Author's note: Hello! I am back! Please don't hate me. In regards as to why I didn't ask for K it was because I forgot that letter existed, I'm sorry! But thank you for the L suggestions! So I won't be asking for those! (: But you are more than welcome to input any more L words if you have them!
K for Kuchiki's:
"Why did I agree to do this again?" Ichigo groaned as Rukia fidgeted nervously next to him, her arm tucked into his arm.
"Because I can't go alone to these types of things or else people will think I'm lonely, single, and a crazy cat lady." Rukia told him for the 100th time. "And plus we both thought it was time for you to meet my siblings."
Ichigo tugged on his tie slightly, trying to keep it from choking him to death.
"You're sure as hell lucky that I like you enough to be doing this." Rukia rolled her eyes playfully as she punched him lightly in the gut.
"Be nice okay?" Rukia kissed him before the elevator doors opened and the pair stepped out. Ichigo and Rukia looked ahead and Rukia took a sharp breath.
"You okay?" Ichigo asked as he looked down at her, admiring her appearance tonight. Wearing her hair loosely curled, smoked eye shadow, a small swipe of lip gloss, a simple short black dress, and black pumps, she looked amazing. Rukia looked back up at him and smiled.
"Yeah, let's go find Byakuya and Hisana." Ichigo nodded as Rukia faced the crowd again and the pair began weaving their way towards a distinct pair, who was talking to many others in a giant circle. Once they arrived, the circle opened up a bit and the pair stepped in.
"Good evening Nii-Sama, Hisana." Rukia smiled as she was immediately thrown into a hug from Hisana.
"Oh I'm so glad you made it!" Hisana said as she kissed Rukia on the cheek. "It's been so long Rukia!" Rukia laughed.
"It's only been a couple of weeks Hisana." Hisana laughed as she stepped aside and Byakuya looked at Rukia.
"I'm glad you made it Rukia." Byakuya said as Rukia did a slight bow to him.
"Thank you for the invite Nii-Sama." Ichigo tried his best not to show it, but he was a bit confused on why Rukia was acting all formal with her own brother, and why her brother was so cold to her.
"Nonsense, you are family, we are glad to see you have made time for any Kuchiki function." Byakuya looked past Rukia and saw Ichigo. "Rukia, won't you introduce us to your date?" Rukia looked behind and tucked her arm into Ichigo's and brought him forward.
"Of course! Nii-Sama, Hisana, this is my boyfriend Ichigo Kurosaki." Rukia said as Ichigo smiled and said hello to them. Hisana smiled back at him and exchanged a hello as well. Byakuya and Ichigo shook hands shortly.
"Boyfriend? I was not aware you had gotten into another relationship Rukia." Rukia laughed awkwardly as she tightened her grip onto Ichigo's in an attempt for comfort.
"Well we have been together for quite some while and decided now would be an opportune time to meet you." Ichigo spoke up for Rukia as Rukia discreetly let out a sigh of relief. Byakuya nodded and Hisana smiled at him.
"Well it's been nice to meet you Ichigo; we've heard great things about your father." Ichigo arched a brow in shock.
"My father?" Hisana and the other associates in the group laughed at Ichigo's shock.
"You didn't know? We work very closely with your father and his hospital for medical investments." Hisana informed, Ichigo nodded and gave a slight bow.
"Well then, thank you for helping my father." Hisana waved him off and told him he didn't need to be so polite. Rukia was glad that Ichigo was cooperating and was making a seemingly good impression on everybody so far.
A waiter came up and whispered something into Byakuya's ear and Byakuya nodded.
"Come now, dinner is ready." The group dispersed and went into their appropriate tables to go start their dinner.
Before the soup was served, the table had been silent except for small talk. Hisana finally spoke up as she sipped on her soup.
"So Ichigo, what are you majoring in?" Ichigo looked up and bit his lip.
"I'm majoring in physiology; I'm studying to be a doctor, just like my father." Hisana smiled at him and noted she thought it was sweet he was following in her father's footsteps. Rukia heaved a sigh of relief, Hisana seemed to like him. Rukia glanced over at Byakuya and saw him quietly finishing his soup, not saying much.
"How have you been doing in your studies Rukia?" Byakuya asked, Rukia flashed a small smile.
"I've been doing well, I have finals coming up soon though, and a dance recital, maybe you would like to attend?" Rukia nudged, Hisana made it to every single one of her dance recitals, but Byakuya had never attended any due to his busy schedule.
"Rukia, you know I have no time for such nonsense. Hisana has always attended them and will be making my appearance for me." Hisana glared at Byakuya and lightly kicked his leg with her heel under the table. Hisana looked at Rukia's face and saw the slightest twinge of sadness in them.
"Byakuya, don't be mean. You should at least attend one. You haven't been to one in 4 years." Hisana pleaded. Ichigo scowled, Rukia never mentioned her family much, but he was beginning to see why.
"Hisana, you know I have no time for such trivial matters." Rukia sighed as she knew Hisana was about to start a fight with Byakuya in front of everybody.
"Hisana, it's okay, it's true. I'm just glad that you even attend." Ichigo stared at Rukia with curiosity, was she actually excusing her brother's rudeness? "Brother, please forget I asked." Ichigo tugged on her arm from under the table, Rukia just gave him a look, telling him to not say anything.
Rukia detached her arm away from Ichigo's and went back to finishing her soup. Ichigo knew she was fighting not to look upset in front of Byakuya. Ichigo didn't understand why Byakuya hadn't attended one Rukia's recitals. Ichigo had been to every single one after they met, if he, her boyfriend could make the time to attend every single one, and he didn't understand why Byakuya couldn't have been able to make the time too.
The rest of dinner was relatively quiet, except for Hisana and Byakuya talking about other matters. Ichigo whispered to Rukia as she slowly cut her steak.
"You okay?" Ichigo whispered as Rukia looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah, I probably shouldn't have expected otherwise." Ichigo took her hand and held it.
"Don't say that, he's your brother, he should care." Ichigo kissed her hand and Rukia offered a small smile at him.
"Thanks." Unbeknownst to the couple, Byakuya and Hisana had seen the small interaction and Hisana looked at Byakuya.
"Don't even start." Hisana whispered, Byakuya looked at her and arched a thin brow.
"That is inappropriate dinner behavior." Byakuya replied as Hisana smashed her heel into his toes, making him use every force in his body not to yelp suddenly.
"You made her upset, he's just comforting her." Byakuya glared at Hisana, who returned the glare right back. Byakuya's gaze softened and Hisana touched his arm and squeezed it. "You're terrible with feelings besides my own."
"I'd rather we not talk about this." Byakuya whispered, he took Hisana's hand and gently ran his thumb over her knuckles. Hisana playfully snatched her hand away, before whispering a warning that she would talk about it to him later.
Dinner was over, and Rukia and Ichigo were left to socialize with other Kuchiki members and associates. Ichigo whispered to Rukia he had to use the bathroom and promptly left.
Rukia swirled the liquid in her glass and took a sip, hoping to get a little tipsy to deal with her more annoying family members.
"Well look who decided to show up?" An old voice crooned, Rukia turned around to see one of her elder aunts, gazing at her with disgust. Rukia downed the rest of her glass and put it down on a passing tray.
"Aunt Ruri, always a pleasure to see you and your daughter. Megumi," Rukia nodded to her cousin as well who sneered at her.
"How's college going? Are you failing miserably as always?" Rukia rolled her eyes and smiled at her aunt.
"Of course not, we can't all be like Megumi, who's even in university based on the fact that you have all of the money to spend on her obviously wasted education." Ruri and Megumi snarled at Rukia. "Some of us have to work hard."
"How dare you speak of my daughter in such a way? My daughter will be two times better than a whore like you and your little whore of a sister. I can't believe my regal nephew married such scum and brought scum into this family!" Ruri shouted, bringing a small crowd to look at the trio. Rukia laughed as she smiled bitterly at her aunt.
"Certainly takes one to know one. I'm sure Megumi would be very familiar with that." Rukia saw Ruri turn red and saw Ruri raise her hand to slap Rukia. Before Ruri could land the blow, Rukia caught her hand and slightly twisted it so Ruri would be in pain.
"Let go you whore!" Rukia gripped it tighter.
"Say you're sorry about calling my sister a whore and calling her scum and I'll think about not breaking your arm."
"Would it matter? I wouldn't mean it anyways; you two have brought shame to the great Kuchiki name!" Ruri shouted as the crowd cleared away to have Byakuya and Hisana come through.
"Rukia, what are you doing?" Byakuya asked as Rukia immediately dropped Ruri's hand. Rukia stayed silent as Ruri pointed at Rukia.
"Byakuya, your insolent little sister has caused trouble for me and my daughter. She called us terrible names, called my daughter a filthy whore, and has only brought shame to the Kuchiki name!" Byakuya looked Rukia.
"Rukia, I cannot believe you would cause trouble and discomfort to our guests. You should behave yourself and learn how to control yourself." Rukia looked at Ruri and Byakuya in disbelief, Rukia opened her mouth to say something but she was interrupted by Byakuya holding up his hand to stop her speech.
"You have gotten out of control Ru-."
"Oh shut up Byakuya." Ichigo yelled as he immediately joined Rukia's side and clamped a hand down her shoulder gently. Everybody stared at him with widened eyes.
"If you even cared about your sister, you would've let her told you her side of the story. Ruri was the one who started this whole fight. She told Rukia that she and Hisana were basically scum. She insulted you, insulted Rukia, and insulted Hisana. Now I agree that some of what Rukia said wasn't exactly appropriate either, but that doesn't mean Ruri was in the right. Ruri basically attacked Rukia and Hisana. In this whole dinner, I've seen the worst example of what a big brother should be, and that would be you." Gasps lit up the whole room but Ichigo didn't stop there.
"What kind of big brother calls their sister's dreams 'trivial matters', what kind of brother wouldn't defend his sister when somebody is attacking them personally? And she attacked the love of your life. You should try showing Rukia that you even care about her, because at this point, I wouldn't think that you even do. We're going Rukia." Ichigo dragged Rukia by her wrist until they got into the elevator. Ichigo immediately loosened his tie and panted heavily, trying to get himself to calm down. Rukia remained stunned.
They walked to their hotel room silently and as Ichigo slid in their key, they both walked in. Ichigo ran a hand through his hair and began packing his stuff. Rukia stared at him in shock.
"I'm sorry Rukia. I didn't mean – well, okay, I did mean to do that. I can't take it. But I understand that what I did might have been out of the line for you. I disrespected your brother and embarrassed you, so I can understand if you don't want to be together anymore." Ichigo said as he threw in more clothes in his luggage. Rukia swallowed the lump in her throat as she saw Ichigo pack his clothes.
"Ichigo." Rukia called out quietly, Ichigo stopped and turned around to stare at Rukia. Rukia opened her mouth. "Nobody's ever done that." Ichigo raked a hand through his hair.
"I know, I'm sorry, I'm leaving after I pack up my things." Rukia walked over towards Ichigo and grabbed his tie and jerked his face towards her.
"I never said it was a bad thing you idiot." Rukia looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you." She jerked his tie again and brought his lips down to hers, the kiss felt extremely different from their normal kisses. Ichigo pressed his lips onto her's even harder.
They stumbled over until Ichigo pushed the switch on the wall and the lights shut off.
Author's note: I've finally updated! Donut kill me! D: Anyways, I'm so sorry about asking for L! I forgot K existed until I did the whole alphabet to myself…oops, but anyways, I need more L suggestions! So feel free to repeat some you mentioned in the last review, or give me new ones! Thank you!