"Bastard indeed-" Ishida said with a bemused expression on his face. Ichigo had every right to be upset about his current situation, but he wasn't the only one with the right to be upset. His 'wife' had the right to be upset too. After all there was no telling what Ichigo's dad had said to the poor girl to con her into marrying his son. And to top things off, Ichigo didn't even know the girl's name. "But he isn't the only one being a bastard here Ichigo."
Kurosaki looked at him with a puzzled expression on his face. "Wha?"
"Think for a minute, you moron. You were both conned by your dad for some ungodly reason and now the two of you are stuck together. You don't know her name, her age, her likes or dislikes anymore than she knows yours. So why aren't you two sitting down somewhere talking about how your going to deal with this situation? Marriage is a life long union. And you're both under age, so even if things don't work out between you, you won't be able to divorce her for at least five years."
Ichigo opened his mouth to say something then abruptly shut his mouth as he realized that Uriu was right. Depending on her age, Ichigo would be stuck with her for the next four or five years. He wouldn't be able to date. Meet a nice woman and settle down, he was for all intents and purposes trapped. But he wasn't the only one.
She was trapped too.
Damn his father!
"Damn it, your right. I should find her and go somewhere to talk and sort this out." Ichigo said as he ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.
"Yes. You should." Uriu said sagely as he pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. Ichigo looked at Orihime as a thought occurred to him. He didn't know what to say to his wife. He knew that he should probably apologize to her for not knowing her name, and for the bull shit that his dad had pulled to bind them together. But other than that, he had no idea what to say to her.
"Orihime, can I ask your opinion as a girl?"
Orihime blinked at him, her smile never faltering. "Sure. I guess."
"If you found yourself in this sort of situation...what would you do?" Ichigo asked curiously. Uriu and Chad stayed quiet as Orihime thought for a second then said cheerfully.
"Why, I'd do my best to make my husband happy so that he wouldn't feel cheated. I would want him to be happy with me because that might be the only way that he would treat me well and keep me. Other wise I would question my self worth as a woman... D-Does that make any sense?" Orihime asked as she fidgeted with a strand of her long red hair and looked embarrassed. Ichigo blinked at her and thought over what she had said and wondered if that was how his wife must be feeling right now.
Had his irritation over their situation hurt her and made her question her self worth? He hoped not. But the only way to know for sure was to find her and talk to her. "Thanks Orihime. That was very helpful. I'll be sure to talk to my wife as soon as I find her." Ichigo said as he turned and started speed walking back towards the door.
"Chad! Do me a favor and tell the teacher that Honey got sick, and I had to take her home." Ichigo called over his shoulder. Chad nodded his head and smiled.
"Sure Ichigo. But you'll have to tell us how things went tomorrow."Chad called back. Ichigo paused at the door and grinned at them and gave them a thumbs up then slipped through the door before Orihime said in a chipper tone.
"He is sooooo dead-" Both Uriu and Chad looked at her with suprised expressions on their faces.
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She sat on the ground around the back of the gym with her knees drawn to her chest, just staring up at the sky wondering what she was going to do about her present situation. She supposed that she could go back home, but she would really rather not because of the abuse that she had already suffered.
Being woken in the middle of the night and violated by her step siblings using a glass coke bottle and burned by cigarettes and matches were not her idea of fun. She knew that it was only a matter of time before her family killed her, and that was why she been so desperate as to agree to marry Kurosaki Iishin's son without meeting him.
He had told her that his son was a nice guy, that he wouldn't hurt her physically or other wise as he had checked the week old wounds on her back and stomach.
And after meeting Ichigo this morning she was sure that he was a decent, even tempered guy. She cringed a little bit and shook her head slightly causing her dark hair to slip over her shoulders. At least she hoped he was a decent and even tempered kind of guy.
But for now she supposed she would have to wait and reserve her judgment of his character for later on when she got to know him a little better.
