Like We Used To (Bazz B - Bleach Fanfiction)

Chapter 3 : No Smoking

It has been three days and for that three days, Bazz B hadn't shown up at work and when Rin decides to call him and inquire about where he is, her calls often goes unanswered, landing in his voicemail every single time, which are what he would do if he was okay. It provided Rin with a reason that he was somewhere safe and sound but as Jugo, his best friend didn't even know where he is, that was when Rin got worried.

It was her job to make sure that each and every one of the employees came to work safe and sound and now that he was literally missing in action, Rin couldn't stop herself from thinking that something bad had happened to him, knowing about him being rather impulsive and ill tempered, he was probably in jail or something of the sort for fighting, most probably. She regretted not talking to him more now that he's missing.

As she got to the auto repair shop that day, she kept playing with the straps of her pink sling bag, ignoring the fact that the passer bys were looking at her because of how she was tugging fiercely at her bag like she was trying to tear it into pieces.

She kept her head down as she walked, never looking at the other people, she found herself walking straight into someone and as she almost fell onto the floor, the person caught her by her arm "Oi" The voice said. It sounded oddly familiar to her but she couldn't quite put her finger on it

She looked up at the person that she had bumped into "Bazz!" It was weird that they were inches apart from each other. It still made her heart beat quickly whenever they were inches apart from each other but she wasn't expecting him at all "Where did you go?" She stood on her own feet, trying to steady herself, her hands running across on his biceps as she checked him from the tip of his Mohawk to the tips of his toes, "You're back and you're –" Her eyes landed on his face "Not okay" She finished

Bazz B scratched the side of his jaw, shrugging his shoulders nonchantly "It's nothing. I'm fine" He turned around and walked to the auto repair shop

Rin chased after him, catching him on the arm "No you're not fine! Have you seen the bruises on your face? You're – you got into a fight didn't you? Is that why you were missing for three days?" She had a lot more questions for him but seeing that he was already irritated, annoyance flashing across his face, she let go of his arm, taking a step back "Sorry, I was just worried about you"

The man clicked his tongue, as he held his hand out to her "The keys. I'll open up today"

Rin dug her hand into her sling bag, retrieving the keys from it as she handed it over to him. She bite onto her bottom lip as she watched him for a moment before walking together with him "I'm glad that you're okay though" She said "And at least you were early today!" She still sounded cheery, like she was happy to see him

"Yeah, whatever" The man's jacket was on his shoulder as he pulled the roller shutters up, turning over to look at her "What?" He had caught her staring at his jacket

"There's blood on it" Rin stated quite obviously as she stared at it and then her gaze diverted over to the green eyes which she had gotten used to for the past months of working at the same place together with him

Bazz B glanced at his jacket and then back at her "Don't worry about it. It's my blood" He grabbed his jacket and opened it up for her to see "It's not dirty. I tried washing that blood off but it made stains on the white fabric"

Rin was a little shocked that he said it so casually, like it was a normal thing to see so many blood stains on a jacket. She blinked, staring at his jacket before her eyes snapped over to his knuckles which was bruised and scarred. She was right. He had gotten into a fight and it ended pretty badly for maybe both parties or just simply him or the guy that he had beaten up. The bruises and cuts on his face spoke volumes for him as Rin just forced a small smile on her face and acted like it was nothing, that she wasn't bothered at all by the wounds.

As afternoon began to roll in, Rin went out from her office and stood, looking at the four men who were working on their own respective cars. James' auto repair shop was well known throughout the entire town, with their super fast service, it was the best place to go when they have a vehicle that wouldn't start up. If it wasn't because of Bazz B's foul temper, they would have had gotten even more customers but because of him, people tend to stay away from them and this caused James to tell Jugo to be the one who entertains the customers while he isn't at the work shop.

It didn't take Rin long to see that Bazz B was smoking while working again. She didn't know but he seemed to liked putting his life on the line. He didn't care about the others and he surely didn't care about himself. All the safety protocols which they had told him, begged him, to follow, he didn't and wouldn't and when James tried talking him into it, it simply ended with Bazz B tuning him out and clicking away on his phone.

She went over to the man who was hunched over the car, trying to grab something out of it. The cigarette stick dangled ridiculously from the side of his mouth as Rin grabbed it from him, making him jump a little. He sure as Hell wasn't expecting her to just grab it from him "Oi" He tried reaching for it but Rin pulled her arm back "What the fuck" He was losing his patience, Rin knew this.

She purposefully threw it on the floor and stepped on it, moving her shoe over the cigarette stick a few times for good measure, daring him to say something but when he looked at her and then at her feet, he opened his mouth, wanting to protest but eventually decided against it as he turned towards the car again, gripping onto the sides of it to keep himself balanced as he reached in again. Rin stood with her arms crossed, looking at him "Last warning, Bazzard. One more time and I'm destroying the entire packet of cigarettes that you have"

Bazz B stood straight, looking at her at the corners of his eyes. "Hmm" He reached his hand up, grabbing her and pinning her on the car. A childish grin made itself on his face as he reached his hand up and wiped it over her face. It took her a second to react as she screamed at him "Oh my god" She pushed him away, her hands covering her face as she tried rubbing the grease away from her porcelain white skin

Bazz B laughed, "Who's going to destroy who?" He called after her, licking his bottom lip out of habit as he turned back to the car again.

Jugo's eyes followed after Rin who was in the bathroom, trying to get the black grease off her face, "She isn't afraid of you" Jugo commented as he grabbed the metal hammer off the ground

Bazz B glanced at Jugo and then back at what he was working with "Why should she? She's cute anyways with her reactions towards everything that I do"

The blonde haired man raised his eyebrows at question "Did I just hear that correctly? Did you just call her cute?"

He smirked as Rin's voice vibrated through the air in a scream "It won't go off!!!"