Five Lifetimes, One Love, Fifty Sentences
Warnings Spoilers for entire series, mild language and mild sexual themes.
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Author's Note: Written for the 1sentence group on LJ. Hope you enjoy it! Feedback/constructive criticism appreciated, as always!
01 Comfort
She stood by his side and as she watched him bow his head in front of his mother's grave, she hoped her gentle squeeze of his hand was a mild source of comfort for him.
02 Kiss
Their first kiss was clumsy and rushed, but Orihime knew now for sure thatthis was what she wanted forever.
03 Soft
"They're such a waste on you, Ichigo! Only I could appreciate the softness of Orihime-chan's valley of the—" Ichigo knocked Kon out before he could finish that perverted line of thought.
04 Pain
"I want us to make so many good memories together so the pain of all the bad ones disappear…" she whispered.
05 Potatoes
Ichigo watched warily as Orihime cut up potatoes… followed by vanilla beans, oranges and leek.
06 Rain
As Ichigo held the umbrella over them, he was, for once, happy for rain to fall, giving him the perfect excuse to stand so close to her.
07 Chocolate
"Happy Valentine's, Kurosaki-kun!" she cried as she handed him chocolate, combined with wasabi and ginger.
08 Happiness
"I'm really happy because I got to spend time with you, Kurosaki-kun!" she smiled after a disastrous dinner with the Kurosakis.
09 Telephone
"Ohoho, Ichigo, I heard you stayed up late last night on the phone… with a girl, no less!" Isshin cackled to a blushing Ichigo.
10 Ears
"Eh, Ichigo, what's that?" Keigo asked before Ichigo hurriedly turned up the collar of his shirt to hide the hickey below his ear.
11 Name
"It's 'Orihime'… Ichigo…" Ichigo stared at her before smiling and repeating, "Orihime…"
12 Sensual
Contrary to popular belief and assent, Ichigo found her waist, not her breasts, the most sensual part of her body — after all, it accentuated her womanly curves, and led down to other sensual places, just for him.
13 Death
Ichigo broke his promise to protect his mother; he damn well wasn't going to repeat the same mistake with Orihime, even if it killed him.
14 Sex
Like most first times, theirs was clumsy – they simply resolved to practice more.
15 Touch
Even now, his slightest touch sent her tingling although, these days, they were in far more intimate areas.
16 Weakness
"I'll be king one day," the hollow taunted, "and I'll take everything you love — including her."
17 Tears
When Ichigo woke the morning after Orihime left, he could still vaguely feel her tears on his cheek.
18 Speed
Orihime was so excited when Ichigo took her for a walk in the park during a date — she'd finally show him who was faster in a race!
19 Wind
The wind whipped her hair into his face, but he couldn't have cared less as he held her against him to keep her warm.
20 Freedom
Orihime quietly took Ichigo's hand as they left Hueco Mundo, finally tasting the freedom she had sorely missed.
21 Life
"You hurt her, you die." Tatsuki threatened him one day—she knew he wouldn't have hurt her anyway, but she supposed threatening his life would only strengthen that resolve.
22 Jealousy
He'd had to deal with a lot of jealousy from people at school, Chizuru turning out to be one of Orihime's most dangerous suitors.
23 Hands
As he took her hand one day after school, he could hear the shouts of incredulity behind him, Keigo's being the loudest.
24 Taste
He supposed he was hanging out with her too much (or eating too much of her cooking at least) when he found her spaghetti and peanut butter dish delicious.
25 Devotion
Orihime loved Ichigo so much, one reason of the hundreds that she had was his pure and unadulterated devotion to his family (and maybe, one day, to her).
26 Forever
As he sat there, holding her hand during the annual fireworks festival, surrounded by their friends, he knew he could've stayed there forever in perfect contentment.
27 Blood
He caught sight of her bleeding and his temper rose with each drop of blood that fell from her beautiful face.
28 Sickness
"I swear this will make you feel better, Kurosaki-kun!" she said, ignoring the fact he was the son of a doctor, and began to force-feed him honey, lemon and sauerkraut.
29 Melody
"Kurosaki-kun has such a nice singing voice!" she gleefully told everyone, much to Ichigo's embarrassment.
30 Star
She looked up at the sky in Hueco Mundo and mourned the non-existence of stars to wish for his safety upon.
31 Home
As she stepped through the portal into Urahara-san's shop, she heard his voice from behind her — "Welcome home, Inoue."
32 Confusion
She had been confused about why they had all come to her rescue; Ichigo had been confused about why he had been so determined to get her back.
33 Fear
As she sat in her room, all alone, she lived in constant fear that someone had died to save her — Ishida-kun, Sado-kun, Kuchiki-san, Renji-kun… and especially Kurosaki-kun.
34 Lightning/Thunder
Standing upon the Soukyoku Hill, she could clearly feel his comforting reiatsu, hidden by crackling lightning and clouds of whipped-up soil.
35 Bonds
His bond to her was slow to build, from the night of her brother's death to her rescue from Hueco Mundo, but it was now simply unbreakable.
36 Market
Ichigo volunteered to go grocery shopping Orihime as she was cooking dinner for his family — he wondered what they'd think of a meal including ramen with red bean paste and marmalade, and ice cream with tomato sauce for dessert.
37 Technology
"I bought this today so we can take lots of photos of us!" she pulled a brand new digital camera out of her bag then beamed at him, "Say cheese!"
38 Gift
"I, uh, didn't want to give it to you at school… you know, in front of everyone…" he muttered as he shoved a small, wrapped box into her hands.
39 Smile
Ichigo had always loved Orihime's smile — the kind where it made all the bad in the world disappear — the one that reminded him of how his mother used to smile.
40 Innocence
"Are they for a Halloween costume?" she asked innocently as the male shinigami showed her the handcuffs they had bought for Ichigo's birthday.
41 Completion
"Finished!" she exclaimed happily, holding up the blue scarf she had hand-made for his Christmas present.
42 Clouds
"That one looks like a robot penguin fighter!" she stated, her hand pointed towards a mass of clouds before Ichigo took it in his own.
43 Sky
She explained excitedly to Ichigo her dream the previous night, "And we'd go flying into the sky to save those poor ice cream dolphins; after all, they melt the closer they get to the sun!"
44 Heaven
"I love you." he whispered one night as he dropped her off at home —she felt this was as close to heaven as she was going to get.
45 Hell
Orihime had thought her entire stay in Hueco Mundo was akin to being in hell, but when she was forced to watch as Tesla approached Ichigo, she mentally revised her definition of hell where this was it.
46 Sun
Ichigo thought that, when she smiled, it felt like the warm rays of the sun, brightening up even the worst of days.
47 Moon
Orihime looked out her window, where the eternal crescent moon in Hueco Mundo reminded her of her last night in the real world, her last night with Ichigo.
48 Waves
As she played in the ocean waves, her bright hair catching and reflecting the sunlight, Ichigo thought she looked radiant.
49 Hair
He buried his face in her soft hair and breathed in the subtle scent of strawberries.
50 Supernova
Her love for him was like a supernova, starting as a quiet schoolgirl crush before exploding in powerful waves of emotion — as he heard about her capture, his anger escalated until it exploded like a supernova, where desperation overrode his logic.