When Ichigo opened his eyes, he freaked out upon seeing a pair of brown eyes surrounded by black hair staring intently back at him. He gave a shout before rolling out of bed and landing hard on the floor.
"Morning, strawberry sundae!" The girl greeted.
"Luna..." Ichigo growled at the girl. "Did you have to wake me up like that?"
"Of course, strawberry waffle." Ever since Luna had met Ichigo and found out what his name was, she found it her officially unofficial duty in life to call him by a strawberry related item every chance she got, just to remind him how many things shared his name. Everyday, she seemed to come up with more and more things to compare his name to. Not ONCE had she ever called him by his actual name.
"Luna, I already know that my name is shared by many things," Ichigo told her, climbing back onto his bed. "I don't need YOU to remind me every five seconds."
"But it's fun, strawberry mousse."
"Are you ever going to call me by my real name?"
"Probably not, strawberry yogurt."
A stress mark appeared on Ichigo's forehead. "Why do you insist on pissing me off?"
Luna sat up on her knees and leaned forward so that her face was less than a foot from his. Ichigo, meanwhile, had leaned back a slightly at her closeness, causing her to hover just barely over him.
"Because you look adorable with strawberry shaded skin," she said poking him teasingly on the nose, then added, "Strawberry angel food cake."
Ichigo scowled. "Geez, you're a freakin pain."
"ICHIGO!" The door burst open and Ichigo's father made his entrance. Though he stopped dead when he saw his son and Luna sitting in what could be called a cutesy fluffy position. Suddenly tears came to his eyes.
"Yes! I shall finally have grandchildren!" He pointed at the two of them who both sweat-dropped. "And just so you know, I want it to be a boy and then a girl!"
Luna fell off the bed in hysterics while Ichigo proceeded to knock his father senseless.
"Stupid idiot, making requests like that," Ichigo grumbled as he and Luna left his house.
"I like him," Luna said with a reminiscing smile. "He reminds me of my dog when we fed him pockys."
"Now we all know why he died," Ichigo muttered.
"Shut it, strawberry pocky."
The two managed to arrive to school on time and had a fairly normal day. Well, it would have been normal had Luna not happen to glance out the window and spot a Hollow some time during her and Ichigos afternoon class. "Psst, strawberry nesquik." Ichigo ignored her, and as luck would have it, everytime he happened to glance outside the window, the Hollow would happen to leave the window's view. Typical.
"Strawberry soda! Hey! Look at me!" She hissed. Finally Luna wrote him a letter and threw it at him, hitting him in the head. He glared at her before looking down at the note.
'There's a Hollow outside! Baka strawberry short cake!' A vein twitched in Ichigo's head. He was NOT short. Then the first part of the note registered and he looked outside to see, whaddya know, a Hollow. While the teacher wasnt looking, the two snuck out of the classroom. "You know the drill," he told Luna, reaching into his bag and pulling out a squirming stuffed lion.
"About time! I can hardly breath in there!"
"Shut up." Ichigo plunged his hand in the animal's mouth and pulled out the pill causing the plushie to go limp. Then he popped the pill into his own mouth. Luna watched as two Ichigo's now stood before her. Yeah, she's been through this procedure many times before.
"Can't I come this time?" She asked, eyes wide.
"No."
"Please?"
"No!"
"Pretty please, strawberry pancake, with all the strawberries in the world on top?"
"Now it's definitely no!"
"You're mean," Luna pouted.
"Just stay here and make sure Kon doesn't do anything weird," Ichigo ordered her.
"Fine. Later, strawberry milkshake!"
"Screw you!"
She watched Ichigo run off to protect the school. Not long after he was gone she felt Ichigo's arms grab her from behind.
"Hey," Kon whispered to her. "Nobody's looking. So how about you and me find a private place where we can do some, exploring?"
Luna eye twitched. No, she mustn't get angry. It was Ichigo's body...
"After all, you seem to like Ichigo pretty well. Haven't you always wondered what it's like?"
Ah, to heck with it, she thought. In a blink of an eye she had him in a head lock. "I'm gonna kill you later for making me hurt Ichigo's body!"
Later...
"Sorry about the bruises on your neck, strawberry smoothie," Luna apologized to Ichigo as the two walked home from school.
"It's nothing," Ichigo said, though he still looked pretty angry. "By the way, my dad wanted me to invite you over for dinner," Ichigo said grouchily while looking to the side, not meeting Luna's eyes.
Luna tilted her head with a smirk. "Gosh, don't look so embarrassed, strawberry ice cream. It's not like youre asking me out."
"Do you want to or not!?" Ichigo exploded, trying to hide the fact that his face was resembling his trademark fruit more and more.
"Of course I want to. You know there's nothing I love more than spending time with my favorite strawberry bush head."
"Why do I put up with this?" Ichigo asked himself fuming.
"You know you love me, strawberry frosting."
Ichigo said nothing but looked away feeling a little awkward.
Luna soon got bored and started her favorite pastime of naming off all things strawberry. For awhile Ichigo ignored it, but he couldn't forever. "Strawberry jelly."
"Stop."
"Strawberry jam."
"I said STOP."
"Strawberry cheesecake."
Ichigo rounded on her. "Why do you have to be so annoying!?"
With a slight giggle she said, "Because, you're cute when you're flustered... Strawberry poptart."
"Is there any way to get you to shut up?" Ichigo asked heavily.
"Maybe, strawberry syrup."
"How?"
"I'm not telling, strawberry fruit roll up."
"And why not?" Ichigo was close to breaking, she could tell.
"Because, strawberry muffin, I don't want to, strawber-mmph!?" Her strawberry name calling was interrupted when Ichigo silenced her with his lips. For the first time since probably Ichigo had met her, she was shocked into silence. Really, all he had to do was say 'please'. But Luna liked his way much better. In fact, if her mouth wasnt so preoccupied she would have made a comment about him being strawberrlicious.
Ichigo savored the silence when he pulled away and he gave her a true smile. Gosh, he was even cuter when he smiled, Luna thought, still zoned out from the kiss.
The smile quickly faded into a smirk. "Heh, now who's flustered?" And then he took off down the road towards his house. His sudden bolting snapped Luna out of her stupor.
"No fair! You stole that kiss from me!" Luna yelled chasing after him. "Get back here, Ichigo!"
~Owari~
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