After a day at school (Inoue private)

After a long reliving day at school Ishida was looking forward to get back home, even if no one was home, the sun was still high up in the sky, he was about to head out trough the gate when something or rather some people where blocking his way out, a big group of human`s they where looking for revenge, appearently they where looking for Ichigo kurosaki, since they where yelling out for him, for no reason Ishida caught their attention, the leader asked the a man if it was him, which annoyed ishida to an extent he started talking something as Ichigo was overhearing their conversation, Ishida pushed up his glasses slightly as he kicked a man, this on the other hand annoyed Ichigo, and he made his appearence, they fought this group of humans together, while arguing with each other...

Soon the entire group lied there before their feet smashed up knocked out cold, Ishida left with a bitter taste in his mouth, altrough he enjoyed the fight he would never admit it, Ichigo pulled up one of the brutes, but noticed that he too was knocked out... so he dropped him down and was about to leave, heading home...

(sorry for the lazy post xD)

Another day of school had finished, and another mound of homework had been given to her. Sighing as she carried a large and heavy book bag Orihime was the last to leave the classroom. Taking her time as she walked the school's quiet and lonely corridors towards the stairs Orihime was one of the last to be doing so. Earlier in the day Ichigo had told her of a visit from Rukia he had recieved, to be truthful that had been all she had been thinking about all day. She knew she should have felt alot differently than she was, Rukia was a friend. It was good news to have heard she was doing well, it was good news that Ichigo was able to have seen her...wasn't it? Of course it was, Rukia was a close friend. But then why did she feel such a pit in her stomach? Perhaps it was that deep seeded jealousy that Orihime was feeling, that jeaousy she tried her absolute best to hide. The jealousy that made her feel like a horrible human being for feeling towards such a friend.

Exiting the school building Orihime adjusted the book bag who's strap sat upon her shoulder. She shook her head in an attempt to clear her thoughts, it wasn't right for her to feel this way...not towards Rukia. As she approached the gates Orihime took a deep breath and moved a piece of hair from her face. As she opened her eyes once again she was standing but feet from a group of unconscious people. Raising her gaze from the ground and the bodies Orihime found herself staring face to face with none other than Ichigo.

((OOC: NP XD i wasnt sure what to write myself xD since you are keeping the thread story a secret xD anyway i hope it was o.k Oh and i was talking about the thread you have with rukia where she visited.....i figured Orihime woul have been told of it o.O))

OOC: yeah i guess she would have, sorry i was having a total black out or something xD (maybe still am O.o)

IC: Ichigo was sure so positive that there was no one watching him, and yet it felt like he was being watched everyday, as if a flock of shinigami where observing him protecting him from everything, off course he could not see anything like that but... wait someone was defenetly there watching him, he turned around and he saw a long orange haired girl Inoue? he almost whispered her name, as he blinked he wondered what was she doing here still, he thought that everyone else had left... well it was not anything out of the ordinary but... ,suddenly a man that was lying on the ground next to where orihime stood grabbed her leg, off course he thought it was ichigo since he could not see, obviously the man could have seen something that almost every man wished to see but alas this was not the case... his intentions had been ruthless towards Ichigo, and so had Ichigo`s Intentions been the same, to an extent at least Ichigo did not hesitate for a second, but got rather annoyed and kicked the man`s arm loose from Orihime`s leg. then punted the man with yet another kick into his face, he swore something under his breath about something that sounded like a perverted bastard or something, unknown to Ichigo he was standing pretty close to Inoue with no ill intent off course or even the slightest worry in the world about his feelings for Orihime or any other dimwitted thoughts that would never have double crossed him about her true feelings for him...

He had off course never seen Orihime more than a friend, an good old friend, he picked up his bag that laid on the ground next to her and pulled it over his right shoulder... what are you doing out here Inoue?... its not safe at this hour... Ichigo`s eyes strolled past the group of people lying there around his feet, at least for her, Ichigo knew better than most others here that Inoue always hesitated to attack people whenever they where humans, hollows, arrancar`s or Shinigami, some people said that was the reason for her attack being so weak, Ichigo held some trust that she could take care of herself, since she have been alone for so long, at least she had Tatsuki to protect her from her fellow perverted friends.... Ichigo kinda forgot what her name was, she always seemed to be there when you least expected it, creepy... chiruzu no, chizori no... Chizuru was it? ahh the hell i care... Ichigo awaited her reply...

Orihime had been staring at him watching for several moments as he dropped the last of the unconscious men back onto the ground but her attention was rapidly grabbed by a hand tightening around her ankle. She froze for a moment as the hand’s grip tightened rather painfully, she could have kicked him to get him to release his grip but that wasn’t Orihime’s way. She knew that the man had mistaken her for Ichigo, it was an honest mistake really. But in order for the man to have mistaken her leg for Ichigo he must have had quite the head injury, after all her legs were far more slender and feminine than those of Ichigo’s. Well one would hope so anyway. Ichigo was far more volatile in his reaction to the man’s tightening grip, he lashed out with his foot and delivered a rather nasty blow to his arm which knocked his grip off of her leg. Then to follow up he rather violently kicked the man in the head once more, sometimes Orihime worried about Ichigo’s temper when it came to fighting. But he had reasons, after all his father made his life a practical combat situation daily and he fought so much in the Soul Society. Her worries were always but aside when she remembered that it was Ichigo, whom she knew she never had to fear.

Once again she found herself standing rather close to Ichigo, her heart began to beat faster just by the mere proximity between them. Why her heart would always do so was obvious to her but clearly not obvious to others, part of her was glad of that. If Ichigo knew how she truly felt there was always the chance he would become distant and that to Orihime was a fate worse than death. She was still standing silently as Ichigo grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder, it seemed that she was not the only one with a heavy load. Ichigo’s words were sweet, he was always protective of her…well his friends in general. Always the protective figure of the group Ichigo always made sure his friends were safe. Orihime was a black belt in martial arts and she could take care of herself if push came to shove but she would never tell Ichigo to stop his ways, it warmed her heart to know he cared. He knew that she was the type to give chances, to get hurt before actually fighting back. Well to be honest those days were beginning to change, slowly but surely. She was beginning to get sick of being seen as the weak one, she wanted to show everyone she could be strong. “Oh, I’m fine. I was just doing some work that’s all.” Her eyes travelled over his face, he had quite a few signs of a fight showing upon it. “Are you O.K? Seems you had a rough day” Adjusting the strap of her book bag Orihime realised that the man now unconscious at her feet would see more than she would have liked if he woke up. Taking a quick side-step to a safe distance she waited for Ichigo before heading off.

A few bruises on his face and his clothes, Ichigo dusted his shoulders, then glanced back at the guys that had tried to hurt him, it would be better to leave before they wake up he would hate to see Orihime all worried about him and as such he followed Orihime he noticed that Orihime figured that the man was too close to her, still he acted as if he had not noticed anything of it, really it was none of his concern but simply followed Inoue out of the school yard, they started to walk home, they where heading the same way at least partway, Ichigo replied well you know its the usual, nothing that i can`t handle... it had been a long day at school, he should enjoy this day in particular since he had no work on fridays, and tomorrow it was saturday perfect...

After they had walked for a while and had a few things to talk about between each other, Ichigo stopped at a crossroad, this was not where they where supposed to part ways, it was at least a couple of blocks left for that, rather Ichigo stared at something wait here... he said and stepped into a shop nearby, it was a flower shop and he bought a few yellow flowers, he came back to her sorry to make you wait... these flowers off course where not for Orihime no, they walked another block and Ichigo stopped again he turned to look at Inoue again ill see you at school on monday Inoue he said smiling slightly, it probably was not very obvious to who those flowers where but he rushed across the street to the left and kept walking for a while, off course it would have made Inoue most suspicious, he never bought flowers to anyone that Inoue knew off, but Ichigo did not think about what Inoue thought about at the moment... he had more urgent matters to deal with, he was always a bit like that, urgent attention to those who needed it the most, which had often lead to Ichigo to pay more attention to what perhaps more of her friends such as Inoue requested... there had been several times that Inoue had asked him if he could have walked her home or so which he had declined since he had been a busy man being a shinigami and everything, but even now that he was not a shinigami did it mean that nature of his would have changed, Ichigo simply did not realize he might have offended people when doing so, at least to people who where still alive.

It was true, fighting was Ichigo’s usual. Whether it was at home with his father or anywhere else with those that chose to pick on him because of his hair colour among other things. Orihime looked at Ichigo’s hair colour for a moment noticing how it was so similar to her own. She too had been picked on for it but not to the extent that Ichigo had, because she was female she didn’t have to worry about males beating her up for it. She just had to listen to words, cruel words. Even though Ichigo said he was used to it, even though he hid any signs of it getting to him Orihime knew that the constant fighting must have taken a toll on him…physical or emotional. She couldn’t help but want to tend to his cuts and bruises when she saw them but Ichigo would never let that happen, he had far too much pride for that.

They made some small talk between them as they walked, that was before Ichigo stopped dead in his tracks at a crossroad. She was a little confused, this wasn’t where they normally parted ways. There was at least a few more blocks until they had to turn off and head to their houses separately. She noticed Ichigo’s gaze was focused upon something rather intently, gently watching him in silence Orihime was a little shocked when he told her to wait there and ran off suddenly. Orihime wasn’t able to get a word out before he had made his way down the street, leaving her standing at the crossroad. With a sigh she placed her heavy book bag on the ground and sat upon it, she wondered where it was that he had gone so urgently. Several minutes passed before she could see Ichigo’s hair come into view once more, that was one thing about their shared hair colour….it was distinctive. She squinted slightly trying to focus on what it was Ichigo had in his hands…..FLOWERS! A bunch of yellow flowers, Ichigo had gone to buy flowers?! For who?! Her heart began to beat faster as ‘Orihime Vision’ (as Tatsuki had so nicknamed it) started to take over. She imagined him walking towards her with a giant smile on his face, a slightly shy smile at that. Snapped out of her fantasy that the flowers were for her by his voice Orihime became flustered. Standing and picking her book bag up once more Orihime tried to hide her flustered face as she spoke “Oh, oh no that’s fine. Don’t worry about it, you weren’t gone long anyway.”

They walked for another block and the whole time Orihime’s mind was racing with thoughts, Each thought getting more and more nerve racking. Who were the flowers for? Oh no, Does Ichigo like someone?! OH NO what if he was already going out with them?! Who would it be? WAS IT RUKIA?! Were Ichigo and Rukia in a relationship?! Just as she felt as though her heart would explode and her mind follow suit shortly after Orihime was snapped out of it by Ichigo’s voice. She watched as he crosses the road and walked off, Orihime just stood there in shock. Before shaking her head to try and clear her thoughts. The flowers were probably for his mum’s grave. That was it….she was sure it was. Or at least she really hoped it was. She did the only thing she could do and continued on walking home, although more worried then most days.

For the record he was not heading towards the graveyard or anything, Ichigo came to another cross road after walking a few blocks, and there he saw it the bottle with the dried up flowers, he smiled at the though of seeing the place but it also brought him some painful memories sorry that i haven`t come more often... he tossed away the old flowers and changed the water, at a nearby park, he put the yellow flowers in there and looked around as if expecting the ghost to show up any second now... nothing came as he had though, this ghost in particular had been something more to him than just a "being" off course he could never see her in his current state I better bring some flowers to my mother`s grave next time we visit her... he mumbled to himself while standing there at least another solid 5 minutes... then he started to walk towards home, after walking for 10 minutes Ichigo noticed a familiar being or rather woman, it was Orihime, she must have been slowing down a lot for not getting futher than this... the sun was getting down too, he started taking bigger steps, towards her at a faster pace, as he came running he stopped next to her and placed his arm on her shoulder Inoue where are you going your not heading the right way... no right now she was heading straight somewhere, at this rate she would end up to his place... he wondered if she had been in too deep thoughts to even notice having taken the wrong road... Ichigo adjusted his bag on his shoulder let me take those he picked her book bag from her arms,

There was a ghost nearby Ichigo it was a young girl, she smiled at Inoue and at Ichigo Take care Ichigo... thank`s for the flowers! she waved at them, Ichigo off course did not see her, but orihime certainly did Hey are you coming Inoue? Ichigo had decided to walk her home, he would feel bad if she had to go all alone in the dark with a heavy load to boot, he did not realize why Inoue had not gone home, but he realized he might have offended her like that, when he left withouth a word of explanation... he would not tell her off course it was his personal things but he would have understood if she would have asked where he had been...

Orihime had been so wrapped up in thoughts she didn’t notice she took the wrong turn off, nor did she realise she was walking slower then a turtle. The sun was beginning to set yet Orihime was still oblivious to the time and her current speed of walking. Her mind was racing with so many thoughts she didn’t even hear Ichigo approaching her, as his hand touched her shoulder Orihime jumped and turned to face him her heart beating fast once more. “OH! Ichigo, you scared me” Seeing that it was Ichigo her body calmed down once more, thank goodness it wasn’t some stranger. When Ichigo asked her where she was going a puzzled look crossed her face, then when he said that she was going the wrong way her eyes began to dart around as she looked at her surroundings. It was true, she wasn’t heading home like she thought she was. But where was she going? Where was her subconscious leading her? Then she realised, she was heading to Ichigo’s place without knowing it.Orihime was embarrassed and began to become flustered at the current situation. “Oh, ummm haha I guess I took the wrong turn”

Orihime was going to object to Ichigo taking her book bag but she her attention was focused on something else. There was a young girl next to Ichigo who was smiling and waving at her, the girl knew that Orihime could see her and wanted Orihime to pass on a message for her. Orihime felt like an idiot as she realised who the flowers were actually for. The young girl ran away shortly after she finished her words and Orihime was snapped back to Ichigo when he spoke. “Ahh yeah I’m coming.” Orihime walked to catch up to Ichigo before speaking once more. She really wasn’t sure how to say it to him, would it upset him that she could see the girl and not him? “Ahhh Ichigo…….. The young girl really appreciated those flowers”

Ichigo had raised an eye brown when Orihime jumped like that when he touched her shoulder s-sorry... she was acting rather weird was she not? ohh its all right, no one`s home, though... Ichigo had heard of Inoue`s special cooking talents, and uh well he had been suprised when he had tasted once... in a bad way that is, beans, banana, peanutbutter and liver did not exactly mix that well... Ichigo was certain that he would have puked that time but avoided it just to make Inoue happy, yeah you could say her cooking where rather special, but at least it beated his dull cooking and to starve right? he started to get second thought`s and did not know if he dared to even ask it would have beaten to eat alone at home... huh? he glanced at Orihime, first with a dumbfounded expression and then with a slight gentle smile I see... he felt both happy and sad at the same time... sad because she had not been able to move on, happy that she was all right and that he now knew she was still here, it would have been kinda pointless to him if she would have moved on and he would just have placed flowers in that bottle when nobody else cared...

with his free arm he rubbed away a few tears that had swelled up in his eyes, and before they poured out he rubbed them away, a strong wind started to blow from the north which caused Inoue`s school uniform to dance violently, while Ichigo turned to look at Inoue now with a more serious face... Inoue do you think... if it would be possible, if i ... i mean... if i could... you know his grip around the books loosened a bit... umm... forget it its nothing... Ichigo sighed and continued to walk, with Inoue`s house alredy in sight... It had been quite some time since he had actually been there, actually only once when he had saved Inoue from her brother who had turned into a hollow, it must have been like 2 years ago... time sure flies...

Ichigo stopped arubtly before Inoue, he had not expected her to react in such a manner, in fact he had not expected her to react at all to it, guess he was wrong, he did not pay attention to the wind that had blown, to him it was no big deal but orihime in her school outfit it must have been a big deal, it could have been a very embarrassing situation however she ensured that it would not, however Ichigo payed no attention to this, he avoided to look directly at Orihime, he turned to look up at the sky then down at her face, his face softening up slightly, no point in denying it, what had he to worry? that she would reject his offer? unlikeley of orihime...

Its... its no biggie really i was just... going to ask if i could eat dinner with you?, don`t get me wrong, i just hate to eat alone...

Did Inoue just look really exited Ichigo blinked while looking at her, he awaited her answer anyways, and when the answer did come she sounded rather exited uh good, good umm you all right? he started to doubt wherever it had been a good idea after all but it was too late to refuse now when he had made the offer himself, Ichigo did not really think about what she would make for food or where they would eat, he found it natural that they would eat at Inoue`s place since it was the closest, that and he expected Inoue to cook whatever was on her mind, the thing was he could never have guessed what she was thinking right now, Ichigo took a step closer to Inoue as she still stood there before him but now in deep thoughts Inoue.... Inoue! he raised his voice in an effort to get her attention back to him, he placed his arm on her shoulder, briefly shall we? he looked up at Inoue`s apartment... not much had changed on the outside and he doubted that much would have changed on the inside either...

He had grown fond with several of his friends their relation could almost be described as "old friends" or even "best friends" and orihime was just one of his most precious friends, that actually cared for him, if Ichigo had not known better he could have sworn that Orihime would have had deeper feelings for him than that, but as things stood he was clueless, Ichigo simply followed Inoue to her door step, clearly not having a clue about what Inoue had in mind, when he heard her question ichigo started to think man... what to choose what to say umm like food lets see... ah umm he really thought about it for a solid minute before glancing at Orihime again...

ahaha im sorry i have no clue... does it really matter that much as long as its edible?

[sorry crappy short post >.>]

(OOC: don't worry, i understand and i hope you understand that mine is bad and short too x.x alot has been going on lately and i have just lost the motivation to post the last few days. but i still do ^^ just not so good nor as long))

Orihime unlocked the door and put her hand on the doorknob before turning back to Ichigo as he spoke after a moment of silence. Putting her other hand to the back of her head in the manner someone would when a sweat drop would appear on their forehead Orihime chuckled nervously. “ahahaha well my sense of edible is not the same as a lot of others” Orihime knew that her sense in food was slightly different, she liked the normal food that everyone else liked but she also liked some odd and strange things. As she opened the door she stepped inside so that Ichigo could follow her in. “Sorry if it is a little messy I didn’t have time to clean up yesterday after Tatsuki came over” In truth the place was rather spotless but as with everyone when someone was visiting nerves always kicked in. Tatsuki would visit from time to time and when she did she had a habit of telling Orihime she was too strict with everything and to let things go. Just yesterday she had been throwing cushions everywhere and refused to let her vacuum saying the place looked fine. Orihime had just been that way since she was young she would always tidy up so not to bother her brother whom she felt worked too hard, now it was just a habit of hers.

Ichigo got her point but acted as if her cookings where nothing special yeah maybe but ill survive... maybe you should check what you got in the fridge before deciding ne? Ichigo asked with his usual tone of speech appearing rather calm, Ichigo followed Orihime inside, after hearing her comment about being sorry about the mess Ichigo blinked and stared at the room they where in huh? Ichigo sweatdropped this time, was she serious? i havent seen my room this clean in ages, oh man her sense for clean must be sky high i mean i thought i entered a palace when i stepped in, Ichigo swiftly pulled his arm across his face moving it back and forth, Obviously their sense of food was not the only thing a bit off umm right, don`t let yourself get bothered about that, w.. i mean i am quite used to mess by now Ichigo scratched his head and stared at the room they where in he put down Orihime`s bookbag as well as his own bag and took off his shoes at the door as well as his jacket... damn and she lives all alone here, i could never take that, that was probably the reason why Ichigo had never thought about moving out from home, the thought had not struck him at least not yet then again he is only 17teen...

(OOC: lol well at least it seems like we are making some progress xD)

IC: Ichigo watched Orihime dart off to the kitchen, he decided to take a quick look into her apartment, it smelled exactly as he remebered it, like Inoue he liked that smell about her it was somewhat soothing and calming and to be able to just enjoy her company was nothing that Ichigo had time with when he had his powers, The whole house had that woman`s touch about it but Ichigo could not shake the feeling that she must have been lonely all by herself... the house in itself felt sort of hollow despite of this as if there was not much feeling or personality put into the cleaning, that is when Ichigo noticed a picture of a young man if Ichigo remeber it correctly it was Inoue`s brother who had passed away quite a few years ago, come to think of it they had both lost someone precious in the past when they where kids...

That however was one of the few things in common that he could think off at the moment, still he gave a small smile and as he heard Inoue`s voice he snapped back to reality, Ichigo was left a bit confused about Orihime`s words umm i think im quite fine like this, thanks anyways i would hate to mess up your apartment Inoue, besides i have no problem of getting used to seeing things this tidy and neat Ichigo crossed his arms and stared at Orihime for a moment i see... i guess your right as i have been trying to keep our house clean and tidy when my sisters and Father are gone on a vacation he added streching his back slightly as it had gone slightly stiff due to carrying those bags earlier, he took a seat on a soft sofa in the living room Miso? hmm yeah i have no problem with that, sounds fine to me Ichigo said in all honest, it was not exactly his favorite food but when would you expect to get that everyday, then it would no longer be your favorite food now would it?

Ichigo streched his legs now as well as he remebered something he had wanted to ask for a while now by the way Inoue.... why did you visit my room out of all places before you got kidnapped to Las noches? the matter had been troubling him for a while now...

OOC: xD no worries your making a good job with her almost as if i was RPing with the real thing! XP, what do you think of my rping so far? (lets not count in the off rpg that failed pretty bad)

IC: Ichigo tapped his arm against the seat, he yawned and almost dozed off, while listening to Orihime, she started to prepare the meal oh man he was hungry he had not eaten since at school some lunch on the roof, wait when did she get there? had his attention span really been this bad? his stomach awoke him from the dream like state cripes i better go and help Inoue before... It was then that he heard a loud noise come from the kitchen almost like something metallic hitting the floor, for a moment Ichigo questioned whenever that was what he had just heard it certainly was nothing good he stood up Inoue are you all right? he started to get rather worried as it got too quiet, he withouth a moment`s notice rushed into the scene where he noticed Orihime on the floor crouched down she spoke “Ahh, sorry. Haha I‘m a klutz” he sighed man you got me worried for nothing when she stood up Ichigo noticed her finger was bleeding quite badly oh let me take a look at that... he said grabbing her arm, he noticed her blush on her face now Its nothing to get embarassed about these things happen... ichigo smiled a bit as he went to grab something to stop the bleeding he remebered seeing a first Aid kit box in the wall in the hallway and went to open it he picked a tiny piece of sticking plaster, he returned he put inoue`s bleeding finger into his mouth briefly before putting the plaster around the wound, the plaster was covered in red hearts... Ichigo had learned from his mother this method off course it might have been better if they would have just washed it instead at least since they had acess to that now... he noticed an increased blush on Orihime`s face he blinked y-you sure your all right, your really red do you have a fewer? He placed his arm on her forehead, and it was kinda warm but Ichigo was quite sure she did not have a flue or anything of the sort.

OOC: xD im just messing with Inoue now bad Ichigo bad!

(OOC awwww thanks xD i do try my best. that last post had me wondering for ages on what to write :p and yeah you do a good job at Ichigo too. ^^on a note, there was not quotation marks around what he said in your post so i just sort of guessed xD my bad if i missed something etc AND YES BAD ICHIGO BAD XD lol even i would swoon and die if he did that xD lol poor Orihime))

Orihime knew deep down that Ichigo was going to come and check what the noise was but it hadn't prepared her for it either way. Looking up as she heard his footsteps stop she could see him sigh to himself at the sight before him, this made her feel somewhat sad but mostly embarassed. Orihime was used to being slightly more clumsy than most, it was usually due to her nature of being pre-occupied with other things that caused her accidents. But this time it was shock and becoming flustered from that shock that caused the incident..... well then again that wasn't really all that rare either. As Ichigo spoke of her having him worried for no reason she immediately apologised. "Oh, sorry Ichigo. I well..." She didn't quite no how to finish that sentence, she couldn't very well say that his question had taken her by surprise so badly that she cut her finger and knocked a frying pan off the sink now could she?

Lluckily though her injured finger had captured Ichigo's attention and it seemed he didn't care if her snetence was unfinished. As she realised that that Ichigo was talking about her cut finger she immediately became even more embarassed, he wanted to take a look it it?! As her heart began to beat so fast it was it threatening to beat right out of her chest Orihime franticly tried to convince Ichigo it was alright. She would have been flailing her hands in front of her but that would only have resulted in blood possibly flicking everywhere so she restrained herself from doing so as she spoke. "Oh, No no it's nothing really" At first she thought her words worked, he had stopped his advance and Orihime took a good breath in relief but as he spoke once more and disappeared to the hallway Orihime realised that it her words had done absolutely nothing. He was going to get the first aid kit!! As her mind began to race with many thoughts and her heart once again began beating faster than she thought possible Orihime began to blush. Ichigo was going to get a first aid kit, that meant he he was going to be delivering first aid to her?! As what Tatsuki had nicknamed 'Orihime vision' began to kick in her mind took over and she began to daydream on the spot.

Ichigo's smile as he tenderly let her hand rest in his own melted her heart and gave her butterflies. Reaching up to touch her face with his free hand he spoke in a soft and tender noice "It's alright Inoue" Just as Orihime's heart as if it it would explode and her body collapse as she looked into his eyes..... She was snapped back to reality by Ichigo's footsteps upon her tiled kitchen floor. Before she could say anything her hand was being held in Ichigo's own for real?! Her mind filled with the three words OMG OMG OMG repeating on loop as she began to doubt if this really was happening? surely it was just more of day dreams...right?

Orihime's face was stunned and she was voice-less as she stared at Ichigo, luckily for her though he was too busy looking at her finger to notice her wide eyed stare. Then something happened that took Orihime completely of guard, and when i say completely off guard i mean COMPLETELY off guard. Warching her finger being moved towards Ichigo's mouth she could have sworn her heart stopped at the sight before her, surely he wasn't going to..... OMG he did, he put it in his mouth!. To most such an act was a sign of affection reserved only for their most special, but Orihime knew Ichigo.... he probably didn't even think twice about doing so. But even knowing that to him it probably meant little to have done so, to her it meant a whole lot. Her face was as bright as a beetroot as Ichigo put the sitcky plaster on her finger, she still couldnt believe what had just happened.

Too stunned to realise that Ichigo was looking at her face now, Orihime was oblivious to the bright colour of her cheeks and the probably stunned look on her face... that was until he put his hand to her forehead. Orihime was beginning to feel like she could simply collapse, it was all too much for one day. First she was getting to eat dinner with Ichigo and spend time with him, then he asked the question that had her injure herself and now all this? How much could she take before her heart really did beat out of her chest?
Flustered she waved her hands in front of her and closed her eyes tightly while shaking her head from side to side while taking a step backwards towards the bench. "Oh, no no i'm fine really. It's nothing, i'm o.k" Her reply might have made Ichigo only more curious but in her current state of mind it was all she could do.

OOC: xD thanks thanks! xD i actually expected for Orihime to faint or something still good rping makes me urge to write more :3 altrough at the moment i don`t have a clue it usually comes as i write lol. Man Ichigo is so clueless. xD

IC: you have no reason to apologise... he said with a gentle tone about it, as he still "studied" her ever increasing blush on her face, Ichigo could have sworn that he was missing something but could not quite put his thoughts on about it, Ichigo sighed once more when inoue claimed that she was all right mmmh o-okay... i belive you with slight suspicion then he understood oh no im sorry Inoue i should not have done that i mean i usually do that to my sisters when they are bleeding in ther finger`s unless there is a clean water source nearby... it just came naturally for me so i assumed... well you understand what im saying ne? i can remove that plaster again and you can clean your finger in clean water if it makes you feel better? he said with a honest tone of speech, he was not exactly blushing as he did not find anything odd about putting friends`s and family`s bloody fingers in his mouth, well as long as they where clean fingers... after all it would have been bad if Inoue would have gotten an infection, that would have explained high fever but he thought that was impossible in such a short time... he was ready to do anything for those that needed protection... so it had been ever since his mom had died... he noticed that she was almost losing balance which was kinda weird to him, he had just treated her, he raised an eye brown as she backed off a bit and started waving her hands in front of him...

Inoue maybe i should prepare the dinner instead, at least let me help you... he was not sure why Inoue reacted like she did, it made him slightly curious as he asked Inoue are you... hiding something from me? what was i asking before she cut herself? umm.... .... oh darn it i forgot, Ichigo sweat dropped at the back of his head, man im sure it was something important, unable to really think up what he was going to say and because Ichigo did not want to look bad like a dirty pervert who trespassed her more than twice, maybe it was time to back off, i mean she would probably enjoy sometime alone for what all he had done in such a short time... he was sure most people he knew would not have enjoyed what he had just done, out of all people Inoue...

Ichigo prepared the table where they should eat by putting some plates, knifes, forks etc he turned to look at Orihime once more when she said that it was fine, honestly Ichigo felt like a heavy weight would have been removed from his shoulders, and had due to that started acting a bit nervous for no obvious reason and therefore tried to shake the uneven feeling by some work he asked where she kept the stuff that he was searching for and she instructed him as he soon found the things he had searched for, he would have hated it if she would have taken his actions the wrong way which luckily she didn`t he was fairly sure that Orihime would`t have taken it that way though now that he thought about it... in fact her constant blushing leaded him to think there was something deeper meaning that he could not fully intercept, then again it was Orihime he was talking about he had rareley not seen her blush so he thought that it had to be something she did a lot around people right? i mean she would never...

“ummm about what you said before……… you asked why I visited you before I was taken to Las Noches…….

ohh yeah how could i have forgotten that? umm well it probably was nothing important right? Ichigo srcatched his head when he heard her answer to his question, at first his eyes widened a bit, why him? out of all people she could have gone to tatsuki, or sado or perhaps Ishida, why was it that she came to him? his head got filled with more questions than answers, he wondered if he should ask more? it would not hurt right?

I-i see... then... why me out of all people? i mean i would have understood if you went to see tatsuki maybe it was just coincidece... could have been, Ichigo sighed.. either way lets get this dinner done before it gets dark he thought and started to work while he listened to Orihime`s possible answer.