Author's notes: Happy Lowri Day! Every year on the first of June I crawl out of hiding and celebrate another year of having not been murdered for being annoying (this is my twenty-second) by going on something of a cake-fuelled fanfic-publishing spree. I thought that since I've been absent for a while (blame Kingdom Hearts) and this is one of my more popular fics, I'd update Fridge Notes first. :)

As always, to old readers and new: thank you for sticking around, for the lovely reviews, and for the favourites and alerts. You always make my day. ^_^

Um. So. I think I did something wrong. -Ichigo

Orihime, I'm really sorry about that, er, costume. I didn't mean to upset you, and I feel really bad about it. -Ichigo

I'm just... I can't do costumes to save my life. -Ichigo

*It's okay, I forgive you. -Orihime xx*

*You can't help that you're an idiot. In the nicest way possible, of course! But still, you could have asked me or Uryu for help. -Orihime xx*

~~Am I good to stop poking him in the face whenever I see him, Orihime? -Rukia~~

*You've been doing what? -Orihime xx*

So. Hug? -Ichigo.

*Yeah. -Orihime xx*

You really are a moron, Ichigo. Your "costume" was nothing short of eldritch abomination. -Uryu Ishida

On reflection, perhaps it was a bad idea to settle for putting on an old charity-shop dress, hollowfying for the long hair and smearing make-up over the mask. But in fairness, arts and crafts aren't my thing. -Ichigo

*You tried, though. Even though the results were, ah, horrifying. -Orihime xx*

Reading this makes me happy. I'm glad we're all such good friends. -Chad

GROUP HUG -renji abarai

Good. Now Ichigo has earned Orihime's forgiveness, could whoever removed his door from its hinges please put it back? Having to look at the mess in room every time I walk past offends my eyes. -Uryu Ishida

Actually, it was me who removed the door. -Ichigo

Are you sure? I thought it was Rukia. -Chad

It was. After a fashion. -Ichigo

Since she broke it that time, it kept on getting jammed. I couldn't have that door constantly making me late for work. -Ichigo

~~I DIDN'T BREAK IT -Rukia~~

~~Wait, you have a job? -Rukia~~

Yes. -Ichigo

~Is it an embarrassing one? -Rukia~

that photography library girl from last year recommended him to the art department -renji abarai

so now he dresses up in stupid clothes and parades around for first-years to paint in togas and stuff -renji abarai

... -Uryu Ishida

How do you know this, Renji? -Uryu Ishida

i may have accidentally stumbled into an art studio for a lesson on the best possible day -renji abarai

~~YOU ARE SHOWING ME THAT PAINTING -Rukia~~

i gave it to ichigo as a gift -renji abarai

he propped it up against his radiator and forgot about it -renji abarai

Oh, is that what that was supposed to be? It looks more like a tap-dancing sheep. -Uryu Ishida

*I think it looks like a scary ghost! -Orihime xx*

i never claimed to be good at art -renji abarai

You're better than Rukia. She once told me about how she went to a pottery-throwing seminar and had to be escorted out. -Ichigo

Good grief. -Uryu Ishida

Please don't tell me she thought you were supposed to literally throw the pots. -Uryu Ishida

~~I was really good at it! It flew a good thirty metres. -Rukia~~

Perhaps Ichigo, Rukia and Renji should leave the arts and crafts to Uryu and Orihime from now on. -Chad

And the DIY to me. -Chad

Was it you who fixed my door, Chad? -Ichigo

It won't bother you any more. -Chad

You're the best, man. -Ichigo