Last hope

"I can't believe we're letting this happen." Shinji said to Byakuya. "Why can't they just have sex already."

"Because they're stupid." Byakuya huffed.

Everyone was outside waiting for Grimmjow and Ichigo to start their race around the house. After Ichigo beat Grimmjow in a pancake eating contest Grimmjow beat Ichigo in a cup stacking contest and then they tied in rock paper scissors after 30 rounds so now they've challenged one another in a race on the track around the house just to see who's the better man. To make matters worse they dragged everyone else outside without just to make sure the race is fair and no one cheats so now everyone is outside in the hot sun highly annoyed, irritated and waiting for the stupid race to start between these sexually charged idiots.

"Somebody tell us to go." Grimmjow and Ichigo yelled at the others.

"Go." everyone else yelled back at them.

"You have to say on your mark." Ichigo said

"If you don't run I swear I'll kill you." Toshiro growled.

"You still didn't say on your mark." Grimmjow yelled back.

"Gimme this damn bottle." Tosh said ripping a water bottle from Nnoi's hands and throwing it at the sexually charged morons in running position. Ichigo and Grimmjow took off running after they saw the danger coming their way, both of them put their arm in front of the other just to slow them down. "I don't get why they can't just fuck and get it over with." Toshiro said "Like at least blow each other."

"Clearly, when Grimm was visiting Ichi in his hotel room they weren't doing anything important." Starrk said with a yawn.

"He what?" Shiro said. "How you know that?"

"How do you not know." Toshiro said. "He'd walk into the house at like 3 am all the time."

"Mmm." Shiro hummed in thought. "Well on a better note...I need some dick, it's been a minute."

"Yasss." Shinji said giving Shiro a high five. "Join the club we going out tonight we gone get drunk, we gone get some dick, we gone have fun. We turning up tonight."

"Shinji you have a man." Toshiro said.

Shinji stopped dancing to glare at Tosh even though they were all wearing sunglasses he knew he could feel it. "I didn't say I was getting some dick."

"You said 'we', cum bucket."

"You wanna fight."

"I'm ready if you ready."

"Guys. This is about me." Shiro said breaking up the fight.

"It's always about you." Shinji and Tosh said at the same time.

"Exactly. So as I was saying I want some dick but I'm not sure if I'm okay with casual sex with a stranger."

"Casual sex is the best sex." Shinji said.

"Sorry, Shin" Byakuya said "but sex ain't better than love, unfortunately." he looked at Renji briefly.

"What? Casual sex is the best."

"I used to agree" Toshiro said. "but relationship sex is better they know what you like and they touch you good cause they have to see you later. I know you wouldn't know how that feels because all your boyfriends suck and you have to fake it. Speaking of boyfriends isn't fuck-ass-Roger coming over today." Shinji smacked his lips and marched into the house. "I'm not lying."

"Do you have to constantly point out his horrible taste in men." Byakuya said rolling his eyes.

"I don't know any other way to be."

They could hear Grimmjow and Ichigo huffing and puffing their way back to where they started neither one of them too far in front of the other. When they finally crossed the finish line they looked over to the others. "Who won?" they yelled.

The others stared at them for a moment before going on with their conversation. "So as I was saying" Toshiro started. "I can't be fake, I don't know how, it's against my moral code. I don't like Roger and as long as that asshole is around I'm going to tell him how much I don't like him."


Renji hugged Byakuya closely from behind while the man was folding clothes in his room he kissed his neck before speaking. "Are you still mad at me?"

Byakuya smiled putting the shirt in his hands on the bed, he missed being with Renji but his constant disregard for Byakuya's feelings are keeping them apart. "I'm not mad about the fight anymore but I do think we need to talk about some things."

Renji breathed heavily and rolled his eyes taking his hands off Byakuya. "What's the problem now?"

Byakuya turned to look at him. "The same its always been. You not respecting and caring about my feelings. Everytime we fight you pretend like everything is fine and its not and when I don't wanna talk about it you get an attitude with me and when I'm ready to talk you still get an attitude."

"That's because I don't want to fight with you all the time."

"I would like to have a discussion about everything that we disagree on but you seem to think you are always right and that's not true. And you don't think you do anything wrong. You think you're the perfect boyfriend."

"I'm not?"

"No. You never communicate with me. We don't talk and when we do -which is every blue moon- its always 'you don't do this. you don't do that' everything is always me. This is a relationship. A couple means two I'm not the one fucking this shit up." Byakuya ran his hands through his hair. "Now you got me all worked up."

"Me? I came here to make up with you."

"You came up here to fuck me, you don't want shit else."

"Goodbye." Renji said leaving the room.

"Bye." Byakuya turned around to finish folding the clothes piled up on his bed.

"Honestly," Renji yelled from the hallway. "I could fuck anyone but I'm choosing to fuck you."

Byakuya put the shirt in his hands down. "The fuck did he just say to me?" he said to himself he took the hair tie on his wrist off and put his hair. "I don't want to put him on blast but it looks like Ima have to today." he made his way out of the bedroom. "I'm not the lucky one if anyone is lucky it's him." he ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. "You could be fucking anybody?" he said out loud but everyone knew who he was talking too. "Who could you be fucking? You got bitches on speed dial and shit? I am so fucking sick of you pretending like I lucked up like I won the fucking lottery. You won not me. You was fucking sevens when I met you, I'm a ten you can't get better than me."

"Are you done?" Renji asked nonchalantly

"Am I done? You know I'm not done you set me off on purpose cause you're an ass. You always turn me up and then act like I'm crazy."

"Are you pointing out my many flaws now."

Byakuya wanted to just curse Renji out but knew he wouldn't get anywhere. "Fuck you, Renji."

"That's all you're good for anyway." Byakuya picked up a glass of orange juice and threw it at Renji who was across the room, he felt the juice didn't touch him so he threw the cup too and it shattered when it hit the cabinet next to Renji's head. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Renji spat.

"Don't you ever in your life talk to me like that again. Fuck you, Renji." Byakuya marched out of the kitchen and out of the house. Renji marched outside through the back door slamming it behind him.

"That was my orange juice." Shinji whined.

"Who's going to clean up that glass?" Tosh asked.

"Are we not worried or something." Nnoi asked.

"Nope." Shiro said. "I don't get into Renji's relationships no more."

"Besides." Ichigo added. "When its gets this bad they usually make up and then everything is back to normal."


"See you later." Tosh said to Ulquiorra on his way to eat lunch with an old friend of his. Toshiro closed the door and made his way to the kitchen since his boyfriend was going to be gone for a few hours he figure he'd just play around in the studio but first he'd need a snack. As soon as Tosh got to the kitchen he rolled his eyes, Shinji and his horrible boyfriend, Roger, were at the kitchen table eating lunch and talking. Toshiro would do anything for his headphones right now that way he could just ignore them but now all he wants to do is throw up.

"I'll be right back." Shinji said getting up not noticing that he would be leaving Toshiro and Roger in the same room together. He kissed Roger on the lips and left the room, Toshiro stuck his tongue out in disgust before opening the refrigerator to look for something to eat.

"You know, I thought when you finally got a boyfriend you'd stop being a bitter bitch." Roger said, he knew Toshiro didn't like him and the feeling was mutual but he only acted like he was partially hurt when Shinji was around just so he'd give him extra affection.

Toshiro closed the refrigerator door slowly and looked at Roger confused. "I thought I told you not to talk to me and who you calling a bitter bitch."

"You are the only person in this room."

"First of all, ain't nobody around here bitter. Second of all, fuck you. And third of all, you can get fuck up in this kitchen if you keep trying me. I am not the one."

"Stop acting tough you're like two inches tall."

Toshiro stared at the bastard asshole then he closed his eyes and slowly opened them. He bent down to take his socks off.

"The fuck you taking your socks off for." Roger said confused and angry.

Toshiro walked up to the table standing up on a chair. "So I won't fall while I'm beating your ass." he walked across the table and punched Roger one good time in the face before he was yanked away by Starrk who was outside sunbathing/sleeping. "Call me little again and you'll get another one, I can promise you that." Toshiro said calmly. "How's that for two inches tall."

"What is going on in here?" Shinji asked walking in the kitchen.

Roger smirked at Tosh and Starrk before clapping a hand over his eye and looking at Shinji. "I don't know, babe, he just hit me for no reason."

Starrk's jaw dropped he let Toshiro go. "He's lying. I heard everything. He called Tosh a bitter bitch and then he called him short." Starrk barely knew the guy but he already didn't like him and it had nothing to do with the fact that he liked Shinji.

Roger looked at Starrk and then back at Shinji. "Are you going to believe me or them?"

Toshiro threw his arms up and sighed in disappointed. "Go ahead and say you believe him." he said to Shinji. "Its ridiculous really, you not even dickmatized the sex not even that good and I know because the sounds you make when you have good sex ain't the same sounds you make with him. But be stupid in love with this stupid bastard asshole -wrote a song about fuckboys and yet you still choose to date them. I'm done." he made his way out the kitchen. "I'll be around to help you pick up the pieces as usual."

Shinji rolled his eyes then looked at Starrk who shook his head. "Too loyal for your own good." Starrk said on his way back outside.

Shinji looked at Roger and moved his hand so he could see his eye. "Let me get you some ice and then we'll go upstairs."


"I won that race." Grimmjow told Ichigo while they were floating around in tubes in the pool they had been lounging in the pool since the race it seems they were both extremely tired from running but refused to show the other.

"Maybe but you were looking at my ass for at least half of the race."

"That was on purpose."

"I know but we talked about this."

"How am I still a stranger?"

"You just are okay?"

"Fine, but don't be upset when I bring someone in here."

"Don't worry I won't. I don't get jealous, anyway."

"So you say."


"Hey guys." Shiro said walking into the studio in the basement. Shiro and Nnoitra had been out with Nnoi's daughter lil Nel and lost track of time, Shiro asked everyone to come to the studio to record 'Cold Case Love' at 4 and it is now 4:45. Shiro is late and knows he is going to get an ear full from everyone.

"You late as fuck." Toshiro snapped still angry with Shinji.

"I know that but I don't see Ulqui here and what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Tosh rolled his eyes.

Ulquiorra walked in. "Hey." he said before sitting down next to Tosh. "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing."

"It feels weird in here." Shiro said walking farther in the room so Nnoitra could get in too. "The energy is very angry. I can feel that Red and Bya have not made up yet and I feel there has been another fight while I wasn't present."

"Can we record this song so I can go take a nap." Toshiro snapped.

"So you can grow." Shinji said to be spiteful.

"What?" Toshiro stood.

"Oh yeah." Shiro said. "Roger came over today." Shiro looked over at Starrk. "You seem a little quiet and you're not sitting as close as possible to Shinji's ass, what happen?"

Starrk looked between the band members and then answered. "When left in the room by himself Roger decided to pick on Tosh -for no reason- and Tosh punched him. When Shinji came back in and asked what happen Roger acted as if he did nothing and Tosh snapped for no reason and Shinji took his side."

"I did not take his side." Shinji said.

"You sure as hell didn't take mine." Toshiro yelled. "You didn't even ask if he was telling the truth." Shiro and Nnoitra found seats quickly.

"Its not like it woulda been the first time you snapped and punched someone in the face for no reason."

"That's beside the point, you didn't even ask me if that's what really happen. Starrk even said what happen and you still stuck with Roger."

"How do I know he's telling the truth, he wants to fuck my brains out he might say anything just to sleep with me."

"I have no reason to stoop that low just to sleep with you or anyone else." Starrk said "What the fuck I gotta lie for? Its clear you're too loyal for your own good you're with a man who obviously doesn't love you."

"You don't know that."

"Anyone who loves you doesn't fight with your friends."

"You make it seem like I do this on purpose."

"Do what?" Tosh said "Act like a love sick puppy."

"Sorry I don't know what its like to be loved back. I can't help who I fall in love with."

"Here we go with the daddy issues. Haven't you noticed I ain't got a momma or a daddy either."

"Yeah, and you act you don't give two fucks about anyone but your damn self."

"I care, okay, I just.."

"Don't know how to show it. Just say you don't give a fuck."

Byakuya jumped up in between them. "Okay, okay. Jesus." Byakuya looked at Shinji. "Look, none of us like Roger, none of us but if that is who you choose to love" he looked at Tosh. "there is nothing we can do about it. Now kiss each other and make up." when neither man moved he popped them in the back of the head. "Do it." Both boys rolled their eyes then leaned in and kissed each other chastely on the lips.

"Now you can apologize to Renji." Tosh said sitting down in his seat next to Ulqui, Shinji sat back down in his seat as well.

"For what?" Byakuya said confused.

"You threw a glass at him." Shinji said.

"He ain't dead. Plus, he basically said all I'm good for is fucking so I'm good on Renji right now."

Renji sighed walking over to Byakuya. "I'm sorry. I knew that would make you angry and I only said it because you made me angry."

"I guess I shouldn't have thrown that glass because you could of died or turned ugly and then I would have to replace you I mean I could play lead guitar but I'm too busy."

"So..?"

"I'm sorry. Kisses?" Byakuya smiled.

Renji smiled back. "Yes." he leaned in to kiss Byakuya several times.

"Yay." Shiro said. "Now everyone into the studio so we can get this show on the road. Everyone remembers their part, right?


After two and a half hours in the studio Cold Case Love was finally the way Shiro wanted it and he was happy. "Before we close up shop does anyone else have anything they wanna get out?"

Grimmjow walk up "Ichi and I.."

"Shut up." Ichigo whispered heatedly. "We don't have anything." he said to everyone else.

"What are you talking about." Grimmjow whispered to him. "We finished last hope last week."

"Its Shiro's turn." he whispered back, even though they had the big fight about how they feel Ichigo still falls back into the 'Shiro's turn' thought process.

"Isn't 'Shiro's turn' what got you into that big fight?"

Ichigo was quiet and thought. "We have a song." he said outloud.

Shiro lifted any eyebrow. "Really?" Ichigo had never introduced a song before Shiro always had to hear it by accident and then force him to tell the others. "I wanna hear it."

"I'm sure you do." Ichigo was instantly nervous he never performed a song he wrote before he always let Shiro sing it for him, he was just too afraid that he wouldn't get it out right and it wouldn't sound perfect. Ichigo stayed in the recording booth while everyone else left, including Grimmjow. Ichigo grabbed a guitar and got ready to play it but he just stood there staring at everyone staring at him, he looked at Grimmjow who nodded his head telling him he could do it. "Um this song is called LAst Hope." he opened his mouth to sing. "I don't..." he sang dryly, he cleared his throat and stroked the guitar. "I don't even know myself at all, I thought I would be happy by now. The more I try to push it I realize, gotta let go of control." he sang smoothly, realizing this is the first time his friends have ever heard him sing in his real voice which is an octave lower than Shiro who he was pretending to be for the past few years. "Gotta let it happen. Gotta let it happen. Gotta let it happen. So let it happen. It's just a spark. But it's enough to keep me going. And when it's dark out, no one's around it keeps glowing." there was a break in the song and he looked up at Grimmjow again this time begging him to sing it with him. Grimmjow walked into the booth and up to the mic to sing with Ichigo the song they wrote together. "Every night I try my best to dream, tomorrow makes it better. Then I wake up to the cold reality and not a thing is changed." they sang to each other in perfect harmony. "But it will happen. Gotta let it happen. Gotta let it happen. Gotta let it happen."

It's just a spark

But it's enough to keep me going

And when it's dark out, no one's around

It keeps glowing

It's just a spark

But it's enough to keep me going

And when it's dark out, no one's around

It keeps glowing

And the salt in my wounds isn't burning anymore than it used to

It's not that I don't feel the pain, it's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore

And the blood in these veins isn't pumping any less than it ever has

And that's the hope I have, the only thing I know that's keeping me alive

Alive

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

Gotta let it happen

It's just a spark

But it's enough to keep me going

(So if I let go of control now, I can be strong)

And when it's dark out, no one's around

It keeps glowing

It's just a spark

But it's enough to keep me going

(So if I keep my eyes closed, with the blind hope)

And when it's dark out, no one's around

It keeps glowing

Ahhh

Ahhh

Ahhh

Ahhh

Ohhh

Ohhh

Ichigo leaned forward to kiss Grimmjow. "Thank you." he said with a shy smile.

"They gone fuck tonight." Shinji said watching Ichigo and Grimmjow in the booth.


"Are we still going out tonight?" Shinji said at the dinner table after they finished recording Grimmjow's and Ichigo's song.

"Its like 11:30." Ulquiorra said.

"And if everyone takes a hoe bath we'll be ready by 12."

"We haven't been out together in a long time." Byakuya said "Actually none of us have been out together at the same time."

"So we going out?" Shinji said standing up.

"Yes, we're going out." Byakuya said

"Yay!" Shinji cheered. "I just got some really cute shorts I've been wanting to wear."

"We'll meet at the door at 12." Byakuya said standing up. "Come on, Renji, you gotta help me pick an outfit."

Everyone left the table to get ready to go out dancing and drinking and into any trouble possible. After He got dressed, Shinji decided to pay Starrk a visit he felt he owed the man an apology.

"Come in." Starrk said when he heard a knock on the door he was too busy ironing his shirt to walk over and open it himself.

Shinji opened the door and walked in closing the door behind him. He looked at Starrk's naked, chiseled chest then he quickly snapped his eyes up to the man's face. "I wanted to apologize. I shouldn't of said that about you, it was degrading to your character and I'm sorry."

"Is that what you wearing?" Starrk said putting his shirt on and looking at Shinji's outfit, he had on incredibly short white shorts and a plain black shirt that he could see his nipples poking through. Starrk could tell from the length of the shorts Shinji's ass was out.

Shinji looked down at his outfit for the night. "Yeah, these are my new twerking shorts." he was about to give Starrk a view of the whole outfit but he was stopped.

"No, don't. Don't turn around." he didn't need to see Shinji's ass again and have another embarrassing moment in front of his crush. Starrk Coyote has a crush on Shinji and although he's never had one before he now understands how all the people who've ever had a crush on him feel and why they call it a crush. "And I accept your apology, it's all good."

"Are you sure? I don't want you to be upset with me or anything."

'That's impossible' he thought. "No, I'm not upset."

"Just to be clear, I'm not...okay I am stupid in love but..." he sighed" there's no excuse for it I just wanna be loved so bad I'll take it from anyone."

"Do you know why?"

Shinji nodded. "Yup, my dad hates me and he's the only parent I got, my mother left when I was a month old. Basically the only thing my father ever told me was 'you are the worst thing to ever happen to me' and because of that I have abandonment issues, anger issues, trust issues I'm pretty fucked up you might wanna have a crush on someone else."

"You know?"

"The one thing I always know is when someone likes me."

"So if you know why would you come in here with those shorts on."

Shinji grinned. "I like the look on your face when you see my ass. Bye Starrk." Shinji said turning around and leaving the room.

"Devil." Starrk yelled.

Everyone met up downstairs so they could all leave and arrive at the club at the same time since they were driving different cars.

"Why your shorts so short?" Nnoitra asked Tosh.

"Because they make my legs look longer. When I wear jeans they pool at the bottom and make my legs look tiny." Tosh answered looking down at his outfit for the night.

"Plus shorts help you twerk better." Shinji said twerking to prove his point.

Starrk covered his eyes but it was too late that image was already engraved into his head. "I need to get out of here." he sighed.


Shinji walked around the house in a long shirt and a plate of food in his hands as usual after they got home from the club Shinji was hungry but he told Byakuya he'd workout so he figured walking around the house and eating a meat lovers pizza would be close enough. While Shinji walked around the house he could hear everyone having sex. Byakuya and Renji were having make up sex, Toshiro and Ulquiorra were having very loud sex that Shinji looked in on and they were so loud they didn't hear him open the door and poke his head in, and Nnoitra and Starrk brought home random guys from the club they were at. While Shinji made his way to the end of the south side of the house he got closer to Ichigo's room and he could hear bumping around in there. He walked to the door and put his ear to it he could hear cursing and groaning and moaning and the bed hitting the wall over and over again.

"Oh fuck yes." he heard Ichigo moan. "Fuck...god yes." he heard again.

Shinji grinned and sat down on the floor so he could hear the whole thing. "Bout damn time Ichi got some dick. I need some dick. I mean I know I had some earlier but it is not enough." Shinji heard loud screaming which he decided sounded like they were cumming but then he heard moaning again. "Oh my gawd, they fucking again that was quick I need to get me one of those."

"What a minute." Shinji heard Ichigo said. "Shinji get away from the door." Ichigo yelled.

"You don't know my life." Shinji yelled back.


Shinji yawned while he was at the breakfast table eating with everyone. He had been up all night listening to everyone have sex.

"Why you so tired?" Renji asked Shinji while holding Byakuya up on his lap.

"I was up all night listening slash watching everybody have sex." Shinji answered with a yawn.

Starrk spit out his orange juice coughing violently. "You what?"

"Yeah, you was putting in work. You wanna know who really puts in work? Ulqui. He puts in so much work I stuck my head in there."

"You what?!" Toshiro yelled.

"I was going to set up a chair in there but I felt you needed your privacy so I only watched until you came."

"I do not want you watching me have sex, you hear me." Toshiro hissed.

"I watch everybody have sex. I was going to put those baby monitor cameras in everyone's room but I thought you needed your privacy." he looked down at his nails. "Speaking of privacy, Ichi how was it?"

"I'm not telling." Ichigo said not wanting to tell everyone about his sex life plus Grimmjow was sitting across from him.

"You really don't have to, you fucked three times last night clearly it was good." Shinji said "And speaking of three times Bya and Red went for hours actually they usually got for hours and when Bya is at his super peak he makes a really weird high pitched sound it sounds like a velociraptor."

Byakuya looked at Ichigo and Tosh. "Get him." and they all jumped at him. Shinji got out of his chair as fast as he could and ran while his friends chased his through the house.

"Shiro I thought you brought someone home?" Nnoitra asked.

Shiro shook his head. "I was talking to a guy but the thought of sleeping with someone I don't know makes me feel weird."

"Its good to have morals." Nnoitra said. "I wish I had some."

"When was the last time you were in a relationship?" Grimmjow asked.

Nnoitra snorted. "Middle school with that chick that developed early it lasted a whole month." Grimmjow shook his head. "Just because I don't fall in love every five minutes like you do doesn't mean there's something wrong with me."

"Its not every five minutes." Grimmjow whined.

"More like ten." Starrk said laughing with Nnoitra.

"Do you love my brother?" Shiro asked Grimmjow bluntly.

"Not yet." Starrk and Nnoitra chuckled.

Grimmjow rolled his eyes at his so called friends. "I like him."

"Be careful." Shiro said, he liked Grimmjow he didn't want Ichigo to hurt the man.

"I know." Grimmjow sighed.


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