A/N: I know this is short, but I've been having TONS OF STUFF lately to do. My mom is making me take math lessons from my sister, play piano (FOR ONE FREAKING HOUR), and DO VOCABS! GAH.

"Grocery shopping?" Ichigo was disappointed that the planned day with Rukia was ruined because he had to shop for dinner. He was sulking all afternoon because he wanted to show Rukia this new kung fu moved he had perfected. But then, a bright idea overcame him. What if she went shopping with him? It'll still be like what they planned just tweaked a little. Ok, a lot.

So, he approached Rukia with the idea of grocery shopping and persuaded her when he promised to buy her some cotton candy later on. They both got dressed and shouted that they were leaving as they stepped out the door. The breeze instantly made Rukia shiver a little bit, and Ichigo threw his jacket over her small frame.

"B-Baka! What are you doing?" Rukia blushed thinking that he must be suicidal or something. It was at least (I don't know how to do Celsius so I'm doing Fahrenheit :D) 39F and it looked like it was going to rain also.

"If you get a cold, would it not be bad because you are technically a spirit?" He said it like it was very obvious, Rukia bit her lip to restrain from snapping back, "BECAUSE I AM A SPIRIT I WON'T GET SICK!"

At last they arrived at the supermarket, and Ichigo grabbed a cart from the line. He looked over the various fruits, vegetables, and meats before dragging Rukia to the department store section.

"Wah! There are a lot of things here, Ichigo!" Rukia had never seen so many things in such a flashy manner, all she remembered were those flimsy vendors when she was still in the dumps.

"Don't get so excited. It's normal. Anyways, what do you like here?" He was standing near a rack of stylish clothes that were Rukia's size. She came over, confused and asked what those things that were hanging up the clothes were.

"They are called hangers."

"…Ah.." She remembered watching a TV drama with Ichigo in his room, where the main character went on a date shopping and made hand movements to the hangers. The many outfits that were available surprised her. In Seikeri, they had to be specially pre-ordered. Cloth was hard to come by in that world, but as she stood in front of them she felt as if the humans were taking everything for granted.

She hastily turned towards Ichigo who was surprised and asked what was wrong.

"Are you sure that I'm allowed to pick whatever I want?"

"Yeah."

Too many clothes for one girl, who wasn't crazy for clothes. That was highly ironic, so she just chose the outfit that caught her eye. A gray cardigan, a tank top with 'Peace' on it, and a dark blue denim skirt with a silver chain, was the best she could find.

"Like it, Ichigo?" She smiled happily at the boy who blushed at her innocence and quietly took the clothes to the checkout counter. That day was full of happiness and as they walked side by side back to Ichigo's house, Rukia turned towards Ichigo.

"Ichigo. You know, after this one year vacation I'll probably never see you again?"

The truth was shocking to hear out loud, and Ichigo stopped abruptly. He yelled out, "NO!" Rukia jumped from the sudden intensity from his voice and scolded him for being too loud.

"I will make it so that you will see me. I promise.." He had grasped Rukia's shoulder and shook them while staring into her eyes. She noted that those eyes had the same feeling as when Renji looked at her sometimes. But, she could never figure it out.

"Do your best then. Come on, Yuzu and Karen are waiting for us."