Stings Like A Bee [YoruSoi, IchiHime, RenRuki, GinRan, HitsuHina, IshiNemu]

Chapter 20

A/N: Hi!!! I'm back!! Well I am dying of school work now~~ and I think I didn't do a great job writing the last chapter. I'll make this one better~~ here's chapter 20~~ Please enjoy!!

The cultural festival ended well that Saturday, and everyone enjoyed their weekends and an extra day-off on Monday. And what was more, they had more events to be excited about in the following week.

"Ohayou, Ichigo!!" Keigo shouted at Ichigo as he ran toward him on Tuesday morning. "Ohayou." Ichigo said in a monotone and stepped aside to let Keigo, who just leaped up to him, fly pass him. He smashed into a trashcan, slid down the corridor for several feet, and came to a halt. "Ow... that hurts... Ichigo!! You should've caught me!!" Keigo shouted as he got up, dusting his uniform. "I want less physical contacts." Ichigo said and entered the classroom. Keigo looked quite hurt.

"Osu, Ichigo." Yoruichi, dangling upside down outside the window as always, greeted Ichigo with Soifon next to her. "You need to stop that." Ichigo said with a frown, slamming his schoolbag down on his desk. "Ah don't worry about us, Strawberry." Yoruichi said, smirking. A vein began bouncing at Ichigo's temple. "What the fuck did you call me?" He turned to her with am angry grin. "Strawberry~" She said, swinging back and forth. Soifon gave him a rather evil smirk.

"Goddamn it..." Ichigo muttered and pulled the curtains shut. "Yare yare, such little tolerance." Yoruichi laughed, swinging herself back up to the roof, and so did Soifon. "Let's get down, Yoruichi-san, class's gonna start soon." Soifon said, and Yoruichi nodded, smiling.

Just as they got back to the classroom, they saw Inoue at Ichigo's side. The two were chatting, and the expression on Ichigo's face was softened. "The only person in the world who can make him smile more." Yoruichi rolled her eyes, and Soifon smiled as well. Yet, Soifon, being more sensitive than others, had noticed something else. Rukia was in her seat talking with Renji as she always did, however, her expression was slightly different from that she used to have, and there were more glances toward Ichigo's direction.

"Soifon, what're you staring at? Unohana sensei is coming." Yoruichi said, tugging Soifon on the sleeve. "Huh? Oh, right." Soifon said hastily and returned to her seat.

In the following hours, Soifon had been constantly observing Rukia. During classes, during recesses, and even during lunch time. "Ne Soifon," Yoruichi said to Soifon at the break time before the last lesson of the day. "Yes?" She answered, drinking her water. "Why do you keep staring at Rukia today?" Yoruichi said, and Soifon almost spat out the water she drank. "I-I'm not..." Soifon muttered, looking away. "Aw, it's alright. I know you take a liking in stalking people. Remember the 30 pages report you wrote to me the day after you met Kisuke?" Yoruichi said, laughing.

"It's not like that!!" Soifon retorted, frowning. "And that report I wrote about Urahara is an analysis telling you why you should get rid of him!  I still can't get it! That guy has a brain like that but his personality is so annoying!!!" Soifon said rather fiercely. "Okay okay I know. And don't worry about Kisuke, you just don't understand him." Yourichi said, waving a hand, still laughing. Soifon sighed. "No more Urahara, back to what we were talking about. Don't you think Kuchiki looks a bit weird today?" Soifon said, and Yourichi stopped laughing.

"Looks weird? What do you mean?" She asked. "Well, I don't know. It just doesn't feel right." Soifon said a bit confusedly. She didn't really know what was going on either. "She keeps glancing at Kurosaki." Soifon added. "At Ichigo?" Yoruichi said, holding her chin and pouting slightly. Just then the bell rang, and their teacher, Ukitake sensei entered the classroom. The girls went back to their seats as well as the other students who were chatting or walking around the classroom.

As Yoruichi and Soifon sat down in their seats, they caught a glimpse of Rukia glancing at Ichigo again. Both of them were thinking about the same thing at this moment: "Let it not become a shuraba."