Chapter 2-Everybodies Wrong

Ichigo sat in his office again looking out the mirror at the commotion on the floor, Starrk was talking to a tall brown haired young man in a business suit. Orihime's brother of all people was at his club causing a ruckus about his blatant disrespect of his sister. He wondered what he had been told by the girl, no doubt a load of bull. Ichigo hit the intercom triggering Starrk's ear piece, "What's going on down there?"

"Hm, this man wants to come up to see you, apparently to beat your ass for what you did to Orihime. Should I show him out?"

Sitting here with an empty bottle, Down to my last cigarette, No missed calls and alcohol, I guess that's all that I got left, No one saw what you did to me this time, And a million times before, I look like the devils child, But you're the one who slammed the door

"No, escort him to my office, either you or Ikkaku needs to stay though."

"Alright boss, I'll bring him up let Ikkaku know to watch the floor for a bit?"

"Alright, will do." Ichigo heaved a heavy sigh and thumbed the com again to let Ikkaku know to watch the floor. Ichigo wasn't surprised that the man had shown up, he'd been expecting it for a few weeks now. It had been two weeks since he and Orihime had went their separate ways, two weeks that Starrk had been subbing as floor manager, and two weeks that he had not felt the weight that sat on him whenever he looked at Uryuu and Orihime. A knock on the door pulled Ichigo out of his musings.

Everybody thinks they know me, You're the saint and I'm the phony, But you're the one who faked it all along, Everybody sees your crying, Lying looking like your dying, Everybody knows what's going on, But everybody's wrong

"Come in." he called and watched a very irate Sora enter the office. "Sora to what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Stuff it Kurosaki, you know damn well why I am here! How could you do that to my sister? She has been in love with you since middle school! What she finally gives you what you want and accidently gets pregnant and you leave her high and dry? I never took you for a heartless bastard! I told her back then not to mess around with you to find a nice stable man!"

Ain't I the kinda guy, Your momma told you not to hang around, Sure enough you know, He's gonna break your heart and bring you down, But she never saw you out at midnight, Acting like you own the bar, To me you ain't no angel's child, I know who you are

"Sora shut up and sit down. You have been sorely misinformed if you think I have anything to do with your sister's currant condition."

"You're denying it!"

"Of course I am. That child belongs to Ishida Uryuu not me, and if you calm down and think about it you would realize that she is about five months along and I've only been back in Japan for a little under four months now."

"She told me that you are the only man she has ever slept with and now you're telling me that she cheated on you?"

Everybody's wrong about the one who needs, To let it out and just come clean, I've lost it all but I can't be, Your loser anymore

"Sora, I never slept with your sister. I figured that I was gonna marry her one day so I never saw a reason to rush. I was extremely busy in college, in case you forgot, I did do a four year masters degree in two years and a two year bachelors in fourteen months. After I graduated I left almost immediately for America to research the way they run their clubs and then had to rush back because my father died. So where in there would I have had time to do what you think I did?"

"You say it was Ishida, how do you know?"

"I saw them together in the club, plus a lot of my loyal employee's told me that they have been together for the past seven months."

"Ishida moved last week, his father sent him England to attend medical school."

"When did Orihime come to you and tell you that I am the father?"

"Yesterday, I just couldn't get down here until today. I think I need to go see my sister and get the right story from her. My apologies for the confusion."

"No problem, look if you need to bring her in and I'll help you get the truth out of her."

"We'll see." Sora rose from his chair and nodded t Starrk as he walked out the door.

Ichigo sighed and looked at his friend, "Well that was amusing. Come sit take a five minute break and talk with me."

Starrk smirked as he sat down, "You are to understanding my friend, I would be ready to kill the bitch by now."

"I know, but what can I say? She is in a bad place and she has brought dishonor to her family."

"You are really something, Ichi." Starrk smirked then something Ichigo said came back to him, "Oi, you really never slept with her? You two dated for what like six years or some shit?"

"Yeah I really never slept with her; I never felt the overwhelming desire to. I always figured that one day when I stopped moving at light speed the desire would finally catch up to me."

"So you are a twenty three year virgin?"

"Yup I sure am. Not ashamed of it either, so go ahead and give it to me I know you got jokes."

"Naw, Ichi I can't make fun of you for that, it's your choice. I will say that thank god your body knew what your brain didn't and didn't let your hormones rule your actions. She's a psycho chick and you don't need that. Could you imagine being tied to her for the rest of your life?" Starrk sighed wondering if his friend would ever come to realize that other than Orihime he had never shown interest in women, and with Orihime the relationship seemed more friends that said they were together than actually being together. Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, and Starrk had always suspected that the orange haired man was gay. Starrk had always had a thing for his friend and would love to be the one to help his friend discover the wonderful world on the other side of the rainbow.

"Hey baka, what's with the smirk?" Ichigo asked his friend who was giving him the strangest smirk he had ever seen on the man. Ichigo had to admit that it looked good on the sleepy eyed man. 'Whoa where did that thought come from? Did I really just think that my best friend looked good?' Ichigo thought to himself. That was a new development in his thinking; he had always considered Starrk to be like a brother to him and his sisters.

"Nothing Ichi just had a random thought is all. You know Lily came to me today and asked me if I was planning on sticking around for awhile or if we were going on tour again. I think she missed me when I was gone. I know that she is in good hands when I'm not here but I think she's uncomfortable staying with Zangetsu and Shiro. I know that she loves our Uncle Zan but I think that Shiro is rubbing off on her, she gets more and more violent every time I come back. She said that Zan is teaching Shiro swordsmanship now and that he offered to teach her as well."

"Wow, your uncle and cousin have always been rather strange, I was always surprised that you came out as normal as you did living with those two. So are you back for awhile or are you headin out again?"

""Why Ichi, you gonna miss me if I leave?" Starrk joked, "No we're back for a bit, I actually scheduled with Shinji for the Espada to come and audition to the live band. I think that a steady gig is what we need for awhile. And Lily will be happy to have me around more; she asked me if she can move in with your sisters. They offered to let her move in with them. She's only 16 but I think that it would be good for her to live with girls for a bit. I know your sisters are 18 but I wanted to run it by you first."

"You know I miss you when you're gone, you keep me sane. When do you audition? I want to make sure I'm here to watch, I haven't seen you all play in so long. If the girls want to live together I'm ok with that, but your gonna have to sign some paperwork giving Karin or Yuzu legal guardianship over Lily. Let's make sure this is what they really want at dinner tomorrow and if it is I'll have my lawyer draw up the paperwork. While we're talking about you sticking around for awhile I was wondering if you would like to keep the position as floor manager? You have done a great job and the staff loves you, well Ikkaku complains that you're too lazy but other than that they all love you. And I have to admit that I have really enjoyed having you here."

Starrk's heart skipped a beat; Ichigo liked having him around every day. His signature lazy grin spread across his face "Aw, Ichi how can I refuse when you tell me that you want me." Starrk said watching as a blush spread across Ichigo's cheeks. He had always thought that Ichigo looked delectable when he blushed and he and Grimmjow had made it a point to induce one every chance they got. He couldn't help but wonder what the smaller man would look like flushed for an entirely different reason.

"You've been around Grimmjow and Nnoitra way too long, you're turning into a pervert." Mumbled Ichigo.

"I've always been one Ichi, you just never noticed. Well since I am no longer just filling in I had better get my ass back to the floor, I have a job to do. My boss will have my ass if I don't do my job." Starrk got up and walked out of the door laughing.

Ichigo blushed deeper as he found himself watching said ass on his way out the door. 'It is a very nice ass' he thought to himself. He groaned at his thoughts even as he turned back to the mirrored window to watch Starrk move through the club with a natural grace that Ichigo found enticing to watch.