Lost Without You Chapter 8: Lost 8, a bleach fanfic

Lost Without You

A/N: I can't believe this story has come this far... And I still have forever to go! I might be a bit slower to update from now on just so you know. Also from this point on the romance picks up quite a bit, if that's not what your reading for don't fret.

A touch of editing done: 9/8/15

Warning: Everything you know about the Bount has changed, Ishida is not a badass, and an abundance of Oc canon fodder.

"No absolutely not!" Ishida hissed lowly. He couldn't believe Ichigo's audacity to even suggest something like that. Of course he couldn't help but understand where the substitute shinigami was coming from. However what he was proposing sounded more like desperate measures. So far there hadn't been enough proof to warrant anything as extreme as he was suggesting. Had Ichigo even thought about how this suggestion would make him feel?

"Ishida are you even listening to what I'm saying?" Ichigo growled back before he sighed this wasn't going anywhere and the longer they stood out in the yard the more exposed he felt. They had just returned to the shop an hour ago after finally defeating the Bount and the freed hollows. Orihime and Chad were already tucked into their futons with full stomachs but Ichigo had been unable to sleep without confronting Ishida. He couldn't let the Quincy return home alone after the weekend. Of course they all still had to go to school but there was no reason for them to allow Ishida to return unattended. However Ichigo felt he couldn't ask Orihime, and he didn't want to bother Chad, about protecting the stubborn dark haired male. It had nothing to do with the way his stomach flopped uncomfortably at the thought of anyone but him guarding the Quincy. Nothing at all. He assured himself of this once more before sighing again. He was missing sleep and Ishida still wasn't listening. He was starting to get annoyed why couldn't Ishida see his side of things?

"I don't see any good reason for you to stay at my apartment." Ishida huffed he was already upset enough at the prospect of needing protection at all. For Ichigo to be rubbing it in so thoroughly by telling him he needed twenty four hour protection was too much. "We've met two Bount so far and neither of them was directly after me, I was an after thought!" Ishida lowered his voice to a deathly whisper as he spoke instead of raising his voice. Something that he knew bothered the other immensely.

"I know that but that doesn't mean it won't change!" Ichigo growled fighting hard to keep from screaming. It wouldn't make him feel better and it wouldn't make Ishida any safer to broadcast their location to anyone that might be listening. He was certain that if they were to make too much noise something would obviously happen that was just the kind of luck they were having. "At least think it over." He growled out softly ignoring the glare being sent his way. He sighed but refused to admit defeat on the matter, there just wasn't another option. It wasn't like Urahara would allow them to stay at the shop indefinitely or for extended amounts of time. Ishida had a point but that didn't mean he was wrong. "Let's just get some sleep." He kept the rest of that line of thought to himself. He needn't remind Ishida that at school the day after tomorrow he would be able to keep his eye on him.

"Fine." Ishida refused to admit Ichigo had any merit in his concerns and decidedly was not going to finish what he had left unsaid. Even if in the back of his mind he found the idea that Ichigo was protecting him was reassuring and sometimes left little tingles of delight running through him. Pushing all of these thoughts aside in favor of getting a least a little sleep before having to once again face reality. He slipped inside going to his futon not caring if Ichigo was following behind him. He could deal with the Bount and everything else their arrival was doing to his life in he morning.

A/N: Well that's all for now. Please review! With the following if you don't mind as I would like constructive feedback! Sorry for another short chapter. Next chapter should be much longer.