AN: Yay! Early update! New years Gift. 2016 better be awesome

Chapter 18

Orihime's POV

I wake up to the beeping sound of my alarm, I blink a few times and glance around my room. I smile when I feel Ichigo's arms circling my waist. I consider staying like this in his arms but I decide against it, the sound of the alarm doesn't even make him stir. When I move away from him to turn off the alarm he jerked and opened one eye.

"Hime?" he said reaching for me, I bite my lip to stop myself from giggling. How did he look both cute and unbearably sexy in the morning? He starts pulling me back towards him but I hesitantly roll away.

"Let's sleep a little longer" he says with his deep voice laced with sleep.

"We have to get ready for school" I say getting up. I notice one of Ichigo's eyes open when the sheets fall away from my body. I sigh dreamily at the sight of Ichigo tangled up in my sheets, who said dreams don't come true?

I take my towel and a few other things I need to take a shower, the whole time aware of Ichigo watching me. I glanced at him and quickly left the room when I saw him smirk at me, fully awake. As I stood under the shower, I felt like screaming and giggling at the same time. Every single detail of every single thing Ichigo and I did last night was running through my mind. The sounds he made, the way he touched me and when he-

"No! Just take your shower Orihime!" I scolded myself out loud. I quickly finished up before more distracting thoughts surfaced in my mind.

When I walked into my room Ichigo was sitting up wearing his pants. I felt both sad and excited that he was half dressed.

"Good morning" he said with a smile. My heart started doing that thing where it wasn't sure if it wanted to go into cardiac arrest or beat so fast it exploded. He looked so perfect with his hair even messier than usual.

"M-morning" I said after standing there and staring at him for a while. He smiled as if he knew what I was thinking and lay back on the bed.

"Aren't you going to go home to get changed?" I ask him. I open my closet and pull out my uniform.

"Yeah, yeah I will" he says, although he doesn't move a muscle.

"Won't your dad be worried about you?" I ask as I get dressed.

"He once didn't notice I was gone for months" he said watching me. I laughed.

"But sometimes he complains when I'm out for even an hour. So there's no telling what he'll say. You might not have noticed but my dad's a bit weird" he said, I laughed and he laughed with me.

I walk over to him while I button up my shirt, he sits up and I stand between his legs.

"That's why you should hurry home or you won't make it to school on time" I say and kiss him on the lips.

"I only came early to see you anyway" he says holding my waist. I smile and kiss him back while I buttoned up. I felt his fingers unbuttoning my shirt, his lips still moving against mine. I buttoned up each button he unbuttoned and I giggled as this process continued.

"I'll see you in school, Ichigo" I said stepping away from him and buttoning up my shirt. He groans and rolls his eyes. I laugh when he snatches me towards him and kisses me again. He rolls over and pins me beneath him with both my hands held above my head. He covers his lips with my own, his tongue grazes gently over mine. Kissing Ichigo feels new and different each time, what doesn't change is the way my mind goes blank, filled with thoughts of only him. His other hand slides down and gently strokes my thigh, wrapping it around his waist as his lips continued to move over mine.

His lips travel down to my jaw, and attach themselves to my neck. An involuntary moan escapes my lips and he groans against my neck.

"Can't...we...be... a little late?" he says in between sucking the skin on my neck. I want to close my eyes and let him have his way with me, to let him touch me anywhere he wanted but I sigh and shake my head as if that would clear my head. Ichigo looks at me and pouts, I laugh and shake my head again.

"We can't" I giggle and Ichigo sits up with that adorable pout still in place. I stand up before I'm tempted to kiss the pout of his lips.

I get to school right before the first bell rang. Every time I stepped towards the door Ichigo would kiss me and I'd forget I was going somewhere.

"Orihime!" Tatsuki called out as soon as I sat down. I turned to face her and smiled.

"Where were you yesterday?" she asks and I take a deep breath, ready to say the answer I'd practiced on my way.

"I was unable to come to school, due to a sudden unforeseen illness." I say in a calm, natural tone; although my palms were sweating.

"Yeah right" Tatsuki says rolling her eyes. Darn it! How can she immediately tell when I'm lying?

The teacher walks in though and Tatsuki doesn't get to ask more questions. Ichigo didn't show up for the first period and I feel a bit nervous, did he go back to sleep? He shows up in the middle of the third period though and i calm down. He strolls in with his hands in his pockets; sensei stops teaching and watches him in annoyance as he sits down in his seat without saying anything. The whole class stares at him silently but he doesn't seem to notice.

"Late again, Kurosaki" Sensei says in annoyance. Ichigo still doesn't say anything, he shrugs and Sensei lost it.

"Detention!" she said dramatically but Ichigo still didn't react. She huffed and turned back to the board.

"Pay attention everyone!" she snaps and everyone turns back. I look at him and he smiles and winks at me. My stomach fluttered with butterflies for the rest of the class.

When it's time for recess I turn back to Tatsuki with a new and improved excuse for being absent yesterday.

"I didn't come to school yesterday because I was-" I start saying but she stops me.

"Some things are better left unknown Orihime" she says with a smile. I glance in Ichigo's direction and I see he's talking to Keigo-kun and Ishida-kun. I sit down beside Tatsuki-chan and pull out the breakfast I'd packed from home. As I was eating I noticed Hinami-chan walk towards us from her seat, she seemed to change her mind and started walking back towards her seat.

"Oh! Hinami-chan!" I called out to her and she jumped. I waved and smiled at her. She hesitated and quickly walked over to us.

"H-hi Orihime-san" she said in that soft voice of hers. I smiled at her and offered her the seat beside Tatsuki.

"Sit with us, you can have some of my lunch"

"Do not eat that because you might honestly not survive" Tatsuki said in a serious tone. I laughed and nudged Tatsuki playfully. Hinami seemed to relax and laughed too.

"What's that?" I asked pointing at the novel Hinami was holding.

"I uhmm wanted to ask Tatsuki-san to give this to Andou-kun. It's the Lord of the rings book, he asked about it last time. If that's ok?" she said handing the novel to Tatsuki.

"Why don't you give him?" Tatsuki asks looking at the cover. Hinami sighed and started nervously picking at her nails.

"He doesn't come by the Karate club anymore and I might not get to see him" She says.

"We live next door" Tatsuki says looking at Hinami like she was stupid. I nudge Tatsuki and shake my head at her.

"She's obviously shy, Tatsuki-chan" I say and Hinami blushes.

"What's the big deal? It's Andou" Tatsuki says shaking her head and rolling her eyes.

"You don't get it Tatsuki-chan. She can't- just go up to him!" I say taking Hinami's side.

"Again, What's the big deal? It's Andou!" Tatsuki was still puzzled and I shook my head at her again.

"Don't worry Hinami, I have an idea. Let's go over to Tatsuki's house today after school to work on our English projects together! You could talk to him then" I say and for a second She brightens up.

"We presented our English projects yesterday, you weren't here" Hinami says.

"Right, I forgot about that" I say. I can't believe that I didn't just skip school, but I also missed a project presentation. I should be horrified or at least sad but yesterday was totally perfect.

"Wait, Andou doesn't know anything about the project. You could still come over" Tatsuki says and Hinami's smile reappears.

"Yay!" I say cheerfully and Tatsuki laughs.

"This would be way easier if you'd just talk to him but whatever"

The bell rings and Hinami goes back to her seat. Before Sensei comes into class I turn back to look at Ichigo and I catch him staring at me. He quickly looks away clearing his throat and I laugh. I want to kiss him right now but I remind myself we're in class. Instead I smile when he looks back at me. He bites his bottom lip to hide his smile.

The last classes pass by quickly and I try to catch up on everything I missed yesterday. I sigh when I realize how much homework I have to do. When the last bell rings Ichigo comes over to my seat. He stands over me with a look of concern.

"What's wrong?" he says softly.

"I have a mountain of homework to do" I complain he chuckles and shakes his head.

"I have detention and homework" he says.

"That's your fault! I told you to hurry up" I say laughing and Ichigo rolls his eyes. Tatsuki walks up to us with her bag.

"Ready?" she asks me as I pack up my books.

"Yeah, let's go" I say standing up with my bag, Tatsuki walks ahead of me and leaves the class. I notice Ichigo sigh and before I can stop myself I give him a quick peck on the lips. The few people still in class gasped, some laughed and a few made whistling sounds. Ichigo turned to glare at them and I hurriedly waved bye to Ichigo and ran out of class. I can't believe I just kissed him in front of everyone.

"Why is your face so red?" Tatsuki asked outside the class, she was standing with Hinami-chan.

"Uhmm the reddening of my skin is possibly due to the temperature of this beautiful day" I stammer and Tatsuki rolls her eyes.

Ichigo's POV

Detention without Orihime blows. All I had to do was sit quietly and watch Hitoshi-sensei snoring but it was the longest two hours ever. What made it unbearable was that Orihime was at Tatsuki's house today so I probably can't spend the day with her. Is it weird that I can't even remember what the fuck I used to do with my time before Orihime became my girlfriend?

'You're fucking whipped. It's disgusting get me out of here' said the annoying voice of my hollow. I groaned out loud. Not him again.

'Just shut up' I say but I know he won't.

'Does finally losing your virginity make you a pussy? Seriously'

'You know I wish you died right?' I say. It's amazing how I'm too exhausted to think of a proper insult for the pale bastard.

'Someone should tell Orihime, she's the man in this relationship. You could be her fucking housewife or something' he taunts me.

'That would make you a fucking housewife too, asshole' I say rolling my eyes.

'Don't drag me into your shit' he says after a while. I smirk at that.

'Then get out of my head' I say and I'm rewarded with silence.

I sigh as I look at Orihime's empty seat. I'm so whipped though, I sigh missing her already.

After the boring detention session, I walk out of school. I start walking home but I notice Andou leaning against the school gates. He's dressed casually as usual except he was wearing glasses. When he looks up he notices me and I walk towards him.

"Oh? Ichigo! You're just leaving now?" he asks.

"Yeah, I had detention" I say. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh uhmm... I'm waiting for the Karate club members to finish" he says nodding.

"There's no club activities today, Tatsuki already left… and so did Hinami" I say noticing that he sighed when I mentioned Hinami.

"Oh" he says with a pout. I frown and look at his glasses closely; I reach forward and poke his eye through the holes where the lens should be.

"OW!" Andou exclaimed covering his eye and frowning at me. "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!"

"Why are you wearing fake glasses?" I ask.

"Well, Ichigo the prescription lenses were starting to make me dizzy so I took them out" Andou huffs rubbing his eye. I almost laugh.

"Why are you wearing them?" I ask walking beside Andou.

"They make me look smarter don't they?" Andou asks looking at me hopefully. I didn't want to tell him that wearing fake glasses without lenses actually made him a lot dumber but the look on my face must have tipped him off because he sighed and took them off, shoving them into his pocket.

"Why are you trying to look smart?" I ask and he sighs.

"Did you know that the word 'Nice' comes from a Latin word meaning 'ignorant'? and did you know the Elvish language of the middle Earth has 106 letters many not found in English?" Andou said waving his hands around.

"Uhmm… no I did not know that" I said carefully. I was seriously contemplating walking away from him if he kept talking crazy.

"I just don't want her to think I have no idea what she's saying. I want to be able to nod and say, 'I mathematically agree with that smart statement' you know?" Andou says and I burst into laughter. He pouts at me and I try to stop.

"Ok so just so we're on the same page, you're talking about Hinami right?" I ask and Andou gives me a look that says 'duh'.

"You like her. That's obvious." I say but Andou laughs awkwardly.

"No. I don't" he says shaking his head and I roll my eyes.

"Yes, you do" I say but Andou shakes his head again and waves his hands around.

"No I don't. It's not like that! I uh just think she's smart and cute and stuff that's all and I like her but I don't like her like her" there's a blush on his face that makes it very clear, he likes her likes her.

I am extremely tempted to hit him, he's blushing and he just called her smart and cute. Isn't it pretty obvious?

"How can I say I like someone else when I promised my heart to Orihime-chan?" Andou says quietly and this time I do hit him. My fist hits his stomach a lot harder than I meant it but I wasn't going to apologize.

"OWW!" Andou says holding his sides and curling up into a ball on the sidewalk. I sigh and look down at him.

"Did I break a rib?" I ask in a bored tone after about a minute of him lying there.

"No, I think I'm ok now, don't worry" he says standing up slowly; I narrow my eyes at him. He can't still have feelings for Orihime, could he?

"Don't say shit like that and expect me not to hit you" I say after he stops his over dramatic coughing. Andou doesn't say anything; he gives me a smile and then pats me on the shoulder.

"You don't get it Ichigo" he says walking slowly. "I can't just not like her. I promised to like her forever. Liking Hinami-would be breaking that promise"

"You know I'm this close to hitting you again" I say and Andou takes two steps away from me. I glare at him, trying to control my annoyance. Ok, be understanding, be calm, be calm, I say to myself repeatedly.

'Hit him again' my hollow tempts me.

"Don't be like that, she chose you" Andou says smiling at me. Although that makes me let go of my anger it also confuses me. How does he smile like that if he still has feelings for Orihime? Or is he still holding onto her for some reason I don't know. I sigh and shake my head, I start walking away from Andou. I don't know how to handle this whole 'be patient and understanding' thing.

"Ichigo? Where are you going?" Andou calls after me. I don't answer and wave back at him. I hear him following after him and I pick up the pace. I just want to get away from him.

"Come on, Ichigo! I thought we were bonding?!" he says running after me. I run faster but he keeps up.

"You know I'll hit you again! Orihime isn't here to stop me!" I shout back breathlessly. Running away from Andou does not make him click that you just do not want to talk to him. He actually followed me home. It's surprising that he could keep up with me when I'm actually running at my fastest. We're both panting outside my front door.

"Is this your house?" he says in between pants. I groan and straighten up, wiping the sweat from my forehead.

"What else do you want? Advice or a hug? Just go aw-" I'm interrupted by my dad bursting the door open.

"Ichigo!" he yells loudly. "Why are you just coming now?! Yuzu made cookies!" he yells in my ear. I flinch and try to push my dad out of my face. He turns his attention to Andou and he smiles widely.

"Oh? A friend?!" he claps excitedly "You seem to have a lot of those these days!"

I roll my eyes and try to slip past my dad into the house. I already know my dad is going to invite Andou in before he does.

"Well come in!" he says pulling Andou in.

Andou and my dad hit it off. They laughed together, they were both loud and after an hour they were finishing each other's sentences. I tried to avoid this by going into my room but they both followed me into my room.

"Let's have a karaoke party" Andou suggested and my dad looked at him like he wanted to adopt Andou.

"Why is it extra loud in here?" Karin said opening the door. She gave my dad the usual look of disapproval and then glanced at Andou.

"Is this your little sister?!" Andou stood up and rushed towards Karin. "Aww she's so cute!" he said patting her head, Karin slapped his hand off and gave him an incredulous look.

"She's just like you!" Andou said and my dad nodded.

"I know right!" he said. Karin looked at me for an explanation and I shrugged. She sighed and left the room, Andou came back and annoyingly lay on my bed. My dad stood up announcing he was going to get us some snacks.

"Your dad is nice" Andou said laughing, I gave him a look that didn't affect his good mood at all.

"Hinami is…nice. She's smart, cute and funny. She doesn't mind explaining what Gandalf says a hundred times when we're watching the Lord of the Rings, she joined the karate to look strong for her brothers. She's...super cool" Andou says. He's looking up at the ceiling so I'm not even sure if he was talking to me. He doesn't say anything else and I sigh.

"So you like her! Stop fucking denying it! It's getting annoying!" I throw a crumpled up piece of paper at Andou. He doesn't move and I rack my brains for the right thing to say.

"If you like Hinami, you don't have to hold onto Orihime. I'm not just saying that because I want you to fuck off, but if you keep denying your feelings you'll be the only one left hurting for nothing." I say. Andou looks at me with tears in his eyes.

"Are we having a moment right now?" he asks and I roll my eyes. Andou gets off the bed and walks towards me.

"We have to hug now" he spreads his arms wide and I glare at him.

"Go away" I say but he tries to pull me into the hug anyways. "Back off! I'll actually break your nose" I say laughing along with Andou. After I pry myself out of Andou's arms, he moves towards the door. He takes off his fake glasses from his pocket and puts them on again.

"Where are you going?" I ask Andou. He gives me a playful grin and what he thinks is a cool thumbs up.

"I'm going to make Hinami fall for me" he says.

Poor idiot, he's absolutely clueless that Hinami already likes him. I sighed and walked over to my bed. I'd rather just sleep until I can see Orihime tomorrow. I lie down and just start getting comfortable when I notice Andou still hasn't left.

"I'm not walking you out" I say.

"Come with me" Andou says.

"No" I say ignoring his puppy dog eyes.

"Come on please! I need you to be my wingman!" Andou says sitting on the edge of my bed.

"Do you even know what a wingman is?" I ask.

"No but just come with me!"

"No" I say again in a bored tone.

"Orihime will be there" he says and I sit up.

"Tatsuki texted me that Orihime and Hinami are with her right now" He says smiling coz he knows he's got me. I groan and get up.

'whipped' my hollow taunts but I just follow Andou out the door.

AN: Happy New year! thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, I love you guys. :D