A/N: Whoa, thnx 4 the reviews, people, and here's the next chap which you will hopefully like.

…I know I keep on saying that.

Anyway~

That Night

6th Jan, 2011 5.30 (Thursday)

I woke to the sound of yells coming from downstairs.

"…THAT EVERY MORNING!" Ichigo shouted.

"NO, I DO NOT SINCE YOU, MY DEAR IDIOT, LEFT US WITHOUT NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD! OH, MY POOR MASAKI, OUR SON DOESN'T LOVE US ANYMORE!"

"SHUT- UP YOU-!"

For a moment I didn't realize where the heck I was, the yesterday's events came flooding back and I realized I was staying at the Kurosaki's.

"Why are they bickering –" I groaned "It's only seven."

Karin enterred Ichigo's room and came to me "They used to do that everyday because Dad woke Onii-chan up with a kick. I swear I began missing it when Onii-chan left."

Okay, so I still don't know what exactly happened that Ichigo 'left' and these people think that I know it already. And thanks to me I haven't still asked Ichigo, considering I think it's his family matter and I shouldn't butt in.

I've noticed that whenever his dad talks about stuff like these, private stuff, Ichigo gets this weird look on his face and glances at me. Not like he wants Isshin to stop talking about it in front of me, but more like he's guilty he didn't tell me about this himself beforehand.

The Kurosaki's are a little out of order, but I feel so jealous when I look at Ichigo and all of them talking, laughing, even eating each others heads off.

I'd give anything to have a family like that of my own.

Orihime called, asking me why I hadn't attended school today.

I told her I was ill, and she went "Oh, that's awful! Do you want me to stop by and get you your homework assignments?"

I told her not to. Then she asked why Ichigo had suddenly dragged me away the previous afternoon, and I made up something lame like he had wanted to show me a Chappy sale. She actually believed me.

Then Renji called and the same conversation was repeated except for the Ichigo dragging me part, when out of nowhere he said "Hey, did you know? Ichigo didn't come either! Is he there next to you on the bed? Give him the phone and I'll-"

"Shut up!" I cried and hung up.

I don't need to go in details but all of my friends called me. Ichigo tells me only Renji and Toshirou took the pain of calling him and that he told Toshirou the truth, instead of saying he had gotten kind of injured while saving a kid from a random gang like he had told Renji.

I stared at Ichigo "You told Toshirou the truth?"
He shrugged "Toshirou knows everything about me." and strode off.

Arrogant bastard.

6.45 p.m.

Urahara called and was screaming at me about where the hell I had been for the past 24 hours. Technically, it's been 25 and three-quarter hours but he didn't find it funny. My house was locked, my car was missing, nobody knew where I had been after school, I hadn't enterred my house since that morning blah, blah, blah.

I told him everything truthfully since Ichigo told me it was okay to until and unless he kept it between only himself and Yoruichi, which he said he would.

We paid a visit to the hospital and Yuzu's getting along much better. She was conscious for around one hour, then slept again. Isshin stayed back and Ichigo, Karin and I returned to do the cleaning and have something to eat.

2 a.m.

Oh Gods. OH GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED JUST NOW!

I…can't! I feel so confused and happy at the same time and there's this constant jumpy feeling in my stomach that's not going whatever I try to do.

So I just awoke to the noise of thrashing around and groans. I burst out of Ichigo's closet to find him tossing and turning in his bed, murmuring and his face filled with beads of sweat in the moonlight that enterred through his bedside window.

"M-mom…I'm-I'm sorry-no, NO-! Mom!" he cried, his voice breaking.

I felt my heart melt at the sight of him- it wasn't fair! What was happening to him.

I softly nudged him "Ichi-Ichigo?"

It took me a while to wake him up but then he slowly opened his eyes and looked at me, startled "Wha-What are you doing here, Ruk- where am –what happened?"

"You were dreaming" I said calmly.

He sat up and buried his face in his palms and said nothing. We spent a long time like that, with me kneeling at his bedside, looking down.

"Rukia?" he went softly, putting a hand on my arm. I was wearing Yuzu's nightsuit so it had sleeves, unlike my own.

"Hm?"

I raised my head to look at him.

I don't know how it happened next…but he sort of tugged at my arm, pulling me towards him and gently put his lips on mine, his other arm caressing my back gently.

My eyes went wide.

I could feel myself going limp in his embrace, but I just- I …..AARRGH!

How do I explain it? I was shocked, but I didn't want him to pull back. I wanted to remain that way forever, under the moonlight.

And what was he doing? Was he just too sleepy? Because I knew for a fact that I was not.

He then backed away and looked at me with tender eyes "Will you stay with me tonight? I don't wanna get nightmares like those."

I don't know, but I just nodded dazedly and right now I'm in his bed as he snores lightly and hugs my chest like a child.

I'm gonna wake up early tomorrow so Isshin doesn't have to witness us in the same bed or hell knows what he'll make out of it.

….Do I like Ichigo?

I mean, I liked kissing him, but…this is just too confusing for me.

I think I'll go to sleep and try to think it was all just a dream

A/N: There you go, I hope you're happy, Justin the constant reviewer since they've finally kissed now

Whoa, that was a pretty long chapter, and I just wanna say I won't be able 2 update regularly like I am right now, it's just that summer hols are here, and my mom and Dad's busy with their own stuff and my brother barely cares, so…yeah.

Anyway, don't make me bore you. R&R as always, and until next time aloha~