A/N: Please read A/N at the bottom.

Theater: The Confession

It's been two long days since Ichigo has had his 'rehearsal' with Uryū. And in those two days, Uryū seems to have been avoiding the Shinigami ever since. No matter how close Ichigo is to catching up to Uryū, he always seems out of reach when he's nearby. This was soon ticking Ichigo off, and their little game of hide and seek was soon going to end.

"He's out there. I know it."

Kon was beginning to worry about Ichigo. Ever since he caught the two in a compromising position, he has had to watch the Shinigami sit near his window with binoculars and a script next to him, glancing at it every few minutes to absorb the words. But none of that worried Kon, the real thing that worried him was how in the hell did Ichigo turn… well, swing that way! In all the time he has been with Ichigo he has never seen the boy attracted to anyone, let alone a Quincy who wanted nothing more than to hate on Ichigo for being a Shinigami. But if there is one thing he knew, Kon was going to bring Ichigo back into the sacred valleys of woman!

"Ichigo! Why don't we call nee-san!"

Ichigo didn't even place his binoculars down as he replied back. "She's probably busy, and so am I." He got nearer to the window until he could practically fall off his bed. Damn it, Ishida! Why do you pick now of all the times to try to avoid me? You're just so confusing! But I guess if you won't let me come to you, then I'm going to catch you off guard and hold you down until you hear me out.

Kon sat next to Ichigo and began softly punching his thigh with his paws. "Then why don't we go over with Inoue-san?"

"No."

Standing up and clenching his paws tightly, Kon barrages Ichigo with punches that didn't hurt at all, seeing as he was unmoving to it as he kept his position with the binoculars over his eyes. "Why are you with those damn things anyway?" exclaimed the plushy.

Sighing, Ichigo places the binoculars down onto his lap but keeps his gaze to the outside world of his room. "Because when it gets late out I can feel Ishida's reiatsu near here and I want to catch him as I go into Shinigami. Tch, if I try to attempt that when I'm in my human form, he would easily use his hirenkyaku to get away."

"Oh, and is he avoiding you because you two were kissin—"

The plushy was interrupted as Ichigo sat on him. "Shut up! We weren't kissing… we were acting kissing. There's a difference."

Yeah, if you're in denial. I wonder how Ishida is taking this, probably worse. Man I can't breathe! "Mmmmpphhh!"

Standing up, Ichigo grabs the script from the bed and glares at it. This is all your fault you stupid script! Who knew that Shakespeare could affect even the future readers with its old literature? Although Ishida's lips did feel soft… more like silky smooth—no! Don't start thinking about his lips that only spit out lies and… and… sweet words mixed with old Shakespereance. Ichigo closes his eyes and could feel his cheeks heat up. Damn, I have it bad. He pushes Kon off of his bed and lays down on it with his hands supporting his head. Ichigo begins to close his eyes until he feels a familiar reiatsu close by his location. Ishida!

Sitting up and pulling his combat pass from his back pocket, Ichigo removes himself from his body and quickly shunpos over to where he can sense Uryū. Once he has him on his sight, Uryū quickly uses his hirenkyaku which makes Ichigo frown. I won't let you go that easy! It soon turns into a chase of cat and mouse. Neither were letting up on their pace and Ichigo was beginning to get tired of Uryū always trying to avoid him and leading him through trees to try and shake him off.

Uryū looks from the corner of his eyes as he slightly turns his head over his shoulder. He can see that Ichigo is determined to catch him as he has his infamous scowl in place. Stupid Kurosaki! Does he really think he can catch up to me? I didn't spend all the time avoiding him for nothing. If he catches me I know exactly what he wants, and I'm not ready to offer an explanation for something that shouldn't have happened. Placing his attention back forward, Uryū speeds up.

Ichigo's eyes widen and then he lets out a growl of annoyance as he tries to keep up with the Quincy. He will not lose him from his sight if that's the last thing he'll do. Ishida, I'm not going to let you ignore me any longer! We both have something to talk about and I… won't… let… you… ignore it!

Kicking it into gear, Ichigo increases his speed until he's right behind Uryū. Once he's close enough, Ichigo reaches out his hand and clasps it on Uryū's cloth. Stopping him which makes Uryū lose his balance as he loses his footing on a branch he was suppose to land on.

Seeing this, Ichigo quickly settles on the tree branch and catches Uryū from behind, enclosing him in his arms so that he has no way to use his arms and only kick around as he struggles to break free from his hold.

"Ah! Let go, Kurosaki!"

"Are you going to escape?"

Shifting his head from side to side, he says, "Screw you!"

I guess that's a yes. Ichigo tightens his hold until Uryū stops with his unnecessary kicking. "Oi, I'm not going to let go so why don't you answer me a few questions."

Looking from the corner of his eyes, the Quincy scowls at how the situation has turned. "I am not obligated to answer anything, Kurosaki."

Frowning down at Uryū, Ichigo just goes on to ask his question. "First off, why have you been avoiding me all of a sudden?" Ichigo waits for a response but after waiting a couple of minutes of silence, he continues. "Was it because of the ki—"

Uryū then begins struggling again. "Of course not! It was a stupid action on my, as well as your part, to do something so out of line! We don't even have some vulgar act like that on the play! And I will not stand for being accused of such a thi—"

"I'm not accusing you of anything!" interrupted Ichigo. "All I'm saying is, are you avoiding me because of that 'vulgar act'?"

The Quincy remains quiet as he tries to think of a way out of this predicament, but once he can't figure anything out, he bows his head and lets his hair shroud his face. "Yes." His voice is so quiet that Ichigo needed to strain himself to hear it.

But once Ichigo did understand him, he loosens his hold and with that mistake, Uryū finds he is able to break free from his hold and quickly uses his hirenkyaku to disappear from Ichigo's sight. "Ah…" Ichigo is astonished as he gaps at how fast Uryū is willingly able to go just to get away from him. He then narrows his eyes with a bit of sorrow in them as he is left by himself. Damn.

Ichigo walks through the hallways of the school with his script rolled up in his back pocket. With a destination in mind, he hopes to catch the Quincy off guard since he's always concentrated on his sewing projects to even notice who is in the room with him. When he makes it in front of the door of the Handicrafts Club, Ichigo slowly begins to open the door, and standing up, looking down at a desk, is none other than Ishida Uryū as he tries to figure out some color coordination or something. He's completely concentrated on his task as he has his thumb under his chin in a thinking position. Quietly closing the door, Ichigo makes his way into the room until he is right behind Uryū.

He was going to surprise him by whispering his name in his ear that wasn't covered by his long bangs, but instead found himself leaning a bit closer to the Quincy as he remained in that perfectly upright position. Ichigo is so close that his face is literally near his hair and he lets his nose sniff his perfectly straight, dark locks. Hm, it smells like… strawberry! Without meaning to, Ichigo leans in far too much and bumps his nose on Uryū's head.

"What the—"

But before Uryū could turn around, Ichigo quickly catches Uryū by again enclosing him in his arms.

Uryū scowls at knowing exactly who has captured him, and once again begins struggling. "Again, Kurosaki? You really don't know when to give up?"

Chuckling, Ichigo begins to move backwards with a bit of a struggle but is still able to go where he needs to. When his back is against the wall, Ichigo flips their positions so that Uryū is the one against the wall while Ichigo is behind him. He pushes Uryū's body to the wall with his own. "Now you got nowhere to go, Ishida?"

Ichigo's husky voice combined with the feel of his body behind him makes Uryū shiver. Though, he still keeps his scowl on his face seeing as he's not going anywhere. "And what are you going to do, Kurosaki?"

Leaning closer so that his face is right beside Uryū's, Ichigo whispers his answer to the Quincy. "Nothing."

Uryū is shocked as his eyes widen, but is still able to keep himself from exposing too much of his surprise.

"I'm not going to do anything to you, Ishida. All I want is one—no, two things from you."

Shifting around in his hold, Uryū turns his head slightly over his shoulder. "And… what is exactly… is that?"

Bringing his legs so that they covered Uryū's own legs, Ichigo whispers in his response. "First off, I want you to stop avoiding me. Look, that…" blushing as he says that four letter word, "kiss was merely an acting kiss."

Acting kiss? What the hell is that suppose to be?

"It's part of the script, right? So it was an acting kiss. And second off, I want you to… well, help me with the script."

Uryū feels Ichigo's hold loosening and turns his body around so that he is eye to eye with Ichigo. "Help? But what about Inoue-san? I'm sure she can help, and besides, she's the one you should be working with."

"Yeah, but…" Ichigo scratches the back of his head and then looks back over to Uryū. "She's not really into it. Inoue keeps everything together until… later on. And it's getting annoying to stop every time we get into more intimate conversation with the roles. So, will you help?"

Raising one eyebrow as he crosses his arms over his chest, Uryū can definitely say he wasn't expecting this from Ichigo. "So, it's merely the roles of the characters that we're portraying then?" and when he sees Ichigo's nod, Uryū closes his eyes for a second and then opens them up to look at Ichigo. "Fine, after school we'll meet and head to your—"

"No!" says Ichigo as he interrupts Uryū. "Actually, let's go over to your home. My family is going to be around and I don't want us to be bothered."

Shaking his head, Uryū agrees. "Fine, but you better keep to the script."

Nodding, Ichigo backs off until he's at the door and turns around to look at him. "Oi, Ishida."

Uryū looks up from his project that he was looking down on with interest. Turning his head around, Uryū sees a small smile on the Shinigami's lips.

"Thanks." And then he exits the room.

Being shocked for who knows how many times, Uryū shakes his head and lets a small smile show on his face. "Idiot."

Both Ichigo and Uryū are settled on the Quincy's couch as they have their own separate script out. Ichigo is looking over his lines as he tries to remember them without using the script while Uryū is merely skimming through the whole page since he trusts that he won't forget such simple lines of literature.

"All right." Ichigo looks at the script one more time before placing it on the table in front of the couch. "Ready, Ishida?"

Uryū softly places his script down as well and adjust his glasses. "Of course. Now remember that you are going to start off with a bit of charm in how you do your gestures when you first meet Juliet."

Ichigo nods and starts to recite the words that he just went over. Looking at Uryū straight in the eyes, he tries to loosen up his facial muscles and the scowl that he usually wears into a simpler look. "If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this," Ichigo reaches out for Uryū's hand and gives it a kiss as if merely greeting him, he then pulls back and looks at him straight in the eyes. "My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

Uryū acts like he's blushing from such a gentle and uncharacteristic gesture and just plays it off as he is merely doing his part that Juliet must feel a bit jittery towards such act. Pulling back his hand from the Shinigami, Uryū begins his own line. "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss." Uryū and Ichigo place their palms up so that they could touch one another. Connecting their palms together, he sees the contrast of their two skins, like two different personalities making contact. It is such a mystery to him to be able to see how different they are but at the same time how alike they could be.

Not moving his gaze from Uryū, Ichigo continues, keeping his palm on Uryū's the whole time. "Have not saints lips, and holy palmer too?"

"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."

Pulling his hand back, Ichigo hooks his finger under Uryū's chin and then moves it upward to feel the softness of his pale lips. "O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; they pray, grant thou, lest faith turn into despair." He moves his face nearer towards Uryū but gives him enough room to continue his own line.

Knowing what the next gesture will be between the characters, Uryū mentally tells himself that it's not them but the characters that they are portraying, but having Ichigo's lips mere centimeters away wasn't helping his beating heart at all. "Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake." Uryū also now begins to lean his face towards Ichigo and moves his eyes from his face to the lips that he will soon be covering his own, watching them move for one last time.

Also shifting his gaze onto Uryū's lips, Ichigo moves his finger once again and hooks it under the Quincy's chin as he finishes up his own line before anything else. "Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take."

Everything around them fell silent, as their lips make contact and both teens close their eyes to get the feel of the kiss more. They merely had one lip over the other, a simple kiss suitable for a theatrical performance, but Ichigo couldn't hold back his hand as it moves from doing nothing to placing it on Uryū's shoulder blade, bringing him closer—if possible.

Uryū felt the hand on his shoulder but couldn't find it in him to shake it off since his own hand also seems to have wanted to follow in Ichigo's own action as he places it on his shoulder blade. The kiss is still unmoving without any other gestures of what happened the last time they attempted this. And that probably must have gotten Ichigo irritated since he began to put more pressure on the kiss and slowly shifts his head to attack Uryū's lips from a different angle. Wha—no! We ca-can't d-do this! I-I won't a-allow it! I must pull away… oh my…

Ichigo must have forgotten to pull away as he pushes Uryū deeper into the couch, making his back make contact with the cushion, no longer being in the edge of their seats. Damn, why do we always do this? But I can't seem to help myself; his lips are so soft and so… kissable… mmm…

The Quincy knows exactly what's going to happen if he doesn't pull away, so, against his wishes, Uryū begins to push Ichigo back by his shoulders, utilizing both his arms; but before completely extracting himself from Uryū, Ichigo nips his lip one time before he gives the Quincy his space. When Ichigo is back a couple of inches away from his face, he thought he could hear a slight whimper from the redhead. I… I lost my breath there. How did Kurosaki become such a great kisser?

"A-all right, um, lets continue," says Ichigo as he reaches for his script from the table.

Nodding, Uryū follows his example and grabs his own script. After flipping through some of the pages, he decides to do the next scene in were Juliet and Romeo meet again. "Let's try the balcony scene next."

Ichigo quickly flips the pages to the scene and looks it over. "Heh, you pretty much have to act like your love struck."

Uryū's eyebrow twitches but keeps his comments to himself and adjusts his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. "Let's just finish this before it gets any late, Kurosaki."

Ichigo nods and asks, "Are we going to try to memorize it and then do it without the script, or are we just going to use the script?"

"Let's use the script, that way we can get the emotions out of the way quicker."

Clearing his throat, Uryū commences. "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet. 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for that name which is no part of thee, take all myself."

Ichigo then continues with the famous scene. "I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized. Henceforth I never will be Romeo."

Sitting up straight on the couch, Uryū continues as he looks on to the page. "What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night, so stumblest on my counsel?"

"By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am. My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, because it is an enemy to thee; had I it written, I would tear the word."

Uryū reads that Juliet is happy to know that Romeo is mere feet away but will not express her joy. "My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of thy tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound. Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague?"

"Neither, fair maid, if either thee dislike."

"Kurosaki, we should probably stop here. I hadn't notice how lengthy the scene would be, but it seems to be getting late. Let's pick this up on another day."

Ichigo looks up and can tell that the Quincy looks tired. "Sure, I guess we can pick this up tomorrow." The redhead stands up and stretches his hands over his head, making his shirt ride up, showing his abs that did not go unnoticed by Uryū.

Clearing his throat and having to force himself to look away, Uryū stands up and walks over to the front door; Ichigo following him with his script in his back pocket. Once they make it to the door, Uryū seems a bit hesitant at fist but as he reaches out to grab the knob, Ichigo does the same action making both make contact at the same time.

Pulling his hand away, Ichigo scratches the back of his head trying to figure out something to say to the Quincy. "Uh, thanks for helping me out with the scene, Ishida."

Not making eye contact since Uryū has his eyes set on the door, he merely nods in approval. "I didn't mind… so I'll just let you see your way out—"

Not sure why Ichigo did it, he could blame it on the hormones or the way Uryū was acting towards him, but now, the Shinigami has Uryū's back firmly on the door that he is suppose to leave. Uryū's eyes are wide at not knowing why Ichigo did such a thing, but then his eyes grow wider for a whole different reason, now. The redhead leans in and captures Uryū's lips with his own. Savoring the moment of the lip to lip contact, no script or fancy words being thrown around for an excuse this time, and Uryū enjoys it.

He soon begins to close his eyes as Ichigo keeps the contact going as he shifts from one angle to another. Uryū then reaches his arms up to wound them around the Shinigami's neck, bringing him closer and wanting more contact with him. But soon, the need for air beats out the need for the wonderful kiss, which makes both teens separate as they lightly pant from the lack of air. Ichigo rests his forehead on Uryū's as both have their eyes shut and try to reclaim their breath by taking greedy gulps of it. He then gives Uryū one last chaste kiss before he moves him from blocking the door and exiting it.

Uryū is astonished at what took place. He even needs to reach one hand up to feel the swelling of his lips from the bruising kiss that Ichigo gave him. Sticking his pink tongue out to run it over his lips, Uryū gives a satisfactory sigh and closes his eyes. Acting kiss, I think not. Heading to his bedroom with a smile on his face, he begins to notice that he doesn't mind Ichigo's kissing, as long as it's with him and no one else. He lies down on his bed and soon flows into his dream world, smile firmly shown on his face.

For the past couple of days now, Ichigo and Uryū meet each other after school to help him rehearse his lines. The Shinigami no longer has to worry about Uryū avoiding him, not at all. As a matter of fact, both teens have grown close due to the play. They haven't spoken about the kiss that Ichigo gave him that day when he left, but he can't seem to fight off his curiosity. Ichigo and Uryū haven't acted out any scenes for a while except just the talking, but today he is going to make sure they do more than recite dialogue.

When Ichigo sees Uryū waiting for him outside the school, he quickly walks over to him. "Oi, ready to go?"

Uryū pushes up his glasses and gives him a slight glare. "Yes, but we will need to hurry today, I have to finish some finishing touches on the costumes."

Leave early? I guess I'm going to have to speed things up today. I need to know something and only Ishida is the one that can answer my question. Swinging his bag over his shoulder, he says, "Fine, we only need to get through the act were Romeo and Juliet finally meet."

Nodding his head, Uryū begins to lead the way to his apartment, though; he knows that Ichigo doesn't need to follow behind him anymore due to the many times they have met there. Even if he won't admit it outwardly, Uryū is glad that Ichigo already knows this much.

Reaching his apartment, both teens enter his room and drop their back packs on the floor, only needing their scripts to begin their rehearsal as they take a seat on the floor.

"All right, so in act five, scene three is the final section we need to go over."

Uryū nods to Ichigo and waits for him to take the lead as he lies down on the floor and closes his eyes.

Flipping through the pages, Ichigo finally gets to the act and begins to get into character. "O, my love! My wife! Thou art not conquered; beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death's pale flag is not advanced there." He leans towards Uryū and strokes his lips with his fingers. "Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet? O, what more favor can I to thee, than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain to sunder his that was thine enemy? Forgive me, cousin!" He grabs Uryū's hand in his and looks down towards him. "Here will remain with worms that are thy chamber-maids; o, here will I set up my everlasting rest, and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars from this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your embrace! And lips, o you the doors of breath, seal with righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!"

Reading the part where he has to drink a vial so that he would die, Ichigo backs away from Uryū and leans back on his knees. "Here's to my love!" Ichigo then reads the part where he gives his beloved one last kiss before he departs. "Thus with a kiss I die." Not needing to know what happens next, he leans closer to Uryū's lips and he slowly begins to descend to the lips he has longed to kiss once again.

The moment his lips make contact with Uryū's, Ichigo feels in complete bliss. The kiss is really wonderful and he wants to savor this moment in his memory for a long time. Maybe Uryū doesn't feel the exact same way he does since he begins to push at his chest to break the kiss.

When Ichigo pulls away, Uryū says, "We need to hurry, remember? Now lie on your back." Not arguing, which is a first for him; Ichigo lies on his back and waits for the final scene to take place.

Taking the lead, Uryū crawls over to Ichigo. One glance at the script that was lying on the ground next to him was all he needs to act out the final scene of the tragic love story. "Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after?" Uryū then leans closer to Ichigo's face. "I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, to make die with a restorative." He cups Ichigo's face with both his hands and brings down his lips to his.

He doesn't want to release Ichigo's lips but he really needs to get back to his work. As he is about to pull away, Ichigo's hands shot up and grab the back of his head to pull him back down with much force. Their lips are now smashed against one another; Uryū begins to forget why he even wanted to pull away a couple of seconds ago while Ichigo is practically making sure he doesn't escape by holding him in place.

Uryū in the beginning does in fact fight to break free, but he gives up soon after and lays his body over Ichigo as he straddles him. Both legs are in either side of Ichigo and they continue to keep kissing. The Shinigami is a bit surprised that Uryū is going with this but puts that at the back of his mind and just loses himself in the teen above him. Uryū is not shy when he asks for permission to enter his tongue into the warm cavern that he perfectly remembers from the last time he mapped it out. Instantly Ichigo moans as both his tongue and Uryū's begin to fight a fight of dominance. After keeping this pace, they both realize that the need for air is greater than the need of kissing.

Pulling away, Ichigo sees the Quincy's glasses askew and his hair all disheveled from its perfection that he usually wears it in, and he likes the new look he can give Uryū. Both teens are panting to regain their breath and Uryū quickly separates himself as he stands up to sit on the couch, looking away from the redhead who is left confused on the floor.

Once Uryū regains his breath he says, "You should probably go now, Kurosaki."

Ichigo scowls at him and is ticked off because he won't even look at him. "Oi, what the hell is up with that look on your face?"

Uryū turns his face back to the teen and instantly scowls as well. "Look? Really, Kurosaki, I don't know what your intentions are but you will not make a fool out of me!" anger seething from his words but it has no effect on the redhead who doesn't shift his gaze from the enraged Quincy.

"Make a fool out of you? The hell are you talking about?"

The Quincy just stands up and marches over to the front door, opening it up. "Just get out. I'm tired of these games."

Hesitantly getting up from the floor, Ichigo walks over to Uryū and grabs the door.

Expecting for Ichigo to leave, Uryū looks away but is surprised when the door is instantly shut and he is pushed against it. "Wha—"

"Listen, Ishida." Ichigo has the Quincy firmly against the door and is staring him straight in the eyes. "I am not playing anything. In fact, I think you are playing with me."

Uryū's eyes widen at such accusation. "I am not! Let me remind you, Kurosaki, that you were the one who sought me out and began to pester me with all this rehearsing! You are the one who kissed me and then began to mess with my head!"

Ichigo's eyes narrow. "Mess with your head?"

The Quincy's face heats up from the last time he thought about Ichigo. Quickly abandoning the thoughts of Ichigo and his boner, he once again glares at the Shinigami, anger intact. "Never mind—"

"No! How am I messing with your head?"

Now the Quincy begins to struggle to break free. "It's none… of… your business! Now let go! Or I'll—" Uryū was expecting to get interrupted by Ichigo once again but he didn't expect that he was going to get interrupted like this.

No longer wanting to hear Uryū's screams, Ichigo shuts him up in his new way. Kissing. That seems to work nicely since Uryū instantly shuts up and began to kiss back with as much force as he is putting in. Once he can tell that Uryū will be half dazed, Ichigo pulls away and leans his forehead on the Quincy's. He then begins to whisper as Uryū tries to reclaim his breath. "I'm not playing nor messing around with you, Ishida." The Quincy has his eyes shut but is listening carefully to every word the Shinigami says. "I… I like you."

Uryū's breathe catches in his throat and he is left speechless at what he just heard. He… likes me? Slowly he begins to open his eyes and stares at the chocolate coated ones before him. He sees sincerity in those pools and he finds himself not being able to say a word. How can he like me? We have nothing in common. How can he just say that out of nowhere?

While Uryū remains speechless, Ichigo takes this as rejection and looks off to the side, sorrow in his eyes for letting himself be so stupid as to confess something like that to the Quincy who must think he's disgusting now. As Ichigo is releasing Uryū from his grip, Uryū instantly perks up at what is going on. He can see that Ichigo's movements are lifeless and that makes him ache inside. He never wanted to hurt the other teen but he knows words won't do any good to mend what he just caused, so, he does the thing that he never lets himself do unless necessary. The Quincy brings Ichigo's face towards his own and locks lips. Because action is the only thing capable to reaching the redhead and because he needs to assure himself that he won't push him away. When Ichigo doesn't pull away, in fact he pushes back and kisses the bespectacled teen with as much fervor as he is doing; he knows they have found reconciliation.

Pulling away, Uryū leans his forehead on Ichigo's, and whispers, "Thy lips are warm."

Ichigo instantly smiles and connects their mouths together again, losing themselves in one another as everything else drifts away to the darkest corners of their minds.

A/N: Forgive such a late update but in the last week a feel into a great pain in my abdomen which made me incapable of moving and/or eating anything. I had needed to go to the doctor and I have been bedridden for quite some time. As you can see I was incapable of writing as well and missed much of school which set me back a bit. So my whole schedule was thrown out of order. So I hope everyone enjoys this chapter, though I am able to still write, updates might be slow due to the daily pains I feel.

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