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Day Five

Ichigo had a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach when he got up the next morning. He knew it was probably because today was the day he was supposed to start Operation: Date Rukia so she doesn't leave (not a creative title but Renji isn't a creative person). Ichigo sighed to himself as he tried to figure out exactly how he got into this mess. It was nice that his friends were as passionate about getting her to stay as he was, he just wish they wouldn't have to involve him in their stupid plan. And it was a stupid plan.

Ichigo had never dated a girl before. The only one he'd ever kissed was Tatsuki and that was in 3rd grade on a dare, which Ichigo wasn't totally sure counted. He wasn't good at letting people in and he wasn't one of those guys who would just go out with the prettiest girl who was willing. For Kami's sake he wasn't Mizuiro!

Speaking of Mizuiro what was he supposed to do about all his friends who weren't aware of the soul society. They would think he was actually going out with Rukia. Hell that was what the whole school was going to think. Thinking about it only made him want to stay in bed even more. Today was going to suck.

Rukia seemed to notice Ichigo's strange mood and in the way of a true Kuchiki she inquired about it gracefully and with great dignity. Well actually she kicked him in the shin but hey no one was looking.

"What the hell was that for", Ichigo asked holding his throbbing shin. He had fought countless hollows and some of the biggest badasses in soul society but a 4'8" 150-year old girl was enough to bring him to his knees. And that's when she was using her gigai form. Freakishly strong midget.

"Your look weird when your thinking, it's like your body isn't quite used to doing it or something", Ichigo glared at her but she simply smirked at him making him wish, for what he knew would be the first of many times in the next few days, that it was Renji doing this and not him.

"I think all the time midget", this resulted in a kick to his already bruised shin but it was worth it to see the expression on her face. She glared at him but considering she had to look up to do it the effect wasn't all that intimidating.

"At least my hair is a natural color carrot top", she said smugly making me run a hand through my oddly colored hair.

"At least when I walk into class they don't try to give me directions to the elementary school", he mocked making Rukia try to kick him again but this time he dodged it.

"At least my name is appropriate for my gender Strawberry", she teased sticking out her tongue. Ichigo was about to respond when a chorus of 'Strawberry' was heard throughout the street.

"Ichigo"

"Hey Ichigo"

"Carrot top"

"Kurosaki", the two partners looked to see their male group of friends coming closer Keigo and Mizuiro led the group while Renji and Uryu hung back a little with Chad, who just nodded at the two before reading what looked to be their history book.

"Hey guys" Ichigo groaned out knowing his soul aware friends were going to pester him about him and Rukia.

"Hey guys", Rukia chirped out in a tone completely opposite of Ichigo. Ichigo wondered how she could go from murderous to sweet in under 3 seconds but chances were as soon as they were alone she was going to let him have it.

"Hello my beautiful Rukia. Your eyes seem to sparkle more with each passing day. Will you please do the honor of going with me to homecoming", they all stared as Keigo got down on one knee and acted as if he was proposing to Rukia instead of asking her to a school dance. Everyone looked to see Rukia's reaction and to everyone else she looked shocked but Ichigo could tell the soul reaper was just trying not to laugh in unsuspecting Keigo's face.

"Thank-you so much for asking but I like somebody else", she said sadly. The whole campus gasped and Ichigo looked around to find pretty much the entire school watching the two freshmen as if it was the latest soap opera on ABC.

"Oh my poor heart but if you are happy then I shall bless your relationship with your lucky fellow", Keigo hung his head in defeat and Mizuiro stepped up to console his friend but the emotional brunette was already running towards the school with Mizuiro running after him.

"Ok break it up nothing to see here", this voice belonged to the newly arrived Tatsuki. She was pushing people out of the way and hooked her arm through Rukia's once she'd gotten through the mass. "Come on you need a juice box after dealing with that nut job, come on Orihime", the crowd parted like the red sea as Orihime came through. Ichigo heard a growl and looked to his left to see a very pissy looking Quincy glaring at all of the kind girls admirers. Ichigo tried to suppress a chuckle at how unlucky the boy was to fall for the most sought after girl in school. But then again Ichigo was trying to ask out someone 130 years his senior so maybe he should feel sorry for himself.

"You know if you like the chic you should just ask her out", Renji told Uryu smugly. The archer flushed a little and just pushed up his glasses as he usually did when he was uncomfortable. The boys all chuckled a little before the archer decided to turn the spotlight onto Ichigo.

"Isn't Ichigo the one who's supposed to be asking someone out", he said making the boys turn their attention to Ichigo. He glared at Uryu who just smirked at him glad it was someone else who was being made miserable.

"Yeah you wouldn't happen to be the lucky fellow Keigo was blessing would you. No that couldn't be it; I doubt you've even said one nice thing to her the entire morning. Right", Renji questioned making Ichigo rub the back of his head guiltily.

"Well-

"Ichigo I may not be an expert in girl but I don't think they find being insulted charming. Well at least not since third grade", Uryu mocked the substitute soul reaper. Ichigo glared at him but had to admit he had a point. How was he supposed to ask out Rukia if he couldn't even say 'hi' to her without getting in some kind of argument? Of course most of them were her fault but he knew he should at least put some effort into not arguing with her all the time.

"Ichigo look", Renji said putting an arm around Ichigo's shoulder. "You have to ask Rukia out soon and calling her a midget is probably not the way you want to start out asking her out. You ever think about giving her a compliment or even just saying good morning", Renji asked as if trying to explain to a child the rules of common etiquette. Ichigo frowned at him finding a chink in his argument.

"Don't you think Rukia would find me suddenly being kind to her suspicious? If I'm suddenly all buddy buddy with her and then I ask her out she might think something is going on", Ichigo argued.

"Well then do it gradually or something because insulting her isn't going to win you any favors", Renji said taking his arm of the younger boy's shoulder before standing in front of him as if direct eye contact would make the message sink in clearer.

"She'll still be suspicious and what if-

"Wait", everyone looked up to Chad who was putting his history book under his arm The boy hadn't put any input in so far so the other boys were curious as to what he had to say.

"If your plan is going to work then Ichigo has to ask her out the Ichigo way", the Spanish boy explained.

"The Ichigo way", Uryu asked confused for once.

"Yes, if Ichigo starts acting nice to Rukia then the plan will fail because she'll get suspicious. Ichigo has to ask her out and date her in a way that goes with his personality", he explained.

"So he has to be obnoxious, rude, loud, and tease her when, if, he goes out with her", Uryu confirmed raising his eyebrow at the 'plan'.

"Yes", the bigger boy said simply. Renji and Uryu exchanged a glance and Ichigo wondered what they were thinking. I mean there was no way they would ever agre-

"You're right Chad", Ichigo could swear his mouth dropped open at that. Hadn't they been saying 2 minutes ago that his personality would ruin the whole plan?

"What", he asked turning toward the other two. They just smirked at him and he felt as if he was the bunt of one of their jokes. Again.

"Well he's right, if you suddenly became all nice and stuff Rukia would see right through it", Renji said making Ichigo scoff at him.

"Didn't I say that", Ichigo dead-panned making the other boys shrug.

"You might have but whenever there's something important going on we just tend to tune you out", Uryu said shrugging. Before Ichigo could retort the warning bell sounded throughout the courtyard.

"Come on Ichigo you can't ask her out if you're in detention", Renji mocked before racing off towards the classroom with Uryu and Chad in tow.

"Idiot", Ichigo muttered before taking off so he wouldn't get stuck with another tardy. If this whole plan failed like he thought it was going to, he was going to kill his friends in their sleep.

"Alright Ichigo you know what to do", Renji said motioning to where Rukia and her group of friends were sitting. Ichigo watched as Rukia laughed as she watched Tatsuki hit Chizuru who was probably hitting on Orihime again. Ichigo felt uneasy, he always thought girls looked a lot scarier in packs.

"Actually I have no idea what to do", Ichigo griped making his friends sweat drop.

"Just go over there and ask her out", Uryu instructed making Ichigo roll his eyes at the vagueness of the order.

"To where exactly am I supposed to take her. We eat together all the time and I have to take her shopping because she always steals Yuzu's stuff. That cancels out a lot of normal 'date' activities", Ichigo asked them making the other boys shrug. Ichigo wished that at least one of the boys had actually bothered to talk to a girl before; it would make them giving him advice a lot easier.

"How about the ice skating rink that opened last week. She and all the other girls were talking about today in gym", everyone looked to Chad who seemed to be full of wonderful advice today. Ichigo thanked his lucky stars that Chad was permanently stuck on the track outside since he tended to injure people in sports.

"Ok ice-skating rink, I can do that", Ichigo said out loud, mostly to encourage himself. The other boys nodded and Ichigo took a deep breath before walking over to the girls little circle.

"Why do they always have to hang out in groups", he muttered to himself. He knew that if he asked to see Rukia alone they were all going to think he was asking her out, which he was but that wasn't the point.

"Hey Ichigo you need something", Ichigo was shaken from his thoughts by Tatsuki who was brushing her hands off after punching Chizuru into a nearby tree. Ichigo looked at her a little warily wondering if she would give him the same treatment for what he was about to do.

"Actually I need to talk to Rukia", Ichigo said with his usual aloofness. He thanked Kami for is natural ability to look like a brick wall. His friends might hate it but it was most definitely a blessing.

"Ok Ichigo what do you need to say", Rukia asked with her usual peppy voice she used at school. He cursed inwardly at the fact that unlike her he didn't have hollows as an excuse to privacy.

"Can we talk alone", he asked through gritted teeth that nearly chipped with the force he was using. The other girls giggling didn't really help his mood.

"If you have something to say you can say it to all of us cant you Ichigo", Rukia asked innocently but Ichigo could see the mirth in her eyes. If he wasn't supposed to be 'wooing' her he would have thrown his schoolbag at her smug expression.

"Fine Rukia you're going with me to the ice-skating rink after school. Meet me outside the gate after last period", with that Ichigo started to walk away from the embarrassing scene but the midget stopped him before he could.

"Wait Ichigo", Ichigo turned to see Rukia looking at him with a confused expression. He raised his eyebrow prompting her to speak.

"Are you asking me out", she questioned her eyes looking at him with something akin to shock in her eyes.

"Hm maybe", this time Ichigo walked away but not before he heard the excited chatter that only a group of teenage girls can maintain.

Ichigo was leaning against the school gate waiting for Rukia to show up. He sighed at the hundredth girl that day looked at him and giggled. Apparently his little question at lunch was already common knowledge throughout campus. Girls giggled and immediately turned to their friends to talk about the new 'relationship'. Guys just high fived him or said 'nice' which Ichigo knew Rukia wouldn't appreciate. Speaking of the midget she was now making her way towards him with a slight frown on her face.

"Come on Ichigo we better hurry I don't want to be late for dinner", she chirped out as she headed in the direction of downtown. Ichigo raised an eyebrow, he'd been expecting questions but it seemed like Rukia just wanted to go on their 'date'.

"Really you're not going to question me at all", he asked once they were out of hearing shot of their fellow students. She thought about it for a second before laughing a little bit.

"Well I was curious at first but now it all makes sense", Ichigo was confused at that. What made sense, did she realize their plan and was now preparing to beat Ichigo within an inch of his life. No that didn't make sense Ichigo didn't feel any murderous intent coming off of her and he was pretty good at seeing through her little facades.

"What made sense", he inquired making her just give him a small smile. Ichigo thought it looked cute but he wondered what made her smile like that at him.

"Well you're always giving me funny looks and you're always talking with the boys but whenever I walk up you guys get real quite. Plus you've been nicer than normal", she said finishing her explanation. He had to admit if he didn't know better it actually sounded like he liked Rukia. But that was the point so he was thankful he didn't have to elaborate on his feelings.

"Oh", he said shortly. Rukia rolled her eyes but smiled as she saw the rink.

"Come on hurry up Ichigo", she demanded grabbing his arm and dragging him in. Ichigo shivered a little as the cool air hit them when they walked in. Rukia didn't seem to mind she just walked over to the ticket booth dragging Ichigo with her. She looked up at Ichigo and hit his arm as if saying get a move on.

"Two skate passes and two rentals", he told the teenager in the booth. The guy just nodded and rang up their bill while giving Rukia the tickets. Ichigo passed over a twenty and the two teenagers headed toward a bench by the rink.

The two put their schoolbags down and slid their shoes off. They walked to the skate rental area and grabbed their sizes before slipping them on. Ichigo walked onto the rink and skated easily after years of rollerblading everywhere.

"WHOA", Ichigo looked back to find Rukia clinging onto the wall for dear life. He chuckled a bit making her glare at him.

"Well aren't you going to help your 'date'", she spat at him but the effect was lost as she slid onto her ass as she lost her grip. Ichigo let lose another round of laughter but held out his hand and tried to help her out. The soul reaper smirked at him before unexpectedly pulling him to the ground. She laughed at him while he rubbed his now very sore hip but had to admit this was going easier than he thought it would. He pulled himself up and helped Rukia to her feet. She leaned most of her weight against him still unsteady.

"Come on I'll help you", he said gruffly making her give him a small smile. He put his hand on her arm and his other hand on her other shoulder and tried to help mover her along. She moved very shaky but after a few laps seemed to have the hang of it.

"I got it", she cheered excited. Ichigo laughed but then eased his hand off her shoulder.

"That's good now lengthen your stride a bit", he instructed. She listened and soon was moving smoothly.

"Good you got", he praised and then let go of her completely. She looked a little frightened but kept moving. Ichigo smiled at the look of accomplishment on her face. He skated over to her and the two did a few laps. She tried to race him but his long legs gave him an advantage she couldn't beat.

"Damn tall person", she said sulkily making him smirk.

"Damn midget", he mocked making her lunge for him. He caught her and the two just stood there but were shaken out of their moment by a chorus of giggles. The two looked up to see a mob of kid's making their way onto the ice. Ichigo sighed before gently placing Rukia down.

"Looks like the five o'clock class is staring we better bolt", he said somewhat unhappily. The two got off the rink and gave their skates back before grabbing their bags. They waved at the ticket guy who looked thoroughly miserable before walking out.

"Um well Orihime invited me over for dinner", Rukia told him twirling her foot on the ground. Ichigo was a little shocked that he was sad she had to go.

"Well alright I'll see you at home", he ventured making her smile.

"Yeah you will and Ichigo", she said as she walked away. "Thanks I..I had fun", she turned away from him and walked around the corner leaving Ichigo alone on the street. Though he'd never admit to anyone, he'd had fun too.

End of Day Five

Ok that's it. Aww I love writing fluff. Sorry if it isn't good I'm not very experienced at it. Let me know what you think and what you want to happen. Please Review!

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