Ichigo yawned and turned off the damn thing. Maybe I should just sleep like Mai.
Bzzz. Bzzz. Bzzz.
Ichigo looked at the coffee table where his cell phone was vibrating like crazy. He picked it up (carefully to not wake Mai) and looked at the screen.
"RED PINEAPPLE."
Ichigo flipped open the phone and answered it. "Yo, Renji."
"Hey. Where are you right now?" Renji asked in a cautious tone.
"I'm home. Why?"
"…"
"Hello?"
"Do you think you can come here for a sec?"
Ichigo looked at the clock. 6:30pm. "Sure. Why, what's up?"
"You'll find out when you get here."
"Fine," Ichigo shrugged, "But where's 'here'?"
"…Karakura Hospital." And he quickly hung up.
Ichigo looked at his phone with a confused expression. Weird…why did Renji suddenly called and hung up like that? Ichigo tucked his cell phone into his pants and looked at his orange-haired daughter sleeping peacefully. He lifted his daughter up in his arms and carried her to her room.
As Ichigo pulled the cover over Mai's little body, he stood up to leave when something hit him. Karakura Hositpal? Ichigo thought, Could it be…Nah. Ichigo shook his head. There was no way he'd know.
So feeling more secured with that thought in mind, Ichigo left the house with a note on the kitchen table, telling his sleeping family that he was going out to meet Renji for a bit. He got into Isshin's van and drove off.
Ichigo arrived at the hospital in a few minutes. He parked his car and walked inside. It was kind of nice to see this old hospital again. He wondered what would have happened if Byakuya never came by. Would he have worked in this hospital? Maybe.
Ichigo pulled out his phone and searched his contact list for RED PINEAPPLE.
"Hello?"
"Yo, Renji. I'm here."
"Good. Come to the fifth floor and look for room 508." And Renji quickly hung up again.
Ichigo scratched his spiky hair and walked to the elevator. As he got on, Ichigo noticed that he had a weird feeling about this. He wasn't sure what, but deep in his guts he knew. But before he could think too much into it the elevator doors opened to the fifth floor.
Ichigo got out and made his way to room 508. Why would Renji be here? Did he get sick? Ichigo thought to himself. Upon arriving at his destination, he took a big breath before opening the door.
"Renji. What do you—"
"Dr. Kurosaki!"
Ichigo looked at the familiar, brown-haired, ten year old boy sitting in the hospital bed with a big smile. "Yuichi!"
"Shocked?"
Ichigo turned around and saw Uryuu standing in the corner with Renji.
"What's going on?" Ichigo asked.
Yuichi jumped out of bed and ran to his favorite doctor. "Ne, Dr. Kurosaki. Will you be taking care of me again?"
Ichigo stared bankly at the eager boy and didn't say a word.
"Those two men said that your son also lives here. Does that mean I can finally meet Takeshi-kun?"
"So you told him about Takeshi?" Uryuu asked.
Ichigo was still silent. Uryuu figured that his friend couldn't really say much in front of his patient, along with the fact that he was utterly surprised at what was going on.
"Kurosaki," Uryuu placed a hand on Ichigo's shoulder, "How about we talk about this outside?"
The man nodded his head. He turned around and looked at the little boy who was still eager to get his answer. "Hey, Yuichi. Why don't do go lay back down? I'll be back after I talk to your new doctor."
The boy pouted at first but then turned around and tucked himself in.
Ichigo followed his two friends to the intern's breakroom. Once Ichigo sat down, Renji closed the door that he was holding, and sat next to Uryuu, facing Ichigo as if he was some kind of criminal. Seriously, the light in the room was dieing, and with the sun gone, the room was feeling a bit too eerie.
"So," Uryuu started, "What's going on, Kurosaki?"
The man in question leaned against his chair, shoved his hands down his pants, and dropped his head. "You're a smart man, Ishida. Why don't you tell me?"
Uryuu nodded. "Alright. From what I can tell, you're that 'mystery doctor' at Tokyo Central Hospital. You attended the University of Tokyo—"
"WHAT!" Renji shouted with shock.
"—And has been working at Unohana-san's hospital for a little over two years," Uryuu continued through Renji's sudden outburst. "Is there anything I left out?"
Ichigo shook his head. "You summed it up pretty well."
Uryuu nodded, pleased that he was right. "So tell me," he said, "Why did you leave?"
Ichigo bluntly looked at his two friends. A moment of silence went by and he let out a sigh.
"Oh, com'on already!" Renji shouted.
"Abarai," Uryuu placed a hand on Renji's shoulder, "You're not helping."
"Well then maybe I should just bash this bastard's orange—"
"I want to tell," Ichigo said, "But not until I tell Rukia first."
Uryuu and Renji quieted down and saw that Ichigo had a serious, yet had a worried look on his face.
Uryuu rolled his eyes, understanding what Ichigo meant. "So you haven't told Kuchiki-san yet? When are you planning on telling her? When you leave next month?"
Ichigo's eyes shot up and looked at Uryuu. "How do you know that?"
"This," Uryuu held up Yuichi's charts, "It had all your information on it. All I had to do was call in and ask for you. They told me that you were on vacation and was planning on returning in a month."
"Is this true?" Renji asked with a glare.
Ichigo scratched his hair as he stood up. "What's the point in asking me when you guys already figured it out?"
The red head stood up and grabbed Ichigo's collar, slammed him against the wall.
"Abarai!" Uryuu called but it fell on deaf ear.
"You fucking bastard," Renji growled, "You disappeared without a word seven years ago, leaving Rukia here all alone to raise your kids. And now you're planning on leaving AGAIN! What the fuck is wrong with you!"
"Let go of me, Renji," Ichigo said as he wrapped one of his hand around Renji's wrist to yank it off. But he just tightened his grip.
"DON'T FUCK WITH ME! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS HURTING RUKIA! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY!"
"I'M NOT RUNNING AWAY!" Ichigo yelled back. He looked into his friend's eyes with the same amount of anger. "You guys have no idea how hard it was for me to leave—"
"Try us."
Ichigo finally yanked Renji's hand off his collar and pushed him away. "Not until I tell Rukia."
"And just when is that?" Uryuu asked.
Ichigo shook his head. "Soon. But not now."
"Why?"
Ichigo grabbed his hair but resisted the urge to pull them out. "Just because! Why are you guys so determined to know everything!"
Renji shoved Ichigo's shoulder to grab his attention. "Because we're all friends."
Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows deeper and leaned against the wall. "I know that, and I'm thankful. But…Well, I'm just not ready to tell."
Uryuu slowly walked up. "Just tell us the basics then."
Ichigo sighed and nodded. "Alright. It's pretty much like this: if I didn't leave, then I was going to lose Rukia."
"What?" Renji asked.
"Yeah," Ichigo nodded again, "But don't ask more from me. I'll be able to tell the rest to you guys soon, but not now. Rukia first."
Renji was about to ask for more but Uryuu grabbed his shoulder and pulled him away.
"Fine," he said as he pushed up his glasses, "I just hope that your reason is good enough for us to wait longer."
Ichigo nodded and pushed himself off the wall. "I'm leaving."
"IF!" Renji shouted, "You do anything to hurt Rukia again… I'm taking her away from you."
The orange head stopped in his tracks. After a few seconds he let out a small laugh but still had his back towards his friends. "Renji. If I do something stupid like this again, I personally give you permission to be the first to stab me a million times. You can join him too, Ishida."
"Thanks for the offer," Uryuu replied.
"Well, see ya," Ichigo said as he waved his hand from behind and left the room.
Renji sat back down. "Should we trust him?"
Uryuu sighed and smiled. "This is Kurosaki we're talking about. I'm not worried. So let's just wait like we promised."
The red head nodded but still had an annoyed expression across his face. "Stupid citrus head."
Ring. Ring. Ring.
Renji grabbed his cellphone and answered without checking who it was.
"Hello?"
"ABARAI! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!"
"Zakari-taichou!" Renji shouted.
"YOU FUCKING BETTER BELIEVE THAT IT'S ME! NOW COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!"
Uryuu didn't ask anything as Renji quickly shot out the door. Kenpachi's voice could be heard a mile around.
The intern sighed as he sat back down. He picked up Yuichi's charts. "Shit. I forgot to ask Kurosaki about this kid."
A/N: hehe. hope you guys liked this chapter. kinda tried to make it serious but i just had to add a little silly moment in the end... but i'm trying to think whether or not make the next chapter about Renji or go back to ichiruki... you guys can help me decide! review and tell me what you think! thanks!
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