Matte Matte Chapter 24! Yay!

Being the stoic guy he was, Ulquiorra never had an interest in things like birthdays or celebrations, but when they were with his onna, holidays were actually fun. When Orihime asked him, a month or so earlier, about his birthday, Ulquiorra had calmly informed Orihime that his birthday was December 1st. Orihime then went on about how he was a Sagittarius, but that it didn't fit his personality very well.

Ulquiorra forgot telling the onna fairly quickly, so when the first of December came around and a cheerful rendition of Happy Birthday was sung from the forever-enthusiastic Orihime, he was caught of guard and put in a momentary stupor.

"Happy Birthday!" Orihime cheered one last time as Ulquiorra stared/glared up at her from behind his messy, bed-head bangs and sat up on the couch.

"Why did you wake me up with your singing Onna?" Ulquiorra asked in his super cute grumpy morning voice.

Orihime stifled a giggle that tried to rise up. "Because it's your birthday Ulqui! Today you can do whatever you want to do!"

"That is impossible, Onna. One cannot do whatever they wish all in one day."

Orihime rolled her eyes at Ulquiorra's typical Ulquiorra-ness.

"Oh, you know what I mean," she said, reaching for his arms. "Get up," she said, pulling on Ulquiorra's arms. "Get dressed, do something about your bed-head! Today is an adventure."

Ulquiorra's hand went defensively to his head. "Okay, Onna," Ulquiorra said, getting up from the couch.

"Oh," Orihime started. "And could you start calling me Orihime?"

Ulquiorra frowned a little. He remembered his book about love enforcing the use of a nickname; perhaps one should only use the nickname tip when trying to get close to someone.

"Why?" Ulquiorra had to ask.

Orihime blushed a little, and her eyes left his. "Um... Well, because we're girlfriend and boyfriend, right? We're dating, so shouldn't we call each other by our first names?"

Ulquiorra blinked a couple of times, half stunned and half embarrassed.

Ulquiorra had never dated anyone, being an espada. Youthful expressions like dating, or boyfriend and girlfriend weren't particularly new to him, though.

"Then I will call you Orihime from now on," he clarified, already missing the old nickname he had so lovingly concocted for her.

"Yes." Orihime smiled. "Now go get dressed. Be prepared to tell me what you want to do once you're done."

Ulquiorra nodded, but he didn't know what he should ask for.

Even though he was a person with limitless time on his hands, he had nothing to do with it. He was a very content, and honestly simple person naturally, who didn't need much. He was happy simply with spending time with Orihime.

Ulquiorra glared at his bed-head before fixing it for good. Afterwards, he got dressed in his usual black and white attire, and met Orihime in the kitchen, where she had prepared a huge buffet of foods, some of which Ulquiorra was afraid to even look at, and others that looked surprisingly good.

Ulquiorra helped himself to the safer, less deadly concoctions, while Orihime was Orihime, and picked all of the interesting foods.

"Do you like what I made?" Orihime asked endearingly around a mouthful of a chocolate omelet with broccoli and ginger.

"Yes, it is very good," Ulquiorra told her. Orihime did a little dance of joy in her seat.

"So," Orihime said once they'd both finished their meals. "Where are we going?"

"I don't know of any places around here, Orihime." He explained. Orihime pouted a bit.

"Really? There isn't any place?" she inquired. "What about a park? Or a restaurant? Somewhere!"

"There are not many places I like going Onna," Ulquiorra said.

"You mean Orihime." she corrected him. "But this isn't right. Whenever my friends had birthdays we would all have a big celebration and there would be a trip somewhere!" Orihime's eyes got a little misty. "As you girlfriend I should be on top of things like this. I just feel like you've been cheated of all these things that-"

Orihime stopped talking, and stopped worrying as soon as Ulquiorra's lips pressed to hers. Ulquiorra might have never been a boyfriend to someone, or in a relationship, but he knew how to make Orihime's heart flutter with each rare but wonderful kiss they shared.

His lips left hers, carefully. "I only want to spend this day with you Orihime," he told her honestly. As for your cakes, they are too sweet for my liking."

"Okay," Orihime smiled, giving him a quick peck on his lips. "Boy," she chuckled, giving him a sly look. "I didn't know you were such a romantic, Ulquiorra."

"What is a romantic?"

"Not telling you." Orihime laughed. "Wait here," she ordered before running to her room.

Ulquiorra waited until she came back, and in her hands were a neatly wrapped box with a decorative bow on the top.

"Here's your present. Sorry," Orihime blushed. "I don't have enough money saved to get you presents for your birthday and Christmas. So I got you something... That was lost."

Ulquiorra was rightfully confused because he didn't have many things that could get lost.

He opened the gift suspiciously. Underneath the wrapping was a shoebox. He lifted the lid-

"Surprise," Orihime mumbled guiltily.

In the shoebox was Ulquiorra's pink book about love.

"Oh," he said, looking between the book and Orihime. "Thank you," he smiled. "But I don't need this book anymore."

"Good," Orihime grinned, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Happy Birthday Ulquiorra."

"Thank you, Orihime," he said, leaning down so that they could join in a kiss once again.

Fin!

My hand is cramping so bad right now! But I work for you guys! This chapter was written from my phone, so if I have any spellchecks, please don't be too offended! One of you made a great point last chapter- they didn't kiss. I guess I end up writing Orihime and Ulqui like friends instead of boyfriend and girlfriend because both of them seem so innocent to me! I hope that you like the change. Review if you liked this chapter and read on. Happy belated birthday ulqui!