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Onwards to part 3! What does Rukia have to say?

Read Part 1 and Part 2.

3. Suspicious

Rukia eyed Ichigo as he sat down heavily in his seat. He seemed a bit disoriented and distracted she noted. And what was up with the red cheeks as well….

Discreetly she glanced over at Inoue and she wondered at the matching flush on the buxom girl’s face. Had something happened? Immediately Rukia snorted internally at the thought. Highly unlikely. Ichigo tended to avoid romantic situations rather in the same manner as a vampire avoided garlic and sunlight. Exposure to such items could lead to certain death.

But then again...her gaze shifted back to Ichigo who was staring at his hand. Rukia couldn’t help but raise a confused eyebrow. Why on earth was he staring at his hand like that? It didn’t seem to have any sort of wound on it.

Again her gaze darted over to Inoue and her other eyebrow lifted when she noticed Inoue press her hand against her left breast. Huh? Was she feeling her heartbeat? No…it couldn’t be that. If she wanted to feel that then she would placed her hand higher and more towards the center rather than at the side.

Hold on a minute….her gaze turned towards Ichigo’s stunned staring at his hand to Inoue’s flushed face. Something seemingly clicked in her mind as her eyebrows almost disappeared into her hair. Oh he couldn’t have…! It wasn’t possible!

She quickly flipped her notebook to the end and tore out a small piece of paper. Her pen hovered uncertainly over the paper. Should she ask about what she suspected had happened? What did she think had happened anyways?

She chewed at the pen as she eyed the blank scrap of paper. A sudden movement at her side made her gaze shift there. She couldn’t help but smile slightly at Inoue who was trying her best to hide behind her textbook. Ichigo had also noticed the sudden movement and had glanced at Inoue as well.

The instant his eyes had landed on Inoue he quickly turned his face forward and he nervously shifted on his seat. Rukia quickly and quietly wrote on the paper before her, “Did something happen between you and Inoue?”

As discreetly as possible she slipped the note over to Ichigo. She carefully scrutinized his face as he opened the note and read it. His rather loud splutter and shocked expression said it all to her. So something had happened.

So...what did you think?