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[Bleach] Pea's Challenge #3: "Whitewash"
I fail! Not 500 words. But it's past 1:00 and I need to sleep, so that's all. I think she's the only one reading anyway, and that's probably a good thing for now. ^^; This one based loosely on a "what if Rukia got a boner for Aichi" chat we had once.
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Rukia glowered past the mountain of bubbles that separated her from her tubmate. “This is not what I had in mind when I agreed to meet you here.”
“Eh, what can I say?” Ichigo’s Hollow winked at her, his pale skin almost blending in with the white suds. “It’s been a while since I’ve had a bath, Rukia-chan. In fact, I never have.”
“You exist in the world of Ichigo’s soul. You don’t need one.” Without relaxing one iota, she dragged her eyes away from him to look at the bathroom around them. Walls, sink, floor- everything was white. “This is not what I expected. I was told there would be buildings.”
He shrugged. “Seemed like it was time for a change of pace. Here in our mind, surrounding reflects state of mind. Ichigo’s all steel and air. But with you, Rukia-chan, I think I can be a little more intimate.”
Under the water, she felt a toe slide against her calf and upward. She slammed her legs together, trapping the foot between her knees. “This is not what I came here for,” she gritted.
“You don’t have to stay,” he pointed out. He pointed across the room. “You could get up right now, leave through that door, and you’d wake up outside. A wasted trip,” he sighed.
“And you would get to see me naked.” She ducked lower in the bubbles.
“True enough!” He leaned over and blew a spray of bubbles against her face. “What would you rather do, then?”
“Talk. What did you call me here for?”
“What else, Rukia-chan?” He grinned. “Our relationship.”
She stiffened. “We do not have a relationship.”
“True. One kiss doesn’t make a relationship,” he said. “But it starts one.”
“That was hardly a kiss,” she snapped. “More like an assault on my face.”
“You didn’t run away.”
“You kissed me,” she hissed. “You were in Ichigo’s body. He was hurt. It wasn’t as if I could just leave him there.” (329)
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Rukia glowered past the mountain of bubbles that separated her from her tubmate. “This is not what I had in mind when I agreed to meet you here.”
“Eh, what can I say?” Ichigo’s Hollow winked at her, his pale skin almost blending in with the white suds. “It’s been a while since I’ve had a bath, Rukia-chan. In fact, I never have.”
“You exist in the world of Ichigo’s soul. You don’t need one.” Without relaxing one iota, she dragged her eyes away from him to look at the bathroom around them. Walls, sink, floor- everything was white. “This is not what I expected. I was told there would be buildings.”
He shrugged. “Seemed like it was time for a change of pace. Here in our mind, surrounding reflects state of mind. Ichigo’s all steel and air. But with you, Rukia-chan, I think I can be a little more intimate.”
Under the water, she felt a toe slide against her calf and upward. She slammed her legs together, trapping the foot between her knees. “This is not what I came here for,” she gritted.
“You don’t have to stay,” he pointed out. He pointed across the room. “You could get up right now, leave through that door, and you’d wake up outside. A wasted trip,” he sighed.
“And you would get to see me naked.” She ducked lower in the bubbles.
“True enough!” He leaned over and blew a spray of bubbles against her face. “What would you rather do, then?”
“Talk. What did you call me here for?”
“What else, Rukia-chan?” He grinned. “Our relationship.”
She stiffened. “We do not have a relationship.”
“True. One kiss doesn’t make a relationship,” he said. “But it starts one.”
“That was hardly a kiss,” she snapped. “More like an assault on my face.”
“You didn’t run away.”
“You kissed me,” she hissed. “You were in Ichigo’s body. He was hurt. It wasn’t as if I could just leave him there.” (329)