Crossing This Darkness (Fourth Update, 3,000 Words!)
Creak!
The moment the living room door opened, an incredibly heavy atmosphere hit them.
Four people were sitting in the living room. Two of them were naturally Ichigo's parents. Of the other two, one was Ishida Uryu, the person Brother Biao had mentioned. The other was a silver-haired, middle-aged man. Ichigo thought hard, then confirmed he'd never met him before!
The oppressive atmosphere in the room came from that silver-haired man and his own father. Kurosaki Isshin stared wide-eyed at the silver-haired man—namely, Ishida Ryuken.
Ishida Ryuken, meanwhile, sat there calmly, unhurriedly eating the shrimp gratin in front of him!
The message in Kurosaki Isshin's eyes was obvious: envy, jealousy, and hatred!
"Ah, ah..."
At the sound of the door, Ishida Uryu turned toward them and jumped up from his chair. Pointing at Kurosaki Ichigo with a trembling finger, he stared in astonishment. "Kurosaki? And Brother Biao? Why are you... here?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Kurosaki Ichigo's mouth twitched. "Didn't you look when you came in? It says Kurosaki Clinic on the door. In other words... this is my house!"
"Huh?"
Ishida Uryu was dumbfounded. His gaze shifted between Kurosaki Masaki and Kurosaki Ichigo, then he pointed at Ichigo and asked Kurosaki Masaki, "Auntie, he's... your son?"
"You called my mom what?" Ichigo, standing nearby, was just as stunned by what Uryu had called Kurosaki Masaki.
"That's right!"
Kurosaki Masaki stepped forward and ruffled Ishida Uryu's hair. "What a coincidence! Since you already know each other, I won't bother with introductions. Get along well with our Ichigo, okay?"
"No!" Kurosaki Isshin and Ishida Ryuken said at the same time.
Kurosaki Isshin pointed straight at Ishida Ryuken. "Just look at his irresponsible father. It's no wonder the son's no good either!"
"..."