'If I could go back in time and change one thing about my life in the last year it would defenitly be the part were I explained Halloween to Rukia, yes, I would delete that completely!' Ichigo thought, eye-twitching, he just new that any minute she would come walking into this room in some skimpy playboy bunny outfit, because we all no that she loves bunnies more than anything and that, let's face it, no self respecting creature that can possibly communicate with humans would EVER wear one of those fuzzy bunny costumes, espically not a little Soul Reaper who's ideah of a fun time is to see how long it takes for Ichigo to pass out, he new it was his fate, and worse yet Uryuu was so busy sewing Orahime's princess costume that he couldn't count on the quincy to make Rukia's costume, therefor telling him, that if he made her costume into any kind of playboy bunny THING he would personally exterminate the last quincy, unfortinatly, he didn't get the chance to do that, and so, Rukia, not haveing the time or pateince to shop for herself, accepted his father's offer to pick up the outfit for her, and noing his father, Ichigo was sure that he would choose the worest bunny outfit possible, the door sqweaked open and he was perpared for the worest, but instead of seeing Rukia in a trashy bunny outfit, she was wearing a nice blue sun dress, he had never loved that sun dress more than he did at that moment, "Ichigo?" she asked, and then he noticed it, she had four clothing bags in her hands, great, "Yeah?" "Um, wat are you wearing for Hal-low-een?" "A ninja outfit, and please stop sounding out Halloween, it's annoying," Rukia sat on the floor looking disapointed, "Oh! That dosen't halp me! I was hopeing we could wear matching costumes so I could choose!" Ichigo sighed, well, as long as she hadn't made a decision maybe he could find her something less.... bunny-ish, and that gave him an ideah, "Well, if you can't decide I'll help you," "Really?! That'd be great!" her face lit up, how adorable! Uhh, did he just think that that was adorable? Maybe he took one too many blows to the head, but before he new it Rukia was rusteling around in the closet, "Rukia? Um, wat are you doing?" "I'm gonna model these for you! Your dad said that it'd be a good ideah to let you choose wich one you like best," she shouted from the closet, "Um, my DAD said that?!" "Yeah! He gave me the costumes that he thought you'd like!" Ichigo's eye started to twitch, this could NOT go well...
The first costume he was ATLEAST perpared for! Sure enough, she stepped, or rather waddled, out of the closet in bunny ears, a long bostie', a mini skirt (this revealed her very suddle belly button by the way) fish net stockings, a bunny tail, and high heels that were so high a skyscraper would've been jealouse! Ichigo had three things kept in is mind for sure, 1. He would kill Isshin as soon as he got the chance, 2. He was NOT going to let her wear THAT and 3. He had to find something wrong with that outfit other than the obviouse, why? Because if he had to explain to her the obviouse reasons why that outfit wasn't a good ideah he had a feeling that he would spend the night explaining the birds and the bees to her, honestly she was actually very innocent, so, he simply said, "Rukia, that isn't something you would want to wear," "But why not?" "Because,.... you can't walk in those heels, you'll fall and kill yourself," she seemed to understad that because she slid back into the closet wordlessly, he was suddenly extremely thankfull that Rukia dosen't wear heels...
The next costume was COMPLETELY unexpected, she stepped out of the closet in a police hat, a very revealing, very short, very....tight, police dress, with black tights and black boots, twirling a pair of handcuffs on her index finger, Ichigo's eye twitched, "....One question," he maneged to choke out, "why a cop?" 'If you can even call it that...' he thought, she stared at him wide eyed and confused, "But... you're dad said you would like ths one," "And? Wat ELSE did he say?" Ichigo was fumeing and not hideing it very well, "Well, he said that I needed to dress as a police officer because someone needed to wip you into shape, and then he told me to do this," she pulled on the handcuffs with both thumbs, closed one eye, grinned, and stuck the end of her tounge out, Ichigo's mouth hung open, her cute little face! That cute litte winking expression, her adorable little pink tounge, 'Arrest me,' he thought, but then he mentally slapped himself and cursed at himself, 'No! I must stay calm! If I don't get it together she'll go out like THAT infront of all those perverted teenagers! I can't let her do that!' he gathered himself and said, "Um, why don't you try on the other two?" she nodded and climbed back in the closet, man was that short skirt tight!
She emerged yet again, Ichigo's mouth was hanging open yet again, and the outfit Rukia had on was revealing, YET AGAIN, he was glad that there was only one left after this, "So? How is it?" she asked, Ichigo blinked a few times, Rukia was wearing a nurse's hat, a VERY small nurse-like-kinda dress with straps, wite fish net stockngs, high heels, and a red and wite garter belt with syrenge shaped pen in it, "Oh! I almost forgot!" she said, pulling something out from the closet, Ichigo's eye twitched and his bottum lip trembeled wen he saw her pull out a fake (or it may have been real considering the sorce,) stethoscope and she began walking towards him mumbeling a few things that he didn't really pay attention to, but then the words "examine you" caught his attention and he sprang up, took Rukia by the shoulders, turned her around, and pushed her towards the closet, "Let's see that last costume ok?" he begged, luckily she agreed and he was able to keep his dignity, he really didn't like this stuff but there was something about Rukia as a nurse that really hooked his intrest, ofcourse, considering that she heals him so frequently he was begining to see why, the police thing was starting to make sense too, after all, she COULD frighten any milatary officer so bad that they would crawl under the bed...
The closet door slid open for (hopefully) the last time that night, and out stepped Rukia in a Little Red Rideing Hood costume, she had the hood up and the string was tied around her neck with a little strawberry button on the bow, the dress was extremely short and as revealing as the other three, she had black leather boots and basket of fake strawberries accompaning her ensemble, Ichigo rubbed his temples, although he had to admit that she looked cute in that, so sweet and innocent- wait a minute, innocent! That's the key! If she wore that then everyone (after he explains it to them with his fists) will think about that paticuar outfit as being, well, Little Red Rideing Hood, AKA innocence! Despite the fact that it was incredably riskey, "Rukia," he said sternly, "If you MUST choose one of those four then choose that one," he said, Rukia smiled and nodded, she had a feeling that this paticular costume was a good ideah and apparently she was right!
After Ichigo was dressed he and Rukia started down the stairs and were on their way outside wen Isshin came flying towards them, all Ichigo had to do was pop him in the face quickly and death-glare him before takeing Rukia and leaving, he would have to kill Isshin later, like wen Rukia wasn't around to see the carnage, "So," Rukia began once they were part way down the street, "how exactly is this going to work?" Ichigo gave her a questioning look, "I mean, are we going to a party or soomething?" Ichigo rolled his eyes, "For the millionth time yes!" "Then.... why are we dressing so strangely again?" "Because it's a COSTUME party," "And remind me the purpose of this?" that was it, he slapped himself in the head, he was suddenly thankfull that they were walking up the steps, before he could even ring the door bell Keigo swung the door open dressed as a pirate and mumbeling somrthing about the party, Rukia stared wide eyed at everything going on, it was all so coulerfull and loud and lively, not at all like the ones in Soul Society! And then, before she could even say anything, Keigo had her hands engulfed in his and was starting to ramble on about a few things that Rukia had never heard of, but then Ichigo hit Keigo in the face and he flew a few dozen feet, but Keigo sprang back up and came at her again, so, Ichigo stepped in front of her, arms crossed over his chest, and he said, "Let me explain something to you, Rukia is dressed as Little Red Rideing Hood-" "Exactly! And such a wounderfully revealing costume it is!" "No, that unfourtinatly, was unplanned, she's dressed as Little Red Rideing Hood to potray INNOCENCE you idiot! In other words, BACK OFF!" and before anything else could be said Ichigo was dragging Rukia throught the crowd of people,
Well, he new that this would happen, after threatening the fith guy about Rukia he turned to see said midget looking gleefully at a bucket of apples in water, this could only mean one thing, "Ichigo I want to try!" she chimed, oh lovely, she was already bending over the tub of apples as Ichigo said, "Rukia! That isn't a good-!" but there she was, dunking her head in and pulling out an apple, "ideah," he concluded, but luckily her dress wasn't quite short enough for anyone to see up it even wen she was bent over, Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief as Rukia took a bite of the apple she caught, "Want some?" she asked innocently, she really was innocent for someone like her, he had always thought of the fact that Rukia was not like other girls because she was lacking something, innocence, she had seen blood and death and had never been sheilded from the outside world like most girls should be, but seeing her like this made him realize that Rukia was probbably the most innocent person in the entire room! And there were ALOT of people in the room! Includeing Orahime, who hadn't really noticed them due to her own costume and the fact that she had decided to cling to Uryuu, Ichigo grinned, stupid quincy, that's wat he gets for not makeing Rukia a costume and putting him through this! "HELLO?!" Rukia hissed, Ichigo looked down at her, her hair was still soaking wet, "I asked if you wanted some of my apple?!" Ichigo just shook his head, apples were really the last thing on his mind,
They were able to stay for about an hour before a group of older people (Keigo's sister's freinds) came in, uh-oh, as soon as those guys saw Rukia.... he shook the thought from his mind, sure he could beat them all to bloody pulps, but he would just rather leave, "Well, come on Rukia, let's go," "Why?" she winned, "Because it's getting late and you can't possibly want to stay in those shoes much longer, right?" Rukia pouted but followed him out, earning herself a few wistels from the older guys and she was really starting to get annoyed with that, because she'd been receiveing wistles and hollers and even a few howels all through the night and she really didn't understand WHY! Or why Ichigo had been acting so overprotective all night, hm, maybe it was the full moon? She HAD heard of the full moon causing humans to act strangely, yes, that really must be the reason
Everything was going well, that is untill... Rukia yawned, "Tired?" Ichigo asked, she nodded, her eyes closed for just a moment, but in that moment, she maneged to find a rock, trip over it, and fall flat on her face, "Rukia are you ok?!" Rukia pushed herself up, "Yeah, I think," Ichigo took her small hands in his and pulled her up, her big puppy eyes stareing into his pools of amber, "Come on, let's go home," as they walked Ichigo's arm snaked around Rukia's bare shoulders, she leaned against his strong chest, she felt it was once again safe to allow her eyes to close softly, trusting that Ichigo would protect her from any other rocks that were seemingly out to get her,
After walking in and Isshin being sent into a nearby wall Rukia looked to Ichigo, waiting for him to follow her up the stairs, "Go wash your face, I'll be right there," he commanded, she was too tired to argue so she just started upstairs, in the distance she heard Ichigo crack his nuckles and a few choice words directed at his father, she shook her head, he honestly could act like a child sometimes, really,
"Ow," Rukia winced, pulling her leg back a little, "Rukia it won't hurt as much if you stay still," Ichigo told her, she really WAS trying to stay still, but everytime he touched one of the scrapes that the sidewalk had given her, she flinched by relflex, "Honestly Rukia, you're so delicate, it's a wounder you haven't been torn to shreds already!" "Well SOR-RY that my body ISN'T made of steel!" "You no that isn't how I meant it!" "Well maybe you should say wat you mean and mean wat you say!" Ichigo shook his head but couldn't keep a smile off his face, he put the last band aid on her slim leg and stood up, "You'd better change," he said, unwraping the cloth rom his face, Rukia nodded and walked towards the closet, glancing again at Ichigo,
"Rukia? It's almost November, aren't you cold?" Rukia was wearing the wite baby-doll nightgown that she had gotten hor her birthday, it was short (although not that short at all compared to wat she HAD been wearing) and was sleveless, she shook her head, "No it's fine," Ichigo stared at her a moment longer, "You sure? Because-" "Ichigo?" she interuppted, "Why have you been acting this way all night? So overprotective?" Ichigo flopped down on his bed, Rukia sat down next to him, "You," he began, he had tried to avoid this conversation but hadn't succeeded, "you really don't understand why that isn't a good outfit do you?" she shook her head, "Rukia, that outfit is a bit revealing, don't you think?" Rukia's eyes lit up, "I thought so! I was freezing in that thing!"Ichigo rubbed his temples, "Rukia, do you have any clue as to why all those men were stareing and wisteling and.... howeling, at you?" "No," "Well, it's because that outfit suggests alot of things, I was just trying to make sure that none of those things happen to you," "Oh, I see," she said, "So do you hate Halloween yet?" "No not yet," there was a short pause, "Hey Ichigo?" "Yeah?" "You're a really decent guy, you no that?" "I did, but tell me why I',m decent anyway," "Well, you're probbably the only person that could have made a move on me tonight and you didn't, thank you," "No problum," "Although, I kinda wish you had made SOME sort of move," "Really?" "Well um, yeah," Ichigo smiled, "Well Rukia, why didn't you say that before?" and before she could say anything else, his lips pressed lightly against her's
The kiss continued as long as it could, but eventually their faces started turning purple, and so they had to release for a moment, "And? Do you hate Halloween?" he asked slyly, "No you idiot! ....It's my favirote holiday, and how could I hate something I love?" "Hm, that's an interesting-" "It was rhetorical Moron," Ichigo smiled, "Yeah, I no," and their lips met again, and this time after releasing, Ichigo couldn't resist it any longer, he cupped her face, "Rukia, I have never had a better Halloween, and I have never loved anyone more than I love you," Rukia smiled, "And I can honestly say the same thing," "Well ofcourse you've never had a better Halloween, this is your first one," "Does it matter?" "...." "I suppose you'll be thanking your father for buying me those outfits," "Oh no! That is NOT happening! That thing caused more trouble than it's worth!" "But we came together over it!" "No, we came together over us wanting to be together," "... That's just stupid,"