Fifteen minutes in a bleached heaven.

THE CHARM

I pulled out a greyish wooden charm with what looked like a skull on it and studied it with a curious expression.

"That's mine." Said a boy with furrowed eyebrows and bright orange hair. He got up with a tired yawn and walked to a closet, standing inside it and looking at me impatiently. "Well?"

"U-Uh... W-Well what?" I stuttered unsurely. Rangiku and Orihime giggled before the two of them each took an arm and carried me to the closet as I squeaked in surprise. They threw me in and slammed the door shut behind me.

I flew into the boy, knocking the both of us onto the floor. I groaned in pain when my knee hit the ground hard.

"Hey, you alright?"

I opened my eyes and looked the boy, whom I was currently hovering over, my knees between his legs and my arms on either side of his chest. My cheeks burned brightly.

"O-Oh s-sorry!" I said quickly, getting off him and moving to sit with my back against the wall, knees to my chest. He pushed himself up and looked at me curiously. I was extremely grateful that it was a bit too dark for him to see my red face.

"Why are you so nervous?" He asked as he crawled over and sat beside me, his shoulder barely brushing against my own. "I'm Ichigo by the way."

"C-Claire.... I-I've never played this game before..." I said quietly, poking my pointer fingers together. "I don't even know what to do...."

"I can show you" he offered.

"As long as you don't mind...."

Something soft touched my lips and I jumped back in shock, the back of my head hitting the wall behind me. I held the back of my head in pain.

"Hey! You okay?" He asked, surprised. I was red faced and my lips were tingling as I looked at his eyes.

"I-I g-guess so..." I stuttered. He smiled, causing me to blush more.

C-Cute...

"Good. Sorry if I freaked you out." He said.

"Y-You're f-fine..."

"Great. So... Wanna try it again?" He asked slowly. I blushed more and nodded nervously.

He leaned forward, closing his eyes. I followed his lead and soon our lips met again.

His lips moved against mine and I tried to copy his actions, not exactly experienced in this department. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. He chuckled, snaking his arms around my waist. I felt something nudge my bottom lip and gasped in surprise. He took the opportunity to slide his tongue into my mouth.

"I-Ichi..." I mumbled, blushing brightly.

"Hm?" He hummed, pulling away. "I'm sorry, do you want me to slow down?"

".... No..." I shook my head and pulled him back to me, pushing my lips onto his and biting his lower lip, blushing. I felt him smirk as his hand suddenly slid up the back of my shirt. I gasped and he returned his tongue in my mouth as his hands slid around my waist and up and down my stomach, his gentle touch making me shiver.

"Ichi.....go....." I moaned softly. He chuckled and moved from my lips, kissing down my jaw and neck. I moaned again when his lips met the skin between my neck and collar bone. He stayed in that spot, sucking and biting on it.

I tangled my fingers in his hair, holding him closer, and he pulled me into his lap to get more comfortable. I wrapped my legs around his waist tightly.

"Would it be okay if I..." He trailed off and tugged on the zipper of my hoody. I nodded and he unzipped it. I dropped my hands from his hair and let him slip my hoody off my shoulders. His hands pushed my tanktop up to just under my bra as he traced circles in my stomach and began kissing my lips again. I put my hands on his hard chest and raked my fingers down to his toned stomach. He moaned softly, his fingers digging slightly into my stomach, but not enough to hurt.

"Ichigo! Claire! Times up!"

The door swung open and Ichigo and I fell back into the bright living room. Everyone started whistling and I blushed heavily, pulling my tanktop back over my stomach and getting off Ichigo. I reached back into the closet and grabbed my hoody, putting it back on and zipping it up again.

"Hey Claire. Be my girlfriend?" Ichigo asked, standing and holding his hand out to me. I blushed and gave him a small smile.

"Y-Yeah..." I said shyly, taking his hand and letting him pull me to my feet. He smiled and hugged me, kissing my forehead before leading me to the couch.

"I wanna get to learn more about you." He said, sitting down and pulling me onto his lap. I blushed, but smiled and curled up into his chest comfortably.

"Kay, Ichi."