Chapter Two - Endless Mystery
That morning...
Ichigo woke up, suprised to see Grimmjow still beside him, fast asleep. He smiled to himself before looking back at the clock.
7:32 AM.
He sighed. Grimmjow was going to have to go back soon, just as he had to go back to school. He reached up and kissed Grimmjow softly, watching his eyes flutter open.
Ichigo knew to move before Grimmjow shot up into a sitting position.
"I fell asleep?" He gawked. "Shit!"
He instantly got out of bed. Ichigo thought it was cute the way Grimmjow was digging for his cloths, admiring the view.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Grimmjow demanded as he shoved on his hakama.
"Hey, it's not my fault." Ichigo put his chin in his hand as he watched Grimmjow run around looking for his Zanpaktou. "You're the one who's got me used to falling asleep with you there and waking up to find you gone."
Grimmjow grimaced as he grabbed Pantera and tied it into the sash around his waist. "Smartass."
"Dumbass." Ichigo said, leaning back on the pillow and putting his hands behind his head.
He suddenly felt Grimmjow on top of him and smiled.
"Don't insult me, Shinigami." Grimmjow demanded.
"Okay." Ichigo shrugged. "Whatever you say."
"Damn it, I hate it when you do that." Grimmjow muttered before he pressed his lips to Ichigo's.
Ichigo tangled his fingers in Grimmjow's hair before deepening the kiss. After a minute or two, Grimmjow pulled away.
"I have to go." He said, almost resentfully.
"So do I." Ichigo stated.
Grimmjow stood up before looking back at Ichigo over his shoulder. Ichigo smirked and waved before Grimmjow rolled his eyes and launched himself out the window.
Ichigo sat there for a second as he watched Grimmjow's figure shoot into the distance. When Grimmjow disappeared, he rolled over and screamed in his pillow.
He hated himself. He truely did. He hated himself for falling in love with that damned Arrancar, for loving the way he touchs him, the way he speaks to him. Mind you, Grimmjow was a demanding and violent man, but Ichigo could care less. He liked him that way.
Ichigo threw the covers off himself, shivering at the cold as he dug in his drawers for his uniform. As he got dressed, thoughts of Grimmjow wandered into his mind...The way his lips felt so hard and cool against his. The way his hands roamed everywhere, leaving him defenseless.
Dispite his aggressive nature, Grimmjow was an amazing lover. He could please him more than anyone else and the thought sent chills throughout his body.
Once Ichigo was dressed, he hitched his bag on his shoulder and walked out of his room.
He was deep in thought when his father jumped from the cieling, trying to tackle him. Ichigo held his fist up without thinking, punching his dad in the face and out of the way.
He walked through the kitchen where Yuzu and Karin were sitting at the table, eating the breakfast that Yuzu had made, no doubt.
"Onii-chan!" Yuzu smiled at him. "I made some for you, too, if you want some!"
"Not this morning, Yuzu." He smiled at her before he walked out the door and towards his school.
He sighed when he saw Renji ahead, talking to Ishida and Sado. He kept walking, hoping they wouldn't notice him, but was doomed when Renji sensed his Spiritual Pressure.
They all stood perfectly still as he walked towards them with his head down.
"Ichigo?" Renji waved a hand in front of Ichigo's face. "Hello?"
"Yeah?" Ichigo looked up at the redhead with a raised eyebrow.
"Where were you yesterday?" Renji asked. "You missed out on a good fight. Rukia was looking for you."
"Asleep." Ichigo yawned to ham it up a little.
"A..sleep?" Renji gawked. "Whatever. You don't wanna tell, I don't wanna ask."
"Where is everyone?" Ichigo asked.
"Rukia stayed with Orihime and Rangiku yesterday, so they're probably heading to school right now. And you know Captain Hitsugaya is following somewhere." He said. "And Ikkaku and Yumichika are...God knows where. And I'm here. And they're there."
"You were going to forget us, weren't you?" Ishida asked when he added on that last part.
"No!" Renji objected. "Why the hell would I do that?"
"Because you're an arrogant Shinigami!" Ishida argued when Renji got up in his face.
Ichigo rolled his eyes, knowing that if they kept this up, he wouldn't have to explain himself. But he still had to get past the rest of them.
"IIIIIIIIIII-CCHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-GGOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Ichigo raised a fist just in time to hit Keigo in the face, watching him fall to the floor. He walked on then, ignoring Keigo as he went on about him "ignoring" him. Ironic, huh?
Just as he thought, when they walked into the classroom, Ikkaku and Yumichika were waiting to interrogate him.
"Where were you?" Ikkaku demanded.
"Asleep." Ichigo said.
"Kurosaki, you better tell me where you were!" Ikkaku demanded, raising his wooden sword above his head as if to strike the orange haired boy.
"Asleep." He repeated.
"Kurosaki, you're really pissing Ikkaku off." Yumichika warned. "Where were you?"
"Asleep." Ichigo said again.
Each and every time he was asked, this was his reply. Even when Rangiku tried to "bribe" him into telling her. Too bad that wasn't what he wanted.
He stared out the window during class, trying to imagine what it would be like if Grimmjow somehow burst in and save him from this torchure called school. It was annoying and unneeded.
Honestly. Ichigo thought as he glanced back.
He froze when he saw Toshiro staring at him from three seats back. He raised an eyebrow at the white-haired child-looking Captain as if asking what he was staring at. Toshiro kept the same cold look on his face as he turned away.
Ichigo thought for a second...He couldn't know, could he? There was no way...He had been fighting those others when he had disappeared with Grimmjow. Did he somehow sense them together?
Ichigo bit his lip as he turned to look back out the window, hoping he was wrong and Toshiro Hitsugaya was just crabby today.
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no comments! now, I'm gonna go try and write chappy 3, so be PREPARED!!! reminds me of that movie...Be Prepared! Be Prepared! that's all I remember of that silly song with the goat....haha. don't ask. don't tell. :P