Hey guys, here is a new chapter. I basically gave up on sleep for this story to progress. It's hard to be a college student with a social life and a fanfiction writer at the same time. Anyway I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3

Ichigo sat down at his usual seat towards the back. He wasn't the kind of guy that wanted to be actively participating. He was the kind of guy that liked to be able to see everything, especially now. No matter how much he convinced himself that the way Grimmjow acted was nothing but an overreaction or maybe just another stupid prank he couldn't help that he suddenly felt antsy sitting in class. Shit, can Grimmjow tell that he was feeling antsy from that stupid mark he left on his neck? He better not be laughing his ass off right now.

From where he sat he could see everything the professor, the board, the students in front of him, that one other student that always sat in front of him with his laptop open playing Undertale on Steam pretending to be taking notes, but hey he was getting close to beating Sans. He felt more at ease when nothing could escape his sight. Once he sat down another student stood up and walked over to his seat.

"Mind if I sit next to you?" He asked.

Ichigo glanced at him and shrugged. "It's not like I could stop you even if I wanted you."

The guy smirked. "That's true." He slid into the seat to the left of him.

The guy sitting next to Ichigo was named Sosuke Aizen. He was also originally from Karakura University, and went on the same abroad program as him, and dormed in the same dorms as him in both Japan and America. He's seen him around at his university in Japan, but in America it's like he sees him every day.

"Hey Ichigo, why don't we get coffee after class? I'd like to get to know you." Aizen asked.

Ichigo took a short breath. Even though he sees Aizen often he can't shake the weird feeling that he gets around him. He was asking for coffee, but he could sense that he wanted something more from him besides coffee and it's not simple enough for him to ask out right. He seems like the kind of guy that uses round about methods to get people to comply with him, first getting familiar with him so that they trusts him, then he buys gifts for them, then boom, he slips something in their drink, and then they finds themselves in a bathtub full of ice and missing a kidney. It may not be as extreme as he imagines, but that is the vibe that he gets from him. So his instincts yell, stay away and he has always been one to follow his instincts.

For some reason his instincts tended to be right. He seemed to be right that Uryu had a crush on Orihime, and he was right that Grimmjow is dangerous…though that didn't stop him from rooming with him. He doesn't have any real reasons or way to prove why he was having these emotions. There were no actions that took place or any rumors that put him on edge, but there was something about his smooth voice, his tall figure, his gelled hair, his cold eyes, and his mature face made the small hairs on the back of his neck stand up. It was as if he was calculating every move Ichigo made.

"Sorry, I have plans after class." Ichigo lied.

"Really? You always struck me as an introvert that tends to enjoy a bit of quiet time after class. I'm surprised you planned to do something right after instead." Aizen said with a smirk.

Damn, Ichigo thought to himself. He's able to read me like a book. Either that or he stalks me. He already had a vampire stalker/escort, he doesn't need this creep on top of that. Whether he was good at reading people or stalked them it's creepy as hell. The way Aizen read him only succeeded in making Ichigo even more on edge.

"You're right for the most part, but I'm supposed to hang out with my roommate after class." He lied…sorta… It wasn't exactly a lie… probably. Grimmjow was probably going to escort Ichigo back or they were going to hang out after. This entire 'contract' thing was still new to the both of them and he didn't really know what to expect.

"Oh, I don't doubt you, but I do wish we could discuss what I brought up before." Aizen said leaning over closer to the orange haired boy sitting to his right.

Ichigo turned away too nervous to look at the other in the eyes as he felt his face heat up, but felt the rest of his body's temperature drop. The last time they talked, Aizen brought up the fact that he was interested in Ichigo. The way he phrased it made it seem like he liked him in a romantic way, but the vibe he got from him made it seem that he was trying to manipulate him rather than go out for dinner.

Ichigo could live with Aizen having a crush on him; he could later convince him that they could be just friends and then never talk to him again. It was simple enough to just tell him that he was straight…Except for the fact that when he did tell Aizen that he just shrugged and ignored him and continued trying to persuade him to go on a date with him as if 'no, thank you' wasn't in his dictionary.

Not only was Ichigo not interested in him romantically he straight up doubted that Aizen felt that way for him at all. He couldn't tell the reason why Aizen would make up such a lie to try to get closer to him, but he could tell that dating was not what he truly wanted. That was probably one of Ichigo's biggest problems with him. He couldn't tell what he was thinking and no matter how much he resisted the guy he just kept on following him and not letting him maneuver the way he wanted to. Ichigo was going to refuse Aizen to the ends of the earth if he had to. His kidneys were going to remain inside of his body dammit!

"Maybe we could talk about this later" Ichigo said gesturing to the professor that just walked into the room. He was saved by the bell. Ichigo quickly pulled his books out of his bag and visibly changed gears so Aizen would stop talking to him. It was an effective method that made Aizen stay quiet throughout the entire lecture. He had enough dignity and respect to not poke and prod him throughout the lecture. Even total creeps don't want to draw attention to themselves.

The girl that sat next to them was already enough as she listened in on their entire conversation trying to hide her giggles. Why did it seem that the world just wanted to humiliate him? Ichigo asked himself for the twelfth time that day.

Class was dismissed early so Ichigo thought that would give him a little time to do something before Grimmjow comes to pick him up. Was he finally able to have a little bit of freedom? Or did the universe have other plans that involved destroying all hope he had of having a comfortable life? Even if it was his first day stuck with Grimmjow, it was a simple concept to wrap his head around, annoying as all hell, but simple. It was kind of done to death story line already. The only thing that could make it more typical was if they longed to be together when they were away. It was weird as hell.

The only thing that he found weirder was that he kept on relating his weird connection and his roommate to characters or storylines that could be found in the romance section of the library. What was he trying to do? Predict the future? Not everything that happened in books happens in real life, in fact less so.

Wait; there wasn't a love bond thing in Twilight! That was Percy Jackson, and Percy had one of those connections with his best friend who happened to be a guy…and half goat. Okay, he was safe. This entire thing didn't mean that he was going to end up marrying Grimmjow. They might end up being best friends, which wasn't exactly Ichigo's original plans, the last thing Ichigo needed was a friend who was able to be a bigger asshole then Renji. He needed to start to break his habit of relating his life to books. At the pace his day was going he would probably have more luck relating his life to a fanfiction.

As Ichigo walked out of class Aizen caught up to him much to Ichigo's grievance.

"Since we let out early, why don't we go on that date?" Aizen suggested slowing down as he approached to match the same pace as Ichigo as they walked.

"It would be cutting it kind of close to my other plans." Ichigo excused making his best, fake, sheepish face. It didn't really suit him making Ichigo have to relax his permanent scowl. That in itself was weird. Usually he would snap at people like him telling them just to leave him alone, but they were usually girls and a whole lot less intimidating then Aizen.

"It won't be long, just coffee." Aizen said grabbing hold of Ichigo's hand when he saw him trying to escape.

Ichigo instinctively pulled his hand back and hesitated. He couldn't think of a way to weasel his way out of it, but there was no way he was going to let himself comply with that guy. Frown returning to his face as he was once again being pushed to do something that he didn't want to do as if it was an everyday thing now. Not again, he wasn't going to let that happen again today.

He was about to tell Aizen to leave him alone but before he could there was a sudden tug on his shoulder. Ichigo looked behind him to see Grimmjow. His face loosened up at the sight of him. He wasn't surprised that Grimmjow was there, nor was he rather excited to see him; he was just relieved that he was saved by the bell once again that day. Now he had an excuse to get away.

"Oh Aizen, this is my roommate. Looks like he was let out of class early too so I'm just gonna go hang out with him like we originally planned." Ichigo said as he turned around giving Grimmjow a look urging him to play along instead of deciding to do things by himself again. He started to walk in a different direction waving good bye to him and hoping Grimmjow would follow him without asking any questions or starting up another conflict, but it didn't seem like luck was on his side.

Grimmjow didn't move. Instead he only glowered at Ichigo in some form of annoyance. He grabbed onto Ichigo's shirt collar pulling him back to where he was standing before he decided to withdraw. As Ichigo gasped in astonishment from being jerked strongly from where he was standing Grimmjow pulled down the collar of his t-shirt revealing the hickey that he left before which was now purple.

"Back off, this one's mine." Grimmjow spat out giving Aizen a death glare that made him look like he was about to pounce at his throat if he made the wrong move. His grip on Ichigo's shirt made his knuckles turn white and leave marks where his hand was on the shorter college student's collar. Aizen didn't waver at the obvious threatening look Grimmjow gave him. He didn't know what was more astonishing. Aizen not wavering instead of backing away or engaging in a fight or the fact that Grimmjow did everything in his power to do something that he wouldn't approve of. It's as if Grimmjow's immediate idea about how to resolve conflict is to fight.

Ichigo turned bright red and was too stunned for words. He had to be kidding him. Ichigo tried making Grimmjow let go of his now crinkled up collar, but no matter how frantically he pulled at Grimmjow's hand it was clear that Grimmjow was a lot stronger and he didn't exactly see that it was appropriate to let go of Ichigo yet, which wasn't exactly in Ichigo's best interest since all he wanted to do at that moment was to get the fuck out of there.

The method his more intimidating blue-haired roommate was going for would definitely push Aizen away, but it would also start up unnecessary rumors and be embarrassing as hell. Grimmjow really should learn the difference between what should be kept private and what was allowed to be revealed in the public. He didn't need anyone getting the wrong idea.

Already, he could see whispering from spectators watching this unfold, all people from his class that was just let out and people hanging around the building. The girl that sat next to him in class was still there watching the entire time and couldn't keep herself from giggling and watching as if they were in a TV drama and if she blinked for a second or missed this event she wouldn't see something that was significant to the story line. Ichigo didn't know it was possible, but his face suddenly felt so hot that he became light headed and the heat reached all the way to his ears and down his neck.

"Oh I see, so that's your relationship. Oh well, I'll make him see my way eventually." Aizen said with a hard glare directed at Grimmjow before walking away, not a hint of frustration on his face. Seemed like Grimmjow made a new rival within the first day the two of them were linked. Ichigo couldn't help feeling a little guilty: except for the fact that it wasn't his fault and that he got the completely wrong idea.

He didn't need the two of them fighting over his affection. He wasn't planning on giving it. He doesn't need this hypothetical love triangle when he was sure neither of them even liked him. Is it even still considered a love triangle if both of his supposed lover interests were guys? He was angrier at Grimmjow sticking his nose where it shouldn't be and taking the wrong steps to make this stupid rivalry, seriously it was his fault, but if Ichigo and Grimmjow didn't have this bond he wouldn't have the need to form one.

Wait, he wouldn't have this bond with him if Grimmjow didn't over step his boundaries, suck his blood, and reveal his secrets. That means that this was all Grimmjow's fault. Why the hell was he feeling guilty for him? Stupid emotions.

Ichigo looked up angrily at Grimmjow, trying to avoid the stares from people passing. Seriously, this wouldn't have brought so much attention on them if they weren't three guys with different hair colors. Seriously even in this part of the world orange is still a weird color even if it was his natural color.

"Can you at least try not to start rumors?" Ichigo scolds. "And I don't need you spiking up random rivalries."

"It was necessary. I don't want that creep near you, and I can tell that you want the same thing." Grimmjow said poking where he left the hickey. "You remember? The thing with this spell is that it only spikes up when there is an extreme emotional shift, and let me tell you, you are so creeped out by him that it spiked enough that it was bugging the hell out of me when I was in class."

For some reason Grimmjow seemed extremely irritated to a point that Ichigo was hoping that the negative emotions weren't directed at him. "What was he doing? Sweet talking you? Staring at you star struck during class? Looking at you as if he was undressing you in his mind?"

Ichigo looked downward breaking eye contact with the man returning his glare. "I don't think it's that extreme." He mumbled. He could feel his cold blue eyes looking right through him.

"Is it?" Grimmjow said. "He looked like a total creep. I bet you thought he was planning to rape you."

Ichigo looked at him with an annoyed expression. "I would never accuse someone like that. I expected something along the lines of selling my organs on the black market."

"I'm not sure which one you consider worse, but I do know he is bad news." Grimmjow said not even laughing at Ichigo's assumption like he wouldn't be surprised if that guy did have that in his mind.

Grimmjow tugged him on his arm, leading him away from the building. As they walked Ichigo couldn't help, but notice that Grimmjow glared at anyone who stared at him longer then a second. He couldn't help, but feel like he was being treated like property. The walk back to their dorm felt more like a walk of shame rather than a walk that he took practically every day.

Was he really planning to walk him everywhere and only leave him alone when he was going to class or felt like no one would attack him? It was probably because of that whole guardian thing, but they were only one day into this entire thing and he was sick of it. This couldn't last forever.

The day went on as normal. They hung out in their room in silence, both on their laptops just like how things were before all of this shit went down. Ichigo was doing homework while Grimmjow was on some weird social media site that he's never seen before. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but it felt like both of them wanted to say something, but didn't know how to bring it up.

After a bit more of that tension in the air Grimmjow seemed to decide to just go for it. He closed his computer and looked over to Ichigo's side of the room and immediately demanded attention.

"Hey, I need to talk to you." Grimmjow said.

Ichigo closed his own laptop as if he was on standby for when Grimmjow was going to finally decide to say something. He turned towards him and took out his ear buds so that he could hear him. He knew there was no way he would be able to get his work done with his roommate commanding him to pay attention nor was he able to focus with that kind of tension in the air.

Even if he succeeded in pretending that he wasn't there there was no way he would be able to focus after the situation that happened just before coming here and the distraction of trying to figure out how to piece together the reputation that he built at school after the Aizen conflict. He didn't even know how to deal with the fact that his new 'buddy' would glare at everything that moved. There wasn't exactly a devise that would release some sort of smoke and replace everyone's memories after witnessing Ichigo's shame.

He looked over at his roommate making the scowl on his face especially apparent just so his roommate knew just how done Ichigo was with his shit.

"Good, now that I have your attention I have to tell you what's going on here. I'm sure you'll find this intriguing."

Grimmjow scooted over on his bed and gestured that he wanted Ichigo to sit down with him. It's a bit friendlier then what he's used to from his moody and larger built roommate. He's used to him being a dick, but he decided to shut up and take the hint to avoid complications and the possibility of Grimmjow acting like a jerk again.

They could have easily kept the conversation going from his own bed like any other college student having a conversation with their roommate. It wasn't exactly like their dorm room was so big that you couldn't hear him talk from the other end. If they had to live together for an entire mortal life then they should at least try to be friends no matter how much Ichigo rejects the idea of having this asshole as a friend.

Ichigo got up from where he was sitting to satisfy his roommate's weird mood change. If he wasn't planning on being a dick then he could at least play along with his desires.

Grimmjow looked in Ichigo's amber eyes and commanded "I need you to do exactly as I say from this point on, it could concern your safety."

Ichigo looked annoyed at him. "Are you planning to drink my blood or something? Is that why you called me over here?"

Grimmjow shrugged, "We could do that too." He put on a smile and gave Ichigo a hungry look that Ichigo knew was fake. "But not right now. I just need to explain something."

He took a deep breath as if he was getting ready to do something really difficult. "Ichi, that command is a long term one, Aizen is a vampire. It's my job to keep you safe from threats like him."

Ichigo was taken aback for a second, but quickly adjusted. "I knew he was different, but this was not what I was expecting."

"Let me level with you, Aizen may be after your pretty face, but there is a higher possibility that he is after your blood." His roommate explained.

Ichigo sighed he chose to ignore the comment about his 'pretty face' he had gotten used to Grimmjow's insulting attitude a few days into the abroad program and he knew that he was considered to be attractive, but this wasn't the time to fight over something stupid like that. "Is this gonna be that cliché 'my blood tastes better then everyone else's' thing?"

"Glad you're catching on, Berry." He said clicking his tongue and pointing finger guns at him. "Your smell has been bothering me since this program started. The only reason I was able to keep it together was because I have amazing willpower."

"Yesterday your willpower looked more like the willpower of a fat teenager giving up on their diet so they can eat chocolate cake." Ichigo responded rolling his eyes and touching his neck to remind him what happened last night as well as to remind him that the little memory swipe trick didn't work on him.

"Okay, okay, shut the fuck up. I was about to say that I will admit that when I tasted your blood yesterday it was the best thing I've ever had."

"Are you saying my life is in danger because of this?" Ichigo groaned, already tired of being part of every cliché, corny vampire story ever.

"Yes, but not in the way you think. Aizen may want to turn you and make you part of his family and claim your blood as his own."

Ichigo's eyes were bulging. He was right that Aizen wanted something from him, but he didn't understand the concept of claiming his blood as his own. His blood belonged to him; he was already upset that he would have to feed his roommate, though that was still up for debate, but that he was in the sights of another vampire was even more of a pain. In fact it was downright scary.

He thought he was refusing Aizen because he was intimidated by him and that he just wasn't interesting in seeing him more than a classmate, but it seemed that his instincts were right once again. That guy was bad news. At the end of the day, it seemed that Aizen wasn't lying; he did have an interest in him, whether he could consider it romantic or not was still unclear though. What did it mean to make him part of his family anyway? Adopted or something or something a bit more…intimate?

"On the other hand, if you get turned our bond will be broken and I don't have to deal with you anymore, but you'll have to deal with that shit for the rest of your life. Spoiler alert: being a vampire means longer life." Grimmjow said. "And I wouldn't exactly advise spending your entire prolonged vampire life with that fucker. I would rather live with me then that guy any day."

"I get the idea, stay away from Aizen. That's what you mean by my life is in danger?" Mystery solved. The biggest danger that he was in was Aizen trying to turn him, so that means that all he really had to do was keep Grimmjow at a safe distance and he'll come to the rescue if he makes any moves that he doesn't approve of as well as to rebuff any movements that Aizen makes on him. He's been doing that the entire time anyway so what makes this so different.

After the program he's going to need to figure out what comes next, but he was going to give up eventually, right? He can consider this problem to be solved. Now it was time to focus on more important things like his studies. As Ichigo was getting ready to pull himself off of Grimmjow's bed he was suddenly held in his seat by a heavy hand on his shoulder and was greeted with a stern look from Grimmjow.

Ichigo and Grimmjow met eyes, copper on sapphire. Grimmjow opened his mouth to start talking again, but then he quickly closed it and shook his head. "Nevermind."

That annoyed Ichigo. He wouldn't have held him if something wasn't up. "Are you hiding something?"

Grimmjow just shrugged and gave Ichigo a smug look. "I don't know, are you curious?"

"If it concerns my life then yeah, I'm pretty damn curious." Ichigo snapped. He could see Grimmjow trying to manipulate him into dropping it by making it look like he's just teasing again.

Grimmjow sighed, obviously hoping that the atmosphere would lighten if he teased the younger male and hoped that he would also look past his impulsive behavior, but that didn't seem to be the case. He looked back over at Ichigo sternly, like he needed to get his message across.

"It's not important. We are here for only another month, and it's not your job to worry about it. It's mine."

Ichigo hated to give people what they wanted when they were being difficult and he saw that Grimmjow wasn't going to budge and tell him anything, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try.

"I think I should be held responsible for myself. I've been in charge of me for my entire life and just because you are here now doesn't mean that I'm going to hand over that responsibility." Ichigo said.

Grimmjow face lightened up and he reached over placing a heavy hand on Ichigo's head, ruffling his soft orange hair. Ichigo found himself getting used to Grimmjow's more touchy feely actions. He wasn't really sure how he felt about that.

"You are absorbing to much information at once. Can you try letting me take care of things right now? I'm still new to this too and I don't want to screw this up either."

Shit, he actually sounded genuinely serious that time around. He may act like a total asshole all the time, but was this the real Grimmjow? It was kind of sweet and Ichigo kind of wanted to see more of him. He could wait a bit longer couldn't he? He was going to figure it out soon enough wasn't he? He may even figure it out in the next chapter in the story book that was his life. Ichigo pushed Grimmjow's hand off of him by his wrist and climbed off of the blue haired male's bed, deciding to let the subject drop and letting Grimmjow take care of everything. He didn't even notice that he didn't tell Grimmjow who Aizen was.

A/N: Thanks for reading. I worked really hard on this. Review and stuff since I need the approval of others to get on with my life. Tell me what parts you liked, if anything in particular made you laugh, or if you want something a bit more fan servicey. I won't take requests to change my story since I basically have the layout for the next few chapters laid out, but I do want to hear what you guys are thinking since I can't read your minds. Telling me how you like it or even your criticism would be a huge help.