The pair chatted about their time in the trenches as Ichigo stuffed her face with curry, the red-head halfway through her second serving. She thought about putting down the bowl for a second but the pair of them were off in their own little world barely sparing a glance her way. Ichigo had made them wait but now it was her turn to wait.
"So tell me, now that Ichigo has stopped eating, how did the two of you meet?" Yylfordt asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"We met at the training camp, I was going through a terrible break up and my aunt is the head nurse there, I went to visit her. Unfortunately i took a wrong turn and ended up in one of the mens barracks and Grimmjow here saved me, my shit-head of a twin could only laugh when he found out," Ichigo grumbled, rolling her eyes at the mention of her twin.
"I don't think ya mentioned the worse of it," Grimmjow mumbled, "She walked into an officers barrack. It was like fighting a bunch of cavemen, for once i was the smartest man in the room."
"I find that hard to believe," Ichigo said, smirking at him, she still enjoyed teasing him immensely. Grimmjow pinched her hip in retaliation, his grin never fading as they fought like children.
"It's nice to see you so happy Grimm, i'm glad you found someone to love," Yylfordt said, subtly reminding the pair that he was still seated across from them. Ichigo blushed bright red at the suggestion that Grimmjow actually held any sort of affection for her. Grimm himself scowled at his friend, hoping Ichigo didn't see the faint blush he was sporting.
"Well seems i have really put my foot in my mouth. I'll leave the two of you to figure this out. It was good meeting you Ichigo. Take care of him, he's a huge softy."
"I will," she murmured, still refusing to look at Grimmjow. All Grimm could do was stare at her and wonder if he actually had a chance. Ichigo was a good actor, hopefully this wasn't part of that. He genuinely liked her, Ichigo was an amazing woman.
"We should probably talk about this," she muttered, finally facing him, her face was still bright red.
"Yylfordt was right bout the fact that i like ya," Grimmjow admitted, he wasn't even going to try and hide it from her.
"Same here, you're really hard not to like," Ichigo said sighing, no point in hiding it if he wasn't going to.
"So what do we do now?" Ichigo mused, not waiting to put a label on anything right now. She felt that something would be lost if she did.
"For starters we can make this an actual date," Grimmjow suggested, pulling her chair closer to his.
"Uhhh..." he started drifting off, "is your old man friends with that weird ghost dude who does to bo hahaha laugh or whatever it is with the weird arse hand gestures?" He asked, staring off a little behind her but not so obvious that it would be noticeable to the observer.
"Yep, Don Kanonji. He is goat faces best friend. Taking pictures?" She asked, refusing to look at the idiot. He was just as bad as her dad some days.
"With a polaroid." Ichigo groaned, the though of slugging him had crossed her mind and was very appealing.
"How bout we make it a picture worth his while," Grimm suggested, leaning in closer to her and resting his forehead against hers.
"Oh that actually worked, he's basically running." He hadn't actually thought it would do anything but it was a really good excuse to get a little closer.
"Surprisingly he refuses to invade my love life much to goat faces annoyance," she muttered, quickly glancing round to see if she could still spot him. They were in the clear, that man did not know how to hide at all. Ichigo rested her head against Grimm's shoulder, relief washing over.
"So what was it that ya needed to buy anyways?" Grimmjow asked, running his fingers through her hair.
"I just needed more clothes, I only have what i brought with me to training and most of that has been ruined. I can't go back to my apartment either, I just really did not want to be questioned by one of goat face's friends whilst I'm buying mens clothes," she explained, shifting further into his side.
"'M guessing who ya were before this ain't even remotely close?" He queried, her friend had seemed surprised at her earlier when she swore. He was all to used to it, Ichigo had a mouth that could make a sailor blush.
"I was well on my way to becoming a doormat of a doctor or a stay at home wife, i wore the dress today so anyone who knew me wouldn't be surprised. Like Rukia who's only seen me in scrubs or dresses, if she had seen me in what i wear back at base I'm pretty sure she would have called goat face herself out of concern." Ichigo was so annoyed with everyone in her life right now. She'd been as feral as Shiro right up until high school, everyone had pressured her to change. To be a young lady all demure smiles and innocent. The army had been a real eye opener, Ichigo hadn't even realised how unhappy she'd been with her life style.
"Lets's go before life makes me any more depressed right now," Ichigo groaned, grabbing both his hands and pulling him up from his chair. Grimm let her before pulling Ichigo into his embrace.
"Things will get better."