Uneasy

Disclaimer: I still do not own Bleach nor did I make the cover photo.

It had been a few days since I had that talk with my dad. Things have gotten weird...

I couldn't even think straight anymore and the idea of being around Orihime right now was too much. I missed her like crazy, I wanted to hold her, kiss her but I still couldn't figure out if it was the right thing for us to do. If she really did hold these feelings for me as everyone was saying, then what do we do? It wasn't about our feelings it was about how we could make it work and what we both wanted out of this. We were graduating soon, things would change. Could I handle losing her after finally getting a chance with her?

I didn't want to talk with my father again, it didn't feel right but maybe I need to...

Oh, for fuck sake. Could you be any more pathetic?

I snapped. I couldn't handle him now, so I quickly laid down on my bed and entered my inner world. It was time I reminded that bastard who the king is and who is the horse. He'd been talking nonstop about Orihime and what he'd want to do with her, it wasn't going to keep going like this.

Opening my eyes, I was greeted with a sneering hollow. We made eye contact and moved as one to strike. We both wanted to be king but only one of us could while the other would be forced to watch from the sidelines. I couldn't let that happen. He could never become King. If he became king I would lose everything and Orihime would pay the price.

We attacked as one, our swords met in the middle with enough force to feel it from the hit of our swords down our arms through our bodies all the way to our toes pulling back we size the other up.

Good to see ya. I'm surprised you were man enough to come here and fight. Figure you'd be too busy whining to do anything about it.

I'm only here to remind you that I am the king and you listen to me, not the other way around.

I watched my hollow smile at me before he came towards me, sword raised high. Blocking his hits as fast as I could, each going all out trying to get the upper hand. Having the same strength made it a difficult fight, the idea of being King drove us both to our limits. However; after a fierce battle, I finally was able to get my blade to his throat in victory.

You may still be king for now, but I will beat you one day and when I do you'll never get the chance to become King again.

I ignored him before coming back to the real world only to have the life scared out of me by my father waiting in my chair again.

"Oi! What are you trying to do Old Man?!" I yelled at him as my heart rate tried to slow back to normal.

"Is that any way to greet your poor father who's been sitting here waiting to see how your inner battle went? I felt a spike, so I knew he must have said something to upset you. I can't say I'm shocked you won… I mean with me as your father who could beat you?" My father said with a cocky grin. I rolled my eyes at him. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when he started speaking again.

"Ichigo, whatever is going on with you and Orihime (he paused, clearly thinking about what he was going to say next), don't over think it. Let things happen as they do and go with it. If you love her and she loves you there is nothing to tear you apart. Don't forget how much you two have been through, it's okay to be nervous."

To my surprise, he left my room.

He knows me too well. I thought to myself.

I left to go workout before I had to go to work for the day. Tomorrow was Monday and we'd be back in school. It would be my first time seeing Orihime and I was feeling better about it all after my dad's pep talk. I could count on one hand how many times he was serious with me but each time it made a huge impact. He was a good dad, tell him that and you'd never hear the end of it.

Walking into school Monday morning wasn't fun. It was too early to be up and about, but I only had a few more minutes before I'd get to see my girlfriend. It would be interesting to see how we act around each other in school. While I loved holding her close I wasn't big on PDA.

Just do what feels right… Don't over think…

With that mental pump up talk, I made it to the classroom to see my girlfriend missing. That wasn't normal, I looked towards Tatsuki in question. She mouthed "bathroom" before talking to Chizuru about something. I sat at my seat waiting for her to come in when I heard someone call out her name in the hallway. Since class hadn't started it yet it wasn't hard for me to stand by the door.

"Inoue!"

"Yes?" I could tell she was nervous since she didn't even use his name.

"I hear you have a problem."

"Oh? What problem?" Her voice sounded worried.

"Kurosaki seems to be claiming you as his girl. Why don't you come with me now and we can work out a plan at my place?"

Orihime didn't even get a chance to respond before I was out the door and in Reiichi's face. I heard Orihime gasp and felt her hand on my forearm trying to calm me down. I knew how much she hated fighting if it could be helped.

Kill him. No, let me out to kill him for you. As great as that sounded I knew I couldn't do it. He was human sadly.

"You stay the hell away from Orihime. Got it?" My voice was deadly. I saw him smirk before looking back at my girl. I pulled her closer behind me to keep her out of view. I watched him turn and walk away when he called over his shoulder "See you soon, Orihime"

I clenched my hands in a fist ready to go after him when our teacher came up behind us demanding we take our seats. I have no idea what happened in class, all I know was Orihime, Chad, and Uryu kept giving me worried glances.

The lunch bell finally went off I stayed in my seat, making it clear I wanted to be left alone as I watched our classmates leave. Orihime stood up but paused when she reached me. I could tell she was clearly nervous and didn't know what to do.

Sighing, I stood and grabbed her hand. "Wanna eat with us?" I asked hoping she'd get I needed to make sure she was okay and away from that fucker.

She nodded with a smile as I started leading her through the school. When we made it about half way up the stairs she tripped, I quickly caught her and pulled her close. Realizing her body was flushed with mine, her face was a light pink from embarrassment with her large bright eyes looking at me. It had been too long, I pushed her back to the wall, claiming her lips with mine in a heated kiss.

Completely forgetting where we were, I dropped both our bags to the ground. I put one hand on the wall near her head and the other held her hip before slowly snaking behind to grab her bottom under her skirt. I could feel her lacy panties and was dying to know what color they were. She let out a slight moan as her arms wrapped around my neck, pulling my hair.

I had no idea how long we were making out, but I was ready for more. That wasn't in the plans though. We pulled apart when we heard footsteps coming our way. We quickly grabbed our bags and kept moving with flushed faces and our breathing quicker than normal.

As we opened the roof door I chuckled. I guess my dad was right. Not that I'd ever tell him that. I grabbed her hand again as we made our way towards the guys. Having her sit right by me I realized something, I didn't care who saw us any more or what they thought.

She laughed at something Keigo said and patted my leg. I glared at him knowing now whatever he said must have been about me, but my look didn't have its normal heat. I was distracted by how good it felt to have Orihime here with me and not hiding what I felt for her. I wanted this to work past graduation, I wanted to help her so she didn't have to work so hard to keep her small apartment. I was looking forward to spending every holiday with her.

Then my world froze.

Holy shit. I think I'm in love…

NA: Short chapter but there hasn't been much interest in the story so I'm taking my time mapping the rest of the story out but wanted to give y'all something. Let me know what you think! Also, let me know if it feels rushed at all. Thank you!

Brianna