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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Feb 28, 2023 18:17:04 GMT -6
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 1, 2023 17:47:50 GMT -6
Bleach Unrated: REBOOTEDCurrent Arc: Deep RenewalEpisode 339 "Between the Pages": Ichigo walked into the local bookstore near the family home. Occasionally in the past he had popped in just to find something to occupy himself with other than hollows and fighting--whenever he had time to do nothing, that was, which wasn't often. However today he was here on an errand. Given that Kita was going to be working at the clinic, his dad wanted him to pick up some medical books for her to study in order to get her up to speed on the latest medical terminology. It wasn't a medical degree, of course, but his father technically didn't have one either and he did just fine.
Friends in high places, as they say.
Yuzu also wanted him to get some new cookbooks and Karin wanted to know what sort of latest manga and novels they had. And so Ichigo roamed around the aisles of the bookstore with a large basket in his hand, rifling through the shelves to find the things he was looking for. The problem was in the time since he had been here last, the bookstore had since been reorganized and his memory of where each genre was was now useless.
"Dammit. Where the hell did they move everything?" He muttered to himself.
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 1, 2023 18:35:30 GMT -6
A young lady that was stocking the bookshelves heard someone complaining about finding something they were looking for. She turned, seeing a tall orange headed young man standing in the middle of the aisle with a empty basket in hand.
"Hello, my name is Sora and I work here. Can I help you find something, sir?" She smiled warmly at him stepping toward him.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 1, 2023 18:42:01 GMT -6
"Yeah I'm trying to find where the hell you guys moved your--" Ichigo grumbled, to himself scanning the shelf again. As he spoke he turned to look at the voice that identified themselves as Sora to be met with the cute, smiling face of a woman about his age. She had medium length black hair, warm brown eyes, and rectangle glasses that were neither too big nor too small for her round youthful face.
Ichigo stammered his words, scratching the back of his head nervously. "Uh, I uh... Sorry. What I meant was..." He put his fist to his mouth and cleared his throat, then pointed to the shelf in front of him with a lopsided grin. "There uh, used to be some medical books on the shelf in this section. Can I ask where you moved them to?"
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 1, 2023 18:46:34 GMT -6
Sora smiled at the young man, "right this way." She turned and started walking to a new location in the store. "So"--she looked over at the young man as he walked beside her--"studying for the medical field?"
Ichigo rubbed his neck and shook his head. "My old man's a doctor. I've been studying for it my whole life." He chuckled. "Nah, these are for a friend of the family. She's starting work at my dad's clinic. I'm just running the errand."
"That's very sweet of you," Sora commented as they rounded a bookshelf and stepped into the textbook section of the bookstore. Gesturing with a lifted hand she continued to smile at the cute orange-haired man.
"Here they are. They rearranged the store a few months ago so what you may be looking for might have been moved. So if you need any more help, look me up. I will be stocking the new books that came in today." She offered her hand. "Again, my name is Sora."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 1, 2023 19:10:38 GMT -6
Ichigo nodded at her with a smile. "Thanks! You saved me about an hour of wandering around aimlessly." He took her hand and shook it gently. "Nice to meet you. I'm Ichigo. Ichigo Kurosaki." He released her hand then placed his on his chin. "One last question and then I'll be out of your hair." He looked around down the aisles. "Where did you move the cookbooks and the graphic novels to?"
"The cookbooks"--she pointed across the aisle from where they were standing--"are across the way here and the graphic novels and manga are now in the front of the store. Second aisle on your right, or coming from the back of the store. The second to the last aisle on your left." She giggled softly covering her mouth.
Ichigo flushed in embarrassment, running his hand through his hair. "Ahaha, thanks. Sorry, I'll let you get back to work now."
Sora nodded and returned to her stocking, and meanwhile Ichigo turned back to the shelf and picked out three medical books that seemed to be easy to understand for those new to the field. Easy to understand descriptions and not too much medical jargon. He also found a book that was an anthology of important case studies in the medical field from the last year. Something he figured his dad would want to read about and also something he thought he might find interesting. School was never his favorite thing in the world, but his dad's work always interested him. Helping people interested him and learning about new ways to help people always engaged his mind. It was why he never minded the idea of one day taking over his dad's clinic. One day when he could be content with putting his Soul Reaper ways to rest, he decided he could be happy helping people in that way.
Picking out cookbooks for Yuzu was also easy enough. He just picked up three of the most recent releases from her favorite authors and called it a day. Yuzu was always easy to please. Karin on the other hand, was always a tough nut. Her list had five "mandatory" books and two "surprise me"s listed.
"Why would she put this? She's just going to pester me about my choices, so why even bother trusting me to pick out something new for her to read?" He grumbled again.
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 1, 2023 20:08:31 GMT -6
As time ticked by, Sora had moved to a couple of different locations throughout the store, one location just happened to be the novel and manga section of the store. There she saw the young man Ichigo again. He was complaining about picking out a book for someone and being pestered about his choice.
"Sorry," Sora intervened. "I was not eavesdropping or anything, but I could help you pick out a good read." She stepped toward him, her eyes on the shelf where he was browsing. "Female, right?" She did not look his way when she ask what gender the book was for.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 1, 2023 20:14:14 GMT -6
Ichigo nodded with a sigh. "Yeah, it's one of my sisters. She's not super girly, though." He showed Sora the list of manga Karin had given him for reference. "When she was like eight our dad bought her a doll for her birthday and she threw it back at him."
Sora could not help a soft giggle, "so a tomboy?" She looked at the list Ichigo had handed her. "So she is into martial arts, sports, and strong female characters. Let's see here." Her hand lifted as her bend index finger rested on her chin.
"Yup, that's Karin," Ichigo smiled, looking at the list as he thought of his sister. He was glad the both of them were out of that hellhole Las Noches. They could go back to being normal--or normal-ish--adults. They could live their lives as they pleased. He looked back at Sora. "So, any luck? I'm sure there's gotta be something she hasn't read in this sea of books."
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 1, 2023 21:10:10 GMT -6
"So within the last couple of years we have..." Sora fell silent and only handed Ichigo the manga she believed his sister would like. They consisted of Blue Lock, Edens Zero, Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro, Sword Art Online and Chainsaw Man. Five books in total, it was now up to him to pick the ones he wanted to buy.
She turned and looked at Ichigo once more. "Also we started a new program were we will buy back or trade moderately used and worn books once the person is done with them. So let your sister know. I mean, just in case she has books she would like to sell or trade for new reading material."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 1, 2023 21:54:00 GMT -6
Ichigo gave a dry laugh and shook his head. "Oh they're taking advantage of it, trust me. Even if I have to fill a box myself and drag them down here with me." He hummed, scratching his temple. "I'm sure I have a ton of books I don't have a use for anymore that I can bring over too."
He turned back to Sora with a warm smile. "Hey, thanks for all your help by the way. I don't remember you working here before. Did you just start within the last year?"
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 1, 2023 23:15:07 GMT -6
"Yes, I just started here a couple of months ago." Sora answered his question about her working at the book store. Then gave him warning about trading or selling his siblings books.
"And you might want to be careful trading your sisters books. If she is anything like me she treasures them." She smiled warmly at him. "No matter how many times she has read them." She giggled softly and continued. "And, I look forward to see you again when you decide to bring in your books to sell them." Her checks flushed a soft shade of pink, as she cast her eyes to the floor.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Mar 2, 2023 23:41:07 GMT -6
Ichigo chuckled and gave a slow nod. "Yeah I suppose you're right. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of my sister's wrath." He lowered his gaze to the floor as well, clearing his throat. "So uh... do you work tomorrow? Maybe I could bring some of my old books by then."
Sora nodded, "yes, from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening. I get an hour lunch and typically take it around 1." She smiled sheepishly at him. "You can catch me any time before or after."
"Sounds great," Ichigo nodded. He reached over to the shelf and picked a few of the titles Sora recommended for Karin. He raised up his basket filled with books. "Thanks for all your help, Sora. I think that about covers everything on my list."
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Post by Sora Miyazaki on Mar 3, 2023 0:01:55 GMT -6
"I am glad I could help, and make sure you get one of our punch tickets." Ichigo looked at her curiously. "With each book you buy, you get one punch. Once you get five punches, your sixth book is free."Ichigo gave a chuckle. "I'll make sure to do that. Knowing my family, they'll probably be in here a lot." He waved to her and walked up to the register. "Thanks again, Sora."Sora nodded calling after him, "you're welcome Ichigo." She smiled warmly and whispered under her breath. "Can't wait to see you tomorrow." She turned with a wide smile across her lips. The rest of her day she thought of only the handsome guy, Ichigo, whom she met that day.~END RP~ "Saving Another"
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