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Chapter 3: The Date
The bell rang for school to let out. Rukia got out of the class first, like usual, and was putting her stuff in her locker. When she shut her locker, Ichigo's face was behind it.
"Hey Rukia, you ready?" Ichigo smiled.
"Yeah, let me just grab my bag," she pulled out her little Chappy backpack.
"Do you have to carry that thing with you every where?"
"Of course, how else do you expect me to get my books home?" Rukia innocently replied.
"Well first off, you don't need to worry about school, you're not actually a real student and second of all, that backpack just looks plain ridiculous."
Rukia's face looked hurt. "You don't like my chappy backpack? Well you didn't have to be rude about it and insult it!"
"No, no I was just kidding Rukia. Geez you wouldn't know flirting if it came up and bit you in the face!"
"Flirting, is that what you call flirting?"
"Just never mind, let's go." Ichigo grabbed on to his strap of his backpack and began walking. Rukia followed close behind. It was winter time and Rukia had switched out of her school uniform into her large puffy jacket and striped beanie. She was also wearing these big fuzzy boots with fuzzy balls hanging off of them. Ichigo just threw on a big winter jacket over his school uniform.
While Ichigo was walking he didn't know what to say, so he just looked down. As Rukia's feet moved, the little balls hanging on her shoes swayed back and forth. He kicked one and found it interesting and kicked it every time it swung back at him. Suddenly they stopped along with the feet and Ichigo looked up to find Rukia looking at him weird.
"Do I look like a cat toy to you?"
"Well... uh..." Ichigo laughed and scratched the back of his head. "No I just found it fun when..."
Rukia cut him off, "Well quit it, your jerking my feet all around."
"Sorry," Ichigo apologized, but was brushed off by Rukia who was already at the counter ordering a drink.
"A hot chocolate please!" Rukia ordered on her tip toes so she can be at a decent level over the counter.
Ichigo looked Rukia over. He looked at her feet on up. She has such a cute little figure and she looks so cute on her tippy toes.
"No problem miss." replied the counter worker. "And for you sir?"
Ichigo was still looking at Rukia, "Huh? Oh! Um, Coffee... Black."
"Yes sir," replied the man behind the counter.
"Oh Ichigo, you're no fun. Black coffee is so gross and boring. Um sir, he changed his mind. He also wants a hot chocolate." Rukia insisted.
"Yes Miss."
Ichigo chuckled. "What are you doing, just ordering drinks for people?"
"You're too hard on yourself and you try to make everything so boring."
"Ha boring huh?" He grabbed Rukia's hands and entwined his fingers with hers holding them up. "You call going to the Soul Society, a place I've never been before and may possibly kill me, just to save the life of the girl I love boring?"
Rukia was speechless. Did he just say "to save the life of the girl I love?"He is talking about me right? Me, Rukia Kuchiki? Well just don't stand there and look dumb. Say something, but what? Come on Rukia.
Rukia still couldn't mutter out a word, but she didn't have to. Ichigo leaned in and kissed her square on the lips. It was a sweet soft kiss. Then he pulled back and put that stupid grin on his face. Rukia smiled and kissed him back. She went up on her tippy toes to reach him. Ichigo loved how she had to get on her tippy toes to reach him. He wrapped his arms around her. Rukia broke the kiss and just laid her head on his chest and smiled. Rukia opened her eyes and saw Orihime at the window with tears in her eyes.