Thanks for the reviews, Aimee269, AnimeFan001, dragonsofthe8elements, ronniieroxxx. Pleased to see people didn't think Grimmjow was being too ooc.
Wow, I can't believe that one year ago my story only had two chapters with about 15 followers and 5 favorites. I'm glad I've had time to work on my story this year and published sixteen chapters since last June. I'm trying to finish this story around September and move on to the sequel, but we'll see how things go.
A bit of a time skip, maybe about a month? So it should be February or March in my story. Please note that I am from Canada, so the school time line I'm use to is September to June. October to February being the winter months. I know it's different in other places, and should've done it the Japanese way, but it was just easier for me.
The morning sun beamed into the master bedroom of the cozy two bedroom home. Rays of light shone directly onto two sleeping figures snuggled closely together under a single blanket.
The girl, jet black hair and a slender figure, wore a simple tank top with pajama pants. The male, had bright blue hair, a muscular figure, and a handsome face. He wasn't wearing a shirt, so his chest was bare, revealing a very impressive six pack.
The two bodies shifted from time to time. At one moment, the girl's head was resting on the male's chest, her hands resting at his torso. The man, on the other hand, had his nose buried in her hair, one arm clinging around her waist, the other behind his head underneath the pillow. Both had a peaceful look on their face as they slept. The light eventually shone at the male's eyelids, causing him to stir awake.
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"Fuckin' sun," Girmmjow grumbled, pulling the pillow he was sleeping on out from under his head and onto his face to block out the light. He was still adjusting waking up in Nicara's room which faced the east. He was use to waking up in the guest room across the hall, which only received the afternoon sun. In general, he hated the concept of weather, since there was no such thing back in Hueco Mundo. The sun would generate heat, while the rain would make everything wet, and snow would cause things to freeze. However, after living in the human word for almost half a year, he'd mostly gotten use to it.
Nicara stirred in her sleep. "Hmm...?" she murmured before stretching her arms out, letting out a yawn. She glanced to her side to see Grimmjow's face buried under the pillow. She peaked her head underneath his pillow so she could see his face, their noses now touching. "Good morning sleepy head!"
He opened one eye. "Why are you so cheery?" he mused.
She grinned, running her hand through his messy blue locks. "I had a good sleep, didn't you?"
"If it weren't for the sun, then yes," he said, pulling Nicara into his chest, pressing his lips to her.
Unfortunately, their morning kiss was cut short, for the doorbell rang. The two pulled away from each other, Grimmjow swearing under his breath. It was ten in the morning, who the fuck could it be?
Nicara quickly pulled on a sweat shirt over her tank top before answering the door. Her hair was a mess, but she didn't really care; it was probably a sales person or something. She opened the door to a woman whom she was not prepared to see.
"Mom! What are you doing here?" I half screeched, both delighted and anxious.
"What? Can't visit my own daughter?" she asked, diving in for a hug. I, of course, hugged her back.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would've cleaned up the place."
Mom gave me a smirk. "That's why I didn't tell you. I wanted to make sure you were the responsible young lady you said you would be when I let you live by yourself."
"Sure am. Still getting top grades while working and maintaining the house."
"Honey, did you just wake up? Your hairs a mess" she pointed out, trying to straighten my locks.
"Uh, yeah."
Mom stepped inside along with her luggage. She hung her jacket in the closet and slipped her shoes off; however, she noticed a pair of shoes that obviously didn't belong to me.
She raised a brow. "Is someone here already?"
Shit, I almost forgot about Grimmjow. I didn't want to say no, since Grimmjow was in my room just around the corner, and he could walk out shirtless any minute now. But if I said yes, I would have to explain the who, what, and why's.
Mom was tapping her foot, obviously waiting for an answer. I needed a distraction, quick, just for a minute so I could get my story straight and hopefully sneak him out. Just then, I saw Ari trotting down the hallway, so I silently signaled him to come over.
"Oh look mom, " I said in a projective voice. "It's Ari. Hasn't he grown so much since you last seen him?" Ari jumped into my mother's arms, attempting to lick her face.
"He certainly has." she agreed patting his head. "That reminds me I bought a couple new dog toys for him."
"That's great, maybe you should take Ari outside and play in the yard."
"Sure, you coming?"
"Yeah. I just need to use the washroom really quick, I'll meet you outside."
I quickly ran to my room, closing the door behind me. Grimmjow was still laying in my bed.
"Who the fuck was that?" he grumbled, still half asleep.
I let out a deep sigh. "My mom's here."
Making sure he heard that right and now fully awake, he blurted, "What?!"
"My mom's back, and if she finds out you're here, I'm going to be in deep trouble."
"Alright," he groaned, sitting up. "What do you want me to do?"
"Well for starters, put a shirt on," I pointed out, tossing him his shirt that was lying on the floor.
Effortlessly, he caught it and slipped it over his head. "Says the girl who flung it off," he scoffed.
Normally I would have made some type of comeback, but my head was too preoccupied trying to get Grimmjow out of the house. "Get your stuff from the other room, cause you have to find another place to stay for the next few nights."
I peeked in the hallway to make sure the cost was clear, then we snuck across the hall. Grimmjow gathered his belongings into his backpack, while I tidied up the room a little.
"Hurry, you can probably sneak out the front door."
"Nicara?" My mother's voice came from outside the hallway. So much for that plan. "Nicara, honey what are you doing?" she asked, popping her head into the room.
"I was just cleaning this room, you must be tired from your flight."
She didn't pay attention to a single word I said, for all her attention was drawn to Grimmjow. "Who's the young man?" she sternly questioned.
Shit, this wasn't good. "Uh, he's a friend from school," I said, trying to stick to the truth.
"I can see that, what is he doing in here?" A frown appeared on her face. "Don't tell me you've been bringing boys over every night," she scolded.
"No , of course not. You see, he was helping me with some homework, and there was a lot to do, so I told him to stay over so we could finish it all." I wasn't sure if my mom was going to believe it, but at least my explanation sounded reasonable.
It took her a minute to think it through, her frown replaced with a neutral expression. "Well if that's the case, I guess it's alright. Then he must be Uryu Ishida."
I looked at my mom, slightly skeptical. "What makes you think that?"
"Well, I do get emails with the list of top students in your classes. And if I recall, the only person who could possibly help you with homework is the top student, since you're currently ranked at #2"
Wow, why did my mom have to be so smart? I exchanged a couple glances with Grimmjow, before pushing him forward towards my mom.
"You're right mom. Uryu, why don't you introduce yourself?"
Grimmjow gave me a glare before facing my mother. "Uh, Nice to meet you, I'm the one and only Uryu Ishida." They shook hands. "If you could please excuse me, I need to get going now."
It was so weird watching Grimmjow act polite, almost like he was another person. At least he knew when to use manners.
"It was a pleasure to meet you Uryu."
"You too Mrs. Shiba, bye."
I escorted Grimmjow out the door, mouthing him a 'see you later.' After I closed the door shut, mom was already waiting behind me.
"He sure is a handsome fellow."
Wait a minute, mom just complimented Grimmjow, was she trying to hint at something? "What do you mean?"
"Don't tell me you're still not interested in boys yet. I never thought that Uryu Ishida would turn out to be such a handsome young man."
Oh the irony. "I didn't either."
"You know, I think he likes you."
"Really?" I nervously replied. Did she already know?
Mom nodded. "For sure, you two would make a cute couple."
A cute couple? I never expected mom to suggest such a thing. She was always against dating, the first priority was always school. "I thought you didn't want me dating any boys."
"Well you don't even seem interested yet, so I know you'll focus on your studies. Besides, a top student that good looking doesn't come very often."
"No kidding."
After I got my mom settled in I texted Grimmjow to meet me at the mall. He arrived before me, waiting at a table in the food court.
"Hey," I greeted, taking a seat beside him. He looked a little annoyed for some reason.
"Why'd you tell your mom I'm Uryu?" he complained.
"I didn't. She just logically assumed you were."
"You could've said no."
"And tell her what?" I challenged. "You're Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, the worst student in the class." Maybe I spoke too fast, cause Grimmjow had a hurt look on his face. It was a little harsh of me to say that, but it was the truth. He hardly had passing grades, he wouldn't qualify as a potential boyfriend in my mother's eyes.
His brows knitted together. "What?" he growled. "You fuckin' ashamed of that?"
"No, it's not like that," I assured him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "My mom doesn't exactly approve dating, unless it's some brainiac."
"You told her we're going out?"
"No, but she's kinda on to us."
Letting out a loud sigh, he runs his hand through his hair. "So I have to pretend to be a nerd for the rest of the week?"
"Oh come on, Uryu's not that big of a nerd." I said, trying to lighted up the mood.
"Yeah right," he grunted.
I took one of his hands into mine. "Thanks for understanding, Grimmjow."
"You owe me after this." he grunted.
"Owe you? You're the one who lives at my house for free."
"You know what I mean," he muttered in a low voice, putting an arm around my waist.
"Yeah, yeah" I answered back, blushing a little. It looked like he was about to lean in for a kiss, but we were right in the middle of the food court. I was never a fan of PDA, so I quickly stood up. "Let's walk around the mall, " I instantly suggested.
Grimmjow sighed, putting his hands in his pockets, but started walking next to me anyways. "Fine, but these shoes are killing me, they're so damn uncomfortable."
"Then why don't we just get you a new pair? We're at the mall, you know."
"Yeah, yeah, quit being such a smart-ass."
I only stuck my tongue at him in response.
We were probably at the tenth shoe store now, because apparently Grimmjow didn't like the shoes at the other one's. Who knew he would be so picky when it came to shoes? He was currently interested in trying a pair of canvas sneakers, but we couldn't see any employee's. Just then a young woman walked out the back room. She didn't look like she was a employee thanks to her attire. This was a casual shoe store, yet the girl was dressed like she was ready to party at a club. A pair of heels and a very low scoop neck dress completed her outfit. She also had a curvy figure, which meant lots of cleavage.
"Hi there," she greeted Grimmjow, eying him up and down. "Is there anything I could get you?"
"Yeah, I want there shoes in a size ten."
"Absolutely. Have a seat and I'll be right back." I sat down with Grimmjow in the seat. His face looked bored, but I wonder if he noticed the girl's interest in him. She didn't seem to get the fact that his girlfriend was standing right next to him. Maybe she just didn't care.
The girl came out with the box of shoes. Instead of simply handing Grimmjow the box, she knelt down and placed them beside his feet. She actually started untying Grimmjow's current shoes, something which is usually only done in high quality shoe stores. Moreover, the girl took her precious time tying up the new set of shoes. I, for one, couldn't help but notice the way the girl was on her knees, bending over, giving Grimmjow a nice clear view of her breasts.
"You like them?" she asked Grimmjow.
For a second I thought she was referring to her breasts.
Grimmjow shrugged, "They're alright," he said moving his feet around.
"How about I help you take these off and try another pair."
"Okay, sure."
Was it me, or could Grimmjow not tell the girl was flirting with him? Or maybe he liked staring at her breasts. That was probably it, men are such pigs. Either way, I didn't want to continue watching the girl seduce my boyfriend.
"Grimmjow, I'm just going to wait outside okay?"
He gave me a weird look, but before he could answer I was already outside the store.
The mall had four floors, I was currently on the third floor. There was a bench near the railings overlooking the first and second floor, so I had a seat, watching all the busy shoppers go by. Down below were a couple kids throwing coin's into the indoor fountain, probably making a wish. On the second floor there was a couple making out, with tongue. The guy was basically grinding into the girl and grabbing her breast, while she clung to him. Couldn't they get a room or something? I mean, kids really didn't need to see that.
A few minutes later, Grimmjow came out empty handed. "You didn't buy the shoes?" I questioned, surprised.
"No, why would I?"
"I thought you liked them."
"Tch, the only thing I liked was staring at that woman's tits."
"Oh, so you did notice," I grumbled, slightly annoyed.
"Yeah, I noticed she wasn't even wearing a bra. She probably would've seduced me right there if it weren't for the other customer in the store."
He said that like it was a bad thing. Though he probably wouldn't have minded that girl on his lap. "Seriously though, why didn't you get the shoes?"
"Cause the woman's a slut!" he exclaimed.
"You just said she was hot," I scoffed.
"What? You jealous?"
"No!" I denied a little too quickly. I was a little jealous, but I wasn't going to tell Grimmjow that. I didn't need his ego getting any bigger. "You're getting way too ahead of yourself."
Grimmjow could probably tell I was lying cause his signature smirk appeared on his face. "Isn't that why you left? You thought I was more interested in her?" I blushed, looking away. He already figured me out, was I that easy to read? He ran his hand through his hair, before making eye contact with me. "Look, I don't wanna date that hot girl, I wanna date you."
That was probably the closest thing to a compliment I had ever received form Grimmjow, if you could even call it that. "Should I be thanking you, or smacking you in the head for that awful attempt of a compliment?"
"You're lucky you even got one."
"Really? Cause at work the men are much smoother." It seemed like whenever I mentioned other guys, Grimmjow's face would turn into a frown.
"Tch, Just shut up and kiss me," he growled, pulling me in by grabbing both my shoulders.
"Right now? But there's so many people watching." I started to fidget. Excited for the kiss, yet too embarrassed to do it where everyone could see.
"Hold still, would ya?" he commanded, trying to keep my head in place. "You know yer just making it worse. We could've been done by now."
I snorted. "Yeah right, your kisses last like five minutes."
"And you enjoy ever second," Grimmjow chuckled.
I blushed beat red. He was right, I couldn't deny it. "Okay..." I mumbled, finally giving in. A smirk formed on his lips. As he leaned in, my eyes closed immediately, getting loss in the kiss. This happened every time, I would forget everything happening around me. It's similar to the way I feel when I'm drunk. I get all warm inside, my head starts spinning, and I feel light-headed.
What brought me back to my senses was when I felt a hand traveling down my back, but it didn't stop there. It went all the way down to squeeze my rump. I squeaked, jumping out of Grimmjow's arms. A few people were staring now, my cheeks could only flush crimson. They probably watched the whole thing. From the two of us kissing to the butt grab.
"Grimmjow!" I hissed. "You're such a dick!" I turned around, stomping away from him. How dare he grab my ass in public like that! It was just so embarrassing.
"Oh, come on Nicara," he chucked, jogging after me. "You should've seen your face, it was priceless!" He caged his arms around me, pulling my back against his chest. I don't know why, but I couldn't never stay mad at him for long.
"You're still a dick," I pouted.
"Yeah, yeah," he said giving me a peck on the cheek.
A woman, on the forth floor, watched as a young couple on the third floor shared a sweet kiss. For some reason, they broke apart, the girl walking away from the guy. The guy chased after the girl and cradled her back into his arms. At first the woman smiled while watching the cute couple, but then a frown replaced her lips.
I loved how this chapter turned out. Had lots of fun writting it, and tried something new by starting and ending with third-person objective pov.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed the chapter as much as me!