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Gin took a sip of his Sake while staring up at the beautiful night sky. It was probably near midnight as the chirps of crickets grew louder. The bright moon illuminated over the area, providing a unique and beautiful lighting. He loved this tranquility…
Hearing the water splash, he looked down at the beauty coming out of the pool.
Rangiku wore a white two-piece bikini and Gin couldn't help but smile wider as the water trickled down her body; from between her large breasts to her lower body. The white bikini left nothing to the imagination and he admired how he never got tired of admiring her.
"See something you like?" she teased, watching as his gaze never left her body.
Gin chuckled and grabbed her hand, gently pulling her down onto his lap. Rangiku grabbed the alcohol bottle from his hand and took a sip, moaning as she felt him press kisses right by her wet breasts. Finishing the drink, she placed it on the glass table next to them and then cupped his face. He was shirtless, wearing just black trunks, and Rangiku traced a finger over his bare chest by a scar Aizen had left after finding out that Gin had betrayed him. That was the day she thought she had lost him forever.
"Where did that smile go?" Gin asked, grabbing her chin and pulling her head up.
Rangiku was no young girl, but seeing him open his eyes slightly made her heart pound faster and face flush. Forgetting about the past, she smiled at him again and shifted on his lap so her chest touched his. She cupped his face again and gave him a long kiss. His long arms wrapped around her frame tightly, and the action aroused her more.
Soul Society giving her two-months off as vacation was one of the best things she could have asked for. Despite Gin betraying Aizen during the war, the ex-shinigami refused to go back to Soul Society and be a captain again. Instead, he followed Urahara's path and decided to live in the human world. But instead of selling candy though, Gin had decided to open his own business in technology, something Rangiku had found interesting. The company worked closely with the Japanese military in regard to classified bioweapons. Rangiku was proud of the achievements he earned in the Human World and always enjoyed staying in his luxurious four-bedroom home, the pool becoming her favorite part of course.
"Oi, get a room you two!" the shinigami pulled away and turned her head, gasping as she saw Grimmjow and Nel approach them.
"I don't want to catch you two having sex by the pool again," Grimmjow stated dryly, sitting down on an empty reclining pool chair.
Rangiku blushed and sat next to Gin, lacing her fingers with his. She watched with a warm smile as Nel sat on Grimmjow's lap, using her cellphone's camera as a mirror in order to fix her hair. If someone had told Rangiku three years ago that she would be enjoying life in the human world with Gin and a few ex-Espadas, she would have laughed and called it impossible; that no such thing would be possible. But here she was, enjoying a nice beautiful night with Gin and a few ex-Espadas.
A couple of months after Gin had opened his business, he had offered some positions to Nel and Grimmjow, as the two had nothing to do in an empty Las Noches. The blue-haired Espada had been hesitant at first, but after some convincing (by Nel, of course), he put on one of Urahara's Gigais and gave it a try. And while he detested how humans whined about the traffic, their spouses, their kids, and sometimes even about their lives, Grimmjow enjoyed the freedom it gave him. He enjoyed it so much to the point that he only visited Hueco Mundo whenever he felt like fighting someone but primarily stayed in Gin's home, sharing a room with Nel.
"How was the movie?" Rangiku asked.
"It was beautiful!" Nel exclaimed while Grimmjow scuffed.
"It was stupid. I don't even remember what it was about."
"That's because you fell asleep throughout it!" Nel said, giving him a pinch on his arm.
"Ah, Grimmjow I figured you would like romantic movies." Gin said with a teasing tone, earning a glare from the former Espada.
"I watch that crap because of her," he replied, wrapping an arm around Nel.
The sound of the garage gate opening was heard, and the four turned their heads as they saw a black Mercedes Benz SUV pull in. The vehicle stopped in front of the garage door and the black gates behind it began to close. Rangiku watched as Ulquiorra stepped out of the vehicle wearing black slacks with a gray button-down shirt and black overcoat. He was the third, and final, Espada Gin had convinced to come over from Hueco Mundo and into the world of the living. Rangiku wondered how Gin had managed to convince the emotionless man to come over, considering he considered humans as nothing more than trash. However, one thing she was certain of was that he had probably leveraged Orihime somehow considering she once caught her young friend texting Ulquiorra (she still had to ask her how she even managed to get Ulquiorra's number and have text conversations with him). And although Ulquiorra had arrived one year after Grimmjow and Nel, he had picked up on Gin's business the fastest, providing Gin with better ideas and even designing some of the bioweapons himself.
"Oi, you've been ignoring my calls!" Grimmjow yelled, catching Ulquiorra's attention.
"I didn't see the need to pick up."
Grimmjow snorted and gave him a smirk. "You're coming home pretty late."
"I fail to see the relevance of your statement," Ulquiorra said, walking away from the group and towards the front door of the house.
"Why don't you just bring the princess over next time? We're her friends too, ya' know! Stop hoarding her to yourself!" Grimmjow gibed.
Gin hid his face on the crook of Rangiku's neck as he chuckled while Nel covered her mouth with her hands, giggling at the statement. Rangiku pressed her lips tightly, suppressing her laugh, and stared at the dark-haired man. Ulquiorra simply turned his head towards Grimmjow, green eyes narrowing slightly, before turning back and heading inside.
"I'm surprised he didn't fire a cero at you." Gin said, rubbing Rangiku's bare thigh.
"I think he's used to Grimmy's teases," Nel said, massaging the back of Grimmjow's head.
Grimmjow closed his eyes and leaned his head back, resting it on the base of her palm. "He needs to get laid. And that Princess needs to give it to him already."
"Are they really friends?" Rangiku asked. Aside from once seeing her text the Espada, Orihime had never spoken about him to her before. Unless….
"I know he once had dinner with her at a restaurant," Nel said. "Remember when we saw them?"
Grimmjow nodded, opening his eyes again. "I remember. She looked like she wouldn't stop talking and he just sat there, looking as dead as usual."
"Did it look romantic?" Rangiku asked, feeling hurt that Orihime had never told her this.
Nel tapped her index finger by her chin. "Not really, but this is Ulquiorra… He barely has dinner with us."
"He's definitely been around her more than once," Grimmjow added. "Remember the time he drove us to the military base for that meeting and her sweater was in the backseat?"
Nel nodded. "Oh yes, I remember!"
"Ah, don't forget when he bought her a laptop!" Gin added.
"He did?" Nel gasped. "How do you know?"
"I saw him holding the package and when I asked him if it was for him, he said it was for the woman. He may not call her by her name, but we all know who he's talking 'bout. "
"Interesting…." Rangiku pondered, remembering Orihime carrying a brand new laptop a couple of months ago when she first started her first semester of her university.
"It's almost as if they were meant to be," Nel added, thinking back on the romantic movie she saw.
Grimmjow snorted. "Ya think so? Maybe he just wants to pounce her. Remember this is Ulquiorra, the guy who hates humans. Orihime is human. If Aizen had won the war, Ulquiorra wouldn't be taking the princess out to dinners or buying her things."
"Actually," Gin said, pointing his index finger upwards. "Aizen had mentioned the idea of our dear friend courting the human after he won the war."
Rangiku's eyes widened while the other two gasped.
"We didn't know about this," Nel said.
Gin nodded. "Aizen knew how much Ulquiorra detested humans, but he was also aware of Ulquiorra's slight curiosity towards her. Aizen didn't need Orihime's powers after some time, so he told Ulquiorra that he could court the girl in order to fulfill his curiosity after the war was won."
Rangiku leaned forward. "And what did Ulquiorra say?"
Gin gave a lazy shrug. "All he said was that he understood. Nothing more."
"Do you think that's what's he doing now? Courting Orihime?"
"Don't know."
Rangiku thought about the situation for a while, imagining her bubbly bright friend with the aloof (and sometimes even cold-hearted) Espada. She had heard of different beings dating. She has heard of ex-shinigamis living in the human world permanently with human spouses and even having children. There were also stories of Quincies and Shinigamis, and Quincies and humans, dating to the point of marriage and even pro-creation. But a hollow and a human? That has never been heard of before, and Rangiku became slightly worried all of the sudden. Orihime was innocent and pure, and Ulquiorra had been one of Aizen's most loyal men. What if one day he hurt her? Devoured her soul? She wondered what Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, and Chad thought about this strange friendship between Orihime and Ulquiorra, but then realized that they probably didn't even know about it; and she could see why. Soul Society trusts Grimmjow more than they do Ulquiorra, even though Grimmjow is more likely to let his anger get the better of him and kill a human if he has to. In addition, Ulquiorra was the person who forced Orihime to Hueco Mundo in the first place and, according to Ichigo, blew a hole through him with a cero.
Yes, she could see why Orihime would keep that friendship a secret. Had it been another, tamer, Espada? Then probably things would have seemed better. But this was Ulquiorra.
"Can't believe that bastard didn't tell me that Aizen was practically gifting the girl to him." Grimmjow scuffed. "But if he's trying to court her, then he's fuckin' failing at it. He's been in this world for over a year and I haven't seem him bring her home yet."
"Maybe he needs some help?" Nel inputted. "Maybe he doesn't know what to do?"
"Ah, and if that's the case, then I say we help our dear friend Ulquiorra!" Gin said excitedly.
Grimmjow raised an eyebrow. "How? By having him watch some porn?"
Nel laughed and Gin shook his head. "You're too many steps ahead, Grimmjow. I was thinking of all of us taking a trip…. That way we can see how they interact and hopefully give him some help."
"What type of trip and where would we go?"
"Las Vegas."
Rangiku's eyes widened as she felt her excitement rise. She's heard of Las Vegas before and has even seen pictures. The number of things to do excited her, and she could already see herself winning some games. Oh, and the shopping!
"And how do you know Ulquiorra would want to even come?" Grimmjow asked, and Rangiku frowned. That was a good question. The guy couldn't even sit with them by the pool.
Gin's smirk widened. "How, ya' say? Well, Orihime of course. Do you seriously think he's going to let Orihime come to Vegas? A place notorious for bad behavior, drinking, gambling, drugs… and she's an attractive young girl. Someone needs to look out for her… I've heard a lot of stimulated young men go there for some action… Can't let anything happen to our human friend, don't ya agree?"
Grimmjow laughed at him. "I agree with you, but try pulling that on him. Besides, how will we know what she would even come to this?"
Rangiku smirked at this. "Leave that to me. You just take care of Ulquiorra."
"Las Vegas for five days?" Orihime asked, folding her laundry.
Rangiku nodded excitedly, sitting on the washer with her legs crossed. She watched the girl ponder on the idea, and the Shinigami watched her curiously.
"Hmm… I don't know. I don't have that kind of money…"
"Oh don't worry about that! Gin is paying for everything! Flight, condo, food, activities…"
Orihime didn't seem convinced at the idea. Her eyebrows furrowed and she shook her head. "That's a lot of money. And I don't know him that well. I feel bad using his money like that…"
"No! He insists on having you come!" Rangiku said, grabbing her hand.
"B-But why?"
Rangiku thought this would have been easier, but clearly she needed to provide more convincing. She knew that she needed to come up with something quick.
"Nel and Grimmjow will be there too! They want you to come!"
"I'll feel like the fifth wheel," Orihime giggled nervously, rubbing the back of her head.
"Not necessarily. Ulquiorra will be there too… And Gin told me that Ulquiorra already asked him if you were coming."
"R-Really?" Orihime asked, pointing at herself.
Rangiku hated lying to the girl, but she knew that she had to pull every trick possible in order to get the girl to come. She only hoped that Gin would be able to convince Ulquiorra the same.
"Mhmm! So you'll have him to be around with. You two are friends, right?"
Gotcha… Rangiku thought, watching as Orihime's face flushed a bit. Now she it was time for her to extract as much information from the young girl as possible.
"Well?" Rangiku asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Y-Yeah… I-I guess we are!"
"Awesome! Then you'll come!"
"But I don't have anything nice to wear," Orihime said, thinking about her closet.
She had been so concentrated on her semester that shopping was the last thing on her mind.
"Don't worry about that! We'll go shopping tomorrow after your last class."
"Actually, tomorrow I'm meeting..um..someone for dinner…"
Rangiku knew that this was her opportunity to interrogate the girl. "Oh really? And who're you having dinner with tomorrow night?"
Rangiku wanted to laugh as she saw Orihime struggle with folding the same shirt for minutes.
"A friend…"
"By the name of Ulquiorra?"
"How did you know?" Orihime asked, panic in her eyes.
"I just do," Rangiku said, getting off the washer. "But don't worry, your secret relationship is secret with me."
"He and I are not in a relationship. We just...sometimes… meet up for dinner."
And buys you a computer… Rangiku thought.
"Fine. Then the day after tomorrow? We're planning on leaving for Vegas this Saturday, so we need to act fast!"
Orihime nodded. While she felt bad having Gin pay for everything for this trip, deep down she was excited to leave Karakura Town and do something fun. And having Ulquiorra come… Well, that's going to be interesting. Considering she hasn't told anyone about sometimes meeting up with Ulquiorra for dinner (or how he sometimes drops her off at school, but Rangiku didn't need to know that), the thought of being around him in Las Vegas made her nervous and excited.
When he had first arrived from Hueco Mundo, she wasn't sure if he would have fit in the Human World, and she had avoided him for some time. Memories of being trapped inside that room in Las Noches depressed her. She remembered Rukia, Ichigo and Uryu telling her to keep her distance from him, and she did so at first.
But then that day happened…. The day she had fallen asleep on the train coming back from her late-night shift in the restaurant she worked at and ended up in a stop very far away from her home. What had made the situation worse was the fact that her phone had died, she had no cash on her, and it had been past one in the morning. The train conductor, an old fat man, wasn't nice either; he had yelled at her to wake up and hurry out before he locked the train doors. She had frantically ran out and the cold night air had fully woken her up. After minutes of walking around the empty train station, she had accepted the fact that she would sleep at the station until the first train ran again at five in the morning. With that in mind, she had lied down on a bench with her arms wrapped around her body for warmth.
"What are you doing?"
Orihime's eyes widened and she almost fell off the bench as the familiar voice registered through her mind. Sitting up straight, she gaped at her former jailer standing a few feet away from her. He wore gray slacks with a white long-sleeve buttoned-down collared shirt and Orihime couldn't help but notice how handsome he looked. He stood there with his hands inside the pocket of his pants, his intense green eyes fixed on her. She was about to respond when she realized something…. What was he doing here?
"Not going to respond?" Ulquiorra asked.
"I-I was just resting!" Orihime saw how one of his thick eyebrows raised very slightly.
"I figured you had a home for that."
"I do, but I fell asleep and missed my stop… Trains don't start running again until five…. And my phone died…"
"Irresponsible woman," Ulquiorra said and Orihime stared down at her shoes sadly, wishing he would go away. She remembered the insults during her stay in Hueco Mundo by the sound of his tone.
"Come," he said and turned around.
"Wh-Where?"
"Do you not want to be in your home?"
"Y-Yes, of course," Orihime said, grabbing her small backpack and following him, yet keeping some distance from him.
She wasn't sure where he was heading at first, and she was ready to tell him that she didn't want to walk twenty miles back home. The sound of two beeps stopped her from speaking and her eyes widened in surprise as he walked towards a dark SUV. He opened the passenger door for her and then walked towards the driver's side.
Stepping inside nervously, she glanced at him from the corner of her eyes while putting her seatbelt on. The SUV was new and incredibly clean. He pressed the Engine Start-Stop button and she heard the SUV's engine make a noise. Without a word, Ulquiorra put the vehicle in drive and drove her home. Orihime had many questions for him that, starting with how he even knew how to drive.
Orihime dug up her passport and checked the expiration date, happy that the piece of document was still valid. This would be her first time traveling outside the country and she was excited. She had never been outside of Karakura Town (with the exception of Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, of course) and was curious to experience another country's culture. She was excited about the food and couldn't wait to try out different cuisines.
Lying down on her bed and closing her eyes, she smiled while mentally listing out the things she wanted to do and wondered if Ulquiorra would enjoy them as well.
Author's Note: So what do you think? This idea hit me hard but it took me some time to think about what I wanted to do. I wasn't sure what other characters to put in there, and decided to have Gin and Rangiku. Those 2 deserve some attention too!
Anyway, please leave a review so I know everyone's response to this.