AUTHOR'S NOTE : I guess I finally got to chapter 5 after a long delay. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Of course it took me forever to update. For that, I'm sorry. I got caught up in writing a new fanfiction. It really has nothing to do with this one but I was like, a twilight fanfic would be good right now. So yeah ... I spent my time on that. I already put up 3 new chapters today. 2 for my Bleach one, and the other for my Twilight. Well let's get onto the romance. Enjoy please!
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Tough Love in D minor
Chapter 5 - Music in the Park
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Ichigo scowled as he sat at one end of the couch, Rukia sitting on the opposite side.
Renji scowled. "You two need to make up. You're ruining the atmosphere." Shuuhei and Ikkaku nodded as they nursed their wounds. Ichigo growled. "Only if she says sorry first."
Everyone paused as they heard a sniffle. Renji and Ichigo turned their heads towards Rukia at the end of the couch. Her eyes were wet and a long trail of tears were leaking onto her bag. "He's right ..." she sobbed theatrically. "It's all my fault! Nii - sama wouldn't have yelled if I didn't exist!"
Ichigo frowned and reached a hand out to her. "Rukia," he sighed. "I'm sorry ... It's not your fault ... Please don't cry." he begged as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Rukia sniffled slightly as she raised her to wipe the tears away. A small smirk formed on her lips. "GOTCHA!" she exclaimed and slapped him over the head. "I got you to apoligize."
"Why you -"
"You're forgiven."
Renji chuckled as he fell onto his back. "You actually fell for her lame performance?!" he howled before Rukia threw a pillow at him. "Shut up, Renji!"
Ichigo scowled and leaned back into the couch. "You're such an annoying elf." he mumbled. She glanced over at the clock and gasped. "Oh! We're late!" He raised an eyebrow. "Late for what?"
"You don't know?!"
"Nope."
She growled slightly. "We were all supposed to go to the festival being held in the park. I was supposed to meet Rangiku and Isane there." she jumped up grabbing her bag. "Let's go!"
Rukia bolted towards the door at full speed and pulled the door open. "Come on!" she called before disappearing around the corner. Ichigo glared at Renji as they stood up. "I thought I came to play that game." Renji smirked at him. "I just wanted you to come with us. Besides ... It would make her happy if you came." he admitted quietly. Ichigo looked to him and sighed. "Fine ..."
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They arrived at the park's entrance to find two tall girls waiting by the gate. "Rangiku! Isane!" Rukia called and ran over towards them. Ichigo narrowed his eyes at them. Apparently they were music students as well. The taller of the two had grayish hair and was slightly shy looking, while the other one was curvy and quite busty.
The orange haired one with the boobs ran her eyes over Ichigo and walked over. "Who's this cutie, Rukia?" she asked quickly as she walked around him as if she were examining him. Rukia coughed. "That's Ichigo Kurosaki. He's a friend of mine and Renji." She nodded and waved over at Renji, Shuuhei, and Ikkaku before introducing herself.
"Kurosaki? Well I'm Rangiku Matsumoto." she smiled and latched onto him, her boobs crushing his arm. Ichigo flushed slightly as he looked away. "Nice to meet you, Rangiku ..."
The other approached slowly. "Hello ... My name's Isane Kotetsu." she greeted. "Pleasure to meet you. Rukia's always finding some way to talk to you." she commented. Rukia turned red as she grabbed Isane's arm. "ISANE!!!" she screeched and shook her.
They laughed as Matsumoto let go of him. "Let's get going before you have to go on, Rukia." Matsumoto smiled and took her petite hand in hers and pulled her towards the booths.
"They're ..."
"Unique." Renji finished for him as they stood next to him. "Rangiku's a vocalist like Momo. Some say that she's going out with that scumbag, Ichimaru."
"Ichimaru? Who the hell is he?" Ichigo questioned and looked at Renji. "He's a freshman at the local university. He's a violin major." He explained and then pointed to the other.
"Isane over there plays the clarinet. Her family's on the rich side, but she's really shy. She's got an annoying little sister in the general ed class."
He nodded as he looked over towards Rukia. "Does she always have such a busy schedule?"
Renji sighed. "Sadly, yes ... But she finds the time to have her free time. We better get going or we'll lose them." he motioned for them to follow the girls who were already moving further down.
Ichigo sighed and walked behind Rukia as they looked around. Rukia squealed out of the blue as a chappy booth caught her eye. She ran over towards the booth almost running over a couple of children. "Talk about bunny obsessed ...." he mumbled and followed her.
"It's so CUTE!!" she said as she picked up a chappy charm bracelet. She checked the price quickly and frowned. "What's up?" Ichigo questioned as he read the price from behind her. "It's not that much." he mumbled.
Rukia looked up at him. "I know that." she said, her grip tightening on the bracelet. "It's just that Nii-sama told me not buy anymore chappy things." she sighed and placed it down on the table. She walked away back towards Matsumoto and Isane, and Ichigo pondered. It's not that much ... He thought and picked up the bracelet.
"I'll take it." he said and slapped down the bills and hurried over. "Rukia." he said quickly. She looked up at him, looking confused. "What is it, Ichigo?"
"Give me your hand." he said and snatched it quickly. He slid the bracelet over her hand and onto her wrist and smiled. "There you go. You didn't buy it, so he can't object, right?" he grinned.
Rukia blinked a couple of times before looking up at him. "Thank you ..." she smiled softly.
"AW!! How cute!!" Matsumoto cried out as she clenched Isane's hand. "I told you it'd be romantic, didn't I?" Ichigo laughed and shook his head. "You should be going on now." he told her and let go.
She nodded. "Yeah ... I should." she said and ran quickly towards the black grand piano that sat on the podium in the middle of the park. The speaker turned on quickly and a deep voice erupted from it. "Attention! Rukia Kuchiki will be playing a classical piece in the middle of the park! If you would like to view, head over there now!" it said.
Ichigo pushed his way towards the front as the music started. The tune was so beautiful to him. The rhythm and sound was right on, and it echoed through the silent area. He saw the smile that was on her lips, and smiled. She was happy playing the piano, and he was happy that she was happy.
Her fingers glided over the keys until the end of the song. She stood up and bowed to the audience as she squinted into the crowd trying to make out the figures that were here friends.
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I'm sorry for the late delay and how short it was. In my opinion, this one was okay. It wasn't as good as I wished it would be but I just had to update through my writer's block for this. Hopefully you enjoyed it still though. Please REVIEW!