This is written in Renji's pov. This started off as a one shot but that was pretty much blown when I got up to 10 pages in my notebook…lol. Anyways I was bored and just started writing this one day, because I wanted to do a fan fiction where Ichi and Renji were already together and then I came up with this. Tell me what you think, there will be more chapters up (soon I hope…lol) enjoy!

It's been one year since me and Ichigo got together. One year ago we were only friends, best friends who were both harboring feeling for each other secretly. I was assigned to patrolling Karakura Town so I turned to Ichigo for a place to stay since Urahara would just call me a freeloader the whole time. He did his usual yelling about finding somewhere else to stay, but I eventually won and took over the closet, since Rukia was in Soul Society.

During my stay there Ichigo turned 19. I took him to a bar to celebrate, we got drunk together. The next day we ate the left over cake from yesterday, Yuzu had made a chocolate cake with strawberry frosting. I had to grin at the irony. We were home alone, because his sisters were at a friends house and his dad was at work, so we were in the kitchen, making small talk when suddenly he starts to laugh.

"What?" I asked, he grinned mysteriously, as if he thought of a good plan.

"You have strawberry on your face, let me get if or you," and he leaned in and kissed me. I was to shocked to respond. He pulled away smiling.

"There it's gone."

"…Ichigo?" I stuttered, unsure of what just happened.

"Yes, Renji?" He asked, as if nothing happened.

"I…what…"

He sat patiently, smiling. I couldn't think of the right words, all I knew was my heart was beating out of control and I was craving for more. It didn't help that he looked even more sexy smiling like that. His lips looked so utterly kissable!

"Ah fuck it," I said, more for my sake, and leaned over the table, capturing his lips in a gentle kiss. He kissed me back willingly.

All my life I never felt more alive. More complete.

Afterwards it was only a little awkward, most just us smiling at each other, as if we now had a secret that was just ours.

Our relationship progressed slowly, but it was a comfortable pace for us. We didn't jump right into bed, hell we didn't even make out for about a month. It took a while for both of us to get use to the friend to boyfriend transition, but when I first called him that it made me feel amazingly warm and it sounded…right.

For a long time I've loved him. Every since he saved Rukia I felt something more for him. I wasn't always aware of this, but it was there and he's told me it's kind of been the same for him. Imagine that, 4 years of pint up affection. No wonder our first make out session was so intense.

It took about 2 weeks for us to kiss without feeling shy about it and then one night we were laying in bed together, first it was just a few kisses and then one thing led to another and it was a battle of tongues and dominance. That was the first time he pulled out my hair, he's done it ever since. He's always had a fascination with my hair and tattoos. Some nights I'd wake up and he'd be tracing my tattoos. When I've asked him about this he just smiled, I don't think he even has an answer to that.

5 months into my stay there I got the call informing me I was needed in Soul Society. That night we held each other all night, feeling a need to be as close as possible. We could have made love that night, but it wasn't the right time. Neither of us were really ready for that and we hadn't even said 'I love you' by that point. Well actually he said it right before I left, after we planned for him to visit when it was exactly one year. He called after me and said: "Renji, before you go, I need you to know something."

"What is it Ichi?"

"I love you."

I smiled. I had been wanting to hear those words all along, since you know I loved him.

"I love you, too."

That's what leads to this one night I've been looking forward to for 7 long months. Sure I had made a few visits during that time, but it wasn't enough. I finished my work early and rushed to where he'd be entering, pacing impatiently. My thoughts started to turn to 'what if he doesn't show?', but I knew it was stupid. He promised and he hasn't broken a promise yet.

"Renji," I finally saw him, smiling at me. I ran to him, taking his face in my hands and bringing his lips to mine in a deep, mind blowing kiss. He gasped surprised, letting me slips my tongue inside his hot cavern. He met my tongue in a gentle caress.

We stood like this for a few minutes, just attacking each others mouths fiercely. When we pulled apart for air we were both panting and flushed.

"Ichigo, welcome back."

"That's one way to welcome me."

I smiled cockily at him.

"Hey, can we go somewhere more private?" He asked, slightly pulling away.

"Yeah sure, follow me," I took his hand and flash stepped.