"Perhaps a little." Jade chuckled. "But it's not the only reason."

His hand moved to cradle the side of her face and suddenly came to a halt, fingers tensing ever so slightly. With the way his eyes locked intently on hers, for one fleeting moment it looked as though, just maybe, he was going to lean forward--

"It's also to draw out one nosy little girl who can't mind her own business." The moment passed as quickly as it had come, and now Jade was looking past Rukia, right in the direction of the guilty party. "Your stealth needs work, Anise."

Expecting to get smacked in 3, 2, 1...