Decisions: Bleach

"ICHI-SAN!"

"GAWK!" Ichigo half gasped, half choked as he was screamed awake by his sister Yuzu calling from downstairs. He attempted to block out her caterwauling, and cover his ears at the same time. He slammed his palms against his ears with enough **** to make his eardrums pop, then ring. He blinked rapidly trying to clear his vision as he scrambled to get up to get ready for school. Unfortunately, his blankets had other ideas for him; they were still tangled around his legs. As he attempted to swing his legs over the bed and stand, still with his hands over his ears, his legs stayed trapped in the covers. As he lurched forward, his torso swung straight out and down, causing his face to have sudden contact with his bedroom floor.

"Guuuh-owwww…" he moaned into the floor itself as he removed his hands from his ears and attempted to untangle himself from his bed sheets.

"ICHI-SAN! You're going to be late if you don't get down here NOW! I've toasted some bread for you to eat on the way to school. HURRY UP!" Yuzu's voice once again beat into his half-asleep brain.

Ichigo was just about to yell back to Yuzu when he looked at his closet. He thought, "Maybe Rukia's still sleeping. I'd better not start yelling, I might scare her to **** if she is. But how could she be sleeping with all the racket Yuzu's making, or the great thumping noise I made when I smashed my face on the floor. Better be quiet right now, just in case." Out of respect for Rukia, and the fear of angering her, he decided to quickly get dressed quickly and silently before she came out of the closet she still considered her bedroom. Since she'd come back from Soul Society alive, thanks to Ichigo and his friends, she'd tried to sleep in Yuzu's room with her, but she still considered Ichigo's closet "her bedroom."

Ichigo dressed as quickly as he could in case Rukia was inside the closet. He didn't want her to see him without pants on. He tried to have a little bit of modesty when it came to Rukia, because it wasn't easy sharing his bedroom, with a girl – especially her.

"ICHIGO!" Yuzu yelled again.

"Grrrrr…" Ichigo growled as he went to his bedroom door. Then he turned back and looked at his closet one more time. He wondered if she was still sleeping, or if she'd gone on ahead to school without him, as she sometimes did. He put his ear against the door and couldn't hear any sounds coming from inside the closet. He contemplated knocking to see if she was there or not before his sister yelled for him again.