Chapter Forty:

Darn You Ulquiorra, For Being Skinnier Than Me!

She had to find him and find out what happened. She sped down the halls at breakneck speed, sliding wildly around the corners, rushing to get to his room.

Aha- she found it- then she busted down the door, leaving it swinging wildly on its hinges.

At least she hadn't broken it. Ulquiorra had already had to replace that door twice now.

"Ulquiorra!" She yelled, the door slamming announcing her arrival.

She looked around- no answer- then saw a telltale mess of black hair on the couch hidden under a blanket.

"Ulquiorra?" She faltered this time.

The blanket lump shifted, then moved, to reveal Ulquiorra himself, with a ruffled behead and sleepy green eyes.

"What do you want?" He demanded in an uncharacteristic fashion.

"Oh… sorry… didn't know you were sleeping…" She trailed off. Oh please, let him just cero her to the spot.

"Seren?" He looked up, and recognized her.

Well, of course he was surprised to see her. Last night she'd told him in-between the lines that he was a lying bastard and she didn't ever want to see him again.

Well, we all saw how long that one lasted.

"Haha… sorry… I just wanted to ask you, did you end up telling Aizen about the… um… you know?"

"No," he sighed wearily, then got up.

He slept in his uniform! Seren noted with surprise.

Well, actually no surprise. Of course he didn't sleep in pajamas. Ulquiorra was too cool for pajamas.

However, the idea of him in bunny slippers and cupcake pj's cracked her up.

"And what are you laughing about?" He asked.

"Hmm… I was just imagining you in bunny slippers and cupcake pajamas, that's what." She replied, as if she hadn't just said something highly insulting.

All he did was raise and eyebrow and give her a strange look.

"It's not my fault!" She cried. "You're just so adorable with your messy bedhead and ruffled hair!" Oh, crap. Why were all her secret thoughts spilling out again?

If this is you again, Rabaeth, I swear I will kill you! She thought furiously.

Ulquiorra looked like he was about to cero her to the spot- then he touched his hair.

"It is kind of messy, isn't it?" He said nonchalantly.

Seren goggled at him. What? So he wasn't going to cero her to the spot?! Why was he so calm? She had insulted him in at least a dozen ways!

Ulquiorra yawned- omg, he yawned! Seren thought. So cute- shut up, brain, she told herself- okay this dash line is taking way too long! focus Seren- then he walked to her.

"I was out all of last night. I had to go escort a human girl here," Ulquiorra said.

"… Huh. You guys do that a lot around here, this escorting business, don't you?" She said slyly.

"Not really. Aizen just is curious, I guess." He replied.

"Omigod! This is too unreal. I have to get this on video. There is just no way you're this conversational and at ease! It must be the morning!" Seren pronounced, then she clamped her hands over her mouth.

"Ah. I wasn't supposed to hear that, huh?" Ulquiorra almost smirked at her, but not quite.

"Seriously. You are being waaaay too nice right now. You're supposed to cero me to the spot." She pointed out.

"Huh. I still could, you know. I am bigger than you."

"Aah, but you're also skinnier." She retorted.

"That doesn't count with ceroes."

"Well, if we were dependent on size, Yami could cero you on the spot."

"You're right."

"Geez, what did you have last night? You are seriously being too nice."

"It must be that I'm tired, half out of it, and when I wake up in about two hours I will probably come to Grimmjow's room and kill you."

He said it so politely.

"Well then. I'm going to ask Grimmjow to guard the door, then."

"I could just kill him, too."

"Aah, but it give me time to escape, no?" Seren couldn't help it. She was smiling. Who knew Ulquiorra could actually be nice in the mornings? "You're funny when you're not brooding, you know."

"Hmm." He murmured.

"Oh, you're tired. I probably had better let you sleep. Night, night, Ulquiorra."

"You mean morning," he corrected.

"I said what I meant and I meant what I said," she sassed back.

"…"

"There we go, that's normal Ulquiorra!" She cheered.

"…And just where were you?!" Kimi announced, hands on hips, when Seren entered the room.

"Just a morning stroll. I talked to Ulquiorra. Hey, you now, he's actually pretty social in the mornings. He might have just been in a tired haze, though…" Seren replied.

"Umm, I think YOU'RE in a tired haze," Kimi sassed.

"Maybe…" Seren yawned. "I'm tired. I'm going back to bed."

She waved loosely behind her as she wobbled to the bedroom. Kimi was right, she was very tired…

"Hey, you!" Grimmjow was suddenly there, and pointing at her rudely again.

"Excuse me, but you're pointing at me rudely again," she replied.

"I thought you never wanted to see that ass again! What, did you fall and hit your head again?!" He took her head and started shaking it wildly.

"Wh-who-whoa, ll-elelelemme goooo-" she stuttered, seeing stars starting to spin.

"Stop it Grimmjow! You're going to give her even more brain damage than she already has!" Kimi called.

"Oh. Whoops." Grimmjow let go, leaving Seren to stagger about drunkenly until she regained her senses.

"My head hurts…" She murmured, rubbing her head. "Grimmjow, you idiot!"

"Well, it's not my fault. I was actually worried about you! Letting a psycho chick wander around the halls early in the morning kind of make me nervous- for everyone else." He snickered.

"Haha, very funny," Seren mumbled. "Now let me go back to bed."

"Ah, ah, ah!" He humorously wagged a finger at her. "No, you owe me."

"Owe you for what?!" She hissed. Then she realized. Oh no, not this again…

He smiled at her. Shameless!

"No." She pronounced.

He raised his eyebrows. "Then you can go straight back to Ulquiorra's room!"

"Well fine!" She retorted. "He's actually friendly in the mornings!"

"You still owe me for last night!" He countered.

Seren sighed. "It is too early in the morning…" She mumbled. "Fine." She stood up on her tip toes to kiss him-

And then realized something.

The hormones were back.

The peck morphed into a rather deeper kiss, and she gently sagged against his body. Ooh, yes, that was the spot. He was ripped… Grimmjow responded easily, wrapping her in a tight embrace. Their lips moved together, growing hotter and more passionate by the second.

Kimi stood behind them gawking and squawking, trying to think of a word bad enough to describe her horror and shock.

"Um, okay, stop it you two!" She yelled angrily, hands curled into fists.

Seren broke away. "Whoa," she said.

"No kidding." Of course he was grinning.

Grimmjow is an incorrigible rogue!

Damn hormones. Why can't they just go away?

Because this would be a lot less entertaining otherwise, Rabaeth replied.

Shut up, Rabaeth. And hormones. Oh well, damn it all to hell! She deserved some cheering up after a century of depressingness!

That's the spirit, Rabaeth cheered.

Oh wait. Of course! Kimi! Seren whipped around. "Kimi?!"

Kimi stood there, fuming at them. She turned to Grimmjow and Seren.

"Y-you BEASTS!" She cried, then ran away into a room- whose, who knows- and slammed the door soundly behind her. The other two just stood there, confused.

"Huh. I wonder what that was about," Grimmjow voiced.

"Oh, shit. Dammit!" Seren cursed, pulling away from Grimmjow.

"Hey, where're you goin?" He called behind her.

She only shut the door behind her in response.

"…Kimi? I know you're mad at me, but, I mean, I'm not used to having hormones back!" Seren attempted to explain.

"Oh, what, I'm supposed to believe that?!" Kimi yelled back. She was on the other side of the bed, refusing to let Seren come within a five foot perimeter around her.

"I'm serious! I'm not lying! And you were right, he does have a perfect ass!" Seren continued. She took a step around the bed, and Kimi moved the other way.

"Oh, come on! Stop being so childish!" Seren scolded.

"Nno!" Kimi cried, countering Seren's every move towards her.

"Oh, come on. I don't like him in that way!"

"You just admitted you did! What about the perfect ass part?!" Kimi returned.

"Oh, I should've seen that one. Okay, maybe I lied about that. Maybe I am attracted to him! But, geez, you're fast, you think he's hot, too! Don't act like I'm committing a sin!"

"But I saw him first!"

"Well, if you're going to play that card, actually, I did." Seren said.

"Well fine! You can have him, he obviously likes you better!" Kimi threw her hands in the air. She stopped and sat down on the floor, crossing her arms stubbornly.

"Don't act like that!" Seren begged. "Honestly, it was one moment. I'll never do it again!"

"No, it doesn't count, because he doesn't like me! Maybe if I had tilted purple eyes," Kimi continued to grump.

"Nonsense," Seren replied. "He probably doesn't even know you care about him. He's as thick as a log, you know."

Kimi smiled a little at that. "You're right."

"So, go out there and tell him!" Seren encouraged.

"You're right. I'm going to go and do it, my way!" Kimi stood up and marched out of the door.

"Wait what? What do you mean, your way?" Seren ran out the door after her. "Kimi?!"

Kimi herself marched stiffly right up to Grimmjow, grabbed his jacket collar, and yanked him down to face her (which was a lot, because he was at least a foot taller than her). "Listen, Grimmjow JeaguarJacques," she growled menacingly, "I've met trees brighter than you!"

"What?!" He replied, shocked. "What are you talking about?!"

"I'm talking about, I love you, you great lug!" Kimi shouted, then kissed him.

Kimi heard Shawlong, D-Roy, and all the other fraccion cheering in the background. D-Roy whistled loudly and clapped.

"Ooh, god." She smacked herself in the forehead. So that was Kimi's style. She should have known… Won't this terrible day ever end???

Haha! This is great, Rabaeth chuckled inside her head.

Yeah, she replied dryly. Totally great.

Bonus Omake Again! Yay! These are fun to write! XD

This Is Why Grimmjow Is As Thick As a Log

Kimi: *laughs to herself* now I have finally thought of a diabolical plan to seduce Grimmjow, the hottie! *gives herself a thumbs up*

Plan One:Kimi: *steps out in one of Mila Rose's outfits* *in sexy voice* hey Grimmykins, what's cookin' good lookin'?

Grimmjow: Well actually, I'm not cooking anything right now. There should be some cookies in the fridge. By the way, did you lose your clothes or something?

Kimi: DX

Plan Two:

Kimi: Maybe if I lace his drink with just a little… alcohol… that usually lowers inhibitions… hehe… *pours about a gallon of alcohol into Grimmjow's drink* Here Grimmjow, I got you a nice drink!

Grimmjow: Thanks. *drinks* *passes out*

Kimi: Oops. Maybe that was a bit too much…

Plan Three:

Kimi: Fine, I'll write him an anonymous love note! I won't sign it though- it shouldn't be hard to guess who it is, because I'm the only girl here! *writes love note* ahah!

**Later**

Kimi: Oops! I put it in the wrong room!

Shawlong: *reading love note*

Kimi: *gulps* oh shizzums…

Shawlong: *looks around* D-Roy! You wrote this??

D-Roy: What? Oh, that love letter?

Shawlong: How long… have long have you felt like this??

Kimi: DX

D-Roy: *stands up* forever! I've always felt this way about you!

Shawlong: D-Roy!

D-Roy: Shawlong!

*They embrace passionately*

Kimi: Umm….. What just happened?

Lol…. Poor Kimi… I guess her attempts at sparking some romance just failed… oh well. It worked out in the end! XDDD I enjoyed writing that very much, yes I did.