Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've written fanfiction but I felt so moved by the forbidden relationship of Ulquiorra and Orihime that I just had to spill these emotions somewhere! As a consequence, I am doing this purely on impulse and passion so I will warn you ahead of time that I may not update often. Hopefully there are enough fanfics and art to spur my motivation haha.

I find there's a lack of UlquiHime fics that actually have a storyline and lemons without going OOC so there WILL be lemons some time later in this story. Also note that I will be using proper Japanese honorifics. They are really important when classifying relationships and I'll go into depth with them later on for those of you who don't really know what it means. And onna is pronounced ohn-na.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Bleach is Tite Kubo's creation.

"…that's what it means when we say our hearts are one" Orihime continued. She looked into Ulquiorra's eyes in unstable determination, trying her best to cover the fear in her soul with her words.

"What is a heart?" Is all he asked, unfazed. Ulquiorra raised his right arm, his fingers loosely pointing mere inches from her breasts.

"Could I see it if I tore open your chest?" He raised his arm higher, his fingers now at her eye level causing the hair on Orihime's neck to stand up. She feared she wouldn't be able to keep up her courageous façade up much longer.

"Could I see it if I cracked open your skull?" With this sentence, Ulquiorra forcibly slashed away Orihime's dress apart with just his hand. Bits of fabric flew in all directions as her breasts were fully exposed to the air of Las Noches. Orihime's front collapsed and she let out a loud whimper as she covered her breasts with her arms. She stood there feeling vulnerable, her eyes now shut in fear with tears threatening to spill from the edges and her arms were wrapped tightly around her chest. She lowered her head in defeat.

Ulquiorra stood there watching her reaction looking uninterested.

"I see that there is no heart. I see nothing but fear. Fear of your death."

Orihime clenched her teeth tightly, her hands gripping her sides harder. She snapped her head up and glared at him, tears glistening in her gray eyes.

"I'm not scared," She murmured. "I'm not scared!" She didn't know why she felt this way. Obviously, she was shivering in anxiety and her pose was not confident, but if there was one thing she felt strongly about, it was that she was not scared. At the moment at least.

Ulquiorra eyes widened at her sudden exclamation, surprised his tactic had failed to break her. He almost felt impressed.

"Why aren't you afraid, Onna? You will die alone here. There is no one for you to hold onto."

"There is, Ulquiorra." Again, Ulquiorra was caught by surprise.

"I know you won't hurt me. Aizen may have disposed of me, but you also have no reason to kill me," Orihime continued, her voice now louder with confidence, "There's something you fear of, Ulquiorra. What is it?"

Ulquiorra furrowed his brow at her, his impression of her quickly shattered. "How absurd."

Orihime unwrapped her right arm, exposing her right breast, and placed it gently on the base of his throat. She could feel the edge of his hollow hole underneath his uniform at the tips of her fingers. "What have you to lose when you have already lost your heart? You shouldn't be afraid to gain another." She took a step forward, only one more step away from Ulquiorra. "When you care about someone, a heart is born."

Ulquiorra looked down at the hand touching his hollow hole then shifted his gaze at her now uncovered breast. Her vulnerable, pink nipple was hard from the stale air of the tower and her breast round and supple, the remnants of her dress unable to contain its mass. He stepped back uncomfortably, but found himself unable to look away. His frown hardened when he started to feel an uncomfortable warmth pulsating near his abdomen.

Orihime parted her lips to speak again, but the two were interrupted by the overwhelming reiatsu of Kurosaki Ichigo's anger.

Orihime's eyes followed Ichigo and the Espada frantically as they fought within the tower. The caramel-haired girl held her hands together in concern, her body rigid, and her head turning at all angles to track the duel. She was anxious for her friend knowing he was at a disadvantage and Ulquiorra had not even released his Ressureccion form, but in her distraction, Orihime failed to sense the two pairs of arms that were preparing to bind her.

"Gotcha." Loly murmured into her ear as her hand clasped down on Orihime's mouth to keep her shut. Orihime wanted to scream, but fear glued her vocal cords together when she looked straight into Loly's menacing eyes.

"Inoue!" Ichigo yelled having noticed her predicament and lept to her aid.

"Step back!" Loly screamed, her hand now emcompassing Orihime's eye and the other hand aggressively gripping her shoulder, "I'll rip her eye out if you come any closer!"

Ichigo paid no attention to her warning and lunged forward. Fool, Ulquiorra thought, nothing will keep that hateful bitch from her revenge. Without thought, Ulquiorra intercepted Ichigo's charge.

"Ulquiorra!" Loly responded in shock.

"Don't misunderstand. I didn't do it to save you two."

Why did I do it then? Ulquiorra mused. He shifted his gaze back to Ichigo. Is it merely for my pride or… He looked back at Orihime. He watched Orihime while keeping Ichigo back with mild consciousness. Loly had gone back to harassing her by ripping apart her already torn dress much to Ulquiorra's irritation. Orihime's legs were now exposed , her breasts barely covered by her frail arms, and her back bare. Her hair flowed around her face and covered her revealed back as she was tossed around like a puppet by Loly. Orihime fell on the ground and Loly used this moment as a chance to brutally kick her unprotected back repeatedly.

How meaningless, he thought.

"Move it!" Ichigo yelled as he tried to force his way through.

"Make me," Ulquiorra retorted. "Are you humans so stupid to ignore a Hollow's threat when they are blinded by hatred?" He swung his sword twice causing Ichigo to back up. He then used sonido to get behind Loly and caught Loly by surprise as he grabbed her raised wrist before she landed a fatal hit on Orihime. Ichigo stood planted in his spot in disbelief.

"Aizen-sama may have no reason for her existence and Inoue Orihime has no rights to her own life, but you are trash whose presence should not even be here before me. I do not intend to witness your barbaric, shameless acts," Ulquiorra then flung Loly by the arm with enough force to break through the wall and out of the tower.

"Loly!" Menoly ran screaming to where she could have landed outside, disappearing from the scene.

Orihime regarded her savior warily and slowly repeated the event that just happened in her mind in her disoriented state. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized her savior was Ulquiorra the Cuatro Espada, and Ichigo stood in the background. Ulquiorra did not turn his head to look at her, but instead shifted his eyes to peer at the woman. The two gazed into each other eyes, trying to find the answers to his actions. Ulquiorra searched in her grey, pearl eyes to know why he cared to witness a barbaric act that did not concern him and Orihime was lost in his teal, green orbs just as perplexed on the same reason. Ulquiorra turned to look at Ichigo and sheathed his zanpakutou.

"I recall my orders were to protect Las Noches," he paused, "Though I have previously stated that you are something I must eradicate, I realize this will be fulfilled whether it is I or someone else to do the deed. It is your fate, Kurosaki Ichigo, to die. I have already claimed you are no threat to Aizen-sama."

Ulquiorra looked back at Orihime, his gaze softening, but his face still void of emotion. He examined her faint pink lips as they quivered, questions filling to the brim of her mouth and threatening to spill over, then slid his gaze down to her smooth, pale neck framed by her red-brown locks and exposed collar bone. Feeling the ache in his abdomen, Ulquiorra felt he had to do something to distract himself. He reached a hand out to her to help her up.

"Are you afraid, onna?"

She took his hand without hesitation and stood up, her eyes never leaving his.

"I'm not...afraid," and indeed she wasn't. With her hand in his, she felt her strength coming back to her through his hand. His evergreen eyes bore straight into her soul making her feel more naked than she already was.

As soon as she was able to gain her bearings, Ulquiorra dropped her hand, stepped on his heel, and turned away.

"You may take her, Shinigami," Ulquiorra started to walk away without looking back, "She does not belong here."

Orihime watched Ulquiorra's figure fade into the dark background, a thousand questions buzzing in her head. She looked back to Ichigo who was still gawking at the Espada who had left the stage. Shaking her head to help her focus, Orihime started to pick up the largest fragments of her clothing off the floor to help her cover herself and walked over to join Ichigo.

Ulquiorra kept walking through the empty halls of Las Noches. To where; he did not know. He stopped walking and placed his hand near his hollow hole where Orihime's hand was not long ago. He had been feeling a painful tingling sensation near his hole ever since.

"Right as I was finally growing interested in you people…" He continued to walk forward.

I want to… observe Inoue Orihime more.

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter to stay with me longer! I hope I wont be a waste of your time~

Honorifics: The Japanese Language uses a broad array of honorific suffixes for addressing or referring to people, for example -kun, as in Kurosaki-kun and -sama for Aizen-sama. Bleach has some exceptions to names that are not Japanese like Grimmjow and Ulquiorra.

Most common suffixes in order of familiarity to pure respect to disrespect:

-no suffix (first name) = very close. Used for best/childhood friends, lovers, etc. (Ichigo likes to address people by their first name. That's why Hitsugaya Toushiro and Kuchiki Byakuya get annoyed)

-kun,-chan = close friends (Shinji calls Orihime "Orihime-chan")

-san = general suffix. Acquaintances and friends and used to address the elderly respectfully. (Uryuu calls Orihime "Inoue-san")

-sama = pure respect. (Rukia calling Byakuya "nii-sama" which means brother but with a ton of respect)

-no suffix (last name) = Meant to call out someone who is on your bad side. (Uryuu thinks he's a badass and calls Ichigo "Kurosaki")

If I got something wrong, don't be shy to tell me! I made this purely from what I know from watch tons of anime hehe.