disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, nor do I have any association with the writers, and animators of bleach. This was made purely for your entertainment, etc.

Author's note: This is my first Bleach fan fiction, and sometime in the fic I don't know if I should add a Lemon or not, but If I do the beginning of that chapter will have a warning. Plz enjoy :-D

Chapter one "I love you?"

Rukia lay in the closet of Ichigo's room. She hadn't slept all night, and Ichigo's snoring was keeping her up. She sat up and yawned. Rukia hadn't been so tired in a long time, it was just after they returned to the world of the living and she had been really tired.

Rukia quietly opened the door and stepped out of the closet. Ichigo lay in his bed, still snoring. His orange hair was messier than usual, and his sheets were partially off his bed.

"Ichigo. " Rukia whispered, "Roll over or something, your snoring is keeping me awake! "

Ichigo still just lay there and continued to snore.

"Ichigo!," she whispered seemingly more upset this time. "Wake up! You're snoring!"

Ichigo opened one eye and rolled over. He mumbled as he did so, and he quickly fell asleep again. Rukia sighed, it was finally quiet. Now that she was able to sleep in peace she got back into bed and lay down. She would talk to Ichigo about his snoring problem in the morning.

Rukia slowly got up. What was that screeching noise? She opened the closet door to find out that Ichigo's alarm clock was going off. She buried her face in her pillow and moaned in anger. Ichigo shot out of bed.

"What time is it!?" He yelled as he got up. He looked over at his alarm clock. "Oh... It's only four... Hey Rukia, you up?"

Rukia climbed out of the closet and smashed the alarm clock on the floor. "What the hell did you do that for!?"

"It wouldn't shut up Ichigo. I had to do something."

Rukia Was about to get back into bed when Ichigo put his hand on her shoulder. "Rukia?"

"Yes?"

"What do you think it means to love a person?"

Rukia didn't know what to say. She turned around to look at Ichigo. "Loving a person is... Well it's really an odd thing."

Ichigo nodded, "I would suppose so...but Rukia. I think..."

"What do you think?"

"I think I love you Rukia."

Rukia went still for a while. She didn't know what to say. He loves her? What would she say to him? Did she love him? Why did he love her? Rukia stepped towards Ichigo. "I think... I think I love you too?"

Ichigo smiled halfly, did rukia truly love him? What was he thinking asking her a question like that? He debated whether or not to hug Rukia. In the end his emotions got the best of him. Before he knew it his arms were around Rukia.

"Ichigo..." Rukia whispered as Ichigo hugged her. "I think I do love you."

Rukia got loose from Ichigo's grip and got into her bed. "Okay, now let's get some sleep now Ichigo, I'm exhausted."

"Yeah... Me too." Ichigo lay down and began to think about what had just happened. If Rukia didn't love him she wouldn't have stayed in his hug. He shook it off as being too tired to think and rolled over.

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Rukia was awoken by a beam of light shining into the closet. She must not have entirely closed the closet door. She got up and looked around the room, there was no sign of Ichigo. "Ichigo? " she said firmly.

Rukia left the room and began to walk down the stairs, where could Ichigo be? She stepped into the kitchen to see none other than Ichigo attempting to cook breakfast.

"Ichigo!"

Ichigo looked at her nervously, he knew he was burning something. She ran over and grabbed the pan from him. She turned on the faucet and let cold water fill the pan.

"You could have burned the house down Ichigo!"

Ichigo smiled, "But I didn't."

"Ichigo, you just... You just need to be more careful."

Rukia knew what Ichigo was trying to do. He was trying to make breakfast for her. She didn't know why Ichigo cared so much all of the sudden. She already told him that she loved him, and he said the same to her as well. Ichigo stood behind her and locked her in a hug. "I care Rukia, I just don't want anything else to happen to you is all."

It was just after she was rescued from her execution. She knew Ichigo really cared, but why?

"Ichigo, you don't need to worry, I'll be fine."

Ichigo walked over to the living room, I guess I'm just going to unwind for a while. Rukia smiled, that was typical Ichigo. He could go from really serious to not caring at all in a matter of seconds.

"So when are your dad and sisters going to be home?" Rukia asked as she washed the dishes Ichigo had used.

"Some time next Friday... They left on Tuesday afternoon."

It was Thursday so the kurusakis wouldn't be home for another week. Rukia knew Ichigo thought he could pull something off in that time. "So Ichigo, what do you think your family is doing?"

Ichigo paused in thought, "I don't know... They left for the cities to go shopping and whatnot."

Rukia smiled as she finished washing the dishes, she planned on watching some TV as well. She walked to the couch and sat down by Ichigo. She leaned in and lay her head on his shoulder. Ichigo looked at her, "So you wanna sit like that huh?"

He picked her up and sat her in his arms and held her like a baby. "I guess we could just watch TV like this eh? "

Rukia snuggled into Ichigo, "I love you Ichigo Kurusaki."

"I love you too Rukia Kuchiki."

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Ichigo woke up with Rukia sound asleep in his arms. He hoped they hadn't been sitting there too long. He turned on the TV guide to find that it was one in the afternoon. "Well that was quite the nap."

He stood up and carefully put Rukia on the couch without waking her. "Well I might as well finish this show."

While he was watching TV Rukia woke up. "Sleep well Rukia?"

"Mmhmm." she mumbled sleepily. She stretched out and sat up. "So, what are we watching?"

"Some crime investigation show, it's kinda boring, but for some reason I can't stop watching."

"Then I guess it can't be that boring." Rukia said cheerfully.

She hugged Ichigo and kissed his cheek, I'm going to go take a shower, see you in a few.

Ichigo sat there on the couch dumbfounded. Rukia had just kissed him, he couldn't believe it. "See you in a few Rukia."

so that was it, my first chapter of my first Bleach ichiruki fan fiction. I hope you all enjoyed reading it. And I know I got them a little out of character but I fixed that in chapter two, it will be up sometime soon. Thanks again. :-)