Author's note: So, yeah, I'm updating, it's been a really long time. Just try not to kill me. This story – if I allow myself it will be finished very quickly due to me not wanting to drag it on any longer.
Rukia opened the drawer and pulled out the dagger. She sighed inwardly and sheathed it again as she heard footsteps and slammed the drawer closed.
She turned around to see Hitsugaya holding up a black or icy blue tie, he debated which one and dangled them in front of her face.
"Which one should it be?" Hitsugaya asked and Rukia rolled her eyes as she took the icy blue one and smiled as she began to wrap it around his neck.
"This one, it'll match with my dress. You're such a girl sometime." Rukia smiled as she tugged it up to his neck and smoothed it out as he wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her close.
"You know, we could just stay home today and not go to the ball." He suggested as Rukia rolled her eyes and pushed him away gently.
"Then what's the point of having a party? What's the point of paying all that money?" Rukia questioned and Hitsugaya sighed as he kissed her on the lips.
"True, alright, I've got to get going or else I'll be a horrible host. Be sure to come in two hours after all of the speeches and what not." Hitsugaya and Rukia quickly kissed as he grabbed his keys, cell phone, and wallet and left his apartment. Rukia reassured that Hitsugaya didn't come back before taking out the dagger again and examining it. She looked at the dress that was hidden in the bag and held back the growing tears. She placed the dagger in the sheath and put it aside. She called Renji, he picked up promptly.
"Pick me up in about an hour." Rukia ordered immediately and Renji gave confirmation and hung up. Rukia peeled off her garments and stepped inside the shower as she turned it on. She hoped tonight would not go in her favor.
-Later-
Rukia opened the door as she rushed back into the bathroom to finish primping and prepping her makeup. Renji walked inside with his hands in his pockets.
"Rukia, I thought you would be finished by now." Renji said as he looked at pictures that sparsely decorated the apartment.
"I'm almost done. Do you have everything set up?" Rukia called from the bathroom and Renji leaned by the bathroom door.
"Yeah, we've got the whole place rigged already; security cameras are being controlled by us and everything is done." There was a moment of silence and Renji sighed, "Rukia, are you still up for the job?" There was another moment of silence.
"Y-y-yeah," Her soft voice was just barely audible, "I'll be fine." She swiped on a soft pink blush that added a soft tint and Renji looked at her.
"You look nice." Renji softly commented as Rukia dabbed on a nude lipstick.
"Thanks," The curt reply stung him as he came closer and wrapped his arms around Rukia's neck and dug his face in her neck. "It's just not fair Renji to do that to someone."
"That's life Rukia." Renji commented as Rukia brushed and touched under her eyes to keep herself from crying.
"I know, now get off, I need to get my stuff." Rukia said as Renji released her and she grabbed her keys, small sequined white clutch, cell phone, and the small dagger. Renji looked at Rukia as she lifted up her long ball dress and place the dagger in the garnet wrapped around her thigh and dropped her dress softly. She looked up at Renji and put on her shoes.
"Let's go." Rukia opened the door and Renji walked out and into the elevator that had been opened already. Rukia locked the door and followed promptly after Renji.
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Rukia shifted uncomfortably as Renji opened the door, Rukia slipped out of the car and stood up straight. She looked at Renji as he closed the door.
"Call me when you're about to do it, I'm going on security, so we can enter in together." Renji and Rukia walked up and were asked to show identification and their invitation. Renji went one way and Rukia went directly to the party. She turned and saw a grand hall where masses of people were clumped together.
Masses of expensive material meshed together with glasses of an expensive drink being handed out and held with soft hands. Men with their particularly young dates kept them close from going around to lonely men who were in search of company. The band played a light soft tune to keep conversation light and flowing. Rukia searched around for white hair and saw her host coming up towards her already.
"It's about time you came." Hitsugaya said as he handed her a glass of champagne and Rukia smiled as they leaned in to kiss each other lightly. Rukia looked around to see a group of young women in expensive gowns stewing and bubbling in jealousy as they gave her envious looks.
"I have some people I want you to meet." Rukia felt herself being tugged on by an eager boyfriend and being swiveled around the room.
"Oh my, is that the girlfriend?" A familiar voice called out and Rukia's head snapped up to see Kyoraku, Nanao, and Ukitake.
"What a pleasant surprise." Rukia smiled warmly at three older adults in front of her. "It's good to see you three again." Rukia tilted her head to them; the flash of her diamond earrings hurt her eyes slightly.
"You know them?" Hitsugaya asked and Rukia turned to him and smiled softly.
"Of course I do, they're affiliates with my brother, how could I not?" The soft tinkle of her voice made Ukitake's face go into a slight frown. He morphed it back into his normal gentle smile and gestured to Rukia.
"Rukia, may I please discuss something important with you?" Ukitake asked, Rukia and Hitsugaya broke their gazes off of each other and looked at Ukitake.
"Of course, I'll be right back." Rukia said as she and Hitsugaya shared a quick kiss and she followed after Ukitake.
Ukitake took them to a secluded area behind a pillar and faced Rukia with a serious face.
"Are you going to go through with it?" Ukitake crossed his arms, he was puzzled if Rukia had the strength to actually kill her boyfriend that she obviously cared deeply about.
Rukia looked away as her delighted smile went away.
"I don't know if I am, but I have the necessary items, it's just, I don't know if I should defy orders and run away." Rukia explained as she brought her fingers under her eyes to keep herself from crying again.
"What will you do if you do defy orders?" Ukitake pondered and Rukia looked up at one of her mentors.
"I'm not so sure of that either." Rukia inhaled deeply as she ran a hand through her curled hair.
"Well, it sounds like you have an important decision to make. Come, let's get you back, I feel like me taking you away for too long might upset him." Ukitake said as Rukia tried to shake off any signs of sadness and began walking back with Ukitake to Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya was glad to see her again and linked arms with her again.
"What did you two talk about?" Hitsugaya asked and Ukitake laughed.
"We talked about some deals that are going on within her brother's company." Ukitake immediately answered and Rukia nodded in agreement.
"Yes, they're quite important." A waiter came up with a tray of drinks and a tray of empty glasses. Rukia put her empty cup on the tray and picked up another one immediately, sipping the contents rather quickly.
"Are you okay?" Hitsugaya whispered and Rukia smiled at him as she took the cup out of her lips.
"Yeah, I'm just feeling nervous, that's all." Hitsugaya smiled softly at her.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Rukia's eyes widened while Hitsugaya immediately left her side to greet the stranger. Rukia snapped her head up to see Kariya standing there with his secretary with her long green hair at his side.
"It's so nice to see you here." Hitsugaya greeted as Kariya and he shook hands briefly.
"It's always such a pleasure to support my best friend." Rukia felt like punching Kariya when he said that.
Kyoraku, Nanao, and Ukitake had promptly said their goodbyes soon after and left. This had left Kariya, his assistant, Hitsugaya, and Rukia to talk amongst themselves in the large ballroom.
"It's such a nice surprise to see you here Rukia." Kariya smiled and Rukia narrowed her eyes.
"Hello there Kariya, it's so nice to see you again." Rukia politely commented even though she seethed on the inside.
"You made an excellent speech my friend, it inspires me and I don't even work at your company!" Kariya laughed and so did Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya looked at his watch and saw it was already 10 P.M.
"Are you going to do it soon?" Kariya asked Hitsugaya and Hitsugaya's eyes widened a just bit in surprise before closing his eyes and smiling.
"Almost, just a couple of minutes, after Ukitake and Kyoraku make their speech." Hitsugaya gestured to the large stage where Ukitake and Kyoraku were on, all the guests in the room turned to the stage immediately.
After a few minutes of comedy staged by the two, and about wishing Hitsugaya luck with his company and to keep on going for the future, they boarded off the stage.
It had already hit 10:20 and Hitsugaya became nervous.
"Kariya, I need to go to the bathroom, I'll talk to you later." Hitsugaya tugged on Rukia and Rukia arched a brow. Rukia walked on by Kariya and Kariya leaned in.
"I hope to see him dead." Kariya whispered as Rukia widened her eyes as she trailed after Hitsugaya. She quickly regained her composure and followed after her boyfriend.
"I didn't know it takes two to go to the bathroom." Rukia joked as Hitsugaya began leading them to a secluded area. Hitsugaya let go of Rukia's hand and fished out a key from his pocket as he opened the door to a small ballroom with mirrors surrounding the room.
"Why are we in here?" Rukia asked, playing dumb, she knew what was going to happen, yet, she had to lie and it hurt lying to him. Hitsugaya let her walk in before he checked that no one followed them and he shut the door so they were in solitude. Rukia looked around the room and slightly smiled at the pretty scene.
She felt arms slip around her waist and a familiar face bury into her neck.
"We're in complete solitude." Hitsugaya noted and Rukia laughed as their hands intertwined together.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." Rukia and Hitsugaya shared a light laugh as they stayed where they were before Hitsugaya shifted so that they were in a dancing position. Rukia faced him and smiled.
"So you want to dance? I thought you were taking me away so we could have fun." Rukia teased and Hitsugaya's cheeks turned a tad pink.
"I'm not that perverted." He defended and Rukia laughed as they began slow dancing, they became comfortable with each other's body. A slight turn or there happened between the two.
"You know, I've been thinking a lot." Hitsugaya broke the comfortable silence between the two and Rukia didn't shift from her head from lying on his shoulder.
"About what?" They kept on dancing and it was a nice and peaceful scenario. He turned his head and pressed a soft kiss to her.
"About you, what else would I think about?" Rukia laughed as she lightly shouldered him.
"You should think about yourself more than you think about me." Rukia joked and Hitsugaya chuckled a little bit.
"How long have we been together?" Rukia winced a little bit, she already knew the direction he was heading in and laughed.
"Only for about a year, I thought you would know that." Rukia felt a signal to turn and so she did and felt herself face Hitsugaya. He was handsome she observed. With his white spiked hair, his lovely jade eyes that held warmth and love for her, and his delicate lips that left her feeling in a daze. His rigid structure held her close late at night, and the suit enhanced that.
They kissed, and it wasn't their normal kisses. It was an intense kiss that they only shared when they were with each other late at night. It seared and made her feel like crying as her hand slipped down and to her side. Her other hand wrapped to his neck and stayed there as they kept on kissing, after a few moments or so, they released and went back to dancing.
"Can I tell you something?" Hitsugaya asked and Rukia smiled softly.
"Sure, you can always tell me whatever's on your mind." Rukia answered sweetly as he chuckled slightly as they moved.
"I like being with you, I like the idea of it." He breathed in; he was just a tad bit nervous. "It's kind of hard of me to actually get along with a girl, it takes a long time to get used to a girl who is involved with my life." Rukia listened and huffed a little bit in amusement.
"Sounds like your typical male story." Rukia commented and Hitsugaya lightly nudged her.
"Be quiet, anyways," He sucked in another breath, "I remember when I first met you, and it was kind of like seeing a goddess right in front of me." Rukia laughed a little at his statement and he laughed too. "Yeah, and then we got to know each other and we became us." He liked the way he said it, and with that, he was going to go on.
"The thing is, when I lost Momo, I was insistent that no other girl would pop up and make me feel the way that Momo did, but you were there. So I wanted to thank you for that." Rukia looked up at Hitsugaya and gave him a true smile.
"You're welcome." She laughed and Hitsugaya took this as a mark to go on.
"Anyways, I'm just going to try to cut to the chase." Rukia widened her eyes and he couldn't see her face. "Rukia, I know we've already established I love you's and everything, but when I'm with you, I feel like I want to be with you forever." He slowly said as Rukia felt her eyes begin to water.
"I don't know, something about you just draws me in and I want to be part of that forever, find out what makes you so special to me. Time always passes when I'm with you." Rukia felt tears on the brink of falling down and her hand slowly slipped to her side without him noticing.
"When the time passes and you have to go to work in the morning, I don't ever want to let you go. I know this is kind of foolish and childish, but a couple of months ago, I went into a nice little store and picked out a present for you. I never gave you the present, but I wanted to give it to you today." Rukia hitched a breath as she slowly lifted up her dress. "Actually, I planned to give it to you today, sounds foolish huh?" Hitsugaya asked and Rukia didn't respond as her hand gripped the dagger.
"Rukia, we've only been together for a year or so, but even though that's a short time to be with someone. I figured it was enough time for me." Rukia felt a tear leak down as she slowly raised the knife so he wouldn't' see. "I decided a couple of months ago that I wanted to be with you forever, so I planned to take you here on my company's party." Hitsugaya went on; he didn't notice the knife that was raised to his back, ready to plunge into his heart. Rukia was shaking slightly and tears rolled down her eyes in copious amounts.
"Rukia Kuchiki, my mind and heart has decided that I want to be with you forever and to love you always," Hitsugaya breathed in and smiled when he felt wet tears go onto his expensive suit. "Rukia Kuchiki, I know this is kind of hard, but, I want to ask you, will you marry me?" He stopped dancing when he heard the slight sobbing and pulled back and saw Rukia's wet and crying face. Her hand was still poised in the air, but he didn't notice.
His hands came up to wipe her tears away.
"Hey, don't cry, I'm not that bad at proposing am I?" Hitsugaya joked but his smile went away when he saw sadness and fear in Rukia's eyes. "Rukia?" Hitsugaya looked up at the mirrors and saw Rukia's hand release the dagger in her hand and it clattered to the ground with a loud clang.
Rukia's eyes rolled with tears and Hitsugaya furrowed his brows.
"Why?" Hitsugaya whispered, "Why?" He yelled as he pushed Rukia away from him and Rukia remained frozen.
"Well this takes the cake, the girl I'm about to marry tries to kill me. What the hell is wrong with me?" Hitsugaya asked himself angrily. Rukia's eyes rolled with tears as she came up to him.
"Don't, don't be angry at yourself, please let me explain." Rukia said with urgency and she touched his arm only to have him retract it back from her grasp.
"You should explain why you're the one thing I hate!" Hitsugaya faced her and Rukia wiped up her rolling tears.
"I'm an assassin, Kariya put me up to this, and he paid me. My company couldn't refuse the amount. It was either I or someone else get the job done." Hitsugaya had his back turned to Rukia, but he instantly whirled around and growled at Rukia.
"I don't hate assassins, I hate liars, and how dare you use Kariya and your stupid company as an excuse!" Rukia felt more tears roll down her face and she felt her makeup smudging a bit.
"I'm not using him as an excuse, it's the truth!" Rukia yelled back in desperation and Hitsugaya looked at her dead in the eye.
"I knew he was going to come after me, but the fact that you actually tried to kill me is even worse than the man I thought was my own best friend getting someone to kill me. I loved you Rukia, you lied to me, you didn't love me when you said you did." Hitsugaya hissed and Rukia was shocked.
"I did love you, I didn't lie to you about that, but my job is my job. I couldn't get out of it, if I didn't kill you, someone else would come after you!" Rukia yelled back and Hitsugaya took her by the shoulders roughly and stared at her.
"If you truly loved me, your job wouldn't be more important than me. If you really were having trouble, you could've talked to me, I could have helped you! I care about you Rukia, that's why I would've helped you, but obviously that option didn't pass through your mind!" Hitsugaya breathed heavily and he pulled away.
"I thought you were the one Rukia, but then you go and do this? Why do I always choose the wrong girls?" Hitsugaya asked as he took out the box in his pockets and flipped it open to reveal the gorgeous ring that he had bought for Rukia. He came up to her and presented it to her.
"I was going to give this to you, but obviously you had other plans didn't you? I hope you're happy, you never loved me." Hitsugaya said darkly as he closed the box and gripped it. Rukia went out to touch his arm but he jerked his arm away as she touched it. More tears rolled down her eyes.
"Get away," Hitsugaya gritted and Rukia arched her brows.
"Please, I want to-."
"Get out; I don't ever want to see you again." Hitsugaya said quietly and Rukia felt hot tears leak down her face and she wanted to desperately reach out and touch him again, try to make sense of everything, but she knew she couldn't. She had ruined anything they had, any hopes of continuing on being happy with each other, it was her fault, she needed to go.
She spun on her heel and ran out of the room. Opening the large doors, she met Renji and Renji looked at her.
"Did you do it?" Renji asked as he gripped Rukia's shoulders so she wouldn't run. Tears flowed continuously down her face.
"No, let's go, don't kill him." Rukia begged and Renji looked at her with worry.
"Rukia, but what about the boss?" Renji shook Rukia and she turned emotionless as she still cried.
"I don't know, but I'll deal with him. Let's go Renji, let's go. We're done here." Rukia said as Renji let her go and looked inside the room. Renji saw Hitsugaya with his hands in the face sitting down on the floor as he gripped the small blue box in his hands. Renji looked back at Rukia and sighed as he followed after her.
He saw a blonde haired woman who had a voluptuous figure and she looked back at Rukia.
"Is everything alright with Rukia?" The woman asked and Renji shrugged his shoulders.
"To be honest lady, no, she's not fine." And left the woman after she widened her eyes and ran to the room Rukia just ran out of.
Everything was a mess.
Author's note: So, this is about 9 pages. I hope you all are happy that I actually updated. This is probably going to be finished in about 3-4 chapters. So, good luck guys! Please review and leave the LOVEE for me ^.^