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We're back to the current situation in the box with Orihime's POV.

Disclaimers: I do not own Bleach and their characters (definitely); they are all masterpieces from Kubo-sensei~


CHAPTER 7: ORIHIME ~ AH, I GET IT

For a long silence that Ulquiorra hadn't responded to her question, so long that Orihime figured that he had decided not to answer her question.

It was probably a secret.

Finally, in his softest voice that she ever heard from him, he said,

"It has the same name of your power."

Eh? How come did I involve in this? Have I ever told him about my power?

Ah!

She suddenly remembered back then when he asked her about the name meaning of her power.

Did he still remember?

But Ulquiorra back then hadn't even known what a flower was.

How come did he know about flower right now?

He shouldn't have gone to search them in the flower shop right? Or he might have disguised as a spy and pluck out all flowers in the park at night. Or maybe he secretly grew flowers in his room?

Orihime wanted to refrain from laughing out loud at her own thought, but she failed.

She was laughing now. Somehow, it seemed funny to the bones.

"It's not like that, woman."

Ulquiorra's words finally stopped her laughing. He was looking at her strangely and musingly.

"I read a book and saw the picture of the hibiscus flower, so I remember."

"Really? What book did you read?"

It was a bit unfair. When I was in my cell, there's nothing for me to read.

And you didn't give me anything to read at all.

"Medicinal Plants Encyclopedia" Ulquiorra said the book's title with his usual monotone voice.

Orihime's eyes opened widely when she heard the title of the book.

Maybe it's better if she didn't read after all.

Why did Ulquiorra suddenly get interest in medicinal plants? And he got interest in it after he asked her the meaning of "flower". Or did he only want to find out the meaning of "hibiscus" so he read that book?

Ah, I get it.

She casted down her eyes to the ground and made another chuckle. He's so cute.

Then, she looked up to him. Her face still blushed in a red color. She was embarrassed and happy at the same time. She gave out a smiled to Ulquiorra.

"Ulquiorra."

"Hm?"

"Thank you."


JinxJen's note:

Teasing Ulquiorra is fun. And I like to do that everytime I had chance.

But still I haven't told you anything about the meaning of hibiscus flower yet, so please keep reading.

Next chapter is Ulquiorra's reaction.