Disclaimer: Do I own Bleach? Ha! Yeah I wish!!
More Than Just Friends
An Invite
Ichigo woke up from his sleep. He barely noticed it at first, maybe he was dreaming, but he could always tell fantasy from reality, yes he was awake.
'Oh shit! I'm awake!' he thought
Quickly he got out of bed, looked around, nothing.
He hesitated to look out the window, so hastily he reached for the curtain string and pulled fast and searched for any danger out the window, nothing.
He walked over to his door and reached for the knob, he remembered his lesson, so he quickly tapped the knob and didn't feel anything, he tapped it again, nothing.
He twisted the doorknob and opened the door while hiding behind it, as he expected a loud thud of a bowling ball hitting the ground, nothing.
Ichigo expected something to outside his room in the hall, he took a mirror off one of his drawers to stick out the door to reflect someone or something, anything out there, he did so, nothing.
He tiptoed out in the hall, careful not to make a sound. He looked into his dads room, he could see the shape of his dads body from the blankets, he'd gotten fatter, 'Huh, he's still in sleeping, but it's like,' he looked at the alarm clock beside his bed on a nightstand, '10:45a.m, usually he's up at 8:00 a.m, but since he's not I can enjoy a peaceful morning' he smiled.
He went down the stairs, WHAM!!!! A punch came from his Dad right on the side of his face, before he had a chance to get pissed off, he tripped Ichigo, he hit his head on a stair block, he opened his eyes and saw a foot coming to land right on his stomach, "he reacted fast, Ichigo swung his legs against his Dads tripping him into a hard fall. "Ow!!!" he exclaimed
"That's impossible!" Ichigo yelled, "I just saw you sleeping upstairs!"
"Was it me or was it pillows?" Isshin said from the floor
"What?"
"You never saw my face so how did you know it was me?"
Ichigo stayed quiet
"It was pillows, not me, I used pillows to make it seem like I was in bed, pretty good huh?"
Ichigo made a mad face and kicked his father hard in the side
Ichigo walked in the kitchen, Yuzu was happily humming a tune as she prepared breakfast
"Why are you so happy?" He asked his little sister
"Haha! We get a week vacation!" she exclaimed
"From what?"
"School!"
'No wonder everybody seemed so extra happy to be out of school, I thought everyone acted that way at the end of the day' he thought
"Did you hear where we're gonna go?"
"No, where?"
"We're spending the week at the beach" Isshin came in rubbing his ass.
Ichigo thought about it, "Pass"
"Oh c'mon Ichigo please come, you spend so little time with us"
The reason why he didn't want to go was exactly why he hadn't spent very much time with them, what with his 'job' and all, "Sorry Yuzu, but there's something I have to do, and I can't ignore it, ever"
Karin walked in, "It'll be fun just come, you know you wanna go"
"No, I don't, when you're 15 you'll learn these things aren't fun, so it's still a no"
"Ichigo please come with us, it won't be the same without you" Yuzu begged
"Sorry, guess you'll just have to suffer without me"
Yuzu didn't feel like humming anymore
"I know why he doesn't want to go" Isshin said
'He couldn't have found out' Ichigo thought worriedly
"You do? what is it?" Karin asked
'There's no way he could have found out about soul reaping'
"He doesn't want to leave Orihime for a week, hell, he can hardly stand not hearing her voice in 5 hours and much less not seeing her"
"Dad that's crazy! She's my best friend it's important to keep in touch!"
"Well if you're gonna miss her that much invite her to come along with us"
"Invite?"
"Yeah!" said Yuzu jumping up and down, "I love when Orihime comes with us!"
"It'll be fun if she comes, she's so cool" said Karin
Ichigo thought it would be fun if she came, but he still couldn't go and still he couldn't tell them why. "The reason why I don't wanna go is because it's a stupid boring idea! I'm staying here!" he said defiantly, 'god I wish I could go' he thought
Later That Day
"You okay Ichigo? You've been kinda out of it lately"
"It's just some stuff about soul reaping" he told him
"New enemy?"
"Nah Renji, I just gotta stay here to make sure that doesn't happen while I'm gone"
"Going somewhere?"
"Not anymore" he said sadly
"What's the problem?"
"Well now that we got this week break from school my family wants to go to the beach, but I have to stay for soul reaping"
"Go" Renji said
"What did you say?"
"I said go on your family trip, I can take care of your Shinigami duties while you're gone, it's no big deal, it gets kinda boring around here, I need entertainment, this might do the job" He offered
"You're sure Renji?"
"I told you, Yes! Now go! Get ready! You don't want to spend half the week here do you?"
Ichigo got up and ran off, "Thanks Renji!!" he yelled while running he turned around briefly to wave high in the air.
Renji smiled, "I'll bet he's taking Orihime with him" he chuckled
Kurosaki Home
He walked in through the door, "I'm home!" he put his arms up in a shield protectively, expecting some kind of attack, nothing
He walked around the corner into the living room. He found his whole family sitting on the couch watching TV. "Aren't you guys gonna go to the beach?"
"We decided we're not going, if you can't go we won't go" Karin said as the other two nodded
"I changed my mind! I AM going!"
Yuzu jumped up, "Haha! There is a god!" she shouted happily
"I knew we were going all along" Karin said carrying her duffle bag
"Me too!" Isshin said wearing his swim trunks "So are you inviting Orihime?"
Ichigo smiled.
Phone Call (Ichigo & Orihime)
"Hello?" Orihime answered
"Orihime?"
"Hi Ichigo" she recognized his voice right away
"Hi"
"You want to talk about something?"
"Uh yeah, you know how we have a week off from school?"
"Yeah"
"Well my family and I are going to the beach"
"Anything else?"
"Well, I don't really want to go, because I think it might be boring but maybe you can make it fun" he laughed softly, "I really want you to come with us"
She giggled a little, "That sounds awesome, when are we leaving?"
"In the mourning"
"Okay I'll need to get my bathing suit, actually I need to buy a new one"
Ichigo forgot he was on the phone and pictured her in a bikini
"Ichigo?"
"Huh? Oh Orihime s-sorry, I lost track of thought, but you're going right?"
"Yes of course!, you'll see me tomorrow at….?"
"5:30a.m"
"Bright and early" she smiled "Bye"
"Bye"
A/N: Not much to tell about this chapter I know, but I have pretty juicy stuff for the following chapters so please review.
-Gigglez1992