Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Bleach. Tite Kubo does.
Ichigo Kurosaki. Male. Orange hair. Brown eyes. Straight... supposedly. But here he was, the morning after his 21st birthday, in bed with another man. Let's rewind a bit...
10:30am, July 15th, Kurosaki household
Isshin Kurosaki was doing a rather intriguing dance. He was spinning throughout the house, grinning inanely while shouting that the day has come where his "beautiful son has become a man!", then suddenly burst into tears shrieking that his "little Ichi has grown too fast". The aforementioned son stood with his two younger sisters, not at all surprised by their father's recent outburst, while two of his best friends' watched on amusedly. It was well known how emotional Isshin would become when matters concerned his children.
Trying to snap his dad out of his "funny five minutes", a term his sister Karin had felt appropriate in these situations, Ichigo raised his foot and planted it straight into his father's chest. The older man just flopped on to the floor in a rather messy heap, before jumping back up and capturing his son in a bear hug and planting sloppy kisses all over his forehead. Howling laughter filled the large living room, as all four onlookers could see the clear embarrassment flush on to the orangette's face. After a few more minutes of struggling, the second daughter, Yuzu, felt it was time to intervene. Holding out a prettily decorated box right in front of her brother's face, she quickly chimed that it was time to open his presents. After almost an hour he had finished opening them all. It wasn't that there were a ridiculously large amount, but having to pause after opening each one just so an overly emotional father could once again wipe the snot off his face and dab at his teary eyes, did slow the process down quite a lot.
Out of all his gifts, his favourites were a brand new iPod from his doting father, and a very nice pair of limited edition teal coloured Converses from his little sisters. He had been after that particular pair for a long time, immediately being amazed by the stunning colour, but he had struggled to find them in his size due to their rarity. He immediately knew he just had to wear them for his party later that night. Another one of his gifts from his family was a huge birthday badge, that had the number 21 continuously flashing in multicoloured LED's. But that wasn't all. Much to Ichigo's horror, though he tried not to show it on his face, it had also been hand-decorated with sequins and feathers. '...Even fucking feathers!' Ichigo groaned in his own mind. Just as he was about to question his eccentric father what possessed him to do such a thing, a sharp kick from Karin made him realise that he had suspected the wrong family member. He glanced to Yuzu, who was nervously biting her lip as she tried to gage her brother's reaction to his slightly modified badge. Knowing there was no way to politely reject the offending object as he could see in those glittering eyes just how much effort his youngest sister had put in to it, he relented with a slight grimace, which thankfully went unseen by Yuzu, and he gave her a tight hug as thanks. All the while silently dreading what his friends, especially Ishida, would say upon seeing such a gaudy accessory.
7:23pm, July 15th, Kurosaki household
After spending the afternoon with his loving, albeit fairly eccentric family, the time had come to shower and get himself dolled up for his own celebratory party that evening. Despite turning 21, his father had insisted that his "little boy" must spend the day with family, since Isshin and the girls weren't invited to his big party. Even though Ichigo had already explained several times to his father that the party wouldn't be suitable for two young girls to attend, and most importantly, not wanting to be further embarrassed by the emotional rollercoaster that is Isshin Kurosaki, he successfully managed to kick his pouting father out of his room. As he prepared to go have a shower, Ichigo stopped to grabbed a set of fresh towels and quickly glanced up at the clock and took note of the time. With only 67 minutes before Ishida was due to pick him up, Ichigo ran into the bathroom, all the while being thankful that he had already planned his outfit for the night. And no, he isn't a girl, he just likes being prepared. Well that's what he always told his friends whenever they teased him about it.
7:48pm, July 15th, Kurosaki household
Wet footprints trailed behind as Ichigo entered his room, with one towel wrapped around his waist and another being used to roughly dry the mess of tangerine atop his head. After quickly pulling on his clothes, and running a little wax through his now towel-dried hair, Ichigo had a brief peek at himself in his full-length mirror. With a touch of modesty, Ichigo dared to wink at his own reflection before feeling utterly embarrassed at himself, but who was he to deny how good he looked right now.
He had initially planned to wear his favourite dark-washed skinnies, with torn knees, paired with a casual black and blue checked shirt, and his brand new chucks. But with his gaudy birthday badge, which to be honest made him look like he belonged inside a bag of Skittles, he decided to tone down the rest of his attire. After all, when you've got ridiculously orange hair spiked up on your head, you do tend to avoid wearing bright colours that would clash. So he changed the shirt for just a simple white deep-v tee, that if he was being vain he would freely admit hugged his well-toned biceps and abs. He wasn't some big hulk of a man, he had a relatively slender frame but his muscles were firm and defined. He finished his look with just a simple black studded belt with a skull buckle. Pleased with his overall appearance, Ichigo tucked his phone and keys into his pocket, and headed downstairs to get the approval from his own little fashion gurus.
A/N: Okay, so this is actually my first ever fanfic, so I'm a bit scared about what you'll all think of this! Comments are of course very welcome, but please take it easy on me and don't be too mean :/ Oh and I'm sorry for the sucky title. I've never been good at thinking up titles so just ignore that :3 Anyway, the next part will hopefully be up soon, I've already written the whole party scene and the morning-after scene when poor Ichi realises he isn't alone in his bed... (I don't wanna say who it is that's with him yet, so feel free to guess for the time being XD) but I still need to just proof-read the rest before uploading. So I promise it won't be too long till lemons! (Yes, this is definitely going to be M-rated in the upcoming chapters!) I apologise for any grammar/spelling mistakes, even though I do always reread my stuff several times, mistakes can happen. (Also, for anyone wondering, I'm from the UK so spelling "realise" with an "s" not a "z" is normal for me, as is putting the letter "u" in "colour", so please don't point those out as errors.) Anyway, I hope that you'll all like this and please do review to let me know your thoughts on it, good or bad, and of course any kind reviews will make me upload the next chapter sooner ^_^