A/N: Please enjoy my dear reader-sama(s)!

Disclaimer: If I own Bleach, IchiHime would come true.

Hime Hour

Chapter 11

"We never had the father and son talk. But I think it's time."

The king handed a large box to the crown prince.

Ichigo opened the box, looked into the box and yelled.

"What the-! Are you crazy? What is this for?"

"You don't even know what this is for? What do they teach you at school?"

King Isshin held up a small packet from the box.

"This, is a condom."

"I know very well that it's a c-con-dom! What do I need it for?"

"Your Hime-chan is going on the school trip with you, ne?"

"You're crazy, old man! I'm not going to take… take…."

Ichigo blushed as his brain took on auto-pilot images of the various situations where the offending little packet will come in useful for him and the auburn haired princess.

Gah! What am I thinking? She's attractive but I don't want to take her to bed! When we get married of course, but not now!

"You look confuse my boy… Do you want any hints on how to get her to Aah- Masaki darling!" the king's attention was all for his beautiful wife the moment she stepped into the room. "What a pleasant surprise!"

"Are you trying to corrupt our son?" the queen sat beside her husband. "Ichigo is a good boy."

"I'm sure he is. I was just helping."

"Thanks but I don't need any help." Ichigo stood from the couch and excused himself.

"Have fun Ichigo, and be good!"

"Thanks! See you in a week's time dad! Bye mum!" Ichigo gave his mum a peck on her cheek and left the room.

There was no doubt that he was attracted to the princess. He had come to realize how beautiful she was inside and outside. And she had the power to make him smile that special smile. He also felt the need to protect her like the time at the basketball match and watch over her like at the dance floor. It was as if it were naturally his duty. But what happened in Gin's ward was what surprised him most. He had naturally just assumed that they will be married in two years' time. He sees her not as a schoolmate, not as his pretend girlfriend, but as his one and only future wife.

Was it love, yet?

"Enjoy your trip guys!"

"Take care Rukia." The other party hung up.

The raven haired placed her handphone on her glass table and sank onto her waterbed.

"You don't have to stay here with me. The exams are over, everyone deserves a break."

"I'm fine. Let me be here for you." the red haired sitting beside her, placed his hand over hers and gave it a light squeeze.

"Renji." She turned to look deeply into his earnest eyes.

"I want to be here for you." he tightened the grip on her slim digits.

"Thank you." then she turned her palm so their fingers would intertwine.

That moment, she realized, he was more than just a friend.

Was it love, yet?

Tatsuki had book the entire villa. The Royal Haven Villa was run by the Kurosaki family – who owned a chain of exclusive resorts around the world. The security was extremely tight and the villa was well guarded to ensure the safety of the group of rich kids.

Passing the grand lobby and dining area, the Karakura High kids began to excitedly take pictures as they came in view of the large pool that had a massive fish figurine fountain where water came out of the fish' mouth; there was a snack and beverage bar in the middle of the pool. Surrounding the pool were three separate fusion styled 2-storey blocks. Each block was surrounded by palm trees and contained their own private Jacuzzi; and each storey had three bedrooms.

The 18 rooms were huge and the half the group was to share rooms with a partner. The elite four – Rukia, Ichigo, Chad and Uryuu had naturally opted for one room each. Since Rukia didn't turn up, Tatsuki and Orihime were to split up.

"We'll still be neighbors Hime."

"Alright Tatsuki-chan."

They opened their doors to their respective rooms. The room could easily fit three to four persons with a king sized bed and a large sofa by the window. There was a large 42 inched LCD flat screen tv, a vase with fresh flowers on the coffee table, lamps in the shape of leaves, the bathroom had a sink, toilet, shower and another door that led to an open concept bathtub.

That night, they headed to the famous pub to chill out.

The next day, the group went on a tour. They visited the temples and various tourist attraction hotspots.

Orihime who was game to try to local delicacy – a suckling pig dish known as the 'babi guling', convinced everyone to go with her puppy dog eyes. Surprising to everyone, it was very tasty.

Then they went shopping on the streets of Bali for souvenirs.

Almost everyone bought the "I love Bali" tee-shirt or singlet as souvenirs. They also bought local peanuts and banana chips for their family.

Chad had bought a beaded necklace for his girlfriend.

Ichigo and Uryuu decided to buy two similar caps for Rukia and Renji.

Orihime and Tatsuki bought a matching friendship band each and wore it immediately.

Keigo bought a dodgy wooden beer bottle opener in the shape of a cock, taking the opportunity to boast that his was bigger.

It was a unanimous decision that everyone head back to the villa to dip in the gorgeous pool so they could have a good rest before their long day tomorrow.

As soon as the sun had risen, Orihime jumped out of bed to get ready. The group met at the dining area for a hearty meal of intercontinental breakfast. Then they hit the southern beach to do sea sports.

Ichigo, Chad, Uryuu, and the other boys tossed their shirt on the mat, and proceeded to the sand to start off with a game of Frisbee in their beach shorts.

While Keigo took his new water resistant camera out of his bag and snapped away – capturing pictures of girls in bikini, or him with the girls in bikinis. Then he turned to his own girl schoolmates and almost froze.

They had removed the tank tops or shirt dresses that were hiding their bikinis and proceeded to the sand. The way they helped each other slab on sunscreen had the boys totally silent as they watch, the Frisbee game forgotten.

"Pictures? Yay!"

Chizuru, cladded in maroon boob tube bikini, grabbed Orihime and Tatsuki and the three girls posed in front of Keigo, grinning with 'V' sign on their hands.

Tatsuki, wearing a royal blue bikini with horizontal yellow stripes, announced that the 7 of them would start with the banana boat ride, followed by jet ski then parasailing; while the rest of the class opted for scuba diving or white water rafting.

Orihime, Tatsuki and Chizuru sat on one massive banana looking float, which was pulled by a motor speed boat. While Ichigo, Uryuu, Chad and Keigo took another banana boat.

The girls screamed and shrieked throughout the whole ride. It was fast and bumpy. They turned and saw the boys' banana boat capsized and laughed hysterically – not long before their own banana boat capsized as well.

"Let's pair up for the jet ski. Girls and boys."

"What? Ew!"

"Yess! I wana pair up wit-"

"Obviously I'm pairing with Tatsuki."

"And I'm pairing with Orihime. Right?"

Orihime blushed and nodded to her boyfriend.

"Why can't I be with Hime-chan?"

Ichigo scowled at both Keigo and Chizuru who had exclaimed in unison.

"I'll go alone." Chad was the first to proceed to a jetski.

"Which means Keigo and Chizuru have to pair up!" Orihime said excitedly for the two who sighed.

"Let's go baby." Ichigo winked.

Orihime quickly pulled her bikini bottom to make sure it didn't ride up her butt and subconsciously tugged the small piece of material covering her breasts to make sure it was in place. Her eyes traveled under her shades onto his exposed chest, from his tan lean muscle glistering with sweat and sea water under the sun, down to his arrow waist. As he turned around and led her to the jet ski, her eyes lingered on his red and black knee-length beach shorts that hung low around his cute butt.

Did I just think of his… his bottom? What's wrong with me?!

Ichigo was not faring any better.

Stop staring at her!

He had been eyeing her appreciatively since she removed her large tee-shirt, revealing her glorious body in a cute dark pink bikini with tiny white polka-dots. This was the first time seeing so much of her skin, and the sight made him hot.

He smiled inwardly when he noticed her shyly tugging at her bikini every now and then, trying to cover more of herself, without any luck.

Orihime got on the jet ski first followed by Ichigo who sat behind her. He leaned forward to grab the steering handles. Their hearts was racing so rapidly against the chest at the thought of their body contact. Luckily, they were required to wear life-jackets which put some gap between their hot and flustering bodies.

"Are you ready baby?"

Before she could reply, she gave a squeal of delight when Ichigo suddenly pushed the accelerator button and took off.

"It's beautiful!" Orihime giggled as they sped forward into the sea.

"Yea," Ichigo slowly released the button. "You want to give it a try?"

Orihime's eyes widened in excitement and took over the steering.

"Just pres-wahhh!"

A sudden hard press on the button cause the jet ski to take off in a rush. Ichigo held onto her waist on instinct. But Orihime didn't seem to notice.

"Ah, careful Hime!" their jet ski jerked as it collided unto the waves.

Orihime giggled as they accelerated even faster than before and soon caught up with Tatsuki and Uryuu.

"You can't catch us!" Tatsuki turned around and stick her tongue out at Orihime while Uryuu continued speeding.

"Oh yea?" she turned her head slightly to the crown prince "Can we please go faster Ichi-kun?"

He was surprised by her change in address for him but merely smiled.

"Sure." He reluctantly removed his hands from her smooth skin to take over the steering.

And so, the two jet skis engaged in their little race.

They took turns to parasail. The view was truly a breath-taker.

The image of Orihime can't help resurfacing in his mind. Being with her on this trip made him realize one thing - He wanted her. Being the crown prince he can hardly think of anything he wanted but never attained.

When Ichigo landed back on shore, he saw a group of the local beach boys chatting the girls up.

"Japanese? Kombangwa? Konichiwa!"

"I bet you girls have very handsome boyfriends."

"Huh?"

"Cos you're just too beautiful to be true."

Tatsuki shook her head and Orihime merely giggled. The boys seemed like a friendly, entertaining and harmless bunch after all.

"Let's hit the club tonight babe!"

"Well, I'm not sure." Tatsuki shrugged coolly.

"Yea, c'mon it will be fun. It's the hottest club in town! What say you, hottie?"

Ichigo felt his eye twitch.

"Uhm… That depends on whethe-" Orihime began thinking of an excuse.

"On whether her handsome boyfriend lets her."

The auburn haired princess turned to the crown prince who finished her sentence in a chauvinist manner. He stood with his back straighten and his shoulders high and chest out to give a domineering air as he stared down at the group of local beach boys.

The bubbly group of beach boys waved hello to Ichigo without paying him any serious attention, which really got onto his nerves.

"You're done with parasailing, pretty boy? Spoil sport." The last two words were whispered.

But before he thought of a childish thing to retort at them, the beach boys hurried over to attend to a group of tourists who just arrived.

"Hmph, weirdos." Ichigo muttered as he took a seat beside Orihime.

"They meant no harm, they're just friendly to their customers." Orihime tilted her head at Ichigo. "Enjoyed the parasail?"

"You were right, it's awesome. Look now, Uryuu's back!"

The four eyed sank onto the sand, exhausted.

"You should put on more sunscreen before you get a burn." Tatsuki took the spray and moved behind her boyfriend.

"Only if you let me put it on for you later." Uryuu smirked, avoiding Ichigo's mocking gaze.

"Oi Ichigo, can you be a gentleman? Your wife's gonna get a burn."

Orihime gasped and Ichigo scowled, both trying to hide their embarrassment.

But Ichigo took the sunscreen and cleared his throat.

"Lie down on your stomach."

Orihime complied and grabbed her hair all into a bunch at one side of her shoulder before lying down on her spread towel.

She felt her body tingling as Ichigo's hands moved around her bare back and shoulders. Soon her eyes caught a wink from Tatsuki, as it was her turn to lie down and have Uryuu apply sunscreen for her.

The princess' body was so soft and smooth under his right hand. He felt his pulse quicken and his breath slowed down as he spread the oil on her, careful not to touch the straps of her bikini.

I'm only applying sunscreen. I'm only applying sunscreen. I'm only applying sunscreen.

When he finished, Orihime sat up and said "Your turn!"

He shrugged but secretly cheered inwardly, avoiding Uryuu's knowing chuckle.

Once Orihime was done with applying sunscreen on him, he almost ran to the cold water for a swim.

Entering her room back in the villa, Orihime placed a handmade wooden photo frame decorated with seashells on her dressing table and felt butterflies in her stomach.

"Take a picture with your girlfriend!"

"Only for USD18 for two!"

"You're such an adorable pair!"

"Still staring at the picture?" the voice, he recognized to be his friend's.

His friends entered the room after dressing up for dinner. Chad wore a red loose shirt and khaki bermudas. Uryuu wore a white shirt and brown bermudas.

Ichigo who wore a black shirt and grey bermudas quickly placed the photo frame on his bedside desk.

"You two look compatible." Chad took a good look at the frame with a picture of the engaged pair.

Ichigo's arm was around Orihime's shoulder and her one arm around his waist as they smiled shyly yet blissfully into the camera.

"But seriously, how are things going between you?"

Ichigo moved to his dressing table and began styling his orange unruly hair with some gel.

"Just out of curiosity, how did you guys.. uhm-ask Mya and Tatsuki to officially be your girlfriends?"

They traveled to Jimbaran Bay for seafood dinner on the beach facing the sunset. Once they arrived, they were welcome by the restaurant staff with fruit punch and presented each guests with a frangipani.

Orihime wore a long black and white floral dress, tucked her pink frangipani behind her ear while Tatsuki dressed in a short brown sundress tucked her yellow frangipani behind her ear.

The kids from Karakura High sat at their table watching the beautiful crimson sky as the sun began to set, silently appreciating the moment.

Soon after, their long table was filled with Balinese seafood cuisine. There was grilled fish with sweet sauce, spicy squid on satay sticks, barbequed prawns, black pepper crab, and chili mussels. There was also the famous buttered cob corn – freshly cook on the spot. For drinks they each had a huge green coconut.

Ichigo chuckled when he heard Tatsuki tell Orihime that they certainly do not have wasabi or hot sauce in this restaurant.

During their dinner, there was a local dance performance in the Balinese traditional costume – which was an eye opener for them. Ichigo turned his gaze to Orihime and smiled. She along with the girls were clapping together with the music, while Keigo continue taking candid shots of everyone.

The group took a stroll on the beach after their sumptuous dinner.

At the back of the pack, were the crown prince and the princess. Ichigo stared ahead at his friend who was walking hand-in-hand with his girlfriend. Then he turned to the auburn haired beauty next to him, but realized she wasn't there.

Frantically, he spun around to see her squatting two feet behind, picking up a seashell.

"Orihime?" he bent above her.

She jumped upwards and almost hit him. But having learnt his lesson about how hard her head is, he quickly dodged.

However, she did not learn her lesson. She tripped on the hem of her floral dress and fell forwards, landing right into his arms.

"Gomen.."

Like the time at Renji's party… Her breasts were pressed tightly against his chest. Her arms on his shoulders, his arms on her waist, supporting her.

Their eyes were drawn to their lips, mere inches away…

Slowly, he turned his tilted his head to his left and moved lower. And he felt bolder as she did not move away from him but tilted her head to closer to his.

Time time, they would not let another chance slip by.

This time, there would be no interrupters.

This time, he closed the kiss.

Their inexperienced lips pressed lightly against each other as their eyes closed. He tasted her soft lips as she tasted his, moving slowly and shyly.

He wondered if he was doing it right? He held his breath, not sure if he should let it out. She wondered if she was doing it right, just following his lead.

Then he slowly pulled away from her lips to take a deep breath and so did she.

Her eyes were dreamy and her cheeks stained a rosey pink and she pressed her lips together, licking them slightly. She nervously lifted her gaze to him and saw that he too, looked dazed and flushed.

He kneaded the back of his neck, smiled sheepishly at her and was all too relief when she smiled back.

"It can't be!" the man of the house slammed his fist onto the table.

"I'm so sorry." The black haired lady frowned in deep thought.

"What a series of unfortunate event!" the lady of the house sighed in frustration.

"First my baby got into an accident, now even our little store is gone!" she sobbed helplessly.

"I'm bac-Tousan? Kaasan? Toushiro? Aunt Kakuu?"

"Hime! Our convenient store is gone!"

Orihime dropped her luggage onto the floor and hurried to her parent's side.

"Oh no! What happened?"

"It was burnt down to nothing in a fire." Toushiro said with darkened eyes downcast. "They said it was a robbery and it caught fire when the robbers tried to escape."

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End.

Love,

Blitch out.

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