Pure white (Yaoi)

Chapter 3

Between tranquility and chaos

"A few are those who understand the importance of peace; although everyone talks about it."

*Shirosaki's POV

The fire burned nicely in the fireplace as Kurosaki and I ate marshmallows and drank hot chocolate. Outside the snow was falling smoothly while the wind blew wildly making the windows shake sometimes. For a while I had been listening the wind wandering the woods; it somehow tickled my ears and I liked that feeling.

Ichigo was sitting on the sofa with a composed look on his face, his mocha eyes glowing as he watched the fire burn. Even though he seemed calm, his usual frown just wouldn't disappear. He took a sip of his hot chocolate, and then he finally noticed I was looking shamelessly at him, or should I say that I was staring at him.

But he didn't say anything. For some unknown reason he just stood there, on the brown sofa, and stared back at me. His eyes were expressionless as he studied me. For a second I had thought that he has gotten sick of me and he'd kick me out of his house, yet he did none of this. He just stood there thinking about things I did not know about.

In the end, he stretched his arms and his back as if he had been sleeping the entire time, then he stood up. In that whole time his gaze did not drop, not even for a second. Neither did mine. You could say that was our way to get to know each other, by analyzing the others reactions. This and the curiosity. I would be lying if I said I wasn't interested in the strawberry boy, mind you not that kind of curiosity.

Just I said before, a relationship between a human and a hybrid was something I've never heard of. We have our rules, as well. Just because I was homeless it didn't mean I knew no one of my kind. And if there was a rule one should obey no matter what, that was: "Do not fall for a human." It is the only rule I never broke. The rest of them were totally worthless. So pointless I don't even remember them.

"Shirosaki, I'm going to take a shower first." he announced and left the room without waiting for me to say anything. I shrugged and snuggled closer to the fire. It felt so warm and comfortable I would have taken a nap, but only one think stopped me from doing so.

If Ichigo was going to shower first, then, that meant I was the second. Holy Aizen, only you know how much I hate showers. I take them only occasionally because I can't stand water, but now…To even think two days ago I had my last one. Maybe I should just hide or run away. It's not too late.

Before I could even lift a finger, Ichigo was already downstairs, handing me a black towel. Forget about the towel he held in his hand. The dude was almost naked. It didn't take too long for me to notice his well-toned muscles, nor the water that was dripping from his hair, nor that sexy scowl of his while steam wrapped around him. Scratch that, I had greater problems to deal with. One of them was the stupid shower I had to take.

"Bathroom is downstairs. You take this towel and go. Don't worry, you'll find anything you need there, but if anything happens just shout and I'll come." Ichigo said seeing I wasn't reacting at all.

"Look, Ichi, I don' think I really wanna take a shower, yanno." I started looking away while scratching my head. He gave a suspicious look for a couple of moments. His mouth opened a few times, but closed the next second. I thought I couldn't stand it any longer and I was prepared to hide under the sofa or Aizen knows were, but then Ichigo let out a rather loud "Ahh" of realization.

"Don't tell me your afraid of water, Shirosaki." He blurted and I frowned. He was mocking me, wasn't he? "But water can't do any harm to you, you silly cat. I mean I take showers everyday and I am still alive, aren't I?" he added seeing I wasn't going to even move.