The Middle

Ulquiorra was going to kill Grimmjow, as soon as he found him. It was Friday and the only thing he had planned on doing was watching prerecorded episodes of Doctor Who and help himself to all the snacks he denied himself during the week. That was till his annoying neighbor came over and dragged him here promising they wouldn't stay longer than five minutes and a snack. Well Ulquiorra had half a bowl of chips waiting for Grimmjow to come back and three sodas and now he was pissed. Simple as his plans had been they were his routine damn it! And his routine was important to him.

No one was approaching him and he didn't particularly care to approach any of them. Everyone that saw him that knew him just a little turned in the other direction quickly at his glare. Even the host Rukia when she saw him left with her boyfriend for another room without saying anything. Fine, that's the last time he helps her with math in tutoring lab.

People kept jostling him around the house as he searched for Grimmjow but every time it seemed like he spotted cerulean blue hair they forced him to another part of the house and when he fought his way back all traces of the menace would be gone again. He was tired of the blaring music and smell of sweaty bodies in tight enclosed spaces. He eventually fought his way to the back door and escaped to the small garden behind the house.

He took a seat and didn't immediately notice the presence next to him until he heard a small sigh that startled him as bad as if she had hit symbols together. He looked over and recognized the glowing orange hair sitting half behind a hibiscus bush out of sight. She looked balefully at the house before she sighed again.

"Orihime Inoue," he said and her head shot up.

"Ulquiorra-san, I'm sorry I didn't see you there," she said smiling slightly. His class rep looked about as happy to be there as he was, the idea intrigued him, he thought she'd be the type and enjoyed it.

"Are you hiding from the bedlam as well?" he asked.

"Yeah, I thought it was going to be smaller. It started out as a birthday party for Rukia-chan but I think Renji called more people over and it got like that. It's not really my type of party," she said frowning at the house before adjusting on her seat so she faced him better. "I would think this wasn't your type of party either."

"It's not, Grimmjow dragged me here," he said and thought 'I'll drag him to his grave and cover him with Star Trek memorabilia, that'll teach him.'

"I wanted to watch Heroes tonight with Tatski but she's in there too with Uryuu, looks like I lost my sci-fi partner," she said looking forlorn at the thought.

"You like Heroes? Who's your favorite character?" he asked intrigued.

"Hiro Nakumura of course," she smiled.

"I like Peter Petrelli better," he answered. They got into an argument about other characters and eventually other shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Doctor Who, Lost, and a mess of others till the party spilled out to the garden and they were forced closer so they could hear each other. Eventually it got too loud for them to hear each other and Ulquiorra took her hand and walked out of the garden and through to the front door. Intent on continuing their discussion he didn't even notice Grimmjow sucking face with Neliel by the door and Orihime didn't see Tatski waving at her from the living room. Once they were back in a semi quiet environment he turned to her again and found her smiling brightly.

"This is the most fun I've had in months, Tatski doesn't like nearly as much of what I do as you do," she smiled. Then he remembered why he had never had a discussion like the one they had before, because of her bright and happy personality he had thought she fit in the pretty girl stereotype where her biggest wish was her shoes to match her outfit. Now in some light he saw she was wearing a Full Metal Alchemist shirt with the human transmutation circle on it and a crazy looking skirt and flip flops. Where she looked put together and neat in her uniform her geeky-ness shown through her clothes now.

"Me too," he answered finally as all of that flew through his head. He looked back at the party and again at her. "Want to ditch this and watch Doctor Who with me?"

"Yeah!" she said pulling out her phone and texting a message to Tatski not to worry about her as Ulquiorra pulled out his own to text Grimmjow.

'You're an ass! But thanks.' He put his phone up and took her hand again. She squeezed his back and walked side by side with him away from the party behind them toward their own private one that interested each of them much more than the one behind them.

AN: My interpretation of the song into Ulqiuhime, review please!