Date with Kon

A few weeks after the beach trip, the school was buzzing with the news. The school dance was coming up fast. Orihime was wishfully anticipating Ichigo inviting her to go with him. She knew he had never been to one before, but she'd love to go with him. This would be her first time going to a dance with a date! It seemed like a lot of fun and could even be romantic. She was walking towards their friends before Ichigo was going to walk her back home for a small movie date. She just spotted them when Ichigo turned to give her a slight smile. She was still getting used to seeing this side of him but loved every moment of it.

She stopped moving when someone grabbed her hand and turned her around. It was another fourth year from a different class. She wasn't sure who he was but she did remember seeing him around a lot. He had a reputation for being smart and one of the top athletes at the school.

"Hey, Inoue-san... I was um... wondering if you'd want to go to the dance with me..." he was blushing and quite nervous to be asking her.

"The hell she will." A growl came from behind Orihime before the poor girl was once again pulled to a different direction, this time behind Ichigo's back.

"W-wait! Calm down Ichigo-kun. I'm sorry but I was waiting for my boyfriend to ask me." Orihime pulled Ichigo away before he could punch the poor guy for asking an innocent question.

The fuming man let his girlfriend pull him away before he took control. Once they were off the school grounds he tugged her behind a building. He wasn't sure what he was going to say but he knew watching some other guy touch his Orihime, hell ask her to the dance just pissed him off. He couldn't help but wonder if she wanted to go.

Signing he rubbed his neck hoping it would help give him some sort of answer to his issue. "Hime, you're going to the dance with me, okay?" Once he got it out he realized he didn't' ask her, he kind of demanded it. 'Oh hell.' Ichigo thought but when he heard her giggle he realized she understood what he was trying to do, thankfully.

"Yes, I'd love to go with you." Her smile brightened the already sunny day. He was lucky she knew him so well, others would have been offended by his tone when she could tell he meant well, he just gets overly protective of her and possibly scared to lose her.

"Come on, let's go watch our movie!" She cheered. He smirked at her before grabbing her backpack. He then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder as he did before. He couldn't help but chuckle as he got the same reaction.

"You know you aren't heavy and you said you wanted to go so I'll get us there faster." With that, he took off towards her home, both laughing the whole way.

The night of the dance seemed to come all too suddenly for Ichigo. He was downstairs with his dad getting ready while Orihime was up in his sister's room.

When the girls found out about the dance one dinner when Orihime joined them the twins demanded she comes over to get ready. It was the moment when Ichigo realized how much his family cared for the gentle healer. Orihime found it funny when Ichigo yelled at them for demanding her to get ready at their house instead of asking what she wanted. It seems demanding things runs in the Kurosaki family.

She agreed, of course, and went to work getting ready! She wanted Ichigo to think she was beautiful. She always had a few doubts they'd break up but he always seemed to reassure her. This was the first formal moment for them as a couple so it had to be perfect.

Karin wasn't too interested in helping but she did take pictures and eat snacks with the other two. She just wanted to spend time with her new sister. While her brother may not have married the healer yet, everyone in the family, if not the universe knew they were meant to be. She loved teasing Orihime and Yuzu. They were very similar so it didn't take her much work to have both blushing with embarrassment.

"Orihime-chan, why are you so nervous? You already got the guy." Karin couldn't help but ask. To her, it didn't add up. Maybe Karin was too forward for simple things like this to bother her.

"I just want to look perfect for your brother. I don't want him to regret choosing me." Orihime whispered.

Hugging the healer, Yuzu looked into her eyes and asked something she knew she shouldn't, it was extremely personal and Yuzu was too close to the situation but she couldn't stop herself.

"Do you love him?"

"Oh, and you say I'm too bold," Karin muttered under her breath. Not at all surprised by her twin.

Orihime wasn't sure what to do. While she knew her answer, she wasn't sure if it was right for them to know before him. But she wouldn't lie either so she decided to just say it. Maybe it would help her get the courage to tell him someday.

"I-I do, I have for a long time now." For her normally silly self, there was pure seriousness in her voice. No one could dare say she didn't mean it.

"I think he loves you too. He's just too scared to say anything."

"Yuzu! He's gonna kill you." Karin yelled.

"Okay, okay! Let's get back to work before the blue men come and hide all our make up!" Orihime should while pumping her fist in the air. She didn't want the girls to fight over their conversation.

Downstairs, Ichigo was fully dressed and ready to go. With nothing to distract him from his worries, he decided to get his father's opinion. "Hey, old man?" His dad jumped at the sound.

Isshin was in his own world before Ichigo called out to him. Thinking over all his son's first made it real, his son managed to grow up all too fast. His only son was standing before him, all dressed up to take his lovely lady to the dance. Moments like this made Isshin wish his late wife was here. She'd know what to say, how to help with his nerves. Isshin quired his head to the side in a questioning manner for Ichigo to continue on. The ex-captain wasn't confident in his voice with all these emotions running wild.

"Do you think she'll like these?" Ichigo pointed to the flowers he'd gotten her. He went to every flower shop in their town and the next over to find flowers that matched her hair clips perfectly. Not that he'd ever tell anyone that. He still had a reputation to protect.

"She'll love them. You did well. Son? I'm proud of you." He saw his son's eyes grow in size before a small smile came to his face.

"Thanks Dad."

"So... can I expect grandchildren in about ten months?"

Ichigo kicked him into the wall before he started screaming at his father for being a perv. All yelling and crying stopped when Orihime giggled from the top of the stairs. She worked all month to get the dress just right. She wanted to have something Ichigo would love and something more grown-up than her normal playful self.

Her dress was form fitting, all black with fake diamonds that held it up. Her breasts were too heavy to go without straps. She had some cleave showing while remaining classy. Her hair was half up, clipped in the back with a few strands hanging loose and curled. Her jewelry was simple as well, her diamond stud earrings and silver bracelet that Ichigo gave her a few weeks ago helped bring the look together. Orihime did well with her makeup choice too, a simple, light smoky eye to make her stormy eyes pop even more while the rest was hard to tell if she had anything else on.

"Y-you lo-look um... wow." Was all the poor teen could get his brain to come up with. It was still enough to cause her to laugh as she walked down the stairs to him with a light blush.

"Ignore my foolish son, you look beautiful. I still don't know what you see in this disrespectful punk."

Once he was back up on his feet from Ichigo's punch he demanded more photos and the two ended up leaving a whole ten minutes later after Yuzu made him leave the poor couple alone. They were going to be late if they stayed any longer. Isshin would just have to plan for tonight...

Isshin had agreed to let Orihime stay over tonight. The girls had planned a fun night with all four of them camping out downstairs, watching movies and eating snacks all night. Originally it was just him and Hime but she offered to have the twins join them. Both girls jumped at the idea but added their father wasn't allowed downstairs to bug them or cry to their mother's poster.

The dance was going well, they were eating some food with friends when the worse noise went off.

HOLLOW HOLLOW HOLLOW

Ichigo was pissed. It was his night off but clearly, he had to go. Orihime grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze to reassure him it was fine and she understood. He went back to the coat check to grab her purse that held Kon in it. Once he was outside and alone he switched Kon to his body.

"I'm lookin' good!" Kon exclaimed.

"You are NOT to touch her. Do you understand?" Ichigo threatened as he grabbed himself by the shirt.

"Yeah, yeah" Kon pulled away and set off to find his date. He had some moves to try out.

Sighing, Ichigo knew this wasn't going to be good for his reputation but the sooner he left the sooner he'd be back in his own body. 'Maybe soul candy wouldn't be so bad.' He thought as he ran after the hollow who dared ruin his date.

"When did Ichigo's school get so many babes?!" Kon was in heave; tight, short dresses everywhere! He knew if he did anything too bad he'd hurt his Hime so he went to go show her who the better man was!

"Let's dance, Babe" He pulled Orihime up then dragged her out to the dance floor.

"Kon-er Ichigo-kun, I don't think we should dance right now." She knew her boyfriend was not going to be happy about this. Kon however, just ignored her and truly got down with his bad self.

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'What the actual hell is Ichigo doing?' went through the minds of everyone there. Even teachers were watching in shock. Ichigo was in the middle of the dance floor pulling out moves that should be illegal. Grabbing one foot up to his butt and the other in his hair he started to jump and thrust forward while making strange party noises. If that wasn't bad enough, he then walked up to the DJ and requested Get Your Freak On by Missy Elliot. Pulling Orihime out to dance again he started shaking his butt, almost like he was twerking but no one really knew what to call that attempt at it. Going in a circle he started thrusting out his pelvis while jumping towards a horrified Orihime.

If that wasn't crazy enough he then randomly hit the round. He looked like he was struggling with a ghost before he finally settled down. Everyone waited to see what he'd do next. To their disappointment, he just rubbed the back of his neck before calling out "That's the last time I lose a bet."

Uryu knew what was happening and promptly took out his phone to record everything to save for a later date. It was good after all.

Once people had moved on from Ichigo's "dancing" he asked Orihime to slow dance with him. Pulling her towards him, he held her close. They weren't even dancing at this point, more like hugging while swaying. Her arms were wrapped around him and his around her. She leaned in more to lay her head on his chest as the next song played. Since it was the end of the dance they were playing some slow songs which made the couples in the room very happy.

The students were stunned to see the new display. While everyone knew Orihime loved Ichigo, no one could tell how he felt, since he was so closed off. When he put his check on the top of her head and closed his eyes they knew. Those two were finally together. Neither teen knew how many songs past when Ichigo finally lifted his head, they didn't care as long as they were together.

"Hime?" He whispered into her hair causing her to pull back to look at him with a smile.

"You've never called me that before... I like it."

Blushing he realized he slipped up. He never called her that, only in his head. Figuring it was already out in the open he might as well just with it. He held firm that he could confess to this gorgeous woman in his arms.

"This has been the best night of my life, Hime. I know this may be too soon and you don't have to say anything but I want you to know, I love you. I don't know when it happened but seeing you tonight, dancing with you, having you stay with my family, it really hit home how much I need you in my life."

Internally he started to panic when he saw tears fall down her face. While he knew she probably didn't feel the same he sure didn't expect her to start crying! 'I'm going to kill Chad.'

"I'm sorry, it was too soon." He added hoping to stop her from crying.

"No, it's just that I love you too, silly. I've been in love with you for years." Her voice cracked from emotions but he heard it all the same. She loved him too. Inoue Orihime loved him.

He leaned down to give her a deep, slow kiss. The whistles and cheers going on around them didn't faze them. They pulled apart again to go back to dancing when Orihime spoke up. She didn't pull away, she didn't even realize she was speaking out loud when she said: "I always hoped this would happen."

Smiling, he closed his eyes for a moment before he broke down the last wall guarding her from his heart. "I hope you say the same thing when we have our first dance."

Pulling back again she kissed him sweetly before responding "I will."

"And I did. When Daddy and I had our first dance I said the same thing again." She spoke as she was brushing her hair. She didn't realize Ichigo was standing in the doorway listening as she told their son about their early years. He walked up and kissed her on the head before kneeling down to kiss her growing belly.

I love you and your mommy, Kazui. Now hurry up and get here so we can meet you."

Orihime giggled at her husband's words.

"I love you, Mr. Kurosaki"

"I love you too, Mrs. Kurosaki."

Fin