AU: Wow! My first story! How exciting! I'm not much of a writer, so this will probably bore you all to death, but, you know, I wanted to give writing a go, and there's not enough Orihime/Starrk loving in this world!
Also, i spell starrk like that, with two R's. i don't really know if thats right or not, but i've gotten used to writing it that way so..
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach sad face.
Whenever he entered her cell, she would be stood in the patch of moonlight that managed to squeeze between the bars of the solitary window.
He didn't understand what she looked at all day, or how she could look at it for so long without growing bored. There were many things he didn't understand about her.
"Humans." he thought.
"Woman." he called out in his low,monotone voice.
She spun around, her auburn tresses swirling behind her as she did so.
"U-Ulquiorra." she stuttered, out of fear or shock, he did not know or care.
"As of tomorrow, you will no longer be in my care."
Orihime stared at the emotionless Espada. His emerald green eyes were the only thing that made him seem alive.
The though of him not being her caretaker gave her a small shimmer of happiness. He was rude and impolite to her; calling her 'Woman' and disrespecting her friends and beliefs. But that happiness soon vanished as a new realisation dawned upon her. Who would look after her instead? Grimmjow? Nnoitra? Yammy? She shuddered at the thought of any of them 'looking after her well being'. She realised that she'd rather have Ulquiorra than one of those three.
"Why? Who will look after me instead?"
Ulquiorra closed his eyes, and inside his hakama, his fists clenched.
"I am being relieved of this duty because I failed to protect you from those two intruding arrancar, who went on to injure you."
Orihime trembled at the thought of Loly and Menoly. She still had bruises.
"So, Aizen-sama appointed someone else to be your carer. Coyote Starrk."
"Starrk?" Orihime furrowed her eyebrows. She had only seen Starrk a couple of times in meetings with Aizen and the other Espada. Whenever she saw him he looked utterly bored and as if he could fall asleep at any minute. Surely, it would be worse to have him look after her instead of Ulquiorra?
"Tomorrow I will come to escort you to your new cell."
She looked up. "I have to move?"
He nodded and sighed inwardly. Why did she have to question everything?
"You are being moved to a room closer to Starrk's quarters, he currently resides on the opposite side of Las Noches. It would be troublesome for him to come here three times a day.
Orihime nodded. Strangely, she didn't feel worried about the change in caretaker. Starrk was the one of the few Espada that didn't give off an aura of evil, but she could be wrong…
Ulquiorra turned towards the door "I will be back soon with your meal."
He left silently, locking the door behind him.
Orihime turned back to face the window slowly, letting all of the new information sink in. Starrk would be her new caretaker...
"I hope he's nice…" she said to herself. A cold breeze drifted in through the window and wrapped its chilly fingers around her small frame. She shivered.
" and I hope the room is nicer…" she said looking around. All she had was a bed, a couch and a small table.
She rubbed her arms and made her way to her bed. She kicked off her black shiny boots and crawled into her bed. It was hard as rock.
" and I hope the bed is softer.."
Shivering again she pulled the thin sheets over her.
" I wonder what rank Starrk is...or what his fraccion are like, if he has any..."
Slowly, she drifted to sleep with thoughts of Starrk drifting through her mind.
Ulquiorra was very annoyed when he came in half an hour later with a tray of food to find a sleeping Orihime.
Right, so here's the first chapter. i don't really know how its all going to turn out yet, so just bear with me!
I'd really appreciate it if you could, you know, maybe just click the review button down there? if you review, then i can improve, and make it more enjoyable for you guys, so really, you win. :)