Orihime's stomach twisted and turned, it felt like she was going to be sick. No, it was not morning sickness; she would have preferred that to what she was feeling at this moment in time, today was the day she was going to tell Ichigo and the others about her and Shirosaki, as well as their unborn child. In her mind she had it all planed out, well up to her friends reactions, she did not know how they would take it, her mind ran around with scenarios of what they would do or say, her walk to school would be full with thoughts of Shiro but not today, she could not help but think of what could happen today. Biting her lip as her mind wondered, her grey eyes cast down to the pavement, watching her feet move as they dragged her along to her destination.

She almost walked into a lamppost, not paying any attention to what was around her. She gasped and blushed slightly, coming to a stop she looked around, lucky no one was there to see her clumsiness, she sighed to herself, she felt like a wreck, almost walking into things like that. She shook her head, thinking like that was not going to help her any, she needed to stay positive on this, yes it would come as a shock to her friend but she was sure that they would come to accept it, after all they are her friends, so she was sure they would not turn their backs on her, she scolded herself for even thinking that, after they had gone through together. No she was sure they would not to that over something like this.

Finally taking her gazes off the ground she could see her school come into view. It was then she remembered that she would have to go through this twice today, as Tatsuki had injured her hand and was taking today off, but Hime had already talked to her over the phone and the two arranged to talked later today at hers, she did not know who she wanted the approval of more, Ichigo or Tatsuki. One was the other half of the father, the other was her dearest friend who had always protected her, she had a feeling that Ichigo's first reaction would be to try and kill Shiro, and Tatsuki, well Orihime was not quite sure with that, but she did have a feeling that her hollow lover would not end the day without getting hurt.

Hime did not look up at anyone as she walked through the school gates, to lost in her own thoughts to take note of the morning greetings. She managed to bring herself out of her own inner world when the bell rang, making her pick up the pace to her class room, walking through the door she found her eyes trying to find Ichigo, he was not here yet, but Chad and Uryu where. Orihime smiled at them as she went but closed her eyes, knowing that her smile would not reach that far, she seemed to conceal it well, at least to them anyway as she made her way to her seat, she placed her bag on her desk and looked at it for a moment before sitting down, she kept her gaze out the window, hoping no one would notice her poorly hidden depression.

Again she drifted off into her own world, this time thinking a bit further ahead in time. She could not help but wonder if the child would be a boy or a girl, how human would it be, what would she name it, but she knew that she was getting too far ahead of herself to be thinking things like that, after all it was still early days. Her hand went to her stomach; she knew she would only be a few days, maybe just over a week along in her pregnantsey so doing something like that was pointless, but still…

"Inoue?" a voice spoke from her side.

She jumped out of her skin, turning around to face the speaker. Ichigo stood there, his bag over his shoulder like normal, looking at her with a slightly concerned look on his face, he had been able to pick up easily when she was worried over something, even more so now as of her relationship with his hollow, it still felt weird to him but she seemed happy, well up to now, and his hollow had seemed more manageable now.

"Everything ok?" he asked, "You seemed preoccupied with something."

"Ahh, N-no Kurosaki-kun, I'm fine, really!" she lied, but she had too for now.

The orange haired male did not seem convinced, but did not say anything. Lunchtime, lunchtime would be when she told them about it, all of it, as the days class finally began she found herself thinking that today would seem like a very, very long day, she shivered as she felt a chill so down her spine, it felt like someone was watching her.

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"I see." Zangetsu said as he took in everything the hollow told him.

Shiro sat there on the building, watching the clouds go by. He pulled his knees up too his chest, letting his chin rest upon them, he had told Zangetsu everything about what had happened to Orihime, the hollow was still trying to get to grips with it himself, whilst hollows where purely instinct a parenting instinct was something they lacked, hollow did not even breed, it was lust for him as first, instinct mixed in with hormones from being a human based hollow, but now… Shirosaki sighed, not knowing what to do now, but he and Orihime had agreed to hear what her friends had to say about it before planning anything.

"You're scared." the zanpakuto spirit said, thinking out loudly.

The hollow stiffened, scared, how dare he say that he was scared! But there was some truth behind it, he was unsure what to do now, well he knew one thing that he would do, he would keep his princess safe from anyone, even the King if he had too. He did not know why she wanted to tell them about it now, if it was up to him they would not find out till she was in labor, his jaw tensed for a bit as he thought over what he had talked about with Hime, the plain seemed a bit off but he knew why she wanted him there at that time. The hollow sighed to himself, never giving Zangetsu a come back to his scared comment, his golden eyes just fixed in front of him, not blinking in any way he knew today was going to seem like a long day.

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The bell sounded out, signaling the begging of lunch. Orihime had been waiting for it, yet dreading it at the same time, she slowly slid her books away trying not to draw attention that her hands where shaking like mad, taking a deep breath to calm herself she put one hand onto of the other, calm, she needed to be calm, feeling her hand had stopped shaking she got up, slipping the strap of her bag over her shoulder she took another deep breath before heading out to lunch, knowing she would not be eating at all today. She had already asked Ichigo and the rest to meet her in the same spot she would sneak off to be with Shiro, as she left the room she knew that they would already be there by now, she was taking her time getting there but she knew that the sooner she got it over with the better

Her heart was racing. It felt like she had been running to their meeting spot, but her walk there had been slow and prolonged by a trip to the bathroom, but now she was almost there, the butterflies in her stomach where more like ravenous birds now, the pleasant weather did nothing to make her feel at ease, the bright and warming sun should be replaced with dark clouds threatening to unleash rain or hail down on them. She bit her lip, trying to concentrate her hardest to keep calm, keep focused, after all she had been through this should be nothing to her, yet she was more frightened now then she was when Ichigo was fighting Ulquiorra, she took deep calming breaths as she walked into the shade, almost there now, she could already feel their presences, this was it.

Orihime put on a fake smile as she turned the corner. They were all there waiting for her, Ichigo was leaning up against a wall with his arms folded behind his head, Uryu was just standing there, his eyes cast down at a book he was holding in his right hand, Chad seemed to be interested by two birds building a nest in a tree not too far from them and Rukia was there doing something with her cell phone. Orihime felt a chill shoot down her spine, she did not expect Rukia to be here today, was she in class? She could not remember she had been so absorbed on what may happen she did not pay attention in what was happening. She was worried on what may happen if Soul Society found out, maybe she should put it off for another time when she was here? No, if she did that then she would keep on putting it off again and again, till there was no way she could hide it.

"So what was it that you wanted to tell us? Inoue?" Ichigo asked, brining her attention back to the world around her.

She smiled at them as she walked past them, so now all of them would be out of sight from others. This was it, as she turned to face them all the carefully planed words left her mind, she could feet that anxiety gnawing at her gut as she swallowed, she tried to calm herself as she quietly stuttered out the first few words.

"I-I'm sorry everyone, but I have been keeping something from you for some time," she said as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other, her eyes trying to fall anywhere but on them, "Y-you see I-I have been seeing someone, for some time now and… and I just wanted to tell you about it." and some other stuff.

"Oh?" Rukia raised an eyebrow a small grin spreading across her face as she snapped her phone shut, now convinced what Orihime was saying was of grater interest. "Who is it?" she asked the question everyone wanted to know.

Orihime looked over them for a moment, letting the tension and suspense build. Chad had his eyes on here, but there was nothing in his face to give any insight into what was going though his mind at that moment. Uryu… well he looked like he was trying to hold back some anger, he had been asking her out a lot, but she had been making excuses all the time. Ichigo looked like he knew what she was about to say, but then again he did seeing as he knew about her and his hollow, and Rukia looked almost excited, that did not do much to convince her that she would not tell when she got back to Soul Society. She swallowed the lump in her throat before readying herself to tell them, but then again how did she say it? Shirosaki would be lost on them, and she never liked calling him 'Ichigo's hollow'.

But when she felt that warming presence behind her, his hands resting lightly on her shoulders she could not help but relax. She heard them gasp as she placed her hand over his and looked up at him.

"That would be me." the hollow said with a smirk on his face.

Everyone but Ichigo had some kind of shocked or confused expression on their face. It was understandable, after all they really did not know who or what he was, other than the fact that he was a hollow of some kind, Shiro moved around to stand by her side, taking a hold of her hand, they still after all had another bombshell to drop. Shiro was calm considering what this meant, he did not make any movement or sound as Orihime's grip got almost painfully tight on his hand, the groups eyes seemed to be drifting from the hollow to Ichigo and back again before Orihime brought their attention back to her with small humm, like she wanted to say something.

"U-umm but t-there is one more thing we w-want to tell you about as well," she took a deep breath, "I-I'm pregnant."

You could have heard a pin drop; even the bird seemed to halt their song for a moment. Orihime could not look at their shocked faces, keeping her eyes to the ground, Ichigo seemed to take this news hardest out of all of them, to know that his friend was carrying the child of HIS hollow, his mind was blank of all but one word, 'How'. He knew something was up when he arrived and was told that Orihime wanted to talk to them all and the fact he could feel that his hollow was on edge as well, but when Orihime and brought them here and started talking he thought it was just to tell them all about him, but now that he knew this… Ichigo's jaw tightened as he clenched his fists, he wanted nothing more than to go over there and kill that hollow! But he just let his hands relax, unfurling his fists before taking a deep breath.

"That's great news Inoue!" he said with that painfully fake smile on his face.

Orihime's blood seemed to run cold as he said that, it seemed the more he tried to look happy for her the more she knew he was pissed. The orange haired teen just walked away, knowing it was for the best, the last thing he wanted now was to upset Orihime, Ichigo had learnt that he needs to calm himself down before doing anything he knew he would later regret, as he left Chad and Uryu did as well trying to talk to him, after all he was a bad liar. Rukia remained, a shocked expression set on her face as she looked at Orihime who currently had her face barred into Shiro's arm, she was lost on what to say or do but to know that her friend was with a hollow, needless to say she had mixed feelings about it at the best, her grip tightened slightly on her soul phone, this was something she needed to report to Soul Society about but as she was about to turn and leave like the rest of them a genital hand on her shoulder stopped her.

"Please Rukia-chan," Orihime asked her, looking like she was about to cry, "P-please don't tell Soul Society about this."

Rukia's face softened, she gently placed her hand over Orihime's trying not to look at the hollow by her side. Rukia could almost hear her Nii-sama's voice in her, telling her that she should kill the hollow and report what she has found, but deep down she knew even her older brother or anyone she knew in the Soul Society would have the heart to do that. A smile spread onto the Shinigami's face, she was not sure if she could totally withhold this from Soul Society but she was going to do her best to help her friend, she gave her a nod, not wanting to word something that could well be a potential lie before leaving with the rest.

Orihime gave a sigh as Shiro wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into his embrace. The Hollow had gotten a feel for this kind of thing and knew when Orihime needed him, the way she grabbed a hold of his clothes conformed his suspicions, she was not crying but she was hoping that her friends would take it better then that, but she had hope that maybe they would think about it and soon warm to it. Shiro rested his chin on her head, wondering how hard he would have to fight later to make sure the King did not kill him, the two of them stayed quiet for a moment till Orihime pulled away, she gave him a smile trying to be strong through this, the Hollow's gold and black eyes stared down at her, if she had looked into them long enough she may of seen the hint of sadness.

The albino was about to say something but he was interrupted by the bell signalling the end of brake, "pha," he growled to himself "You better get going Hime, you don't want to be late now, I will see you tonight."

"Ok Shiro-kun," she put her hands on the top of his arms, pulling herself in for a gentle kiss on the lips before leaving for class, but not without one lance glance back.

A small grin pulled at the corner of the hollow's mouth, sure he knew it was not what Hime was hoping for, but there was no bit argument, at least not yet. He brought his hands up to cover his nose and mouth, breathing it Hime's cent, it was like he was getting his fix of something, but there was something wrong, like a black storm cloud on the edge of his vision that set every part of him onto alert, he glanced behind him, thinking for a moment he felt someone looking at him. But when he tried to focused on the feeling, trying to since out another's presence there was, nothing, it was like what he felt was nothing more than a normal plus who had just parted from this world, he thought that maybe he should check it out, after all it was instinctive, he would not want anything to harm his mate.

But seeing as now he could not feel anything, to the point he was almost convinced it was his mind playing tricks on him, he decide against it. Shiro did not want to risk drawing attention to himself, after all there was that afro haired Shinigami around, and he knew that there would be a few foolish hollows that would push their luck in trying to make a meal out of him, he jumped onto the think metal mesh fence that surrounded the school, sending one last golden eyes glare back at where he felt the fleeting presence before setting off to Orihime's house.

The hollow's princes ran her fingers through his hair. Shiro lay there with his head resting on her lap, he could tell that this was nerves petting, let she was trying to use him in some makeshift version of cat therapy, pretending like she was trying to do some homework, it was not like he could offer her any comforting words outside what he had said over hundred times today, but he knew that after this talk with Tatsuki all of her nerves would be over, at least for now. With a soft growl the Hollow saw he could take no more of this, normally he loved her playing with his hair, but tonight it was just a clumsy pulling at his hair and scratching at his scalp, pulling his head away and moving onto his hand and knees he gave her a swift kiss before standing up.

"Don't worry Hime I'm sure it will end up ok, after all you have told me about Tatsuki I think she would offer more support than the King would." He said, not really knowing but had to try something to cheer her up, he knew it was like before, the weighting that was the worst for her.

Shiro was calm, seeming more like a child himself at that point, annoyed that Hime was not giving him enough attention. He paced back and forth in her living room, like he was a cat patrolling his territory, Orihime sat there and watched him, a small smile pulled at her limps as she thought that maybe he was as nerves as she was. Orihime turned her attention back to her home work, she was hoping to get some of it done before her friend came over, but with her mind wondering she had only gotten a very small amount done, pen meet paper the same time a nock sounded out from the door, the hollow froze as his princess got to her feet to answer said door.

"Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime smiled as she greeted her childhood friend.

"Hay Orihime-chan!" she hugged her friend, being careful of the cast on her left hand, but it was when she looked passé her friend to see the man in white standing no far behind her," I-Ichigo?"

Shiro scowled slightly, never liking being called by his counterpart's name. Tatsuki let go Orihime to get a better look at the albino, she could not get over how much he looked like Ichigo yet was totally different, the pure white skin and hair along with the golden eyes, but it was the feeling that she was getting from him, it was the same she would get from the monsters she would see now and again. Orihime noticed this and was worried that maybe her friend would see him as dangerous; casually she walked over to him, hugging his arm and smiling at Tatsuki.

"Tatsuki-chan this is Shiro, he is someone I want you meet," she rested her head against his shoulder as she threaded her fingers through his; "we have been dating for some time now and wanted to tell you about this."

Shiro tried not to smirk, there had not been much dating between them, they slept together on the first night they met. Tatsuki was a bit shocked but she did not know what by the most, that her friend had a boyfriend, that she had not told her sooner or that this man looked so much like Ichigo but felt like a hollow, it make her feel uncomfortable being near him yet she saw the way Orihime seemed so calm next to him, seeing that easer her a bit, it was seeing someone calmly stroking a wild tiger that made you feel more comfortable around the animal. Orihime got them sat down at the table and handed out some tea, even to Shiro despite him never eating or drinking anything from the real world, unlike the others at school she wanted Tatsuki to get to know her lover a bit before telling her about the child.

Tea with a hollow was not exactly what Tatsuki had imagined she would be doing this evening, but as Orihime talked about him she felt more at ease. Shiro hated being talked about like this, but he did already agree with her that she should do the talking, he sat there watching the steam rise from his drink, he had not taken a sip of it yet, not really knowing what drinking something from the real world would do him when not in something like a gegia. Boredom fuelling his curiosity he brushed his fingers over the side of the cup, feeling the heat from it, picking it up he sniffed the hot liquid held inside before putting the edge of the cup to his lips taking the smallest of sips from it, the sweetness of it was the thing to hit him other then the heat of it, still it was not totally unfamiliar to the hollow, he had tasted it before, all be it from Orihime's own mouth.

"So he was why you had marks on your neck?" Tatsuki ask, but she already knew he was.

Orihime just nodded, no blush coloured her cheeks this time. Thanks to the normally lusty hollow most of her shyness about sex had gone.

"You know Ichigo and the others did see them, they were thinking that someone was abusing you," Her eyes darted from her friend to the hollow, maybe they were not totally wrong in that assumption, "can I ask how far you too... have... you know.." she asked, shifting about uncomfortably.

Orihime shifted her gaze from her friend to her lover, she had suspected a bit about her bite marks, but when she asked about how far they had gone. It partly led nicely into what she wanted to tell her, she put both hands in her lap, slowly sliding one hand over to take a hold of his for comfort, he gave it a squeeze to reassure her knowing that she was going to tell her now, Orihime bit her bottom lip slightly.

"W-Well w-we have had sex a few times," she said, her face reddening, "b-but he has a-always been gentle and respectful with me."

The hollow knew that was a lie, leaving her unable to walk was not being gentle. Her grip on his hand tightened as she nervously elaborated on their sex life, it was cute to see her so nerves like that, but it was something he saw less and less now that it was just the two of them and he had.. Desensitized her to most of his lustful ways, but it was when Tatsuki joked about never seeing Orihime as one to go into a chemist for protection the mood changed.

"Umm w-well o-our first time was so sudden we did not use anything, but afterwards we still did not use anything seeing as he is a hollow I did not think anything could happen but-but I was wrong, y-you see I'm-I'm pregent."

There she had told her, now she just hoped that she did not over react. Shiro brought his arm up in time to block the kick to his head, twisting round his hand to brag a firm hold on Tatsuki's ankle, she would of kicked him with the other leg if she had both hands to hold herself up, he scowled at her only being held back by the fact that he did not want to upset Orihime by killing her friend in front of her, with a tug he unbalanced her and forced her back down. Hime grabbed a hold of his arm and locked eyes with him, silently pleading with him to let her go, with a growl he did so.

"Please Tatsuki-chan, Shiro-kun, I-I want to keep this baby it's not right to punish it when it was my mistake." She said sincerely.

"But Orihime-chan this is no ordinary child, not with that as its father!" she glared at the hollow, wanting to kick his ass for doing this to her friend.

"I will be ok," Hime slid onto Shiro's lap hoping to control him a bit more and stop them from fighting, "Shiro-kun will be here for me, I know it's not ideal but we will be ok trust me." She pleaded with her friend to calm down and see things her way.

Tatsuki still scowled at her friend's lover, she was worried that Orihime did not really know what she was getting herself into. It would of been easy for her to say that the hollow was taking advantage of her friends kind nature, using her and tricking her to the point that she did believe that she was in love with him, she saw the smirk on his face as his fingers tightened their grip on her friend, he was mocking her, that was clear in his golden eyes. She felt like she failed to protect her friend yet again, Tatsuki got to her feet, still glaring daggers at the albino.

"You can't trust him Orihime-chain! He is a hollow!"

"Tatsuki-chan.."

"I'm sorry Orihime, but I don't like this.." the dark haired girl sighed as she closed her eyes, she was very angry, but knew it was not Inoues fault, it was that of the albino basted that had his arms locked around her, "I-I best go, i need to think things over i don't want to hurt you." Tatsuki said solemnly.

Orihime went to stop her friend to leaving, but Shiro's arms where like a vice around her. She looked to him but easily saw it in his black and gold eyes that he was not going to let go, she lowered her eyes from his when she heard the door close behind her, things where not going well today it seems, first Ichigo then Tatsuki, she rested her head against the crock of his neck, a quite sigh signalling her defeat, gently Shrio's hands caressed her back as he tried to calm her.

"It's ok Hime, its ok." He cooed into her ear, "It does not matter about them; after all I'm still here."

He was tired of playing the bowing prince to his princess today; having to bite his tongue and hold himself back so much, now it was time to get things in order. He let his fingers trailed up her back, over to shoulder blade, across her collarbone and up her neck to cup her face, lifting her chin to look at him before he pressed his lips to hers; it was a somewhat tame kiss to what he normally does. With his lips distracting her his other arm moved around her back to better trap her against his body, laying himself back whilst pulling her down like he was almost pulling her away from the world, she sunk into his embrace, wanting nothing more than to hide from her own sadness.

"I will take care of you Hime, you only need me, after all you belong to me and I take really good care of my things," he rolled over so he was now on top, his mouth now on her neck almost like he was trying to drain her soul, he pulled away leaving a mark on her ivory skin, "You are mine, aren't you, Hime?"

Orihime wrapped her arms around him, wanting his mouth to find her neck yet again, but when he question drifted into her ears she found no hesitation to her answer, "I belong to you, Shiro-kun.."

One of his dark smirk appeared on his lips, that azure blue tongue of his slid out to wet his lips. His face hovered just above hers, his black nails lightly scratched down her arm, she had not forgotten about Tatsuki's words, but Shiro was making them feel like a bad dream that she had just woken from, she could feel his breath on her lips but when he was about to go in for the kill the air got heavy, extremely heavy, and it was so sudden it would of knocked the air from her lunges if she had not already gotten use to it from the arrancar. Shiro snarled as he looked out the window, he took that as a direct challenge, that someone would dare come near here and be so brazen to let out their spirit pressure like that, it was like they were calming to be the strongest around.

The prescience almost frightened Orihime, but it was the shock from the suddenness of it more than anything, but even as it died down she was still left with a since of dread. The hollow on top of her gave another growl as he got to his feet, he could feel Ichigo shifting to his Shinigami form to fight whatever was out there, and he knew that the king was not going to be able to handle it by himself, turning his gaze back to Orihime he gave her a quick kiss on the lips before getting up.

"Sorry Hime but it looks like I have to step out for a bit, but don't worry I'll be back before ya know it." He said as he walked over and opened the window, not even given her one last glance back before he slipped out into the night like a retreating thief.

Orihime sat up to watch him go, she wanted to go with him and help out but she knew that he would just tell her to go home or she would get in the way. With a sigh she got to her feet, brushing herself down before looking over the table, some tea had been knocked over in her friends outburst and needed to be cleaned up, moving she found her bones aching from that outburst of power only a moment ago, she kneeled back down by the table, putting the cups back onto the tray getting ready to take them out and begin cleaning up. That was when it felt like someone draped ice down her back; Tatsuki was out there, on her own! Orihime knew that if she came across whatever was out there that she would not be able to deal with it with her wounded hand. Slipping on her shoes she rushed out the door, hoping that her friend was ok.

The cold air seemed to cut through Orihime's thin clothing right down to her bones, in her haste she had not picked up a jumper or anything to keep the cold away. The streets seemed to be filled with a thick blackness that even the lights had trouble cutting through it, no starlight of that of the moon seemed to be able to light this otherwise cold, black, night. Orihime had walked most of the way to Tatsuki's house with no luck, so she started to wonder around, debating whether or not to head towards the flash of power was felt or maybe to just head back home, part of her could already hear what Shiro would say if he found her out here. She shivered as she wrapped her arms around herself, trying to keep at least some of the cold out, but as another shiver wracked her body she knew it did not make much difference.

Turning a corner she bumped into someone, the two bodies' colliding with a slight 'oof' before having the feeling like she was going to fall over, a hand was placed on the middle of her back, stopping her from stumbling. Her cheeks redden with embarrassment before she shyly looked up at the stranger she latterly, just ran into, he was a tall, thin man, taller than Shiro was, his face was thin but quite far with very pale skin, his shoulder length hair was a light shade of blond that seemed to fit well with his skin, he wore a darkly coloured suite, it was hard to pin down the exact colour in the darkness but she could clearly see that the top was opened, reviling a crisp white shirt underneath that was partly opened, a dark line was drawn across his neck from a black chocker.

"I'm sorry about that, are you ok?" he said in a soft kind voice, concern hinted it his oddly coloured silver eyes.

"Y-yes I-I'm fine thank you," she stuttered, "It was my fault; I was not watching where I was going!"

"No, no," he protested with a humours laugh to his voice "It was mine, Irei Manbyou." He said whilst outstretching a hand.

"Orihime Inoue, it's nice to meet you Manbyou-san." She replied whist shaking his hand, surprised at how warm he felt.

"Please just call me Irei, but tell me what are you doing out so late?" he asked, not really meaning to prey or seem rude, it just seemed like the right thing to say.

"O-oh well you see I was around a friend's house and we lost track of time s-so... here I am!" she smiled up at him, oddly he seemed to have a gentle aura around him that made Orihime feel like it was ok to be around him.

"Well then I better walk you home then, it would do no good for you to be on your own out here, especially in your condition."

Orihime's eyes widened, "M-my condition!"

Irei rubbed the back of his head nervously, "Your pregnant right? Sorry, it's just I'm a doctor and I have a knack for these things."

Orihime looked down, like she was ashamed of what he had so easily found out, 'am I that bad at covering it up?' she asked herself before looking back up at him, "I-I am, you don't think bad of me, d-do you Irei-san?"

"No, no what would you make you think something like that?" he asked, putting a hand on the bottom of her back as they began to walk in a seemingly random direction, "Mind if I ask does the father know about this?"

She gave a small nod, "Yes he does." She simply replayed, not needing to say anything more than that but her mind did wonder, was he really that good to pick out that she was pregnant just by looking at her? Maybe he works around a lot of pregnant women; after all he did say that he is a doctor.

Orihime shivered, the cold getting to her once more, this fact not going un-noticed by Irei. He unbuttoned his jack, slowly slipping it off his arms as he walked alongside Orihime, he then slipped it over her shoulders and pulled it together in front of her, she found her blush returning at this act of kindness, thanking him as she pulled the item of clothing tighter around her. It was nicely warm from Irei's body heat yet it had a strange smell to it, it was a mix of aftershave, bleach and disinfectants, just like the linger smell she would connect with a doctor's office, backing up his claim.

It was odd, for once in a very, very long time Orihime felt normal as she lessoned to Irei talk about his work, hollows, Shinigami and other spiritual things where not in the forefront of her mind. Even though two of her friend being involved with the health industry via family she still found what the blond talking about new and interesting,

"Have you had an ultrasound yet?" he asked her, normally it would of seemed out of the blue but not here.

Orihime shock her head, "No, you see I have two friends that work in medicine, so I can't help but thinking.. What if their families found out, so I will have to go out of town." In truth she had not given any thought to seeking any medical help, after all she wanted to keep this to herself the best she could.

"No you don't," Irei grinned, digging something out of his pocket before handing it to Orihime, "It's my card, I only just opened up my own clinic, drop by after school and ill sort you out," he smiled at her.

Orihime looked at the card for a moment, smiling to herself before clutching it to her chest, "Thank you Irei-san I will do that." She smiled at him, it seemed almost a bit to good to be true, but at least now she well hopefully know just how far along she was, it was one of the main things she wanted to know, that and if it was a boy or a girl.

It was not long before they found themselves at Orihime's door, the two of them standing there for a moment or two just chatting like she would with any of her other friends. She covered her mouth as she laughed, something she had not done for a very long time, finding herself already looking forwards to their meeting tomorrow, smiling as she slid off her jacket and hand it back to him, their hands brushing slightly as he took it from her grasp, for a moment feeling a small shock of their skin but both of them just mentally shrugged it off as static.

"Well I will see you tomorrow then Orihime-chan." He smiled up to her from the bottom of the steps.

"Hai, till then Irei-san!" she smiled back at him, waving good bye before closing the door, it felt weard doing so, almost like she was being rude.

Orihime rested her head against the door, feeling the coolness of her forehead, after coming in from the cold she really did not need to be cooling down, but still her body felt oddly warm, she never did find Tatsuki but deep down she knew that she had got home safely. With a small sigh she made her way to her bedroom, turning off the lights as she went, she would wait for Shiro in her room; Orihime could not help but hum happily to herself as she closed her bedroom door and placed the card Irei gave her almost lovingly on her desk, reading over the name she was not surprised when she saw that he did not use his family name in the clink's name, given its meaning.

"You should not have gone out Hime," the dark voice sounded from behind her.

Orihime turned around to face him, her hair and skirt towering around with the speed of her tern. Two golden yellow eyes stared back at her from the darkness, she had totally missed him there, standing in a dark corner like a waiting attacker, something seemed off with this, normally she could tell if Shiro was angry, relaxed or upset but now, she was not so sure. She wondered why he had waited here for so long, normally he would of said something sooner, and why did she not notice him till he spoke up, normally she could feel him around but just then, it was like he was a ghost, was it because her mind was on Irei? He took a few steps towards her, lucky his version of Zangetsu could not be seen, that was always a good sign.

"You could got hurt out there and that would not do, it would make me look like a...." he stopped when he was in arms reach of her, his brow knitting together as he seem to almost scowl at her, "What is that smell?" he seemed to hiss at her.

Moving like a striking cobra his arm came out and grabbed her so fast she did not have time to even see it. He pulled her towards him with a jerk of his arm, sniffing the air around her like a bloodhound trying to pick up something, Orihime tried to stay calm as a deep rumble sounded in his chest, she knew what he was doing, he had smelt some of Irei on her and was now like a wolf who had smelt another male on his mate. She bit her lip and kept her eyes on his chest, the hollow growled again as he picked up the distinct smell on another on her skin.

"What is that stench is that on you!!" he snarled, fingers starting to dig into her arm.

"I-I ran into someone on my way h-home and h-he walked me back, i-it was cold as well so he gave me his jacket that's why I smell like him," She mumbled, still not meeting his gaze, "i-ill go take a shower."

He let her go, trying to keep his anger to his self, knowing full well that one outburst would bring the King down on his head, and something deep inside him was not willing to let Orihime go, not yet. But that same feeling would not stop him from hunting down the other man who had left his stench on his mate.

Wow sorry for takeing wayyyy to long to update this, but a few things have happend.

My friend is doing well and for the most part back to normal, but about a week after he got the all clear i was told my mum has lung canser, but luckly she is now doing well.

I will finish this! even if it takes me longer then planed, so keep an eye out for more updates!