Day one- Is it your time of the month?
Orihime never felt so traumatized in her life. Course there were several bumpy moments in her life but this was a different kind of trauma. Orihime almost felt like crying. Now Kurosaki-kun will hate her forever! Never once in her lifetime did she think she'd be this close to Kurosaki-kun's...Not only was she close, but she was actually holding it in her hand. Orihime wondered if going to the loo was ever this torturous. After finishing her business, Orihime zipped up her pants. No matter how many times she tried to make a sense of things, she was confused out of her wits. All she could think about was how she was inside Kurosaki-kun's sculpted tall and lean body. She tried to stop her thoughts from travelling down to a naughtier path but after what she just experienced, it seemed as impossible as her becoming the next destructible robot terminator with normal taste buds. One moment she had long luscious auburn locks, the next she was sporting spiky blondish hair and at least a foot taller. Not to mention the external organ hovering between her legs. It made her skin crawl. This was not how she envisioned seeing "that" part of her dear Kurosaki-kun.
Ichigo on the other hand was furious. He couldn't believe what a harmless cup of tea could do to his life. He was stuck in a woman's body for a week. And it wasn't just a woman. This woman was Orihime Inoue. This caused a slight blush to rise in his cheeks. He mentally slapped himself to stop his thoughts from travelling to naughtier regions. At least like this, he didn't need to worry about wierd hobos looking at Orihime in the wrong way. When Ichigo heard the toilet flushing, he cringed on impulse. He finally felt the full force of his anger. Orihime probably just saw his... She probably also held it in her innocent hands. He had tainted her! Actually that's the least of his trauma. That was not how he wanted Orihime to see him. He wanted something romantic like candlesticks, roses...Ichigo pinched himself before his thoughts tittered on dangerous boundaries. He heard a masculine voice yelping.
"Ouch. My arm?" Orihime rubbed her arm. Ichigo looked at her in confusion.
"Is everything okay, Ichigo(Orihime)?" Urahara genuinely looked concerned. Orihime looked at him curiously.
"Why are you calling me Ichig...Oh. Whoops, I forgot." Orihime grinned sheepishly.
"Well Clogs, what do you suggest we do for a whole week before you find the antidote?" Ichigo glared.
"Well, option A would be to resume your life as it is, except for the fact that Orihime's Ichigo and Ichigo's Orihime. Option B would be to take each other's place instead for a week's time. Or you can just simply live here for a week with me!" Urahara had to dodge a kick from Ichigo for his last comment.
"Inoue, what do you think?" Ichigo felt bizarred addressing his own body as Orihime.
"I like option A except we'll have to tell everyone what happened. I'm kinda nervous about that. If we go with option B, I don't think I can act the part convincingly."
"You're right. But we can't stay here for the whole week." Ichigo replied. Orihime nodded.
"Maybe we should stay here for today?" Orihime and Ichigo said at the same time.
"Jinta, set up the guest room. We'll be having guests for the night." Urahara snapped his fan open.
"Um Urahara-san, shouldn't it be guest…rooms?" Orihime asked questioningly.
"No, sorry but we only have one room available at the moment. The other one's already occupied." This answer made both Orihime and Ichigo blush to the roots of their hair.
"You perv! You're doing this on purpose aren't you?" Ichigo shouted. He was getting angrier by the seconds. What made him madder was that he was secretly enjoying this. Orihime wasn't faring any better. She couldn't believe it. She was going to spend the night with Ichigo…in the same room. She felt the temperature rising in the room. Unconsciously, she unbuttoned the top collar.
"I think I want to get a glass of water." Orihime reached over to the water pitcher but Ichigo stopped her by grabbing her wrist.
"I don't think that's a great idea. I don't think we should eat or drink anything inside this goddamn house." Instead of letting go of her wrist, he pulled her up so that they were standing.
"But I'm very thirsty Kurosaki-kun."
"Well it's time for dinner anyways. Let's eat out today. Dinner's on me." Ichigo pulled Orihime out of Urahara's place.
As soon as they were outside, Ichigo realized he was still holding Orihime's wrist. He also realized he was still in Orihime's body which meant he was holding to his own wrist. This felt weird.
"Um…Kurosaki-kun, where do you want to go?"
"Where do you want to go, Inoue?"
"Let's go to the café! They have really good sandwiches there! Not to mention the wasabi and soy sauce on the side!" Orihime returned Ichigo a goofy smile. Ichigo didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. It made his insides squirm seeing goofy smothering gaze on his features, but it cheered him up seeing Orihime getting over her earlier trauma.
"Yeah…let's go."
When they were at the café, Ichigo ordered a turkey sandwich and a pepsi while Orihime getting a cheeseburger and orange soda. Orihime happily piled her burger with some wasabi before taking a bite.
"This is so good!" Orihime smiled. To his displeasure, Ichigo saw flecks of wasabi around Orihime's chin which meant there were flecks of wasabi on his chin. Without thinking, he took a napkin and swiped the wasabi off Orihime's face carefully. There was the sound of glass breaking beside them. They quickly turned their heads to look at the source of noise. In front of them were their friends. Keigo's jaws were almost reaching the floor and Michiru was busily texting away while Tatsuki was standing beside a broken plate.
"Crap." Ichigo said out loud. Another sound of glass breaking could be heard when Keigo dropped his cup of chocolate milkshake.
"Orihime, I didn't know you swear." Keigo's face paled.
"When…How? Orihime(Ichigo)?" Tatsuki lookeed at her friend with a quizzical expression. Ichigo returned the look only to realize in Tatsuki's eyes that he was Orihime at the moment.
"Well Tatsuki…" This was going to get really weird. Ichigo thought quickly. "I was just caught off guard. That's all."
"Okay. But what about eating with Ichigo? When did you guys start…eating together?"
"Well what's wrong with In…" Ichigo coughed to cover his mistake. "I meant, what's wrong with Kurosaki-kun and me eating dinner?" Ichigo tried his best to pass off as Orihime. He even put an effort to smile without his trademark scowl.
"Together?" Tatsuki cocked an eyebrow and smirked at her auburn friend.
"Ichigooooooo(Orihime), how'd you manage to get a girl like Orihime to eat dinner with you?" Keigo was on the verge of tears. He closed his eyes for the impact of Ichigo's fists. "Huh…what? Ichigo, you didn't punch me?" Keigo looked at Ichigo curiously. Orihime looked at Keigo and then looked over to where Ichigo was sitting. It finally hit her in Keigo's eyes, she was Ichigo at this moment.
"Um…Kur…I mean, Inoue and I ran into each other. Hehe, we just decided to eat at the same table since there weren't any tables available except for this one." Orihime looked at Ichigo carefully. Ichigo nodded. Orihime even managed a frown to appear more like Ichigo. It was almost convincing,
"Well, guess you won't mind us joining you." Tatsuki took a seat next to Orihime who was actually Ichigo.
"Actually, I have to go to the washroom." Ichigo got up but stopped short of his tracks when he heard Tatsuki.
"Good idea. I have to go to." Tatsuki grabbed Ichigo's arm and pulled him into the girls washroom.
When they were inside, Tatsuki lightly punched Orihime in the arm while laughing.
"Orihime? I didn't know you had it in you!"
"What?" Ichigo frowned.
"Well I never thought I'd live to see the day when Ichigo's little frown disappears. Gosh, when you were wiping something off his chin, he looked like Keigo watching porn. By the way, why are you frowning?"
"Because…" Ichigo forced himself to smile. "I don't really want to associate Ichigo with anything to do with Keigo. Keigo's just wrong."
"Ouch…harsh, Orihime. Harsh. What's wrong with you today? I know Keigo's off his rockers on a daily basis but even then you're never usually this sensitive."
"Um…" Ichigo tried his very best imitation of Orihime and plastered on a very awkward but big grin. "I'm just…you see, I'm just not feeling too good right now."
"Right…" Tatsuki didn't look to sure but she brushed off the uncertain feelings. Suddenly, a look of realization hit her face. It made Ichigo nervous. "Is it your period? You often have mood swings when it's your time of the month." This made Ichigo red all over. "No wonder you wanted to go to the washroom. Well don't let me keep you. I'll be at the table." Tatsuki grinned and left the washroom.
When Ichigo returned to the table, he spotted Orihime squirming in her seat with a very uncomfortable look on her face.
"In…I mean Kurosaki-kun…I need to go home now. I'll see you guys later." Ichigo hoped Orihime understood what he meant. Tatsuki and the others just gave each other knowing looks. It looked like the two wanted some alone time.
"Yeah Ichigo, if anything happens to Orihime, it's going to be knuckle sandwiches at lunch for the rest of your life." Tatsuki threatened Ichigo(Orihime).
When they were back at Urahara's they both let out the deep breath that they were holding in.
"That was a close one." Orihime started laughing. Pretty soon, Ichigo joined in.
"I can't believe I passed off as you, Inoue."
"I know! It's so funny seeing a big crease on my forehead." Orihime giggled. Ichigo was both disturbed (at seeing his body giggling in a girlish fashion) and content at seeing Orihime giggling. He started laughing with Orihime.
When they finally entered their room, they realized there was only one futon. A frown appeared on Ichigo's face. Ichigo was about to leave the room to find Urahara but a hand stopped him.
"It's okay Kurosaki-kun. I don't mind." A blush heavily hung on Orihime.
"Are you sure?" Ichigo asked Orihime. He felt a weird thumping inside when Orihime nodded. A smile unknowingly crept to Ichigo's lips. Maybe this wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Ichigo woke up the next day only to find himself back in his own body and in his own bed at home. He felt an immense relief when he figured out it was only a nightmare. But it just felt so real…He could still feel Orihime's presence. Ichigo brushed the thought off his mind. He turned to look at the clock but instead a copper hue filled his vision. Long auburn hair spilled over his pillows. Pale creamy naked skin blended with his blankets. He was soon met with two beautiful grey orbs which turned into a look of confusion. The moment his eyes feasted on her long neck which carried further down to her generous mounds of perfection, Ichigo felt a throbbing in his groin.
"Inoue?" He felt his voice shaking. "I…why are you naked?"
"I…don't know. I wanted to ask you the same thing."
"What?" Ichigo slowly realized there were not one but two naked bodies on the same bed. What was worse was there was a big bump under the blanket which clearly defined how he was feeling.
"Kurosaki-kun? What's that bump down there?" Ichigo groaned. Ichigo tried to shift over to hide his arousal. "You know Kurosaki-kun, if it's what I think it is, I can help you get rid of it." At those words, Ichigo's arousal only worsened.
"Wh…what Inoue? I don't think you know what you're saying…" Ichigo returned a shaky laugh which abruptly stopped when a hand curled around his throbbing body part. Ichigo couldn't help but moan at Orihime's touch.
"Kurosaki-kun? Does that make it better?" Orihime asked. Ichigo couldn't take it anymore. He pulled Orihime to kiss her…
Hey guys! Sorry I was away for such a long time but I was really sick. I came down with pneumonia and I just couldn't get out of bed for three weeks. And when I did get better (well better enough to start writing again), my computer went down with a virus (oh the irony) and I lost all motivation to get back on fanfiction. I just starting gaining back the momentum I lost so hopefully you'll be seeing more regular updates although I can't promise anything at the moment. But it feels great to be back!
Anyways all the reviews meant so much to me and I want to thank everyone who stopped by to read this poorly written ichihime ficlet of mine.
Also I wanted to clear this up in case of a confusion. I'll continue to address Ichigo as Ichigo whether he's in Orihime's body and vice versa. When I write something like "Orihime blushed" it means it was Orihime who blushed but it was Ichigo's body doing the blushing. Does that even make sense. LOL I get confused too so let me know if it confuses you or if I make a mistake.
CuBa: Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I'll try to update this whenever I can. Hope that's okay.
Sullla: I'm glad you loved it! I'll continue this. I'm just not sure how soon I can finish it.
Maggie88: Will see about that. Well I guess I can afford to give spoilers. No...they won't be having sex in each other's bodies. I think that would require a better writer because it would be just so confusion. Imagine having to describe Orihime in Ichigo's body kissing Ichigo who's in Orihime's body which is the same as Orihime kissing Orihime but because she's in Ichigo's body it would be Ichigo kissing Ichigo but beca...etc. LOL
bleachfanichihime: Awww...that was so sweet. Thank you. I'm glad you like this one too.
broken soul and broken me: Thanks! I hope you like it still even though this chapter's a bummer.
Moinkmoink: I'm sorry it took me this long to update but hey at least I'm updating. I mean there are so many authors who have such wonderful ichihime fics out there but suddenly disappears to never come back. Anyways, thanks for the review!
nypsy: And a happy carefree Ichigo with a puppy-dog face is even better. I would really want to see Ichigo without his scowl.
uzamaki898: Hope this one didn't disappoint you!
LordOfUrMom: Me too but oh Well Orihime's going to have to deal with it sooner or later. This isn't a M-rated fic for nothing. Thanks for the review!
Oicherealtai: I'll try my best! )
anime12girl: I'm glad you like this as much as the other one. I might have make this into a triology and have a third how-to fic. Hey, I should set up a poll and ask wat kind of How-to story I should write.
BleachFan4life: I'll try to update asap:)
CharNinja LOL: Haha will try to make this into a triology.
stilldollthorns: I'll update. Updating isn't a problem. But how soon...now that's the question. Hope you like this chapter.
Otepbunni: Thanks! Like I said, I won't drop any of my stories. I'll keep writing until they have a complete sign on them. The problem is when will that be. Anyways, I'm glad you like it!
Paeonin: I'm really sorry for disappearing like that! But don't get too discouraged when I'm gone for awhile cause I'll always be back. Ah, and this fic will be 9 chapters long. A prologue, a week and an epilogue. :)
killerqueen04: Thanks!:D
P.S. There's a story called 'What's drinking Kurosaki-kun" (this isn't the real title but anyone who checked it out will know) and it's an one-sided Ichihime fic and it's causing a bit of a disturbance with its pairing label + adding additional chapters when they are only author's notes to encourage more reviews. I just wanted to put my two-cents worth in and say ignore and don't bother writing reviews because that's most likely the writer's intention or if it really bothers you to report it. Because it is in the GUIDELINES to put it under proper pairings and to not add author's notes as new chapters. Honestly, I'd just skip adding Orihime and/or Rukia and just put it under just Ichigo to avoid the problem all together.
Heart y'all...