It was difficult for him to believe all the drastic changes his life had undergone in the last few months. He had always known he wasn't an ordinary man, but Ichigo Kurosaki had never imagined the extent of his special abilities would reach such lengths. He still wondered, even now, how he had gotten stuck in such a huge mess. Well, actually, it was mess after mess in his life. To the point he missed the first days, those times when the highest threat he could find was an ordinary, simple creature shinigami usually called "hollow". He had never really wanted to know all that much about such beasts at firsts, considering all he needed to know was that he must defeat them at all costs. But, the more he learned about them, the more he started understanding about the fate of the poor, deceased victims, as well as of his own, whole world as well.
He'd be willing to return to those simple times, if it wasn't for everything he had gained thanks to that. Especially something he now valued more than anything else in the world. How could he have been that oblivious to it, to begin with? Orihime Inoue, one of his classmates and a gentle and wonderful person who had been his friend for quite some time...it turned out her feelings towards him were far deeper than he'd ever imagined. He had felt like that towards her too. He always had, he only had never noticed it before. Every time he saw her smiling at him like that, every time he heard her kind words...he couldn't help but find himself thinking of such subtle moments whenever he had the time. To the point his feelings became so intense, he had ended up confessing...right after her. It came as quite a surprise someone like her, who was the total opposite of Ichigo's apparently rough demeanor, would feel attracted towards him. But, the moment he learned of that...he simply couldn't let her go anymore. They had been dating ever since then, although it wasn't as if it had been that long since they had confessed to each other.
In a sense, it was the same as usual. Only now they were far more sincere about each other's feelings than ever before. As he thought of that, he knocked on the woman's door. Arriving right on time for the promised date, he simply waited for her to open the door for him. He wanted to move in with her too, but it was so soon, everything had moved so quickly, he hadn't even had the time to ask her that. That day though, he intended to do it. Be it to Orihime's own apartment where she still lived alone or anywhere else...he just wanted to spend more time with her. Which is why Ichigo had arranged that date in the first place. Both to see the gorgeous girl he couldn't help but keep missing whenever he wasn't with her and to make a move and get closer to the next step in their relationship. As long as Orihime agreed to it, of course.
A similar story went for a certain captain and his lieutenant. The captain of the 10th Squad, the so-called prodigy Toshiro Hitsugaya, had also fallen into a sort of forbidden relationship with his right hand, Rangiku. He wasn't exactly sure whether to call it "forbidden" or not, but he doubted the higher-ups would exactly see such types of dynamics between colleagues with good eyes. Truth be told, it ended up being a distraction more often than not, even while they were on a mission. Still, he was reluctant to let go of her. After everything they had been through, he just felt that woman was the only person he could genuinely trust and lean on. It made him feel weird in a sense, especially whenever he found himself thinking about it (it wasn't as if he'd just state it out loud, of course). Still, he couldn't deny those feelings, no matter how hard he tried.
At least that was what the captain in question was thinking after the mission his squad had just had. Things had gotten complicated at some point and both Rangiku and Hitsugaya himself had gotten separated. The two of them ended up fighting alongside, and entirely alone, towards an horde of beastly hollows. If it hadn't been for her, he doubted he'd be able to make it out safely. Despite his feelings, the white-haired male didn't say anything until the entire squad was back at headquarters. Then again, it wasn't as if he'd just admit such things out loud. He just dismissed the rest of the group as per usual and let out a deep sigh, eventually being left alone with the woman in question. Why did things always end up that way, anyways?
"You should try to concentrate more on the mission and take things more seriously next time. I won't be able to do anything if I can't even count on my own lieutenant, after all." Uttering quite the opposite words from what he was truly thinking and how he truly felt, Hitsugaya simply let his sword rest against the wall and sat down on the floor. Feeling so tired he couldn't even think of doing anything that wasn't resting for a bit right there and then. He did know he had a report to make but, for once, it could wait a bit until he was fully recovered...right? Besides, both him, Rangiku and his entire squad had surely earned it.<|im_end|>
Trying to decide what to wear on a date with the one she had loved for some time now, Orihime Inoue was going through the wardrobe in her room. To her, the fact that she and Ichigo were dating was a dream come true, and while happily humming she went through the events that lead to this in her head. At the beginning of the year, she was just a regular high-school girl, or so she thought, but after her brother came back as an hollow, she got mixed up in the world of Shinigami's, and obtained an ability called Shun Shun Rikka, which allowed her to fight alongside with Ichigo and her friends when they saved their friend Rukia from Soul Society. After they returned, she decided to muster her courage and confess her feelings to Ichigo, and to her surprise received a confession in turn. After confirming each others feelings, they decided to start dating.
After a little while of pondering over what to wear, Orihime settles on a light-green tank top and a skirt of the same color, which was decorated with stripes and flowers. She manages to get her timing just right, because as soon as she had gotten her clothes on, she hears a knock on the door, and skips to open it with a bright smile on her face. "Hi there, Kurosaki-kun!" she cheerfully replies before placing her hands in front of her mouth. "I'm sorry... Hi there... Ichigo," she says meekly and blushing as she uses his first name. But to hide her embarrassment, she laughs out loud with her face all red. "Would you like to come in? I can make some tea before we have to go." She asks while giving way for Ichigo to come in if he decides to have some tea with her. She forgot to put all the clothes she tried back to her wardrobe, and after she moved out of the way, Ichigo could see half of Orihime's wardrobe scattered on the bed and floor.
After the mission was over and Captain Hitsugaya had dismissed the rest of his men in 10th division faithful lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto stayed next to the captain watching as the soldiers of the division disappeared into the distance, but soon Hitsugaya's words bring her attention back to him."Sorry to say this Captain, but I think that the one who had concentration-problems this time around was you," she replies back while bringing her hands behind her head and smiling a smug smile at her captain and lover.
Following HItsugaya's example she puts her sword to rest against the wall and sits down. She tries to cool herself by fanning herself, and to get her body to cool she opens her already ample cleavage even more, and then proceeds to fan her breasts, which are glittering from all the sweat drops. "Oh boy. That really took a toll on me. Can't wait to get to the barracks and just have a nice relaxing drink after this."she comments knowing full well that 'nice relaxing drink' results in coming to work with a hangover the following day.
Rangiku absolutely loved teasing poor Hitsugaya in any way she could, especially after the two became couple. She never thought that the cool and collected Hitsugaya would be interested of her, especially since he treated her like a nuisance every time she tried to get close to him, but she definitely didn't mind that they were now officially together. After getting together Matsumoto's comments and sexual harassment only became more frequent, since she enjoyed seeing how he would react now that they were together. Suddenly the already fun teasing was twice as fun for her.<|im_end|>