Protected By Him
Warning Ichi x Karincest!!!
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Ch 12 – Pregnant
At times like these I really never know what to do.
Fresh tears slid down Karin's pale cheeks as she silently slid down the bathroom door dropping a small white device to the floor. She glared harshly at the small object watching a pink plus sign slowly appear on the nano-sized screen. Although anger radiated off of her she couldn't help but look across the bathroom floor where her friend Kasumi lay fetal positioned sobbing her guts out. Behind her the door shook ferociously with the banging of Ichigo's fists.
Karin wiped her tear stained cheeks ruggedly standing up. Her eyes continued to stare at the other female in front of her. How she so much wanted to kill someone right now. She was pissed. Scratch that - the soccer princess was beyond pissed off actually. Once more Ichigo's fist collided with the door when Karin swung open the door and decked her older brother at his face. Ichigo side stepped taken back by the sudden force.
His arms pulled Karin into a tight hug while she fought to escape from his grasps. This only made him hold onto her tighter, "Karin just let it go. You can't change what happened."
"But Kasumi!? Why did you hide this from me?"
"Kasumi asked me to keep it a secret from you cause she wanted to be the one to tell you."
Karin finally escaped from Ichigo's grasps and dashed straight to her former soccer buddy. She dragged the sobbing female up towards her face and slapped her hard across the face.
"Karin!" Ichigo yelled pulling her away from Kasumi.
"I don't care what decision you made but you aren't going to get an abortion," Karin spat, "I can't believe you even thought about that. Kasumi how long were you going to wait before you would go and tell me? Why did you even consider getting an abortion?" her dark glossy orbs gazed at her friend.
"If you don't want it then give it to me," Karin said.
Kasumi looked away ashamed of even thinking about taking away an innocent life.
"Because you of all people know how I feel about taking someone's life away."
Silently Karin turned and walked out of the bathroom and out the apartment. Kasumi sat on the cold bathroom floor hiccupping. Ichigo quickly went to her side and aided her to Karin's room. Kasumi walked on the verge of crying again when Ichigo handed her Karin's sleeping clothes that she could borrow.
"Thank you Kurosaki-sempai," she whispered.
Ichigo nodded before stepping out Karin's room, "You should go after Karin-chan before she does something stupid."
Ichigo nodded one more time before heading out, "You'll be okay here right?"
"Yeah I will."
Kasumi watched the Kurosaki brother run from inside the window. There she clenched her hands breathing in harshly, "I'm sorry Karin…" she sadly said to herself placing her hand on her tummy gently shutting her eyes.
1 Month Ago
Kasumi walked the streets of Tokyo when she accidentally bumps into someone, "I'm really sorry…" her breath hitches, "Kurosaki-sempai?"
Ichigo looks down staring at the girl before him, "...Kasumi?" he asks and she nods.
"Yeah."
"What are you doing here?" Ichigo helps her up.
"I was actually on my way to see Karin and you."
"Really? Well Karin is still on her field trip for another day so you won't really see her until tomorrow. Are you staying anywhere right now?"
"No."
"I see, well if you want you can come and stay with me until she gets back."
"Oh my god thank you so much. This would be so much easier on me. I was going to stay at a hotel but since you're offering I will take it heheh."
Ichigo watches Kasumi smile at him when his sight caught the deep sadness of her eyes. Being Ichigo we all know that it is in his instincts to be straight forward.
"What happened?"
"Huh?" she said innocently.
"Why are you here? Not that I'm implying that you shouldn't be here."
She simply smiles, "It's over now…"
"You mean," before he finishes he offers to grab a bite to eat, "I have a lot of time right now if you want you can tell me your story."
"Okay," she states reluctantly.
As soon as Ichigo and Kasumi sat down Kasumi began sobbing quietly. Ichigo watches the young girl break down before him.
"I did everything I could but it still wasn't enough," she stutters, "I know I'm not as good looking as all the other females in Karakura but I gave him everything I had" she sniffs.
Ichigo took her hand, this was what he always did for Karin when she was feeling down. Kasumi brought her head up. She saw the comfort in his face. Then she blushes embarrassed, "I'm sorry I don't mean to dump my problem on you –
"It's fine. You're Karin's friend I can't just leave you hanging out here. Besides she'd kick my ass if I don't stay by your side," he smiles thinking about his fiery angel. Kasumi saw the kindness in Ichigo and soon her problem faded replaced with a warm sensation. Ichigo releases his hand, "Better now?"
She nods.
Later that day the door to Ichigo's apartment swung open and the two of them enter his home.
"This place is pretty big so I'll just take you to the spare room we have," he said guiding her to her room. As soon as she entered her room she whipped around grabbing Ichigo's arm, "Please…please don't tell Karin about the baby…I …I want to tell her myself," Ichigo nodded, "I promise."
It was late and Kasumi couldn't sleep. Through the dark she made her way to the living room when her eyes catch sight of Ichigo. His door was open ajar exposing his toned body through the moonlight. She immediately blushed thinking about her past feelings for the handsome Kurosaki. In truth, she's had a crush on him forever, but she knew she couldn't have him. Deep inside it was always Karin and Ichigo. She had sensed that a very long time ago. But still, she did have a small crush on him.
Kasumi quietly tiptoed to Ichigo's bed watching him sleep. His facial features weren't so hard making him look almost angelic compared to that devilish expression he held sometimes. Kasumi sighed Karin was one lucky girl and Ichigo was one lucky guy. Even though they were siblings they were still perfect for each other even now. She wished that her ex and her were like them. So perfect for each other. Sadly, he whipped a curve ball that smacked her hard. Her first love only waited patiently for her to break in and let him get what he wanted.
Now here Kasumi stood admiring the man sleeping before her. She swore to god that she would finally be happy with her ex but she was wrong. Watching Ichigo sleep made her even more sad. He slept just like Ichigo. Silent, serene and handsome. She loved watching him sleep and seeing Ichigo made her want to cry.
Slowly and gently Kasumi pressed her lips on Ichigo's forehead, "Thank you Kurosaki Ichigo, for taking care of me today. If anything, be good to Karin. She really loves you. Please don't make her end up like me," Kasumi slowly shut the door making her way to the spare room.
Ichigo lifted his eyes shifting his gaze to the closed door frowning.
The next day Ichigo checked in the spare room but no one was in it. Not a single life form breathed in that room. He quickly made his way around the apartment complex when he heard a voice moaning in pain. His hand pushed the slightly opened bathroom door. Kasumi sat in front of the toilet hunched over. She looked up apologizing for her horrendous state. Once again her head dove over the toilet bowl and her body emptied the contents of her stomach. Ichigo grabbed a towel and a bottle of water and hastily gave it to her.
"Thank you," she sputtered.
"Don't worry about it," he leaned against the wall of the bathroom, "Listen, I'm going to the train station to pick Karin up. Do you wanna come or stay here?"
"I'll stay here."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, go on and pick her up. I bet she can't wait to see you again."
Ichigo nodded before taking off.
Sadly Kasumi stood up staggering to the living room. She headed towards the closet pulling out her coat and bag. Her hand reached in her bag pulling out a neatly folded paper. Kasumi steadily placed the thin paper on the living room table taking one last glance at the Kurosaki sibling's apartment and walking out the door.
Now
Karin's cold hard glare burned a hole through the dirt ground of the playground. The world swung back and forth before her as she kicked her feet harder and harder every time the swing brought her legs closer to the surface. Two hands pushed her forward and her head whipped around.
Her brother stood there pushing the swing every time she came his way. Finally having enough of this Karin smacked her legs down to the ground. Dust and dirt whirled around between them like a hurricane.
"Did you really mean it when you said to give it to you if Kasumi were to abandon it?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah…"
"You do understand why she thought about having an abortion right?"
"I know but…
"You just can't stand the thought of taking an innocent life."
For a minute there was a brief silence and all that was heard was the busy Tokyo life around them.
"Ichi-nii?"
"Yeah?"
"When you kept it a secret from me and when Kasumi looked to you for help," she looked down at her feet.
"Karin you can tell me anything."
"I know but it's just, when you didn't say anything and you both were looking at each other at first I thought well…I thought that you were the one who got her pregnant."
"What?" Ichigo's eyes widen, "No…I would never do that to anyone you know that."
"Yeah I know but it didn't exactly help when you both were the only ones that knew and just kept looking at each other. You guys made it seem like you were both doing something behind my back," she exclaimed.
"I know sorry about that. Kasumi asked me to keep it a secret and I made a promise to her."
"Yeah I know that now, but anyways enough of this stupid drama. Let's go back and help her out. Kasumi probably feels like shit because of my stupid reaction."
"Yeah you're right on that one."
"Hey!"
"I'm just teasing," Ichigo laughed prying himself out of Karin's death grip. Together they walked back to the apartment.
From a distance you could hear Karin speaking softly, "Ichi-nii."
"Yeah?"
"How would you react if I said I was pregnant?"
"Huh?"
"No seriously how would you react?"
"….."
"Ichi-nii."
"………….."
"Ichigo!"
"Well you're not really, you know… are you?"
"NO! I'm just asking."
"Okay," he turned around and held her hands, "Do you wanna know what my reaction would be?"
"Yeah."
In a flash Ichigo swiftly pulled Karin to him one hand on the side of her cheek and the other wrapped around her waist. His lips firmly planted on hers in a breathless kiss. Karin's heart skipped a beat as she slowly shut her dark eyes kissing him back.