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Again I DON'T OWN BLEACH

Chapter 9

"Yo! Shorty and Pumpkin hurry it up!" Ichigo heard Renji shout from outside. Ichigo twitched at the nicknames and looking down, he saw Toshiro scowling.

"You sure you wanna go on a double date with them Toshiro?" Ichigo asked. He knew Toshiro had a hard time handling the obnoxious redhead.

"It's too late to back out now Ichigo, besides I wouldn't do that to Byakuya." At the mention of Byakuya, Ichigo paled a bit.

"He's not actually going to kill me is he?" Ichigo very seriously asked. Toshiro had told him about the conversation in his office. Toshiro truly laughed, which didn't make Ichigo feel any better. Once they were at the door he asked again. "Toshiro?"

The two couples made their way to the fair. Renji pranced around in front with Byakuya calmly behind him. Ichigo and Toshiro walked next to each, not holding hands but occasionally they would brush against each other.

"So Toshiro, how did you meet Byakuya?" As hard as Ichigo tried, he couldn't place where they might have met.

"I dated him." The short answer made Ichigo choke.

"You- wait what?" He was having a very hard time thinking clearly, his emotions were out of sorts. He felt shocked, surprised and even a little jealous. No, actually a lot jealous.

"Mm." Was Toshiro's noncommittal answer. Ichigo felt ready to strangle his boyfriend. "Byakuya is a cop; we met when I was helping him with a case. We got along really well and afterwards he asked me out."

Ichigo felt like it was pulling teeth. Toshiro would say something and fall silent. "So what happened?" He finally asked. Ichigo could see the teal eyes thinking, so he stayed silent, waiting for him to answer.

"I think the problem was we're too alike. We work really well as friends but dating didn't work." Like usual, he fell silent again, but his next question surprised Ichigo. "Why, are you jealous?" Toshiro asked slyly, turning to face Ichigo.

"What!" Ichigo started. "No. I'm not jealous." He mumbled walking away. Toshiro laughed before catching up to him and grabbing his arm. Together they walked the last stretch to the fair arm in arm.

Ichigo stood back and watched Toshiro play one of the games. Renji stood next to him, trying to distract him from winning. He was trying to win a dragon figurine. When Toshiro saw it his teal eyes had lit up. Immediately Ichigo had offered to play and win the prize for him, but Toshiro had said he could do it himself. He was on his second try. Ichigo was enjoying the way Toshiro's anger flushed his face, it made him look really cute. Not that Ichigo would ever be stupid enough to say that to him, his boyfriend packed quite a bunch for such a small body.

"Ichigo." The orangette turned to see Byakuya standing next to him, his eyes also watching Toshiro and Renji. "May I have a word?" Ichigo could hear the underlying concern in his normally serious voice.

"Sure Byakuya, what is it?" Ichigo couldn't help but remember the threat Toshiro told him about.

"I looked you up." Ichigo glanced sharply at the taller man. He couldn't mean- "Former second in command of the Arrancars." Shock filled Ichigo's eyes.

"I didn't realize the police kept records like that." He stated calmly, while on the inside he was panicking. Why was Byakuya telling him this?

"You've been off police radar for a few years left. I take it you left the gang." It wasn't a question but Ichigo nodded anyway. "I will not ask why, as I believe that is very personal to you but your past has a way of coming back to you. I take it you understand that?" Ichigo straightened, nodding stiffly. "Good. I wanted to tell Toshiro this until I realized you had already told him. I commend you for that; it takes courage to tell someone that."

"Thank you Byakuya. I appreciate that. And yes, I did tell him, very early on too." Ichigo told him, looking at Byakuya in a new light. He could see what Toshiro was talking about earlier. They were very similar. Both had a serious exterior, but underneath there was a wealth of private emotions and thoughts.

Suddenly Renji shouted. Both men looked towards him. The vendor was pulling the dragon down. Toshiro looked towards Ichigo grinning. He gave a thumbs up in return, before turning back to Byakuya, who was nodding again.

"He cares for you and I can tell you care for him." Byakuya's tone of voice changed. It became softer, and Ichigo could feel the care coming from him, before he put the mask back on. "So don't hurt him." Ichigo nodded. He thought the conversation was over but Byakuya had one more thing to say. "And yes I will actually kill you if that happens."

Ichigo gaped at him before a blue dragon appeared in front of his face. Toshiro stood in front of him with a proud smirk on his face. Ichigo watched as he looked between Byakuya and Ichigo confusedly.

"What were you guys talking about?" He asked confusion evident in his sea-green eyes.

"You know, stuff."

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