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Disclaimer: Bleach is belonged to Kubo-sensei and the original plot is belonged to Holly Jacobs.

Chapter 6

Rukia kept playing with the food on her plate without any intention to eat them. And even though Kurosaki had tried to start a small talk, several times, they didn't go well. 'And that is my entire fault,' thought Rukia. She was too nervous, and it didn't even make any sense. This was not a real engagement.

But when dinner was over, Rukia couldn't be more grateful. This whole dinner things will be over, and she will come home as an already engaged girl. One small party next week, and she will be single again.

Rukia glanced at the man stood beside her near the railing. Kurosaki was very handsome. He was tall, far much more than her. He had spiky bright orange hair (Rukia was sure it was his natural hair colour, not that she would ask him about that, though). Yes, this guy was handsome, success, and… well, maybe a tiny little bit of her heart was wondering what if this engagement was a real one.

No, she wouldn't think about that. Kurosaki was an ice man and this engagement was just a business. It was as simple as that.

"I think there won't be a right time for doing this." he said, surprising Rukia.

"A right time?" she chirped.

"The sun has begun to set and we are in the middle of the bay. So…"

That man reached to his trousers' pocket and took a tiny red box. "Rukia, will you be my fiancé?"

Kurosaki opened the box. "I know this engagement won't be for a long time, and I know it is not a normal engagement, but I promise I'll take care of your legal problem and I'll try my best to introduce you to others who can help your business."

That man took the ring from inside the box. The ring was a small pure white platinum ring. In the middle of the ring, there was a small amethyst stone shaped like a butterfly. The ring was elegance and…

Kurosaki slid the ring to Rukia's ring finger, startled Rukia and her inner thought about the ring.

"I don't even need to resize it." he said.

After the ring was circled in her ring finger, Rukia pulled out her hand from his hand, trying hard to stay calm and normal, pretending that she did that to look at the ring more closely.

"My answer is, yes, I'll be your fiancé until the party is over." Rukia looked at the ring intently. "Where did you get this ring?"

If Rukia didn't know Kurosaki better, she will think that he was blushing. But, the faint red colour on his cheeks must be the shade of the sunset.

"This ring was my mom's, but its age is older than my mom. Our family history said that once, my great great great grandfather went to Ireland. He bought this ring as a gift for his wife. After seeing the ring, my great great great grandmother said that she wanted to see the place where he bought the ring. And so, he promised her."

"Did she manage to come?" Rukia played with the ring, she liked the ring even more than before.

"No, she died before they can go there, and my great great great grandfather couldn't bear to have a trip without his beloved wife. Since then, this ring has become our family heirloom. Nevertheless, none in my family had been able to fulfil the old promise. This ring is not the only one that I inherited, the promise with it, has also become my responsibility since my mom passed away.

My father said that I should have this ring and give it to the woman whom I love. After that, I should take her to Ireland, to fulfil the promise."

"Kurosaki, it was a wonderful story. But I can't have it." Rukia tried to take off the ring from her finger, but to take it off was more difficult than when Kurosaki slid the ring to her finger.

Kurosaki held her wrist to stop her effort in taking the ring off. "Why not?"

"This ring is special. Not a ring that you bought from a garage sale, which should be enough for this fake engagement. This…" Rukia glanced at the ring. "… should be given to a special woman. A woman whom you love. Someone who will spend the rest of her life with you. Someone who you want to be married. Not a fake fiancé like me."

"You wanted something special, you got that. This ring, this engagement, I made those all special. Just keep it."

"But…"

"For God's sake, Rukia…"

Rukia touched the small gem. It still felt wrong to have a family heirloom… more than that, it was a family legend, but Rukia couldn't debate Kurosaki again. Not at that moment, and not for that subject.

"Alright," Rukia heard herself agreed.

Rukia needed to clear her mind and turned back to the current problem. "I need to tell you that I've been thinking about this engagement, and realized that you forget a small problem… Tatsuki.

Truth be told, we aren't the best of friend. I'm too busy with my shop that I don't have time to socialize. But we know each other and I guess we will become friend. We've met a couple times during lunch time. We talked about a lot of things, but I never mentioned about dating you. I'm afraid she will be suspicious if suddenly we are engaged. So, when I came to your office today, I gave her hints there is something between us, something other than business matter. I let her thought we are secretly dating for a couple of times. I hope it was enough to make her trust this engagement thing. Besides, you are well-known for keeping things for yourself, and I just explained that you feel that whatever happens between us is your personal life, and you don't want the whole firm know about that."

"It will be worked. Maybe you should call sometimes, so that she will get use to this idea." added Kurosaki.

Rukia nodded. It was make sense. "Maybe we should sneak out to have lunch at the park, where people at firm could glance at the window and see us together."

"Ok."

They felt as if they had said anything they needed to share. Maybe that was true.

'We don't even look like a good friend,' thought Rukia sadly.

They stood in silence near the railing, and waited until the yacht arrived at the port. Finally, the machine stopped and Rukia looked pass the railing to the bottom part of the yacht and saw the crew prepared the stairs.

"I guess it's time to go," said Rukia, breaking the long silence between them.

"What do you think if we have lunch together next Wednesday? Then I'll pick you up for the party next Saturday. The party is at the evening, so I will arrive at your shop at five, maybe? Juushiro-san said they will begin at 6.30."

"At five, rite."

They descended the stairs to the part of the yacht when they had dinner before, then they walked pass through the dining room and walked toward the stairs. They walked hand-in-hand when they crossed the street to the parking lot.

"Where to?"

"Uh, my car is in the parking lot near my shop." Rukia didn't want to admit that in order to save more money, she lived at her office.

The big cupboard at the back side of the shop didn't contain stuffs for her business, instead it was full with her clothes. The rest of her personal things still packed in the boxes on her shop's warehouse.

If she can make Grimmjow pay, and maybe got some projects to work on, she can start looking for a place for her own. Until then, her office should be enough, but it wasn't something that Kurosaki needed to know. Besides, it had nothing to do with… whatever happened between them. And soon, she will have an apartment for her own.

It was easier to imagine about her future apartment instead concentrated at how uncomfortable silence hanging in Kurosaki's car during their journey to the Karakura Square.

"So, we will meet again on Wednesday at about 11," said Kurosaki.

Rukia nodded. "I'll be ready. Oh… and about the party, is it formal?"

"I think so. I will wear tux."

Rukia closed the door and Kurosaki opened his window. "Oh, and you can send your written contract via fax to my office tomorrow, along with the other information you have about your client. I will start working on it. Maybe I will have something I can report on Wednesday."

"Ok, I'll do it." Rukia promised and started walking to her shop.

"Oh, and Rukia?" called Kurosaki.

Rukia turned on her heel. "Yes?"

"Thank you." That man closed the door and drove away.

'He might be returned to his home.'

Rukia just realized that she didn't even know where he lived. They had to go through an express course about each other before they attended the party.

How could they do this? Rukia had to make everyone, whom she didn't even know, in the party to believe that she had cracked the hard shell of the ice man, and reached the real gentleman inside it. Rukia didn't sure she could do that.

A/N: Okay... they were engaged... now what? The party will be up on the next chapter. Review please... even if you just say "UPDATE" lol... I'll post the next two chapters in a short time. Hope you appreciate me by review this story... :)