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Ichigo nodded in agreement. "It sure is. I wonder who wrote it."

Isshin chuckled, and crossed his arms as he leaned against the doorframe. "Your mother did," he told his son and daughter. His eyes went to his other daughter and Orihime. When Karin first realized that the music sheets belonged to her mother, she didn't want to play them. She refused to. His eyes focused on Orihime then. She must have managed to find a way to get Karin to play them. Smiling then, Isshin chuckled again. Thanks Orihime.


The next day, New Years Eve

"But, I can't wait until tonight! I'm so excited!" Yuzu exclaimed after she had been jumping around, and Isshin asked her to settle down on the couch. It wasn't unusual for Yuzu to be happy about something, but she seemed to have her fair share of sugar with breakfast that morning. So she wasn't able to sit still for too long.

The New Years festival started at six. It was in a place just outside of Karakura Town, and it would take them only around an hour to get there. So they would probably leave around five thirty, so they wouldn't get there exactly right when the festival started. It was only around eleven o'clock now, and they had finished up breakfast almost half an hour ago.

As Yuzu came back in the living room from the kitchen where she had just put her and Orihime's empty tea cups in the sink, she skipped back to the living room happily. Orihime laughed from where she was sitting on the couch. The sparkle in Yuzu's eyes and the clear joy in her expression was almost contagious. "Come on Yuzu. Just settle down. It's not like the festival will be going anywhere."

Yuzu plopped down on the couch beside her dad then. "I can't wait. It's almost seven hours from now before we get to leave!" She exclaimed, before leaning back against the pillows. "I'm so excited!"

"We know Yuzu," Ichigo said, a smirk on his face. "How about you go find something to distract yourself. We go back to school in four days. You can get started on your homework that was assigned to you over the break."

"But, I already did all my homework," Yuzu told him, crossing her arms. "The first day on break I sat down and finished it all."

Isshin nodded, and looked to Ichigo. "Ah, that's right. Karin's the one who waits until last minute, and Yuzu's the one who gets it done as soon as it's assigned." He felt a pillow hit the back of his head, and turned to see Karin glaring at him from the other couch.

"Um hello? I can still hear you," Karin scowled, as she crossed her arms.

"Well usually your music is so loud that you can't hear," Ichigo said, his eyes going to Karin. Although the glare she sent his way, made him turn his head away. "Alright, she's not in a good mood."

"Yeah, my music is apparently not loud enough," Karin mumbled before rolling her eyes, and turning up the volume on her music.

"Karin's not that bad," Orihime offered on Karin's behalf, her smile widened as she looked to Yuzu. "Since you're finished with all your homework, how about you go start on that art piece you were thinking about doing for the next big art project in your class. You can do a few rough sketches, and if you want I can look over them with you later."

Yuzu's smile brightened, as she jumped up. "That's a great idea! I have so many ideas!" She froze for a moment as she thought of something. "I can use the festival tonight for some inspiration. This is perfect!"

As Yuzu walked away, Ichigo turned his head and looked to Orihime. "That was a good distraction."

Smiling, Orihime shrugged, and rested her hands on her baby bump. "Well, at least Yuzu will be able to relax a little now."

As soon as the sound of the girls door shutting upstairs was heard, Karin took out one of her ear buds. "Finally! I thought she'd never shut up!"

That made Ichigo and Orihime laugh. Isshin tried not to laugh, but failed miserably, and chuckled a little. He tried to correct himself when he spoke. "You should go work on your homework."

Karin just smirked. "Relax dad. Unlike what you assumed, I actually did finish my homework. Besides I'm not going to make any noise and jump and down like a hyper rabbit like Yuzu," she said before putting her ear bud back in.

It was quiet for a moment. Orihime looked over at the fireplace, and sighed as the flames flickered. "I probably should go work on my school stuff," she said, thinking about how many homework assignments she had to do, as well as the makeup assignments she still had to get done from when she missed school a few times before the break. Getting up, she sighed when she felt her feet feel a little tingling. They had been swollen all morning and the swelling had yet to go down.

Once upstairs in her and Ichigo's room, she grabbed her history textbook from her bag. She had to write a two page essay for the next chapter they would be working on when they got back from break. The teacher said this essay will be like a preview for it. Sitting down on the bed, she moved so she was laying on her back, with her upper half propped up with a few pillows.

Ten minutes later, she had only got to read half the chapter, before she felt the weight change on the bed, and there was Ichigo. Laying on the bed beside her, is eyes focused on her. "Since when do you study on a break?"

"When I have a two page essay to write, as well as a billion other assignments to finish," Orihime replied, not looking away from the textbook. Although she had a small smile on her face.

Seeing the smile, Ichigo knew that he had her attention. He reached over, closer her book, and tossed it back over to her school bag. Then he pulled her towards him. "I have a much better idea."

Orihime rolled her eyes, and tried to fight the smile that was begging to grow on her face. "Now that I don't have my book, I guess I will have to ask, what is it?"

"You'll like it," Ichigo told her, kicking back their covers so they could slip underneath them. "You take a nap with me, instead of getting bored by reading about history."

"Yes, well I don't know if that's such a good idea," Orihime told him, although she allowed him to cover her with their comforter. "This idea of yours is coming from someone who already has all their work done."

"Live a little Orihime," Ichigo told her, smiling when he noticed her expression. She's definitely not going back to studying now.

"Why do I feel like the responsible one now?" Orihime asked, before laughing.

"Oh, don't say it like that," Ichigo smiled, before kissing her forehead. "Just think of how happy you are now that you have an excuse to take a nap."

Laughing, Orihime shook her head, before she relaxed a little. She rested her head on his chest, and felt his arms wrap around her. "I guess I can't argue with that."

Later on, five thirty

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Yuzu exclaimed, skipping to the front door as soon as Ichigo and Orihime walked downstairs. They were all about to get in the car to drive to the festival. Ichigo and Orihime had been taking a long nap, and were woke up by Yuzu practically exclaiming that they were leaving in thirty minutes and neither of them were ready to go!

Ichigo chuckled at Yuzu's impatience, as his dad told Yuzu to wait a moment while he went back upstairs to grab something. He looked over to Orihime beside him and smiled. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks," Orihime said, feeling her cheeks grow a little warm. He had already complimented her twice since she finished getting ready. The kimono she was wearing was a light beige color. The bottom half of the kimono was green vines that had beautiful red flowers on them. The flowers mixed with the green vines, and the beige background stood out. Towards the top half of the kimono there wasn't any vines, and only an occasional flower. It was made to look like the flowers were floating in the wind on the top half of the kimono and the bottom half was the garden.

"Are you blushing?" Ichigo asked, her his smile turned to a grin when he realized she was indeed blushing. He crossed his arms over his own traditional Japanese outfit. It looked similar like his shinigami outfit, but instead it was a deep shade of red, and had white pattern of leaves on the ends of the sleeves and end of the pants legs. He could tell his question had flustered her even more, and he leaned over. "You look cute when you blush."

"Ichigo," Orihime mumbled, feeling her cheeks grow warmer than what they already were.

"Alright lets go," Isshin said, coming down the stairs. As soon as he said that Yuzu shouted with glee. Karin grumbled, but had a small smile on her face.

Isshin shook his head, as he walked towards the door and opened it for Yuzu and Karin to go through. His eyes went to Orihime and Ichigo. He raised an eyebrow. "Orihime are you feeling okay? Your face is red."

At that Orihime's widened slightly. "Uh, n-no. I'm f-fine. R-really? Don't w-worry about me."

Isshin only raised an eyebrow, and looked at Orihime for a moment longer. "Alright then let's go," he said, before going out the door.

As soon as Isshin left, Orihime heard Ichigo chuckling, and she turned and smacked his shoulder. Completely catching him off guard, he brought a hand up to his shoulder where she had smacked him. "Ow, geez Orihime."

"Seriously Ichigo?" Orihime questioned, her cheeks still red, and her eyes were narrowed at his laughing. "It's not funny."

Reaching forward Ichigo took Orihime's hands, and he stopped his laughing. "It is funny, and you know it," he told her, before he let go of one of her hands to push her bangs out of her face. Her expression still showed she was irritated. Mood swing I'm guessing. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad."

Sighing after a moment, Orihime finally looked at him. "No I'm sorry. I don't know what just came over me," she said, before she looked down at her baby bump. She rested her free hand on top of it. "I just get easily embarrassed when people compliment me, and I guess I had a mood swing or something." Looking back at his eyes she offered a small smile. "I love you. You call me beautiful even when I look exhausted from not getting any sleep. Even though I still get embarrassed sometimes, I just think it's mostly just because it makes me so happy when you do that."

Smiling at her words, Ichigo leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "Well it's true, and I will tell you that you're beautiful everyday for the rest of our lives," he said, before leaning down to kiss her lips.

"Ichigo! Orihime!" Came Yuzu's loud voice from outside by the car. "Would you two hurry up?!"

That broke their kiss, and the both smiled as they looked at each other. "I guess we should get a move on before Yuzu loses her mind," Orihime told him, not letting go of his hand as they left the house.

Ichigo closed the front door, and turned so they could start towards the car where his dad and sisters were waiting. "So the stuttering is new. Does that happen when you get really embarrassed?"

"Ichigo," Orihime started, although instead of being mad she laughed. This time not feeling the slightest bit angry. Maybe that was a mood swing that I had back there. I've had minor ones before, but that was just like I flipped a switch. I wonder if the mood swings will get even worse.

An hour later

"Yay we're finally here!" Yuzu exclaimed happily, as they finally drove up by the area where the festival was. Or part of it at least. This festival was huge, and the front of it was only a minor part of it. "Look at all the rides. All the people. All the-"

"Yuzu we come here every year! For goodness sake, would you calm down? You're way too loud," Karin told her sister as she crossed her arms. A look of slight irritation on her face, from having to listen to Yuzu's constant talking the whole car ride. The one time I forget to bring my headphones.

"Yeah, but it changes every year too! Not everything stays the same," Yuzu said back to her sister, her excited smile left her face to be replaced with a frown.

"Yeah, well the fact that you're this excited is giving me a headache," Karin told Yuzu, as she frowned. "And it's annoy-"

"Would you two give it a rest?" Orihime asked, her eyes glancing over to the two girls. The three of them were sitting in the back seat of Isshin's car. Ichigo and Isshin had been purposely avoiding getting involved in Yuzu's and Karin's bickering, as usually it would get turned around on them. But, Orihime wasn't going to just sit there and let them argue. "Honestly, you two usually don't have much problem getting along. Today should be a day of being happy, and not a day of arguments."

"I agree," Isshin spoke up from where he was in the front seat. His hands on the wheel, and his eyes went to look in the rearview mirror.

Ichigo nodded as well. Since he wasn't driving, he turned in the passenger seat to look back at Yuzu and Karin. "There is no use in arguing. It's going to make today a lot less fun if you two won't stop."

"I'm not arguing," Yuzu told him as soon as he stopped talking.

Karin rolled her eyes at her sister's words, and mumbled something under her breath.

"Karin," Isshin said, his tone showed that it was almost a warning. Which was odd from Isshin, because he usually hardly ever had to use that tone with his daughters. Occasionally with Ichigo, yes. But, that's because he's a punk, and he needs a good amount of discipline. Isshin thought to himself, as he the line of cars in front of him started once the light turned green.

The car was silent for a moment, but the silence was interrupted with the sound of Orihime's cell phone ringing. She reached into her bag, and pulled it out. Seeing that it was Tatsuki, she answered right away.

Orihime: Yes, Tatsuki?

Tatsuki: Where in the hell are you? The festival started almost half an hour ago.

Orihime: We just pulled into the parking lot, it'll take us a good little bit to find a parking space. So don't expect us immediately.

Orihime heard movement on the other side of the phone, and raised an eyebrow when a different voice started talking.

Rukia: Well we're waiting on you. So don't take much longer.

Orihime: Rukia? Is it going to be a new thing for you and Tatsuki to share a phone? Or should I actually bother to call your phone to talk to you?

Rukia's and Tatsuki's laughter could be heard on the other side of the phone, making Orihime roll her eyes and smile.

Rukia: We just happen to always meet up when she calls you.

Orihime: Well, we will meet you in a little while, okay?

Rukia & Tatsuki: Okay, bye!

Ending the call, Orihime shook her head as she slipped her phone back in her bag. Her eyes went to the passenger seat in front of her. Ichigo was facing forward, and her eyes went first to his orange hair. "Tatsuki asked where we were at. Apparently Rukia is with her, so I'm assuming everyone's already together."

"Well, then we won't have to go looking for everyone then," Ichigo replied, already knowing that Orihime was talking to him.

Isshin finally found a parking space, and parked the car. As soon as he put the car in park, both Karin and Yuzu were hurriedly taking off their seatbelts to get out of the car. As soon as Yuzu got out, she straightened out the wrinkle in her kimono. She ended up getting the one Orihime first suggested to her at the clothing shop they were at the other day. The pale yellow based kimono with orange and white flower along the skirt of the kimono.

When Karin got out of the car she found herself following Yuzu by straightening out the wrinkles she had caused by sitting in the car. I'm turning more into Yuzu by the second. She thought, as she continued straightening the kimono. She ended up getting a midnight blue kimono, with gold suns and moons all over the kimono. Orihime said the midnight blue color worked on her. Although when she looked in the mirror before they left she had a hard time seeing why the color was good on her. But, she just didn't have the girly sense in fashion that Orihime did.

When Orihime stepped out of the car, Ichigo was waiting for her, and took her hand before they started walking to the entrance. His eyes remained on her as they trailed a little bit behind his dad and sisters. When she sighed, he only raised an eyebrow. "Are you feeling okay?"

"I'm fine," Orihime replied right away. Her eyes flickered from looking at the festival's entrance to Ichigo. A light smile on her face. "Okay, I'm tired, yes. But, my back doesn't hurt, and my feet aren't swollen. That's pretty much the best I'm going to feel."

"Well, let me know if you get really tired. We can find somewhere to sit down and relax a bit if you need it," Ichigo told her just as they reached the entrance. After paying the entrance fee and some tickets, they walked into the festival. There was people everywhere, however it seemed that Yuzu and Karin both spotted some of their friends, and had immediately took off in their direction.

Isshin glanced over to Orihime and Ichigo. "Well, I'm going to go with the girls. Some of their friends parents are people that I work with, and it would be good for me to keep an eye on the girls that way anyways. You two should be perfectly fine being by yourselves."

Ichigo nodded to his dad, mumbling how his dad shouldn't even have to say that. Orihime smiled at Isshin. "We'll be fine Isshin." After Isshin walked away, Ichigo and Orihime started down one little street of the festival. It was along the front edge, and it was the one they were closest too. "Should we call and let Tatsuki and the others know we are here?"

Smiling at Orihime's question, Ichigo shook his head. "We'll come across them soon enough," he told her, and laughed at her look. "What? I want to spend time alone with you too. It's great to see our friends and all, but we hardly get time alone."

"Ichigo," Orihime started, laughing as she shook her head. "We sleep in the same bed together. I think we spend a lot of time alone together."

"Not enough during the day," Ichigo told her, stopping her, as he reached up with the hand that wasn't holding hers. Tucking her bangs behind her ear like he usually did, he smiled at her. "You can't blame me for wanting to be able to spend as much time alone with you as possible. I love you."

"I love you too," Orihime told him, smiling when he leaned in to kiss her.

"Goodness you two can't keep off each other, can you?"

At the sound of Tatsuki's voice, Ichigo and Orihime stopped their brief kiss. Ichigo grumbled under his breath, but Orihime just put a smile on her face as she looked in his eyes. "Later, okay?" She looked to the others then. It was Tatsuki, Rukia, Uryu, Chad, Rangiku, Toshiro, and Renji. They were all dressed up in traditional clothes, and it made her smile to see the shinigami participating as well. "Hey guys."

"Hey," Rukia started, approaching Orihime and taking her by the elbow. Her eyes went to Ichigo. "We're taking Orihime for a bit."

"Yeah," Tatsuki agreed, as she looped her arm through Orihime's on her other side. "I know it's going to kill you, but you'll just have to do without her for a bit."

Before Ichigo could say anything, Rukia and Tatsuki had taken Orihime off. Rangiku joined the other girls, chuckling at Ichigo's look of surprise.

Shaking his head as the girls disappeared, Ichigo looked to the guys. His eyes went to Uryu, and they narrowed. "I've got a few games that I want to do. I can beat you easily."

"That's rather unlikely," Uryu told Ichigo, pushing his glasses up on his nose a bit. "I can beat you at everything."

"Bring it on," Ichigo said, before the guys started off in the direction of one of the game stalls.

An hour later

Orihime and the girls were sitting in one of the indoor café's that were along one street in the festival. It was warm, cozy, and decorated for New Years. Orihime got some coffee, Rangiku got some tea, and Tatsuki and Rukia got hot chocolate. The other girls weren't quite that hungry, but Orihime was starving. She got some caramel covered popcorn from a stall that was near the café, and she also got some powdered dango from the café.

Taking a sip of her coffee, Orihime sighed when she swallowed the yummy caffeinated liquid down her throat. "This is heavenly."

"You act like you haven't coffee in forever," Tatsuki told Orihime. Her eyes glanced to her side to look at Orihime, before looking across the table to Rangiku and Rukia. "She drinks it all the time, even though she really shouldn't, because she's already an extremely hyper ball of energy."

That made Rangiku and Rukia laugh, Orihime only shook her head and smiled. Sipping at her coffee again, she set it down on the table, before picking up some of her dango. "I do drink coffee every once in a while, but when I do I hardly drink coffee with caffeine in it. Plus, I don't put that much sugar in mine like I used to. This is like a treat for me. Caffeine, sugar, and freaking whip cream on top. It's great."

The others laughed at that. "So did your doctor recommend you not drink as much coffee, or was it a decision you made on your own?" Rukia asked, sipping at her own hot chocolate. I'm not that big of a fan on coffee. It's too harsh of a taste for me.

"It was more of my personal decision," Orihime replied after she chewed the bite of dango she had in her mouth. "Of course my doctor said coffee was okay, but to limit myself on my caffeine intake. So that's why I switched to decaf, and I only drink it every once in a while now. That's a major step for me."

"Can't argue with that," Tatsuki said, laughing as she sipped her hot chocolate. "Your baby is changing you before she's even born. In a good way of course."

"I don't know if me giving up drinking caffeinated beverages everyday is a good thing or not," Orihime said, before she let one of her hands fall to rest on her belly. "I mean right now I think it is, but forever? I don't know how I'll manage."

"Well you're going to need something to keep you going those first couple months when the baby comes home," Rangiku said, her arms crossed across her chest, and a smile on her face as she looked to Orihime. "You might be lucky, and she'll start sleeping through the night sooner than most newborns. But, most likely you'll have a good month or two of waking up more than once during the night."

"That's true," Orihime said, with a nod. Her eyes went to her coffee, and she studied it for a moment. Taking it back in her hands, she took a sip, and sighed with pleasure again. "Yeah, I don't think this will be permanent. I love coffee too much to give it up."

It was silent for a moment, before Rukia sighed and closed her eyes. "I saw the guys outside. Looks like our girl time is over."

"Well on the bright side, I can go crush Ichigo at the game stalls," Tatsuki said, a smile on her face as she finished off her hot chocolate. That made the other girls laugh.

As she laughed, Orihime glanced to the window. Even though there was a ton of people out there, she picked up on Ichigo's orange hair right away. Her smile widened when he looked over, and caught her eye. Raising the hand that wasn't resting on her baby bump, she waived slightly, and noticed his smile widen. Looking away from him, and down at her coffee cup her smile widened. Her thoughts on Ichigo.

A couple hours later, nine thirty

"How is she still awake right now?" Orihime asked. A smile on her face, as she looked at the wide awake toddler in Hikari's arms.

"I don't know," Mai answered Orihime as she crossed her arms. "But, if you ask me, it's all those nights that Hikari lets her stay up when I'm studying or in the shower."

"I only let her stay up until ten, and that's only occasional," Hikari told Mai, laughing at his girlfriend's expression of slight irritation.

"Well, she needs to be in bed by eight," Mai said, frowning as she crossed her arms.

"I'm sorry okay? She's just like you, and you know I can't say no when she pouts like you," Hikari told Mai, and chuckled when he noticed the blush creep across her cheeks.

Mai only reached her hands out for Emi, and turned her face away from Hikari after he handed Emi over. Her blush still on her cheeks.

Hikari smiled at the blush on her cheeks, before he looked over to Ichigo. He grinned when he noticed Ichigo laughing. "Man, just you wait. Orihime will be just like this once she gives birth."

Ichigo laughed again, and whispered back to Hikari. "Yeah, well I'm certainly getting some experience trying to keep her from getting angry at me now."

Hikari nodded, and laughed. "That's right. She must be having mood swings all the time now."

"They are not all that bad, but there has definitely been a good amount that have had me apologizing for a good hour," Ichigo told him, grinning as both Mai and Orihime looked over at them.

"What are you two talking about?" Orihime asked.

"Nothing," Ichigo and Hikari replied at the same time.

Mai looked over to Orihime. "They're definitely talking about us."

"Of course they are," Orihime agreed, propping a hand on her hip, as her eyes met Ichigo's. Her eyebrow raised.

"Orihime, are you hungry? I'm hungry, let's go find something to eat," Ichigo said, clearly trying to distract Orihime. He approached her and laughed lightly. "Anything you want in particular?"

The distraction seemed to work, as Orihime was already thinking. "I don't know, I'm kind of in the mood for something salty."

"Oh, you know I saw a stall that sold fried pickles. I craved pickles throughout my entire pregnancy. Have you had fried pickles before?" Mai asked.

"No, I haven't. But, they sounds delicious," Orihime said, grinning as she and Mai already started walking.

Ichigo's eyes followed the two girls for a moment, before looking to Hikari who was grinning at him. "That was easy."

"You're getting pretty good at this," Hikari said, crossing his arms. He shook his head. "Just you wait though. When she hits her third trimester, that's when she gets really emotionally. You could so much as look at her the wrong way, and it can set her off crying for hours."

"Well," Ichigo started, his eyes going back to the two girls. Focusing on Orihime he sighed, before he smiled. "I guess I'll just have to try to prepare myself as much as possible for that. I don't want to see her crying."

"You'll be able to handle it," Hikari told him. "If I could do it, you'll be fine."

It was quiet for a moment. Both Hikari and Ichigo were watching Orihime and Mai. They were stopped outside one of the food stalls, and ordering some food. "We should probably-"

"-go catch up with them," Hikari finished, grinning as he and Ichigo started in the direction of Orihime, Mai, and Emi.

Almost an hour later, ten thirty

Ichigo and Orihime said goodbye to Hikari, Mai, and Emi almost half an hour ago, and started to walk around the part of the festival they hadn't been to yet. Having been here since six thirty, they had a chance to go over plenty of the festival. But, they still had a good quarter of the festival to look over.

Ichigo's eyes were on Orihime as they walked. Now that the sun had gone down the paper lanterns strung across the walkway were lit. She had a glow to her that captivated his sight. He noticed her looking at all the stalls they passed, and when he noticed her eyes glance to one more than once, he stopped. Since they were holding hands, she had to stop too. "Let's go over there."

Orihime allowed him to lead to a stall. It was one that caught her eye. It was a game stall, and it was pretty much like the festivals version of darts. The prizes they had were adorable. A few big teddy bears, smaller ones, and other little prizes. What caught her eye was this white teddy bear, that had a red ribbon tied around it's neck, and a red heart stitched on it's foot. It was one of the smaller ones, and when she looked at it, it made her want to smile for some odd reason.

Noticing a smile on her face, Ichigo pulled hit wallet out of his pocket. Pulling out two tickets, he put his wallet back, before he looked to Orihime. "Let's play this one. It looks like fun." Right away, he noticed her smile widen at his words.

Although it was short, as she frowned when she looked at Ichigo. "I don't thing that's a good idea. Last time I played a game like this, it was darts at Tatsuki's. I took out her fish bowl."

Ichigo couldn't help but laugh at that. He remembered that day clearly. Orihime doubted herself then, but Tatsuki convinced her. It ended up with her fish on the floor, along with water everywhere. Shaking his head as he controlled his laughter, Orihime handed the two tickets over to the guy behind the booth. Looking to Orihime he smiled at her. "I believe you can do it. Even if you miss, it'll still be fun."

"What's the fun part? Me not killing the guy who works this booth?" Orihime questioned, her eyes going to the guy who had heard what she said.

His eyes were wide, and he looked between Ichigo and Orihime. "Should I be hiding when she goes?"

That brought a smile to Ichigo's face. "Don't worry. Just stand on the opposite side of the booth. She isn't that bad."

"Alright then," the booth guy said, although he still held a skeptical look, as he grabbed six darts.

Ichigo looked to Orihime. "I'll go first so you can watch me. Then you can go, okay?" When she nodded back to him, he took three darts from the guy, and his eyes focused on the target. Throwing one, he hit close to the bullseye, and shook his head. Throwing the second one, he got even closer, and smirked as he lifted his hand to throw the third one. When he did throw the third one he chuckled when it hit the bullseye. Looking to Orihime. "See? It's not hard. You can do it too."

"But, I'm not like you Ichigo. I can barely get the dart to go on the board," Orihime told him, although she allowed herself to be directed by Ichigo to stand where she needed to be throwing at. He's got the strength and ability to be able to hit targets so small. With him being a shinigami, it comes naturally to him.

"You'll do fine. All you need to focus on is the board, don't focus on anything else," Ichigo told her, taking the three darts from the guy behind the booth, he handed Orihime one. "I believe you can do it."

Sighing, Orihime looked from the dart to the board. Well, I might as well try. I just hope I don't cause any damage to anything. Noticing the guy behind the booth step a few steps away from the target, she smiled. I would be stepping away too. Looking to the board, her eyes went to the bullseye. She imagined Ichigo throwing the darts, and how precise he was. He was always close to the bullseye. Never more than a few inches away from it. Swallowing, she brought her hand up, and retracted it back. Then she threw it. Although the second she released it, she closed her eyes. Waiting for something bad to happen.

"Orihime," came Ichigo's voice.

"What? Please tell me I didn't damage anything," Orihime said, not opening her eyes.

Looking over to see Orihime's eyes closed, Ichigo reached over, and rested a hand on her shoulder. "You need to look."

Sighing, Orihime peeked out of one eye, before both her eyes snapped fully open. "What in the hell?" As soon as the word came out of her mouth, Orihime's hand went to her mouth, but didn't apologize for her language. She hit the bullseye, dead on. "This is a joke."

"You're clearly not as bad as you think you are," the guy who ran the booth told her, a genuine smile on his face. "I'm thinking that your friend's fish was just unlucky."

"Clearly," Ichigo said, laughing. His eyes went back to Orihime to see her still looking shocked. "Are you okay?"

"I can't believe it. Something must be wrong with me," Orihime said, her eyes still on the bullseye. Her dart was stuck in their perfectly. It wasn't loose or anything.

Ichigo laughed again. "You get a bullseye on the first try, and you think there is something wrong with you?" He asked, before pausing. He reached forward and rested a hand on her forehead. "You're right, you must be sick or something."

"Ichigo," Orihime said, pushing his hand off her forehead.

"I'm just kidding Orihime," Ichigo told her, leaning forward he her forehead where his hand had been. "Just accept that maybe you're not as bad as you thought you were."

Before they could say more, the booth guy cleared his throat. "Well, you two both got a bullseye. So you get to pick two prizes. Any prizes from the booth."

Orihime eyes finally left the dart board, and her eyes went to the prizes again. The white teddy bear with the red ribbon and red heart caught her eyes again. It brought a smile on her face again.

"So what's it going to be?" The booth guy asked.

Ichigo looked to the guy, before looking to the bear. "The white bear, with the red ribbon," he told the guy. His eyes went to Orihime to find her looking at him, he smiled at her. "I saw you looking at it before we came over to the booth. I was planning on winning it for you."

Smiling at him, Orihime accepted the white teddy bear from the guy behind the booth. Her eyes went back up to the prizes. "Then what am I supposed to get?" Looking around her eyes went to another teddy bear. It was just like hers. Except its fur was beige colored, it had a pink ribbon wrapped around its neck, and a pink heart on its foot. Her smile widened, as she pointed at it. "That one."

The booth guy got it down for her, and handed it to her. She turned then, and looped her free arm through Ichigo's arm, and held her hand on the crook of his elbow. She held the two bears to her with her other arm. "I think she'll like this."

Ichigo's eyes went to Orihime, before looking at the beige colored bear. "She?"

"Our baby," Orihime replied, her eyes went from her baby bump to Ichigo. Her smile still wide on her face. "I figured that since it's technically her first time going to the festival, even though she's not here in person, it would be nice to get her something."

Chuckling softly, Ichigo stopped walking, and wrapped his arm around her. Kissing the top of her head, he smiled against her hair. "This is what makes me love you so much. You're going to make such a great mother."

Smiling at his words, Orihime rested her forehead against his chest, and breathed in the scent of him. Not saying anything back, because she knew she didn't have to say anything back to that.

It was quiet for a moment, before Ichigo spoke. "You closed your eyes."

"Only after I let go," Orihime replied, laughing lightly. "I was so afraid I was going to hurt someone or damage something, that I closed my eyes."

Ichigo laughed at that. "You shouldn't doubt yourself so much. I know that from now on, if I ever need help with target practice, I'm going to ask you to teach me," he told her, laughing some more. "I have never seen a bullseye the first time before."

"Gross. Can you two stop with the romantic stuff? It makes me want to throw up," came none other than Karin's voice.

Ichigo and Orihime separated, and turned around to see Isshin, Yuzu, and Karin. Both the girls had a number of prizes from the game booths in their arms, and had even had to get bags to hold some of it. "You two must have played every game in this festival by now," Ichigo said to his sisters.

"Not every game," Isshin said for both Yuzu and Karin. His eyes went to Orihime and Ichigo. "But, almost every game."

"We still haven't played any of the ones in this area," Karin told Ichigo, before her eyes went to Orihime. "Have you tried the funnel cakes yet?"

"Yeah," Yuzu said, moving some of the prizes in her hands into the fairly full bag she held. "They are super good. Even better than that funnel cake stand we go to by the park."

"Really?" Orihime asked, before a smile lifted on her face. "Just the sound of funnel cakes makes me crave the powdered sugar."

"Ichigo," Karin started, before pointing at a stall. "Remember that game. I beat you when I was like seven on it."

"Actually," Ichigo said, crossing his arms, as he smirked. "I let you win, because I'm that nice of an older brother."

"You just don't want to admit that you got beat by a seven year old," Karin told him, grinning at his look. "Bet you I can beat you again. I even bet Yuzu could beat you."

Ichigo only shook his head, as he looked to Orihime. "I-"

"Go," Orihime interrupted him, smiling as she crossed her arms. "I think I'm going to go grab one of those funnel cakes, and go sit down in that pavilion over there." She pointed to one that was only a hundred feet from where they were. "I need to sit and relax for a bit. I'll be fine."

"You sure?" Ichigo asked her.

"I'll go with her," Isshin said, before Orihime could say anything. "You can handle your sisters for a little while can't you?"

"Dad, you make it sound like I'm irresponsible," Ichigo told his father, frowning, as a vein popped out on his forehead.

"Well-" Before Isshin could say anything else, Yuzu and Karin had grabbed Ichigo's hands, and pulled him off to the game stall.

Orihime watched them go, and she could see a smile light up on Ichigo's face as he and his sisters got to the game stall. I love it when he spends time with them. Because whether he knows it or not, they love it just as much as he does.

It was only a good ten minutes later when Isshin and Orihime found a place to sit in the pavilion. With the temperatures dropping now that it was dark out, there was a lot of people leaving with their younger kids. But, there was still a good amount of people staying. The Kurosaki family and Orihime planned on staying to see the fireworks at midnight. They had all prepared for the cold, and had layered up clothes underneath their outfits for the nights temperature.

"So did you and Ichigo have a good time today?"

The sound of Isshin's voice brought Orihime's focus away from the delicious funnel cake she was currently chewing. Yuzu and Karin were right, these funnel cakes were a lot better than the ones from the little funnel cake shop they usually went to. Maybe it's because it's just the festival atmosphere that makes it taste better. Her eyes went up to meet Isshin's, and she smiled after she swallowed her bite of funnel cake. "I think so. He got to spend time with the guys today. After spending most of the Winter break with me, he probably enjoyed it a lot."

"Well you make it sound like spending time with you is boring to him," Isshin said, before he laughed. "Trust me Orihime, he enjoys every second the two of you get to spend together. From the look on his face when we walked up it looked like he was happy." Crossing his arms, he rested his elbows on the table. "So? What did you two do?"

Smiling, Orihime sighed, as she got another piece of funnel cake. She told him the basics of what they did that day. When she got to the part of telling him about the bullseye she got on the game they played she stopped. Eating another piece of funnel cake she grabbed her napkin, and dabbed her face. Looking down at the table she cleared her throat. "Is that strange?"

"What? The fact that you got a bullseye?" Isshin asked, his eyes focusing on her. When she nodded, he frowned. "No, definitely not. I don't think you give yourself enough credit-"

"No," Orihime interrupted, before looking up. "Isshin, I literally have never been good at stuff before. I trained all day everyday on trying to get stronger, and I could never do even remotely good at hitting targets. Then all of a sudden I was able to get a bullseye. It doesn't make sense."

"Well, maybe it was just luck then?" Isshin suggested, before his frown deepened at her worried expression. She really seems to be bothered by this. I mean it's just luck. I don't think there is anything wrong spiritual wise. Someone would have sensed it. "Is there something your not telling me?"

"It felt odd," Orihime told him, as she looked up from the table to meet his eyes. "Something about me changed when I threw that dart. I haven't felt a feeling like it before, and I can't describe it."

Isshin observed Orihime again before shaking his head and chuckling. "Orihime, I think you're probably just over analyzing. I'm sure everything is fine, and it was just a lucky throw. You closed your eyes. Maybe that had something to do with it."

It was quiet for a moment, before Orihime sighed and laughed a little. "You're right. I'm just being over analytical about this," she said, before her eyes went to the two stuffed animal bears she set down. "Well these are the prizes we won. Ichigo got me the white bear. He had noticed I was looking at it before we even played, and he got it for me."

"And the other one?" Isshin questioned.

"That's the one I picked out. It's for the baby," Orihime told him, as her eyes went to the beige colored bear. "I figured that since it's her first festival she should have something from it."

Isshin smiled, but didn't say anything more to Orihime. He watched her smile, and look down at her baby bump. She'll make a great mother. Just like Ichigo… His thought trailed off for a moment, as he looked over in the direction where his son and daughters were. He could tell Ichigo was letting Karin and Yuzu win at the game they were playing. Just like he did the last time they played it. He'll make a great father. Together, they'll make great parents.

Almost an hour later, close to midnight

After Ichigo and the girls had got done with the few games they played, they came back to Orihime and Isshin. Isshin took the girls to go play more games, and Orihime and Ichigo decided to go walk around the more quiet are of the festival. They walked hand in hand down the pathway, and stopped near a large fountain they had in the center of the festival. Ichigo turned to face Orihime, and moved to hold both of her hands. It was pretty cold now, and even though they put gloves on, he wanted to make sure her hands were warm. "Have you had fun tonight?"

Orihime nodded, a smiled. "I really have. It was nice being able to see our friends, and get out of the house," she said, before she sighed. It was almost midnight, and she didn't get that much sleep last night. So it seemed that all of her tiredness was hitting her then.

"Are you tired?" Ichigo asked her, noticing her sigh.

"Yeah," Orihime said just as she yawned.

"We can go find somewhere to sit, and wait for the fireworks to be over. I'm sure that my dad, Yuzu, and Karin will be ready to leave then," Ichigo suggested, letting go of one of her hands to tuck her bangs back behind her ear. The wind that swept by every once in a while kept blowing it in her face.

"I'm fine," Orihime told him. She shifted her weight from side to side. Something she typically had to do to keep her legs from getting a little numb. "Even though I'm tired, I can't just let myself take so many breaks, and I definitely can't just sit around and do nothing. I mean, I love my occasional do nothing days, but I'm still young. I want to go out and do stuff with my friends and my boyfriend."

"You should want to do that. You're seventeen and you're still in high school," Ichigo told her. He took her free hand back in his hand.

Looking down at her belly, Orihime smiled. "I know that in five months, she'll be here. Things will change. No matter if I want them to or not. I won't be able to go out as much as I can now," she said, before she laughed. "And I'm okay with that. I can't wait to have her around."

"I can't either," Ichigo said, after a moment of watching Orihime. Letting go of her hands, he moved so he could wrap his arms around her. Feeling her rest her head on his shoulder, and he felt something resting lightly against his abdomen. It's her stomach I believe. For the first time since she started showing, he actually felt her baby bump rest against his abdomen when they hugged. A smile appeared on his face as he sighed. I love her so much. I love both of them so much.


A/N: Well hope you all enjoyed this New Years chapter. In the re-edits, I added a lot of scenes in, and I hope you all enjoy them!

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