It's completely straight up one-sided Ichihime and Renruki.
But it's Ichiruki in every other level.
Don't know what inspired this. This idea popped up in my head and it just wrote itself.
It's a two shot-maybe three but im afraid it might be too redundant.
anyways, read and review?
It was all Orihime's idea.
"Let's invite them to our beach day!"
Orihime excitingly cheered along with her little son Kazui. Ichigo definitely had no say in the matter of this since its already been decided by Orihime and Kazui who are already making plans.
It was summer and there wasn't any major wars going on, so obviously, everyone in soul society is pretty much laid back- and Ichigo, he owns his own clinic. He's pretty much the boss and if he wanted a day off-he gets a day off.
Everything is planned and packed. All they are waiting for is-Orihime felt it- everyone felt it. The'y here-all three of them and they're heading towards them.
"ICHIKA!" Kazui cheers as he waves his tiny arm around. "We're over here!"
Ichika grins and waves back as she beams right on ahead. Rukia chuckles.
"You know she got that from me, right?"
Renji look at his tiny wife, grinning as he scoffs, "She usually trains with me."
"But she inherited it from me."Rukia winked as she poked her pink tongue out. Renji grasps Rukia's hand and kisses it. "Sure she did."
The families meet and pleasantries are exchanged along with quick glances that might uncover unsaid things and feelings. Orihime cheers for adventure on the beach as she heads for the car-Ichika comments it would have been faster if they shunpoed to the beach.
They all pile up in the car, Ichigo is driving, Orihime is siting next to him, Rukia and Renji behind them, and the kids are all the way back giggling and laughing. Orihime talks about the good ole days in high school to how Ichigo never outs his dirty close in the hamper-Rukia agrees as she playfully nudges Renji who shrugs, "It happens."
Ichigo occasionally glances at the driving mirror and sees Rukia laugh-she whole heartily laughs. Ichigo doesn't remember her laughing like this before-not after the ten years apart.
The car stop at a red light and Orihime places her hand on Ichigo's hand. he looks at her and and smiles as he takes her hand and kisses it. There's a tinge of pink on Rukia's cheek no one notices. The car ride continues and the children are getting restless.
"Daaaadddddddd" Kazui whines. "How much longer?"
"Give me 35 minutes -35 minutes and we'll be there." Ichigo chuckled once he heard his child cheer for joy. "Did you hear that Ichika?!"
During the 35 minutes Ichika whines to her parents she hungry. Renji laughs as Rukia went through the bag of treats she brought with her from soul society to the real world-Rukia remembered something.
"Ichigooo!" Rukia cheered as she held onto a bag of chips from soul society.
"Yeah?" he grunted as he took a quick glance at the driving mirror.
"I remembered you love ridiculously spicy food so!" Rukia presents, "Chappy's REVENGE"
Ichigo nearly went off course laughing-Orihime doesn't recognize that laugter-she bites her inner cheek.
Rukia tosses Ichigo the bag of hips as she hands Ichika a package of cookies she made the night before- Renji comments on Rukia's baking as number one- Orihime interjects and tells everyone she bakes too and hopes one day they can bake together.
They arrive at the beach and the children cheer.
"Alright." Ichigo grunted as he shifted himself so he faces everyone behind him. "Ground rules. Do not run off somewhere without telling us, do not go so far into the lake where you know you can't get back, and -don't do anything stupid or embarrassing-alright?"
The children nod as they spill out of the car like an open pack of sardines, the adults laugh and cooed.
While everything is being taken out of the trunk, Rukia stands next to Orihime while the guys start to unpack.
"It's nice of you to invite us on beach outing Orihime. Thank you."
Orihime shook her head smiling"No need Rukia, I just thought it would be a great idea for Kazui and ichika to hang out-"
"Oi! a little help here?!"
The girls help out as the children impatiently bounce around mumbling incoherant words varying from, "when are we going to the lake." to " Hurry up I want to swim" Eventually, the little children end up helping too by carrying a large picnic sheet and food. With everything set and ready, they find a perfect spot on the beach that's not to far from the water.
"Mom, mom, mom, mom-"The children chanted to their moms. "Can we go, can we go ,can we-"
Th mothers laugh as they both say yes-but after they take off their clothes- the children were wearing thier bathing suits under their clothes.
"Don't go too far!" Rukia warned the children.
"Ya know, " Renji started as he start to take out the grill equipment. "Rukia makes the best Nabe- maybe, you, your wife, and your kid could come by and try some-and trust me, its the best. Rukia personally made it for me on our anniversary."
A tick mark forms on Ichigo's face but Renji see it as he continues to praise Rukia's cooking and how she something only cooks for him while not knowing it bothers Ichigo.
The grill is ready and the food is ready to grill-Ichigo personally marinated the food himself.
The girls end up joining the children in the water as they skim their clothes off revealing a two piece bikini-pink polka dot bikini for Orihime and a pure white bikini for Rukia.
Both Ichigo and Renji watched Rukia bumble in the cold watch as she slightly scrunches her face because the water was too cold. Orihime noticed Ichigo watching her. "Ichigo!" Orihime beams with a smile as she notions him to join her and Kazui. Ichigo declines as he notions the grill.
As time passes by, Ichigo would catch quick glances of Rukia playing with Ichika-laughing and smiling. He wonders if his life would be different if he-
"Oi, Ichigo! It's burning!" Renji nearly spills his beer Ichigo took the burned veggies off the grill before throwing it away.
All the food is ready as Ichigo calls for everyone out of the water. Ichika and Kazui race each other while Orihime and Rukia walk behind them laughing and smiling. Both Renji an Ichigo face the women- though , unknowingly to all parties involved, Ichigo was watching Rukia walk out of the water. the way her eyes glisten and twinkles from the reflection of the sun to to the way the beads of water trickling down her smooth tone body? Ichigo instantly feels bad for having these thoughts. he should respect Rukia and Renji-most importantly, his wife.
He hears laughter and he sees her walk up to Renji, lopping her arm around his neck as she tip toes and kisses him while she's still wrapped in a towel. Ichigo balls his left fist.
His wife, Orihime, walks up to him and kisses him on the cheek, thanking him for the meal as he encourages everyone to eat.
Everyone is now eating and sharing stories only Orihime is intrigued about soul society since a lot has changed. Renji mentions how beautiful Rukia's bankai is-Ichigo has never-
Eyes widen for everyone. Even the little kis.
It was a large barrage of hollows heading towards them since there is a large strong concentration of Shinigami reistu radiating all around them.
Luckily, Renji and Rukia was prepared for this- though Renji had a better idea. Let Rukia handle it so Ichigo can witness how beautiful Rukia's bankai really is.
So off Rukia went. Rukia shunpoed head high up towards the hollow as everyone watched- includng the kids.
Deeply inhaling, "Bankai.. White mist sentence..." Everything around her freezes as Rukia appears in a all white dress with white bead embellishments at the bittom, sleeveless with a bare back with white gloves. Everyone's jaw dropped- beside Renji. Renji is proud of Rukia and what she accomplished on her own. The hollows all freeze and shatter as Rukia slowly unmelts herself- it only takes half an hour to fully unmelt compare to the two hour wait before.
Everyone cheers for Rukia after the defeat of the hoard of hollows- Ichigo, for one is thoroughly impressed and can't stop thinking how he would tear apart that dress to he can-whoa whoa whoa.. Impure thoughts! Impure thoughts! Ichigo shakes his head as he starts to think about Orihime and the many reasons why he loves her while Orihime gushes how beautiful Rukia looked.
With a soft chuckle, Rukia thanked everyone and changed the topic fast by commenting how good the food was- Ichigo boasts it was his doing.
The meal is done and everyone is unwinding. The adults are talking and the kids are back in the water-but after awhile Ichika calls for her dad to go and play with her while Kazui tugged for his mom, leaving Ichigo and Rukia alone.
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"It's nice out isn't it?" Rukia started as she leaned back against the lawn chair under the umbrella.
"Yeah, it is.." He scratches they back of his head, not knowing what to say as he watched her from the corner of his eyes. She's no longer in a bikini anymore-she's wearing jean shorts that barely covers her lovely peach ass, and a simple white tanktop- Ichigo thank the gods Rukia is wearinga bra.
She laughs.
"A couple nights ago, Renji came to my office with burnt cookies and gave it to me as a surprise gift." Rukia shakes her head laughing, "I know it's the thought that counts- but it was horrible!" Rukia now slowly giggled. "I like the cookies you bake."
A grin beams on Ichigo's face.
-11 years ago-
-Real world-
It was during the summer when Yuzu and Karin volunteered as a rookie for an animal rights group. It was fundraising saeson and one of the ideas to raise money was to sell cookies.
This was Yuzu's expertise.
So she dragged Ichigo and Karin to the supermarket- Rukia went along-just because. They arrive at the supermarket and Ichigo secretly went off and bought a premixed box filled with the ingredients- all that was need was eggs, milk, and oil-something Yuzu would never allow. But hey, if he's going to help, he's ding it his way.
After the trip to the gocery market, Yuzu went to take a shower while karin went out with her friend. Leaving Rukia and Ichigo who washed his hands and preheated the oven.
Milk?
Check.
Eggs?
Check
Oil?
Check.
Let's do this.
Rukia watches Ichigo slightly struggle when opening the bag of flour before he got scissors to cut up an opening before he poured it into a bowl. Then comes the eggs. he cracks them a little ttoo hard and some egg shells are in the batter. he curses as Rukia laughs at him for being rough and show him how to do it right. She skims off all the broken eggs shells in the batter before taking the last egg and cracks gently against the ledge of the bow that created a slight crack and gentle pulls the egg shell apart as the egg pours out of the shell. She stick her tongue out at him. and taunts him for being a brute. He rolls his eyes as he brushes her off and pours in the oil and milk before his started to mix the ingredients.
Now, it was time to put the batter on the baking sheet- Rukia volunteered for this task. She grabbed a spoon and took a scoop of cookie dough and plopped it on the baking sheet. Ichigo saw the joy in Rukia's glimmering violet eyes and allowed her to to continue on till the baking sheet was filled.
Once the baking sheet was filled, Ichigo took it and placed it in the oven for 55 minutes.
"What kind of cookie is it?" Rukia asked as she helped clean up. Ichigo laughs.
"Chocolate chip."Ichigo grunted as he strained the wet towel
They are now finished cleaning and already,they smell the sweet scent of the cookies radiating all around them. Rukia bends down and looks through the oven window and sees the cookies expanding. She was excited about this. She never saw how the cookies were made so all this is new to her. The timer goes off and Ichigo tuns the oven off and gets the oven mittens before getting the cookies out of the oven and placed is it on the stove top- A tiny hand was about to reach for a cookie- Ichigo slaps the hand yelling, "Idiot!" he scorned, "Are you trying to burn yourself?! It's hot!"
Rukia rub her hand pouting as Ichigo watches the time. 40 minutes. They have to wait for 40 minutes till the cookies are cooled down- Ichigo warned again not to touch it.
She waited.
She waited as she went out of the kitchen with Ichigo to watch some t.v.
She plopped herself on the couch next to Ichigo, and slightly turned herself to the side so her legs are on Ichigo's lap- cause that's what friends do right?
They watch t.v.- all while Karin and Yuzu secretly watch them. It was obvious to them how they felt about each other. Though what they didn't expect the future.
After a solid 45 minutes, Ichigo and Rukia went back to check on the cookies. He handed her one.
"Wow..." she munches, "It's really good-bette than Yuzu's cookies..."
Ichigo laughs-he laughs because Yuzu makes it from scratch.
"Can I have another one?"
Ichigo nodded and Rukia was happy.
"Mom!" Ichika waves "Come look look what I did!"
Rukia beams as she leans forwards on the ledge of the lawn chair- her violet hue eyes widen. Ichika buried Renji under the sand- abd she seem proud of herself while she's at it. Rukia shakes her head laughing as she head towards them.
"Ichigo!" Orihime smiles as Kazui struggles to build a sand castle. "Come help us build a sandcastle!"He smiles as he heads towards his tiny little son."You need more water in the sand."he tells his tiny little kazui who went off with his tiny little pail.
Ichigo hears giggles and laughter and looks at the direction and sees Ichika and Rukia playfully running away while Renji emerges from the piles of sand Ichika buried him under.
"Run mom! It's the sand monster!"
He sees them playfully running away while Renji grins while groaning moaning like a "Real monster"- Tiny Kazui came bumbling back with is pail filled with water and hands it to Ichigo who pours i on the dry sand. He shows his son to tap the bottom hard to make sure it's loose. Orihime gushes over the father son bounding monment.
IT's starting to get late and the kids are getting tired. Renji and Rukia help pack things in and clean up. They say thier goodbyes as Rukia hugs Orihime and thanks her for a wonderful time at the beach- last but not least, Ichigo. Rukia hugs Ichigo a slight bit harder and tighter, she whispers against his ear, "I still miss you." then lets go smiling as she heads back to Renji-holding his has and Ichika as they walk through the Senkaimon.
Everyone else enters the car as they waited on ichigo who stood there for awhile.
"ichigo?" ORihime stuck her head out.
IChigo shook his head a he turned around and headed towards the car, "yeah?"
Orihime beamed. "Let's go home."
Ichigo nodded as he took a quick glance behind him.
I still miss you too.
