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Chapter 5

Ichigo woke up in the library to the sound of his phone ringing. He ignored the angry glances directed at him from other students who were using the space to study. He wasn't exactly in the quiet section of the library, so they should focus their glares on their books, not him. He checked the caller ID, Renji. The wall clock read 7:30, they usually grabbed dinner around this time, Renji was probably just wondering where Ichigo is right now because he certainly wasn't at the table with them.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm on my way." He said into the phone after accepting the call before Renji could even ask where he was.

"Good, that's what I thought," was said from the other side before he heard the dial tone.

He looked at his phone to see that he has about nine unread messages; four were from his friends asking him to grab dinner and asking him where he was. Seriously guys, assign one person to message him if you are all together. There really was no need to spam him.

The other five were from Grimmjow asking him to come back to the room and apologies. The apologies were all full of shit though. None of them really stated that he was in the wrong and that he won't hide stuff anymore. That asshole was too prideful and Ichigo wanted nothing more than to knock him down a few pegs.

"Don't fall asleep in public places." A female voice said. He looked over to a table on the other side of the small area that was the nonquiet section of the library that was opposite the couch. It was meant for group projects and stuff, but instead it was occupied by a beautiful sea foam green-haired woman. She was leaning over the table lazily like she has been there for a while; her grey crop top was riding up threatening to move up too far. She was wearing a small and sweet smile that signed that she wasn't really upset.

"Nel, right?' Ichigo asked.

The girl nodded lightly keeping the soft smile on her face. She got up and plopping herself on the couch next to him. "Grimmjow asked me to look for you."

"Welp, you found me. So I'm guessing he's on his way over now." Ichigo said grouchily, getting up so that he can escape again.

Nel sighed regretting that she just got comfortable just to get up again.

"No, I didn't tell him where you were. I just told him I found you and that I'm keeping you safe. Seriously, don't fall asleep in public. It can be dangerous at this school."

Ichigo didn't say anything. He didn't even make eye contact with her as he exited the library, walking in a faster pace than he usually walks with her walking a little behind struggling to keep up with him without having to break into a jog.

"Hey." She called grasping his arm to slow him down so they could continue the conversation. She sympathized with Ichigo and knew that he was upset, but she knew that the only way to get through to him is to try and communicate with him.

"Why didn't Grimmjow come find me himself?" He asked trying to hide his face from her.

He didn't want to face the bubbly girl that knew too much about him. For someone who he only formally met that day she was too aware of how to see through his grouchy expression. If he were to put a label on how he was feeling by using the stages of grief he already went through denial, anger, and bargaining. Right now, he was full on depressed. He didn't need her to psychologically analyze every reason on why, it was too embarrassing.

"Would you have liked that? If I knew I would have told him where you were." She said still holding on to his arm.

She held on a lot lighter and gentler then her supposed brother and she showed a lot more emotions then he did. All Ichigo sees from Grimmjow is smugness and anger, but she had a look of concern and her voice when she questioned Ichigo expressed her curiosity as she continually tried to figure out what the orange-haired boy was thinking.

"Can't he sense where I am or something?" Ichigo asked gesturing to the hickey that was hidden by his shirt.

"Nah, only the general idea also he can't feel your emotions spike if you are asleep considering you are in your own state of mind." Ichigo got some angry glances by some guys passing by, probably cursing how a beautiful girl like Nel was clinging to him. He was calling way too much attention to himself. He wasn't the type to care what others thought of him though. If he did he would have dyed his hair black a long time ago. On the other hand he didn't like how all the things that called people's attention were things that can give others the wrong idea. He didn't want random rumors about him to float around.

"I also told him to give you some space to think." There was a moment of silence before she whispered. "But you don't want that do you?"

She pulled him into a hug with her head on his shoulder. Ichigo was taken aback, not prepared for the sudden intimate contact. He felt his shoulder become wet as tears poured out of Nel's big brown eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Ichigo." She cried. "You didn't choose this."

Ichigo didn't know what to say, he was completely astonished. Here was a girl he just met that day who was now crying in Ichigo's place because he was to prideful to do it himself. He ran away from his emotions for so long and he wasn't ready to start to listen to them now.

As she let out another sob, Ichigo's own breath hitched. He held it in though. He hasn't cried since the anniversary of his mother's death and that was years ago.

Even if he went to visit her grave every year he has never cried after that. Him crying that time was a total freak thing, it wasn't because that was the year Rukia went with him for moral support. He told her the story about how it was his fault that she was dead. Rukia hugged him just like Nel was now and cried for him too. Her crying was contagious and stirred his own emotions causing him to do so as well. Rukia was a great friend and he was glad she was there for him that day.

"I've heard stories like this before, people forced to be turned against their will, but I've never seen one first hand." She said clinging to his shirt desperately. "You are such a great guy and you have so much potential; you don't deserve to be put through this."

She sobbed a little longer, tightening her grip on the back of Ichigo's shirt, digging her fingers into it and closed her hands into fists. "I shouldn't even be the one comforting you. I'm not the one you want to see right now, right?"

She was able to read him so well, and it bothered him how right she was. The one he wanted to see was Grimmjow. Yeah, he was sick and tired of him always around, but he still wished that it was Grimmjow trying to comfort him.

He was grateful for Nel's efforts, but he never saw her as the bad guy. If her brother was in her place right now maybe his negative emotions wouldn't be whipping around so wildly. He knew that he made it a goal to protect him, but he still couldn't stops seeing him as the bad guy.

Tears were forming in his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. He can't let them fall, if they do then the world wins. Fuck that, he won't let them fall no matter that. Though relaxing into the girls soft touch wouldn't be too bad, right?

"Get off of him already." It was Grimmjow's voice. Ichigo wanted him there, but now that he actually was there he remembered Grimmjow's nature and immediately wished that he was gone again. He was now confusing himself.

Nel flinched a little at the unexpected voice, but she did what she was told, releasing her hands from Ichigo's shirt to bring them to her eyes. She wiped away the stray tears that fell down her cheeks and tried to regain the composure and playful attitude that seemed to be her default.

Ichigo looked away as soon as he saw who it was. There was no way he was going to let that guy see another side of him that he doesn't want to share. He was aware that his emotions were becoming inconsistent, but he decided to just let them do their own thing instead of trying to figure them out.

"I'm going to the dining hall. I'm meeting my friends there so there is no need for you." Ichigo said. "I'll see you later, Nel."

Ichigo took off not regarding Grimmjow who was calling his name after him.

Grimmjow turned to Nel. "What did you say to him? He looked awful."

Nel just shrugged. "I was just helping him release some pent up emotions."

Grimmjow sighed. "You're really making me look like the bad guy, you know?"

Nel looked at him angrily giving up on trying to go back to her playful side, her eyes still a little red from crying. She punched his arm, but not with her full strength as if her heart wasn't in it or she was to emotionally exhausted to deal with him.

"You are the bad guy, you dummy." She nearly cried out. "Ichigo is seriously hurt."

Grimmjow rubbed his arm where she hit him.

"I'm not the bad guy, Aizen is." He grumbled.

Ichigo sat in the spot that was reserved for him next to Renji. He was late, but no one really seemed to mind or wonder where he was. He ate dinner quietly like his mind was somewhere else. If he were to turn into a vampire would he even be allowed to eat normally? In every vampire story he knew about vampires didn't eat real food, a blood only diet. He didn't want his last meals to be shitty campus food.

Renji was holding the conversation about this girl leading him on while Orihime laughed on the other side of the table.

"No way, there is no one that looks like that at this school." Shuuhei said. "I would know, busty blonds are just my type."

"I don't remember her name, but do you know any busty blond girls at this school?" Renji asked.

"There was this girl Halibel who was in my class." Izuru shrugged.

"Nah, that wasn't it. Whatever her name is, I'm not interested." Renji said. "So she's up for grabs, Shuuhei"

Ichigo tuned out around the part where Shuuhei started to complain about not needing Renji's sympathy while Izuru just laughed at his flustered best friend. The conversation seemed like a pretty fun one if you asked Ichigo a couple of days ago, but now it just felt naïve. These guys have no idea what's going on in the world, they were only innocent, human, college students that had no idea what was going on behind the scenes.

Their biggest concerns were probably grades and girls while Ichigo had to fight to protect his humanity. So there Ichigo sat quietly and depressed, lost in his own thoughts before he felt an elbow in his side that belonged to Renji.

"Wake up, Ichigo." Renji whispered. "I didn't tell them about your little meltdown so there is no need to be depressed. Whatever it is, you'll be fine." He gave him a reassuring smile ignoring the other's puzzled looks as they wondered what the other two were talking about.

Ichigo smiled at his friend weakly. Guys were never really the type to tell their friends about their problems, but Renji has always been the exception to that rule. He would tell Ichigo about anything that was bothering him and in return Ichigo would do the same, though Renji would usually have to talk him into unloading on him. Renji always knew the right words, what to do to make him feel better, and whether to make him talk about his problems or just distract him from them. Rukia joked around and called them her 'BroTP.'

Orihime looked at Ichigo curiously. "Is something wrong, Kurosaki-kun?" She asked with a soft look on her face, cocking her head cutely.

"No, everything is fine." Ichigo said. "Thanks for the concern, Inoue." He said with a light smile.

Orihime blushed in response. He wondered why Orihime called him Kurosaki-kun. It made sense that she called Uryu by his first name, but she called Renji, Izuru, and Shuuhei by their first names too. Not only did she call him by his last name, but she used honorifics too, which probably confused a lot of people who didn't come from Japan.

Ichigo made it a point to call everyone by their first name in America and that was kind of the unspoken rule of the abroad program. Use first names, and speak in English. Unless you are in a private place with someone else who spoke the same language, you speak in the language of the country. For the most part everyone followed these rules, but it seemed Inoue calling him 'Kurosaki-kun' was the only exception for her. It made Ichigo curious why she insisted on doing this. He didn't know why she had a special rule for him, but in response he called her Inoue out of habit.

For the rest of dinner Uryu kept an eye on Ichigo. It was a weird sensation; he was always the type to keep to himself or at least keep to himself and Orihime. This was the second time Ichigo saw him break character today, the first time was of him glaring at Grimmjow. Could it be possible that he's got the wrong idea? Or was it…shit, does Orihime have a crush on him? That may explain why she blushed and acted so awkwardly around him.

He just thought that was part of her ditzy personality. Renji has always joked that Ichigo was oblivious when a girl likes him. He only got the idea when girls giggled in their little circles or when they left letters in his shoe locker, but he was never good at telling if a friend liked him.

He wasn't great at reading Uryu since he didn't really talk. He knew he liked Orihime, he was also trying to become a doctor, and that he was good at making handicrafts that was basically it. He seemed to always have a cold persona so he never bothered to try to chip away at his icy shell. If he wanted to stay in there then Ichigo wasn't planning to break him out.

They were kicked out of the dining hall at closing time. The workers wanted to clean up and go home, it wasn't the first time they were being kicked out. As they walked out, Uryu turned to Orihime and said "I need to talk to Ichigo for a second, I'll catch up with you later." Orihime gave him a curious look, but nodded in understanding.

Ichigo was ready to run away. He wasn't prepared to have that awkward conversation with Uryu. He didn't know how to talk to him nor was he aware about how to approach him if the conversation was truly about Orihime liking him.

"Ichigo isn't interested, so if you are planning to confess this is the time to back down." Renji called out loudly with the purpose to embarrass the hell out of Uryu and Ichigo alike. Leave it to Renji to pick a weird time to tell a joke.

Orihime giggled as she waved a quick farewell to Uryu and Ichigo, running ahead to catch up to Izuru and Shuuhei not noticing the blush on Uryu's face that he was making the best efforts to hide. Ichigo just held onto his forehead and shook his head in annoyance; he was used to his best friend's methods of trying to embarrass him. It hasn't happened in a while, but it isn't completely uncommon for his friend to try and rile him up.

"Listen, if this is about Inoue then I'm sorry." Ichigo said defensively. "I'm not interested in her. I see her as just a friend and I'm not looking for a relationship with her."

Uryu kept his eyes closed and took a deep breath waiting for Ichigo to finish.

That was then Ichigo showed it to him, the purple mark that was on his neck.

"See, I'm, um, following Renji's example right now." Ichigo lied with a bit of uncertainty in his voice. He wasn't a fan of lying nor was he a fan of hooking up with girls randomly just for the sake of hormones, but he will use what resources he has on hand to get out of awkward situations.

Uryu studied his hickey for a second as Ichigo continued stuttering about how he wasn't interested in Orihime before Uryu cut him off.

"Oh, so that's your relationship with your roommate." Uryu said without any doubt in his voice.

Ichigo turned bright red. "Tha-that's not from... I uh, I got it from a girl, that I hooked up with last night."

Uryu cut him off before Ichigo can continue making a fool out of himself. The act was over.

"You're a terrible liar, and I didn't pull you aside because of Orihime's crush on you." He said with a hint of depression as well as impatience in his voice. "I wanted to talk to you about what's going on around you. Now I need to talk to you about your roommate too."

Ichigo kept his mouth shut half expecting what will come next.

"At this point I am 80% sure that you know about him recruiting you, but there is about a 20% chance that you two are hooking up and you have no idea what I'm saying."

Ichigo shook his head. "No, I know what you are talking about. Yes, I'm being recruited." He looked at the guy in front of him with a stern look, trying to figure out what he knew and what role he played in all of this. He didn't expect the first person to approach him would be Uryu. He wanted to play it cool, but he could already feel a butterfly in his stomach from not knowing what to expect.

He was amazed that someone that he considered a friend actually knew what was going on and part of him was relieved that he wasn't the only one in on the secret. Though instead of a friendly heart to heart that he was hoping for he felt as if he was being investigated. For the first time in Ichigo's life he was on edge, but he felt relieved.

"It's not like I was really given a choice though. This is all against my will." Ichigo said trying to contain himself from ranting about everything to the guy that stood in front of him.

Uryu sighed. "Ichigo, I'm sorry, but I'm not here as a friend. I'm here as an advisor for the program. I'm meant to keep an eye on you as well as others in the same situation to make sure they don't get in any trouble."

Everything Ichigo wanted to say recoiled down his throat as he swallowed all of his words.

"It was my job to give you tips on how to stay out of trouble since you may be recruited by someone on the watch list." Uryu said as he started to shuffle through his bag for a folder that held a bunch of flyers.

"He doesn't need those little survival tips since he has me already." A voice said as the owner of that said voice dropped out of the tree they were standing by.

"Grimmjow?" Ichigo questioned. How long was he there?

"I understand, but its protocol." Uryu said handing Ichigo one of the pieces of paper.

Grimmjow immediately took it from him and crumpled it up. "He knows what's going on. He's being recruited by me, not Aizen. So there isn't a need to worry, hunter."

Ichigo looked at the stern expression on Grimmjow's face as he stared at Uryu. Then he looked back at Uryu curious to figure out what their relationship was. He just called him 'hunter' and Ichigo wasn't an idiot so he could guess what that mean, but now he was confused about what the hell was going on.

"Just doing my job." Uryu said calmly handing Ichigo a second flyer as if he wasn't fazed by the way the arrogant man acted. "Believe me when I say I don't want Ichigo falling into his hands. He is friends with Orihime so I would hate to see anything happen to him. I don't want her to be sad."

He turned away from the intrusive vampire directing his attention back on Ichigo so he could finish doing his job. "My phone number is on there. If you have any questions be sure to call. If your 'boyfriend' takes that one from you too ask Orihime for my number." He said turning away from the both of them, walking back to his dorm without even muttering a goodbye.

As he walked away a silver cross became visible hanging out of his sleeve, attached to a bracelet of some kind that Ichigo never noticed before. Christianity wasn't as common as Shinto and Buddhism in Japan, but it wasn't unheard of. It was a silly observation, but Ichigo was so focused on the symbol for no known reason. It seemed to pull his eyes towards it. He wondered where he was getting that feeling of reassurance and nostalgia from. Grimmjow had to nudge Ichigo to wake him up from his trance and get his attention back on him.

"You don't need to worry about Aizen. I'll keep him away from you." Grimmjow said when he finally got his attention back. "There is no need for you to talk to those damn hunters either."

Ichigo sighed. "Yeah, but who is going to keep you away from me?"

Grimmjow reached for the lone piece of paper in Ichigo's hands before Ichigo pulled it out of his reach. Grimmjow reached again this time leaning over him. He wasn't much taller than Ichigo, but it seemed as if his body towered over him. He laughed trying to get the paper out of Ichigo's hands. Ichigo made a barrier out of his forearm to make up for the height advantage that Grimmjow had over him. Grimmjow swayed forward and back reaching for the piece of paper that the orange haired boy protected, Ichigo responded accordingly pulling his hand back whenever Grimmjow reached forward and vice versa.

Grimmjow stepped back and took a deep breath, finding his center or something before focusing again on Ichigo with a smirk and a glint of mischievousness in his clear blue eyes. He reached up with both hands making Ichigo pull his hands away effectively faking him out as Grimmjow instead grabbed at Ichigo's hips and started tickling him. Ichigo yipped in horror as he brought both his elbows down on instinct to knock the vampires hands away and to protect his exposed sides. Grimmjow took this opportunity to grab the paper from Ichigo.

"That was so not fair." Ichigo laughed.

Grimmjow laughed too. "I'm amazed that that's the sound you make when you're being tickled. I'll keep that in mind." He waved the sheet in front of him as if taunting his roommate to try and take it back.

"Shut up." Ichigo said as he tried to reach for the flyer in Grimmjow's hand. As expected he pulled it away.

"I've seen this survival guide before I even attended this program. Let me tell ya, it's not helpful. It's made up of really vague tips. Like don't invite anyone you don't know in your room."

Ichigo looked at him puzzled. "There is no way it says that. It's common sense that could relate to anything."

Grimmjow said nothing, he just pointed at the paper where it was labeled with a '1.' Ichigo sighed.

"Yeah, it's basically a guide they teach you in health class about how to avoid being raped. They don't include vampires anywhere." Grimmjow said slapping the paper as if he were Phoenix Wright. "It's because they care more about keeping the secret then humans safe."

Ichigo tried to grab the paper from him again just for him to pull it away again.

"These guys can bury a scandal that involved a student or faculty's death easier than they could handle the rumors about the existence of the supernatural. It's best not to get involved with them." Grimmjow said. "That includes that guy that you consider a friend. Seriously, notice how that guy never outright said 'vampire." He just said stuff that can mean anything like 'recruited.'"

"If he can help me get away from you then I would take all the help I could get." Ichigo said as he tried making a move around Grimmjow so he could head towards their dorm. He gave up on getting the paper, he'll ask Orihime for his number later. It's not like Grimmjow could take his phone away too. Grimmjow let him go passed him much to Ichigo's surprise, and disappointment. He didn't know where that emotion came from and he was done trying to figure it out. He turned around in curiosity to see that Grimmjow hasn't moved. Ichigo looked back towards their dorm and started walking again.

"There is no rule against turning people against their wills. I could drag you with me kicking and screaming and those damn hunters won't lift a finger to help you." Grimmjow called after him. That statement made Ichigo turn his head over his shoulders so he can look back at the man he just abandoned. He didn't move from his spot, not wanting to get closer to him. He expected as much about the possibility of him being turned against his will, but if they won't help, then what was the point of them? It couldn't be just to hide the bodies and burn the evidence.

"Are you curious now?" Grimmjow asked with a smirk and crossed his arms like he won, what of was beyond Ichigo though.

He rolled his eyes. "Fine, what's the point of them?"

Grimmjow smiled walking towards Ichigo and leaned over the orange haired boy's other shoulder. Ichigo snapped his head back facing forward.

"He's here to make sure I don't cause trouble." He said licking his lips. "The vampires here aren't the only ones aware of how special you are. Word spread, it reached their ears."

Grimmjow's breath on Ichigo's neck sent shivers down his back, but he wasn't sure whether it was from the vampire's breath or the words that were coming out of the same place. "Others know about me?"

His roommate pulled away from Ichigo's ear so that he could laugh. "You dense? They can smell you just like me and Aizen. You're the biggest threat on this entire campus. You can make every vampire here get ready for battle just for the chance of getting your blood in their family."

Ichigo was stunned he didn't know whether he wanted to hide or beat up…something, most likely his roommate even though he knew that he would end up in worse shape than he would be.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Ichigo asked trying to contain himself from yelling.

"When?" Grimmjow shrugged. "There isn't exactly a good way to work that into a conversation. Oh hey, every vampire here either wants to eat you, recruit you, or fuck you. Also I can't help but remember that you avoided me for a large portion of the day. I can't tell you if you don't stay near me!"

Ichigo's heart rate dropped as his usually tan skin tone visibly turned pale. "I'm sorry, but what did you just say?"

"Huh, which part? I was ranting for a while. Whoa, what's this déjà vu?"

"You listed some things that vampires wanted to do with me. What was that last one again?"

"Oh, fuck you? Yuuuup, why do you think you have so many people's eyes wandering to you today?" Grimmjow growled.

"I've always had that. I told you about that." Ichigo said in annoyance. It was nothing to be proud of; being catcalled was more of a burden then anything. He knew that fighting with Grimmjow wasn't going to get him any closer to an explanation, but he may as well fight for another hint of the truth.

He felt like his entire day was him trying to figure stuff out while Grimmjow tried to shroud it from him by drawing his attention back on him. Heck he was amazing at it, he could do it and Ichigo would notice, but he would still be unable to stop it. That question was totally just a way to distract Ichigo from getting the answer to his original question; either that or Grimmjow was just teasing him again.

"Well you do have a cute ass."

Ichigo gave him a stern look to tell Grimmjow to knock it off with the flirting and get to the point. He was so worn thin from his bullshit. He really wanted nothing more than to be alone.

"Yeah, yeah, it's self-explanatory. Your blood smells awesome and that makes you more attractive in turn." He said walking towards Ichigo taking a deep breath and taking his smell in. His eyes dilating for a second before his pupils went back to their normal size.

"Its okay, your cute ass is safe with me."

As much as Ichigo felt the urge to fight with Grimmjow he knew that it would only make him enjoy it more. Ichigo knew that most of what Grimmjow says is him trying to get under his skin, but it's been ever so evident today now that he won't leave Ichigo alone unless Ichigo runs off again. Now that he thought about it he really didn't hang around Grimmjow too much.

Grimmjow kept him at an arm's length, but because he didn't talk too much he didn't get that bothered by his teasing. The only reason he kept getting upset was because his entire reality was crushed in one day and Grimmjow wasn't really doing much to explain what was going on. He also constantly gets reminded that Grimmjow is still hiding stuff from him. In just one day he learned two different stories about how the freaking hickey worked and Grimmjow lied to him about what role he plays in all this. The only reason why he knew so much was because Nel forced it out of him. They wouldn't be where they are now if it wasn't for her.

"I'm heading back to our room." Ichigo sighed turning towards their dorm and started walking knowing full well that Grimmjow was going to follow him.

Grimmjow sat on his bed throwing a basketball in the air and catching it. Which made Ichigo question why he even has that? Does he even play? Whatever it was he kind of wished that he would accidentally drop the basketball on his face.

Yes he was leaving him alone, but it's been quiet for too long. Usually there is nothing wrong with that, in fact Ichigo usually enjoyed it. Today seemed different though. He hated the silence and he craved for Grimmjow to break the silence like he usually does. Seriously, neither of them was doing anything productive.

Ichigo looked at his game of Tetris on his computer, the exact picture of not wanting to do anything productive looked like, but at least it wasn't on the same level of not wanting to do anything as playing Bejeweled. He felt like he should say something that was on his chest for a while. Even though he wasn't really sure why, but he felt that he needed to say something to him.

"Grimmjow?" He called over not looking away from his computer screen.

His roommate on the bed opposite his caught the ball that was in the air and looked over without saying a word.

"I'm sorry." He said.

Grimmjow still didn't say anything. His eye lids closed half way looking at his roommate with slanted eyes. All the muscles in his body relaxed as he waited for his roommate to elaborate.

"It's my first day with all this, but it was kind of unfair how unreasonable I was after you told me the truth." Ichigo sighed. Yes, he was upset that Grimmjow kept things from him and straight up lied to him in the beginning, but he realized after talking to Nel that he was worried about Ichigo after he ran off, but decided to give him some distance so he could try and cope. As much as he didn't like to admit it, the space he received, though small, helped.

Grimmjow was just trying to protect him. It was like Grimmjow was steering a boat in a swamp with Ichigo the passenger. He didn't want to tell Ichigo that there were alligators because he didn't want Ichigo to be scared and he trusted his abilities in keeping him safe.

"You shouldn't be sorry." Grimmjow said with a small hint of anger. "I was the one that dragged you into all this shit."

Ichigo looked at Grimmjow at a loss for words…that doesn't sound right, it was more like he didn't know how to talk to him. He just apologized because he felt guilty without knowing why. Ichigo didn't know how to read his own emotions anymore so he decided to just apologize and figure the rest of it out later. Now, here was the receiver of the apology. Listening to it and throwing it back at him saying that he shouldn't be feeling that way. He didn't know why he was feeling that way either, dammit.

"Ummm, I just felt that I was a bit unaccepting. You recognized your mistake and you were sorry for it. I'm not sure we can reverse the damage done, but I hope we can both get along so we can get through this."

Grimmjow shook his head. "That's when you're wrong Ichigo. I'm not sorry for my mistake."

A/N: Hey guys, review and stuff even if you are from the future. I want to learn how to be a better writer for you guys so I could really use the positive feedback and criticism. Prove to me that you guys are real by leaving a review.