Ichigo attempted to argue, but inevitably gave in with a slight huff before promising him that she would try to rest up while he fixed their dinner.

And just to make sure that she did- Chad made it his personal mission to see to it that she stayed glued to the couch and didn't so much as move for anything after he grabbed her favorite action movie and put it on for her to watch and then went into the kitchen and grabbed her a drink.

After which he kissed her cheek one last time and then went to unload the groceries that he had bought a little while earlier before he began their dinner.

That had been about an hour ago.

Pausing in mid motion, Chad checked on Ichigo from where he stood in the kitchen and smirked when he found that his plan to have her rest had gone wonderfully since the girl was sleeping rather soundly at the moment. Totally oblivious to the sounds of hysterical screaming and chaotic explosions coming from the TV.

Chuckling softly to himself he quickly finished cutting up the vegetables that he would be adding to the salad and then placed them in the large bowl with the other vegetables he'd already cut up and then wiped his hands on a dish towel. And quietly moved out of the kitchen so that he could collect Ichigo and move her back into the bedroom where she would be more comfortable.

Once next to the couch, Chad took a moment to observe Ichigo up close as she slept. Knowing that this was a great deal different from watching a mere friend sleep. He was observing her as he would a lover.

Taking in everything from the way her wild orange hair spread out around her, to the soft curve of her pale cheeks, to the slight parting of her lips when she breathed.

Lips curving upward a bit as he reached out and tenderly brushed her silken hair back from her face with one large hand. The calluses on his fingertips faintly tickling Ichigo's skin, causing the girl to twitch slightly in her sleep and murmur something under her breath.

Carefully slipping an arm under her shoulders and the other under her knees, Chad scooped his Ichigo up off of the couch and held her against his chest as he relocated her to the bedroom where upon laying her down on the bed, he leaned over her and laid a soft kiss on her cheek before tucking her in.

Finding it only faintly amusing that Ichigo would sleep so deeply when usually the substitute soul reaper was an unnaturally light sleeper due to years and years of having her father train her to fight by randomly ambushing her while she was both awake and asleep.

He left the room as quietly as he had entered, leaving Ichigo to sleep in peace for the moment as he retuned to the kitchen to finish up their dinner.

It took another hour or so to finish cutting up and cooking the steak until they were medium rare, then fixing the dressing for their salad, as well as some of the other side dishes. Cooked potato's and carrots and peas. Some miso soup. A little bit of rice and voila- dinner was done.

Fixing everything so that it was just so, he carried the dishes into the bedroom on a large wooden tray and set it down on the dresser before going into the living room and grabbing the coffee table and then went back into the bedroom where he placed the table under his bedroom window.

And then moved to grab the tray from where he had set it a few minutes before so that he could set the table before he woke Ichigo.

Once he was done, he stood back to look over his handy work with a small sense of nervousness/giddy excitement. He couldn't help himself. He didn't know what exactly a guy like him should do to woo a girl like Ichigo.

He knew what he would normally do to woo someone. But somehow he didn't think wild sex, alcohol and drugs would please Ichigo much since she didn't drink or do drugs and had only just today been initiated into the wonderful world of sex.

And after the way that he had hurt her earlier, Chad was in no hurry to bust a nut fucking Ichigo. Something that he subconsciously was sure that she would appreciate considering that everything from this point on would have to go slow until she was used to him. Or rather his size.

Whatever, it got confusing at some point.

But his thoughts were no less valid.

Setting the tray aside, Chad moved to the bed and gently shook Ichigo awake. Watching in fascination as amber eyes flickered open and the girl almost instantly went from asleep to wide awake and alert as she slowly sat up in his bed.

"What is it?" She asked in a husky tone as she rubbed one of her hands against her eyes.

"Dinner." Chad replied as she dropped her arm back to her side and blinked up at him for a moment before muttering,

"Oh. Okay." As she slowly shifted so that she could get up out of his bed. Chad watched her like a hawk for any traces of pain or discomfort and was oddly put out when she neither flinched nor winched nor twitched as she moved. Then again, any protesting muscle pain that she may have felt could have been due to the fact that she was moving more slowly than usual.

With Ichigo it was hard to say.

But then she was probably used to pain of any kind by now. What with always being in fights and being a soul reaper and such.

Reaching out once Ichigo was on her feet, Chad very gently grasped her hand and led her over to the table, again watching her every movement until she seated herself at one end of the table. And waited, obviously not knowing that the dinner was meant to be a date of sorts and that Chad was going to be sitting next to her instead of across from her.

Shaking his head at how oblivious his girl could be, Chad chuckled softly as he took his seat.