The Trouble with Love-games

Eventually, you are going to lose…

Once again, I find myself truly humbled by the response to the last chapter, y'all are too nice to me XD so thank you to those of you who took the time to review, particularly to those who do so every chapter! Best readers EVER!

And I have to say I agree with everyone that RenjixTia is a bloody random pairing, I'm not even sure where it came from in my mind, it kinda occurred to me on the spot, so I thought I'd try it and see the response!

And I know I updated not long ago, but since I'm going away over the weekend then for the rest of the week, and won't have internet for a whole week, I thought I would try and update today (and maybe tomorrow) to make up for that :D

Let the mooching commence!

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"Are you sure you are ok to drive?"

"Of course I am, how dare you question my abilities?" Ichigo replied to Rukia's question in a mock tone of offence.

They were making their way down the white and black lavish pattered stairwell out to the parking lot.

"I only ask cos you had a beer"

"I'm offended you think I would put your tiny self in such danger" He said pouting. She giggled at his expression, and reached up, planting a kiss on his still pouting lips, then grabbing his hand, pulling him towards the cars.

'Man, how does this feel so, like, normal to me? I've only known this girl a few weeks…' Ichigo thought to himself silently as he raised his keys and clicked them.

A beeping sound and flash of headlights came in response.

"THAT is your car?" She said

"Don't tell me you know about cars?"

"I don't know anything about cars at all, but I know enough to know that that thing probably cost more than my house!"

"Jealous?" he enquired, smug grin planted upon his features.

"Nope"

"Mmmmhmmmm sure" he was getting smugger still.

"Shut up you big show off!" She punched him on the arm and walked round to the passenger side.

"Violent little midget" He mumbled, getting in and bringing the Bugatti's 1000 horse-power engine into life.

It was not long, following Rukia's directions, until Ichigo pulled up on her street. (Rukia had forbidden him from parking alongside the house, in case her brother came to investigate).

"Are you really that scared he won't like me? Everyone likes me" He teased, looking at her as he cut the engine.

"Seriously, my brother hates everyone. Including me. He particularly despises rich twats from Montgomery…"

"Well then I'd say it's a good job you don't know any of them"

She rolled her eyes.

"Night strawberry, thanks for the ride"

"You're welcome, midget" He said to himself, as she shut the door and ran to her door, unlocking it, and slipping inside.

'Hmmm, I probably should have reminded her she was wearing my hoody, her brother might not be too keen on that if he notices… Ah well!' And he sped off into the night.

Rukia headed upstairs to change into her pajamas. That way if Byakuya caught her making tea in the kitchen she could pretend she had been back ages.

However, it would seem, fate was not going to allow such devious activities this evening, for just as she opened the door to her room, still bathed in the blackness of the night, her brother exited the bathroom, which came out onto the hallway so that it left the previous occupant facing Rukia's door.

'Shit'

"Rukia, have you only just come in" his cold, steel gray eyes narrowed.

"Er, em yes, I was tutoring this evening, and then I was invited to stay for pizza, and I tried to say no but I felt really rude, so I stayed for dinner."

"And these people eat dinner at midnight?"

"Er no, they put on a movie when we started eating, and I could hardly just get up and leave half way through"

"And how exactly did you make your way home at this time?"

"A, a friend dropped me off. A girl! Rangiku." She lied quickly, hoping that Rangiku actually owned a car.

"I see. You know I'd rather you didn't see these people socially, they are a bad influence."

"They all seem nice to me" Rukia was beginning to get annoyed at her brothers 'holier than thou' attitude. "If you don't mind, I have classes tomorrow and I'd like to go to bed" She excused herself, in a tone making her appear far braver than she actually felt.

"Very well" He said, turning away and leaving her standing, clutching onto the door frame.

'Oh god, I just stood up to Nii-sama! He is going to be even more pissed than usual! This is all that strawberry's fault!'

Having thought of Ichigo, she suddenly remembered, she was still wearing his hoody.

'I cannot believe Nii-sama didn't notice! This hoody is massive on me! Thank god it's a zip up to disguise the fact its long enough for me to wear as a dress! That idiot strawberry! Letting me leave like this! He is so gona pay!"

…..

Rukia woke up the next morning and groaned. Byakuya was mad. And, she was freezing. Ichigo's hoody that sat on her desk chair looked very inviting…

'No! I have to get up and get dressed and go to my lectures. And I have work later. Uhhhh.'

With that thought in mind, she threw off the covers, grabbed her fluffy, purple, dressing gown adorned with frolicking white bunnies, and opened her curtains.

Her eyes widened at the sight before her.

Between the hour Ichigo had dropped her off and that of the present, a lot of snow had begun falling. An insane amount. And it showed no signs of stopping any time soon.

'Wow! That must be a foot deep!' Rukia mused. 'I wonder if my lectures are still on!'

Today was one of her less busy days, she had three lectures in a row. The second two were cancelled. The first however, was not. Rukia groaned and thought of how she was going to have to battle through the snow to make it to uni on time.

She thought about it carefully. If she did make it, she would have to hang around campus for 2 and a half hours waiting for her shift, since there would be no point coming back.

'Nope, this guy just reads off his slides anyway, and doesn't take a register. I shall stay right here.'

And with that thought, she stayed in her room (she did not want to encounter her brother again quite so soon after pissing him off) and began researching for the next essay she would write, which, wasn't actually due in till three weeks from now. Rukia Kuchiki was organised and proud.

After about an hour however, she was pulled out of the research zone by the shrill ringing of her phone. The caller display showed a number she did not recognise. She hit the accept button out of curiosity.

"Hello?"

"RUKIA IT'S SNOWING!" came a majorly over excited voice from the other end, which Rukia recognised instantly.

"Rangiku?"

"Yes it's me! And you are coming to ours for a snowball fight!"

"But I don't like snowball fights!"

"Oh don't worry, me and Momo can't play, so you can make snowmen with us! But you ARE coming! Be ready in like an hour, Kisuke will come get you, his Range Rover can get through anything, and you have to be here!"

"Really?"

"Of course! No one wants to deal with grumpy pants Ichigo if you don't show"

"Why would he be grumpy if I don't…"

"No reason! Be ready in an hour! Dress warm! BYE!"

And with that, the line went dead.

Rukia shook her head. It was hard to get a word in edgeways around Rangiku sometimes. Resigned to her fate, she went to her closet to look for warm clothes.

'At least you get to see Ichigo again' She thought, smiling. It was nice to not be denying that fact anymore. She couldn't believe how happy she was when he had called her 'his midget' yesterday. She had even forgot to kick his ass for calling her midget. Just thinking about that, and kissing him, and his warm hands was giving her butterflies. Suddenly, playing in the snow seemed like a great idea, and she practically fell over herself as she ran around getting ready.

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About 50 minutes had passed, and Rukia found herself seated in Kisuke's car, which cut through the snow surprisingly well, as they sped towards campus.

"How did you even know where I lived?" she questioned at one point.

"I know a lot of things Rukia, it's best not to question it"

He winked at her, leaving her feeling mildly disconcerted for the rest of the journey.

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A pretty full blown war was well underway when they arrived. Rukia did observe, however, that everyone was staying away from the cars. Clearly, rich though they were, these kids were very fond of their cars.

The main warzone appeared to be the green grass that stretched in a large triangle between the various blocks that made up Montgomery residence. The grass sloped, and various trees were dotted around, which seemed to be used as hiding places in snowball raids.

The two of them jumped out of the car when the large vehicle came to a halt, and jumped down into the fluffy white snow.

Rukia had just stepped a few feet from the car, struggling to keep up with Kisuke as she waded through the snow, when a snowball came seemingly out of no where and hit her square in the back of the head. She heard a great bark of laughter not too far away, and turned just in time to see a flash of orange largely concealed by a woolly hat, as it whisked round the corner of a building.

"DAMN YOU STRAWBERRY" she screamed.

'Oh it is so on' She thought, as evil schemes of revenge began making their way into her mind…

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Not much of well anything really in this chapter except a set up for the next, sorry if it wasn't as action packed as the last few!

Just a quick note: would people like me to continue on the RenjixTia thing as a side pairing? If I do, I was thinking of making their dynamic along the lines of, she pretends it was a one time thing and she isn't interested but Renji is pretty smitten kinda thing? Or do people think it's a stupid pairing and I should just leave it?

Feed back would be received with gratitude, as always! Laters!