Author's Note: Inspiration sprung up when I was doing my California Standardized testing today. I had been drawing while I was bored, which consisted a drawing of bunnies chopping carrots. That's right. Anyways, back to the point.
It's a quick thing. Just to let you guys know that I'm not dead.
And I have to update anyways, XBlueSkyX pushed me to update, after she updated. ._. I'm so late.
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"The preparations are ready sir." A woman stated as Kariya stared out of the window. He smirked as he gripped his cell phone in his hand. The text on the phone screen had been located on the screen for quite some time now.
"You scheduled an appointment?" Kariya asked as the cigarette in between his lips was lifted out of his mouth, the smooth smoke evacuating all sweet smells in the room previously.
The lady tucked her hair behind her ear and smirked.
"Of course I did, you're expected in about an hour or so." The woman said as she played with her business skirt. Kariya smiled and turned to smile at her.
"Thank you Yoshi, please tell Koga to come with me when I leave." Kariya said as Yoshi smirked.
"Of course sir, I shall leave you to your view." Yoshi said as she flicked her long teal colored hair and strutted out of his office.
Kariya smiled as he gazed on the Hitsugaya Corporations. The cigarette in between his long fingers had been crushed in his palm.
"Soon Hitsugaya, you won't exist anymore and I'll take your place as number one." Kariya stated to no one as his smile gleamed in the early sunlight.
"Have a good day at work okay?" Hitsugaya said as he kissed Rukia and Rukia kissed him back.
"Alright, alright, you go to work, I'll be fine. You have a good day too." Rukia stated as she stood behind Hitsugaya, both were facing the mirror and he was struggling to tie his tie again.
Hitsugaya examined Rukia, her large violet eyes peeking over his shoulder as her lips were pressed against his neck. His eyes weren't fixated on his silk emerald tie at the moment; they were just fixated on Rukia. Rukia chuckled before she stood in front of him and began fixing his tie. Seeing her dainty little hands looping the tie through a knot and she made sure the tie was propped against the collar of his shirt.
She patted the tie for good measure and kissed him on the cheek.
"You seriously need to learn how to tie your own tie." Rukia commented before Hitsugaya kissed her on the lips again and looked back up at the mirror.
"I'll try, are you sure you don't need me to drop you off?" Hitsugaya asked as Rukia wrapped her arms around his waist. She smiled softly at him and tip toed up to kiss him again as she released, her hands rubbed his arms.
"I'm going to be fine, it's my apartment anyways. Now go on, leave!" Rukia jokingly said as she pushed him out into the living room, Rukia grabbed a black cardigan to put over her white tank top. She walked in front of him; his eyes followed her movements, as she went to pick up her cell phone, keys, and purse. He eyed her beige skirt, which elongated her legs and showed them off quite well.
"Are you sure you want to go to work today?" Hitsugaya asked as he licked his lips, which Rukia saw and Rukia smirked as she kicked up her foot to put on flats.
"Nice try pervert. If I didn't want to go to work today, I would wear something way shorter." Rukia states as she shrugs on her cardigan. Hitsugaya came over and wrapped an arm around her waist from behind.
"Do you have anything shorter?" He asked as he snuggled his face into the crook of her neck, his breath on her neck while he gently nipped her skin. She elbowed him slightly and smiled.
"Trust me, I have way shorter, but I choose not to wear it. Now go, you're late dummy." Rukia said as Hitsugaya kissed her again and left through the front door, but not before he gently swung his palm to smack her ass which made her hiss and rub the sore area.
She eyed the door, muttering something along the lines that he was a pervert before her cell rang.
She pressed on the accept button and held the phone up to her ear as she walked out of her apartment.
"What is it?" Rukia asked and she heard the radio playing in the background.
"I'm here, so hurry up." The gruff voice of an orange haired man spoke, Rukia smiled and picked at her nails.
"Whatever Ichigo, what's making you so pissy this morning?" Rukia asked as she walked out to the parking lot.
"My wife is ignoring me because I refused to eat her wasabi and red bean paste brownies, they just looked so disgusting, how was I supposed to eat it Rukia?" Ichigo complained and Rukia chuckled as she opened the car door to find Ichigo hanging up already. Rukia got in the car promptly.
"Just eat one, pretend you love it, and when she's gone, throw it down the garbage disposal." Rukia commented and Ichigo glared at her.
"You know I can't do that." Ichigo commented as they started driving already.
"Sure you can, I don't put it past you for ignoring her brownies, and she always did manage to make deadly concoctions." Rukia stated and Ichigo shuddered in agreement.
"Now you know why I do all of the cooking at home." Rukia laughed as Ichigo pulled into the parking lot. Rukia got out of the car and walked briskly in the office.
As to say of right now, she was having a pretty good day. Her good mood was obvious as she greeted everyone as she walked on by.
She hummed a little tune as both of her hands found the handles of the large doors and she pulled them open.
Her closed eyes now opened to see everyone waiting for her and staring at her.
"Good morning everybody." Rukia chirped as she took her place along the table, folding her hands neatly together, and crossing one leg over the other.
"Good morning Rukia, you seem awfully chipper today." Ukitake commented and Rukia smiled.
"Oh am I? Well, that's odd. Anyways, who's our client for today?" Rukia asked as she felt her cell phone vibrate against her thigh. She picked it up silently and read the text from under the table, making it seem like she had the attention of everybody in the room.
It was from Hitsugaya, and he had texted her to have a great day at work, she bit her lip and smiled as she quickly texted back and shut off her phone. Yamamoto looked at her and nodded.
"Here you go Ms. Kuchiki; our client is ready to talk to you." Yamamoto stated and Rukia nodded in a serious tone before Yamamoto gestured to the back of the room where Rukia widened her eyes.
Kariya smiled deviously and took out the burning cigarette in between his lips.
"I see you are well Ms. Kuchiki." Kariya spoke and Rukia tried to remain as professional as possible.
"Of course Mr. Jin, how may I help you today?" Rukia asked and Kariya chuckled.
"You're so obedient Rukia, I like that about you." Kariya noted and Rukia arched a brow as she leaned forward.
"Get to the point Mr. Jin; I'm here for business, not just for a simple conversation." Rukia explained and Kariya smiled.
"Of course Ms. Kuchiki, I wouldn't want to waste your time at all. Here is your client; his information is in the folder." Kariya explained as he dropped a skinny manila folder on the table and Rukia picked it up gingerly. She would have to store the folder for later for filing.
Kariya smiled as he saw Rukia's delicate fingers picking at the cover of the manila folder to open the folder.
Rukia opened the folder, expecting information on another one of Kariya's employees, but as soon as she opened it, her jaw dropped and she felt anger rush to her head. She folded the folder back up, stood up promptly and slammed the table.
"This has got to be a joke Mr. Jin." Rukia said, her voice filled with anger, and possible fear. Kariya only smirked as he took out another cigarette. Everybody in the meeting hall was looking at Rukia, who only breathed heavily at the moment. A thick silence welled up in the room.
"I assure you it's not a joke Ms. Kuchiki, that's your assignment." Renji and Ichigo looked up at Rukia and Rukia felt like strangling Kariya.
Rukia took the folder and slammed it open and held up the packet to Kariya's view.
"You're his friend, what the hell is the matter with you? He trusts you," Rukia seethed, tears welled up in her crystal violet eyes, "How can you do this to him?" Rukia asked as Kariya gently plucked the packet from her grip and flipped off the front page, a larger photo of her next assignment was now pinned up for everybody's eyes. Rukia felt a tear go down her cheek, but she quickly wiped it away.
"It's easy Ms. Kuchiki, he's in my way for the number one spot, and I want him out. I'm sure you'll do a lovely job. After all, I specifically chose you to complete the task." Kariya stated and Rukia went up to the board and ripped off the picture and shoved it in Kariya's chest.
"You have no right in asking me to do that, you know my relations with him, you sick freak." Rukia yelled and Kariya only chuckled as he slid a few magazines from JPG on the table for everybody's view. All centered on the cover was Rukia kissing her next assignment. Everybody examined it carefully and looked up at Rukia with widened eyes.
Kariya stepped forward to Rukia and tilted her chin up with his thumb and index finger.
"That's why I asked you to do it. He's horrendously in love with you my dear." Kariya stated and Rukia widened her eyes. She slapped Kariya's hand away and backed away.
"You're…you're lying!" Rukia whispered as Kariya smiled as he watched Rukia's reaction.
"Rukia, don't tell me…" Hisana said loudly and Rukia felt tears leave her eyes. Water ran from her eyes, down her cheeks, and to her lips.
"Don't tell me you're dating your next assignment." Byakuya asked and Rukia dug her fingernails in her arm. Rukia turned slowly to face everybody and everyone witnessed Rukia crying as she bit her lip. She opened her mouth and glared at Kariya.
"We've been dating for almost a year now." Rukia stated as Yamamoto remained indifferent, Renji's and Ichigo's jaws were split apart, Kyouraku simply tipped his hat over his face, and Ukitake looked at Rukia. Rukia went back to facing Kariya and gestured for her to sit down, which she promptly did.
"Don't believe me? Let's see, since I'm his friend, I'll tell you an important date." Kariya started speaking and Rukia slammed her hands on the table and looked away.
"Don't." Rukia hissed and Kariya smirked.
"I will tell you, it's quite important to your future with him." Kariya hummed a tune as Rukia bit her lip to keep herself from lashing out. Kariya maliciously smiled and clasped his hands together.
"About a month ago, I had gotten a call from your boyfriend, Hitsugaya Toshirou, yes, he called me, and he was very excited. You had actually just left for work that day." Kariya started and Rukia glared at him, she was tearing up, but she couldn't let anymore tears spill. "He told me to meet him up at the local coffee shop by his apartment, and I gladly obliged, I thought he just wanted a friendly talk." Kariya smiled and Rukia breathed heavily in pure anger.
Rukia opened her mouth until Kariya held up a finger.
"Don't speak; please do wait for me to finish my lovely tale." Rukia shut her mouth and trembled silently. "Now, after he met up with me, he took me to one of the nicest jewelry stores in Karakura, the store was gorgeous, gems, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and all you can imagine were presented to us. But most importantly, they had rings." Kariya emphasized the word 'rings' and Rukia shot her hand up to her mouth in horror.
Kariya opened his mouth to continue as he smirked.
Flashback: (Please do keep in mind that Kariya is still explaining the situation to them as he's remembering.)
"Oh so Hitsugaya, why are we here? I haven't seen you step place in a shop like this since the last girlfriend, what brings us here?" Kariya asked as Hitsugaya gave him a soft smirk.
"Don't worry about it Kariya, let me show you why I brought you here." Hitsugaya said as he pushed open the doors and the saleswoman, prim and proper smiled as she adjusted her glasses.
"Oh hello there Mr. Jin, Mr. Hitsugaya, this is a pleasant surprise, two of Japan's most famous technology companies, here in my shop, but Mr. Hitsugaya is no stranger here!" The saleswoman blabbed and Hitsugaya tipped his chin a little bit to acknowledge the fact.
"Of course, Jin, I want to show you something." Hitsugaya stated and the woman whipped off her glasses, showing off her pretty azure eyes.
"Have you asked the lucky girl yet? I bet you've been hinting at it for ages now!" The saleswoman asked and Hitsugaya chuckled.
"I'm still waiting for the right moment, may I see my ring?" Hitsugaya asked as he shoved his hands in the pockets of his trousers. Kariya placed himself next to Hitsugaya and leaned against the counter.
"Why are we here Hitsugaya? Why have you gotten a ring? A promise ring perhaps for your lady?" Kariya asked as the woman came in with an elegant casing. She had propped it open to display a beautiful ring. Kariya looked at it promptly, examining it.
The ring had a butterfly perched on top of it, made from sterling silver with little diamonds and sapphires encrusting the shape of the butterfly. The butterfly was perched on top of a larger diamond that had four little topaz pieces surrounding it. The ring was made from white gold and had diamonds embedded in it. It was truly a magnificent piece, but also, a very expensive magnificent piece.
"Kariya, if you buy a ring, what do you automatically think of?" Hitsugaya asked as the saleswoman had congregated with another customer that had walked in. Kariya fingered the cigarettes in his pocket and shrugged as he felt for his lighter to.
"Marriage, I don't know, why Hitsugaya?" Kariya asked as he felt an urge to smoke a cigarette flooded his body, but he had realized he wasn't allowed to smoke in the fancy store. When Hitsugaya remained silent, Kariya widened his eyes, smirked, and then wiped it off of his face.
"You want to marry her don't you?" Kariya asked and Hitsugaya swallowed thickly as he looked at Kariya.
"You don't think it's too soon right?" Hitsugaya asked and Kariya chuckled as he looked out of the shop window.
"The heart wants what the heart wants Hitsugaya. If you feel this strongly about her, why not ask her to marry you?" Kariya replied as Hitsugaya rolled his shoulders back and took the casing that held the ring in the palms of his hands.
"I haven't even said I love you to her, wouldn't it be awkward if I just sprung it up?" Hitsugaya asked and Kariya shrugged.
"Do you have a date set up?" Kariya asked and Hitsugaya shook his head.
"Not yet, I'm having trouble finding a date." Hitsugaya sighed and Kariya felt his cell phone ring and he flipped it open, and talked briefly before snapping his phone shut. Hitsugaya was looking at him and Kariya put away his phone.
"Isn't your annual company party coming up soon Hitsugaya? Maybe you could ask her there, all you'd have to do is find the place for it soon." Kariya suggested, and he saw Hitsugaya's eyes light up as if he were a child placed in a carnival.
"That's a wonderful idea, and I already have a place booked, it's the same place from last year." Hitsugaya commented and Kariya smirked.
"They have a lovely hall of mirrors in a back room, you should take her there." Kariya chuckled as Hitsugaya patted his shoulder as Hitsugaya's phone rang.
"That's a wonderful idea, I've got to go now, and I'll talk to you soon!" Hitsugaya said as he belted out of the door after presenting a good bye to the saleswoman and Kariya.
Kariya walked out of the shop and lit a cigarette immediately.
"Oh, young love, how naïve." Kariya said to no one as he chuckled.
Flashback: end
Rukia widened her eyes as she crossed her legs together and rubbed her hands together, tears pouring out of her eyes.
"That's not true, you're lying!" Rukia screamed and Kariya chuckled as he came closer to Rukia and tilted her chin up.
"I assure you, I'm not. He loves you with all of his heart, and here's where it gets interesting my dear." Kariya said as Rukia snatched herself away from his grip and he walked around the room.
"In about a month's time, he'll ask you to go to the company party. You'll say yes, and you'll go. And at about eleven fifty, he'll lead you to this wonderful and secret room in the hotel. It's such a beautiful sight really, he'll ask you to dance, and he'll talk." Kariya smirked as Rukia cried silently as she gaped at him in horror.
"And then, soon, before you know it, it'll reach midnight, he'll suddenly detach himself away from you and get down on one knee…" Kariya was interrupted as Rukia stood up and covered her ears with her hands.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it, stop it!" Rukia screamed as Kariya chuckled and Yamamoto sighed.
"Rukia Kuchiki, sit down this instant." Yamamoto commanded and Rukia looked at him with tear glazed eyes and sat down slowly.
Kariya smiled and took something out of his pocket; it was wrapped neatly in a cloth.
"Before I was interrupted, like I said, he'll get down on one knee and present the most beautiful ring to you, and there, he'll ask you to marry him. And then, you'll kill him before you can answer, you'll kill him, with this." Kariya said as he unwrapped the cloth to reveal an old dagger that was Kariya's family heirloom.
Rukia glared at Kariya.
"I refuse this assignment; I refuse to follow your orders!" Rukia yelled and Kariya chuckled as he closed his eyes and maliciously smiled.
"Oh Ms. Kuchiki, I'm afraid I can't do that. I really need him gone, and if you won't do the job, I could just get another woman, or maybe even your friends to do it, after all, I came here for results. I plan to get them." Kariya said as Rukia slammed her hands on the table.
"Don't be ridiculous! They'll never do it." Rukia objected and Kariya smiled.
"True, but then again, I could get a refund, and go to another agency to do it, I'm sure many women would swoon at the chance to seduce your boyfriend and kill him." Kariya smiled as Rukia furrowed her brows in anger.
"You wouldn't dare." Rukia hissed and Kariya went face to face with her.
"Try me." Kariya stated and Rukia glared at him and Renji stood up and put a hand on Rukia's shoulder and tugged her back.
"You don't have to do it Rukia; I'll do it for you." Renji offered and Rukia spun on her heel and flicked off Renji's hand. She looked up at Renji and shook her head.
"You know that I'll hate you if you do that." Rukia said and Renji patted her shoulder.
"We need to get the job done, there's no way around it." Renji stated and Rukia shook her head as a tear dropped on Renji's hand and she turned to face Kariya with a menacing glare.
"If I accept, you are never allowed to show your face here every again, do you hear me?" Rukia hissed and Kariya smiled.
"Of course, now, what will the choice be Ms. Kuchiki, you, or your friends to kill him?" Kariya asked and Rukia felt more tears leak out of her eyes as she picked up the folder and the dagger and glared at Kariya.
"If anybody's going to kill him," Rukia started as more tears dripped down her face, "It'll be me." Rukia stated as she felt her heart splitting and she felt like someone had ripped her body apart. Hisana gaped at her and came up to her, ready to comfort Rukia, but Rukia stopped her. Rukia glared at Kariya and snarled.
"Now, leave my sight before I kill you before I get to him." Rukia snarled and Kariya smiled as he bowed to everybody and nodded towards Rukia.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you." Kariya said as he motioned for his employee, Koga to follow him and they left.
Everybody stared at Rukia, who was facing the floor and had her shoulders hunched. Hisana opened her mouth.
"Rukia, I…" Hisana started and Rukia sharply interfered with a 'Don't' before walking out the room.
Rukia pushed her way through many associates looking at her, Renji and Ichigo ran out of the room to see Rukia walk in her office, slam the door behind her, and lock it. Renji went up to the doors of Rukia's office, and all he could hear, was the sound of his best friend sobbing.
Author's note: Yep, I know, this is saddening, but this is how the story is supposed to go. Now on others news:
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