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Snow

Clow-san

"Ichi-kun! Look out!"

Holding a female ghost in her arms, Orihime yelled at the top of her lungs.

The Hollow's arm crushed on the ground as Ichigo dodged its attack. He repositioned himself in front of it and clutched Zangetsu tightly, frowning "Daijobou, Orihime?"

"I'm fine, Ichi-kun," she said, holding the girl more firmly, "demo, Yuki-chan isn't."

He nodded, and then slightly moved forward. "We need to hurry up then." He looked at the hollow with burning determination. You're finished, He thought.

The young shinigami jumped in the sky, holding his soul slayer high in the air, he swung it cutting the hollow into two. It gave one last roar as it vanished into the thin air. Ichigo relaxed his shoulders as he walked towards Orihime and the ghost.

Orihime smiled. "Good job, Ichi-kun."

He returned the smile. He tapped the ghost's shoulder; she looked at him with big, blue eyes. "Are you ready?"

The girl looked at Ichigo then to Orihime. Orihime nodded encouragingly. "It will be alright Yuki-chan." She said with a smile.

"I'm ready Oni-chan." Yuki said, taking her hands off Orihime.

"Ok then," Ichigo said as he put a stamp on the girl forehead. "Go to heaven, Yuki-chan."

A black butterfly flew up from the site. Orihime sighed and looked as it flew away.

"She will be fine." Ichigo comforted, sensing her worry,

Orihime nodded. She watched as Ichigo went back to his body.

"Shall we go home then?" He asked, holding her hand.

"Ichi-kun,"

"Hmm?"

She pointed at the moon. "The weatherman said that it will snow tonight. But the moon is so big and there are no clouds at all."

Ichigo raised his eyebrows. "Since when did the weatherman say the correct thing?" He crossed his arms.

Orihime looked a bit disappointed. She hung her head a bit but quickly shook her head. "Demo, it might snow tomorrow right Ichi-kun?"

Ichigo nodded. "Let's go home. It's too cold here."

The couple walked together. Orihime was skipping lightly while Ichigo had his hands on his pockets.

That day was their 100th day together as a couple. It was a hell of a way to celebrate it. They had been on the way to the movies when that hollow attacked Yuki-chan. Ichigo shook his head at the thought. It was the right thing to do. He said to himself.

"Something wrong?" Orihime suddenly asked.

Ichigo jumped in surprise. "Nothing."

They walked passed Ichigo's house. The lights were all off. It's not that late. He thought.

Orihime blew at her hands as she rubbed them both together. "Do you think they're asleep Ichi-kun?"

"Maybe, I'm not sure. Come on. Let's eat inside." He motioned his to the direction of the front door.

The girl raised her hands and shook her head. "I'm not hungry at all!" then her stomach growled, she put her hands down and blushed.

Ichigo shook his head then sighed. He opened the gate. "Let's go."

Awkward was not the word to describe Orihime's feelings as she sat quietly at the edge of Ichigo's bed. In fact she felt really comfortable. The heat and coziness of the house was a big welcome to her cold cheeks. She looked out of the window; there were still no signs of snow. She sighed. I guess the weatherman is wrong. She thought. Then the door opened, Ichigo was standing with a plate of chocolate pudding. He sat beside Orihime and gave her the plate.

"That's the only thing, decent enough to eat." He said. "Yuzu did it so; I guess it will be nice."

She took the plate and smiled. "Arigatou, Ichi-kun."

Ichigo sat with his arms crossed. He watched as Orihime ate the pudding enthusiastically. She raised her head and smiled softly.

"Do you want some Ichi-kun?"

Ichigo shook his head. "It's yours I'm not hungry."

Orihime looked down on the plate. She scooped some of the pudding and offered it to Ichigo.

"It's good! "

He scratched his head, and then opened his mouth. She put the spoon in it.

"Orihime,"

She looked at him expectantly. He pulled out something from his pocket. It was a small gift, covered in red and gold wrapper. She put the plate on the desk and took the gift from Ichigo. He looked away to hide his red cheeks. The girl opened it slowly as if she wanted to memorize each layer.

"Wow! Ichi-kun, it's pretty."

She held it up. It was a golden ring; inside its edge were their names. She put it in her finger happily.

"I promised I wouldn't take it off."

He looked at her. She was admiring the ring. She turned her head to his direction and smiled. She leaned in and kissed him gently. He responded more deeply. They broke the kiss. Both of them were out of breath. She smiled. He kissed her again. After that everything went so quickly. Next thing their clothes lay unnoticed at the floor as they lay closely under the nest of blanket. Legs and arms tangled together. Ichigo could feel Orihime breath in his chest. She was sleeping peacefully in his arms. He kissed her forehead one last time and exhaustion lulled him into sleep.

"Ichi-kun…"

Ichigo stirred at the sound of the voice. He opened his eyes slowly. Orihime was smiling brightly.

"Orihime…" He mumbled, still half asleep.

"Quickly, Ichi-kun it's already snowing."

Snow was the last thing he would like to see now but as he looked at her big, round eyes he knew that this really meant something to her. He sat upright. Orihime was already offering him new clothes. He noticed that she was wearing his sweater.

"Ano… I couldn't find my shirt so I had to borrow this one. Is it okay?"

He bit his lower lip. He blushed at the memory of last night. "Orihime…about last night,"

Orihime smiled widely. "Hurry up Ichi-kun. We need to sneak out before the others wake up. "

He began to dress up, as the red-haired girl looked out at the snow that was falling outside.

"Wow…" she exclaimed, leaning at window pane.

Ichigo looked at the watch. 6:30 am.

"Come Ichi-kun! Mission Sneaking out."

Ichigo sighed. Orihime is Orihime.

They got out quietly as they could. It was still dark outside because of the massive snow clouds. They made their way to the kitchen with no effort at all.

"It's a good thing, they are all as—"Orihime started but was stopped by a figure drinking milk from a glass.

"Karin." Ichigo said, dumbfounded.

Karin stood motionless as she looked at the two teenagers in front of her. Her face emotionless, she drank the remaining milk in her glass and then smirked.

"Good job, Ichi-nii," She said, bluntly.

Ichigo felt his face burn in embarrassment. "I—You… Why are you awake so early?"

But Karin was already walking away.

"Karin."

She turned. "If you want to sneak her out, you better do it now Ichi-nii. If Yuzu and Goat-chin wakes up and saw you two it will be values lesson for you."

Ichigo was taken aback. She was right.

"And Orihime-nee, "she begun, rolling her eyes to the girl beside her brother. "You could keep the sweater; I was the one who gave it to him last year."

Orihime blushed furiously. The tomboyish girl took one last look at the two then entered her room.

Ichigo scratched his head and sighed. He was lucky it was Karin who saw them. Or it would be disaster.

"Lovely!" Orihime said happily as she started dancing around.

Ichigo stood still and watched the girl he loves as she turned in circles, catching snow in her hair. She stopped and went near Ichigo. She took his arms and started to make circles.

"Orihime…" He was beginning to feel sick

She laughed. She ended her spinning and smiled at Ichigo.

"Orihime…about last night, I just—"

But Orihime shook her head to dismiss the topic. "It was wonderful Ichi-kun."

He smiled a little and then took Orihime in his arms.

"Thank you Ichi-kun."

She raised her head and tiptoed to plant a kiss on Ichigo's lips. He lowered his head and kissed her back. In the middle of the snow the perfect moment happened.

It was as if time had stopped.

End

A/n: I'm writing the next chapter as of recently. Thank you! God bless… See you guys later! Please send a Review if you have the chance.

Clow-san