Ichigo started his night shift tired and grouchy. Normally he does a few exercises and then goes for a quick run around 1 am to clear his mind and get his body tired before switching from days to nights. He had his earbuds in and just jogged aimlessly, or so he thought. Turns out he had jogged right by the beach bar, it had closed for the evening by the time he got there, and he was mildly disappointed to not see any of the crowd there. Or at least a specific person in the crowd.

Realizing he was being a bit stalkerish he decided to end his jog early and go back home, maybe a movie would be a safer alternative.

But when he got up and left for work he was so tired from tossing and turning that he had put his lab coat on upside down. 'Fucking hell Kurosaki, get with the program. You can't be having issues like this with a patient.' He slapped his face with some cold water in the change room and walked out to the nurses' station.

Rukia was already there with his usual coffee in hand, "You're too good to Kisuke. He better have juicy details about his date."

Ichigo rolled his eyes and accepted the life-saving beverage. He peered over the counter at the roster of patients for the evening, "So what's my night look like?"

-

After tagging Orihime out for the evening, Ichigo made his rounds and introductions to the patients still awake. Then he got himself a new coffee, newspaper and took a seat in the break room. He liked night shift a lot, he didn't mind switching his day shift with Dr. Urahara at all. Besides, the guy may be super strange and in your face but he would do anything to cheer up a colleague. Sometimes that little bit of friendliness made a world of a difference when dealing with particularly difficult patients. So Ichigo settled in and checked his phone.

He had 6 missed messages from Grimmjow. Ichigo still refused to make him an official contact in his phone so the phone number still appeared on his screen. Ichigo almost has it memorized with how often he sees it now.

ichi look!
The image text is of Grimmjow's new motorcycle (dealership in the background), all skulls in the fancy paint job, high handle bars and of course the man himself leaning on it, arms and legs crossed, posing in the same leather jacket from the previous night.
I call her Pantera. Like her? Isnt she sexy? Like meeee?
ichigooo come on! Stroke my ego! I just dropped a nice chunk of change on this girl
ur so mean, u dont talk to me anymore :,(
Oh ur probably working, well text me back when ur done, I need to know where to ride my new girl, give me a nice windy road, something scenic

Ichigo sighed and shook his head, 'this guy is nuts!'
He replied, i was sleeping, u dork, I work the night shift tonight
nice ride, that was fast, he added.

The response he got had him smiling before he could stop himself, Oh my god she is so powerful! When I let her roar allll the panties will drop

Ichigo rolled his eyes, modesty will get you nowhere eh?

im the most humble person ull ever meet! Im so modest ud never be able to find someone more modest!

Ichigo started laughing, 'the exact opposite of those words...' lol! ur crazy

wow, pretty AND smart! Im glad u caught my little joke. I wouldve looked like an ass otherwise

Ichigo sucked in his breath, ' so maybe he did like my picture? Was he just teasing me? Woww I got so worked up... I'm so lame...'

Ichi where do I let all this horsepower gallop?

Recovering swiftly, Ichigo gave a couple highway names in the countryside, theres a blueberry farm at the end of highway x, go there after your ride for a little local refreshment

awesome! Thanks ichi!

dont call me ichi!

sorry ichi, you're already saved in my phone as Ichi. That's you're name now

'Wtf?' Ichigo giggled before checking himself, 'ok I think it's time to walk around, I can't text the night away.'

gotta work, ttyl

booooooo y do u have to work so late! u should come for a ride with me ;)

Ichigo groaned and shove this phone in his pocket. Doing his best to not visualize himself on the back of the bike, holding Grimmjow around his waste, feeling everything rumble and -'annnnd that's enough'.

He has work to do. He went hunting for Rukia, at the nursing station, finding her texting too.

"Who are you texting so late?" He made her jump, and her face to heat up 'interesting.'

"Why do you care? Who were YOU texting?" She hid her phone and peered at Ichigo curiously.

'Shit, I forgot the surveillance system.' The nurses got a couple monitors of the break rooms so they can find the doctors quickly for paging.

"Ah no one. Gotta go check my patients. Bye!" He jammed his hands in his pockets and walked away quickly.

"Oh you're not obvious at all, Dr. Kurosaki!" She called sweetly after him. He ducked his head and got back to work. He knew he was in for a long night of teasing.