Tick...tick...tick...tick...

An hour had pasted. The clock rang in his ears, every second felt like it lasted an eternity. Gin could feel the unsteady breaths of Grimmjow, who'd still be crying if he had any tears left to cry with, as the boy rested in his lap. How could Gin have let this happen? This was all his fault. Ulquiorra still couldn't be seen, Gin wasn't even sure what the doctors were doing anymore. They'd stopped giving him updates 10 minuets ago. Gin couldn't take the suspense with out the doctors his imagination ran wild, taunting him with cruel cold thoughts.

He wiped the tears welling back up in his eyes, he couldn't cry now, not with Grimmjow looking to him for comfort. He was the parent here, he'd have to stay strong. "Where are you?" He mumbled to himself, Aizen had been told that Ulquiorra was hurt 20 minuets ago, why wasn't he here? He held Grimmjow closer to himself, as the guilt tied knots in his chest, he shouldn't have left them alone, Ulquiorra would have never of been hurt. He still had no clue Grimmjow was the one who did it.

Grimmjow looked back at the doors to the operation room, what ever that was. What was going on in there? What were they doing with Ulquiorra? He turned his tired gaze to his hands, Ulquiorra's drying blood still clung to them, cracking as he spread his fingers. They were for ever stained and heavy with guilt and regret. Aizen shortly arrived he held Gin as he sobbed and explained what had happened and Grimmjow sat on the seat next to them staring at the doors to the Operation room.

"He'll been fine now, he just needs some rest" A doctor told a young teen, he couldn't have been any older then 14. Grimmjow watched with a slight jealousy to the scene, it seemed every one was being told this except him. He had strong doubt Ulquiorra would survive, if there was one thing Grimmjow had learnt from all this, it was that Ulquiorra was fragile. "Yes, of course the operation was very successful" Operation? So who ever that doctor was talking about went through what Ulquiorra was going through now. Maybe if he was quiet enough he could see this person and what would happen to Ulquiorra. He didn't know there was more then one type of operation.

He crept down the hallway so Gin and Aizen wouldn't notice and snuck to the room the teen had been shown to. Peering round the door Grimmjow saw the pale teen sat by a bed where a almost identical boy lay. The teen was quick to spot Grimmjow and gave him a warm smile "Hey, what you hiding by the door for?" Grimmjow shyly walked into the room his eyes fixed on the teen in the bed and occasionally flicking to the one sat next to him. "What happened to him?" the closer he came it was more obvious they were twins. "Well, we where messing around...and I took it to far..."

"Too far?"

"I hurt him...I got angry and I just...I didn't mean it. I didn't!" The plale teen broke out into tears as he repeated the words "I didn't mean it" in a futile atempt to convince himself it wasn't his fault, but no matter how he tried the guilt never surrendered and kept itself clamped tightly around his heart. Grimmjow placed his hand on the teens arm, he sympathised, knowing exactly how this teen felt. He stared at the sobbing teen unable to think of anything he could say, his child's mind only knew he shared the same pain, but it had no idea how to cure it.

"I don't blame you." Both Grimmjow and the teen jumped at the weak whisper of the other twin's voice. His eyes strained to stay open and he forced a smile. "But I hurt you." Grimmjow took a step back and observed the pale teen cry onto the other's chest as a pair of weak arms held him. "That doesn't matter, you're my brother I'll always love you."

Brothers? Grimmjow proccessed this over in his head again and agian. He and Ulquiorra were brothers now weren't they? Doesn't that mean Ulquiorra could forgive him? Could Grimmjow really have another chance? Grimmjow crept back out the room finding some reassurance in those words. He had to try, he had to get Ulquiorra to forgive him. But what if Ulquiorra never saw him as a brother, could he ever be forgiven? As he stepped back out, saw that the operation room's door were wide open, there were no longer any docters in the room, nor was Ulquiorra in there, he look to Aizen and Gin to find they'd fell asleep, from exhuastion and worries. Then he looked down to the other side of the ward as a doctor and nurse came out, the doctor talking in fancy words he didn't understand and the nurse taken down notes. "and the patient's name?"

"Ulquiorra Sosuke" the doctor informed as the two walked away. Grimmjow's heart lept at Ulquiorra's name. His body shook full of queazy and unnerving feeling as his legs pushed him towards the room. He open the door to the room. The lights out and the dim moon's light from the window barely showed the shapes of the rooms contence. Reluctantly he peered over the bed and sure enough there lay Ulquiorra, sleeping, his small arms fell down by his side and a tube stuck into his wrist pumping blood back into him. A bandage constricted itself around his forhead, his fringe fell over it hiding the damage away from Grimmjow's eyes. "Ulqui..orra" He breathed and reached his hand out to touch the boy, freezing in mid-air afraid the slightest touch would break him.

"Gr-Grimmjow?" Ulquiorra murmmered looking up at the azure haired child through slits in this eyes. Grimmjow quickly snatched his hand back to his own body "H-hi?" He swallowed hard having absolutly no idea what he should say. "Hi" Ulquiorra weakly replied and atempting a smile. Ulquiorra looked around the dark room and winced as he turned his head to fast "My head hurts...why?" Grimmjow blinked in shock "Y-You don't know?"

"No...Where am I?" Ulquiorra asked confused and slightly scared that he'd woken up in a strange place with a strange pain. He didn't remember anything after Gin left the house. Grimmjow would have foreseen this if only had understood the doctor's ramblings earlier explaining it was most likely that Ulquiorra would have amnesia. He took in a deep breath and sighed in relief, atleast this way Ulquiorra didn't have to spend his child hood fearing his older brother.

He crawled into the bed and tenderly held Ulquiorra "Its ok, your Nii-san's here now" Ulquiorra blinked a few time, nii-san? Grimmjow never called himself that before. Then again it nice to be cuddled instead of pushed away. "Nii-san" Ulquiorra mumbled and cuddled closer to Grimmjow. The older child smiled, he was given a second chance and he was not gotting to ruin it like he had the first and nobody had to know he was the one that hurt Ulquiorra.

Hey Readers! Sorry for my absense -is shot- I know its been ages since I uploaded anything and I appologise for that and thankyou for all your support!
I am currently writing up the next chapters for - my other bleach stories for anyone who wanted to know
I know this is hardly satisfactory or the amount of time I made you wait and my faithful readers derserve more, so I appologise for that too