Ichigo was pacing back and forth in the waiting room at the intensive-care. Nnoitra had just dropped him off at the hospital, claiming he had a fear of that sterile environment. And with that he was gone.
"Shit, how much longer do they intend to take with Grimm?" Ichigo thought but halted himself.
Grimm? When on earth had he decided to give the man a nickname? And why was he here in the first place? HE DIDN'T EVEN LIKE THE MAN!
Ichigo was pulling his hair in frustration when someone tapped his shoulder. He turned around quickly and was greeted by his old friend from high school, Ishida.
"Ishida, you work here?" he asked.
The other man tsk'd and shook his head.
"That's the first thing that comes to your mind? Simple minded as always."
Ichigo shrugged.
"Well, that doesn't matter. You came here for a reason I hope and not to take up time and space," Ishida said and smiled as the other man started to blush.
The blush didn't last long though as Ichigo remembered why he was there.
"Yeah, Grimmjow. How's Grimmjow?"
"Grimmjow?"
Ichigo nodded.
"Yeah, big guy with lots of muscles and baby blue hair and blue eyes."
Ishida seemed confused for a second before he smiled.
"Ah yes, you mean Mr. Jaegerjaquez. Yes, he is here, my father took care of him. But really now, Ichigo. I thought you went for a different type of men, aren't you the topper?"
Ichigo blushed again.
"That's not it! He's not my boyfriend. He's my... my... uhh..."
What was Grimmjow? All he could think of was...
"He's my stalker..."
Ishida was shocked at the answer at first before he busted out laughing.
"You came all the way here from your apartment at five in the morning for a stalker?"
Ichigo blushed even more crimson and turned away his head.
"Shut up..."
Ishida tried to stifle his laughter, but didn't manage fully as he patted Ichigo's shoulder.
"It's ok. You don't have to say any more than this. I understand perfectly well."
"That's what you don't. You don't understand at all," Ichigo hissed.
"I'll go see if he is ok, wait here and try not to make a fuss."
Ichigo sighed and sat down on a chair.
"Fine, just please hurry, I've been here for almost three hours already."
Ishida smiled and opened the door to leave the room.
"I'm sure everything is fine," Ishida said reassuringly.
Ichigo couldn't help but feel alone when the door was closing, but it quickly changed when he heard Ishida chuckle to himself.
"Stalker..."
Ichigo glared at the door before he sighed and leaned his head in his hands. This was going to be a long morning.
Grimmjow stirred awake. He blinked a few times before he realized that the white ceiling he was staring at was not the one in his bedroom. He tried to move his stiff body and pain shot through it.
"What the hell..." he groaned.
Within seconds something orange had moved into his field of vision.
"Oh thank God you're awake."
That voice...
"Ichigo?" Grimmjow asked and blinked a few more times before he realized that yes, it was said man.
Grimmjow tried to move again, only to have pain shoot through his body. He groaned again.
"Let us help you," an unknown voice said.
Grimmjow looked to his left and noticed Ichigo standing next to a black haired man with glasses and a white coat.
"I'm Uryuu Ishida, a doctor," the man introduced himself as.
Grimmjow nodded and Ichigo and the doctor helped Grimmjow to sit up. When he was finally sitting, he got a good look on his body. He was wrapped in bandages and had a cast on his left arm.
"What the hell?" he exclaimed.
Ichigo sighed.
"Do you remember what happened?" Ishida asked.
Grimmjow tried to clear his foggy brain.
"The last thing I remember is that I was on my way to Ichigo's place."
Ichigo snorted.
"And I was about to castrate the poor bastard who was banging on my door at two in the morning. You should be happy that wasn't you."
Grimmjow grinned.
"I guess I should be then. But what happened?"
Ishida smiled.
"You were hit by a car. You must have stumbled out on the road as you left the bar and the car hit you, got scared and left."
"So a hit and run?" Grimmjow asked and Ishida nodded.
"Yeah, the police will have to question you when you feel a bit better."
Grimmjow cringed at the thought of the police.
"Could I get some water?" He asked.
"I'll go get some," Ichigo said and stood up.
"Let the nurses do their job, Kurosaki," Ishida said and was about to press the button to call a nurse.
"Nah, I need to walk some anyway. I'll go."
The other two men watched as Ichigo disappeared through the doors to the room. When he had left, Ishida turned with a smile towards Grimmjow.
"So?"
Grimmjow looked confused at him.
"So...?"
"I never really got any good answer from Kurosaki. What exactly are you to him?"
Grimmjow thought for a while before he answered.
"His stalker, I guess."
Ishida smile grew.
"Really, you're trying to pull that one too? If you were his stalker, I wonder why he would even bother to show up here and yet he has been waiting for hours for you to wake up," Ishida chuckled a little bit as he saw Grimmjow's eyes grew large.
"How long was he here?"
"He's been here since they brought you in. He said that some guy you knew picked him up and dumped him here."
Grimmjow felt a bit happy that Ichigo had actually cared enough to be there. Maybe there wasn't something going on at the moment, but Grimmjow's hope grew even more.
"Well, it's true there is nothing between us," he said and watched as Ishida shook his head.
"And I don't believe you two. Well, whatever, I guess you are just trying to tell me it's none of my business."
Grimmjow sighed.
"You have no idea how much I want there to be something, but Ichigo is rather... evasive."
Ishida chuckled once more and then turned to leave.
"Well, I'm sure that you at least have one foot in. Otherwise he wouldn't have bothered."
Grimmjow sighed again and looked down on his broken arm. Crap.