Chapter II: Ivory Storm

Hello, minna-san, so this is the second chapter ^^ I'm tired as hell and I seriously need some sleep, but I think it came out ok... sort of. Hope you'll like the little kissing scene in Ichigo's room, I surely enjoyed writing it and so did Rukia hehe~. I really think that I should improve my writing skills, but I won't stop writing I promise XD. Bye now!~

The charcaters belong to Kubo Tite-sama.

Ichigo knew who the male was even before locking eyes with his unexpected visitor. Only one person had ever called him that in his life…

A tall, pall man was standing in front of them with a wild (and oh-so-hot) grin on his face. He was just too beautiful (Ichigo nearly got a nosebleed because of him): golden irises surrounded by a sea of black satin, pearly looking complexion and, of course, sinful lips. Some silver locks were nonchalantly covering his forehead (which didn't seem to bother him at all), which made him look even more ravishing. His body (which Ichigo could clearly see through his black, tight T-shirt) was like that of an Adonis, but a lot better. This way too perfect man was Hichigo Shirosaki, Ichigo's childhood friend. The orangette's jaw dropped as he was staring at the albino and he didn't notice that he was practically drooling all over the place until he was so rudely brought back to Eart by the man in front of him.

``Oi, Berry, aren't cha just a lil'bit happy to see an ol' friend, huh?`` he asked teasingly with his grin still plastered to his face. ``What 'bout a 'Welcome back!' kiss?`` . Before the little berry could even react, he found himself being softly kissed by the taller man. Unknowingly, Shiro's warmth and soft touch made the orangette hum in approval and pull him closer. Their tongues fought for dominance for a couple of seconds (which seemed like years to Ichigo), but then the albino's skilled, minty tongue retreated from his cavern. Ichigo finally opened his eyed just to see Shiro's satisfied grin and Rukia's sparkly and 'moe'-ish eyes behind the albino. He immediately blushed hard and felt like running somewhere far away as fast as he could from the embarassment.

``Kyaaaaaaaa!~ Ichi, why didn't you tell me that you had a boyfriend?``the girl asked in a high and overexcited voice. Before the little berry was able to explain to her the whole situation, Rukia had already grabbed the pale man's hand (whose grin by that point had grown and bigger by the minute and looked like he was enjoying the whole situation) and shook it. ``Hi there, I'm Kuchiki Rukia, Ichi's friend. Ne, you certainly must be his boyfriend! You must tell me everything about how the two of you have met. I mean, I would ask that Ichigo bastard, but I'm absolutely positive that he won't tell me anything. Let's start with your name first.``

Tornado Rukia had unleashed her power and there was no way anyone could have stopped her. Shiro seemed even more amused by the girl's overexcitement and replied to her interrogatory:``Hichigo Shirosaki. Call meh Shiro. Berry-head here 'n' meh 're good ol' friends. Just came by to see how he was doin'. Haven't seen the bastard in over 5 years, ya know, 'n' 'bout da boyfriend part…``

Rukia didn't find out the rest of his sentence because of an extremely blushing orangette, who interrupted him.

``R-R-R-Rukiaaa! Weren't we supposed to go to school? We're going to be late.`` he tried to convince the girl to mind her business giving her a meaningful glare, which was, obviously, also seen by Shiro who butted in:

``Come on, I was just gettin'along with da dwarf chick.`` The statement was almost immediately followed by a 'Not bad'facial expression from Rukia, who was bewitched by the new comer. ``Besides, there's only one university 'round here 'n' that's exactly the one I'm currently attending.`` He grinned as large as he could at the stunned carrot top. ``This is gonna be fun`` he thought, which was definetly not what the little flustered berry was thinking.

*Later that day*

Ichigo was pissed off. Like hell. ``How the heck did it all turn out like this?`` he thought with a desperate look on his face. Rukia and him were in his apartment, whih suddenly seemed a lot more less spacious, apparently chilling (although Ichigo did not remember to have ever invited either of them to come by his place). This was hell. The albino had been around him all day long, grinning or teasing him. And, to mke things worse, Rukia had been blabbering the whole time about how a cute couple the two of them would make, being all excisted and sparkly. Even when she would finnaly shut the fuck up, Ichigo could see her evil and sneaky grin with the corner of his eye when she was clearly fantasizing about God knows about what weird things (which included him and Shiro naked). That gave the poor orangette the creeps.

But most of all, he was just desperate to talk to his childhood friend; he had so many unanswered questions… Where the hell had he been al these years? Why did he decide to pop out at a time like this? What did he want from him? Why did he leave him? Did he miss him?... God dammit, he had been his best friend, the only one he could depend on, besides his twin brother, and then one day he just….disappeared. These questions boiled inside of him and made him want to punch or yell at the albino or tell him how much he hated him for leaving him all alone and cry and then yell some more. But something was stopping him from doing so… he was afraid to confront him… he wouldn't be able to push Shiro away like he would have wanted to… he just couldn't bear to see him leave his side once again…

``Oi, Ichigo, you listenin' to me?`` The orangette flinched as reality hit him. ``Fuck, I was day-dreaming. `` He quickly turned his gaze to Shiro. ``I said that tomorrow we should meet up at my place. Ya know, to hang out.`` he said in an irritated voice.

``Hahaha, sorry… Yeah, that's fine with me.`` he replied. ``I think I will take my leave now. I'm a little bit tired`` he excused himself and then asked Rukia to take care of the guest. He trusted that she would take good care of him.

A few moments later, Ichigo was lying on his bed, reading (or rather trying to concentrate on a reading a book). His thoughts were swirming freely through his head. He let out a loud, annoyed sigh and buried his face in his pillows. But then a male voice near his ear made him freeze in surprise, his heart beating so hard it could almost jump out of his chest. ``What's da matta', Berry?``. He knew who it was, but he still raised his head from the pillows to look into Shiro's odd, mesmerizing eyes.

``Nothing…`` he lied in a low voice, avoiding the other man's gaze.

The taller man sighed annoyed. ``Ya know I always know when ya lie, don't cha, Ichi?`` His hand reached for the orangette's chin and forced him to meet his gaze. ``Ya've been sulking all day long, Ichi. What's da problem? Ya know ya can tell me, right? We're best buddies, ne?``he tried to convince him.

Ichigo's eyes filled with ears and looked in the other in the eyes with a hurt expression: ``Are we really best friends, Shiro? I mean, I can't hate you, I want to, but I just can't… But I still feel betrayed…`` tiny hiccups were interrupting his words as he kept staring into the albino's eyes. ``Why?... Why did you leave me?`` He was trying to calm down, but his voice was giving away his hurt feelings. He was expecting Shiro to leave his side any minute now and never come back into his life, but, instead, the pale man hugged the smaller man.

``I'm really sorry, Ichi… I didn't mean to hurt cha… seriously… it's just that at da time, ma folks had some trouble with their work, so they decided to move away. I'm sorry…`` The taller man began to carres the other's back to calm his hiccups down and leaned down to kiss his tears away. His lips gently touched Ichigo's cheeks, then eyelids, then moved down his jaw and finally stopped on his lips. They were now both breathing heavily and desire could be seen into their eyes. Shiro pulled the orangette closer and kissed him softly, then gradually roughened the kiss. Ichigo was embracing him with all his might, blushing slighty, which made the albino want him even more. He explored the orangette's cavern with greed, tasting everything he could. He couldn't help but notice that the little berry really tasted like…a berry. Shiro finally broke the kiss, gasping for air. He had finally calmed his breath down, when he saw Ichigo's face… his eyes looked warm, somehow liquefied and satisfied, his cheeks were all red and a little smirk had made its way on his face. The albino couldn't stop himself from wanting the berry for himself. ``Dammit, Ichi… `` he growled as he practically attacked the smaller man. He started biting those pink, heavenly lips and he would have done a lot more if it wouldn't have been for a certain midget, who interrupted them.

``Gomen, guys. Didn't mean to interrupt… I just wanted to ask if you knew where the remote control was… But, it's ok, really! Just gonna go back`` said Rukia with an obviously excited expression on her face. She winked at Shiro, then quickly got away.

The albino was standing next to Ichigo, slightly smilling, but a little bit annoyed. He sighed, then got up. The poor berry was left all flustered and red from embarrassment as the other got out of the room saying with a seductive grin: ``Next time, Berry, you ain't gonna get away so easy!~``.