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C- Coughs
For once in the Kurosaki household, the house had no noises booming around and waking up the neighbors. Snoring could be heard coming from the young teen's room that resided two people and a fluffy lion in one bed. No one else was in the house as the three were sleeping the morning away. Isshin, Karin, and Yuzu were out on a school field trip for the whole week. Ichigo was asked to go on this field trip, but declined the offer. After all, said teen was the current shinigami watching over Karakura Town for hollow attacks. It was currently winter time, but spring was soon to arrive. Last night, a thunder storm danced through Karakura. This was what resulted in Rukia jumping every five seconds and having to sleep in Ichigo's bed. Even though she would never admit it, Rukia loved sleeping in bed with Ichigo. Being his girlfriend of six months would make you think that she slept in the same bed with him, but not at all. His closet was her sanctuary. She had the most comfortable futon in that closet and would not give it up. But last night, the thunder brought back old haunting memories from hollow missions that were dangerous. Crawling into bed with Ichigo made the night more comfortable than she expected.
With the sun seeping through the curtains, Rukia snuggles her head deeper into the broad muscular chest she is sleeping right next to. She has a peaceful sleep until the chest began to rumble. *cough, cough, cough* comes from the depths of the chest she is laying on. Rukia slowly opens her eyes to see a miserable Ichigo coughing several times. She starts to move away to give him room right before he explodes into another coughing fit. 'Poor Strawberry, I should go find some medicine for him since Yuzu is not here to take care of him. Time to find my trusty Chappy Medical Box!' Rukia runs out of the room and looks for her box in the linen closet. She successfully finds it and returns back to Ichigo's room.
'Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have followed the stupid midget out in the rain for over an hour.' Ichigo groans in bed and tries to roll back to the source of heat he thought he felt. He attempts to remember whether or not his girlfriend crawled into bed with him last night. But Ichigo knows for sure that his rest was peaceful until he began coughing that morning. Hearing the door open, Ichigo moves his head to face the noise and sees little Rukia with her Chappy Medicl Box. "What the hell cough is that midget?" wheezed Ichigo. Rukia walks over to Ichigo and sets the box down next to the bed. "I'm here to take care of you since Yuzu is not here." exclaimed Rukia as she rummaged through the box. She grabs a thermometer and shoves it into Ichigo's mouth quite forceful and watches it with deep attention. Rukia watches the red mercury rise up slowly stopping at 100.1 degrees. "Ichigo you are very hot inside your body, how did your organs not burn up?!" Ichigo begins to laugh, but is abruptly stopped by his constant coughing. "Ru, the human body is normally 98.6 degrees. I won't die from this high of a temperature." Putting his hand on top of her head, he ruffles up her hair and lays back down. The day stays pretty mellow with Ichigo sleeping all day and Rukia watching 'The Adventures of Chappy' all day long. Once night rolled in, Rukia crawls into Ichigo's bed and kisses him goodnight while he calmly sleeps in his bed. Little did she know, something wrong would happen.
The next morning finally rolls up to Karakura Town during this fine morning. Back at the Kurosaki house you see a couple of shinigami curled into a bed together. Yawning loudly, Ichigo is the first to wake up between the two. 'Turns out it was only a 24 hour virus going through my body, I feel a lot better now.' Ichigo was shaken out of his thoughts when he heard a small cough coming from below him. "Oh crap, hey Ru wake up." Groggily shaking Rukia, Ichigo finally saw dull violet eyes that were bloodshot. "Ichi..cough, cough, cough." Rukia began violently coughing for a minute. Ichigo felt guilt wash over his body as he craddled the midget into his arms and began rubbing her back. Getting out of bed, Ichigo runs to get a glass of water and the Chappy Medical Box that has some useful medicine in it surprisingly. Coming back to his room, he sees Rukia rolled in a ball in her Chappy blanket and snoring again. Waking her up once more, Ichigo gives Rukia some medicine and the glass of water. "Take this and go back to sleep midget, you need to get better." Ichigo said quietly, making Rukia use little energy. "I'm fine idiot, I can take care of myself!" retorted Rukia as she swiped the items away from him. Suddenly a scowl began appearing on Ichigos face as he heard her words. "Rukia Kuchiki, you will listen to me whether you like it or not. I'm not afraid of letting Kon out on you. So shut up and take the medicine you crazy midget." Rukia's eyes widen and she followed Ichigo's instructions like a good child.
After the morning incident, Ichigo carried Rukia down the stairs and set her on the couch. He began the miso soup in the kitchen once he set down Rukia. Preparing the meal, Ichigo was lost in his own world that he did not feel the presence of someone in the house. Laying on the couch, Rukia could feel the new spiritual pressure coming towards the house. Without notifying Ichigo, Rukia attempts to seperate from her body but is soon stopped by an increase in pressure. "Don't you dare try moving midget. I can feel your spiritual pressure, did you forget that you taught me?" Cursing under her breath, Rukia decides to walk towards the kitchen. Taking a seat, Rukia watches her boyfriend chop all the ingredients and dump them into the miso soup. 'How does the Strawberry notice my spiritual pressure but not Nii-sama's? I hope he is ready for what to come..' closing her eyes and covering her ears, Rukia prepares for the explosion to happen.
*BAM!* The door flies off and hits the wall. Startling the residents, Ichigo drops the knife and screams like a little girl. Centimeters away laid the knife, point down right by his foot. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Ichigo stomps towards the front to see what the ruckus is. 'This better not be old goat-chins acts again. Or maybe Urahara? Either way, someone is about to get killed.' Stopping at the incident, Ichigo's eyes widen three times the size when he sees fragments of a blade floating like sakura petals. At the door stood Captain of the Sixth Squad and adopted older brother, Byakuya Kuchiki. "How dare you, a ryoka, let Rukia get into this condition. Ichigo Kurosaki, you must be punished because you have tarnished Rukia's well-being as a noble. Prepare to take the consequence or die. Scatter, Senbonzakura." Squealing like a little girl, Ichigo takes off leaving the Kuchiki siblings at the Kurosaki household with cooked miso soup. "Nii-sama, would you like some of this miso soup? I heard it heals the soul and makes you feel new again."
Chapter three complete. :) Wow, these chapters keep getting longer and longer. But hey, you guys keep reading so I will keep typing. I know the characters do not have the same personality that we all know. Thank you all for reading. Next chapter of course will be the letter D. Review and suggest. I take all criticism. Have a great day c: Cheers.