I'M BACK WITH A STORY UPDATE!!!!!! -violent coughing fit- Sorry about that. I had a little too much excitment there. Anywaaayyyysss, I'll be straight to the point. Hehe get it, this isn't a straight book. :3 No? Ok. Anyways, seriously, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. ON WITH THE STORY! -not so violent but still violent coughing fit-
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Ichigo's POV:

"Anyways, we're onto 11. Do you have any sort of electronics?" Shiro shook his head 'no'. I looked away in thought. "Hmm. I'll be right back, okay Shiro?" He nods and I stand up walking out of the clinic and into my room. I search through my drawers until I find one of those unlimited data government given phones.

It's small and an older type of phone but perfect for what I'm about to do. I head downstairs and make a couple sandwitches containing lettuce, cheese, turkey, and a bit of mayo on both bread slices. I grab two glasses of milk and put it all on a small tray. I go back to Shiro's room and place the tray on his side table. I grab both sandwiches and hand him one.

"Here there's also some milk on the tray." He mutters a 'thank you' and slowly eats his food, nibbling it from time to time. I start to eat myself and take out the small phone. I swallow and say "Here Shiro. Take this phone in case you need anything. I'm pretty sure you won't be going back home but in case there's any sort of danger or trouble, call me alright?"

He kind of chocked a little and went slightly wide-eyed before replying with a 'thank you'. I nod and hand him the phone. He put what was left of the sandwitch on the tray again and started figuring out how the phone worked. "I put my number, my dad's, Yuzu's and Karin's numbers in the contacts ahead of time. You can call or text any of us at any time. Just make sure you call or text me when you're in any trouble alright?"

I take another bite as he nods and searches through the phone. "How do I call?" I swallowed before answering. "Go into the thing that looks like a phone and press the thing that says my name. Then press the little green button." My phone goes off and Shiro jumps. I chuckled and picked it up sliding the 'deny call'.

"That's how you can call. To deny a call or hang up you press the red button. You also press the red button to go back to the previous screen. To get to the homescreen without having to press the red button several times, you press the button with the small house on it." He presses the house button and looks at the phone surprised.

He's like a baby with a touchscreen for the first time... I chuckled quietly at the thought. "What about texting?" I drink some milk before answering. "Go to the yellow box that has a white box in it with lines on it." He looks at me with confusion and I go over to him and point at the messaging app. "Press on that." He clicks on it and gets an even more confused look on his face. "Click the plus sign and look for my name. Then click in the white box below it and type using the buttons. To get letters like b, you press the button several times until it shows up."

He manages to type and send 'Hello, this is Shiro.' to me and we hear my phone go off in the distance. I grab it and type back 'Hi Shiro'. He jumps a bit when his phone goes off and he manages to see the message. He grins when he sees the message and shows me it. I smiled and nodded seeing a sparkle in his eyes. I ruffle his hair before going back to my original spot and continuing the game. "Okay so question 12?"

He nods while exploring his phone a little and messaging goat face, Yuzu and Karin about how he has a phone now. "Hmm let's see.....Can you sing?" I shrugged while asking, not really knowing what else to ask. The way he responded surprised me as he sang a verse from a song I also knew.

"But I found in you what was lost in me.
In a world so cold and empty,
I could lie awake just to watch you breath.
In the dead of night, you went dark on me."

(That reminds me, I'm trying to start a songfic book. Idk why but the first one will be a Victuri so look foward to that. ^.^)

Starset... That was beautiful though... "Shiro that was beautiful." Everything about you is beautiful... I thought. He blushed a solid blue. "Th-thanks. What about you?" I decided to sing my own respose as well. While I chose a verse to sing I thought back to when I found him. I also thought about how beautifully angelic he was, but also about how broken he was.

A shattered angel.
Your shattered angel.

I nodded silently in agreement with Zangetsu and chose to sing a verse from Angels Fall by Breaking Benjamin.
"When angels fall with broken wings,
I can't give up I can't give in. When all is lost and day light ends,
I'll carry you and we will live forever, forever."

I looked Shiro in the eyes the whole time hoping that he could hear the silent message. To my disappointment, he didn't hear it and just simply smiled while complimenting my singing. I said a quick 'thanks' and continued with the questions.

"13, what are your hobbies?" He put a lock on the phone and turned off the screen, then put it on his lap before grabbing his sandwitch. "Drawing." He nibbled on the sandwich again before taking an actual bite. I nodded thinking back to question 7. "My hobby is playing the guitar like I said back at question 7." He nods and takes a sip of the milk before taking another bite of the sandwhich.

"14, why is that your hobby?" Shiro has a moment of thought before swallowing. "To escape reality." He tilts his head a bit motioning to his scars and his body. I shake my head and gently grab a hold of his arm. "You know Shiro, these scars may remind you of horrible things but they show who you truly are."

I look at him in the eye and gently rubbed his scars. "You're beautiful and strong Shiro. Don't scar yourself because you feel helpless. I'm right here and I'll always be here." I can see his eyes close to tears but he blinks willing them away and smiles. "I-I know that now. Thank you, Ichigo. Thank you for what you've done so far." Even though I probably don't deserve it. (Shiro's thought btw) "There's no need to thank me Shiro."

I gave him a small genuine smile. He smiles back before asking why playing guitar is my hobby. "It usually helps me calm down and think things through when I don't know what to do." Shiro nods before asking "Do you play guitar often?" I nodded and Shiro nods back in understanding. "15, I don't know what to ask anymore."

Shiro shrugs and suggests to ask things a bit more personal since we went through all the simple things. I nod and after a moment of silence Zangetsu comes in.

Hey Ichi, don't you want a possible chance with him once you "figure out your preferences"?
Hm, I guess your right Zangetsu. But how would he react to that kind of question?
We'll never know until you ask.
Yeah you have a point there.

With that I cut off connections with Zangetsu but still choose a bit of a safer route. "Do you have a crush on anyone?" Shiro instantly turns a dark shade of blue, probably equivalent to crimson, and I chuckle a bit when he looks away. "Y-yea. I-I have a c-crush." I smiled slightly before having a little thought. I think I have a crush on you...I think... Thankfully Zangetsu doesn't step in and I continue with my answer, again, choosing a safer route. "I just might have a crush on someone." Shiro looks at me for a second but in that second I saw two emotions in his eyes.

Hope and sorrow.

What could that mean or be for? After that thought, I instantly thought of my next question. "16, who do you have a crush on?" I give a small smirk when Shiro turns an even darker shade of blue if that was even possible. "C-can I n-not ans-swer that q-quest-tion?" I held in the desire to chuckle at the stuttering mess he suddenly turned into but nod anyways. "Alright but if you don't answer then I won't answer." He vigorously nods in agreement. "D-deal." I nod once and tell him to take some time to calm down. He nods and starts taking deep breaths.

~Time skip brought to you be Shiro's blueness~

After Shiro took a bit to calm down, I continue our surprisingly long game of 20 questions. "I know I probably should've asked this first but 17, what's your sexuality?" Shiro looks a bit shocked by my question but answers with a confidence I haven't heard from him yet. "I'm gay"

Shiro's POV:

"I'm gay" I responded to Ichi's question bluntly and was preparing myself for his face to turn into one of disgust.

It never happened though and I thought I saw a smile tug at his lips for a split second. "This isn't a part of the questions but... can you keep my sexuality a secret?" I nodded a little curious, partly confused and hopeful. "No one else know that I'm actually bicurious." I give him a look of confusion. "Bicurious?"

He sighs while blushing a little probably thinking of how to explain what bicuriosity means. I smile slightly at his blush and he turns to me explaining that it's when a person has a certain attraction to the opposite gender but is uncertain about an attraction to the same gender causing curiosity twords bisexuality. (Me)

At least I have some sort of chance with him if he finds one of his preferences to be bisexuality... I push the thought to the back of my mind choosing to not get my hopes up. "18, if you could 'dare yourself', what would the dare be?" (If anyone recognizes that, yes, I cheated. I didn't know what else to ask ok? ;-;)

I had a bit of a thinking moment and slowly started to feel my face get warmer. "I-I ummm..... I would d-dare myself to k-kiss my crush........" I felt the warmth grow when he looked at me. I looked down trying to hide my blush as I waited to him to respond. "That makes sense. I wonder who he is though and if he likes you back..." After he said that his face turned into a darker scowl and he mumbled.

"If he hurts you though... I'll hurt him back..." Ichigo's hand and jaw clenched a little and he goes back to his regular self. He still ends up taking a moment to think of what to say. "I would probably dare myself to admit my true sexuality. If I ever find out what that is." I nodded still glad to hear that he was bicurious. But I grew a bit sadder every time I thought back to it, being no one from school, since he basically suggested that. My eyes probably showed my sadness because I noticed Ichigo staring at me. He put his hand on mine and looked at me concerned. "Shiro, are you alright?"

I had a small blush at the hand contact but nodded pushing the thought to the back of my mind. I gave him a small smile and he stared for a while, searching for something. He nodded after a few tense moments but said. "Remember Shiro, you can tell me anything." I gulped a little but nodded and kept my smile. He let out a small sigh and moved back to his original spot, probably guessing that I wouldn't tell him anyways. And so we moved on to the next question, "Question 19, this sounds kind of confusing but what do you think would've happened if I never found you in that bathroom?"

I could see his face grow slightly grimmer since he was probably thinking back to that moment. I just kinda shrugged while answering, "I'd probably be in the same loop getting worse and worse. Probably more cutting, more beatings, myself getting closer to death every day." I surprised myself with my bluntness but couldn't deny how truthful it was.

I looked over at Ichigo and he had his head down, his hair over his eyes. I got nervous and kind of scared when I saw him like that. I could hear the heart monitor speed up slightly as I waited for Ichigo to answer. "...and I....would still be oblivious to your situation...walking around school and going about my daily life....like nothing was happening....."
I could see his fists clench and his jaw locking. "....I wouldn't know you or anything about you and you..."

He looked up at me with glazed over eyes "....you would still be getting hurt...."
His voice turned to a whisper almost cracking and he had a mixture of anger, sadness, and pain in his eyes. I had no words and instead just nodded with a small 'yeah'. He looked away after staring for a few seconds. "But..." I heard him speak up and he turned around with that heart warming yet hurt smile. "...I'm glad I found you when I did." I gave him a soft, true smile. "And I thank you for that." I said this time me being the one to reach over and hug him despite the slight pain and amounts of effort it took.

He seemed shocked that I hugged him first but when I tightened my hold he relaxed and hugged me back. We let go after a while and he helped me back into my laying position before doing a little lecture on how I could've hurt myself by moving. I just chuckled slightly and waited for him to continue.

"Anyways, last but not least, question 20." I nodded and waited for him to continue. "Do you know how hard it is to come up with so many questions?" At that I burst out laughing and he joined in soon after. We laughed for a while before being able to calm down with the exceptions of a few chuckles from him and a few giggles from me every now and then.

"What kind of a question was that?" I managed to say while letting out a few giggles and smiling brightly. He smiled and chuckled saying. "It was one for comedic relief........ Plus I had no idea what else to ask." We both smiled and started talking about random things until night had approached.

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Story Word Count: 2,491

Total Word Count: 2,665

Hello at last my beautiful pups! I finally finished this chapter. I'm so so sorry it took this long in total to update this chapter and the one before this one. I was contemplating whether or not to update this on my birthday (Feb. 7th) but by the time this was finished it had already passed as you could probably guess.

Both this chapter and the last ended up being 3,874 words long, not including these A/Ns. Just Jesus...

But I hope you all liked it. Thanks for all your patience and support, love you all pups! Oh, and Happy Valentines Day.

Or Singles Awarness Day.