Niki parked in front of the house and looked at Grimmjow in the rearview mirror. They had been looking all night and there was no sign of the orange neko. "Grimmj-"
"He's in the house." He opened the door and climbed out of the car. Nikki climbed out next and rested his arms on the roof of the car. He watched him look at the house and walk away from it. "Where are you going?"
"Home. What does it look like?"
"You're not going to talk to Ichigo?"
"What's the point? If he wants to come back, he's more than welcome." That was the last thing he said before disappearing. Nikki sighed and headed into the house. What happened between those two that caused such bad blood? As he closed the front door, he was tackled to the floor. Kurai frowned at him and his tail. "So you know?" Kurai looked at the door, expecting Grimmjow to be there, but he wasn't. Kurai's ears dropped and he frowned. "He said if Ichigo wanted to come back, he's free to do so. I think he wants some time alone." Ichigo peeked around the corner, from the living room and listened to what Nikki had to say. His ears flattened in disappointment when he overheard that Grimmjow wasn't coming.
Maybe he shouldn't have gotten angry and ran away. He did wonder what made them fight in the first place. Why was he so angry to see Shiro? What did Shiro do? A hand was placed on his head, so he looked up. Nikki smiled down at him. "He'll be okay. Give him time." Nikki reassured the orange neko and scratched behind his ears. Then something tugged at Nikki's pant leg. He looked down and Kurai held up a folded piece of paper. "For me?" Kurai nods and gives it to Nikki.
"She said to give it to you after you got home. She left about an hour after you did." Murci explained from the living room sofa. "What do you mean she left?" Nikki asked while reading the note. The more he read, the more distressed he looked. Kurai frowned at his uncle. "Yeah. With some suitcases and someone picked her up."
"No. No. No. No." Nikki mumbled and moved away from Kurai and Ichigo. He hurried up the stairs to his room. He pushed open the door to see everything clean and still intact. He walked over to the bed and dropped the note, and moved to right of the room, where Nel stayed. He opened he dresser drawers, first. They were all empty. He left them open and hurried to the walk in closet. He opened the doors and there were only hangers left on Nel's side. There were no shoes, no lingerie, absolutely nothing. He walked out and over to the bed. He looked down at the note and balled it up. He threw it at the wall and dropped onto the edge of the bed. He rested his elbows on his thighs and covered his face with his hands.
What went wrong? What did he do wrong and why did she leave? Why didn't she wait so they could talk? So many questions ran through his head and none had answers. It wasn't fair and it wasn't right. Where did she go?
xXx
It's been a week since Nel left and Nikki stayed in his room. Murci sat on the sofa with Kurai and Ichigo on either side of him. Kurai had his head in Murci's lap while Ichigo had his head against Murci's chest. Both were fast asleep while Murci watched tv. He checked his watch and avoided hitting Ichigo. He sighed and closed his eyes. It was time for him to head to work, but his neko friends never wanted to get up. "Hey. I need to get to work." He shook Ichigo awake first, since he was much more reasonable than Kurai. Ichigo opened one eye and looked at Murci. "I need to get to work." H ewas reluctant at first, but he moved away and slept on the sofa arm. That was easier than he thought.
He looked down at Kurai and shook him awake. His only response was a whine and he wrapped his arms around Murci's waist. "Come on Kurai. I need to go." Kurai opened his eyes and looked up at Murci. Kurai opened his eyes and looked up at Murci. Murci sighed in relief when Kurai sat up. But that relief was short lived when Kurai sat in Murci's lap and wrapped his arms around Murci's neck. Kurai wrapped his legs around Murci's waist. "Kurai?" Murci rolled his eyes and threw his head back. "Come on, Kurai." He tried to gently push Kurai off, but he wasn't budging. "Kurai. I need to work." The neko only whined in protest and frowned at Murci. "Don't frown at me. You're the stubborn one, right now. I'm coming back." Kurai reluctantly let go and crawled off of Murci.
"Thank you." Kurai sat cross legged and looked at Murci, who stood up and stretched. He bent down and kissed Kurai's forehead before ruffling his hair. "I'll be back soon." Kurai whimpered and his ears dropped as Murci left out the house. He was pulled down next to Ichigo and an arm wrapped around his waist. Kurai blinked twice as a chin rested on his head. Instead of pulling away, he closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
xXx
About an hour later
Grimmjow sat in his room in silence. Pantera climbed onto the bed and rested her head in her master's lap. He hadn't been anywhere in a week and his job had been calling for him to come in. He rested his head against the headboard and rested a hand on Pantera's head. He heard banging on the door, but he didn't fel the need to answer. His phone vibrated once more and this time, he decided to answer. He put it on speaker. "What is it?"
"Grimmjow, what the hell? Where the hell are you?" He recognized the loud and irritated voice as one of his coworkers. He was also a good friend and workout buddy. "Home." Was all Grimmjow said. "You fucking kidding me? You've been gone for five days and all you can say is home?!" He kept his mouth shut and didn't feel the need to answer. "They cancelled the fucking shoot, because you weren't fucking there. The hell's going on with you?!"
"What do you want me to do?" It was silent for a few minutes. "Seriously, Grim?" he heard an aggravated sigh, before his friend spoke. "Just open the damn door Grim, before I decide to kick you ass." Grimmjow only rolled his eyes. "There's a key on top of the doorframe." He heard a small clicking sound before the phone hung up. The door opened and closed. He could hear footsteps coming his was. Pantera turned to the door, completely alert, just in case. She bared her teeth as the door opened slowly.
The door opened fully to reveal a man maybe an inch or two taller than Grimmjow. He definitely had more muscle than the blue haired man. His violet colored eyes glared at the man who still sat on the bed. His caramel colored hair was cut short and spiky up top and smooth at the back of his head. He had on a white v neck tucked into baggy blue jeans. "It's fine, Pant. He's a good friend." Pantera relaxed and rested her head in his lap. Grimmjow rested his arms behind his head and looked at the man in the doorway. "What's up?" He glared at Grimmjow. "The fuck you mean what's up? You've been here the whole time and you didn't even bother to call. The hell's wrong with you?" Pantera hopped out of bed and left the room. Grimmjow climbed out of bed and headed for the door. "The hell are you going now?" The man moved out of the way, letting them through. "Pant's hungry. Chill out Rayne." He watched Grimmjow walk away in disbelief.
"The fuck you mean chill out?!" Ryane followed after them before closing the room door.