Sweet Naivety

Chapter 9: Movies and Pizza

Chapter 9: Movies and Pizza

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We were about halfway through the movie when the doorbell rang. So I left Grimmjow alone with the TV and got up to answer it. I wasn't sure what I was expecting... but I definitely wasn't prepared to see Rukia, Renji, Ichigo, Orihime, Shuuhei, Ikkaku, and Yumichika. I stared at them all, wondering what they were doing here.

"Juna! You're face!" Rukia pushed everyone aside so that she could inspect my bruise.

"Oh, my! What happened to you?!" Yumichika was right beside her, looking very concerned.

"It's nothing, really..." I mumbled, still weirded out by having so many people just show up so suddenly. "What are you all doing here?"

Renji stepped up, looking very tense. "Well after I got your text I called you and some dude answered your phone... And I was really worried so I told Rukia. So we all left the café and decided to come and check on you."

Rukia nodded, backing up his story.

Dammit, Grimmjow... he had gotten everyone all worked up! Just because he wouldn't let me answer my own damn phone... "That's really sweet of you guys. But I'm fine... really." I smiled at them all, happy that they cared so much.

"But what happened to your face? How did you get this bruise?" Rukia was very insistent.

I sighed, preparing for my embarrassing lie... "I, uh... I fell down the stairs." I heard a snort behind me. I turned around to see Grimmjow's smirking face.

He put his arm around my waist and pulled me close to him. "It sure is a pretty bruise, isn't it?" He grinned when I glared up at him.

Everyone was gaping at us... and I felt really stiff and uncomfortable...

"Who the hell is this guy?" Ikkaku mumbled.

"He's our neighbor." Rukia answered.

I tried to pull away from Grimmjow, but he wouldn't let me. "Yeah, he sort of took care of me... after I fell..."

Grimmjow chuckled down at me. "Well someone had to make sure that your pretty face didn't swell up too bad."

I blushed, looking away from him.

And then everyone just stared at us again...

"So, uh... can we come in now, or what?" Ikkaku was the first to break the weird tension that had built.

"Sure." I nodded, stepping aside to let them all in.

I led them all to the TV room, explaining that Grimmjow and I had been watching movies all day. So they all decided to hang out and watch movies with us. After everyone had sat down on the various couches, I found myself in between Grimmjow and Renji. Damn, this was uncomfortable... As the movie started, Grimmjow put his arm around me, just like he had done with the other movies... but this time, instead of just slinging his arm over my shoulders, he draped it over me and rested his hand on my waist, pulling me much closer than he had before.

"Grimmjow..." I whispered his name, squirming to maintain some distance between us.

He put his lips to my ear and whispered back. "Yeah, babe?"

"Stop calling me babe!" Nervousness was building in my gut. Just why was he so close?! "And why are you in my personal space?" I was sure to whisper low enough so that no one else would hear.