Karakura

Hour Before Midnight

A/N: This is the chapter that was out of place

Chapter 5

Hour Before Midnight

Asa Kazuki was confident in her looks she gained from her mother. She had that bewitching face and her silky, smooth hair that made her popular with boys outside of her school. She was rated in the top 10 most beautiful women in the school, just behind in some of the more prettier ones.

She was also confident that her natural personality was also a benefit. Sure, she might be a bit arrogant and cold but that was on rare occasions when she got especially mad, which almost never happens. She was usually upfront with her wishes, and yet...

She just felt entranced with the newest male in the temple, Ichigo Kurosaki, the man that was a total mystery even when considering the supernatural world she was all familiar with. She was just shy around him, usually being reduced to a mumbling mess.

It... Frustrated her, whose friends say she's a bit blunt and cold at sometimes.

She wanted to confess her feelings for Gods' sake! Although... Isn't he like 20?

She shook her head as she faced the mirror in the bathroom she, Saberu, Ichigo, and the newly arrived Jinsoku shared. Thinking about Jinsoku, a potential love rival-

'What am I thinking?!' she said to herself as she was reduced to a blushing mess. "I'm reading to much romance web novels lately..." she muttered to herself.

She had the whole day to try to get closer to him! She will not let this chance go! A fire lit in her eyes, she will not give up! She will make Ichigo her's!

With her determination lit, she moved to the door and opened it, her mind setting a general-

"Yo."

The single word alone snapped her from her thoughts as Ichigo was exiting from his room and moving towards the bathroom, or her.

"Y-Yo!" she tried to greet back, failing miserably as she was reduced to a stuttering mess.

Ichigo, as per usual, had his kimono on lazily, showing his rather lean and yet heavily defined upper abs and his cool looking tattoos for her to see. He had a towel slung over his shoulders that drew her eyes to his broad and powerful shoulders. His hair was free-flowing, it's long length flowing more loosely than usual.

His face, which was distinctively male, had a bit of feminity to it. Smooth skin with no blemishes whatsoever, a more rounded face than most men his age, and those eyes of his bewitched her with those scarlet eyes.

"Hello? World to Asa." Ichigo snapped her out of her musings.

"Ah sorry!" she yelled as she moved out of the way.

Ichigo gave her a weird glance, his body no longer facing the bathroom, instead, he faced her. "I suppose this is a good time to ask..." he muttered to himself, drawing Asia's attention to him. "Want to head the movie theater? I just got my allowance and I was just thinking of heading over there once I washed up."

Asa's head spun at the request. 'Eh?! He took the initiative?!'

"S-Sure!" she said as much confidence she could muster.