Chapter: 01
Pairing: Kurosaki Ichigo + Inoue Orihime
Disclaimer: All rights and characters belong to Kubo Tite, not me.

Daddyyyyy!~

Two beautiful squealing girls with pigtails were running towards Ichigo as he got out of his car in front of the local elementary school. The two girls with bright, orange hair hugged their father tightly as if they haven't seen him in ages.

"Hey Sachiko! Hey Masaki! You girls excited to get ice cream?" Ichigo said, as he knelled down to pick up his two girls.

"Of course we are, daddy! Is mommy coming too?" Sachiko asked, wide eyed.

"I'm sorry, hon. Mommy's real busy down at the bakery today" he said, he felt as if he took away the light from his daughters eyes when he broke the news to them. "But guess where we're going this weekend!" he said, cheerfully to put that light back into the eyes of his daughters, where it belonged.

"Where, daddy?" Masaki asked.

"Mommy and I want to take you girls out to the zoo!" he said as he buckled up his girls in his SUV.

"Ooooh! Yay! Is Hisana coming along too?" Sachiko said joyfully.

"Of course! Rukia and Renji always tag along, don't they?" Ichigo chuckled.

The girls were so excited, rambling on about what they'd do at the zoo on that trip to the ice cream store.

Meanwhile, at the bakery.

"Hey, Sado-kun! Do you mind getting the rolls out of the oven?" a beautiful woman yelled out across the store.

The silent giant nodded at her in response.

Orihime and Sado both had a thing for making people smile so Orihime figured that cakes and pastries could make people real happy so with the help of her friend, Sado, she opened up a bakery, right in the heart of Karakura town. Orihime worked as the manager and head baker while Sado was around to carry the heavy load and be a trusty assistant to Orihime. Ichigo loved how his best friend and his wife worked together, especially since it meant free pastries for him.

"Oh darn, what day is it today, Sado?" Orihime said, worried.

"The 13th" he said softly.

"Oooh, that's right! I need to file everything out before payday, finish the wedding cake and get everythi-" she paused for a while, "oh, it's going to be such a busy night tonight. Sado, do you mind...?"

He nodded at Orihime, agreeing to stay with her for the night.

Back at the Ice Cream Parlor...

While the two girls were gobbling up their sundae, Masaki looked up to her daddy, her face covered in hot fudge and all, "hey daddy! tell us the story of how you and mommy started dating!" she giggled.

"I've told you that so many times! You two should know it by now" he smiled,

"But daddyyyyy, I wanna hear it again!" Sachiko demanded.

"Haha, alright girls, here it goes..." he said as he wiped the fudge and other toppings off of his daughters faces,

"it was back in our senior year of high school, graduation was right around the corner and everything was so hectic but something told me that I need to spend time with this girl before she goes off to culinary school in Tokyo so we went to this very ice cream shop and your mom," he paused and chuckled, "she was nervous, her hands were clinging onto her skirt as if it were judgement day and she was next in line, so I asked her what was wrong and she blurted out that she loved me..." he drifted off into nostalgia, he remembered that day precisely, after Orihime had told him that she loved him, he saw her in a whole different light. They were close friends, of course. They've known each other for a long time but at that moment, Ichigo realised that she stood by his side since the beginning, that even after she saw the worst of him, she was always there.

"that's when I realised that I love her back..." Ichigo said softly. "So I took her for a walk by the river and I saw how the moon reflected in her big, grey eyes- just like yours Sachiko!" he chuckled as he poked his daughter on the nose, "then I held her hand and my gosh, I saw her soul jump out of her body. She was so nervous! Could you believe that was your mother? Now, she's like a fierce lioness" he said as the girls giggled. "So I figured, maybe, if I kissed her it would calm her nerves..."

"Ew, daddy! Save the gooey stuff, haha." Masaki said jokingly, catching Ichigo drifting away.

"Hey! I've told you this story already! Don't get all jumpy off the gooey stuff!" Ichigo protested jokingly. "Finish your sundaes, girls. Totoro will be on TV soon!"

Then the girls dug their faces into the giant bowls of syrup and sprinkles.

At the bakery...

"Hold on, Sado, I have to call Ichigo!" Orihime said, smiling.

She pulled out her phone and dialed her husband's phone number, patiently waiting for the pickup.

Ichigo finally picked up on the 4th ring, "Hold on, honey, I'm driving, I'll give the phone to Masaki"

"Hi mommy! We're on the way home from the ice cream parlor and daddy-" Orihime was in a rush so she had to cut Masaki's stories short this one time.

"Aw, that must be fun, Saki! But can you tell daddy that I'll be home a bit late today, I'm so sorry, baby. Give your daddy and sister kisses for me! I'll be home in enough time to put you to bed, hopefully. I love you so much, Saki!" Orihime said, painfully. She hated not being around her family. She wanted to go get ice cream with them, she wanted to be at home to watch movies with her girls, but she couldn't.

"It's okay, mommy! We'll still have fun at the zoo, right?" Masaki asked.

"Of course we will! I have to go now, hugs and kisses!" Orihime said.

"Hugs and kisses, times five, mommy" Masaki responded as she hung up the phone.

A sole tear traveled its way down Orihime's cheek as her daughter hung up the phone. She shook it off and went back to work.

"Sado! You done with the last layer yet? Bring it over to deco!" she yelled out, as the giant peered out of the doorway with a large, round, unfrosted cake.

"Hmmm, probably gonna take 2 hours on this one..." she said, examining the cake carefully, "You go over and help out with the customers before closing, then get all the leftovers ready for donations!"

Sado nodded in response as he sped off.

Orihime couldn't stop thinking about her daughters and her husband. She hated missing dinner and not hearing stories from her daughters.

Back at home...

Sachiko and Masaki had fallen asleep on their father's shoulder just as the credits started to roll. He looked at both of them carefully, admiring their beauty, which was just as radiant as their mothers. Ichigo carried them up the stairs and off to their room and tucked them into bed.

Ichigo went back into the living room and thought about the story he had told he girls earlier. He couldn't get the thought of Orihime off his mind. He wanted her in his arms, he wanted to kiss her and hold her and have her hair tangled between his fingers. He wanted to do something big for her when she came home so he called Ururu to hold down the fort for him.

Ururu had arrived five minutes after Ichigo had just called her over, "I was in the neighborhood anyway, Mr. Kurosaki! I'll just be in the living room." she smiled as he rushed out the door.

At the bakery...

"The day's almost done, Orihime" she thought to herself as she finished moping the kitchen floor. "Sado! Let's get these boxes in the truck. We'll go pass by the orphanage on the way home."

Sado had put the last box of bread into the truck and got into the drivers seat and drove off to the orphanage. Orihime's bakery donated the leftovers and spares to the local orphanage at the end of each day. But the end of today was later than usual. It was already 11pm.

"I'm so sorry for keeping you out this late, Sado. I know, you probably had plans with Tatsu-"

"It's alright, Orihime. Don't worry about it." he responded plainly.

Orihime could tell that something was wrong but she didn't want to get into it, she knew that Sado didn't like talking much.

"Okay then, Sado." she said as they pulled over to the orphanage, "let's get the boxes out now!"

They both unloaded the truck into the scrawny building right at the outskirts of town.

"Thank you so much, Sado-kun! I don't know what I'd do without you" she said, hugging him tightly before they entered the truck.

As they drove back, Orihime was spacing out into the distance, as usual. "I'll just drop you off at home, if that's alright with you, Orihime" Sado said, calmly.

"Oh-Uh, of course! You can just take the truck home, drive it to work tomorrow! I'll drive you back tomorrow" she smiled at him in relief.

Orihime anticipated coming home, breathing in the familiar air, being welcomed by her family, and all.

Sado pulled up to the Kurosaki residence and Orihime hurriedly jumped out of the truck, "thank you, Sado-kun! Drive safely!" she yelled, waving to her friend who was driving off into the night.

She ran to the front door and unlocked it as fast as she could and as the entered the doorway, she noticed that it was different. No one was waiting by the door.

She walked in the kitchen, the living room, the backyard and still, found nothing. So she just decided to go off and take a shower then head to bed. As she made her way off to the staircase, she found an array of roses by the stairs.

She picked up the roses and ran up the stairs to find her husband waiting at the very top. She jumped on top of him and sank right into his arms.

"Surprised?" Ichigo chuckled.

"You know I love surprises." Orihime responded, kissing him.

"Tell me why, again" he smiled.

"They let me know you care" she kissed him once more as Ichigo carried her off into the bedroom and they both ended their day on a very good note.

Hey guys! So, I noticed a whole bunch of fics where Ichigo is either a cheater or very angsty so I wanted to change some stuff a bit.
This kinda seems OC, but it's different from all the drama and stuff so I like it.
Review, rate and all!

Message me about anything you want to see, too!
Love & Rockets,
Chai.