Why are men stupid again

Why Are Men Stupid Again?

Ichigo'd bedroom door swung open abruptly to an angrily screaming Rukia. She padded over to the bed and flopped down heavily burying her face in the pillow. Ichigo, who until this moment was working on homework, stared surprised at his best friend. He contemplated asking if something had happen on her recent trip to soul society but was cut short when her head lifted.

"Ichigo?" she stated calmly. "Why are all men so god damn stupid?"

This stuck the young fellow with confusion. He sat back in his swivel chair, turning more to her still form. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me, why are all men stupid, bumbling morons?" she sat up to face him practically begging to get a rise out of him so she could get in a fight.

Ichigo however was not as dumb as she thought he was, knowing what she wanted. He took a deep calming breath. "What happened?"

Rukia let out a breath of rage and face planted into his pillow. She was still for a moment then began screaming into the thing. Ichigo, who at this point was very amused, raised an eyebrow as a grin spread across his face.

"I don't want to talk about it." Came her muffled reply.

"Renji?" he asked half laughing.

"Shut your mouth!" her head picked up and she glared at him as she knelt on all fours on his bed. She reminded him of a jaguar about to pounce of an unsuspecting deer. But she wasn't, and on that note, neither was he.

Ichigo crossed his arm over his chest and looked at her in disbelief. Noticing this Rukia sat back and brought a hand to her forehead as she let out a deep breath. "I'm sorry; you know I don't mean it."

"That's ok." He said handing her his glass filled with ice water. "Do you want to tell me what happened now?"

Rukia looked down into the cup rubbing her index finger along the side. "No, not really." She looked back to him with a hopeful smile. "But could you take me out and buy me some ice cream?"

Ichigo chuckled to himself and pulled his wallet out of his pocket, opening it and counting the dollar bills inside. "Well I have enough for the both of us even if you want to get the larges so, yeah I'll take you out." She smiled widely to him.

"Oh thank you Ichigo!" she leapt from the bed and dashed to the door. Ichigo followed close behind grinning to himself, 'she so easy to please.' He thought.

"Bring an umbrella it looks like rain." Rukia frowned as she looked up to the graying sky.

"We'll be fine the weather man said there isn't going to be any rain today." Ichigo sighed walking out the door as Rukia grabbed an umbrella.

Rukia's nose wrinkled. "I wouldn't trust him Ichigo."

"Why not?" he looked back to her.

"He's a man, he can't be trusted." She stated and walked pasted stunned Ichigo.

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"One large M&M in a waffle cone please." Rukia smiled to the teenaged boy behind the counter. He grinned foolishly as her eyelashes batted at him.

Ichigo scowled and glared at the boy. "And I would like a chocolate on a sugar cone." He grumbled threateningly to the boy.

The boy looked from Rukia to Ichigo and back. "It'd figure she had a boyfriend." He mumbled under his breath and handed them their ice cream. "Oh the house." He smiled to Rukia and shot Ichigo a dirty look.

"Thanks ever so much." Rukia giggled and took a bite of her cone and walked off to a booth.

"Yeah," Ichigo glared at him harder. "Thanks a lot." he then followed Rukia to the table. He sat across from her as she bit into her ice cream. "Why do you do that?"

"What?" she questioned eyeing his cone.

"Flirt with every guy." He raised his eye brow at her intent stare to his ice cream.

"I do not." She looked up to him then back down to the treat in his hand. "Can I have a lick?" she pursed her lips cutely.

"Yeah." He handed the cone to her.

"Oh gosh, Ichigo this is really good!" she licked it again.

"Hey I said a lick not the whole thing! You have your own!" Ichigo screamed taking the frozen cream back. Rukia pouted and continued to eat her own. "So, you wanna tell me now?"

Rukia sighed. "I suppose." She bit the cone once more. "I just don't get how Renji thinks. I mean I've known him my entire life and would trust him with my life." Ichigo scoffed. "I'd trust you with it too, don't get me wrong. But he just, I don't know, only talks to me when it's convenient for him." She shook her head.

Ichigo rolled his eyes and looked out the window to the rain that came unlike he predicted. "Well, you always have me." He smiled "And it's never convenient for me…or my wallet." He laughed.

"Hey you didn't even pay!" Rukia laughed as well "I got you that cone for free." She pointed with a grin.