Sweet Naivety

Chapter 15: Scoring Points

Chapter 15: Scoring Points

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Grimmjow had taken me to a restaurant, and we were sitting out on the patio. Neither of us were hungry, so I was enjoying a milkshake and he was having some sort of drink... an alcoholic drink... He had offered to get me one, but I had adamantly refused, which amused him. He was also smoking, but he was considerate enough to sit downwind and blow the smoke away from me.

I was listening to him as he told me different stories about his friends and his clubs... apparently he owned more than one. The Castle was just the closest and the first one that he had opened. He had a lot of interesting stories. I was so caught up in listening that I was startled when my phone started ringing.

I dug it out of my bag, not missing the way that his eyes narrowed. Renji's face was flashing across the screen. "Sorry, Grimmjow..." I muttered before answering it. "Hello?"

"Hey. Where did you go?" Renji sounded concerned. "Is everything alright?"

I could hear other voices in the background, but not well enough to know who it was or what they were saying. "Yeah. Everything is fine." I felt bad for blowing Renji off... I had promised to hang out with him after school. "I'm sorry for just disappearing."

"Well as long as you're alright, then it's fine." He sounded relieved, which only made me feel worse. "So are you gonna be able to go to the mall with me?"

Dammit... what was I gonna do now? "Actually... is Rangiku nearby?"

"Uh..." He sounded confused, and I didn't blame him. "Yeah."

"Do you mind if I talk to her for a sec?" I was ignoring Grimmjow's glare, which only made him glare harder. Ugh.

"Um... sure. Hang on." Now he sounded even more confused.

The noises shuffled around a bit before Rangiku's voice rang out in my ear. "Hey, Juna!"

I smiled at her cheeriness. "Hey, Rangiku... do you remember what we talked about earlier today? At lunch?"

"Of course!" She gushed. "But where are you? What happened?"

"I'm fine. I'll explain later. Just, uh... it's happening, and... could you maybe help me out, now?" I was very uncomfortable with the way that Grimmjow was watching me. Though, I'm sure that I sounded like a crazy person.

"Oh. Yeah. I got this!" She sounded way more confident than I did. "We'll meet you there!"

"Wait, what?!" Renji yelled in the background.

"We're all going to meet Juna at the mall." Rangiku explained to him, and to whoever else was there with them.

"What?! I asked her to go. Not you!" Renji sounded more upset than I had expected him to be.

"Well we're all going and that's that!" Rangiku snapped back at him.

I heard scuffling and then Renji was back on the phone.

"Juna... you didn't want to go with me?" He sounded so upset... dammit! What was I supposed to tell him?!

"It's not that, Renji! It's that... I have something that I need Rangiku's help with..." I struggled to think of an explanation.

"What can she help you with that I can't?" He grumbled.

"Well...." What could I say? What could I say?