Internet Interactions Ch 3

It was 7:45, and thankfully Matsumoto left on a hunt to cleanse some hollows. Orihime just took a shower with some of her favorite lavender scented shampoo. She reached her hand out from the stall, grabbed her pink towel and wrapped it around her body.

Once she was in her bedroom, Orihime dug through her closet, and took out a plain dress. It was casual, she would usually where it when she went shopping. The dress was white and was tightened by a wrap just below her breasts. The rest of the dress flowed from her body and stopped at around her knees.

Yup, it was 8 on the dot, but still no Ulquiorra. Orihime was sitting on her bed brushing her hair, waiting for a knock that was supposed to erupt from her door. Suddenly, she heard the sound as if fabric was ripping, and spun around, dropping her brush.

There was Ulquiorra walking out of a garganta, in her room. “Are you ready?” he asked in his usual tone of voice. Orihime nodded, a bit taken back that he just entered her bedroom. He reached out to her, hand in air, waiting for her to take his. Once she did, Ulquiorra pulled her up and the two walked through the garganta.

Orihime noticed that as the walked threw the black abyss, Ulquiorra was still wearing his arrancar uniform. Why would he wear that when Aizen was gone? Well, there’s probably nothing else to wear in Hueco Mundo, Orihime thought.

They stepped out of the garganta. Orihime felt shivers go up her spine being in Las Noches again, surrounded by these white walls. Unknowingly, her face flushed as memories infiltrated her head, memories of all the terrible things that had happened. Ulquiorra noticed and placed his arms around her in a warm embrace.

Orihime was still in her thoughts when she suddenly felt warmth radiating around her body. She snapped from her daydreams and parted her lips. Ulquiorra still held her in embrace.

“Ulquiorra….what are you doing?” Orihime asked, confused.

He stood back up and placed his hands back in his pockets, “I could ask you the same thing.” Then he turned around and began walking, Orihime scurried over to his side as they walked down the corridors of Las Noches.

“This is taking to long.” Ulquiorra muttered under his breath. Orihime looked up at him confused as she walked by his side. “What is?” Suddenly, he wrapped an arm around her waist and sonidoed down the hallway, earning a gasp from Orihime.

When her senses came back to her, Orihime was sitting in a plain white room at a small white table, across from her date.

In front of her was a cup of steaming tea. Orihime glanced around the room, avoiding eye contact with him. This was in fact her first date, but she didn’t think it would be so um…….dull.

“Are you not thirsty?”

His question snapped Orihime out of her trance. An ‘o’ formed on her lips as she finally made eye contact then took a sip of her tea. It tasted sweet, surprisingly to her exact liking.

Well, on a date, people usually talk….right?

“So um….” Orihime started, wanting to know why exactly he wanted to have this time with her, “Why did you ask me on a date?”

Ulquiorra furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “Why do you humans ask each on ‘dates?” He asked, answering her question with a question. Orihime stiffened, “Um…..” she began fiddling with her fingers, “….it’s usually when they have in interest in the person.” Orihime explained.

Ulquiorra’s eyebrows relaxed after taking another sip of tea. A moment of silence passed before he continued. “Wouldn’t that apply here as well?” he asked.

Orihime’s eyes widened. ‘He’s interested in me?’ she mentally asked herself. She tried her best to keep a straight face, but that didn’t stop a blush from appearing. “O-Oh…..” she trailed off.

“Why are you embarrassed that I’m interested in you.”

That question only made the blush intensify, which started making her go all-defensive. “I-I’m not embarrassed!” she shot back. Ulquiorra raised an eyebrow. “Then why is your face red?”

Orihime stiffened. “Well…I…ah…I………” she never did answer this question. Ulquiorra sighed. They sat in silence for a few minutes after all there tea was gone.

Some date…..

“We were thinking….” He started, finally breaking the ice.

We?

“We as in all the espada. We were thinking we would like to move in the real world. Well, more precisely, me, Grimmjow, Syazel, Halibel, Nnoitora, and Nel. And we would like to start going to Karukura High School.”