Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. Tite Kubo owns it.:) I only used his characters.
Secret Lovers
Ichigo X Orihime
Chapter 13: Selfish or Selfless
It was already dark when they reach their home,
"Hime, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry on the way I acted." Ichigo says in a pleading manner.
His sister didn't talk to him until they reach their home.
"Hime, please talk to me."
"You shoudn't have done that, He was just being nice with me." Orihime says angrily, the way her brother acted earlier was definitely not good.
Orihime was about to walk out of the hall and head upstairs when Ichigo stopped her and hugged her from behind.
"Orihime, I'm sorry." He hugged her tighter. "I was waiting for this eversince we were kids and now that finally we are together, I was really happy. All this time, I was only watching you from a far, wishing that someday I hope I could held your arms and hug you tight. That's why Now that you're finally mine, I'm so happy that I couldn't explain my emotions. Then that boy suddenly came and was about to hold your hand, I immediately acted without thinking and punched him. I'm sorry Hime, I just love you so much that I couldn't take it if other are boys looking at you."
Orihime could feel her brother's sincere apology and can feel his love for her. She then turned around and hugged him back too. "I'm sorry too, Ichigo. I love you too" They just hugged each other for a moment, wishing time would stop.
"Ichigo, Orihime, I'm Home!" They immediately let go of each other upon recognizing that voice.
"M-mom!" they both shouted, stuttering.
"What happened sweetie?" Masaki ran towards Orihime and hugged her daughter tightly. "Your teacher called me, She said you collapse at school. Are you okay now?" She let go of Orihime and cupped her daughter's cheeks.
"Mom, I'm okay now. Don't worry" Orihime said smiling.
"Oh, I swear I don't know what to do if I lost you." She hugged her daughter tightly again, tears were starting to form in her brown orbs. "You're my daughter and I won't hand you to anyone. I love you so much"
Orihime is confused with the way their mom acts, "Mom, really. I'm just fine.." she says while tapping her mother's shoulder for assurance.
" Hey Mom stop being like that, I'm hungry make some food." Ichigo demanded. With that Masaki let go of her daughter and started making dinner while the twins went upstairs to bring their things to their room. After about ten minutes of preparing and cooking, they started eating. While eating Masaki asks her babies lots of stuff about school and started teasing them.
"Seems like you two are on good terms lately, I like that." She said with a warm smile, which made Ichigo stiffen.
"Mom still doesn't notice anything…It makes me guilty. I wonder if she found out we're having a relationship more than brother-sister, will she still like it?" Ichigo thought to himself.
"Mom sure worries a lot, right Ichi-kun?" She said innocently with a smile on her face.
" I don't want her worrying about me anymore. I also love mom so much that I don't want to see her get hurt."
Ichigo just looked intently at his sister while she fix her things and talk endlessly about their mother. "God, please don't take that innocent smile from Orihime. I don't want her to know that our relationship could probably hurt others, especially our mother."
It took him few minutes before he could say something, "Yeah, I'm starting to wonder what did our stupid teacher told her." He then headed to their bathroom.
"I'll go first, okay?" Ichigo blurted out all of a sudden, which made Orihime get confused.
Ichigo noticed Orihime's confusion, so he answered her before she start to ask the question. "To take a bath, that is. Or do you want us to take a bath together? Like we used to do when we were younger. " Ichigo added teasing his sister, removing his t-shirt in front of her. Orihime in return turned beet red and threw him the first thing she caught beside her, a pillow.
"Kyaa! Just go in!" she shouted.
"Okay. Okay." Ichigo threw his arms in surrender before heading to the bathroom.
Next day at school…
Orihime and Ichigo went to school together. She was definitely in a good mood today and wished that nothing bad would happen. As they approached their lockers and change their shoes, they bid each other goodbye and promised each other to go home together.
When Orihime reached her classroom, she immediately greeted each of her classmates a good morning. "Good Morning Nel-chan!"
"Oh! Hey Orihime. You're on a good mood today huh? Feeling better after taking a rest?" Nel said happily.
"Yeah! I feel a lot better today." Orihime beamed happily but then she was shoved forcefully by certain someone making her yelp in surprise. "Owiee-" When she turned sideways she noticed the person who bumped into her. "Rukia-chan! Good—" before she could greet the black-haired girl, she cut her off.
"What's so good about this morning if I'll get to see your face?!" Rukia shouted angrily.
"Eh? Rukia-chan?"
"Stop pretending like you're some kind of a saint or angel, when in fact you are one big liar. Sneaky Devil! I hate you."
"Rukia!" Neliel shouted. "What are you talking about?"
"Thank you for making me look like a fool waiting in the rooftop yesterday!" She said sarcastically, glaring at the auburn haired girl before turning around and leave her.
"Rukia-chan, I-uh.." Before Orihime could explain herself, their teacher has already walk in their room and ask them to start practicing. Orihime's whole day became a mess. Her classmates has been talking about what happened between her and Rukia. Some have even started ignoring her. She felt guilty about it that she lost focus on their practice.
"Hey! Orihime, don't mind them. We're still here, we won't leave you." Nel assured her.
"Yeah Orihime-chan! We will always believe in you." Michiru says, placing her arms on Orihime's shouder.
"Thank you so much. This means so much to me." She stated teary eyed and hugged her true friends.
The trio were still comforting their friend in a warm hug, when their teacher interrupted the class.
"Okay class, that's it for today. Pack your things and tidy up the place." The teacher instructed. "Since the School festival will be in two weeks time, start inviting your family and friends for the school's event and of course for your class presentation the play."
"Okay! " They all said in unison. Their teacher then left them and they started fixing their things and keeping the props in their designated storage. Orihime was busy cleaning their classroom, she received a text message, it was from her brother.
From: Ichi-kun3
Hime, We will be having a meeting in the student council. I'm afraid we won't be able to go home together. I'm starting to miss you already, I really hate being an officer. D*mn!
Orihime smiled slightly. Just a simple text message from her brother makes her happy. She then started replying to his message.
To: Ichi-kun3
It's okay. Uhm, Then I'll wait for you at the park! I miss you too.3
After sending the message, she placed her phone near her chest.
"It's okay to become selfish sometimes, right?"
Upon receiving the reply, Ichigo smiled.
"You look like a moron, Ichigo!" Tatsuki shouted. "Have you gone nuts? You're smiling to yourself."
"Oh, Shut up Tatsuki!. I'm not asking your opinion. Ichigo says irritated.
"I guess your sweet little princess texted you huh?" Tatsuki teased. "Oh, did she tell you about what happened to her in her class?"
"Huh? Why? What happened to her?" Ichigo asked worriedly, then her raven-haired bestfriend told him what happened. It made Ichigo worried but since he couldn't suddenly leave the meeting he felt really annoyed.
"Shit! I hate this, I hope this fucking meeting end immediately. I want to see my Hime, I want to know if she's alright."
Orihime waited patiently for her boyfriend in their favorite place. She sat on one of the swings and started pushing herself.
"Time sure flies. We never even realize that something's already changing within us. I'm really sorry about Rukia-chan, but I think I have to prioritize my happiness too." Orihime said to herself, trying to erase the guilt in her heart.
"Orihime!" shouted a womanly voice.
"Eh?-" Before Orihime could acknowledge the person who called her, The woman has already squeezed her in a tight embrace.
"Orihime, finally! We saw each other again. I missed you!"
"Ma-matsumoto-san! I, I missed you too." Orihime replied.
"Oh! We have lot's of things to talk about. So how was your lovelife, huh?" Rangiku teases.
"Eh? Matsumoto-san, stop teasing me about it." Orihime replied, blushing.
"Tell me the truth! You have a boyfriend already huh? Tell me, Tell me." Rangiku says while shaking Orihime. It took a while before Orihime answered her question, and she only nod as a reply.
"Kyaa! What does he look like? Is he your classmate? If not, from what school? Who are his parents?. Come on, spill it!" Rangiku asked nonstop. She was really excited in knowing something new about Orihime.
"I- I'll, I'll tell you soon Matsumoto-san."ORihime really wanted to tell her everything but something in her mind is stopping her from doing so. She started changing the topic. "Uhm, If you can please come on our class play on Friday next next week."
"You're inviting me?" She said teary eyed.
"Of course. You're my friend."
"I'll come. I promise!" She then hugged Orihime again.
"Hime!" Ichigo came to her direction panting. As Orihime recognized that voice, she immediately run to his direction too. "Ichi-kun!"
"Sorry If you wait long." He said while kissing her forehead. "It's okay, silly."
Rangiku stared at the two. She suddenly got confused at the actions of the person in front of her. "Are they inlove with each other? But they know they're twins-" Her brows connected in confusion.
"Matsumoto-san was with me, so it wasn't really boring." Orihime explained while pulling Ichigo in Rangiku's direction. "Ichi-kun, this is Matsumoto-san."
"Hello Matsumoto-san, thank you for staying with Hime for awhile." He said while reaching for Rangiku's hand.
"Aaa, It's nothing really…I- I enjoy Orihime's company."
"Hime, It's time come on. Let's go?" Ichigo suggested when he took notice of the time.
"Ah, yeah. Thank you Matsumoto-san, We'll go now. I'm hoping you'll come to see our play."
"I will. Okay, Goodbye." Rangiku says. She watched as the two walk away holding each other's hand.
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"They are really inlove."
-End of Chapter 13-
Author's note:
Finally! Here's the 13th Chapter. I was starting to lose hope on my writing skills and was gonna just leave my stories hanging, but since there are people who are eagerly waiting for updates (they even pm-ed me *You know who you are*.) I was really happy, that though there are some who are bashing my stories, still there are much more who support them. I love you guys! I'll try to update sooner.:)))
-cloverberry15
