So….please don't kill me?
I know you've all been waiting for me to re-write, but I just haven't gotten around to it…so ill give you this. I won't be too long, but it'll be something?
This is mostly in Rukia's point of view, except for a tiny bit at the end, which is in Ichigo's. Um...repairs are still happening with the earlier chapters, but i decided to keep going with the story, and to just revamp the chapters one at a time
so...enjoy :)
Rukia just stood there with her hand to her cheek. She was mentally frozen with shock. She watched Ichigo's form shakily walk to a door which she assumed to be his room and go in, shutting it after him. Rukia shook herself out of her state and grabbed her bag, rushing back to her room.
She shut the door and leaned against it, letting gravity pull her down to the floor. Kon came up to nuzzle against her hand, and she assumed it was for comfort. Then he scratched at her hand, claws retracted, and he realized he was only in it for the food.
'Ungrateful little fuzzy bastard' she thought. She stood up and walked over to a corner of the room, pulling out the cats dish and his food. He started giving out excited mews at the sight of his beloved food dish. Rukia sighed as she put the dish down and filled with food, listening to her cat as he made purring noises heard over the sound of the crunch.
Rukia looked around and decided to check out one of the doors on the right side of the room. Pushing it open lightly, she was greeted with the sight of a very cheery room painted a soft yellow, a sink and toilet and bath greeting her. There was a window on the right wall, across from the tub that was on the left wall. She let out a little gasp of happiness at the thought of getting a bath.
Looking around, she couldn't find any towels or washing supplies. She rushed out of her room and ran to the door on the other end of the hallway, Karin and Yuzu's room. She knocked a few times before the darker haired twin opened it.
"Um…I saw there was a washroom in the guest room. Is there any chance I can get some towels and washing supplies to take a bath?" she asked, holding back her excitement.
She didn't want this girl to think she didn't bathe, she did, but she hadn't been able to enjoy a long and relaxing bath in ages.
Karin just stared at her as she stared back, waiting for an answer.
"Karin-chan! Are you even awake?" Came the harsh rebuke from the light haired twin. Karin looked behind Rukia to glare at Yuzu, who glared right back. Rukia turned to look at the smaller of the two before clearing her throat.
Yuzu looked up at Rukia before giving her a large smile. "Ah, Sorry Rukia-nee-san" she said sweetly, and Rukia twitched at the "nee-san" part. "If you look in the chest right outside the washroom door, there should be stuff there. Use whatever you need. Your dress is still dirty, so once I'm done downstairs, I'll bring you one of mine."
Rukia gave a little jump before hugging the smaller twin. She laughed before releasing the confused yet happy girl and rushed back to her room. She looked next to the door, surprised she didn't notice the wicker chest sitting there.
Rushing over, she flipped it open to reveal fluffy white towels and a few jars of care product. She grabbed a towel and looked at the jars.
'Hair soap…body soap…and bubble bath? Why the hell not, Yuzu said have fun.' She thought, looking at all the jars with interest.
She scrambled into the bathroom, and closed the door, not noticing that it had been left open a bit. She turned on the water and watched at the tub filled up with the warm water. She added a bit of the bubbles and laughed in pure delight as suddenly, the tub was filled with foamy white bubbles.
She turned off the water when it got high enough. She was about to strip down when she heard the creak of the door. Turning around, ready to defend herself, she noticed her cat, sitting there with lonely looking eyes.
She huffed at her cat before moving her towel off the bowl of the toilet. Walking over, she picked him up and set him on the recently vacated spot. He purred happily and made himself comfortable, putting his head on his crossed front paws and wrapping his tail around his body, and promptly fell asleep.
Rukia giggled before finally stripping herself of the borrowed night gown and putting her hair up in a bun on the top of her head with a ribbon that was sitting on the counter. Putting a tentative foot in the tub, and feeling that it wasn't too hot, she put both feet in before sinking in all the way to her neck and giving a contented sigh.
She just lay in the warm water, feeling all the kinks in her shoulder vanish and all her worries and doubts slip away. She leaned her head back against the side of the tub and listened to her cat snoring away. She looked to her right to stare out the window at the sunlight streaming through.
After a few moments, she brought her head back to stare upwards at the ceiling before closing her eyes all together and started to hum a tune, thinking of the ways her hands could flow over piano keys to play it.
So engrossed in the tune and images in her head, she failed to hear the knock on the outside door that went on for a few minutes before the person started to call out her name. It wasn't until her bedroom door opened that she was drawn from her thoughts. She shot straight up in the bath, pulling her legs up towards her, as Ichigo came into the washroom.
Luckily, she had put the bubbles in her bath, because they were not effectively covering her body except for her blushing head.
Ichigo looked like he had wanted to say something, but when he noticed she was in a tub…naked…all the words dried up on his tongue and all he could do was stare. Her dark hair was piled on top of her head with a white ribbon, her amethyst eyes wide with surprise and embarrassment, her mouth open slightly, and her creamy neck displayed, and after that…..bubbles. The only other thing he cold see were the tops of her knees sticking out of the mass of bubbles.
The clearing of her throat brought his gaze back to her eyes.
"Ichigo?"
"Uh…oh! Sorry Rukia." She said, snapping out of his stupor and turning his back to her. "Yuzu told me you had gone to take a bath about forty-five minutes ago…I assumed you'd be done by now."
Rukia gasped before pulling a hand out of the water to gaze at her pruned fingers, not noticing Ichigo stiffen at the sound of moving water.
"Have I really been in here that long?" she wailed, unconsciously untying her hair and, after taking a big breath, pinching her nose shut, and closing her eyes tight, she dunked her head under water.
Ichigo turned as he heard the splash and only saw the ripples of the water. "Um…Rukia?" he called out. That's when she decided to pop out of the water, sucking in a deep breath.
He watched as she grabbed the hair soap bottle and squirted the liquid into her hand, rubbing it together before running her hands through her hair. And Ichigo took this moment to give a strained cough. Rukia's entire body froze, her soapy hands still in her soapy hair, eyes wide again. "Look, Rukia, all I wanted was to give you these clothes from Yuzu…and to ask if you would go to the park with me today."
All she could do was nod her head and give out a small 'yes' before ferociously rubbing the soap into her hair again. Ichigo actually gave a full blown laugh as she ducked her head under water again, only to come out with the bath bubbles on her head.
She shooed him out of the washroom when she finally gave up trying to get the soap out in the tub. Wrapping the towel around her small body, she drained the tub and picked up the basin sitting next to the sink to fill it up with water. Once done, she walked over and kneeled in front of the tub, pouring the water over her head, effectively getting rid of the bubbles.
Standing up, she grabbed her wet hair before squeezing out excess liquid into the tub. Flipping her wet hair back and apologizing to her poor cat for getting him wet, she walked out into her room and went to her bed, where she had told Ichigo to put the dress. Letting the towel fall, she stretched out her limbs before grabbing all the clothing she needed and putting it on.
She looked down at the simple purple dress Yuzu had let her borrow, and was surprised the corset part fit her right, with pretty little beads throughout it, that, when they caught the light right, sparkled. It had sleeves that went all the way down to her wrists, and the bottom reached the floor. Rukia gave a twirl, watching as the light reflected off all the beads, and took joy in the simplest of things, hoping to forget all about being kicked out.
Giving a small sigh, she opened her door and walked out, heading towards the smell of food.
Ichigo sat glaring at his dad who had been fawning over Rukia since she walked down the stairs. She had thanked Yuzu many times over for the dress, but she didn't know that he had went out and bought it for her when Yuzu told him of the dilemma.
Ichigo just smirked, knowing in his heart, that Rukia was his. He watched as she talked with his sister, laughing and joking about things here and there while trying to steer clear of his father. He couldn't wait to have her.
And he was going to do everything in his power to get her.
Does that help a lil? I guess I'll write the next chapter too….I actually have a plot thought up….so that helps.
Until next time, which I hope wont be to long
-Ichiruki77