A/N: This is a re-up loaded story that had been deleted. It is an Ichihitsu, so if this offends you then turn away. If not, then enjoy. Fair warning this one is a couple years old so writing may not be the best.
Early Summer Morning
Ichigo moved his hand along the empty space beside him. He scrunched up his nose upon the realization that the space had a normal temperature and no body. So where was Toshiro? Climbing out of bed he checked the time, 6:40 in the morning, on a Saturday. That specific Saturday was one that both had off, and Toshiro was under orders to rest after that last vicious battle. So getting up early was out of the question and Toshiro couldn't use the excuse of avoiding Matsumoto to justify his ignoring Unohana's orders. Ichigo stretched out his long limbs before heading to the living room, hoping to find the small taicho there drinking a cup of tea. There was no sign of him out there, causing a frown to appear on Ichigo's face. Where the hell was he? Theories flew through the orange-haired man's mind. If he was ignoring rest orders then the captain would have gone after a hollow on his own if one had appeared. Toshiro wouldn't have woken him, because A: Ichigo would have made him stay here and B: Toshiro could handle a hollow easily. To imply otherwise would have resulted in an angry white-haired shinigami. The idea of being frozen because of that suggestion was not a pleasing one. Though he could always put Renji or Ishida in Toshiro's line of fire, err ice. The thought of either one being frozen was an amusing one and a small chuckle escaped his lips.
"What's so funny?"
Startles, Ichigo jerked around at the sound of his boyfriend's voice. There stood Toshiro, wearing a simple pair of grey sweatpants and a white t-shirt, not something most would expect from the proper, young 10th division captain. One white eyebrow was raised and Toshiro's arms were crossed as he stood in front of an open window. How he had missed the open window was beyond him.
"Nothing, I was just looking for you," Ichigo replied, "where were you anyway? I searched the whole apartment."
Toshiro jerked his head toward the window, "watching the sunrise." The roof hadn't occurred to Ichigo in his just-woke-up-still-half-asleep phase. Toshiro walked to his boyfriend and stood on his toes to kiss his boyfriend's cheek before taking his hand and leading him back to their bedroom. "Happy Birthday baka, now come on, let's go back to bed."
Ichigo stared dumbfounded for a moment before realizing that he had also forgotten his own birthday this morning. Maybe he had taken one too many hits to the head in his fights with hollows, he would have to definitely have to work on that. He then smiled and allowed his boyfriend to lead him back to bed. That early summer morning was going to be a great summer day.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed that. Please review, they are always welcomed.