K. So I've finally returned from my hiatus of ANYTHING. I feel awful. Um… I've had so many setbacks with my writing. It's stressing me out. Our Wifi is… meh and it always craps out for a long time, and this one was exceptionally long. K so yeah.

Chapter 6: FEELings/Uryu's all male harem!

It's Ichigo versus his "fruity friends" for the Grand Prize: Uryu!

Author's Note: I have had such misfortune with this story, Chapter 6 in particular. It may be cursed. It has died many times.

First time: I accidentally deleted it.

Second time: Mom found it and scolded me for writing Shonen Ai, and deleted the file later on that day.

Third time: Restarted it, but then mom walked in to the room so I panicked and deleted the whole thing. I panicked okay!

Fourth time: Laptop overheated and shut down suddenly, not saving the chapter.

Fifth time: Sister found it and replaced all the words "the" and "he" with profanities.

Sixth time: USB stick with ALL my files got destroyed. I even had a few one-shots that I planned on posting on there!

In addition, my internet router is FUCKED. So I can't post.

Yeah, I made ALL the guys want Uryu! K so I know Keigo would never be bisexual in any Bleach but I couldn't help myself! Besides, it is a fanfiction! So I read this Ichigo/Keigo thing and I thought it was so cute! ^.- That's probably why Keigo is a hat-lover here.

The whole group seemed to stand up and stretched at the same time. Ichigo looked at his "watch that wasn't there" and guessed that it was around 9 PM.

"So who will be driving with who?" Keigo asked, yawning.

Renji and Tatsuki were the only people there who could drive, (Chad had a licence but no car), and Renji was a maniac on the road, his car was unreliable as well. However, Tatsuki had a small car that could only take about three or four people, and that would be all the girls.

"Girls will go with Tatsuki, and guys will be with Renji." Ichigo said. They all nodded, it seemed simple enough. When the time came that all the guys piled into the car, Ichigo found himself sitting in between Keigo and Chad, which he didn't object to, Uryu and Renji were sitting in the front with Mizuiro in between them.

Ichigo sat in a bit of daze thinking about being in the middle, beside Uryu- wait what? 'Why would I wanna be beside Uryu?' Ichigo thought, his head started hurting.

The car started sputtering, and soon Renji pulled off to the side of the road. "What happened?" Uryu asked, his eyes wide at Renji. He went out to the front with the crimson haired man, soon everyone else followed. Uryu watched Renji taking off his white shirt so that it wouldn't be stained from the oil, there was still an undershirt underneath- Uryu still gawked at the muscular guy. Renji looked back at him and smiled.

Ichigo took this distraction as an opportunity to change the seating plan; he sat in the middle seat in the front of the car. Soon enough, Renji went back in the car, and Mizuiro sat to his right. Uryu took a backseat beside Keigo. He had been foiled, Ichigo wanted to sit beside Uryu- not Chad! He wondered why he desired to sit near the stupid hoe that his family happened to take in, instead of his best friend, but he didn't think for very long because he saw Tatsuki's white car passing them. Orihime stuck out her tongue at them.

"SPEED UP RENJI!" Keigo yelled from the back, he didn't want a bunch of girls passing them, which simply wouldn't do.

"No, Keigo. They can speed all they want but I'm broke and I don't want another ticket." Renji said responsibly, and lit a cigarette. Ichigo looked at the small stick of tobacco curiously; he had always wondered why Renji smoked them, especially when he was still a teenager! It wasn't healthy. Uryu eyed the cigarette longingly. He had picked up many habits from his life on the streets, and smoking was one of them; he was still tempted to have a puff or two here and there. He yawned and sat back, realizing how close he was to Keigo. He blushed and moved away, but it seemed like Keigo was slowly getting closer every time he inched away. Uryu experimentally leaned in on Keigo, and found that the boy didn't move. Keigo moved even closer, their shoulders were practically touching now. Uryu blushed and looked at Keigo, who wasn't looking back; he was acting natural. Uryu smiled, Keigo finally smiled in return.

The ginger in the front seat looked back to see Keigo gazing at Uryu, he knew that the boy was bisexual but he strongly preferred girls, so why was he looking at Uryu that way? Furthermore, why was Uryu looking back? He wished that he could pry them apart somehow, but Keigo was locked on someone he liked so Ichigo figured there was no point in trying to sway him. Maybe Uryu's appealing looks got Keigo's attention away from the women.

Ichigo huffed and looked back out the front window. He smiled when he felt Chad's elbow on his shoulder, the giant often used Ichigo as an armrest in this fashion. He saw Chad look down at him, so he looked up and smiled. Chad was probably one of the few people that he'd admit his homosexuality to; he was a good person and wouldn't judge him. Ichigo just wasn't sure if he wanted to tell him that just yet, he'd have to bring it up sooner or later however. He leaned back in his seat and sighed, this car ride was taking a lot longer than expected.

Tatsuki lived on the opposite side of town; they were driving under a darkening azure sky. She often had parties at her place, her parents were rarely there, and she didn't have to worry about thin apartment walls like most of her other friends.

Renji seemed to be taking more care in his driving, Ichigo presumed it was because Uryu was in the car, and everyone had pretty much guessed that Renji liked the smaller male. Maybe they would have to take Uryu along more often- as a safety precaution.

When the black car pulled into the driveway the group of males saw Tatsuki had her house ready in advance, there were already people showing up, most of them were either a grade higher or lower than them, but Ichigo figured that their grade was just showing up late to be cool. Uryu started walking up to the door, but he found all of the guys were following him closely. He stopped. They stopped. He took a step. They took a step.

Uryu turned around. "What's up?" He asked innocently.

Nobody said anything so Uryu turned around and walked in, his 'entourage' carefully following him. He felt people's eyes on him, but they soon went back to their conversations, so he decided that he'd stick with his friends for a bit. Renji and Ichigo stuck right close to him, Uryu didn't mind, but he couldn't help but wonder why they were supervising him so. Everyone at the party seemed pretty relaxed, they were probably waiting until it got a little later to start busting out liquor.

Ichigo put his hand on Uryu's shoulder and guided him through the dense crowd of people in the front hallway, and led him to the kitchen where it wasn't as packed, he appreciated this because he was too small to just push through the tight knit cluster of humans.

"Thanks Ichigo." Uryu smiled faintly, he heard someone playing music on a stereo outside. Ichigo sat on the counter and invited Uryu to sit beside him, but Renji took the spot where Ichigo was offering so Uryu sat beside him, not Ichigo. Thankfully, Uryu was oblivious to this, and never really noticed that all the men were getting competitive over him.

Renji took his sweater off and yawned, Uryu blushed and looked at his body, and he felt so inadequate compared to some of his new friends, especially Renji and Chad. He stared at his feet and sighed, the men around him noticed the dismal look on his face, started chatting him up, Uryu liked Renji's little jokes, and Ichigo was being so sweet to him. They passed an hour that way, now it was around ten. Ichigo texted his father that they'd be home fairly late.

Isshin got a little worried about his son but then texted back "OK." He didn't know how late Ichigo and Uryu would be and it bothered him slightly.

Uryu smiled warmly at Renji, he wondered why he liked this guy so much, he wasn't even all that nice to people and his face was kinda funny looking, except for his lips…

"Uryu-kun!" Ichigo stared at Renji and Uryu in horror, his "adoptive-friend" had reached up with his neck and kissed Renji.

The black haired boy pulled back before Renji did. His cheeks were really pink and Renji was a tomato of redness. They had attracted some attention, but most people looked away again and went back to talking. Keigo saw it and freaked out a little, he went to stand near them. Soon, men that Uryu didn't even know well were standing there "escorting" him and getting him drinks, until the small teenager was very smashed. There was one man though, that caught Uryu's eye, even though he hadn't even offered to get him a drink or talked to him yet. He just… remained there.

He didn't know his name, but he had three vertical scars running down his cheek, and he had a 69 tattooed right beside it. He knew that if he was standing there with the rest of the males who were trying to court him, then he probably liked Uryu back. He hopped off the counter and stood in front of the stranger and smiled, the teenager smiled back slightly, but he knew what he wanted from Uryu, and it was a lot more complicated than just a smile. He whispered something in Uryu's ear.

It made Ichigo suspicious, what was the stranger planning on doing with Uryu?

Uryu whispered something back, his cheeks were pink, and his face looked a little… lusty. Ichigo frowned and looked at his feet. He saw the other man holding Uryu's hand; they were going to a bathroom. Ichigo looked through the keyhole to see that they were making out roughly, Uryu was pinned against the wall and the man kept grabbing at his ass; the boy looking through the keyhole felt heavyhearted as he slunk back to the kitchen, where he saw that Renji was still sitting on the counter.

"So what were they doing?" The red haired man asked.

"I think they're gonna have sex…" Ichigo mumbled, it looked like what the couple in the bathroom were doing would escalate quickly. "Knowing Uryu, he'll probably wind up doing a lot of men that he doesn't know."

"He does that?" Renji asked.

"Yeah, he seems a little "man-happy" lately… He's surrounded by the same sex so what can you expect." Ichigo smiled slightly. "We did it recently, and I don't even think he finds me even slightly attractive. You should see how he looks at you sometimes."

"He looks at me?" Renji turned to face Ichigo.

"Yah, all the time." Ichigo said, he saw a weak smile on Renji's face. "I think he likes you."

Renji smiled even wider now. He was happy just being around Uryu, but if the boy liked him that would be really cool, maybe they could even go out, but that was a longshot. Uryu was also interested in many other guys, many other guys that had many things that he didn't.

"Yeah, but now he's gone off and done Shuhei." Renji smiled.

"Shuhei? So that's who he is. I swear I've seen him before." Ichigo said, yawning.

"Don't get tired already, we're at a party." Renji smiled. Ichigo huffed.

"I guess you're right." He stretched. "Well… what should we do?" Ichigo asked, his hand brushing through his hair.

"We could go and dance?" Renji suggested.

"We should spy on those two in the bathroom." Ichigo completely ignored Renji's proposition.

Renji followed the ginger to the outside of the bathroom quietly; he was already peering through the keyhole. "Holy shit Renji…" He whispered. Ichigo backed off from the keyhole, his eyes wide.

"What's up?" Renji looked through the keyhole to see what the hottest thing he would ever witness was quite possibly. He backed up to where Ichigo was standing, across the hallway.

"That Shuhei guy… isn't bad." Ichigo said, smiling. He tried to calm down the lump in his pants but couldn't, and it didn't matter how long he waited, the image wasn't going out of his head. He heard Uryu moaning and sighing, it was useless to try and calm down. He knocked on the door experimentally, the only answer was Uryu moaning even louder and then the noises died down, Ichigo presumed they were finished banging so they moved away from the door.

A few minutes later Uryu stumbled out of the bathroom, limping. Shuhei followed and helped Uryu walk by supporting some of the boy's weight on his shoulder. Renji thought that it was kind of him to do that, but Ichigo thought that he shouldn't have made Uryu limp in the first place. When they did it he was more or less careful, he was constantly asking Uryu how he was doing and if it hurt or not, and he never limped.

"Aren't they cute together?" Renji said a few minutes later, Ichigo, and he were sitting outside; he needed a smoke and he didn't think Tatsuki would appreciate him smoking inside. Ichigo watched Uryu sitting in Shuhei's lap, talking to him occasionally.

"Do you think they're going out?" he turned to face Renji; he was a little scared of the answer.

Renji took another puff of his cigarette and got a thinking look on his face. "I dunno…"

"I think Uryu isn't, he's too much of a hoe to stay in a serious relationship for long…" Ichigo smiled. Renji looked at him funny.

"Hoe is an interesting name to call him… He's too smart to do stupid shit like that." He looked off. Ichigo snorted on accident. "What?"

"Nothing." Ichigo looked away.

"The truth, please. Did I say something stupid."

"No, you didn't. It was just… Never mind." Ichigo looked back.

Renji thought back on their conversation. It hit him like a ton of bricks. "Uryu… was a whore?" Renji looked at Ichigo, wide eyed.

Ichigo then proceeded to explain to Renji how if he told anyone it would be the last thing he ever said, and that Uryu found out he would probably kill himself as well.

"So why was Uryu running away?" He asked.

"I think that he had an abusive family member or something like that, he doesn't wanna talk to me very much." Ichigo said. "Maybe if we ask him, he'd tell us."

Renji stood up, and helped Ichigo to his feet. They walked over to a very drunk Uryu, who was talking to Shuhei, a small smile on his face. Ichigo wished that Uryu would smile more often; he always looked so nice when he did.

"Hey Uryu." Renji sat on ledge beside Uryu. "Can I ask you something?"

"Well, you just asked me if you could ask me something…" Uryu turned away from Shuhei and spoke, the smile remained on his face, but then he yawned. "But go ahead, what's your other question." He smiled again.

"Why did you run away?" Ichigo asked when Renji didn't reply.

Uryu's smile fell. "Why do you ask?"

"Well uh…" Ichigo didn't know how to respond to it. "Well I was just curious."

"Here. Dad beat me and mommy was dead so she couldn't help." Uryu said flatly. He still referred to his mother as "mommy" because she died when he was at a very young age, and he never really outgrew the excessively childish name for her. Ichigo thought he sounded cute when he spoke like that, Renji felt like melting, but they knew that they'd have to come up with decent responses.

"Well Renji just wanted to know because yah." The ginger ran off, he went to go see Keigo. The other man stood there awkwardly in front of Uryu. They didn't talk for a long while.

"Come sit Renji." Uryu's blue eyes stared into Renji's. They were so vibrant, brilliant really, as the boy patted the spot beside him. "I'm not used to being around so many strange people, it's good to have a familiar face or two." He smiled. "C-can I kiss you again?"

"Sh-Sure." Renji's eyes widened a little as Uryu leaned in and pressed his lips against the other male's, there were people watching, but they didn't care. Well, at least Uryu could say he was really drunk. He wondered why Uryu was kissing him so nicely, it was as if the boy was trying to be gentle on the other man, who was much more rugged than he. He could smell something funny in Uryu's mouth. It wasn't a particularly bad smell, just a little different. He kissed a little deeper, and after a while, he recognized the scent to be marijuana. He pulled back. "Uryu, were you getting high?"

"Oops. Don't tell Ichigo." Uryu said flatly, as if he was innocent of anything. Renji leaned in a little further and they resumed kissing, Shuhei waiting beside them awkwardly.

Meanwhile, inside, Ichigo was trying to find some of his other friends, Uryu was drunk and an idiot, and all Renji wanted to do was kiss him, so there was no real point in staying out there. He spotted Keigo after a while, he looked like he was looking for someone as well. Ichigo stopped him.

"Hey Ichigo have you seen Uryu?" He said quickly. Ichigo rolled his eyes and led the shorter male to Uryu, and sat beside Shuhei despite not knowing the first thing about him.

He held out his hand to Ichigo, who reluctantly shook it. "I saw you with Uryu-chan, what's your name?" He said.

Ichigo didn't like the way he referred to Uryu with a –chan honorific but it didn't matter, Shuhei seemed nice enough to Uryu to call him whatever he wanted. "I'm Ichigo, nice to meet you." Ichigo missed the warmth of Shuhei's hand; it was actually getting mildly cold out. He put his hands in his sweater pockets and shivered. Uryu looked over from Renji for a second at Ichigo, but he went back to his business with Renji when he saw Ichigo looking back at him. He saw that Keigo was now sitting in between Uryu and Shuhei, it bothered him to know that he had so much competition for the guy that was living in his house.

He looked at his options. He could kill all the men on the planet that were better looking than him, but it seemed a little extreme. And illegal. Lobotomizing Uryu seemed like a good thing to do, but it sounded a little old-fashioned and crazy. And illegal. He could take Uryu by force, but that seemed a little mean. And illegal. After a long, dark, train of thought he came to the conclusion that he would have to work what little charm he had and hope for the best. Ichigo sighed; he didn't know what he could do to impress Uryu. He didn't get to know the boy very well, and he was kind of a douche to him all the time, but that could change, he could try talking to Uryu, or maybe he could just ask him out. However, the possibility of the little twit rejecting him was profoundly intimidating. He wanted to be sure that Uryu wouldn't shoot him down

Uryu was still making out with Renji. It bothered Ichigo. A lot. It made him want to go over to Renji, shove him away, and then kiss Uryu himself. He didn't want to admit that he was extremely jealous of invidious Renji, his new rival, who was making out with the snot that took over his life, and his bed, and his bedroom. He also stole the entire blanket when they slept.

He yawned, and Uryu turned to face him. He tried winking but his face was all screwed up, he really hadn't winked at people before. Uryu giggled and turned back to Renji, but he just gave him a peck on the cheek before going to sit beside Ichigo.

"How long do we have to stay here?" He asked; his voice was whiny.

"Until Renji wants to leave, he's the one who's driving." Ichigo said. "But you could probably ask him to drive you home early, he seems to like you." He added when Uryu huffed and turned away.

"I just don't understand why you always want me to come and be with your friends." He turned to face Ichigo again.

"Well do you have any friends of your own?" He questioned.

"I used to. But most of them died." Uryu was referring to the whole "Quincy Genocide" thing that the Shinigami pulled, however, Ichigo didn't ask any further because he didn't want to bother Uryu.

"Oh…" Ichigo sat a little closer to Uryu, who didn't move away. He saw the boy was slouching, which was out of character for him. "Is something wrong?"

Uryu shook his head.

"Are you sure?" Ichigo leaned in slightly, trying to read the expression on the other's face, but the hair framing his face hung down by his cheeks. "If something's the matter then you can tell me." The boy shook his head again. "Okay, if you say so…" Ichigo turned away and sighed, his head was starting to hurt. Renji was chatting with Shuhei, he seemed a little giddy to be talking to the other man, either that or their designated driver had drank a lot more than he was supposed to. Because Renji was now ignoring him, Uryu got up and sat in between Ichigo and Shuhei; he leaned on Ichigo but was chatting with the other guy; Ichigo was satisfied with just having some contact with Ishida but he wished that the boy would just have a decent conversation with him. He was perfectly fine with talking to other men, so why was he avoiding speaking with the guy he was living with?

They sat there for a long time. Keigo was sitting on the far right, Renji to his left, Shuhei to his left, Ichigo, then Uryu. Keigo seemed awfully quiet, probably because he had a few drinks in his system and he was deep in thought. Ichigo felt Uryu yawn against his shoulder, it was cute, but if Uryu fell asleep they had no idea what to do with his sleeping body. He poked Uryu's surprisingly soft cheek to check if he was awake; the boy stared at him with a rather tired look in his eye. "Don't fall asleep already…"

Uryu pecked Ichigo's lips, the ginger blushed, and looked away, hoping that no one saw what just happened. His heart fluttered a bit and he felt slightly dizzy, his mind was busy not making any sense and his eyelids seemed heavier now. Ishida noted Ichigo's reaction, he really hoped that Ichigo wasn't going to faint or something like that, but also, he was a little proud of himself for making someone act like that just because he kissed him. He gave Ichigo another kiss, this time on the cheek.

"Do you wanna walk home?" Ichigo asked after redeeming himself, he was smiling like an idiot and blushing like a schoolgirl.

"Isn't it across town?" Ishida asked, his eyes widening. The thought of a long walk with a man rather excited him, but he would've been absolutely giddy if it were Renji or Shuhei asking him. Still, Ichigo wasn't all that dreadful, he had nice eyes and wasn't obnoxious like some people he knew, so he tried to act like he was excited.

"Yeah, but it won't take very long." He replied.

Uryu nodded slowly. Ichigo told Renji that Uryu and he were going home early, said bye to everyone, and they began their little stroll home. It was getting chilly out, Uryu felt the goose bumps on his arms. He blushed when he felt Ichigo put his jacket on his shoulders; Ishida quickly wrapped the thin coat around his body and smiled, looking back at Ichigo, who was wearing a sweater that looked a little small on him.

Walking a little faster to keep up with Uryu, Ichigo heard talking in an alleyway. He figured that it was someone dealing drugs from all the hushed voices that they were speaking in, but he decided that he'd go and see what was going on. The other boy followed him closely, he saw he was a few paces ahead of him so he slowed down and made sure that they were close together just to make sure that the boy was safe and at his side.

He heard the voices get louder. Uryu turned to look in the alley, he knew those men. They… touched him. It made him sick just looking at them, they were clearly shooting up in the alley. He clung to Ichigo's arm as they walked past; his heart was racing.

"What's wrong Uryu?" He looked down to the little guy, who was still tightly clinging to his arm.

He looked back up to Ichigo, his eyes were watery and his cheeks were pinkish, he almost looked a little sick with his pale skin. Ichigo didn't have to know what was the matter, he gave Uryu a tight hug and they stayed there for a while, Ichigo rocking back and forth slightly every so often. "Uryu…" He felt the boy shaking, trembling against his body. "Can we walk now?"

Uryu nodded and pulled away from the other male, his arm interlocked with Ichigo's, he still remained close to him because he was scared that those horrible men, not much older than he, would come out of nowhere, and violate him once more.

"We're almost home." Ichigo said reassuringly, squeezing Uryu's hand. He had figured out why the boy was so scared, he must've had some bad experience with them or another. Ichigo felt Uryu squishing up against him, they were walking past another alley. Apparently, he was scared of the dark passageways, so Ichigo made sure that he walked on the outside of the sidewalk, but still Ishida was sure to cling to Ichigo's side whenever he was unsure. "See, look. We made it." Ichigo opened the door to see that Isshin had passed out on the couch; Ichigo flicked off the TV and turned on the kitchen light, not caring if it disturbed Isshin's sleep. He helped Uryu to sit down at the table, and made some coffee for them to warm up.

He poured two mugs of coffee and put cream and sugar in them, he gave one to Uryu, who took it in his wobbly cold fingers. He heard Uryu sniffling, so he sat down beside the boy and squeezed his hand. "Do you wanna talk about anything?"

Uryu shook his head. "I'm fine, I'm just feeling a little… weird almost. I don't know what to say." He looked at Ichigo with a sad look on his face. "But if you want to talk about something…"

"Well why do you seem so dishevelled all of a sudden?" Ichigo looked him in the eye. "You can talk to me."

Uryu smiled, Ichigo was busy telling him to shut up after everything he said when he first got there. Why the sudden change of heart? "Well I think I can deal with this on m-my own but thanks for the help." He sipped his coffee, still looking Ichigo in the eye. "So is there anything else you wanted to talk about?"

"No not really." Ichigo watched as Uryu leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Why'd you just do that?"

Uryu paused… "Hey Ichigo… why don't we go upstairs?" He asked.

Ichigo knocked back his coffee as quickly as he could and followed Uryu, who was walking up the stairs sultrily. The other was right behind him, eager for some of the things to come…

Around thirty minutes later, in Ichigo's bedroom…

Ichigo could hear Uryu's heavy breathing into the pillow that they sometimes shared. He blushed and looked over to see Uryu's face, laced with ecstasy and lust, gazing at him. He wondered if he did anything different this time than last time. The first time they had sex Uryu gave him a look that said he was forgetting something important. Now he looked totally satisfied, 'sated,' for lack of a better word.

"Ichigo…" Uryu gasped out, he looked a little exhausted.

"Yes Uryu?" He leaned in, wiping some warm liquid off his ankle. "What's up?"

"W-well I was wondering if he could do this… more often?" He asked quietly. "I'm not asking for any relationship, just some… uh…"

"Sorry, you'd have to be dating me." Ichigo said, smiling. "This is but a preview." He leaned in and kissed Uryu's forehead.

"Have you even dated any guys before?" Uryu asked, wiping off his sweaty nose.

"Nope." Ichigo said flatly.

Uryu sighed. "Are you asking me out?"

"Yep."

"Clever… I like clever. Maybe we could try it out…" Uryu got a little closer to Ichigo and wrapped his legs around the other's waist, smiling.

"So we should go to the movies tomorrow." He said.

"Like… on a date?" Uryu questioned. He didn't see any point in dating because living in a house together is plenty of time together already. Ichigo nodded. "Okay… you pick the movie."

"I buy tickets. Just ta let you know." Ichigo rubbed his nose against Uryu's, he was really smitten with the boy, he wanted to keep him away but he also wanted to get as close as possible to him at the same time.

"Okay, I'll buy the snacks... then..." Uryu yawned and was soon snoring. Ichigo yawned afterwards and buried his nose in his new boyfriend's hair, smiling, this was one great night.