Note: I don't own Bleach and I borrow the plot from a novel I read "Nobody's Baby But Mine"
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"Ichigo... It's already September!"
Ichigo Kurosaki groaned. He was still in his bed, sleeping soundly like a sloth when his mother called him this morning, well it was almost 10 am but for him who had an insomniac lately every night, it was too early to wake up. He loved his mother but to tell the truth he just wanted to sleep right now.
"I know Mom, I know..."
"Then when will you come home? We missed you!" His mother sounded upset and he opened one of his eyes, he hated when his mother use this method to get him to do whatever she wanted, "you didn't have to work until new season started, so what are you doing there?"
"I have things to do," he lied, "side jobs..."
"But you don't have to work everyday, at least come to see us this weekend, you're free, aren't you? Don't you miss your family?"
He groaned and tried to sit up, he hated it when his mother used this tone to talk to him. She knew very well what his weakness was. He loved his mother too much to disappoint her.
"Of course I miss you all, how're Yuzu and Karin?"
"They're missing you, they told me to call you. They wanted to meet you. You may bring your new girlfriend with you if you want," Masaki sounded hopeful, "maybe you've found someone decent now?"
"Mom!" Ichigo protested, "I've always dated decent girls."
"But they are much younger than you!"
"Age's difference doesn't matter."
"But you always broke up with them after only few dates. You've to try dating someone different this time," his mother sounded serious for a moment until he heard some giggled as she continued, "now that you're already thirty, I wish you could just..."
"I am just turning twenty nine, Mom!" Ichigo groaned, he knew his mother did that to tease him. She knew how he hated being older, "I won't be thirty until next year!"
Somehow he could see his mother grinning when she said, "well, you see, when he is twenty nine, your father had been a father of three kids..."
Ichigo sighed, he knew exactly what his mother was trying to say, this was not the first time he had this kind of conversation with her, since he turned twenty seven, his mother had urged him to get married and give her grandchild, "I am not Dad, Mom... Besides, Dad's lucky, he met you when he was twenty. I hadn't met someone like that..."
"Really? Not even one?"
Suddenly his mind wandered to the night of his twenty-ninth birthday. That woman he slept with...
He tried not to think about it. Not when he would never meet that woman anymore.
"Not even one."
He gulped.
Maybe he had been lying.
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What would you do if something you had wished for so long, finally, really happened?
Orihime Inoue had never really thought that it would really happened. She had been praying for this but never had she imagined that it would really happened. She had imagined what she would do if this happened one day but imagining it and experiencing it were two different things. She thought she would be happy, she would cry tears of joy, she would scream and jump around the room... She imagined so many things but when it was really happening what she really did was sitting there in the toilet, looking at the proof in her hand.
Suddenly she lost her ability to speak.
"Orihime, how's it?" Rukia knocked on the door, "it's been thirty minutes!"
Orihime opened her mouth but her tongue was so weak that nothing came out from her mouth.
She looked at the stick once again. Frowning and wondering how accurate this little thing was.
"Orihime, answer me please?"
Rukia was really worried. She wondered if she should go get her brother to kick the door open. She had been worried about the long haired woman since she fainted on her birthday last week. She had been really pale lately and now that she had spent more times with her, Rukia had realized that Orihime had lost her appetite. That was weird because after being friend with the young professor, she knew that Orihime ate almost as much as Renji. She was really worried this morning when she came visiting her and found the woman was in her kitchen throwing her breakfast up.
It took nearly ten minutes before she realized what might be the reason of Orihime's sudden illness. She took her bicycle and went to the nearest drug store to get her a pregnancy test.
If Orihime really were pregnant then there was no doubt that a certain orange haired man was the father of the baby.
"Orihime," Rukia warned, "if you didn't open the door in five minutes, I will..."
Rukia hadn't even finished her sentence when Orihime finally opened the door.
"Are you okay?" Rukia frowned as she realized how pale the other girl looked, "c'mon let's take a seat first."
Orihime didn't say anything as they walked back to the living room. They sat on the couch silently. Rukia was waiting for the older woman to say something. She knew she shouldn't be feeling like this but she was really nervous. She was not that fond of Ichigo but she had been friend with Orihime and if she really were pregnant with that bastard's son...
Rukia was torn. She knew that Orihime wanted the baby and that she didn't want to be in relationship with anyone, but lately Rukia had realized something else that could complicate the things more than they already were.
Orihime had been falling in love with Ichigo Kurosaki.
"So," Rukia sat down next to the auburn haired woman, her violet eyes glanced at the pregnancy test in Orihime's hand but from her position she couldn't see the result, "what did it say?"
To be honest, Rukia had never thought that it would end up like this when she brought Orihime to the club with her that night. She knew that Ichigo was kind of attractive but she was so sure that being a Professor, Orihime wouldn't be that stupid to fall in love with him. Plus, didn't she say that Ichigo was not her type at all?
"Orihime?" Rukia sounded worried, she could guess the result but she just needed to hear Orihime said something, anything.
A good looking yet stupid man, that was the type of man that Orihime had looked for. Rukia didn't try to correct her about Ichigo, that he was not stupid at all, but she didn't think that it was that important but after knowing that the older woman had unconsciously fallen for the orange head, Rukia wished she had told her.
"I'm pregnant Rukia," Orihime sighed, she turned her face toward the raven haired girl and smiled but her eyes somehow looked sad, "I am going to have a baby... His baby..."
She had never admitted before that she had fallen in love with Ichigo but that day when she come back from Hokkaido after sleeping with Ichigo for the second time, she had been crying whole night. She didn't say anything. Rukia hugged her that night and patted her back. She didn't know what had happened but she had a feeling that Orihime had realized something about her own feeling.
Today, they sat on the same couch and once again Rukia hugged Orihime to calm her down. She didn't cry this time but Rukia just now, something had changed.
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"Hey, babe, sorry I've been busy lately so I couldn't see you," Renji pulled Rukia for a kiss but the petite girl pulled away, she was not in the mood for this. The red haired man groaned. He had missed her so much and the way she rejected him kind of hurting him, "what's wrong?"
"This is not the right time for this," Rukia flopped down to the couch in her living room, her brother was working so they were alone for now, "I want to talk with you."
Renji furrowed his tattooed eyebrow and sat down next to her, "what's happened?"
Rukia sighed, thinking for the right word to start the conversation. The red haired man studied her face before he came to a crazy conclusion. His face turned pale.
"Don't tell me you're pregnant?!"
Rukia smacked the back of his head, "are you stupid? Of course no! Didn't I told you I were on pills? Besides when was the last time we did it all the way? Five months ago! There's no way I am pregnant now!" Her face was red. If Orihime had thought that Ichigo was stupid, then what would she think about this red haired baboon?
Renji sighed, he rubbed the back of his head, "you scared me there, Byakuya would skin me alive if I made you pregnant. So what's wrong?"
"Well don't worry," Rukia frowned, "I wasn't the one who got pregnant this time."
Learning the fact that somebody did get pregnant didn't make Renji feeling better, "so who's it? If you tried to accuse me here, I swear I hadn't slept with any other woman!"
Rukia fought an urge to smile. Despite his look and how he behaved normally, Rukia knew that Renji was really loyal to her. He might flirt many girls out there but she was sure he never went too far. She knew him better than that. She wanted to tease him more about this but this wasn't the right time.
"That's not what I mean, idiot!" Rukia tried to sound angry but her smile betrayed her, "I mean, it's not your baby, and no it's not mine either."
Renji growled, he hated this. Rukia started to make him feeling like this was going to be some kind of trouble, "just tell me what happened, please?"
The petite woman sighed, "promise you will do exactly like what I ask you to if I told you?"
"Yeah, whatever just tell me what's happening."
Rukia took a deep breath, "well, it's Ichigo's."
It took two minutes for his brain to proceed the information his girlfriend had just told him. He blinked few times just to make sure it was not a dream. He was too dumbfounded, "who?"
"Ichigo's going to be a father next Spring."
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"Acchoooo!"
"Well, thank you, Ichigo," the skinny black haired man took off his glasses and wiped them with his handkerchief, "next time you sneeze, try not to do it on someone's face."
"Tissue?" The tall half Mexican guy offered some tissue to the orange head.
"Thanks," Ichigo accepted the tissue, he frowned, "sorry, Ishida, I didn't mean to."
Uryuu Ishida snorted, "yeah sure."
Ichigo rubbed his nose. He was sure he didn't catch a cold or something. He narrowed his eyes. Maybe someone was talking about him. It must be that stupid cyan haired guy. Ichigo snickered. He always felt bitter whenever he remembered about that bastard who had been taking his position lately.
"So," Uryuu took a slice of pizza from the table, "where's Abarai?"
"He has a date with that midget," Ichigo turned the television on and change the channel to watch some anime.
"You sounds pretty jealous." Uryuu snickered before he bit his pizza.
"Jealous why? That midget isn't my type," Ichigo rolled his eyes.
"Well, at least he had a girlfriend," Chad tried to hide his smile.
"Not you too, Chad," Ichigo groaned, "so what if I had no girlfriend."
"You had a date with that girl Mizuiro introduced to you last week right?" Uryuu didn't really want to know about his private life but since it was Ichigo, he enjoyed to see his expression.
Ichigo tried to recall his memory of dating some random girl few days ago. Now he remembered that Mizuiro had introduced him to a girl who was apparently one his fans. They had dinner together once but that's all. Ichigo didn't even kiss her. There was something wrong about that girl. The way she giggled or the way she looked at him... He didn't really like it.
"We had dinner, that's all."
"That's all?"
"Yea, that's all."
"But he is your type."
Ichigo tried to remember how the girl looked like. She was cute, when she smiled he could see her dimples. She was a university student, second year. Her hair was permed and dyed. Her eye lashes were long and she smelled like a candy. Now that he thought about it, she did resemble one of his exes except she sounded more excited when they talk about soccer. That girl was one of his fan, and reminded him of Yuzu and Karin. He couldn't date her anyway, not romantically.
He frowned at the thought. She was his type, true, usually he wouldn't hesitate to date girls like her. In the past, he would only date girls like her but now... Wait, did he change his preference?
When he thought about 'his type of girl' now, there was a blur image of someone with auburn hair.
"So? Don't tell me you don't like girls anymore?" Uryuu snickered. Ichigo had often called him girly and now was the right time to pay him back, "is that the case?"
"Stupid!" Ichigo's face turned red, "I like girls!"
"I wonder," the black haired man drank his beer.
"Maybe," Chat joined in to tease Ichigo, "he had found a girl he really loved."
Uryuu hid his smile behind the beer can, "wow, really? Kurosaki?"
Ichigo was saved when the bell was ringing repeatedly. They all knew the only person who would ring the bell like that despite Ichigo's past warning.
"Well, that must be Renji," Ichigo stood up to unlock the door. He left his friend behind but he could feel their eyes on his back.
He was running away from the topic.
Ichigo unlocked the door and opened it, "hey, what's up? I thought you were with that midget girlfriend of yours?"
There was something different with Renji. His expression made Ichigo started to worry. He didn't look like his usual self. He wondered if something happened between him and Rukia before he came.
"What's wrong? You look like someone's dead," Ichigo joked as he stepped aside to let Renji entered his apartment but Renji didn't move an inch, "hey, what's happened? Don't tell me... You got Rukia's pregnant?"
Renji shot Ichigo a weird look, "not me, it's you."
Ichigo scowled, "what?"
"Ichigo," Renji sighed, "You will have a baby."
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TBC.
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Author's note:
Hello, thanks for reading... Well my first language is Indonesia and second is Japanese I learned English at school but that doesn't mean I have good English... After all, I will try to improve by reading more English book.