Ichigo."

The both spoke at once.

"Uh… Rukia, you can speak first."

"I-Ichigo, you can speak."

"It's fine Rukia. You go first."

"No, you go first."

They paused. There was no sound. Isshin was busy in the clinic, Karin and Yuzu went out with their friends and will be back around 6pm. They stared into each other's eyes.

"I'm sorry!" They both spoke at once.

Ichigo was looking away from her as he took out the chappy toy and gave it to Rukia. Rukia presented the heart shaped cookies in front of Ichigo, the cookies that he always wanted to taste first. It looked different from the ones Orihime was eating.

"This is a present, to apologize." Ichigo spoke, he saw Rukia face blushed, and he knew she cannot stand these things, especially when it's a chappy toy.

"Thanks…Ichigo." She buried her head in the laps of the huge chappy toy that was nearly the same size as her. Ichigo wrapped his arms around Rukia and hugged her closely, with the toy in between them.

"I'm back…" Karin walked in the living room along with Yuzu until they spotted the couple.

"Sorry for the disturbance…"

They let go of each other, both blushing.

It was a long pause, until Ichigo broke the silence.

"Rukia, can I have a cookie?"

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter~

I really didn't know how to end it... and I guess this is fine...?

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See you next time~ (See you next water time... =w= I'm addicted to Free! now.)