1A/N: Thanks to TiRaMiSuLoVeR for reviewing and requesting TWO pairings. She suggested I put hitsuhina and ishihime! I like those pairings too so I will put them in! Well ill try. I didnt notice how short the last chapter was. Sorry guys u know its hard making long chapters. Not sure how to spell kuukaku hope its right! In japan, mcdonalds is called wcdonalds cuz mcdonalds wont let them copy thier restaurant so they just replace m with w! I wont do that tho just in case some ppl who don't read this wont understand.

Disclaimer: dont own bleach or anything and blah blah yada yada!

++++++ ~ ++++++ Rukia's POV

When I arrived at Starbucks, I immediately saw my boss, Kuukaku. She was kind of mean, but I didn't really mind her. I walked up to her as she caught my eye.

"Well I see you came. Thanks for coming on such short notice..." She trailed off as she observed my appearance. My hair was a mess and she knew the troubles I had gone through to try and make it here as fast as I could. I barely brushed my teeth. My breathe probably stunk so I tried to keep my mouth closed.

She continued to talk, "...but we have enough people now. Ganju came and is filling in for the two who couldn't show up. Sorry 'bout that, but you can leave and go back to rest. You look a mess!" It was kind of rude of her to say that last part, but I just ignored her comment.

Ganju is Kuukaku's little brother. He doesn't like me much, but he has his reasons as to why. They had another brother, but he passed away recently. Ganju took off for two weeks because of that. He was really depressed. Today is his first day coming back. Their other brother's name was...Kaien.

Kaien-dono...

I mentally shook my head to get rid of the depressing thoughts of Kaien-dono.

I snapped back to reality, realizing that Kuukaku was still standing in front of me. She was just looking at me as if thinking 'Why is she still standing there?'

"Oh, ok then. I guess I'll just go then." I said to Kuukaku. I began to turn around to walk away.

"Oh and before I forget your night shift tomorrow!" Kuukaku yelled to me. I waved a hand behind me, letting her know I heard her.

As I stepped out of Starbucks, I pulled out my cell phone. I walked along the streets, heading to any fast food restaurant I could find nearest to me. I dialed Ichigo's number. He's on my speed dial, but I always forget until I dial the last digit in his cell number, which I memorized by heart.

I put up the phone to my ear. I spotted a McDonald's and headed inside. Ichigo waited for four rings until he finally picked up. He was probably trying to sleep and I was disturbing him...again.

"What now!?" His furious tone answered. I moved to the back of the line.

"I need you to pick me up." I said, unfazed by his rudeness. I moved up the line, trying to hurry.

"Well too damn bad." That time he didn't shout. I can tell he's tired now. Almost to the front...

"Please Ichigo. I never ask you to do anything for me." I said teasingly. He does things for me all the time. An example would be this morning.

He waited a while before replying, "Fine. Pick you up at Starbucks?" I was second in line.

"No I'm at Mickey D's. I gotta go I'm in line. Come by in half an hour, k?" I hung up as I reached the front counter. I smiled politely at the man.

"Can I take your order?" He gave a polite smile back. Why do people ask 'Can I take your order' when your in line. What else would you be there for?

I thought about what I wanted to order. I usually think about that in line, but I was too busy talking to Ichigo.

"I'll have a large fry, a Big Mac, and two medium Cokes." I ordered what Ichigo usually gets. Except I got two Cokes. One for me and one for him when he gets here.

"Do you want it to go?" He said to me.

"No thank you, I'll eat here." I said. I told Ichigo to come in half an hour so it didn't really matter.

"Sure thing." He said to me before he repeated my order to the workers in the back. He turned back around to me. I handed him a twenty dollar bill. He smiled as he put the cash in the register and gave me my change back.

"Please wait to the side. I can take the next customer, please!" He yelled the last part to the person behind me as I moved to the side. I watched the workers in the back working, while the guy next to me ordered his food.

My thoughts drifted as I watched the people get my order.

I started to think about that art contest I entered a week ago. There was a contest for amateur artists. I seen a poster hanging up in Starbucks about it when I was working. You had to paint a landscape and send it in to the address written on the paper ad. I decided to enter since I love to draw. I don't usually paint, though, just sketch or draw random things. My favorite thing to draw are bunnies. I entered a painting that had Ichigo in it. It was Ichigo walking along snowy streets, passing up random stores. In the scene it was sunny, which complimented Ichigo's orange hair, even though it was still lightly snowing. What inspired me to draw this was that one time I was walking with Ichigo on a day that looked exactly like the painting. Ichigo liked the painting but he said there was one small problem. He didn't like that he was in it. He argued with me not to enter it, but I did anyway. The winner gets a trip to America for six weeks.

I continued to think about the painting. My order finally came. I looked at the receipt to check if they got everything, which they did. I picked up the tray and sat at a table that had two chairs at it. Usually Ichigo and I take the booth, but they'd probably yell at me because I don't think only one person is able to sit at the booth by themself.

So anyway, I sat down and began to eat. I took a bite of a french fry first. It was warm and delicious. I ate a few more fries before taking a bite of the Big Mac. I don't really like them too much, but I was hungry. When Ichigo orders this all the time, I order different meals each time. He'll usually steal some of my food.

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I wiped my mouth with the yellow napkin before turning around.

I turned half around, and saw that it was Ichigo.

Well, speak of the devil... I thought.

"What are you doing here? I said come in half an hour, didn't I?" I said. I didn't mind he was here. I actually would rather enjoy his company.

He shrugged his shoulders, as he began to sit down across from me, "I was bored. I decided I'd come. Why did you order that?" He started to take the other Coke I saved for him. He assumed it was his, even though it was.

I ignored him. I noticed he put something down on the table when he sat down, "What's that?" I picked it up.

"It's the mail. It has your name on it." He took a sip of his soda, and took one of my fries.

I opened it up and began to read it.

A/N: find out wat it is in the next chappie. Im trying to hurry up and get the plot moving along but its hard with all this random stuff in it. Special thanks to reviewers: dealuvsanime, Zaraawwrr, and TiRaMiSuLoVeR. Thanks for reviewing! did I promise to give u cookies? I think I did. -checks pockets- nope cant find any. -wipes cookie crumbs off face- mustve misplaced em...