AN/ Hey! thank you so much for the reviews guys. I love them. Sorry it took so long to update, i just started medical school *cringes*

Oh i changed my username in case anyone is confused. (that feeling when you fear your family is onto your fanfic)

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Now on to the story!

Chapter 16

Ichigo's POV

Sleeping with Orihime curled next to me is definitely the best feeling in the world. She is soft and warm against me and just the sound of her breathing is relaxing. I had fallen asleep too but I woke up when she draped her leg across me. She sighed and a small smile spread on her lips. I tried guessing what she could be dreaming of but my imagination was nowhere near as colourful and bright as hers was.

She slowly opened her eyes a couple of minutes later, I looked away quickly so that I don't look like a creep watching her sleep.

"Hi" Orihime said rubbing her eyes. She stretched out next to me making cute grunting sounds.

"Hey" I said kissing her forehead.

"How long was I asleep?" she asked as she sat up beside me.

"Just an hour or so" I shrugged and sat up too. Orihime's face scrunched up in concentration.

"Why? What's wrong?" I ask her but she doesn't answer.

"I'm forgetting something." She says rubbing her chin thoughtfully. I don't say anything but wait for her to remember whatever it was. After a long minute a light bulb lights up on top of her head.

"Oh my God! The street fair!"

"Street fair?" I asked confused. She got up and started pacing around.

"I was supposed to ask you!" she said. I watch her from the edge of her bed and can't help smiling at her pacing.

"Calm down. Tell me what is wrong" I pull her by her waist closer to me so that she's standing between my legs. She sighs and runs her fingers through my hair.

"Will you go to the street fair with me?" she asks once she's calmed down. I don't really like street fairs but I'd go anywhere with her.

"Of course" I say and she smiles at me. "When is it?"

"We're already late! Come on! Get up! Hurry up! Go home and change back to uhmm human form" she said pulling me up to my feet. She was trying to push me towards the door unsuccessfully. She was obviously pushing hard and I chuckled and she frowned in frustration.

"Ichigo! We have to hurry! It's already after seven!" she said pushing at my back again. I laughed and spun around suddenly so that she fell forward onto my chest, I hugged her tightly.

"Fine, I'll go" I said kissing her lips. She seemed to forget her urgency and she sighed and wrapped her arms over my shoulder pulling me closer.

"Ichigo, you have to go" she whispered over my lips. She licked her lips and I couldn't stop myself from kissing her again. She kissed me back and moaned quietly, she turned her head to the side allowing me to slip my tongue in between her lips. She tugged on my hair gently and pulled her body closer to mine. I was so close to pushing her back on the bed but she pulled away taking a breath. I held her firmly in place though and she shook her head.

"Stop that" she said resting her head on my chest.

"Stop what?"

"Distracting me" she said in a breathless voice. She tried squirming away but I held her tighter.

"I like doing it" I shrugged and brushed my lips back and forth against her soft ones. Orihime's cheeks that were already flushed turned even redder. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

"I have to get dressed" she said smiling again. "Stop teasing me" she poked my chest and I laughed taking a step back. She gives me a stern look but she's smiling.

"Go get ready. Meet me outside Tatsuki's when you're ready" she says. I listen to her this time and walk out through the balcony. I hear her rummaging around as I leave but I don't look back and just make my way home. Jumping over street poles and roofs, I make it home in less than a minute.

As I enter my room through the open window I glance around, my body is on my bed where I left it but I notice someone had drawn a dick on my cheek and a moustache on my face. I already know it was Kon.

"Fucking idiot" I grumbled as I stepped into my body. "I'll find you and pull out your stuffing!" I yell looking around the room for the stuffed pervert. I remember that I came here to get ready to go to the street fair with Orihime so I paused my search for Kon.

I walk to the bathroom and scrub off the drawings on my face. The moustache isn't fading off and I start panicking. Shit. How the hell do I meet up with Orihime with my face looking like this?

"Just use more soap" I heard Kon's voice. I picked up the bar of soap and chucked it at him aiming for his head. It hits him directly on the head and he grunts in pain.

"Don't fuck with my body again!" I say but use more soap to scrub my face. After about a hundred washes I had cleaned my face but I'm pretty sure I had lost a couple layers of skin in the process.

I dressed up fast and took the stairs two at a time. Avoiding my dad, I ran out of the door towards Tatsuki's house. I didn't want to keep Orihime waiting any longer than I already had. I ran without stopping until I reached Tatsuki's house. Orihime was sitting on the steps of Tatsuki's house. I waved at her and she turned when she heard me call her name.

"Hey, sorry I'm late" I said catching my breath. My eye drifted down to what she was wearing, a short polka dotted dress that is short enough for me to forget my name.

"That's okay, I haven't been waiting long" she smiles and stands up.

"Speak for yourself. We've been waiting for years" Tatsuki says from behind Orihime. I hadn't even noticed her glaring at me. She crossed her arms and glared at me with more annoyance.

"Tatsuki-chan! It's not Ichigo's fault. I'm the one who forgot to tell him-" Orihime turns to Tatsuki who rolls her eyes.

"Both of you are so annoying" She grumbles and I pull out my tongue at her.

"I didn't know you were coming" I say and she smirks at me.

"Not just me, idiot" she turns and yells loudly over her shoulder.

"Andou! Come on out! We're going now!"

Loud footsteps could be heard echoing through the house and in seconds Andou appeared grinning. I wasn't sure if I was completely comfortable around Andou but I could handle an evening of discomfort for my girl.

"Yay! We're going!" Andou said, he ran to the house next door and knocked on the door. A short girl with shoulder length brown hair opened the door. Andou smiled at her and she shyly smiled back.

"Are you ready?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I am" she says stepping out of her house. Tatsuki and Orihime share a look that I can't comprehend but I ignore it and just hold Orihime's hand when Tatsuki leads the way.

"Who is she?" I whisper to Orihime so that Andou and the girl walking ahead of us don't hear me.

"That's Hinami-chan" Orihime answers

"Who?" I ask.

"She's in our class!" Orihime says frowning at me.

"Hmm" I nod thoughtfully.

"Why is she coming along though?" I ask still confused. It seemed totally random to me.

"Andou-kun likes her" Orihime whispers in my ear.

"Really?" I ask and she nods enthusiastically obviously excited to be dishing out gossip.

"At least Tatsuki thinks so but I know she likes him" I looked at the two. They were walking a distance apart both of them staring at anywhere except each other. Occasionally she glanced at Andou and looked away quickly. Hinami's feelings for Andou were so obvious i wondered how the hell he could miss it. I sigh and shake my head at him, what an airhead.

'You're exactly the same, fucking idiot' my hollow sneers managing to piss me off on this fine day.

'fuck off i wasn't as clueless' I try to defend myself but my mind flashes back trying to think about any signs of Orihime's feelings for me. She had just always been there for me, a comforting presence I had always depended on, did she love me way back then? I almost gasp at the realization that I could have been with Orihime a long time ago if I had just caught-on to her feelings. I almost groan at all the wasted time.

'Dumbass' my hollow says and i can't reply this time because I almost agree with what he said. I clear my throat and squeeze Orihime's fingers in my hand. She smiles and returns the gesture.

We decided to take a bus there. When we got on Tatsuki took a seat and Andou and Hinami took the others there was only one left and I expected Orihime to take it. She shook her head though and offered me the seat.

"You sit down" she said smiling.

"I'm the gentleman here" I said jokingly. She laughed and shook her head again.

"Then let's both stand" she said stubbornly. I rolled my eyes and sat down pulling her to sit on my lap. She blushed when I held her waist.

"Ichigo! People are here!" she whispered looking at me over her shoulder.

'Tell her they don't have to know what we do if she doesn't moan too loudly'

I cleared my throat and muted the voice of my perverted hollow.

"I like this dress by the way" I told her. She smiled looking extremely happy. Even though we were on a bus I kissed her really quickly on the lips.

"Thank you" she said biting her lips with a rosy blush on her cheeks, I couldn't fucking help kissing her again except this time Andou had turned to say something to one of us, so he saw me kiss Orihime.

"Awww" he said sarcastically and after a second he started making puking sounds. Orihime covered her face and looked away, I glared at him and he started laughing loudly.

The bus stopped and we got off, Tatsuki led the way because she's the only one that's been here before. The whole place is crowded and loud, there's so many stands displaying handmade jewellery, unique gizmos and there were even street performers at every corner, Orihime was practically hyperventilating from the excitement. I turned to see that Andou was hyperventilating too.

"Look! A monkey!" Andou squealed and pointed. Orihime spun her head to look and she made an identical sound.

"He's juggling! The monkey is juggling! Ichigo look!" she was hopping up and down and I laughed at how cute she was. I smiled and placed a kiss on her cheek, she blushed and hugged me.

"Come on let's get something to eat first" Tatsuki said pulling Andou away from the monkey. There's a whole street with different stands of foods.

"Let's get something we can eat while we're walking around" Andou suggests, Tatsuki points at a hot dog stand and we each buy one, after a minute Andou buys four more.

"Who are those for?" Hinami asks in a voice so low it might have been the wind. I guess that's just how her voice was. She reminded me of a mouse. Andou turned to her as if he was used to her quiet non-existent voice.

"What?"

"The four hot dogs" she points at the bag he was carrying.

"For me" He looks at her as if to say 'duh', she nods with confusion on her face and Tatsuki laughs.

"I warned you that Andou isn't actually human, you'll see"

And as we walked Andou proved that he wasn't in fact from this planet, he ate the four hot dogs in less than five minutes and when Orihime spotted a cotton candy stand and bought one, Andou bought two for himself, he tore at the pink fluffy candy with a growl. After almost finishing half of the second one he paused.

"Want some?" he asked Hinami, handing out what was left. She blushed and shook her head no, he looked relieved that she had said 'No' and tore off a huge chunk hapilly. Then he paused again,

"Want some?" he asked me offering me the tiny fluff left. I shook my head and he sighed in relief and finished it.

"Don't look at him Orihime, he might eat us too" I whispered loud enough for everyone to hear. Orihime laughed and nudged my shoulder playfully. We kept walking down the street, Orihime to my right, Andou to my left and Hinami beside him. Suddenly Andou pulled me from my elbow towards a stand.

"More food? What the hell?" I asked him looking at him like he had four heads.

"No seriously you have to try this." He pointed at the food on display. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I don't know, it's meat on a stick so it has to be amazing, could you get it for me?" he said smiling in what he thought was a cute way. I'm sure he had finished all the money he had on the ridiculous amount of food he had eaten but I just rolled my eyes and bought two. I handed him one but instead of taking it from my hand he opened his mouth and took a bite. I widened my eyes and Andou smiled. Hinami's voice interrupted the silence that followed.

"You guys look like a couple" I turned to her and frowned, I was about to kindly suggest that she shuts up but Orihime and Tatsuki started laughing. I turned to see Andou annoying the hell out of me by fanning himself with his hands and blushing as if he was flustered.

"What are you saying? You're embarrassing Ichigo-chan" He started batting his eyelashes and I almost poked him in the eye with the meat I was holding.

Orihime laughed holding her sides and Tatsuki wiped a tear from her eye.

"He's blushing!" she pointed at me and I growled at her. I couldn't keep standing there so I stomped off before I accidentally killed Andou. Orihime caught up to me and held my hand, stopping my childish tantrum.

"Are you angry?" she asked and although I wasn't I didn't look at her.

"Don't be mad please? We were just playing" She said rubbing my arms up and down, in an attempt to soothe me. I look at her and she reached up and placed a quick kiss on my lips, as If automatically a smile spread on my face. She pulled me forwards and we kept exploring the busy street fair.

"Let's go into the photo booths together!" Orihime suggested pointing at the line of little booths. Although I instantly got excited at the thought of being in a small dark booth with her I shrugged and said 'Sure' nonchalantly. She looked back to see Andou, Tatsuki and Hinami walking towards us.

"Let's go too!" Andou said to Hinami excitedly when they reached us. Tatsuki rolled her eyes and started walking in the opposite direction.

"Tatsuki-san, you aren't coming?" I asked Tatsuki, turning back to look at her as she walked away.

"No, you dumb love birds go ahead. I'll find you when you're done"

I turned but I didn't see Orihime, Andou and Hinami. I assumed they had gone ahead without me. I paid the bored looking attendant and entered the dark booth closest to me that I guessed Orihime was in.

"It's so dark in here" I complained after finally finding the 'On' button. I sat down but Orihime didn't said a word, it was too dark to see if she was even in here.

"Orihime? Are you in here?" I asked, I would look really stupid if I was in a dark booth alone.

"Kurosaki-san?" I heard a voice that was not my princess respond.

"Hinami?" I asked but before I could do anything else there was a beeping sound and a very bright flash. The flash was so bright I was certain I had gone blind.

"What the? Why is the flash so fucking bright?" I said rubbing my eyes and blinking rapidly.

"What are you doing in here Kurosaki-san?" Hinami's voice asked. Before I could tell her that I entered the wrong booth, there was another beep and another bright flash.

"Aarghh!" I screamed because this time it felt like my eyeballs were burning. I reached forward to try and feel for the exit door but instead I think I touched Hinami. She screamed and her tiny fist shot forward and punched me surprisingly hard.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" I screamed, "I was just looking for the fucking doors!" I said still blinking and then came another beep and another flash, I was about to pull my own eyeballs out because of the damn flash.

"Sorry! You just scared me! I didn't mean to-" then came another beep and flash and I lost it.

"FUCK!" I yelled but then the curtain of the booth opened and Orihime was standing there. At least I thought it was her I couldn't see anything yet, I could be imagining stuff now that I'm blind.

"Ichigo? What's going on?" she asked me. The sound of her voice filled me with such relief and I reached for her and held her tight.

"What happened?" she asked patting my back.

"Stupid flash" I said blinking because I could finally see. Hinami came out and pulled the pictures that came out of the slot. She couldn't hide her laughter and Orihime came over to see them too.

I couldn't help but laugh too seeing the strip of pictures. I looked like I was in agony and Hinami was looking at me in fear in all of them. I was either clawing at my eyes or reaching for Hinami because I thought she was the exit. It even captured the exact moment she punched me.

"Can I keep these?" Orihime asked Hinami. Hinami nodded and smiled.

"Why do you want to keep something like that?" I asked Orihime.

"Because you're cute" she said smiling at me. I made a face at her and she giggled pulling me towards where Andou was standing with Tatsuki.

"You know you could have turned off the flash" she said looking at me.

"How the hell would I find the off button if it was so dark in there?" I say grumbling.

"You could have turned on the lights" Orihime says shaking her head at me. I open my mouth and then close it again.

"Well how would I have known that I mean..."

"The lights were outside by the booth" she says giggling. I look away sheepishly and she giggles again wrapping her arm around my waist. We reached Andou and Tatsuki and Hinami went straight to him with a smile on her face.

"How did your pictures come out?" Andou asked looking at Hinami. She gave him a small smile and before I could stop her she handed him the photo strip. As expected Andou and Tatsuki burst out laughing. It was downright annoying and although I wouldn't dare touch Tatsuki I elbowed Andou hard and he groaned in pain.

"Let me see your pictures" I say after the laughter died down. Andou hands me his pictures with Orihime and I feel a twinge of envy that he had taken pictures with Orihime while I was stuck in a booth that had a lethal flash. They are making faces in all of them, as if they're competing to see who can make the funniest face. Orihime looks so cute in all of them my heart melts. Andou just looks fucking stupid.

"Can I keep these?" I ask Andou and he nods.

"I have extra copies. Want me to autograph that?" he says wiggling his eyebrows. I roll my eyes at him.

"I'm cutting out your face" I tell him. He holds his hand over his chest as if he was heartbroken and I can't help laughing. He had circled around the entire street fair and there wasn't much more to see. It was already getting late so Tatsuki suggested we call it a day. Andou grumbled and protested despite Tatsuki glaring at him.

"Come on there's so much more stuff to do!" he said pointing at a clown that had given up juggling and was scrolling through his phone.

"We have school tomorrow" Orihime said with an apologetic look. Hinami nodded in agreement and Tatsuki rolled her eyes.

"That's so unfair! I'm done with high school so I have nothing to do!" he whined.

"You can stay if you want, I'm walking Orihime home" I said pulling Orihime towards me without saying anything else. She turned and waved at Tatsuki, Hinami and Andou.

"You should have waited to say bye to them" she said curling her arm around my waist as we left.

"I couldn't wait to be alone with you" I told her. She blushed and laughed awkwardly. I discovered that she blushes whenever I'm honest about how much I want her. She didn't say anything after that but the rosy tint on her cheeks told me she was still flustered about what I just said.

"Can we make a short detour? I want to show you something" she said after a while of walking in silence.

"Sure, where are we going?" I asked her. A breathtaking smile spread on her lips and she held my hands pulling me towards a little park a little bit ahead of us. It was a children's park with swings, slides and monkey bars. I've passed it a hundred times on my way to her house but I've never taken notice of it. The hedges surrounding it keep it enclosed from the world.

"What is this?" I ask her after she stopped walking.

"This is where I spend most of my free time. When I'm bored, sad or sometimes when I'm lonely" she says with a smile on her face. I look at her to check for any signs that she might be sad. The thought of Orihime spending hours in this park because she doesn't want to go back to her lonely apartment breaks my heart. I squeeze her hand and she smiles at me again.

She lets go and sits on one of the swings. She's smiling excitedly and she looks like a child I can't stop myself from smiling.

"I usually can't swing during the day because of the kids but at night no one comes here so I can do what I want. Yay!" she says laughing as she pushed herself faster on the swing. She goes higher and higher and my heart stopped beating.

"Be careful!" I say loud enough for her to hear. But she ignores me and goes even higher, my whole body tenses up as I watch her giggling childishly. Suddenly she lets go, flying into the air. My body moves to catch her instinctively and i hope i catch her in time.

"Ichigo catch me!" she yells laughing in the most carefree tone in the world.

When she's safely in my arms my heart starts beating again.

"What the hell?! You could have gotten hurt!" I scold her sternly. She's beaming at me with her eyes sparkling.

"I knew you'd catch me" she says catching her breath. I don't drop her and pull her to my chest tighter.

"You shouldn't be so reckless" I tell her trying to keep a straight face, someone has to be the adult here. She pouts and pulls her tongue out at me, giggling at my face.

"By the way I saw your panties" I tell her and her eyes widen in shock.

"No!" she gasps, her cheeks already going pink.

"Yep" It's my turn to smile now.

"No!" she shakes her head denying it.

"It's pink with white polka do-" she covers my mouth and makes a shh sound.

"Ichigo! Stop that! Someone might hear!"

"you said no one comes here" I tell her pulling her up against me so that her legs are wrapped around my waist.

"Still… talking about the colour of my panties loudly is-" she mumbles not looking at me.

"But I like them" I tell her, my hands slide up her thighs beneath her dress so that my fingers trace the lining of her panties. She bites her bottom lip and doesn't reply. Her eyes fall to my lips just like mine are eyeing her soft pink ones. I smash my lips against hers without hesitating and she sighs contently. Her hands disappear into my hair, tugging at the roots and I groan into her mouth.

She tightens her legs around my waist and her eyes meet mine and I understand what she's silently telling me. More. It's what we both want and need from each other and I'm way too eager to oblige. In what feels like a second I lay her down on one of the slides and then she pulls me back down to her. I'm trying to touch her everywhere at once, its as if my hands can't decide where they want to be, she's the same. She touches my hair, neck and chest and I do the same to her.

My left hand goes up her thigh, pushing her dress up as it goes. My fingers go back to her panties except this time they cross the border and before I even realize what the fuck I'm doing. I'm tightly gripping her butt cheek with my hand, she gasps but doesn't stop placing kisses on my neck. She kisses a spot beneath my ear and then sucks on it, I growl and squeeze her tighter. Everything she's doing is pulling me towards some magical world I'm pretty sure is heaven.

"Fuck Hime, I won't be able to hold back any more" I growl into her ear, she giggles and does it again. I look at her and she gives me an innocent look that is absolutely cute and yet fucking sexy. I move down to kiss her again but I freeze.

A cold chill goes down my spine and my body tenses. There's a hollow nearby. Irritation fills me as I look down at her, she's frowning and I know she senses it too. Reluctantly I stand up and pull out my Shinigami badge from my pocket. She stands up too and fixes her dress; I look at her longingly before I push the badge against my chest separating my soul from my body. She hasn't said anything yet and neither have I. After leaving my body on the slide where Orihime had been a minute ago I start walking towards the source of the hostile reiatsu but I pause when she moves too.

"Could you-wait here?" I ask her. She looks at me surprised and a little confused.

"You want me to stay here?"

"Yeah. Could you uhmm watch over my body?"

"While you go and fight the hollow?" she asks slowly as if processing the words. I nod quickly and kiss her quickly.

"I'll be right back" I tell her as I back away. She doesn't say anything but I turn away before she can say anything.

Although I can sense the hollow doesn't seem to be powerful, it's reiatsu is unstable and that makes it dangerous. I don't want Orihime anywhere near it. As I flash step towards the hollow I stop suddenly. Orihime is following me, I sigh and move back. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy to make her stay.

In a minute I've gone back to Orihime.

"I want to come too" she says. I sigh and scratch my head, I don't have time to argue with her but I absolutely don't want her to come with me.

"You can't" I tell her firmly. The hurt look on her face breaks my heart but I want her safe no matter what.

"But I want to help" she says taking a step closer to me, I step back and shake my head.

"You don't have to, I don't need your help. Just stay away and I'll handle it" I tell her, I regret how harsh it came out but if it keeps her safe I can't take it back yet. It makes me feel like an absolute asshole to walk away from her but I tell myself I'm doing the right thing.

Orihime's POV

I don't even notice the tears that fall on my cheeks and I don't bother wiping them. His words stung and I feel embarrassed standing here alone in the middle of the street. I start walking backwards but I hear a familiar scream reach my ears. It's Tatsuki-chan, despite what Ichigo said I can't turn back after hearing that. I run towards her and I can tell that's where the hollow is.

I get there at the same moment Ichigo finished off the hollow, he looks at me but I walk past him towards Tatsuki. She's leaning against a lamp post. I quickly scan her but I can't see any injuries.

"Are you okay?" I ask her holding her shoulders. She smiles to comfort me and nods.

"Yeah I'm fine, it just surprised me that's all" she shrugs.

"Did it hurt you?" I ask her she shakes her head but I notice the way she cradles her wrist. She notices my concern and she moves her hand away.

"I just twisted it when I fell" she says still trying to comfort me. I frown and turn to Ichigo. Suddenly instead of sadness I feel anger and I march towards him.

"What happened?" I ask him crossing my arms over my chest. He looks down and doesn't meet my glare as he answers.

"It suddenly changed direction and I didn't know she was there, it appeared in front of her but she ducked and I got here and got rid of it. That's when you came"

There is so much I want to tell him but I grit my teeth and go back towards Tatsuki she's looking at me with a mixture of surprise and pride but I don't say anything.

I gently take her wrist and use my powers to heal it. She watches me and then looks at Ichigo over my shoulder, she's obviously wondering why I'm angry with him. I don't want to look at him and I don't want to talk about it either so I try to force a smile on my face.

"I'm tired. I'll see you in school tomorrow Tatsuki-chan"

"Oh uhmm yeah. Good night"

Turning away and pointedly ignoring Ichigo I start walking home. I can tell Ichigo is following me from afar but I ignore him. His words were ringing in my head adding fuel to my anger,

'Just stay away, I'll handle it' he doesn't need me. It's depressing to think I could be so useless that he'd be better off without me.

I make it home and close my door. I go straight to the bathroom and take a shower. The water drowns out any sounds from outside and I let the hot water wash over me. I don't even know if I'm over reacting but I can't ignore how hurt I was by his words. I already know that I'm not a strong fighter, in fact I can't do much in a fight and I've accepted that I'm not cut out for fighting. Healing people and using my shield are the two things that make me proud of myself but he just dismissed it like it was nothing.

After the long shower I pull on the biggest T-shirt I own. I would have gone straight to bed but I could sense Ichigo standing in my balcony. I would rather not speak to him until tomorrow, by then some of my anger should have diminished. He knocked hesitantly and I sighed going to open the door for him. He's back in him human form I notice but he looks nervous and almost scared of me.

"Uh-uhmm can I come in?" he asks scratching the back of his neck.

"I have a door" I say stepping aside to let him in.

"Using doors is so last year" he says laughing weakly but I don't laugh and his laughter dies out. He clears his throat and looks at me. He hasn't said anything yet but I can tell he's sorry.

"What is it?" I ask him.

"I-I wanted to apologize for earlier. I know I messed up by letting Tatsuki get hurt but-" he says pleading with his eyes. I look away because if I keep staring at his beautiful eyes there's no way I can stay angry.

"That's not why I'm angry" I say quietly. He pauses for a second and nods, he looks at me but i still don't want to meet his eyes.

"I shouldn't have said all that stuff, I was wrong. Totally completely wrong" When I still don't say anything he comes closer cupping my face with his hands.

"Please don't be angry any more. I didn't mean anything I said" he whispers.

"I'm not angry" I say through the tightness in my throat. I blink and mentally try to suck up the tear I can feel sliding down my cheek.

"No, you're hurt" he says quietly. He presses his forehead against mine and wipes the tear on my cheek.

"I- Orihime I never meant to hurt you, I swear I just-" he shakes his head and when I look up at him I can see that he's trying to think of a way to say what he's feeling. I interrupt him because he looks like he might pop a vein thinking so hard.

"It's just that- You were right. I'm not much of a fighter and maybe it's better if I stay away" he opens his mouth to interrupt me but I hold up my hand. "but that doesn't mean you can tell me to stay away, because I don't want to. I don't want to prove anything by coming along I just want to do what I can. I want to make sure you're safe and that I can do my best to protect you, that's all I want. That's the way I love you, that's...my kind of love" I say wiping at the tears that escaped from my eyes.

He doesn't say anything but his mouth is still open. Pouring out my feelings felt so good, my heart is racing a bit but I'm holding my breath waiting for him to say something.

"All I want, is to keep you safe" he says after what feels like forever.

"You're the most important thing in the world to me now and the thought of you in any kind of danger is beyond terrifying." His voice shakes a little and he takes a breath, I come closer and hold his hands that I can see shaking.

"I know, but I want the same thing" I tell him reaching up to hold him in my arms. He sighs and wraps his arms around me.

"You are strong and brave Hime, I just became an asshole because I get overprotective. I'm sorry" he says into my slightly damp hair. I nod and smile despite the tears shining in my eyes.

"I'm sorry too" I tell him after we held each other for a while.

"For what?" he asks sounding confused.

"Oh, for leaving your body in a bush in the park" I smile sheepishly. After he had left me in the park I had tried dragging his body to a safer spot but then he got too heavy so I just rolled him into a bush and followed him to help with the hollow.

"Oh yeah I was going to ask you about that" he says lifting me off my feet. I wrap my legs around his waist and his hands grip my waist.

"So we're good?" he asks, there's still uncertainty and nervousness in his eyes and I can't help smiling at how cute he is. I nod and kiss him on the lips.

In approximately half a second the sweet kiss became unbearably hot when Ichigo's hands stroked my bare thighs. His hands went up higher and instead of meeting panties like he had earlier at the park his hands touched my naked butt. I felt him open his eyes and stare at me in shock.

"You're n-not wearing any panties." He said but it sounded a bit like a question. My face went red and I nodded.

"I-I don't wear them to bed" I mutter quietly.

"Oh" he says in a high-pitched voice. He clears his throat and stays so still, I'm sure he's not even breathing but his hand is still on my butt and I don't want him to move it. He starts dropping me back on the floor but I wrap my legs around his waist tighter, pouting at him. He looks up at me with a little confusion on his face but I kiss him again.

This time we don't stop, this time he doesn't pause and his hands roam all over my behind. In two steps he reaches my bed and drops me on it. He's back on top of me before I can think about anything else. I kiss him with all my love for him pouring out. My legs wrap around his waist tightly and his body fits in between my legs as if it belongs there. I feel Ichigo moving away from me, his hands hold the sides of my T-shirt and he tugs it up. I lift my hands to help him and when it comes off, Ichigo pauses.

He's staring unabashedly at my breasts and my whole face burns in embarrassment. After I count to ten and he's still staring I can't take it anymore I cover his eyes with my hands.

"Don't stare at them like that!"

"Ok sorry, I won't stare anymore. I promise" he says pulling my hands away from his eyes. He smiles at me with a playful glint in his eyes and suddenly he reaches out and touches my left breast. I gasp and his smile widens. He squeezes it gently and I bite back the moan that spills out of my mouth. My whole body is burning up with desire and I just want him to touch me more but I fight back the ache between my legs. He slowly pinches my nipple and I moan loudly.

"Ichigo please. I need-" I didn't finish what I was saying he moved back slightly to pull off his shirt. My eyes roamed all over his perfect chest. He kicked off his shoes and instantly came back down to me. My arms flew around his neck and my bare legs tightened around his waist. His chest pressed against my breasts was enough to have me moaning wantonly.

"Fuck" His fingers make their way in between my legs and I almost scream in pleasure when his thumb circles the sensitive bud. He starts kissing down my neck and I gasp when he pulls my hips closer at the same time he pushed his closer.

"Oh God" I gasped when he sucked my neck hard, he pulled me against him again but this time I joined his movements with my own. I can feel his hardness fighting against his jeans and I want to tear them off. He moaned and held me tighter, I loved feeling him react to me, it let me he wanted me just as much as I wanted him. The more he gave the more the tingling between my legs intensified.

"Fuck, you're so hot" he growled pulling his lips away from my neck to kiss me on the lips. My heartbeat was beating so fast it felt like a sledge hammer beating me from the inside. He was driving me wild and I didn't want to slow down even for a second. I opened my eyes to look at Ichigo. His chocolate brown eyes looked almost black, his eyes were swirling with so much intensity and I could see how much he loved me, how much he wanted me.

I sat up slowly and Ichigo moved back so that he was kneeling with one leg on the bed, he looked at me with a bemused expression but I smiled at him and reached out for him. His body was perfect, I loved his sun-kissed golden skin and it made my skin tingle that I could touch him like this. A few weeks ago I could only dream of this and now I was face to face with Ichigo's glorious body. My fingers traced down his perfect lean muscles, down the V dipping above his jeans. I placed a kiss there and I heard Ichigo suck in a breath. I hurried to push his jeans down. A surge of tingles between my legs made me pull him back down to me when his jeans were finally off.

"Ichigo" I said, kissing his sharp jaw and tugging on his hair.

"I-I…" I couldn't piece the words I wanted to say but he nodded and started kissing my neck again. This time slower as if he wanted to prolong the moment for as long as possible. His kisses went lower; he kissed the skin in between my breasts while his hands softly squeezed them. His tongue swept across my right nipple and I moaned loudly when he gently tugged it with his teeth. Excitement filled every thought and sensation, everything his hands and mouth were doing to me was driving me crazy. I wanted more and I couldn't think of anything else. I just wanted him that's all.

"Ichigo, please…" I whispered his name. He hummed and kissed his way to the left nipple this time when his mouth closed around it he sucked and my whole body turned to mush. I couldn't lay still anymore I reached down to try and reach the elastic of his underwear. It was difficult to reach, I had to sit up a little but I slid my fingers enough to feel him.

Ichigo groaned and lifted his mouth to kiss my lips, allowing me to wrap my hand around him and slide it down. He grunted and his breathing became faster, I didn't even know what I was doing but Ichigo's reaction told me I was doing something right. I couldn't believe what I was doing! Feeling his hardness in my hand, the smooth skin; made me feel nervous like I was handling something precious. I kept moving my hand up and down at the same pace and when he thrust his hips to meet my strokes, my already frantic heart accelerated.

"Fuck Hime" he said pushing me down and kissing me on the lips, sucking on my bottom lip as my hand continued its motion around his throbbing erection. I didn't notice his fingers returning to my dripping entrance until I felt his index finger slip into my core. I moaned and my fingers tightened around his hardness. His kiss muffled my cries for more as his finger went in and out of me, I could feel the same tension building up in me and I knew I was already close to the edge.

Ichigo shuddered his breathing becoming more uneven and I watched his face, he was almost there too. I quickened the strokes and he moaned, his fingers making me scream his name into the walls of my dark room as I came undone around his fingers. A few moments later Ichigo twitched in my hand, he growled and he reached up to grab my head, his fingers tangling in my hair and tugging my head back to let his tongue invade my mouth.

We stayed like that, our arms tangled around each other and kissing wherever we could reach till we pulled apart and Ichigo rolled off me to lie down on his side beside me. Ichigo pecked my lips and I could see him smiling at me. Neither of us had to say anything but I did anyways.

"I love you Ichigo" I said kissing his chest and draping my leg over his waist. He stiffened and slowly moved away chuckling quietly. I was a bit confused at his sudden withdrawal but he looked at me and smiled.

"Don't do that" he said softly, lying back down but with a bit of a distance between us.

"Do what?" I asked.

"Stop turning me on all over again" he smirked at my blush. I pouted and scooted closer to him and kissed his lips. His hair was messy and the lazy grin on his face was so sexy my heart started fluttering all over again.

"But we could still…" I started saying but I blushed and coughed suddenly feeling embarrassed. Ichigo brushed his fingers through my hair with that content smile on his face.

"We can't" he said sighing with a frown on his face. He didn't say anything but he looked deep in thought.

"Ichigo? What is it?" I asked.

"Uhmm nothing it's just we didn't uhmm" he blushed and scooted further from me almost to the opposite end of the bed.

"What? What's wrong?" I asked him. I was confused with his sudden strange behaviour, his eyes were wide and his mouth was slightly open.

"Well we didn't uhmm…" he coughed and scratched his head. "we didn't even think about uhmm protection" he said looking at me guiltily.

"Protection?" I asked confused but then I clicked and my eyes widened. I felt relief wash over me that we hadn't done anything yet but at the same time I wanted him to continue where we left off.

"Well that's-"

"It's okay, we're not doing anything else. So don't worry about it okay?" he said trying to comfort me, I smiled trying to hide the disappointed frustration welling up inside me. It didn't help that he was only wearing his boxer briefs and I almost drooled when he touched my cheek lovingly.

"Can I stay though?" he asked looking at me as his thumb traced my bottom lip. "I won't do anything I promise, I just want to stay with you tonight" he looked at me pleadingly and I nodded, as if I'd ever say no. He smiled and kissed my forehead, pulling the sheets up to cover my body.

"Goodnight Hime" he whispered.

AN: Haha did you think they would do it in this chapter? well uhmm no. not yet. I'm such a cock blocker aren't i? haha. Leave a review and the next chapter will be posted soon! *wink *wink