Chapter 3

"Cupid"


Ulquiorra turned to look at Gin and wanted to smack the smile off of his face but he needed his help, so all he can do now is ignore his ridiculous smile.

" So.. Ulquiorra, how can I help you?" asked Gin.

Ulquiorra just stared at him. Was Gin serious? He knew why he was there, then why was he trying to make him say it?

Ugh, this fool is really going to make me say it.

" Since you're so interested in helping me in my assignment, I decided that I'd let you help me."

" Hmm… I kind of lost interest."

Ulquiorra could feel his patience leaving him quite fast. He now remembered why he disliked Gin so much. He was so annoying and childish. Gin really wanted him to say it, but was Ulquiorra going to cave in? Hell no.

" I could careless." Said Ulquiorra as he turned around and proceeded to walk out the door.

" I'm kidding! Can't even take a joke." Said Gin.

Ulquiorra turned back around and stood by the door with his hands in his pockets.

" Well here, give this to her." Said Gin.

Gin was waving a folded piece of paper at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra walked towards Gin and took the folded piece of paper that had Orihime written on top of it.

" What is it?" asked Ulquiorra.

" Open it."

Ulquiorra opened the paper, something was written inside of it and the handwriting was very child like and sloppy. Ulquiorra started to read the note.

Do you like me?

Circle Yes or No.

Ulquiorra looked up at Gin that was smiling.

" I don't get it. Why should I give her this?"

Gin seemed a bit disappointed when his smile was not as big as before.

" You know, its what kids do in elementary when they wanna know if .."

Ulquiorra had a blank face.

" Ugh, never mind. It was supposed to be a joke but obviously you have no sense of humor."

Gin took the paper away from Ulquiorra and threw it away.

" So that's why you wrote it like a child's handwriting?"

" Hmm? What are you talking about? I just wrote it."

" Oh."

" Well anyways this is the real paper." Said Gin while he handed the paper to Ulquiorra.

Ulquiorra took the paper and on it was a list of things, like a to do list. It was titled, "Steps to make a human girl fall in love with a heartless Espada." On the top right corner of the paper was a drawing of a chibi Orihime with a big smile and on the left corner there was a drawing of a chibi Ulquiorra with a big frown. Ulquiorra looked up to Gin.

" I see you're quite the artist." Said Ulquiorra.

" Really?! I try." Said Gin sarcastically.

" So these are all the steps to make Orihime fall in love with me?"

" Hai."

" And how do you know so much about this?"

" Well back in the soul society, I was a ladies man."

Ulquiorra had a blank face.

" I'm not lying.. I was!"

" Ok."

" Well I just know the right things to do to get a woman."

" So you're experienced?"

Gin started to think about the ladies he had been with, but there wasn't a lot. Actually there was only one woman that he tried to have something with but even then he had trouble letting her know what he really felt for her. He wasn't a ladies man at all, not even close to being one but he wasn't about to let Ulquiorra know that.

" Very."

" That's hard to believe but whatever."

" Anyways, that's the list of things you have to do."

" Are you sure this would work?"

" Hai, this was fairly easy to come up with because Orihime reminds me of someone."

" Who?"

" Someone I knew a long time ago but anyways, you should do step one today."

Ulquiorra looked down at his paper and read step one.

1. Make a conversation.

" How am I supposed to make a conversation with someone so dumb?"

" Just say, 'hello, how are you?' and from there the conversation should develop on its own."

" I know that but what do I talk about with her?"

" Talk about how orange her hair is."

" That's stupid."

" Alriight, ask her how her dinner was, if she liked it or not and from there on it gets easy…you'll know what to do next…It'll just flooow."

" Hn."

" Oh and don't forget to tell me what happens!" said Gin as he waved to Ulquiorra goodbye.

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Ulquiorra told the servant to leave Orihime's room when he placed her plate of food on her small desk. Orihime walked towards the desk and began to eat the food. She wasn't hungry but she had to eat, she didn't want to hear Ulquiorra threatening her to shove her dinner down her throat again. Ulquiorra observed her as she ate her food; he was waiting for her to finish so he can start with step one. Orihime finished with her dinner and walked towards the window to stare at the moon once again.

" How was your dinner?" asked Ulquiorra.

Orihime was a bit surprised. Ulquiorra was asking her something? He was talking to HER? She turned around and looked at Ulquiorra who was looking straight at her with his hands in his pockets.

" Umm.. it was good." Said Orihime.

Orihime stared at Ulquiorra that was staring back at her, not saying a word. She felt a bit awkward and decided to turn back around to stare at the moon. Ulquiorra wasn't staring at her purposely; he was actually trying to think of what else to say.

Stupid Gin, I thought he said it would get easier from here on. Now what else do I talk about with her?

Ulquiorra then remembered what else Gin told him he should talk about.

" So.. How are you?"

Orihime was again surprised. He was actually asking her how she was? Orihime turned back around to face Ulquiorra and she smiled.

" Umm.. I'm alright."

Once again Ulquiorra and Orihime were staring at each other, not saying a word. Orihime felt the awkwardness again and was about to turn back around to stare at the moon but she stopped half way. She looked at Ulquiorra and she put her hair behind her ear.

" How are you?" asked Orihime.

Ulquiorra looked at Orihime and was a bit surprised that she was actually interested in knowing how he was. But then he thought that maybe it was just something people usually do to be polite. Either way he had to answer her question with a lie. He was not feeling good or happy, he was more annoyed and bothered that he had to try and make a conversation with her. Everything for him was so annoying. If he was going to answer truthfully he would tell her just that, 'I'm annoyed.' But then she would most likely ask why and he would answer, "Just being here annoys me, your face annoys me, the way you eat annoys me, making you fall in love with me annoys me!" So if he would answer truthfully, she would never fall in love with him and that's not part of the plan.

" Alive."

" Oh I could see that but how are you feeling?"

Now I have to talk about my feelings?

" I don't feel."

" How can that be? We all can feel."

" I was created this way. I just don't feel."

" So you don't feel sadness, happiness, joy, fear?"

" No."

But I do feel annoyed.

" So when you fight with someone, you don't feel angry?"

" It's different, I fight to kill and win. I don't get angry; I just do my job and that's it."

" So you don't feel happy when you do win?"

" I see it as I did my job right and that I didn't fail but I don't get happy."

" And fear?"

" What about it?"

" You don't feel that either?"

" Fear makes you weak. I don't fear anything, not even death. So no I don't feel fear."

" Oh I see."

Silence.

" But…"

" But what?"

" Being alive means feeling all those feelings, so how can you be alive?"

" Those emotions are for humans, for some reason you need them to be alive but for me, I don't have them.. I don't need them..but yet I am alive."

" Don't you ever ask yourself why you're alive?"

" To serve Aizen-sama."

" and?"

" and what?"

" Why else are you alive?"

Ulquiorra never really thought about that and was a little taken back. Why was he alive? Was he alive just to serve Aizen or was there something beyond that? To his surprise, Orihime was making him think. He didn't know what to tell her because he didn't have the answer himself. He told her the only answer he knew.

" Like I said.. I'm alive to serve Aizen-sama. Nothing else."

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Ulquiorra told Orihime that he was going to check on her later and she smiled and waved goodbye. Orihime was actually a little happy. It was the first time after weeks of being in Hueco Mundo that she had a real conversation with someone. She was feeling lonely and she needed that. She thought that maybe she had made a friend, and that friend may be Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra closed Orihime's door and began to walk down the hall. He actually had a conversation with Orihime and it wasn't that bad. It's hard to believe but Gin was actually right. He told him that the conversation would just flow and it did. Orihime is not that hard to talk to, she was fairly easy. Ulquiorra had his doubts about Gin but it seems like he knows what he's talking about, so he's going to follow his steps to make Orihime fall in love with him. Ulquiorra kept walking but stopped when he felt someone hiding behind him.

" Gin, I know you're hiding."

" I wasn't hiding.. I was simply walking by."

" And you coincidentally walked by Orihime's room, right?"

" Oh! Am I by Orihime's room?!"

" What do you want?"

" I'm just walking by."

Gin started to walk pass Ulquiorra but then stopped a few steps away from Ulquiorra.

" So how did it go?"

" I'm not going to tell you."

" Fine."

Gin started to walk, leaving Ulquiorra behind. Ulquiorra knew Gin pretty well; he knew that Gin heard his conversation with Orihime. If he hadn't, Gin would've bugged him until he told him.

" We'll do step two tomorrow." Said Gin as he waved goodbye.

Ulquiorra just stared at Gin as he walked away.

" Oh and by the way.. I would have had come up with something better to talk about than FEEEELINGSSS."

Ulquiorra was right; Gin heard his conversation.

Gin…you're worse than a girl and i hate you.

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Sighs… sorry I took long.. I'll try to update more often. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter! I had fun writing it lol. Thanks so much for the reviews!! Your reviews always motivate me to write..so keep it coming! I love them.. thanks!!

Next chapter. …"Step 2." Hmmm whats step two?? Well till the next chappie.. much loveee Gissy!