Karma is so mean! And it was espically sharp tounged with Soul Reapers! Why, was a question that came to her often, 'We work for you!' she thought to herself, diracting the statement at whoever controlled karma, she leaned back in her bed, thinking about the day before, and wat she had done to deserve this fate, it all had started wen Ichigo had gone into a coughing fit due to the pollen...
"Ichigo! Just do it already! That coughing is on my last nerve!" Rukia demanded, "No way! Cough Syrup is the worst thing on earth!" "Well, that may be true, but are you suggesting that there are worse things in Soul Soceity?" "Shut up," she shrugged, "Just drink it," "No! Why don't you turn up a shot if you think it's so ok?!" "Alright!" and after he poured the right dousage she shoved it down him, "Idiot, as if I would take your medicine! That's dangerouse!"
She shuddered slightly, so she had acted like a real brat, was that really any reason to make her sick? Yes you say? Well now that thats settled! She felt awfull, and the new thought of Ichigo's cackling laughter made it worse, and worse than that, she could only imagine how he would pour that vial Cough Syrup down her throat, mocking her every word as he did so, but if she just stayed in his closet all day, maybe it would go away on it's owne and he would never no? He wouldn't bother asking if she was sick, so she wouldn't have to tell him? No such luck as that annoying nocking fell to her ears, she straightened her hair, trying to look as well as possible, she opened the door, "Yes?" "It being Saturday dosen't give you the right to stay locked in there all day! Besides, I figured that all that time in Soul Society's cells would make you sleep with the door open, not keep you locked in there! Now come on, let's go out or somethin'," "Actually, Ichigo, I think that slash to the leg yesterday affected me more than I thought," His eyes grew a little wider, "You ok? You want me to take a look at it?" "No that's ok! Really I'm fine!" 'Stupid! That's the worse thing you could've said! Stupid Idiotic Edjitin Fool!' She thought, screaming at herself for the stupid answer, "I should look at it, it might be infected or something," "No, no thank you!" "Rukia, I won't hurt you, just let me see," oh man! This was bad! He wanted trust! He thought she didn't trust him! And so, he was giving her that injured puppy look! That horrible, sad, injured puppy look! For a tough guy he sure was good at that! "Um, Ichigo, my leg is fine, I was lying," she didn't make eye contact, "But why-" "I needed an excuse, the truth is, I don't feel so good," Rukia's head felt heavy, and her eys felt thick and teary, she blinked, trying to stop that heavy feeling, she didn't succeed, "Sit still for a minute," he looked at her quickly before heading out the door
He returned moments later, he found the door to the closet shut, "Rukia, open the door," she opened it slightly, "Sit up," "Don't want to, I wanna sleep," "You can sleep later, sit up now," she moaned a little but sat up anyway, he put his hand on her head, it felt hot, so hot, but he lingered there for a moment, "Ok, now open your mouth," she cocked her head, but that made her headache worse, "Why?" she asked suspicously, "So I can take your tempiture," "Didn't you just do that?" he rolled his eyes at her, but being clueless made her even cuter, "Rukia," he said sternly, his eyes locked her in place, as if she couldn't move, she opened her mouth, he put the thermometere in her mouth, "Now, keep that under your tounge and don't open your mouth untill I say so," she nodded slightly, he smoothed some of her hair down, she looked even pailer than she usually did, except for her cheeks that were beat red, "How da' ya' feel?" she raised an eyebrow, and shot him a glare, if she could have said something, the word would surely be "Idiot", he lightly took the themomotor from her soft grip, "Well no wounder you feel bad! 103 ain't messin' around! Do you realize how high your fever is?" she only looked at him with swimming eyes, "Well, wat're your symptoms?" "I beg your pardon?" but before he could answer she went into a short coughing fit, "Rukia!" "I'm ok," her eyes had tears in the corner, wich she blinked away, "You sure?" "Im fine," "Well, tell me how you feel," she looked down, he stroked her hair for a second, "Tell me," she looked up, "I have a headache," she said quietly, "And?" "A sore throat, and my hole body hurts, and I just feel bad," "Do you wanna rest in my bed?" oh yes! Oh goodness graticuouse yes! Always! But, why would he offer now? Her suspicouse nature would not go away, regardless of her being sick, "Why? So it'll be easier to force medicine down me?" she asked, before going into another short coughing fit, he put his hand on her back as she stopped, she felt better with him there, gently touching her, with his healing touch, "No, I just thought if you wanted-" "I never said I didn't want to," she said, swinging her legs over the edge of the shelf, she stopped, putting a hand to her head as it throbbed, he swooped her up and before she could object dropped her on the bed, not layed, dropped, "Ow," "You deserve that," he said, "Wat did I do?!" "You lyed about your leg," she sat up in the bed, "Alright Midget, I'll be back in a minute," and he left again
She stared down at the small box on the floor, seeing all the medical stuff and Ichigo next to them scared her, she looked at him, "First, it's pay back time you winney little shrew!" "Wat did you call me?!" "Ah, your hearin' gone too?" "Shut up!" "Can it pipsqeak!" "No!" "Look you edjitin little sea monkey! Shut up and do wat I say!" "How dare you!" "Alright She-Demon! Look here!-" and there she went, into another coughing fit, and that made him feel bad, "Alright," he calmed down, "Listen Munchkin, I was over reacting, so, I'll try not to be so rough today, alright you hot headed liitle midget? Hm?" she glared at him, "Sorrry, last one," she sorta half smiled, "Seriously though, you need to go ahead and drink soma' this cough syrup," "If I do, without any indication of dislike, then you must promise that you will not complain about it," "Fine," he wanted to tell her that he would have forced it down her midget sized throat if he had to, but this would work better, he poured the dose into the cup, "Eh, better give you the kid size just in case," her eye twitched, she wanted to yell at him, but her throat would be raw if she did, she took the cup and shot the syrup into her mouth, Ichigo saw her eyes go wide, he quickly covered her mouth so she didn't spew the red liuid, ounce he was sure that she had swallowed the horrible tasteing medicine he let go, "Ugh! That is the worst thing that has ever entered my mouth!" she sqealed, he smiled broadly, "Stop enjoying this!" she said between clenched teeth, "Sorry," she doubted that, "Alright," he said firmly, "Let me look at ya'," he commanded,
"You feelin' better?" "A little," "I think your fever dropped," he said, "Mm-hm," "So, do you think the medicine helped at all?" "It better have helped! You certainly gave me enough!" he smiled sweetly, he had given her all the medicine she needed at ounce so he could keep track of the hours better, she had the flu, he concluded, and she took three diffrent medicines for her symptoms, (including the cough syrup that she refused to ever take again,) "Ichigo," he looked at her, she rose up from her sleeping position, "why are you taking care of me?" "Because if I don't, who will?" "You could've sent me back to Soul Society," "Why would I do that? Besides, I like playing doctor, it's pretty fun," "Yeah?" "Yeah," "If that's the case, then you have to promise me something," "Wat?" "I get to take care of you the next time you get sick," "Ok, fine," she looked over the side of the bed at the little medical kit that had tools next to it, most of wich he hadn't even glanced at, "Wat do they do?" she asked him, "Wat do wat do?" "Those," she pointed at the kit and medical tools, "Diffrent things," "Can you show me?" Ichigo felt that he was no more fit to explain human medicin to Rukia than he was to explain to her wat it meant wen Keigo had ben "hitting on her", "Please?" there she went with those puppy dog eyes of hers, he let out a breath, "Wat do you want to no first?" "You chose," she said, he smiled, "Well, this is a pretty cool one," he said, picking up a long stringy instrament, she stared at it in aw, "Wat does it do?" "It alows one person to hear another person's heartbeat," he saw her blush a little, but he didn't think it was the fever's doing, she reached out shyly to touch the object, "Can, can I try it?" "Sure," he demonstrated on her, showing how to use it, and then she did the same to him
"Well? Wat do you think?" he asked, she smiled softly, "I like it, it's nice," she said, she tugged on him a little, "I feel alot better, Dr. Ichigo," he blushed a littled, "But, I no another way to hear someone's heartbeat," "Really?" "Mm-hm, like this," she pulled him down, he layed on his bed, she set her head on his chest, listening to the soft thumping of his heart, "Like this," she wispered, he held her tighter and stroked her back, "You sleepin'?" "No, just resting," he burried his senses in her, he kissed her lightly on the head, she looked up, and he kissed her on the lips, he saw her beautifull face, even with his eyes closed, heard her voice, even though she wasn't speaking, felt her touch, as light as it was, smelled her sweet scent, as it drifted through her hair, and he tasted her lips, as they danced with his owne, she let go, she needed to take a breath, "Aren't you afraid of getting sick?" "No, because even if I do, you'll take care of me," he smiled, "And why does that make you so happy?" "Because, I'm in love with you, why else?" "Ok," "Is that all you have to say?!" "No, I love you too," and they kissed one more time, heartbeats ringing in unison