Bleach: Rukia's Requiem

Chapter 6

"Rukia, you lazy shrimp, get out of my bed," Ichigo grumbled as he poked Rukia repeatedly in the side. A sigh came from where Ichigo presumed was her mouth, but he couldn't tell thanks to her hair covering her face.

It's been two days since they arrived and Rukia had already made Ichigo's apartment home.

The first night they had gotten into an argument over who got the bed, and decided to play a game of rock, paper, and scissors to determine the winner.

Ichigo decided he had no other options left, he'd have to move to more desperate methods. Quietly he walked to the other side of the bed, now careful not to wake her. During the night she had managed to wrapped the blanket around her in such a way that the two side were on the left side of the bed, while she and the rest were on the right.

Ichigo pulled the two sides together and threw them to her side. He then moved to pull the top side tight around her, almost as if sealing her in a cocoon made of blankets.

Rukia opened her eyes and when she tried to move, she realised she was trapped.

"Baka?! What're you doing?!" she yelled as Ichigo hoisted her over his shoulder and moved her over to the couch in the living room.

"I'm waking you, it's almost eleven, a friend of mine is coming over and you need to look like you're not living here," Ichigo said while Rukia tried to wiggle herself free from her restraints.

"And who, may I ask, is this friend?" Rukia asked once she was finally free.

"We have some of our classes together, his name is Daniel... something," Ichigo said.

Rukia gave him a look and he shrugged, "What? You know I'm not good with names and faces."

Rukia put her palm to her forehead before picking up the blanket and carrying it back to Ichigo's room.

She was dressed fifteen minutes later, nothing fancy, but enough to look decent in case she found their visitor a bit more than attractive.

"What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo asked as Rukia planted herself back on the couch.

"I'm sitting down," Rukia said slowly, not really getting why he asked.

"No, you need to go-" Ichigo said desperately, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Rukia and Ichigo looked at each other, but Rukia was closer to the door than Ichigo. He gave her a don't-you-dare-open-that-door look, but it was too late.

"Hello? Who is it?" Rukia asked through the door.

"Hi, my name is Daniel, I'm looking for Ichigo Kurosaki, but I think I have the wrong apartment," the guy, Daniel, said.

Rukia quickly unbolted the safety chain and unlocked the door.

"Come in, Ichigo's in the kitchen," Rukia said before opening the door completely, giving Ichigo time to retreat to the kitchen.

Daniel stepped into the living room, starting to tug his scarf off.

Rukia looked him over, very pleased with what she was seeing. Why wouldn't she be, he was pretty damn hot actually, even if he was clearly not Japanese, maybe American.

"Oh, you're not Hana," Daniel said once he got a good look at Rukia, and he definitely did not look disappointed.

"Yeah, sorry, my name's Rukia Kuchiki," Rukia said, extending her hand.