Concordance
As he led Grimmjow down the streets of Karakura Town, Ichigo couldn't help but feel relieved.
He had been so sure Grimmjow had done something foolish when he saw that ambulance in the parking lot of XCUTION, so it was like a major weight off his shoulders when he had grabbed him by the arm and they embraced each other.
Of course, it was not exactly pleasant to find out that Ginjo had overdosed in an attempt to take his own life, but still, the fact that he hadn't been able to succeed was also part of the reason he was so relieved.
"Hey, Kurosaki." He heard when they were alone on the sidewalk.
Said boy turned and looked over his shoulder. "Hm?"
"Were you really… did you really think I'd screw up again after what you told me?"
Ichigo stopped walking and turned completely around to face the taller man. "What do you mean?" he asked.
Grimmjow stopped walking as well and put his hands in his pockets. "I'm not stupid… well, not as stupid as everyone thinks I am. You told me how that guy made you break up with me because he bribed you after I attacked him. Do you really think I'd just attack him like that again?"
"Well… let me start by saying that I don't think you're stupid, Grimmjow. You're a little rash, but not stupid. I mean, you do stupid things, but I can deal with that. That's never really been a problem. It's that temper of yours that has me worried. You lose it so easily when it comes to me." Ichigo said, looking the man in his bright blue eyes.
"Of course, that's because… well, you know…" Grimmjow blushed and looked away, "I care about you." He said somewhat nervously.
"Yeah, and that's why I'm torn."
"Torn?"
"Yeah, I know you'll always be thinking of my best interest, which is good. But then the things you do to see that I'm okay aren't always… well… Uhm… Take Ginjo for example. You came in that evening and saw him on me, so you attacked him. I really admire and appreciate your dedication, but I want you to find better ways to go about helping me. I don't want to see you in trouble again."
"Heh, you know I'd rule the jail house if I was locked up."
Ichigo shook his head, and then started walking again. "Your confidence worries me as well." He said with a smile.
"O-oi, Kurosaki!" Grimmjow called, before running to catch up to him.
Bombarded would be an appropriate word to use in describing how everyone reacted to Grimmjow coming in through the front door of the clinic. Well, most everyone who didn't have a lot of pride…
Inoue, Yuzu, Karin, Ishiin, Rukia, and even Senna hurried up to him when they saw him enter after Ichigo.
"How've you been, Grimmjow?!" Yuzu asked happily, holding onto a spatula because she had been in the middle of cooking.
"Have you been practicing your footwork?" Karin asked.
"Oh! You can make our Ichigo happy again! I'm so glad to see you here where you belong!" Ishiin shouted sincerely.
After taking off his shoes, Ichigo got up and ducked off from his overly excited family and friends.
From the couch, Renji saw him heading over to the stairs. Before he said anything, he realized once Grimmjow got away from everyone who was hounding him with their eagerness to see him, the two of them would probably spend some time alone together upstairs.
"What are you grinning about, Abarai?" Ishida asked, and then adjusted his glasses as if he already knew.
"Oh… nothing." The redhead replied.
"Really?"
Renji blushed. "Yes really, Ishida!"
Chad smiled when the two of them started arguing like the usually did. Senna came over from the foyer and joined in, causing him to shake his head at them.
Things really were going back to normal. Even Ichigo had a smile, though barely noticeable, on his face when he had entered the clinic. And it was because of Grimmjow.
Speaking of Grimmjow, he somehow managed to squeeze through the girls and Ishiin and was now heading over to the stairs.
Karin convinced her father and Yuzu to go back into the kitchen, saying how Ichigo and Grimmjow probably needed to talk.
"Okay…" Yuzu said, even though she didn't really want to ignore the fact that Grimmjow was suddenly back in the picture.
"Any talking they need to do can be done down here!" Ishiin pouted while sitting at the table with his arms folded, his back straight, and his eyes closed.
Karin sweat dropped when her sister and father got side by side and then seemed to fall into a pit of glumness. "I'm sure we'll have lots more time to talk to Grimmjow in the coming days." She said, trying to cheer them up. "I get the feeling he'll be around much more often. So don't be so upset."
"I'm all for Ichigo talking things out, but he'd better not be doing anything else up there." Senna said as she took a seat on the couch.
"Oh! Senna-chan!" Inoue blushed deeply.
"We're all thinking it!"
"Actually, that kind of activity relieves a lot of stress and puts the… participants… in a more pleasant mood. It would probably be best for them to get it out of the way first." Ishida commented. His glasses were shining the whole time, preventing anyone from seeing his eyes.
"Can we not talk about that kind of thing with Ichigo's sisters and father around…?" Rukia asked, blushing a bit by everyone's openness about the matter.
"Right." Inoue agreed.
After the others had dismissed the topic, Renji folded his arms and grinned again. "Well, guess we'll just have to come back tomorrow if they don't come down after more than an hour… Or even thirty minutes."
"We said drop it already!" the others all shouted in unison.
Grimmjow pulled his jacket off after closing Ichigo's bedroom door and draped it over the boy's desk chair when he reached it.
Ichigo sat on his bed quietly, looking out his window at the darkening sky that was starting to fill with stars.
"Kurosaki."
Brown eyes moved to the man standing in front of the bed. "What?"
"We need to talk, right?"
"Yeah… I'm just trying to figure out what to say is all." The orange-haired boy responded, then crossed his legs.
Grimmjow took a seat on the bed and smirked. "Well, maybe we could talk after we-"
"No, we should talk now." Thankfully the room was brightly lit from the main light, which Ichigo was somewhat glad for. Had it been dark, he probably would have given in to Grimmjow's proposal very easily.
"Buzz kill…" the other said with a frown.
"Grimmjow…"
"Yeah?"
Taking a deep breath, Ichigo closed his eyes and reflected on everything that happened for just a second before he spoke. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything. You've been through so much because of me. I never meant to hurt you in any way, and I also never meant to break any of my promises to you. I don't know if I'll ever be able to make it up to you, but-"
"Oi, enough with that kind of talk. I'm not mad at you, and I never was mad at you. Because even after we broke up… I managed to get close to you again. You couldn't resist my charms, after all."
At first, Ichigo was going to comment on Grimmjow's disturbingly large ego, but he decided against it.
He was happy. Happy that Grimmjow hadn't been mad at him. He could tell his words were sincere because the look on his face was sincere as well. "But… still, I broke my promises-"
"It doesn't matter. That doesn't mean we can't be happy now. Sure, it was a bit different without you around as much, but you know what?"
"What?"
"I realized while we were apart that my life isn't anywhere near as interesting, as fun, or as satisfying without you in it."
A soft and surprised look found its way to Ichigo's face. He almost wanted to cry, but kept himself composed. "I… I feel that way, too. It was hard keeping you in the dark for so long. And it was even harder trying to avoid you. No matter what I did, I was always reminded of you. We eventually found our way back to each other, though. And I'm really glad for that."
Grimmjow threw his hands behind his head and fell back onto Ichigo's pillows. "So… do you want to get back together?" he asked, trying to look cool as he did. "Even though we practically never broke up in the first place…"
"No." Ichigo said seriously.
Grimmjow was surprised at that response, and he opened an eye. "What, why not?" he asked.
"Because… just like you said, we never really broke up. It was just a breather. A break. One where we were both forced to see that we need each other." The boy smiled.
The bluenette smirked. "You had me worried there for a second."
When Grimmjow sat up and got close to him, Ichigo put his hand on the larger man's face and pushed him back down. "Yeah. That was for trying to act cool, baka."
"You're the baka! Baka!"
"…Whatever."
"Come here." The larger man said, using his index finger to give the order.
"Make me."
Smelling a challenge, Grimmjow raised an eyebrow and sat up again. "Are you really doing this, Kurosaki? Are you really challenging me?"
"Yup." Said boy replied, grinning with heavy-lidded, desire-filled eyes.
Taking Ichigo by the chin with his large hand, Grimmjow pulled him close, then blew his breath in his face. "Not bad this time, right?"
"Surprisingly, no it isn't. What, did you chew gum or something?"
"Breath mints."
"You should eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner." Ichigo said with a chuckle. Of course he didn't mean that. He just really liked to tease Grimmjow. His breath was usually pretty nice.
"Fuck you."
Rolling his eyes, Ichigo closed the space between himself and Grimmjow, pressing his lips against the other's slightly dry ones. He felt that familiar, warm feeling in his lower gut and smiled. It was the first time he felt free to kiss Grimmjow in a long, long time.
His eyebrows went up a bit when he felt Grimmjow stick his tongue into his mouth. When it nearly shot down his throat, he brought his hands up and tangled the other's soft blue locks of hair between his fingers.
It was then that he felt a pair of large hands rest on his hips. Effortlessly, he was pulled down on top of his lover.
"Hmm…" Pulling his lips away, he buried his nose in the hair behind Grimmjow's ear and inhaled deeply. The scent of his hair was just as heavy as he remembered, and he found himself glad about it, even though it seemed like such a small thing. To him, everything about Grimmjow was larger than life right now. The two of them hadn't been able to be this close without regret for a very long time.
"Mmmh…!" He moaned when he felt Grimmjow's tongue run along the side of his neck and his warm hands run up and down his backside. They quickly found their way down to the elastic on his underwear, and he breathed out heavily when they were pulled down. The feeling of the air on his nether regions made him blush.
Expectedly, Grimmjow's finger found its way to his hole, then started rubbing against it gently.
"Kurosaki,"
"Yeah?"
"I don't have any lube on me. You have some here?" the larger man whispered.
"You must be joking to think I wouldn't. We dated, after all." Ichigo replied, and then sat up to lean over to his night stand.
"What does that mean?" Grimmjow asked, already knowing the answer to his question.
"It means you're a sex addict… or something like that. I don't know… You like to get busy a lot, so me not having any would have made for some uncomfortable past experiences."
With a smile on his face, Grimmjow took the bottle of lube that was handed to him. He was glad to see that it was still pretty much as full as he'd last seen it. Kurosaki probably got horny some nights and took it out when they were apart. The thought caused him to start chuckling.
"What's so funny?" Ichigo asked.
"Nothing."
"Really?"
"Well, it's something. But what's most important is that I'm happy."
"You're happy?"
Lifting the cap off the bottle in his hand, the bluenette squeezed it and covered his fingers in the water-like fluid. "Yeah. I'm happy we're… you know…" he commented, before he put the bottle down beside him.
Ichigo leaned forward and got in the other man's face. "Yeah, I do." He said softly. He closed his eyes and buried his face in the scarred chest beneath him when he felt a pair of fingers push inside his hole.
"Hey…".
"What is it?"
As he inserted a third finger, Grimmjow looked down at the orange mess of spiky hair in front of him. "You didn't enjoy being fucked by someone else, did you?"
"Of course not." Ichigo said, and then bit his bottom lip.
"Good, good." After deciding he'd loosened Ichigo up enough and removing his fingers, Grimmjow picked up the bottle again to fill his palm with lubrication. He closed his eyes for the entirety of the moment that he stroked his erect member with it. "You ready for this, Kurosaki?" he asked.
"Yeah." The boy replied with his face still pressed to Grimmjow's chest.
He inhaled deeply from the pain he felt as he was entered. It hurt, but it was also very pleasurable at the same time, so he endured it, as he always had.
When Grimmjow's penis pushed inside him all the way, he exhaled his breath and relaxed.
Grimmjow reached down and lifted Ichigo's head up by his chin after he started moving. "He doesn't compare to me, does he?"
Ichigo found it somewhere in the pain he was feeling from having Grimmjow inside him to roll his eyes. "You're… so insecure…" he moaned.
"I'm not. I just want to be the best you'll ever have. And…"
The boy raised an eyebrow when his lover stopped moving. "Grimmjow?"
"Kurosaki, I want to be your only. From this day on, you're mine and mine alone."
"Heh, then I'll say the same to you. From today on, you're always going to be mine."
"I promise."
Ichigo closed his eyes and shook his head. "No, there's no need for promises. I don't want to make this about that again. We'll just know… we'll always know that we're going to be together, okay?"
"Sure, that's fine with me." The bluenette replied, and then started moving again.
"Ah!" the smaller boy moaned, and then buried his face in Grimmjow's chest again.
"I'm the best, right?" Grimmjow whispered as he sped up his pace.
Ichigo smiled. "Of course. No one compares to you, Grimmjow." He answered sincerely.
Picking his head up, he looked Grimmjow in the eyes and found himself caught in them for a moment. Without looking away, he leaned forward and pressed his lips against the larger man's gently. He also brought his hand down and took Grimmjow's into his. After intertwining their fingers, he squeezed tightly as he felt the waves of pain and pleasure overtake him.
It wasn't long before he felt himself getting closer and closer to his climax.
The second he pulled away, Grimmjow quickly pulled out of him and flipped him onto his back, before he crawled over him. He could already tell Ichigo was close, so he wanted to be the one to make the boy feel those waves of pleasure.
After pushing into his tight hole again, the bluenette reached down and started stroking his lover's erect member, breathing heavily as he did.
"Aaah… Grimm… I… I'm about to…"
"Hold it for just a few more seconds…"
"Stop stroking me then…!"
Pulling his hand away, Grimmjow leaned forward and made sure to kiss Ichigo. "We'll do it together." He said, after their lips parted.
"But I can't… I'm really gonna-"
"I stopped jacking you off. Why can't you hold it?" the larger man asked while he continued to fuck the boy beneath him.
Ichigo closed his eyes. "Because this feels so good!" he breathed out.
The look on his face as he'd said that made Grimmjow grin. He was excited to be giving Ichigo so much pleasure. So excited that he couldn't keep himself from climaxing.
When he felt Ichigo tightening around him, he looked down and saw the sperm on his stomach, letting him know that he too had climaxed.
"Fuck…" he said while breathing heavily.
Ichigo closed his eyes and smiled. "Haha, it's… it's nice to be together like this again. I really did miss this."
"Heh, if that's the way you feel, then let's go another round." Grimmjow suggested, and then leaned forward to bite the boy's ear lobe.
"Normally I wouldn't be up for that, but tonight is different." The orange-haired boy said, feeling his heart still beating at a faster pace than normal. While he was definitely glad to be back in Grimmjow's company, somewhere deep inside, the urge to beat Renji arose. After Shuhei had told him they had sex at least four times in a row all that time ago, which didn't even seem possible but he believed it because it was Renji they were discussing, Ichigo inwardly decided he wanted to do that with Grimmjow one day. Tonight was the perfect opportunity to.
"Gimme a sec…" Grimmjow whispered in his ear.
"Why?"
"'Cuz I gotta get hard again."
"Don't keep me waiting too long... Actually, take your time. I want to stay up all night with you."
Grimmjow's blue eyes flashed with a hint of happiness and he smiled. "Then that's exactly what we'll do." He said in a low, seductive voice.
And that's exactly what they did.
Until the sun peeked out on the horizon, they were on and off making love together, chasing away the pain of their previous separation and welcoming the pleasure of their re-established relationship. Not to mention making a mess on Ichigo's blankets.
This is not the last chapter lol.
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