Title: Miniature Murcielago
Pairing: Ulquiorra x Orihime and Grimmjow x Ichigo
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Orihime had just dropped off her at groceries home and was about ready trek the town. She was wearing a light blue sundress with white lining. She was even able to find her favorite pair of sunglasses.
Ulquiorra sat on the side of the couch and his eyes followed the girl exquisitely as she rushed around the house putting the last of the groceries away. He couldn't figure out for the life of him why she was dressed like that, or why she was smiling so much.
'Is she always like this? He pondered about this for a while. It hadn't even been a day since she returned from Hueco Mundo. No one, no one normal, could just act like this after all that physiological abuse. The part that made him feel worse was, he was the one who caused most it.
Ulquiorra was able to conclude that she was either;
A: Just that insane. But that didn't make sense. Her strong will would have countered this…
or
B: She is not usually like this, so there must be a reason,
The murcielago was leaning more towards B. But what could have caused this drastic change? What was different now, then before she was taken to Hueco Mundo? Just then it struck him.
"Ulquiorra! Ready to go?!" Orihime boomed, interrupting the small bat's thought. He looked up and saw the auburn haired girl staring down at him, smiling. Hanging from her arm was a bright yellow bag.
"Where are we going?" He asked straightly.
"Well out of course." She answered. Orihime's smile was still there, and the thoughts Ulquiorra had previously just returned.
'Maybe….'
"You were just returned from Hueco Mundo yesterday, Orihime Inoue." Ulquiorra started, "How can you act the way you are?"
Her smile faltered. Ulquiorra eyebrows furrowed because of this.
Orihime's mind started sorting through many things. She has lived for so many years. Finally, someone, anyone, is here with her. Even if it is a miniature murcielago, that alone, is enough to make her feel, or act the way she is.
"Because I'm able to go do something fun with someone today." She answered. Ulquiorra's eyebrows furrowed a bit more. "Is this a rare event?"
Orihime nodded.
"I see." The creature spoke, "What about those friends of yours? The ones that came to rescue you, wouldn't you be able to do activities with them? How is this a rare event?"
None of it was making sense to Ulquiorra.
Orihime's lips parted, for a moment no words were able to pass. After taking a breath, she began speaking.
"To tell you the truth, we all are friends. Me, Rukia, Ichigo, Chad, and Uryu…we've been through a lot together."
She turned to face a photo frame resting on a table. On it were all of her friends all smiling and having a good time, she sighed.
"But…although we are friends, none of them know how lonely it is, to be at a place like this all day. Believe me, I've tried to arrange times to hang out but…in the end, they're always busy and I'm just a burden stopping them from doing more important things."
There was a moment of silence, as she turned back to face the small bat still seated on the couch.
"So that's why I am acting happy. Because there's finally someone here to do fun things with me."
Orihime placed her hand in front of Ulquiorra, indicating for him to hop on. He did, as the words she just spoke rustled through in his mind.
'She's happy that I'm…here...'
Orihime dashed towards the door with a huge smile, "So let's go! We've got to get you a swimsuit if we want to got to the beach!"
'Swimsuit….? Beach…?'
Grimmjow had just stuffed himself and was sitting happily on Ichigo's shoulder.
The orange haired teen held the cage in his free hand; the panthera had been behaving himself so he thought it would be okay to let him rest on his shoulder.
"Where are we going now?" The blue haired cat asked, still in a content state.
"I'm on patrol today, just going to walk around the town in search of any hollows."
"That's boring…" Grimmjow whined.
Ichigo turned his head to glare at the panthera. "Don't push it…."
"Ulquiorra come out! Let me see it!" Orihime griped from outside the 'dressing room.'
Well no, it wasn't a dressing room, it was a toy house in a toy story….where else can she find a swim suit for Ulquiorra at?
"No…I look like an idiot." Ulqiuorra answered blankly from behind the toy door.
"Just let me see it! If you do, then I'll find another one.." she pleaded. From within the house, the murcielago sighed as he looked at himself in the toy mirror. He was wearing a green swimsuit, the fur from his legs were in a bulge, coming out from where the pants started, and ended.
It looked…weird.
"I don't want a swimsuit…" Ulquiorra said straightly. He heard Orihime sigh, "Just let me see it.." She spoke.
The bat took a breath and hesitantly opened the door. He was met with a shimmering silver eye looking straight at him. His face flushed and he took a step back….
"Are you sure you don't want it?" Orihime asked.
Ulquiorra nodded. He began taking off the clothing; the girl stared at him wide eyed.
"W-Wah are you doing?!" The murcielgo paused his movements and turned to face her, "I am….taking it off." He answered blankly.
"Well not in front of me!" Orihime shot back. This caused Ulquiorra to blink, "Why not?"
The auburn haired teen began to fumble for her words, "Because it's…you're just not supposed to."
Ulquiorra stared at her for a few more seconds. "I have been walking around without clothing this whole time. I do not understand why you're making a fuss now. But if this is making you uncomfortable, then I'll close the door."
At that he shut the door of the toy house, leaving a flushed Orihime to ruminate on what just happened.
Why was she embarrassed about him taking his pants off, if he had been walking around pant-less this whole time.
When she thought about it, it did actually sound weird, but she had to remember…Ulquiorra is not who he used to be, well he was, but by size was what she meant.
Orihime began throbbing her forehead. It wasn't like his height mattered, he was still Ulquiorra, so something like that would seem appropriate to be embarrassed about.
'But….' She thought…images of their past together flashed across her mind, all of which when he was his normal height. Only then, did she start appreciating his well-built frame and his muscles that accompanied them. She sighed, right now just wished to see him average height and-
"I'm ready." A small voice spoke next to her ear. Orihime jumped in surprised and turned around, more flushed then before to face Ulquiorra, who was hovering, his wings keeping him up.
"Y-You startled me." She spoke. For some reason, she felt as if in that one moment when he spoke to her, he was his height as before and this made her have butterflies in her stomach. Orihime could imagine it now…
"I'm ready" He spoke, as he took a hold of her should and spun her around to face him. His deep voice and intense stare sent shivers down her spine.
Of course though, this was only Orihime's imagination.
"I'm sorry." Ulquiorra said. "But may I ask you a question?"
The young teen began walking down the toy aisle and towards the exit, her dress flowing behind her, Ulquiorra following close behind.
"Shoot." she said.
"What is a beach?"
Orihime slightly turned her head towards him, a heartwarming smile painted across her face. "A beach is a place full of sand next to the ocean. We get to go swimming and make sand castles and search for seashells and make sand man and lots of more stuff!"
"I see…but what is the purpose of a swim suit?" He questioned curiously.
"Why to go swimming of course."
He furrowed his eyebrows, "Do you have one?" Orihime nodded eagerly. "Yep."
"Does it look the same as the one I was just trying on?"
"Uh…well now. Girl and guy swimsuits are different." She explained. "I see." Ulquiorra spoke once more.
'What does a female swim suit look like?' He thought to himself, well sooner or later, he'll see for himself.
In soul society, Rukia and Renji were still making the invitations for the upcoming celebration of Aizen's defeat.
"How many do we have now Renji?" The raven-haired shinigami asked from her seat at the table.
"Uh…about 200.." He answered a tad bit unsure.
"Good, we only need 100 more." Rukia boomed,
Renji sighed. "Do you know where the celebration is going to take place?"
Rukia's eyes turned big " Why of course at my remarkable brother's mansion. And Sode No Shirayuki is going to make a an ice sculpture!" She bragged in her exasperated tone.
Renji sighed again.
When Ulquiorra and Orihime finally arrived at the beach, the sun was beaming down on them, but there was also a cool breeze so the weather was pleasant.
The murcielago watched as the young girl threw off her flipflops and ran through the sand of the almost empty beach.
Ulquiorra hovered down to the ground as he watched her scamper through the sand. It piqued his curiosity as he took a step into the sand.
'This is exactly like Hueco Mundo….if there was a sun, and water there…would she have acted the same way.'
Just then he saw Orihime take a seat from behind a sand dune, all that could be seen was her orange head. At that, Ulquiorra spread his wings and made his way towards her. The sun was so blinding, he lifted his hand to block some of the sunlight.
He stopped mid-flight when he saw Orihime. She just finished taking off her dress, revealing a bikini that was white with a green lining. She reached over for her sunglasses then laid down on the towel she put down earlier.
Ulquiorra looked at her bewilderedly. 'What on earth is she doing….'
His sight caught that of her breasts, and they went over the rest of her perfectly curved body, all the way down to her toes. His face flushed as he tried his best to get rid of all these unacceptable images coursing through his mind as it gave him an odd yet pleasant sensation in the pit of his stomach.
"Ulquiorra…" she called, still laying on her back.
The murcielago shook his head from those thoughts and answered, "Yes?"
"Come lay next to me, we can sun tan together."
"Sun tan?" He asked, as he made his way closer to her. "Yea, just lay under the sun…" She spoke in a content tone.
Ulquiorra took a seat next to her, "What is the point of this?" he solicited.
"It's to…" she sounded drowsy, "T-to relax…"
She stopped speaking, and Ulquiorra looked at her with an odd expression. Just then he noticed this huge umbrella-looking item, it blocked most of the sunlight, but the heat around him was still present as the wind blew a chilling wind.
This mixture of temperatures caused a cold sweat to start on his brow. He threw his head back into the towel, next to Orihime's arm. He shut his eyes and sighed.
"Where would my life be now if I never met you, Orihime…" he mumbled under his breath.
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