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Chapter 4
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After Renji's last encounter with Orihime, he had been in a state of happiness, not even the wrong doings off his squad members could put a dampener on his mood. Many of the people that knew him well, thought it was strange for Renji, who always had a frown on his face or a wide grin, never a smile, and he seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
Ikkaku had noticed it and so did Kira, Hinamori and Rangiku. They were suspicious off his merry mood and when they questioned him, he would always give them the same answer saying he was always like that, when they knew better.
Renji knew that they would eventually have to be told that he had found Orihime, and well he was more than an acquaintance of hers now but he didn't want to tell them, he wanted to be selfish and have Orihime's attention all to himself.
He didn't want them barging in on his new found happiness. He remembered how angry he had gotten when they had tried to touch a bit of his 'happiness' that day when he had returned from Inuzuri.
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He had just got back to his office, placing the bag of muffins on the desk in front of him, smiling at it stupidly, while thinking about her. He heard a knock on the door and quickly shoved the package in the drawer to his right and slammed the draw shut hastily.
As he attempted to grunt a 'come in', the door slammed open, Ikkaku barging in, grinning from ear to ear.
"Renji! Where have ya been lost the whole day? I've been looking for you all over man!" He screamed as he laid his fists on the edge of the table, across from Renji.
"Nani? I don't remember it being any of your business Madarame! So you can take your filthy claws of my desk and get the fuck out of my office!" Renji retaliated with an angry scowl on his face, he was in a good mood, and he really didn't need this baka spoiling it!
"You bastard! A few of my squad members said they saw you strolling back to your barracks with a goofy smile on your face, what is it Renji? Finally found someone to put up with that baboon face of yours and fuck you? Oh, wait! Maybe they kept their eyes closed the entire time! Or did you do it doggy style! Coz that's the only way you would get laid and it would account for that stupid smile they said they saw you with!" Ikkaku bellowed with laughter, clutching his stomach as he bent over from laughing so hard.
He was literally tearing up! He immediately stopped and roared in pain when he felt a large object connect with his head. He looked up at Renji grinning at him, as he noticed the ceramic statue that Renji had kept on his desk now lying on the floor in two halves. Now it was Renji's turn to laugh as hard as Ikkaku had been just a moment ago.
Ikkaku was furious and rounded the table to return the favour when he noticed a brown piece of paper sticking out of the drawer. He remembered the squad members saying something about Renji holding a paper bag as well. He opened the draw to investigate when he heard Renji's laughter die.
"Oi, what the fuck are you doing, close that fucking draw you bald bastard!" Renji screamed, lunging at Ikkaku as he took the bag out of the draw.
"You baboon face! For the last time,I'm not bald!" He said menacingly. Ikkaku then dodged him, spinning around back onto the other end of the table, holding the bag out of his reach. "Ha! What do we have here Abarai?" he said sinisterly, although he was laughing.
"Madarame, leave the bag on the table and I promise I may just consider not beating the shit out of you!" Renji replied hotly.
Ikkaku raised his eyebrows and opened the package to reach in and pull out a muffin. His eyes widened. "Renji you punk, why don't you wanna share?" He took a bite and his eyes widened even more at the amazing taste that was tantalizing his taste buds but before he could savour them any more, he heard an angry roar and then was speared across the table, landing on the floor with Renji on top of him.
He still had a hold of the muffin and the bag, stretching his arms away as Renji tried to grab a hold of them.
"You baka! Where the fuck did you get this from? I've never tasted anything like this before!" he said with his mouth full, spraying a few crumbs into Renji's rage filled face.
The vein on Renji's forehead was about to burst at the audacity of this bastard! He had stole his muffins that he intended to eat in a secluded place, savoring them all for himself! "You baka! I'm gonna kill you for that!" Renji hollered.
Just then Hinamori walked in to see the two idiots rolling around the ground seeming to be fighting over a bag and a… muffin? They didn't notice her, so she walked quietly towards Madarame's outstretched hands and swiftly took the bag from his hands as well as the muffin, as she popped it into her mouth.
This caused the two on the floor to seize their actions, staring at her dumbfounded, mouths wide open.
Her eyes grew wide, "Where did you get this from…" Hinamori said between chews. She reached in the bag to grab another one when suddenly Renji jumped off Ikkaku and grabbed the bag from Momo's hands, jumping back behind the table and staring at the two with anger in his eyes.
"You baka's! How dare you barge into my room and steal my things! I should have you idiots arrested!"
Ikkaku, who was now standing next to Hinamori, looked at him in shock. Hinamori did the same. Renji was seething with anger, he had the bag clutched to his chest tightly and it looked as if he was ready to pounce on anyone that came close to him. He almost looked like a rabid dog… Well in his case, a rabid Baboon…
"Oi, Hinamori, I think Abarai's lady friend gave it too him, that's why he's going crazy over it" Ikkaku said with a smirk, folding his arms across his chest.
"Nani? Lady friend? Renji-kun! Why haven't you told me about her! And we've been friends for so long!" Hinamori said in mock hurt. "Who is she? What she look like? Is she pretty? Where she from? Did you sle-"
"Oi! Hinamori! Where I got this from is none of your business! The both of you! Now scram!" Renji bellowed
"Geez Renji, didn't think you had it that bad…" Ikkaku laughed. "So instead of you paying her, she paid you for your services… Hahaha! And in muffins too! You were that terrible! I bet-"
Ikkaku didn't have time to finish his sentence as another ornament hit Madarame right between the eyes as he screamed out and grabbed his bleeding forhead. "Why you bas-"
"Would the two of you calm down! Ikkaku-san, leave Renji-kun alone, it looks like he really likes this girl, whoever she is." Hinamori said smiling.
Renji's face softened and he lightened his grip on the bag.
"Fine then… Who is she Renji?" Ikkaku asked, trying to be polite. He loved playing the fool with Renji but no matter what they were good friends after it all.
Renji looked towards the ground and rubbed his neck with his right hand. "We're just friends… That's all I'm telling you."
"Ok, well can you at least share with us! Those muffins were amazing! Please Renji-kun…" Hinamori pleaded.
"Argh… Fine… " He could never say no to his friends, especially the girls. He took out two and gave one to Ikkaku and Hinamori and watched as they devoured it. Sneaky bastards, he thought as he watched their faces scrunch up in delight. He decided to join them as he still had two more in the bag, he'd save the last one for later.
"Wait till Kira hears about this…" Ikkaku smirked
Renji just looked at him wide eyed.
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They had gone on to bicker and argue after that, asking the identity of Renji's mystery woman. He avoided their questions and them for the rest of the days after that. He would tell them eventually, especially Rangiku.
He knew they had been close and he knew from their regular sake 'meetings' that she missed her terribly, that's all she would talk about when she was inebriated. He also tried to avoid her at times because he felt guilty that he now saw Orihime on a daily basis and he never told her.
It had been two months since that day she had sent him off with the muffins, and he had been to visit her regularly after that, any free time he had, he was Inuzuri. He loved being around her, they got to know each other a lot better than when she was alive. Her ideals where the same now from when she was in the living wold, well from what he had heard from Rukia in the past that is.
They spoke about everything, he would buy her groceries and sent someone to upkeep her house once a while, all to which she refused, but he never backed down. She felt bad that she couldn't pay him back so she had baked treats for him.
He told her she didn't have to but she insisted. He actually shared with his friends when he got back to the squad, but on the condition they never asked him questions about his 'lady friend' again. They agreed.
He would also spend time with the kids from the market along with Orihime. He actually had fun around them, and Orihime could be a kid herself at times.
He was on his way to visit her, taking along with him some groceries and a bottle of perfume he bought that he thought Orihime would like, not that she didn't smell great already.
After the incident with the finger, he tried his best to keep his distance, he really didn't want to frighten her. He knew his feelings were growing for her, and every time he saw her or spent time with her, his heart got lighter and lighter…
He had tried fighting them but they just wouldn't relent. She was always in his mind, and the thought of her made him happy, banishing the horrible feelings he had been carrying for so many years. So he decided to embrace it for now.
He had been shocked at his emotions that day in the alley. He was so overwhelmed with warmth and something else for her when he had seen her helping out the street kids and he was filled with rage and the intent to kill when those bastards tried to hurt her. The thought of it now was making him angry…
He pushed the foul emotions away as he stepped up to her door. He knocked and waited and just as he was about to do so again, she opened the door smiling brightly.
"Oi, Orihime, I thought I spoke to you about not opening the door so quickly when someone knocks, you don't know who could be on the other end." He said while frowning down on her.
"Aw… Gomen Renji-kun… But I knew it was you." She said smiling up at him.
He smiled back, even though he knew she wouldn't be able to see it, and took her hand and led her to the kitchen. "Ok, but I want you to be careful in future, ok?" he said as he put the groceries away. He had been in and out of her house for a while now so he knew where most things went.
"Hai… Renji-kun, I told you not to keep buying groceries for me all the time…" Orihime said while looking at the ground and fidgeting with her fingers.
"And I thought I told you I don't mind" He said, with a slight chuckle.
"Arigatou Renji-kun…" she smiled, innocently. Renji looked at her and realised he could fall in love with just her smile.
He made the tea and found some new biscuits she made, taking them all towards the table. When they were done, he took the dishes to the sink and was about to wash them when he felt her gentle hands pull him away.
"Renji-kun is being naughty today" she giggled. "First you bring groceries, then you make us tea and now you want to wash the dishes. No, can't have you going overboard now, then you might not want to return!" She laughed as she filled the sink with warm water, pulling her sleeves up to wash the dishes.
As she closed the tap, she let out a gasp as she felt a pair of strong arms encircle her waist, joining at her stomach, Renji's body leaning against her back and his lips close to her ear as he whispered, "I could never not return Orihime… You keep drawing me back…" and he placed a soft kiss on the side of her neck.
Orihime's mind and heart were racing a mile a minute. She couldn't believe she was in the Captains arms, and he had just kissed her neck, which felt so good… She had been dreaming of this moment ever since that day he had taken her finger into his mouth.
She knew she was starting to fall for Renji, she felt it every time she thought about him, which was all the time, as well as when he was around her, which happened to be a lot recently.
She waited anxiously for him to visit, just to feel his presence around her. Right now she felt like she was on top of the world as he tightened his arms around her laying another kiss on her neck.
He turned her around and tilted her face up towards him, Renji couldn't help it, ever since he saw her at the door he had been struggling with himself not to take her in his arms and hold her close.
Looking at her beautiful face right now was doing strange things to his heart. He lowered his head and kissed her forehead lightly, then each of her eyelids, her cheeks and her nose.
He heard her sigh and he groaned at the sight of her flushed face. Slowly, he reached his impending destination as he kissed her lips softly, and he wanted to jump for joy when she responded. He tasted her lips tenderly, still holding her tightly around her slim waist.
They were sweet and complimented his well, as if they were made for him. He nipped on her bottom lip, tasting it with his tongue. She let out a slight moan, and at this he let his tongue slide in to the cavern of her mouth, seeking its counterpart.
When he felt Orihime's tongue respond to him, he deepened the kiss by tilting her head back a bit and sliding his right hand along her side until he ran his hands along her neck and into her hair at the base of her neck, massaging her gently.
Orihime moaned at the sensations she was feeling right now, it was more wonderful than the time he sucked her finger! She slid her hands up his chest, which she could feel was pure muscle, he was a captain after all.
She wanted to blush at the thought of what he would feel like without his clothes on… She locked her hands behind his neck and moaned even louder when he moved one hand to her waist again and pulled her tighter against his taller frame.
Renji felt his length begin to harden, enjoying the feel of her generous breasts pushed up against his chest and he knew if he carried on with this, he would have a raging hard-on that would be dying for attention.
He reluctantly pulled back, placing a soft kiss on her lips, looking at her stunning face as her eyelids were closed and she tried to control her breathing. Renji grinned, he still had it in him… He kissed her softly again and this time she pulled back slowly.
"Renji-kun… I... I… want to know what you look like…" She said breathlessly.
Renji raised an eyebrow at this and complied with her wishes. "Well I'm quiet tall as you've noticed and I have tat-"
Renji was interrupted by soft giggling from the woman in front of him. He frowned at this, "Oi! What are you laughing at woman? I didn't even describe all of me yet and you're already laughing! Tch…"
Orihime laughed even harder at his outburst, removing her hands from around his neck and blocking her mouth to stifle her laughing.
Renji was not impressed, he crossed his arms against his chest and sulked. "I'm not laughing Orihime." He said with a soft growl
"Aww.. I'm sorry Renji-kun" She said as her laughter subsided. "I didn't want you to give me a description silly, I want to feel what you look like…" She smiled and lowered her head shyly.
Renji felt stupid that he was sulking for nothing, he could be such a big baby at times! "O-O-hh… I-I didn't know, well you can if you want to…" he replied, uncrossing his arms and letting them drop to the sides. He watched as Orihime took one of his hands in hers and pulled him slowly to the couch near the fire.
She made him sit and then she got down next to him, facing him. She was about to reach up and touch his face when he grabbed her by the waist and shifted her so she was sitting in his lap, sideways. He smirked as she gasped. "I think this seating is so much better, don't you?" he grinned as he kissed her neck.
"H-H-Hai…" She pushed him lightly against the back of the couch and slid her hands up his chest towards his neck. She felt along the skin of his neck and realised that it was slightly uneven from the back of his neck downwards, maybe a scar, but it couldn't be, it was on both sides as if it were a pattern.
It felt so good to have her soft hands glide up his neck as she rubbed on his tattoos. He wanted to groan but suppressed it. He opened his eyes to see her furrowing her brows. "What's wrong Orihime?"
"Oh nothings wrong Renji-kun!" She said a bit too loudly. "I just wanted to know what these markings were…" grazing his tattoos.
"Oh… Those are my tattoos… I have them along the front and back of my body, arms, neck and forehead. I got them to mark my achievements as I progressed up the ranks… Somewhat as a reminder…" he replied, studying her reaction. She smiled, he relaxed.
"Ahh… that's really nice…" She smiled, as she continued her journey upwards. She felt his chin, the outline of his jaw, his nose, his ears and then his forehead. She stopped when she felt the headband constricting her movement.
"Renji-kun?" She asked enquiringly, while fingering the edges of the headband.
"It's a headband, I wear them sometimes, when my fancy glasses break. Just like having something around my forehead I guess…" he chuckled.
She giggled and continued to feel the markings on his forehead once he removed the headband. She made quiet noises in awe, seemingly she liked his tattoos and this made him swell in pride. She touched his hair and smoothed it backwards until she reached his ponytail. "Can I?" she asked timidly.
"Hai" he responded as he felt her loosening the tie and pulling his hair free to brush across his shoulders.
She ran her fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp, then dragging her fingers towards the end. "You have such nice hair Renji-kun"
His eyes were closed and he wanted to moan in pleasure, "Not as nice as yours though…"
She giggled and then removed her hands from his hair, with a slight groan of disapproval from him. She ran her thumbs along his eyelids and stroked them down until she reached his lips. She traced both bottom and top slowly, as if imprinting them in her memory.
She jerked slightly when he nipped at her finger, licking them with the tip of his tongue. She smiled. "Renji-kun, would you smile for me please… I wanna remember your smile…"
Renji did as he was told, and it was not forced by a long shot. She felt the curve of his mouth and widened her smile as well. She lowered her head and kissed him softly on his lips, as if to savour his smile. He deepened the kiss, holding her close to his body. They broke apart eventually, trying to catch their breaths.
"Can I feel the rest of your tattoos…?" she said softly.
Renji was stunned but he complied none the less, moving his shihakusho apart and placing her hands on his torso. She roamed his chest with her delicate touch, feeling every pattern and shape. Renji closed his eyes and leaned his head back. The feeling rushing to his loins…
Her hands began to slip lower along his abdomen and as they began to move further down, he grabbed her hands and stilled them as he leaned into her neck, whispering in a strained voice, "Hime… you're killing me…"
"Nani? Am I hurting you? I'm sorry! I didn-" she tried retracting her hands but he held her still.
"No not like that woman… Like this…" he gripped her waist with both hands and moved her until her plush bottom was flush against his straining erection.
She widened her eyes and gasped, keeping her mouth wide opened as Renji's face was still buried in her neck, his breathing shallow.
Orihime knew what that was… She wasn't totally naïve. From all the crude remarks and groping she had received she was bound to find out. The women at the market had once casually told her that with the amount of boners she gave the men around here, she should start charging them to look at her.
She was completely confused! What was a boner? She didn't remember giving any men bones… Well she did try hitting them with her stick, the ones that groped her. Maybe they called her stick a boner…
When she asked the lady what she meant, the woman was shocked at first but then proceeded to teach her about the ways of a man and a woman… And that's how Orihime found out about the hardness poking at her bum…
"Oh dear…" she mumbled
"Oh dear indeed…" Renji said throatily, sucking on her neck.
Orihime couldn't believe she had put him in that state… And only by touching him! She was nervous but on the other hand she was excited that she was able to that to him, and she was thoroughly enjoying the light suckling on her neck as well as the massage Renji was giving her thigh.
She felt a tight pull at the bottom of her abdomen as her heat began to throb. She threw her head back, giving Renji more area to expand upon, and then she felt his hands inch up closer towards her throbbing heat.
This made her shift a bit, unsure of where this was going. This was all new to her, she had never been in any type of physical relationship with a man before and she wasn't quiet sure if things were moving to fast. She knew she had deep feelings for the Taicho beneath her, but she was a bit scared, and it probably showed in her face.
She was a poor woman from Rukongai and he was a Taicho. She didn't want to seem too easy to him and was worried about what he would think. Because of her movement, Renji groaned and pulled his head away from her, she could feel his eyes on her.
"Hime?" Renji said, tilting her face towards him. He noticed her eyes glazed over with lust, and he could feel her body responding to his, his own was far beyond responding, but when he looked at her, he noticed the unsure look she gave him, maybe she was apprehensive about this whole situation.
This was probably her first time going this far with anybody, with the way she had loved that Kurosaki bastard, she probably waited for that asshole, rejecting anybody else.
But right now wasn't the time to be thinking off that. He kissed her gently, trying to remove her fears, as he pulled her closer to his chest.
He pulled away and planted a kiss on her forehead, placing her under his chin and holding her close. He shifted so that his hard-on wasn't pressing into her and willed it to go back to sleep.
"It's okay Hime… You don't have to do anything you don't want to… I'm just happy being with you, getting to kiss you was just a bonus" He said chuckling, stroking her back gently and looking into the embers of the bright fire that burned a few feet in front of him.
Orihime felt her heart swell at that, he was too nice to her. She knew how hard it must have been for him but he pushed his desire away just so that she could be reassured. She wrapped her arms around his neck tightly, kissing him on his neck. "Arigatou Renji-kun… Gomen…"
"Oi, what are you apologizing for? You did nothing wrong ok. Now I don't want to hear anymore silly apologies, got it Hime?
"Hai, Renji-kun…" And she giggled, "I like the nick name you gave me, no one's called me that before…"
Renji could think of one person, it was that red head freak from Orihime's school. Don't ask him how he remembered something like that… "Good, well only I'm allowed to call you that from now onwards ok?" he said sternly.
"Hai!" She giggled once again. They sat there a long while after that in silence, finding no need to say anything, just enjoying the comfort of each others closeness, and the warmth that came with it. Eventually they both had fallen asleep, holding on to each other.
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Renji was the first to awaken and realised that it was very dark outside and figured it was probably late into the night. He figured it was time to leave so he shifted a little. "Hime… Wake up… It's time for me to go…"
She held him tighter, "Aww Renji-kun… Please don't go... Stay a little while longer…" she said pleadingly,half asleep.
"Hime… My squads gonna be wondering where I am…" He replied, stroking her arms so she'd let up, but she didn't.
Orihime lifted her head and looked towards him with shimmering eyes and an adorable pout.
Renji groaned and rubbed a hand across his face. How the fuck was he supposed to refuse that! He bit her bottom lip, which was sticking out in a pout and pulled on it.
She squealed and tried to suppress her impending giggles. He suckled on her lower lip and then released it.
"That's what you get for pouting" He grinned and stole a kiss as she laughed. He pulled back and looked at her, smiling at the cute expression she was making. "Hai, I'll stay…" He gave in and was glad he did because he got a noise of joy, a tight hug and a mind blowing kiss.
"Okay, now I need to make supper for the both of us!" she squealed in joy as she made to leap out of his arms. He followed her to the kitchen and continued to help her make supper. When they were done, he helped her clean up, no matter how much she refused, but he insisted seeing as the lunch dishes were still there and that was partially his fault, grinning at the thought.
They went back to sit on the couch, in front of the fire that Renji renewed. He lay flat across the couch and pulled her to sleep along him, holding her tightly in his arms as her head nestled against his neck.
Orihime thought he smelled wonderful and believed she could get used to him holding her like this all the time. She was beyond happy that he mirrored her feelings, well she hoped he did anyway, by the way he held her and kissed her, it sure looked like he did…
These past few months had been pure happiness and joy having him around. His presence also stoped all the crude and unwanted remarks she had been getting as well as any groping or grabbing. She was really grateful for that. He seemed as if he loved the kids just as much as she did which was due to him growing up like one of them.
She remembered when he told her about his childhood in Inuzuri, she had felt so much pain for him and held him close for a long while after that. She didn't ever want him to feel pain like that again, she promised she would always brighten his day so he would always smile.
She remembered feeling his smile, his hair and his face. From what she imagined, he was probably a handsome man with those sharp jaws and defined cheekbones. Not to mention how rough and defined his body was, it was pure raw muscle, his strength radiated off him powerfully. Her cheeks were getting heated at the thought and she smiled and drifted off to sleep, sighing into his neck contently in the process.
Renji reveled in the feeling as her breath blew against his skin. He looked down at her smiling face and stroked her cheek and hair gently. She looked happy and so was he. He was willing to take it slow, just for her. No one would ever lay a hand on her and he definitely wasn't gonna let her go or hide his feelings, like what he had done with Rukia.
He hadn't seen Rukia in years, as well as Ichigo. He remembered the latter flying off the handle at Orihime's conditions to enter Soul Society and he tried to search for her, disregarding everyone else. Eventually he was able to listen to reason and Renji hadn't seen him since.
Rukia stayed as the Shinigami representative in Karakura Town, helping Ichigo but most probably to be closer to him. Since then he never saw her or even heard from her. She never made the effort to keep in touch with him even though he tried. He guessed she was too busy with duties and Ichigo.
It was as if she had forgotten all about him. He hadn't forgotten her though, it took him a long while to let go but eventually he did… Somehow, thinking about Rukia now didn't hurt him at all like it used to.
Maybe it was a blessing in disguise that those two baka's got together, if they hadn't, he would never have met this beautiful, kind, innocent and amazing women lying in his arms right now.
He remembered when he had told her about his childhood, how she had shed tears for him, his undeserving self. She held him tight as if she could take his pain away and in some strange way, she did…
She felt his pain by just him telling her his story, she didn't even experience it but she wept for him. From that day he vowed he would never let anybody hurt her. He would protect her and stay by her side.
He brushed her bangs aside and kissed her forehead, holding her closer. He looked at her in amazement, wondering how the fuck did a stray dog like him snatch a princess like her… With that he closed his eyes and drifted into a dreamless slumber, happy with the reality encircled within his arms.