A/N: So I have no idea when I'll be updating next, so bear with me and enjoy~
Lightening up
3rd January 2011
It's been 3 days since the New Year and I couldn't be more pissed off at Nii-sama.
And then there's Ichigo pestering me all the time. He came over to tutor me for Maths (he's a senior after all).
He took one look at my face and wnent "What's wrong?"
It was weird, because I had the biggest smile on my face. I can even fool Renji with it sometimes.
"Nothing." I replied
"Yeah, and I'll believe you" he fell on the couch "Okay, now explain."
Explain what?"
"What's stuffed up your ass?
His eyes pierced me, I felt like I was being X-Rayed.
"Nothing's stuffed up my-"
"You're smiling, Rukia-"
So! Why is that-"
"You're smiling!"
"I'm just smiling! What's wrong with that?"
"Exactly! You never smile!"
Okay, so I didn't want that coming out of his mouth.
"None of your business." I muttered.
"Yeah, I guess so-" he said. looking away.
That kind of surprised me. Most people won't stop bugging me until I tell them and it feels good when that happens. But here was he, not giving a damn about it. So, stupid as I was, I blurted out everything about that stupid letter to him.
"Whoa." he said, whistling "You're brother's really an asshole, isn't he?"
I threw a CD cover at his head. Not because I didn't like him calling that, but because I wanted to ignore that...I mean, Nii-sama had been an asshole, hadn't he?
I looked out of the window and saw that it had started snowing.
"Hey, let's goout to the Karakura Lake." I said suddenly.
"Are you menal? It's free-" but I was already out of the door.
We didn't drive, but walked our way through. I felt calmed and happy, like nothing could upset me right then. That's the effect winter can have on me.
The Lake had frozen ofcourse. It was an amazing sight, the town lights were reflecting off it, and it seemed like a big black mirror, with fireflies hovering above.
I kept quiet.
"Whoa.." Ichigo breathed "That's quites a scene.."
I smiled despite myself, and leaned towards the railings "You've never been here at this time of the year?
" I asked.
"I have." his voice came from somewhere close to my ear "But this is the first time it felt as beautiful as it looked."
I couldn't believe it was Ichigo who was speaking.
"Hey, Rukia?"
"Mhm?" I turned and...-click-'I blinked and the next thing I saw was him, grinning, his camera in his hand.
"YOU-!" I jumped at him. He dodged, laughing. I don't know what happened next, buit we were falling into the lake, the ice broke through, and into the chilling water below, me clinging onto his hand so as to not drown-
My whole lower body was numb. We could've died of Pneumonnia, but hey, we would've lived life at least, if we were to die.
We looked at each other in the eye and burst out laughing.
"Hey, you!" came a yell from the railings. It was an officer."What do you think you're doing! That's public property!"
Sputtering. laughing, we stumbeled out of the water and ran, skidded, slipped until we could here that guy no more.
It was damn fun, it gave me an adrenaline rush I knew I had neede for a very long time.
So then we returned to my apartment and I made coffee for the two of us.
Ichigo fell and sank into the armchair in front of the fireplace, not caring about his clothes. I had changed, though.
"That was memorable." he said, his head held back and eyes closed. His complexion was flushed from the bitterness of the cold, and it looked sort of cute.
"You're not putting that picture on Facebook." I said.
He made a face at me "I have better stuff to do."
Ha-yeah, right."
"Anyway-" he eyed me "-kept your mind off your shitty brother, did it?"
I smiled "Guess so."
He smiled back.
Like- actually smiled, then leaned back "Boy, I can't go around cheering you up all the time like this, I might have a backache."
I laughed "You're getting old."
"You know- this Urahra's guy's right." Ichigo said "Byakuya did a mistake and realized it a little too late. Do you really think you would've shared your feelings with him even if he had been there?"
Well...no...but that's beside the point.
"He doesn't have to love me. Just treating me like a proper sister would be acceptable." I mumbeled.
"Ofcourse he loves you." Ichigo said, smirking "Who cannot love you, Rukia?"
I blushed at that.
Cheesy, I know.
And a very stupid pick-up line.
"Shut up."
He grinned "Yeah sure. Admit it, you love it."
"No, I don't! Just help me with Maths, you idiotic Strawberry!" I said, red in the face.
So we spent the next hur bitching about Maths.
He left just now.
I can't believe a person like him-who fell on me on Christmas, danced in front of me in his underwear-could've given me such a good time...and that I had actually enjoyed it.
A/N: R&R please!