Sweet Naivety

Chapter 45: Safe at Home

Chapter 45: Safe at Home

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Ikkaku and Yumichika had left when Ikkaku started grumbling about the crowd and Yumi decided that his hair had been messed up while dancing, anyway. I hadn't really seen much of the others since we had gone our separate ways, just spoken to them every now and then when we happened to be at the bar at the same time. I knew that Renji had rode to the bar with Shuuhei, but Shuuhei was too drunk to drive so Renji was going to be driving them home... and I had taken an opportunity to ask them if I could get a ride, as well. Shuuhei had slurred some sort of agreement. And Renji told me it wouldn't be a problem. Renji and I shared a few more dances before we left, and I was happy to see that Ichigo and Orihime were still happily spending time together.

"You ready to go?" Renji asked me when he was having to keep Shuuhei from falling off of his seat.

I nodded. "Yeah, just let me grab my stuff and tell Coyote goodbye and I'll meet you outside."

"Okay." He nodded in agreement, turning to lead Shuuhei out of the club.

I hurriedly grabbed my book bag from the washroom upstairs and packed all of my things away into it. And then I found Coyote in the upstairs VIP area... which we hadn't really used much that night. "Hey." I called to him through the railings as I walked up the stairs. "I'm heading home now."

He stood up from his seat and walked over to me. "I'll walk you out."

I paused, almost ready to tell him that it wasn't necessary, but instead deciding to just take the offer. "Okay, thank you."

He wrapped his arm around my shoulders as we made our way through the crowd and out through the front entrance. "So how are you getting home?"

"Renji is driving me in Shuuhei's car." I explained, understanding that he was just making sure that I was taken care of.

He nodded, spotting Renji as he dumped Shuuhei into the back seat of his car. "Is he good to drive?" He asked cautiously.

And I smiled, appreciating how concerned he was. "Yes, he didn't really drink anything."

"Okay..." Coyote walked me over to the car and looked at Renji. "Get her home safe, okay?"

Renji narrowed his brown eyes at him momentarily. And then he grunted his answer. "Yeah. I got her."

Coyote opened the passenger door for me and kissed my cheek before taking his arm off of my shoulders. "Don't forget to text me, okay?"

I gave an easy nod, still smiling. "Okay."

"Good." He watched me sit down. And then he leaned in and kissed my forehead before shutting the door.

"Who is that exactly?" Renji asked as he settled into the driver's seat.

"Grimmjow's friend." I answered as I fiddled with the stereo.

"Play my song, Juna." Shuuhei mumbled from the back seat.

"His song?" I asked Renji curiously.

And Renji rolled his eyes. "The CD that's in the player... he likes track six."

I shrugged, pushing the CD button and skipping it to track six. And then I grinned when "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by R.E.M. started playing through the speakers. "I love this song!"

Renji chuckled. "Yeah, me too... except Shuuhei makes me listen to it like every time I get into his car."

I laughed, and then started singing along with the song. Shuuhei was keeping in time, somehow able to say every word with the song even though he couldn't even speak without slurring. And then Renji started singing, too. By the time we made it to my house, we were all shouting the lyrics out together.