Earned it

Chapter 14

Ichigo's POV

"What the hell was that about, Grimmjow?" I asked suddenly as the both of us made our way through the front door.

"Oh..that," He began, rubbing the back of his neck slowly. "In all honesty, that was just some annoying ass ex from about a year ago."

My eyes grew wide with shock, but only for a brief moment. I felt myself go from shocked to irritated rather quickly. Looking at the blue haired male, I gripped him up by the collar of his shirt.

"You scared the hell out of me! That's how you react to a stalker or something..not some ex!"

Grimmjow looked at me and gave me a rather sinister smile.

"I didn't know you cared that much, Ichigo."

Letting go of his shirt slowly, I crossed my arms and looked away from the smug man.

"I didn't mention anything about caring. I only said you scared me..."

"Whatever floats your boat Ichigo." He replied, pulling a cigarette from his pocket and putting it in his mouth. "By the way," Grimmjow began again, this time pulling a lighter from his other pocket. "What should we do now?"

"I don't know about you," I said, pulling my jacket off of my shoulders and hanging it on the coat rack by the door. "But I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted now."

Grimmjow surprisingly didn't argue with my statement. Instead he lit his cigarette and slipped the lighter back into his pocket when he was done, followed with a small nod of compliance. I couldn't help but think to myself. That was easy. I've actually never seen the rowdy bluenette agree with anything I said, whether it was me telling him to do something, usually for his own benefit. Or something like the situation at hand now. I was surprised.

After I let everything process, coincidentally the larger male gripped my shoulder gently and removed the cigarette from his mouth. I looked up at him, giving him my attention at the moment.

"Speaking of going to bed, would you like to stay here with me?" The bluenette asked, looking right into my eyes as he spoke.

I felt my face heat up a bit, rather embarrassed at the question and the amount of attention he gave me when asking. "Isn't that what I'm already doing?" I asked, retreating my gaze from his nervously.

"You know what the hell I mean Ichigo. Do you want to live here with me?"

I felt as though I couldn't accept his offer, but at the same time I found peace here. Despite a lot of the crazy things that go on with the two of us, I enjoyed my time in the company of Grimmjow quite a bit. But even knowing this, I'd feel bad, but at the same time, I couldn't say no.

I walked over to the stairs and grabbed the end of the railing.

"Yeah...I'd love to."

With that, I walked upstairs, not waiting for the bluenette reply.

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I felt the bed dip suddenly, and my body began to fall slightly to the left. Opening my eyes slowly, I saw the slightly tan and bare back of Grimmjow's. At first it did kind of startle me. Mainly because I wasn't expecting him to sit so close to me.

"You alright?" I decided to ask. Sitting up slowly and scooting next to the larger male.

"Yeah," He began, turning his head to face me instead of the wall. "Just tired is all."

"Get some sleep then, Grimmjow."

"Can't."

"And why is that?"

Grimmjow smiled softly and stood up from the bed. He walked over to the closet and began to strip out of the remaining clothes he wore. Leaving himself in a pair of navy blue boxer briefs, and walking back over to the bed again after he had tossed them in the closet sloppily.

"A lots on my mind I guess."

I looked over at the larger male with a puzzled expression.

"Like what?"

Grimmjow looked back at me with a sort of soft look in his eyes. Much different from the more harsh one he usually has, or the one when he's in a playful sort of mood.

Need I not mention the one filled with lust.

Grimmjow opened his mouth to speak, and what I heard literally made my heart skip a bit. My body felt numb. I didn't know what to say in return.

I was shocked.

"...I love you, Ichigo Kurosaki."

The words played over and over again in my head, making my face light up a bright red. The features on my face rested in a rather shocked expression.

"Grimmjow..." I whispered softly under my breath, looking down at my hands that shook with anxiety.

The bold bluenette looked down at his lap briefly, letting out a quiet "Yeah?" in reply to his name.

"I...love you t-too, Grimmjow..Jaegerjaquez."

Grimmjow's eyes grew wide and he turned his head slowly to look at me. He looked shocked, but I could feel this overwhelming aura of joy and relief surrounding him. It set me at ease and made me feel as though what he said to me was genuine.

I was happy.

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1:17 am

I could feel the large hands of the bluenette running slowly down my back. His touch was a bit rough, but warm. Shaky, but at the same time having his arms wrapped around me made me feel protected.

"I love you..." He whispered in my ear softly as he moved his hands down to grope my ass gently. Eventually tightening his grip.

I jumped at his touch, shocked at first, but relaxing soon after. In return I leaned closer to Grimmjow and wrapped my legs around his waist. All while resting my forehead against his. My face was red from being so close to him. Staring at only him, only giving him my attention made me nervous. But the way he looked back at me, heavy lidded and red as well. His lips slightly parted showing the sharper teeth he had made my being melt under his gaze.

Grimmjow began to move closer after our small exchange of glares and a sort of gratitude as he pushed his soft lips against mine. When he did, I began to kiss him, starting off slow at first. All the while letting Grimmjow pick up the pace when he was ready. The older male bit my bottom lip gently, and when he did I opened my mouth slightly to make room for his tongue. He took no time to hesitate in pushing it into my mouth. Feeling his tongue there only made my face heat up more. At the same time, I took the initiative to wrap mine around his.

The bluenette pulled one of his hands up from my back and ran it through my hair roughly, pushing my face closer to his. He deepened the kiss afterwards, swirling his tongue around my mouth and occasionally wrapping his around mine again. Saliva pooled down the side of my mouth in a thin line as he kissed me roughly.

"D-Damn Grimmjow...remember it's late. Give me a chance...to keep up at least." I huffed out through heavy breathing. Pulling back from the kiss a bit.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it. You've made me so damn happy today...

Ichigo."