On The First Day of Christmas - Part 6
"Hey, sleepy head."
"Go away. I wanna sleep," Rukia muttered.
"It's Christmas." Ichigo said quietly, smiling as he withdrew his head from the closet. Rukia immediately opened her eyes and sat up.
"It is? Oh!" Rukia hopped out of the closet and ran to the mini tree. "So I get to open my presents now?"
"Sure," Ichigo laughed. "But let's go downstairs first and celebrate with everyone else. We'll come back later."
"Okay!" Rukia darted out of the room and down the stairs, almost running over Yuzu. "Oops! Sorry, Yuzu!"
"That's okay, Rukia. I was just about to come up stairs and wake you guys up. It's Christmas!" Yuzu squealed.
"I know!" Rukia smiled. Yuzu grabbed her hand and led her to the bigger, decorated (finally) tree.
"This is for you, Rukia!" Karin hopped up and handed Rukia a box. "From me and Yuzu."
"Oh… But I didn't get any of you guys presents!" Rukia said, feeling guilty. But curiosity took over, and Rukia opened the box to reveal a… "Chappy!"
"I knew you'd like it," Karin laughed. "Ichigo told me you liked bunnies. So I got a stuffed one for you. Oh, and don't worry. We don't need any more presents than what we have."
"Thank you very much, Karin, Yuzu! Oh… Now I feel bad…" Rukia muttered.
"I just said it! Don't worry about it," Karin said, and then looked at her father. "Old geezer wants to give you something too. I'd recommend not taking it at all, though…"
"Here you go, Rukia-chan!" Isshin pranced over, handing Rukia another box.
"Careful. There may be something in there that can bite you," Ichigo muttered. Rukia laughed, but saw Ichigo's oddly serious face, and looked back at the box.
"Okay," Rukia carefully opened the box. "Huh? It's just… Lace." Ichigo looked at the present, then looked at his father.
"You bastard!" Ichigo yelled, tackling his father and pinning him to the ground.
"Oh my," Yuzu muttered, lifting a piece of the lace up for everyone to see.
"He's a sick, sick man," Karin said, shaking her head.
"You bought that lingerie from the mall? For Rukia?!" Ichigo threw a few punches at Isshin's face for good measure, and then stood up. "You are a sick man."
"Aw… Come on!" Isshin whined. "You guys don't know how to take a joke!"
"I don't know, Ichigo…" Rukia looked at the skimpy pieces of fabric. "I kinda like it."
"Are you kidding me?" Ichigo muttered. "Only idiots would wear this crap."
"Oh…" Isshin moaned. "How can my children be so cruel to me?"
"Shut up!" Karin yelled. "This is for you, Ichigo." Karin ignored Isshin's antics and handed her brother a little box. "Also from me and Yuzu."
"Heh… A watch?" Ichigo smiled as he opened it. "Thanks, you two. I have your presents upstairs. I'll give them too you later. But first," he turned to Rukia; "Let's go figure out your presents," he said quietly so that no one else heard. The two of them snuck away into Ichigo's room.
"That was really nice of your sisters to give me this," Rukia smiled, hugging her Chappy close.
"Yeah, they love you," Ichigo said. The two of them sat on the floor next to the tree.
"Well, here," Rukia grabbed a box from under Ichigo's mini tree and handed it to him. "This is for you."
"Er… Thanks," Ichigo took off the cover of the box and saw a chain belt. "Heh… I like your taste," Ichigo laughed.
"That's not the best part of it!" Rukia exclaimed, pointing to the little silver piece attached to the end.
"Woah," Ichigo muttered, picking up the little piece and looking at it closely. "That's almost an exact replica of Zangetsu's sword…"
"Yup!" Rukia smiled, happy that Ichigo liked it. "To be honest, when I first saw it, the resemblance kinda scared me," Rukia laughed.
"Well," Ichigo put the Zangetsu imitator aside. "Here's mine." Ichigo handed Rukia the smallest box from under the tree.
"Oh… What's this?" Rukia asked, looking the box over.
"Like I'm gonna tell you," Ichigo snickered. "Open it." Rukia ripped the paper off of the little box.
"It's a ring case," Rukia said, turning the little box around in her palm. She looked up at Ichigo in shock.
"No! No, it's not like that, it's not an…" Ichigo quickly covered up.
"Oh, sorry," Rukia said quickly. I shouldn't have even thought of that… I'm such an idiot. Rukia carefully lifted the cover to see the little silver band. Turning the ring in her palm, she saw a heart outlined in gold on the outside, and engraved on the inside was the word 'Midget'. Rukia laughed.
"Oh geez, Ichigo," Rukia smacked him on the head. "Are you serious?"
"What?" Ichigo muttered, rubbing his head. "I like it," Ichigo shrugged.
"Well…" Rukia trailed on. "I like it too. Thanks, Ichigo." And she slipped the little ring on. "It's nice, huh?" She said, wiggling her hand in the air.
"Yeah…" Ichigo muttered. Rukia slowly turned to look at him, noticing how close they were. "There's something else I wanted to give you."
"Uh-oh. What's this gonna be?" Rukia asked softly as Ichigo leaned closer. She knew what was coming. She was berating herself not to egg the orange-headed dumbass on, but she couldn't stop it even if she wanted to; her heart was beating so fast. Lips met, and oddly enough, Rukia found herself enjoying it. They were there for what seemed like forever in that moment of ecstasy. Ichigo was the first to pull back.
"Sorry," he murmured, looking away. "If you were – I just wanted…" Rukia watched in amusement Ichigo stuttering and blushing.
"It's okay," Rukia answered just as quietly. "Thanks, Ichigo," she smiled.
"For what?" Ichigo asked, turning to face Rukia.
"For the presents, idiot," Rukia smiled. "Both of them."
"Yeah… No problem," Ichigo murmured. Rukia leaned over to rest her head on his shoulder.
"Merry Christmas, Ichigo."
"Hmm… Merry Christmas to you too."
A/N: Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you enjoy this~
I've been having questions about the lenght of these chapters, and I would just like to say this - these are really supposed to be just drabbles; nothing long at all. I wrote a little prompt for myself a few weeks ago and I'm just going along with what comes out. I suppose these are a little long for drabbles though... XD
Anyways, thanks for reading. Review please!