Captivating

Revised! Disclaimer: I don't own bleach.

Beach

"Come on, Ichigo-kun! Please~ we've only got class until later so we have plenty of time." Orihime pleaded, making her very best puppy dog eyes at him. Orihime had probably been asking this same question for about an hour, unrelenting and so far she hadn't been able to persuade Ichigo to take her. Man, he was tough, but her hidden power, the famous puppy dog eyes, he could never say no. "Ichigo-kunnn~," she whined at him, a stray tear falling down her face, as her eyes became water-y and shimmery.

Ichigo took one look, and swallowed, hard.

"Orihime! Orihime stop." He said once, finding it difficult to break her gaze as her lip finally trembled. "You know that's unfair." He protested, his scowl lessening by the second.

"Ichi-kun, please," as soon as she said his nickname he knew it was over.

"Geez, you're so persistent." Ichigo sighed, and she finally relented and grinned at him, wrapping her arms around him and bouncing up and down excitedly. He couldn't help but smile as she placed a small kiss on his cheek. "Just get ready, okay? So we can go." Ichigo rolled his eyes as she bounded off, funny how just one thing could change her whole attitude, she was so easy to please.

"Well I'll just go get changed into my bikini and clothes and then we can go." Orihime replied cheerfully while running into her bedroom. Ichigo's eyes widened at the sound of the 'b' word. That only meant one thing, Orihime in a tiny bikini. Not that he hadn't seen less of her before, they'd been dating for well over a year now, it wasn't him that he was worried about. 'Oh Kami no… knowing some of the guys around here they'll start hitting on her.' Ichigo's eyebrows furrowed, he'd started fights before, yes. Orihime was obviously against any violence of the sort, and he tried not to at first, just telling the other guy to politely back off, but they were usually in a group, and showing off in front of their friends and a girl was just too tempting to pass up. Well, anyone who'd tried it with Orihime so far had come to a beaten and bloody end. He didn't know what it was, if they just left her alone, he wouldn't need to resort to violence. They must all be gluttons for punishment.

"Ichigo-kun?" Orihime asked waving her hands before his eyes.

"Huh?" Ichigo asked "oh, sorry Orihime." Ichigo said, broken out of his thoughts, and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Let's go." Ichigo said slinging the beach bag over his right shoulder and holding her hand as they walked out of Orihime's apartment into the blazing sunshine.

When they arrived at the beach and chose a nice spot to set down their beach towels, Orihime turned to him, a small impish smirk on her face. Shedding her clothing piece by piece she asked him in a seductive manner "How do you like it Ichi-kun?" Orihime stood in front of him, hands on hips as he lay on a beach towel. Ichigo squinted at the sun streaming in from behind her, but then saw the pink, very small bikini Orihime was wearing. There was so much skin. Everywhere. And he became acutely aware that Orihime had garnered a few other viewers to her undressing. For one thing the bikini top didn't fit her chest size at all and the scrap of material that was the bikini bottoms, whoever made this bikini set should be disgusted with themselves. It was like she wasn't even wearing anything with how much skin was on show. Ichigo's cheeks burst out in a fiery red as she kneeled down on the towel and leaned towards him.

"Well it's… it's really…" Ichigo stuttered, trying to get a sentence out but failing. All he could see was Orihime's chest, and he was a guy after all.

"So you like it then?" Orihime giggled, and his eyes widened in embarrassment.

"Hey! Don't laugh at me!" Ichigo blushed deeper, a scowl forming on his face. "You better start running."

Orihime's eyes widened as she took his words in. "Ichigo-ku-,"

"3..."

She screamed in terror as she quickly turned and bolted down the beach, Ichigo chasing after her and grinning.

"I didn't mean to laugh~," she wailed, as he easily caught up with her, picked her up and span her round. "Stop, stop! I give up!" Waving her hands in the air in defeat, he finally put her down. Grinning up at him, she pants out the words it's taken her a year and a bit to finally say.

"I love you, Ichigo."

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