A/N: Inspired by the song, Gajilsu Eobsneun Neo, by Baengkeu. Set after Aizen's defeat. Rating may change. Thank you for reading this story. And to those who review, favs and follows, a special thank you to you all. It humbles me greatly that you all enjoy what I write. My apologies for any grammar/spelling errors.
Warning(s): AU. OOC. Do not read if you like Orihime.

' ' denotes thoughts by the character.
Italics denotes dreaming/flashback

Disclaimer: Bleach concept and characters belong to Kubo Tite. The story is mine. This is for pure entertainment and no money is made from this.

Chapter 2

Inoue Orihime finally tells her secret, one that she had been hiding for the last couple of weeks, to everyone in the room that she was pregnant with Ichigo's baby. At first everyone didn't know what to make of it seeing that it was such shocking news that thwarted the joyous occasion. Rukia's mind couldn't wrap around the words declared by Orihime. She could only stare at her friend and maid of honor with wide eyes and open mouth, which she finally closed when her voice had left her.

Rangiku was the first to recover from the news. She glared at Orihime and said to her, "Orihime, is this a joke? If it is, it isn't funny. Why would you ruin your friend's happy moment?"

All eyes in the room, including the attendant's, looks at Orihime with varying degrees of shock, confusion and disgust. It didn't perturb her that she was being glared at or judged. All she cares at this moment was Ichigo and their unborn baby are hers and hers alone.

"It's no joke," she says calmly as she faces Rangiku's stern gaze. And before anyone could ask or voice any comments, Orihime tells them, "It happened the day before Valentine's Day, Ichigo was nervous about asking Rukia to marry him. I helped him rehearse his proposal and then…," Orihime paused to take in a deep breath before continuing, "…one thing led to another and we made love." Orihime made put more emphasis on "we made love" as if she was proud of what she and Ichigo had done.

Rukia felt her body shiver slightly as tears begins to fall from her violet eyes that no longer held the brilliance it first had when she walked out in her wedding dress. She couldn't believe that Ichigo and her close friend would sleep together behind her back. 'Of course I knew that Orihime had feelings for Ichigo, but Ichigo had never voiced or made any comments, notion, or actions suggesting he liked Orihime more than a friend,' Rukia said to herself. At a loss for words and frozen solid, Rukia could only stare at Orihime as her happiness shattered into a million pieces.

Slap!

"You bitch! How could you do that to your friend? You have no scruples!" Karin fumed after she had walked up to Orihime surprising her with a hard slap. Her right hand stung from the amount of force she used in slapping Orihime and leaving the girl with a red hand print across her face, but that was the least of her worries.

Karin didn't care if she was only in junior high school. She didn't care that she had just slapped and called Orihime a "bitch" because Orihime deserved that. Karin was pissed at her and at Ichigo. Even though in the back of her mind she knew Orihime had been up to no good, this catastrophic news will only end up tearing everyone apart. And it has begun to eat away at everything she holds dear.

Yuzu quickly pulls her twin sister away knowing that Karin would probably slap Orihime again if she didn't. While Yuzu agrees with Karin's sentiments, she didn't voice them. But she did manage to say something that brought everyone back to reality, "Orihime, I don't think you should come around us for a while." Yuzu tears started falling freely as she spoke the remaining words that she knew everyone felt, "You have done a wrong thing to all of us; especially Rukia. I cannot accept what you did." Yuzu's sniffles as she tries to control her voice. She was overwhelmed with shock, hurt and hate that she could no longer contain the pain. "I will never accept you in our family, even if you are the mother of Ichigo-nii's child," she said with conviction.

Karin hugs Yuzu as she cries. Isshin's heart breaks for his daughters, all three of them. He goes over to hug Karin and Yuzu trying to comfort them. He looks over at Rukia whose tears runs down her face like a waterfall. He wants nothing but to ease her pain and tells her everything will be alright. But he knows he can't; he can only give her his love and support. He opened his mouth, about to say something to Rukia when he saw Ginrei moved protectively to Rukia.

Ginrei, who had been quiet and watching everything blow up before his eyes, taps the attendant on her shoulder and signaling for her to take Rukia back into the dressing room. He then takes the last steps over towards Rukia, pulling her into his arms and whispers to her, "Let's go home my dear."

Rukia couldn't focus clearly through her silent tears, but she knew it was Ginrei who embraced her before he spoke to her. She could only nod at his command knowing there wasn't anything she could say or do.

As Rukia left, Orihime called out to her, "I'm sorry Rukia. But I love Ichigo and I know he loves me, even if he doesn't admit it."

Rukia paused as she was halfway out of the door upon hearing Orihime's parting words. It was like pouring salt on an open wound. If looks could kill, 7 pairs of eyes would have made Orihime drop dead in a nanosecond.

Rangiku, who had kept her mouth shut out of respect for Rukia, had finally heard enough and now Orihime's deliberate and hurtful words at the end pushed her over the edge. "Orihime, you need to leave…NOW," she spit the words out with as much constrained venom as possible.

"I agree. You need to leave," Isshin says in agreement with his former fukutaichō. While Isshin is a laid back and a tolerant father, this was beyond his level of acceptance. He thought he had raised his children right. But he could not have predicted his son to mess up his life; along with Rukia's and even Orihime's life, despite the fact that he does not like the burnt orange hair girl at this moment.

"Kurosaki-san, I am going to have your grandchild. I hope you will come to accept us as you do with Rukia," she said without any malice. She merely only wanted him and his family to give her and Ichigo a chance.

"Leave Orihime," he told her firmly before Rangiku lost her composure and bitch slap the girl.

After the attendant brought Rukia back into her dressing room to change, she left after loosening the bindings and allowed Rukia some space. The attendant was wise enough to know that there weren't any words she could say to the broken hearted girl that would console her. 'Poor girl. What a fiasco,' the attendant thought as she left Rukia's side.

Inside her dressing room, Rukia cried. There was so much she wanted to say to Orihime, but couldn't get the words out. She couldn't believe her good friend and maid of honor would do that to her on what had started out as one of the best days of her life. But, what was she suppose to do now? She was still in her wedding dress and it fit perfectly like a glove. She looks at herself through tear redden eyes; she looks almost beautiful if she wasn't in such despair.

'I need to confront Ichigo but what do I say?' she questions herself as she picks up her mobile phone and pulling up his mobile number.

After debating silently for a few moments, the hurt and pain being too insufferable, her mind wasn't thinking straight any more and she decides to send him a text.

Kurosaki Ichigo could not have been happier today. His fiancée was having her final fitting for her wedding dress and he went to the tailors for his final fitting of his tuxedo. He was going to rent one, but after much consideration, he wanted to treasure his wedding day with Rukia with as much mementos and memories.

He was walking home when he felt his mobile phone vibrate in his front pocket. Reaching in, his phone displays a text message notification. When he sees the name of its sender, he smiles in glee. He couldn't wait to see her soon since he had plans for them to have a romantic dinner tonight.

Opening the text, he begins to read the words that made time stop and the weight of the world crashed into his entire being. His heart stopped as he clearly read the words, "Orihime told me you made love with her and she's now pregnant with your child."