It felt like hours had passed since he had cuddled into Ichigo. They laid in silence, he had half thought the boy had fallen asleep, but a small stir caused the boy's arms to go around him protectively. Kon had somehow stayed away from him, he had a feeling despite the plush now knowing who he was, he would still go after him if it wasn't for Ichigo. Apparently Yuzu and Karin would never learn of his identity, that didn't bother him that much.
They were like the little sisters he never had. In Rukon, there hadn't been that many children his own age. It was like that part of Rukon was cursed to be childless. Things had been fine when he didn't have spiritual pressure, but the minute he developed it, he was isolated. So for Yuzu to show such a liking to him, made him happy. He just wished that Karin liked him a little more, the girl didn't even seem to try to talk to him. Ichigo said that was how she normally was.
"We have school tomorrow don't we" he finally asked breaking the silence.
"Yeah. Are you really okay with going to a normal school?"
"I mean it is something new for me. You forget that I like knowledge. The only information I had was from the books that I read when I came to the World of the Living before. I never had classes on it and at the Academy there wasn't some class. The Soul Society is advanced compared to a lot of things, but still the knowledge there on this place is nothing. There are only a few people who get overly excited about this place." He started to chuckle, he couldn't help himself.
"What's so funny?" Ichigo had moved positions so he was looking at him a little worried.
"Every one of those people have ended up here for vast amounts of times. Kisuke, your father, Shinji, me. Oh how I remember when I was a lieutenant of squad five. Shinji came to the World of the Living to get music that is what he liked about this place. I loved the books. The books are so much better here than the Soul Society. "
"I guess my interaction with Rukia makes sense now. Not to mention Renji. Wait have you had coffee before?"
"Yes, I prefer tea though. I told you I came to this world a few times before now. I'm not completely clueless. The only thing I hate about your school is the uniforms. I prefer the Academy uniforms. "
"Dinner!" Yuzu called out.
"Well are you ready to face my family again? "
"I hope they have forgotten your comment. Then again your father was the one who knew everything and continued to tell you how you needed to keep me." Ichigo was leading him through the door. They made it to the kitchen where food was already on the table. It smelt so good. Ichigo once again slid the chair out for him. He could feel Ichigo's family watching them. He gave Ichigo a smile, so he was getting used to smiling more and not some fake plastered mask of a smile but a real one.
"Does anyone else think it is odd that she just shows up out of nowhere? What about her wearing Ichigo's clothes? That neither of you know anything about her or her family. What about this new marriage thing, that isn't right" Karin commented.
"Karin, Ichigo is happy can't you see it" Yuzu started.
"I know her mother, so it isn't like she completely random" Isshin said giving out a piece of true information.
"I want to meet her" Yuzu said quickly.
He looked down, he would not let blind revenge take him again. "Sorry Yuzu, I don't think that would be possible. She's dead."
"I'm sorry, Masumi I didn't mean to. I didn't know. I" Yuzu started.
"It's fine, really. You would have loved her I know it" he said smiling at Ichigo's little sister.
"What about your father then?" Karin was trying to fish for something, he just didn't know what.
"He is alive, but we don't talk. He could care less about me."
"Karin, be nice to her. Can't you see that she doesn't want to talk about her family?" His hand was in a fist under the table, Ichigo's hand ended up on his thigh to try to calm him down. How did he get himself into this? At least everyone was protecting him from Karin. Ichigo's hand moved to his own. At least Ichigo was protecting him.
"So Masumi, are you going to be staying for a while" Karin finally asked and then took a bite of food.
"Karin, why don't you like her?" Yuzu finally asked.
"There is something off about her, am I the only sane one in this household? Ichigo, you're no better than them. She is sleeping in Ichigo's room and no one thinks of this as odd."
"Karin, Ichigo is old enough to make his own choices" Isshin started.
Karin placed her chopsticks on the table and stood up. "Whatever. I'm not going to stay here and listen to you. She is lying, it is just too convenient" Karin then left the room.
"Karin!" Yuzu called out.
So it was official Karin hated him. He had lied all his life, lying was second nature to him. Yet this time he wasn't lying. Yuzu was going to go to talk to her sister, but Isshin seemed to stop her. He ate, but his mind was wondering. Why did Ichigo's sister hate him so much? Did she know somehow? He had never harmed Ichigo's sisters, he had never thought of it before. Sure he had threaten to take out Karakura Town to create the Oken, but in all reality it was a bluff. Ichigo despite not knowing this, still didn't hate him. He finished eating first, and excused himself. He found himself going towards Karin's room instead of Ichigo.
The door was open, the girl was lying face down on the bed. He had never cared if people liked or hated him, but for some reason this bothered him. "Go away" Karin called out.
"No. Why do you hate me?" Karin sat up rubbing at her eyes. The girl had been crying. Why had she been crying?
"Go away." He entered into the girl's room. He sighed.
"Karin, have I done something wrong to make you hate me? " He then slightly understood. "Do you think I'm going to take Ichigo away?"
"You won't understand. Just go away."
"Karin, I don't want you to hate me." Karin turned away from him. Why did he care so much? Right because this was Ichigo's little sister. "What do you want me to say? To do? "
"Tell my brother the truth, tell everyone the truth."
"Why do you think I am lying?"
"It is too convenient. You come here and everyone forgets everything. You have to be lying."
"Karin. I did lose my mother, I lost her when I was about nine. She was an amazing women. Your father did tell me that he knew my mother somehow. I was amazed that he did though. It was shocking to know that, but trust me it felt nice. This is the truth. As for my father we don't talk. I really don't want to take Ichigo away from you." He for once in his life was being truthful.
"You're lying, you will just take Ichigo away." Of course this was about Ichigo.
"I could never take Ichigo from his family. Do you really think that I could force Ichigo to do anything he didn't want to? Ever since my mother died, I didn't really have a real family. Trust me, of all the people you don't have to worry about me taking your brother away from you."
"How did your mother die?" Karin's question shocked him. He bit his lip.
"She was killed. If it hadn't been for Ichigo recently I would have done something that I would have regretted."
"So you know who killed her?"
"Yeah." He wouldn't say any more about this, he couldn't without risking going back into that blind revenge. "You really should eat something."
"I will eat something eventually, right now I'm not really hungry. Masumi, do you have any siblings?"
"No. I would actually hate to think of how life would have been if I hadn't met Ichigo when I did. Your brother truly is special."
"You have no idea."
"Oh I think I do have some idea."
"This feeling I feel coming from you. You're like my brother aren't you?"
"What exactly do you mean?"
"You're a Shinigami aren't you?" He simply nodded. So she did know more than she was letting on.
"I knew it." He was a little shocked when Karin hugged him. "Protect my brother, he needs someone to protect him."
"I promise, Karin, I will protect him." That is what he had done when he had used Hado #90 above Karakura Town. He couldn't do much with limited spiritual pressure. No he could, he had to.
"Masumi, do you think sometime we can do something?"
He smiled. "Of course, anything you want." Karin let go of him. He stepped back. "Just say the words and we shall do it."
"Karin, you need to eat… so" Yuzu started. She was standing in the doorway with a plate of food, she smiled seeing the two of them talking.
"Thanks Yuzu" Karin got out taking the food. "Masumi, will you stay here with me?"
He was a little shock, but he still nodded his head. He smiled at Karin. "Of course." He went to go sit in the chair, but Karin had gone to take a seat on the floor.
"No you can come sit down here with us." Yuzu seemed to have gone into the same position. Why not. He sat on the floor with the twins, he still couldn't see it, but he had learned that fact recently. Karin took bites of food. "So Masumi, why are you wearing Ichigo's clothes?"
"I didn't want to wear my school uniform. I mean I do have other clothes, but well none of them are just comfortable house clothes. So Ichigo offered me some of his clothes for just comfortable clothes."
"You two are so cute together" Yuzu mused. He smiled, he never would have thought he would be happy like this. Dating Ichigo, staying with him and his family, yet he was happy. Maybe this was why he was more okay if he was stuck like this, he could actually have another chance. He had messed up his own life before, because of the manipulation that his father had done, he had messed up and he knew it. Here he was fine.
"I guess they are" Karin commented.
The three of them made random conversation as Karin ate. In fact, it lasted even after she finished eating. The two of them kept him in there until it was time for them to eventually go to bed. Only then was he allowed to leave. It was nice that both of them accepted him now. He made his way towards Ichigo's room. Ichigo was lying on his bed, but he was still clearly awake.
"You are actually really good with both of them" he commented as he sat up. "You see Karin isn't very open to other people. She isn't open to me half the time. Though when I looked into the room and saw you everyone looked happy, including you. Even my dad was impressed that you went to try to talk to Karin. I thought I would find you in my room, but not Karin's."
He took a seat on the bed. "I like your family, they are different, but that's a good thing. I guess I was happy to talk with them. Apparently I am doing stuff with both of them at some point in time."
"I'm happy that you are finally accepting things. Wait so you do like my family?"
"Yeah."
"Sōsuke, I know this is probably not a good question, but when you were growing up…"
"Did I have any one that was like a sibling to me? Not really. The part of Rukon I lived in didn't have many children in it. So I didn't really have people around me that were my own age, much less younger than me. Though it is fine."
"You told Karin that I saved you. I heard you say that. What exactly did she say to promote you to say something like that?"
"You did save me. Think about it, how much I have changed since we first met and now." It slipped out, but it was true. He kissed Ichigo's lips softly before cuddling into him. The room was a little too quiet, he had forgotten about Kon. He could care less about the perverted mod soul, he fell asleep easily with a smile on his lips.
He didn't know if he could do this. He didn't know how a normal human teenager was supposed to act. He had already been to school once here, but he didn't know what today would bring. Rukia and Renji were determined to catch him, and Renji now wanted to get with him. He shivered as he thought about the line of males that had tried to hit on him since he had become a female. Then he had to worry about when his father and Kurotsuchi would strike next. There was no way he could be normal. Hell, he didn't even know what normal was.
He was now walking down the stairs wearing the Karakura High uniform. He still hated skirts, he would never get used to those. So he wouldn't get tired of Yuzu's cooking, he could even see himself staying here for long periods of time. Isshin didn't even try to have a serious talk with him. Apparently the man was not capable of doing anything serious in front of the twins.
"So tell me more about the Academy?" Ichigo's question as they walked surprised him. They had eaten and were now leaving the house that also housed the Kurosaki clinic.
"What do you want to know?"
"If most of the Shinigami are from Rukon…" The boy truly was curious.
"Normally the average time spent at the Academy is six years. A student is assigned a dorm, usually you share with a roommate. On most occasions of course. Usually assignments are according to class and year, but sometimes you might find a second year with a final year. Sometimes on rare cases a student may be inducted into a squad but they still continue their classes. Your father made sure he was the first to get me, so this was the case with me. Shuhei also had this happen. "
"Wait so you had a roommate?"
"I did at the beginning, but they requested to move. Something about not being able to stand my disposition. I of course didn't complain, it gave me more space. I was actually being good then, might I add. No I didn't kill them. They are still very much alive. Oh also males and females were divided into different dorms. "
"Tell me what it was like."
"It was different than your high school that is for sure. As soon as you awoke your potential you got sorted into different classes. The normal class and the advance. There were academic classes, but of course you had classes in kido, controlling your spiritual pressure, and combat classes. By the second year you could start taking special classes that weren't just general. Of course you were limited by your overall class. You had to be approved for some high level classes. Sometimes depending on the class you could go on field trips either to Rukon or the World of the Living. There were different activities or clubs as you would call them."
He had to think, about all of the things that happened in the Academy. "Some of the clubs were set up like the Gotei 13. It was to get some of the advance members ready to choose squads. That usually happened in the last year, it was always a big deal. "
"Want to explain the whole switch in appearance to me?"
"You mean the glasses? I started wearing those when I ended the Academy. Well shortly afterwards. I mean I didn't need them or anything, it was more to appear trustworthy." By that time they had come to the school.
"Ichigo! Masumi!" Keigo was coming towards them again. Great, so this was the human version of that annoying mod soul. He backed up to avoid Keigo flying into him that of course put him flat against Ichigo. Well not that he minded.
"I don't know why you do that, they do that every time" another male said. He wasn't familiar with the name of him though. That caught his ear, wait every time. He had only come here once.
"I still can't believe you two are" Keigo started.
"They have been dating for a while Keigo. Get over it, I doubt she would leave Ichigo for you anyways" the unnamed male spoke. He did vaguely look familiar, but a name did not fit him.
He only then realized what had happened, this was memory altering. Kisuke must have something to do with it. Or one of the others. Ichigo was half pulling half leading him away from the group. "What is going on?"
"I'll give you one guess."
"You mean it is like one of those things Rukia had." He nodded.
"Memory replacement. This one if I had to guess would involve me being here for however long a while is. I still don't know most of your friends' names, except the one who attacked me, the one who acts like that Kon thing."
Ichigo had to hide a chuckle as he shook his head. "I'll help you. That person's name is Keigo and I guess I see what you mean. He isn't that bad though. The other one is Mizuiro. Then you know Orihime and Uryu. You know Chad, right?"
"You mean the other person that came with you to Hueco Mundo? Yeah."
"Then you have Tatsuki, she most likely will be the closest to you maybe. She might tell you how I am fill in whatever you want with that sentence. Those are those closest to me. "
"Now to match names with faces." This might be harder than it should be. Ichigo stole a brief kiss, he could hear whistles.
"I know you two are dating, but must you do that" a girl, Tatsuki, said as she came towards them with Orihime. Orihime who looked sad and confused at the same time. Right the girl and probably Uryu and Chad would know the truth.
"It still isn't fair" Keigo seemed to appear out of nowhere. How did Ichigo's human friends just randomly appear out of nowhere? Right the annoying ones tended to do that.
"Keigo, you're only encouraging this. Masumi I've told you countless time that you could do better. Ichigo is a good friend, but he just doesn't seem like your type. He will lead you down the wrong road. "
"Tatsuki, I think I have good judgement. Ichigo would never do that." That was for sure. Ichigo was the one who would keep him off the wrong road again, he had been on that road. He wondered what Ichigo's friends knew about the living arraignments. Most likely nothing, which was a good thing.
Ichigo had gone to defending himself, so this must happen a lot. Just what was the boy's reputation here? Something about his hair, what exactly did he remember about normal Japanese society? Right the boy's hair made him stand out. He actually liked the boy's orange hair though.
"If she ends up pregnant, don't come crying to me" Tatsuki was saying to Ichigo.
Upon hearing that he coughed. Why did everyone keep bring up that word. "Masumi could I talk to you" Orihime's soft voice entered his ears. He slowly nodded and went off with Orihime as Tatsuki, Keigo, and Ichigo had some sort of conversation.
"What is it about Orihime?" He truly looked at the girl, the girl seemed so much different than the girl he had watched before or the girl he had brought to Hueco Mundo so long ago. She looked sad, but different than being imprisoned. She actually looked like she was about to cry. "What's wrong?" He was having to learn how to feel and let others see it. He had to throw away his masks for the most part, he still would never get used to not having a mask up.
"I know that I shouldn't feel like this, I know it isn't good to feel like this. Tatsuki says I am stupid for feeling like this. I should be happy not like this" shit the girl was breaking down to him. Why. Then it made sense. He took the girl's hand and led her away from any people who could walk by.
"Orihime, I'm not stupid. I know how you feel for Ichigo. He is another story however. I might not offer the type of comfort you need, but I can tell you what I think. Ever since this happened to me, I depended on his obliviousness, in fact I felt like I needed him to be that way. It seems that no one else has a sane mind anymore. The thing with Ichigo is, he does the opposite of what you want him to do. How you feel for him is pretty out there, and I haven't exactly been on this side the whole time. Ichigo is a great guy, but maybe not for you. Trust me in the beginning when this all started, I would have told you to make a move. Hell I probably would have even helped you. Now I don't know if I could. "
He sighed. "I can't say I know how you feel. Though I can imagine how you feel now knowing what it feels like myself. You're not stupid for feeling like this, it is perfectly normal. There is someone out there for you, and they will be perfect for you in every way" he started but his 'speech' was cut short by Orihime throwing her arms around him in a hug. He slowly hugged the girl back, he could hear the quiet sobs. His hand made small circles on the girl's back. Who would have ever thought he would be in this situation.
"You really think so?" He could hear Orihime's voice through the sobs.
"I do. I think you are a wonderful girl. Your strong, sweet, funny, there is someone out there for you."
"Thank you" the girl hugged him a little tighter before letting go. She must have let a few tears slip though as a few tears marks ran down her face. He wiped the tears out of the girl's eyes.
"No problem, now we should probably get to class." He had his moment for the day, last night it had been Karin now it was Orihime. Just what else was he going to go through? Orihime walked by his side regardless to the classroom. They just barely made it before the teacher shut the room. He slide into his seat next to Ichigo, only to receive an odd look from him.
He found it hard to focus on the subject, he believed it to be some form of math. He made it look like he was paying attention though as he took notes. His mind was elsewhere though. What was changing about him? Orihime to his knowledge had hated him before, yet she felt like she could break down in front of him now. Did he now have some sort of sign that said he leaked sympathy or something? If he did, he could easily blame Gin for putting that there.
He kept trying to figure out why the memory replacement had been put in effect as well. Why on the second day and not the first? None of it made sense. Unless Kisuke was trying to make him behave like a normal teenager would, so giving him 'friends' was the first steps. He never had real friends before, those who were stupid enough to try to call him a friend in the Academy had just tried to use him. That hadn't gone over too well. They used him for his knowledge or tried to use him for knowledge. He had always been alone.
Then he found Gin and later Momo. Though at that point he didn't really have anyone. He hadn't let either of them in, he didn't consider anyone his friend. At that point in life he didn't think it was possible, he was too long gone for something like that. Though in the Academy if someone had actually truly tried to be his friend and not use him, then he might have ended up a little better. Isshin had tried to help, but he didn't see it like that at the time.
Now people were actually accepting him somehow. Ichigo had accepted him even after realizing it was him, but he wouldn't complain about that. His whole family now accepted him, then there was Orihime. It was as if he was becoming a different person. He had all of his memories, he could remember everything, it wasn't like he was being rewritten or anything. People still hated him and most likely would want to see him imprisoned or better yet killed. He had a feeling Ichigo might have something to say about that now, Ichigo would raise his zanpakutō against people who he thought of as his friends for him. The boy would throw away his life for him.
That still hit him. When had he tainted the boy that much? Maybe it wasn't that bad, the Soul Society was corrupt with people like his father in Central 46 and people like Kurotsuchi as a captain. So perhaps living as a 'human' wouldn't be that bad. Perhaps he could start a new life, especially if he was stuck like this. He had pretty much given up all hope of changing back anyways. What exactly was he going back to anyways? Sure he was born a male, sure that had been his life, but he would risk being imprisoned then. At least as Masumi, no one could say that he was himself anymore.
The teacher was ending her discussion on whatever it was she had been lecturing on this whole class period. He gathered his things as people began to stand up from their desks. He still had no clue why his age had been decreased when he had become a female, the physical age at least. Why was he now a seventeen year old? Why make him the same age as Ichigo? Had his father and Kurotsuchi really planned for him to be involved with Ichigo?
He could feel Ichigo's arms around him. Was he still proving a point to Keigo and the others who might try to hit on him? He didn't know, but he titled his head back into the boy's chest. "You seem distracted."
"That is an understatement" he commented as the boy's hand went to his own as they walked out of the classroom.
"What has got you so distracted all of a sudden? Also what happened between you and Orihime?"
"Everything that is going on, trying to make sense of it. Also I handled it that is all you need to know." Ichigo didn't seem to buy it, but they had gone into their next class by that time. This one English actually allowed him to pay more attention. This was more his subject rather than math. It stopped his mind from wondering. He actually found himself answering a few of the teacher's questions. By lunch time he had not come any closer to figuring this out. Tatsuki tried to pull him away to eat with her and Orihime and a few others, but Ichigo seemed to lead him towards his friends. He had to dig his heels into the ground to stop him.
"What's wrong?"
"Ichigo, I don't want to seem like Momo was to me. Don't you think I should try to give you some space, don't you want space. I can protect myself if I need to, but what are the chances that something will happen here."
"I really don't mind. I like having you around me. Though if you want to be around others, I won't stop you." He arched up and quickly kissed Ichigo, before anyone could notice.
"Thank you." He took his lunch and went over and sat himself down beside Orihime. She looked a little surprised but smile at him.
"So you did separate from Ichigo for once. I'm proud of you Masumi." Tatsuki commented.
He smiled. "Yeah I rather not listen to Keigo going on again."
"He does do that" Tatsuki said. He brought out his lunch, only for his eye to catch the odd creation that Orihime was bringing out. She was a little off, but she was nice enough.
"Masumi, did you want some" she was offering him something that had some sort of bean jam on it. Tatsuki was trying to subtlety shake her head. How bad could it be? He might as well at least try it.
"Sure" he was being broken off a piece of Orihime's lunch. So apparently she tried to share with everyone. She did bring enough for everyone that was for sure. Here it went, he popped the piece into his mouth and chewed it. It actually did have a fairly good flavor whatever it was.
Orihime was watching him. "Did you like it?"
"Yeah it is really good." That had been the wrong thing to say apparently.
"Really" Tatsuki asked looking shocked.
"Yeah, am I not supposed to like it?" Now he was a little worried.
"So Ichigo did get you pregnant" Tatsuki said matter of factly.
"I'm not pregnant, I wish everyone would just stop saying that." Tatsuki was looking at him as Orihime causally kept giving him pieces of her food, delighted that someone actually liked it. So apparently no one thought that her combinations of things were good, they tasted good though.
"So you're telling me that you two have never…" Tatsuki had now started this.
"What, no. I am dating him, but we have never…" He could feel his checks warming up and he quickly took another bite of food. He could hear the other two girls gasp as if they didn't believe it.
"Well that is not something I believe" Tatsuki said.
He sighed. "Ichigo isn't some bad guy you know. I honestly don't understand why everyone thinks he is. He isn't like that at all." He remembered when Ichigo had almost taken advantage of him before, but that seemed so far away.
"So you and Ichigo have never done it" one of the other girls in the group asked.
"No. Case closed" he went to eating bites of food, combining his own food with Orihime's every now or so. Orihime kept trying to give him food. "Orihime, don't give me all of your food. I am fine. Thank you though."
Lunch went by with idle chit chat around a circle, most of the questions directed at him. So maybe siting over here had been a mistake, but he had been through worst. Momo had been his lieutenant after all, and countless women had tried to practically throw themselves at him. He had practice with this, now men trying to hit on him, not so much.
"You really like it, I could make you something else" Orihime commented as she choose to walk with him towards class.
"I don't want to be a bother at all."
"It is just no one ever likes my food. I am used to people not liking it, most people aren't even brave enough to try it, but it is good." So that explained a lot.
"It is really good though. If it isn't a hassle, I wouldn't mind I guess. I do hate taking advantage of Yuzu. "
"You don't know how to cook do you?"
"Not exactly. Food preparation in the Soul Society is different than it is here. I've never exactly had to cook before. I had people who did so for me. I mean I'm not completely helpless or anything." Ichigo had just assumed that he had no clue how to cook and yuzu had been more than happy to cook for him.
Orihime giggled at him. "I'll teach you how to cook if you want me to. I mean it is the least I can do. I don't mind fixing you something either, I want to. You actually give really good advice."
"Really?"
"Yes. What are you doing after school?"
"Honestly I don't know. I probably was going to go ask Kisuke some things, maybe go back to Ichigo's house. His sisters wanted to do something with me."
"You could always come over."
"Do you still have your company?" She nodded.
"Sorry Orihime, but perhaps coming over isn't such a good idea for me. I mean I've been laughed at by Gin and Toshiro enough. We can do something though if you really want though. I know nothing about Karakura Town though, I must warn you. "
"We can do something then and I can show you around" Orihime seemed to be really happy about that. She kept her voice quiet, but she was still very excited with this news. When they got into the classroom. Ichigo was already in his seat. He relaxed a little upon seeing him. He slid into his own seat. They didn't talk as class decided to begin before either of them could. The class and the next went by rather quickly, and school was officially done.
"So, was it really true that you ate some of Orihime's lunch? Tatsuki came and yelled at me and accused me of getting you pregnant" Ichigo said, he was hesitate when saying pregnant.
"I did eat some of Orihime's lunch, but it tastes really good. I'm not pregnant, Ichigo. Apparently they don't believe me when I say that. We have never done anything, and I don't think the other method will work at the moment."
"Are you sure?" Ichigo asked in a panic.
He placed his hands on the boy's shoulder. "Am I freaking out? No. You have nothing to worry about. Do you really want me to do a test for your sanity" he asked.
"You know what they are?"
"I am not stupid, Ichigo. Of course I do. I'm going out with Orihime's anyways, I'll be sure to get one I guess" he said. At least Ichigo decided to have this talk with no one around. He seemed really worried, that was the only reason why he offered the test. He knew he wasn't pregnant. He couldn't be. "And if you really want to check, I guess I could always ask your father to run a test. It isn't true but I'll go through both methods."
"Wait how do you know of all of these tests?" Ichigo asked.
"My bed history is high from before all the people I manipulated into bed with me. Well a lot of them jumped at the chance but that isn't my point. Some of them accused me of getting them pregnant, forced me to be with them when they got tests done. Thankfully none of them came back positive. I was always very carefully." So he had never told anyone directly of this event, he trusted Ichigo. He placed his books inside the bag he had with him now and was going to swing it on his shoulder when Ichigo took it.
"If you're going with Orihime, I might as well take your bag home with me" he got out.
"No we are going to walk back home and then leave from there. I was going to ask Yuzu and Karin if they wanted to come with us and probably change." He tried to take the bag back from Ichigo, but he kept it.
"Still, I'm carrying it. "
"I won't fight you for it, Ichigo. If you want to carry it, thank you" he said as they finally came to Orihime who was waiting for him.
"So we are walking with Ichigo."
"Yeah, Orihime is that a…"
"No. Ichigo are you coming with us. We were just going to go shopping probably" Orihime said happily.
"Nawh I'll pass. Though thank you Orihime. "
"Oh okay." She looked a little sad after Ichigo said that, but he really didn't blame Ichigo. He didn't even want to go shopping, but he had promised Orihime he would go with her. The three of them began their slightly awkward walk to the Kurosaki house.