Your Perspective ch.10

Ulquiorra POV

*ring ring ring*

I open my eyes and automatically look for my clock. Then I realize I am in Orihime's house. I turn off her flower alarm on the nightstand, a peculiar shape for a clock.

I turn and find that I am alone in her bed, the sheets are clean and I am in a fresh set of clothes. I can only imagine the shade of red she turned when she changed me.

I smell food, but I'm not sure what it is exactly.

I check my body and find my injuries are almost completely healed, which is surprising since my reiatsu cloak is still taking a lot of my power to maintain. I can vaguely sense the patrolling reapers.

I get up and make my way towards her kitchen.

She's frying something, and she's concentrating on it very deeply.

My lips twitch up, I think I'm smiling. I can do nothing about it, this woman makes me do things I have never done before.

She finally looks up and sees me.

"Oh, good morning Ulquiorra. Are you alright, I don't think you should be standing yet, you lost a lot of blood last night." She says this very rushed, as if she has somewhere to go. I notice her uniform is laid out on the couch.

"I'm alright, but you do realize it is the weekend correct?"

She looks at me like she had an epiphany, then she smacks her forehead.

"Oh my goodness, I forgot it was Saturday today. I guess things were so crazy yesterday that it made me lose track for a bit. Heh, so you're moving tomorrow right? I'll help you pack today since you were with me all day yesterday."

"I would appreciate that, but first there are some things we need to discuss" I need to tell her, but first I need to know what the short reaper told her.

"Um I guess that would be good. Okay should I start with what Rukia said, and then will you tell me what happened to you?"

I nod, once I know what she knows I will explain everything I know to her.

"So Rukia explained to me how people are picked to be part of soul society. Basically from what I understood people with a high a.u.r.a. can use it as a power to, um, become super or something and it's genetic but they don't know anything else about why some people have higher reiatsu than others."

I nod, I have extensive knowledge about that, what I need to know is if she knows why they told her.

"Then Rukia told me that I am one of those people that have a high a.u.r.a…"

"Is something wrong?"

She turned the stove off and sat down at the table, I followed and sat across from her.

"You don't think I'm a freak do you?" she asked quietly while looking down at her lap.

"Is that why you won't finish explaining? Because you think that I'll call you a freak?"

The silly girl just nods her head.

"I don't think you're a freak, actually it is probable you may think I am after I explain everything to you."

She looks at me puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Finish first, and then I will tell you."

"Alright. So because I have a high a.u.r.a soul society wants me to join then and become a reaper and help them. They told me that they will give me extra time since I told Rukia that I wasn't sure. But she said I might not have a choice since my life is in danger. You see there is another organization called Hueco Mundo, a man named Aizen Sousuke is the head of that group. He used to work for soul society, but then he turned to the black market. He also makes super humans, but Aizen uses them for dirty jobs. People in the black market hire any of Aizen's hollows, as they're called since they kill without remorse apparently, and anyone who has money can basically access these super humans. Rukia told me that was very dangerous. So soul society is afraid that I will be taken by Aizen since a lot of potential candidates for soul society have been either kidnapped or killed."

She took a big breath in since she had finished this all in one go. Now was the moment to tell her. I know she has feelings for me, I just hope that our connection is strong enough. If not, then I may lose her forever. Strangely enough, I feel assured that she will remain by my side regardless of what I tell her next.

"Orihime" I say her name, enjoying the way she looks at me when I call her.

"I am going to be completely blunt with you, for I know of no other way to explain myself." She nodded and looked at me seriously.

"Everything that you just told me about soul society and Hueco Mundo, I already had prior knowledge about both institutions." I paused and looked at her, she was listening intently waiting for me to continue.

"I am part of a subsection of Aizen's group called Las Noches, I am a hollow" I wait.

Shock is the initial look in her grey orbs, then confusion follows.

"I was sent here to make sure you were not recruited by S.O.U.L89, I am positive Aizen is planning something else but I was just doing my assignment."

A look of hurt crossed her features, I need to explain myself or she may feel that I think nothing of her.

"But then, I had that dream" she looked at me with hope-filled eyes, "and there are some things that we need to learn about our past."

Orihime POV

I was really relieved, for a second there I thought he played me for a fool. Oh thank kami that he only meant…..wait.

"Ulquiorra, I don't really mind but y-you're a hollow?" I hope that doesn't sound rude. I still love him, plus I found out I have weird powers too but Rukia never really explained hollows in detail.

"Yes, unlike reapers we change our form the higher our reiatsu level is. I will eventually show you my other form but not while there are reapers in the area. They have been patrolling since last night."

Oh yeah, Rukia told me about that.

"How aren't you being detected then?" I mean Rukia was in my house for crying out loud and she can supposedly sense this kind of stuff.

"I have cloaked my reiatsu, but aren't you concerned about the fact that I am a hollow? I am not human, perhaps I was at one point but I've been altered." He said this so emptily, so void of emotion.

My heart is hurting for him.

"You mean they've experimented on you?" for some reason, I feel like I've heard this before.

"Yes."

I just looked into his huge green doe-eyes, I wanted to comfort him but I didn't have the words to do so. So I just stared into his hypnotic green eyes and he stared into mine.

"Ulquiorra, I know what you and Rukia talked to me about was important, but for some reason I don't care much" I know it sounds dumb, but all I could concentrate on was my strange dream and my new feelings.

"I too feel similarly, I have this strong suspicion that S.O.U.L89 and Hueco Mundo are all connected to our past. Something happened, but I will use all my available resources to see what I can find" he said calmly, but there was a hint of fire in his eyes.

"Ulquiorra?"

"Yes"

"I also get this feeling of limited time. It's like time is running out and it's making me feel desperate."

He nodded and I know he's been getting the same weird feelings. What if my dream comes true and Ulquiorra dies? No, I shouldn't think like that! That's it, we should do something to distract ourselves, or at least me. Call me weak, but I need a break from all this seriousness. I haven't even day-dreamed yet today.

"Hey, let's go to your house and pack up your stuff" I say with my best cheery voice.

He looks at me then at the stove.

"Oh, after we eat of course" I smile at him while I serve him a plate of hash browns and eggs. I leave the condiments on the side in case he doesn't want any, since most people complain when I put them in automatically.

First I grab the boysenberry jam and spread it over my hash browns, then I put ketchup and a touch of wasabi on top. On my eggs I sprinkle some black pepper and add the syrup from the jar full of Maraschino cherries. This is how I love eating breakfast, taking my time with mixing the right tastes together. I look up and smile at Ulquiorra to find that he did the exact same thing as I did.

"You know, you can put whatever you want on your food" I just know he isn't going to like it, people just don't understand.

He simply stared at me, "The way you eat your food makes it look very appealing" then he brought the fork to his mouth and ate. His expression never changed and he kept eating at a normal pace.

I have no idea what that means, but I'm really really hungry so I'll just keep eating.

Normal POV
The pair finished up and made their way towards Ulquiorra's apartment. He knew Aizen had probably sent another espada to watch him, but he could pass it off as going along with Aizen's orders. Orihime was ecstatic about finally helping Ulquiorra.

As lovely as it is that they are moving along, things don't last forever. To every beginning there must be an ending.

Sorry I cut it short. The move in the next chapter, they're finally going to be neighbors! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! This was a short chapter but as I said before I'm leaving glow in the dark bread crumbs.

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