New chapter! Thanks to bluetomboyotaku, kona-chan and Aletheya for reviewing! I appreciate it a lot! So no one commented any extra side pairings they wanted from the 10 but you can still do that if you want! Okay, on to the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

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"GGGGAAAAAHHHH! RENJI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Without thinking, Ichigo pulled the light, black haired girl who was once encased by Renji's heavy arms to himself.

"OW! Ichigo! What the hell are you doing?"

Rukia pushed herself from the raging man's bare chest and glared at him.

"Ahh, Ichigo, what are you doing?"The tattooed man lay grumbling still embraced by the soft, cotton bed covers.

"YOU WERE HUGGING RUKIA!"

"HUH?" Renji blushed and bounced straight up. "W-WHAT? Rukia tell me he's joking!"

"I AM NOT!"

"He's not…"

"G-GAH! Rukia I'm sorry! Don't tell your brother, okay?"

"Wasn't going to…"

"A-any way! At least I'm wearing a shirt unlike someone…"

"SHUT UP, IT'S NOT FAIR! HOW COME YOU GET TO SLEEP ON THE BED AND HUG RUKIA?"

"So you wanna hug Rukia now?"

"NOOOOOOO!"

"Kurosaki Ichigo, I know for a fact that you HUG PILLOWS WHEN YOU SLEEP!"

"R-RENJI! You didn't have to shout that to the whole world!"

"…"

"…"

An awkward silence occurred and the two stared at each other not knowing what to say but the fragile silence was broken by cackles of laughter.

"HAHAHAHA! YOU! YOU HUG-HUG P-PILLOWS? HAHAHAHAHAHA! STRAWBERRY LIKES TO HUG PILLOWS!"

"S-SO WHAT? THEY'RE SOFT, FLUFFY AND JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE! "

"…Soft…Fluffy…and…JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZE? HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, Strawberry! This is probably the first time I've laughed so much!"

The laughter drugged girl began slapping Ichigo and laughing, clutching her stomach with her other hand.

Ichigo stood there blushing furiously and edging away from the girl.

"R-Renji…what is this…Wh-why is she hitting me…?"

"Ahaha…She does that…"

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"Guys, you do know that the beach isn't here for nothing?"

"Too tired to go, Rangiku!"

"But! It looks just so amazing!"

Rukia stepped out of her room.

"Rangiku, don't you dare-

"Now, Rukia-chan, of course all the girls will have to wear their new bikinis-

"OH, HELL YEAH! I'M GOING!"

"Grimmjow, you're such a perv!"

"Oh, and Ishida, you're not?"

"Of course not!"

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Ichigo lay shirtless on the sand with both hands clamping his face wondering when Rukia would come out.

Ahhhh, I wonder what Rukia will wear…Hehe…I bet her skin looks real smooth in her bikini…Ah! I gotta control my nosebleeds this time!

Ichigo was about to clutch his nose to prepare when a group of girls came out.

His glowing amber eyes widened as they gradually descended on the raven haired girl with a black and red striped skimpy bikini. Her milky complexion and violet jewelled eyes glistened under the hot sun beams.

A-ah! It's Rukia…she look so…so…oh, what's the word? I can't find it…so…so…huggable…W-wait! I think…there's blood coming down my nose again…NO! Have to stop it…ah…how do you stop nose bleeds again? Can you even stop them? Damn it! Why-

"Ichigo! What are you doing making all those weird faces?"

Ichigo turned to stare at the petite girl as red blood slowly dripped down through his nose.

"NOT AGAIN! YOU PERVERT!" A blushing Rukia whacked a bottle of sun lotion on Ichigo's face and dropped down beside him grumbling.

"S-sorry…"

"…"

"Rukia-chan! Kurosaki-kun! Ice cream!" Orihime came running towards the two with her massive cleavage bouncing along every step of the way.

"Thanks, Inoue"

"O-Oh, Thanks, Orihime-chan!"

"It's fine!"

Orihime slumped down next to Ichigo and bit down on her lip.

"S-So…Kurosaki-kun, are you having fun?"

"Huh? O-Oh, y-yeah…"

"T-That's good!"

"Mm…"

"K-Kurosaki-kun...do you…I mean…are you…uhh…currently…dating someone?"

Rukia's ears perked up.

"N-No…"

"O-Oh! T-that' s g- I mean…cool"

"Mm…"

"O-Oh! Ulquiorra doesn't have any ice-cream, I'll just go give some to him!"

"Mm…"

As the orange haired girl skipped off, humming, Rukia sneered.

"Heh heh, you were looking at Orihime's cleavage weren't you?"

"HUH? Cleavage? What- Oh…no. Not really…"

Rukia looked at him doubtfully.

"I guess…you…don't look like you're lying…I mean surely you would have had another blood explosion if that was the case…"

"No way!"

"No?"

"No…"

"…"

"Do…do you want me to put sun lotion on your back for you?" Ichigo held up the bottle of sun lotion that was lobbed at him earlier.

"WHA-! No thanks!"

"H-hey! It's not like I wanted to put it on for you or anything! Y-You have short arms so I was afraid you wouldn't reach your back, midget!"

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Rukia stood up, furious. She charged at the shocked man and kicked him only to lose her balance and feel herself land on the satin like sand.

"Ouch!"

Rukia opened her amethyst eyes to see that Ichigo had fallen with her and was now staring at her with his shocked, blazing golden eyes and his arms pushing against the sand keeping a small distance between the two.

W-What is this? R-Rukia is…R-Rukia is practically a few cm apart from me! I'm supposed to hate her yet I can't stand this distance between us…

What the-? I-Ichigo is about an inch away from me but I can't move! What's happening to me? My arms and body have stiffened and this gap between us…is starting to feel…annoying…

Damn it! My arms are feeling like jelly…If I were to collapse on her now, what would happen? Nearer…and nearer…

Gah! He's moving closer! I-I can practically feel his soft breathing on my face…W-Why is he staring at me? Damn! Why can't I shut my eyes? It's as if…I want to be devoured by those flaming orbs of his…

"What are you two doing?"

"GAH! GRIMMJOW!"

Through shock and surprise, Ichigo's arms finally gave in and he dropped himself onto Rukia.

"OOOOHHH! So you guys are already…" Grimmjow didn't bother to finish his sentence and instead, just winked and ran away.

"Oi! Grimmjow! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" A flushed Ichigo got up and ran off after the teal-haired man leaving Rukia lying flat against the sand.

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"U-Ulqui-kun! Here's some ice-cream!"

Ulquiorra looked up and stared at the orange haired girl.

"…I don't like ice cream…"

"O-oh…" Orihime was slightly crestfallen. She liked Ulqui and was keen to be friends with him.

"I'll eat it then…"

Orihime sat down beside the silent Ulqui and started taking small nibbles of the berry flavoured ice cream.

"…Is it nice…?"

"Eh? Y-Yeah! You should try some, Ulqui-kun!"

Everyone, even a blind man would've seen the deep scarlet patches which appeared on Ulqui's cheeks after he caught a glance at the girl's sugar sweet smile. Everyone but the, oh-so oblivious Orihime!

"…Mm…"

"Eh? You will? Here you go!"

"Do you…like it?"

"Mmn…"

Ulquiorra looked up for what was supposed to be a brief moment but extended to a longer length after he saw Orihime's face.

"You have…ice cream on your face…"

"Oh? Really, is that so?"

Orihime shifted her tongue to one side of her mouth in attempt to lick the cream off but failed.

"I-It's not there…"

"Oh! Where is it?"

"H-Here…" Ulquiorra pointed tersely at the other side of her lip but Orihime seemed to think it was down her chin and started wiping there instead.

Ulquiorra stared at the girl for a second and then raised his hand and gently pushed away hers to wipe away the cream.

As his cold finger brushed gently against her face, a light shade of crimson coloured Orihime's cheeks.

"Th-Thanks, Ulqui-kun…"

"Mmn…"

-X-

"Guys! Where's Rukia?"

"She's sleeping in her room, having an early night…"

"Oh…"

"Then…where's Renji, Grimmjow, Tatsuki and Rangiku?"

"Out looking around…"

"It's pretty late! Oh well, I'll have an early night too"

"That's unlike you, Ichigo!"

"Yeah, I guess…"

-X-

I hope Rukia isn't mad at me or something…*sigh*…

Ichigo lay shirtless on his sofa bed clutching the 'Rukia-sized' pillow tightly. It was pretty cold that summer night for mid July. Ichigo considered pulling a shirt on but he knew that he'd take it off again eventually because the fabric irritated him when he slept. Instead, he decided to distract himself by staring at Rukia.

She looks so peaceful; sleeping like that…I…I wonder what the beds feel like…

Ichigo wondered over to the half empty bed quietly, not diverting his eyes from the petite girl curled up in the pure white cotton blankets.

Without thinking, he slipped into the bed and pulled on the covers.

Hmm…so this is what it feels like being Renji…

Rukia, who unconsciously felt something move on the other side of the bed decided to flip over to and ended up facing Ichigo.

Gah! Is she awake..? No? Good…This bed is comfortable, I wanna stay here forever…I'll just stay till Renji gets back-

Ichigo's thoughts were cut off by the sudden movement of the girl next to him. Rukia had unconsciously slipped her arms round Ichigo's stomach and her face was now pressed against his bare chest. Shuffling inwards even more, Ichigo found himself blushing intensely.

By instinct, Ichigo, too, wrapped his arms round the small girl.

So warm…I can feel her hair…like threads of silk and her skin like a sheet of velvet…It's like…I'm in heaven…

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New chapter done! Hope you guys enjoyed and review this! I added some UlquiHime as I love this pairing as well so feel free to review what you thought of it! I haven't included Ishida in this as much as the other's so I'll try doing that on the next chapter! Also, I thought this chapter was really cute and I had fun writing it! PM me if you have any questions about this fanfic or any other queries in general!