I don't own Bleach! This story has no swords or hollows, it just has your favorite characters and that's all I swear! Don't hurt me, enjoy!


' Simple Solution'

' Name's Ichigo Kurosaki.'Orihime repeated his introduction over and over in her mind to memorise it. ' Hi Mr. Strawberry!' She giggled at the though aloud.

" What's so funny back there?" Tatsuki asked curiously over the back of the passenger seat. Her amber haired friend just laughed nervously in response " Oh I get it, inside joke right." She chuckled, turning to the front

When Orihime mention the obvious fact that Ichigo literally had nothing, they all agreed to take his car and check out the nearby shopping center. He wasn't too thrilled about it, I mean he didn't mind buying his crap by himself or anything. Shopping with girls was like going through a storm though, it takes forever, you hate it, and there's nothing you can do about it...

' Why do women get so into this kind of stuff, I don't get it.' He sighed, catching Tatsuki's attention " What's wrong?"

" Nothing."

" What the hell am I missing something here? You guys keep making noises for reasons I don't know." She complained, crossing her arms.

Orihime grinned, lean over to Ichigo " He's probably just bummed about shopping with a bunch of girls, am I right?"

" What you want me to give you a smarty for your brilliance?"

She laughed " Hey we're going there for you!"

" Yeah, but I'm still gonna end up sitting in the changing room for hours with all your bags while you ask ' Does this look good on me?' you know it's true."

" Yup! Here have a smarty, you earned it" Ichigo blinked in astonishment as Orihime helled a small round piece of candy to his nose " come on take it."

He cracked a smile " Sure." and popped the candy into his mouth.

" What you give him some but not your best friend?!"

Orihime chuckled, tossing her buddy the bag of candy " Ha ha she loves me more!" Tatsuki teases, wiggling it in Ichigo's face.

A few miles passed before they arrived at the four-way intersection across from the mall. When the green arrow came on, the strawberry started to make the turn. Then a yellow speeding Mercedes Benz ran a red light and cut them off, nearly ramming into the side of his car. " Shit!! Did you see that bastard he could of fucking killed-"

Screeching followed by a loud deafening crash echoed down the road " Ichigo pull up your in the middle of the intersection!" the girls screamed. Wide eyed, the strawberry sped up making a swift turn and continued what he was doing. Up the road two vehicles where flaming at the point of collision " That retard ended up in the wrong lane and hit someone head on, ass hole!!" He yelled vehemently as they passed the smoking accident. The driver quickly swung into the mall's parking lot, speeding through the the spaces then hitting the brake when they pulled into a spot. Ichigo growled in frustration as his head fell on the wheal, hands still gripping it with white knuckles due to adrenalin. Tatsukiwas still clutching onto her armrest in fear of flying out the window, her breath cought in her throat. She reached over to the orange headed driver and patted his back " That, was some good driving right there."

Orihime was on her side with shock drilled on her features " I feel really sick..." She groaned.

They took some time to recover from the accident, letting off the steam and nausea, then ran to the building.

" You two okay?" Tatsuki nodded her head " Yeah- but I don't think Orihime will be eating anytime soon..."

" Sorry..." He apologized.

" Don't worry I'll be alright." Orihime beamed halfheartedly, hanging on her raven haired friend.

" You know what, actually- I thing I'm gonna go to the restroom... Here Ichigo, hold her for me." Tatsuki said, putting the dizzy girls arm over his neck and rutted away. Ichigo wrapped his arm around Orihime's stomach, letting her arm dangle as he firmly grasped the other on his neck. Shoppers walking by stared and talked amongst themselves as he walked them over to a nearby bench. The strawberry plopped onto the wooden seat, gently holding onto his sickly roommate.

" Alright my ass. Are you sure you still want to-" Orihime moved her arm from his grasp and into her lap as she cupped her hands together. She snuggling her head into the side of his chest and tilted her head down, making herself more comfortable " I'll be fine."

" Hmm..."

Ichigo felt so weird, just sitting her with his arm around her while she was resting. He didn't want to move his arm and wake her up, but it was so awkward. A swarm of noisy teenagers across the room weren't making the situation any better ether, it pissing him off. They kicked and hit each other recklessly, pushing themselves into walls and snickering like idiots. He was seriously considering throwing something at them ' Stupid brats, they can do that shit outside cause I don't want to see it'. Luckily a mall cop ordered the group to desist what they were doing or leave before Ichigo found anything to throw ' Geez took you long enough.'

The amber haired girl breathed in deeply then slowly exhaled in relief, at this change he redirecting his gaze back to her. The strawberry leaned over and positioned himself so he could see her face, pondering if she was really sleeping.

" What's going on her?" Ichigo's head snapped up hearing the familiar voice " I expected better from you."

" What?"

" Don't act like I didn't see that!"

" What??"

" Your face was getting awfully close to hers."

" I was checking if she was asleep!"

" What ever!"

" Shut up!!"

" Why are you yelling at each other now?" Orihime yawned, lifting her skull up.

" Were you asleep?"

" I was getting there..." She pouted, placing her check on his shoulder " Your really comfy."

" Uh-..." Ichigo looked up at Tatsuki when she started giggling, Orihime's eye shot open. She bounced off the bench as her arms folded behind her back, laughing in embarrassment as she turned red " ...Sorry about that..."

Ichigo shrugged and ross from the wooden seat, casually walking to the escalator like nothing happened. " W-Where are you going?"

" What do you mean ' Where am I going?' Tatsuki's done with her shit so now I can start getting my shit done."

" Oh yeah, okay then!" The bubbly girl agreed, tailing after him.

" Hey I'm just gonna stay here alright, I'm waiting for someone."

" You called him in the bathroom didn't you."

" No- he called me and I told him where I was so he wanted to come, you know how that is."

"... A-Alright!"

" We'll meet up with you guys in the food court around five O'clock!" Tatsuki waved to her roommates as they went up the escalator to the second floor.

The two walked in silence, glancing at the thousands of stores surrounding them. People at sales stands offered food, lotion, perfume, make up, pedicures, and other samples as they passed by. Ichigo completely ignored them as if they weren't there while Orihime politely said " No thank you." The strawberry decided to head into a brand name store to his left, Orihime didn't notice.

" Damn eighty dollars for a pair of jeans because it has holes in it?"

" Yeah it's pretty ironic." Ichigo looked to the direction of the voice. A blond, messy haired tan guy was folding jeans and staking them with the rest on a shelf. " You'd think if they had holes in 'em they'd be cheaper, but sense it's in style it's the other way around-" The employ watched the orange haired guy start searching the store, looking behind walls, racks, and scan the women's side of the vicinity. " The hell man just walk away, it's not like anyone was talking to you." The tan man fretted to himself.

Ichigo frantically ran back to the blond employ making him jump a little " Hey you see a girl about this tall, orange-brown hair, wearing a purple shirt, did she come in with me??" The messy haired man looked around the store to check " Uh- I don't, think so..."

" Man-" Ichigo sighed, then sprinted out of the clothing store.

" Aw so cute, I'm going to name you Enraku!!" Orihime giggled, hugging a small pink teddy bear inside a gift shop. " Hey-!!" Hearing the call, the bubbly girl looked over and spotted orange hair in the distance " What are you doing all the way over there-?!"

" That's my line-! I thought you were right behind me-!!"

" I did too-! So I've been talking to myself this whole time-?!" She started looking around in confusion, then began jogging over to her new roommate. Ichigo trotted down the stairs and swerved through the hundreds of people walking around him. When he made it to the gift shop his new roommate was nowhere to be found " Why are you down there now-?!" Ichigo looked up to where he just was and found the amber haired girl laughing as she leaned over the railing " You where- why are- forget it just stay there, I'm coming up- and don't, move-!!" He stuttered. Orihime nodded and saluted to him " Yes sir-!!"

Ichigo finally made it back to where he once was and caught Orihime fixing her bra as she pulled up the middle. She then began tightening and adjusting the thin stretchy straps, he waited patiently standing over her ' I always thought girls had all that colorful lingerie stuff with the lase and the bows or something...." When the princes finished, she lifted her eyes and was taken off guard at the sight of the Ichigo'spants. She looked to find him smerking with interest " H-H-How long have you been there...?"

" Just got here."

" Oh..."

" So-" They said in unison, then it was quiet once more.

Ichigo coughed " Anyways, did you want that bear?"

" Huh? Oh you mean that- well, yeah I was thinking about-" The orang headed man presented the very teddy bear she was hugging earlier " little Enraku!"

" Got it before I left the shop."

" Thanks so much, that was really nice of you."

" Is me doing something nice that surprising?"

" No, it's just- we don't really know each other all that well."

He dropped himself onto the couch with the petite girl and plucked a stray piece of string from the pink bear's ear " That's kind of why I got it for you, I want to get to know you... We are going to be living together."

" That's true..." She looked down at her hands " You know what, I haven't properly introduce myself." Orihime smiled up to him " I'm Orihime Inoue, nice to meet 'cha Mr. Kurosaki!"

" The pleasure is all mine... uh- Miss, Inoue-?" The bubbly girl rumbled in laughter at his silliness, Ichigo joining in soon after.

Later, they had scrimmaged through several more stores and were greatly pleased with how much stuff they had collected through out the mall. The strawberry replaced mostly all his burned-up cloths with new ones that ,in his opinion, better agreed with the weather here. Orihime checked her watch and squeaked " It's six O'clock!"

" Yeah- so?"

" We were supposed to meet the others at the food court an hour ago..."

" Oh. Should we go then?"

She sighed and nodded " Let's walk though, we're already late."

" Sound good to me, I bet Tatsuki going to ask what we were doing." His brow furrowed " Why does that make you blush??"

" I-I don't know..." Ichigo starred at here in question, but shook it off and looked away.

" ... Anyways- I can't wait to eat, I'm starved."

" Me too! Wonder what they have?"

When the group of four was done in the food court, they agreed to watch a movie before they left. Tatsuki thought scary movies were retarded, and the guys weren't planning on watching any tear jerks or chick flicks, so they went with Orihime on the comedy. It was pretty humerus but the ending was cheesy and disappointing, they complained about it for well over twenty minutes. The girls got everybody something hot from a coffee shop while the guys stopped by the pretzel place, you could say they had 'bonding' time.

The sky was a deep shade of maroon while the gumbos moon lightly broke through in a neon peach color. It was a quiet drive home with just the two of them in Ichigo's car, Tatsuki's man wanted to spend some extra time with her so apparently she couldn't refuse. They all left the shopping center around nine with hot drinks and cinnamon pretzels in hand, the combination was heavenly.

Orihime sat back into the passenger seat, sinking into it's squishy leather " Thanks for putting my seat back."

" Sure. Hey can you give me some pretzel?" The amber haired girl tore off a little piece of the sweet buttery treat and healed it in front of his mouth. He snatched it with his teeth and chewed on it through the red lights until he was finished. Ichigo's eyes trailed over to Orihime sense she hadn't been talking, she was holding ' Enraku' in her hands as she petted it's cheeks with her thumbs.

" You really like that bear huh."

" I do, it reminds me of the one someone very close gave to me."

" That why you named it Enraku?" She giggled, he smiled.

Ichigo carefully eased on the brakes, parked his car at the collage, and slide out his key from the ignition. The strawberry switched his sights back to Orihime, she was sleeping soundly while huddling with Enraku. Her long straight hair lazily fell over the soft skin of her face, lips agar and prepared to drool. He sighed and circled his car to her door, gently taking the sleeping girl into his arms. ' She's not as heavy as I thought she'd be.'

He followed the direction he'd received from the lady flirting with him at the front desk. After almost dropping Orihime when he lost balance descending the steep hill, Ichigoand his snoozing companion made it in one piece. Ringing the door bell was complicated, he could exactly use his hand so his head would have to do. Tatsuki's boy opened the door to a pleasant surprise " What's up." he chuckled, holding the door open. Ichigo brought his foot up expecting to step inside but instead hit the slight rise in ground leave between the door. Before he smashed the unsuspecting girl in his grasp, the strawberry turned and fell painfully on his back. " Mm- Mr. Kurosaki-??" She asked tiredly, picking herself up from his torso " ...Y-You okay?"

' Aw shit- so close!'

" I'll be alright..."

" Nice one Ichigo!!" Tatsuki called from the kitchen" Shut, up."


Ha I love this chapter, I think I've outdone myself! Anyways, I know it's taking a while to get to the drama but y'know, it always starts of happy and fun right. After this chapter it's gonna start getting more dramatic I promise you! Well, R&R and tell me what you like and dislike etc. Thanks for reading, I'm very grateful!