Like A Virgin
While walking home from picking up some groceries, Orihime's mind wandered to her boyfriend, Ishida Uryuu. She felt a faint blush tinge her cheeks as she thought about him. Uryuu made her feel like a queen. He paid attention to her silly stories like he was actually interested in them. Yes, Uryuu was the perfect guy for her. He was gentle and whenever he touched her, he was careful. Just a bit too careful in Orihime's opinion.
Arriving home, she sat her purchases on the counter and went to pray at her brother's shine. It was a daily ritual she observed. Afterwards, she started her schoolwork. It was her last year in high school and she wanted to keep her stellar grades. So maybe Uryuu and I can get into a good university, she thought.
She stopped and put down her pencil and put her chin into her hands. She and Uryuu had talked about going all the way, but until now she hadn't really thought about it. Having heard all the wild things that went on in university, sex seemed expected. There were times when she wished Uryuu would take the next step, so she wouldn't have too. If she were honest with herself, she was afraid of making the move herself. She didn't want him to think she was easy. But she was confident that she wanted to take the next step.
The phone rang next to her and she knew before picking it up, that it was him. She smiled lightly and answered.
"This is the Inoue residence. Who are you calling for?" she said teasingly.
"I'm calling for my wonderful girlfriend, is she there at the moment?" He said, playing along with her game.
"I'm terribly sorry" she laughed "But she's not in right now"
"Oh then can you tell her I called?" He guffawed on the other end.
Orihime smiled to herself, Uryuu had such a dorky laugh and she absolutely loved it.
"I'm here silly" she whispered into the receiver.
"Ah, your receptionist said you were out"
"My receptionist just stepped out. So how can I help you?" she said toying at the cord.
"Well I wanted to take you out for dinner. You know something special for a special person"
She continued to toy at the cord. She wanted to bring up the sex topic. They had talked about it once. But lately it was all that was on her mind. How would Uryuu react to her bringing it up? He was a bit shy…but still it couldn't hurt, could it?
"Um Uryuu, I wanted to ask you something" she blurted out.
"Go ahead"
"Well," she started "What do you think about us having sex?"
"Well it's something I've thought about" he said sounding flustered. If she could have seen him right then, she would have seen the huge blush on his cheeks.
"I was just wondering when we were going to, you know, actually do it"
"Are you ready?" His voice sounded huskier right then.
"I think I am" she whispered.
"How about I come over tomorrow and we'll try it out?"
"Deal," Orihime said perkily "I have the perfect recipe I could make for a romantic dinner too"
He laughed into the phone "I bet it will be delicious"