Michiko-chan here, Oh, and I promised to make a story for Pii-chan for her birthday, I hope yall like it.

Warning: Language

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BLEACH OR ANY OF THE WONDERFUL CHARACTERS *^*

Happy Birthday.

The sun was bright and lit the world happily with no sense of being clouded over with, it was bright morning on September 3rd and a certain newly 17 year old girl couldn't help, but smile a bit brighter today. Orihime Inoue walked happily through the halls of Karakura high school as she spoke to Tatsuki whom was currently talking to one of her peers at the dojo, Orihime waited silently when a pat on her shoulder suddenly caught her attention. She twitched, quickly glancing back behind her shoulder searching for whom wanted her attention A young boy, about a year younger than her, bowed before her holding a card and a teddy bear in front of her, "A-Ah, Inoue-san, h-happy birthday,". A light blush appeared on her cheeks as her eyes widened with surprise, she thought no one had remembered except Tatsuki, she giggled as she smiled warmly finally relaxing as she stood before him confidently. The young boy looked up immediately to see the shining bright smile pointed directly at him, his eyes widened and he immediately blushed a dark red, s-she was smiling at him! The beauty of the school was smiling at him!

"Arigato, this means a lot to me, stranger-san!" Orihime smiled as the boy quickly shoved the things in her arms and ran off, her smile disappeared a she was left with a look of confusion as she saw the cloud of dust instead of the boy, she giggled nervously as she stood there shocked. Tatsuki finally finished speaking with her peer and suddenly appeared at Orihime's side as she leaned on the wall next to Orihime watching her intently, "ano, stranger-san disappeared, Tatsuki-chan..." Tatsuki's expression grew confused, she lifted an eyebrow before she brushed it off and chuckled at Orihime's silly ways.

"Did one of your secret admirer give you something for your birthday? That teddy bear looks quite loving," Tatsuki mumbled as she grabbed the pure white teddy bear by the ear which was holding a box of chocolates which had happy birthday written on it. She smirked, this girl wont be able to carry all the gifts when schools over, knowing how many guys fawn over her, Tatsuki was actually amazed she has gotten only one, "You're one interesting chick to have these many admirers," Tatsuki smiled as she watched Orihime blushing deeply and disagreeing with her saying she had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

"T-Tasuki-chaaannn! Don't be so cruel, it's only been one present, I wouldn't expect anyone else to remember my birthday, b-but thank you for remembering Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime had a large smile on her lips and a tinge of pink gracing her cheeks, she held the teddy bear close to her chest, her chesnut hair flowing over her small shoulders as Tatsuki simply brushed her off patting Orihime's head. Orihime pouted and simply began another conversation, far from one of her admirers, like something special she wanted to do today. Suddenly a crowd of guys surrounded both of them and dropped a pile of presents on top of her intently, but Tatsuki got stuck in it as well.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INOUE-CHAN!" Orihime gasped as she was buried under a vary amount of presents along with Tatsuki. Tatsuki was the first to escape from under the mountain of presents, her eyes furious searching for any faces she would be able to recognize, but honestly, they were only a blur in her memory. She slammed her fist down on the presents and growled with rage, they could've given her the presents one by one! She crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance, "Itai, itai," She heard a whine and quickly turned around and began digging searching for the princess. There were tiny presents but none the less annoying as fuck.

"What the hell were those fucking idiots thinking?! I'm gonna kill them if I ever see those bastards again!" Tatsuki roared when she finally found Orihime sitting on her knees holding on to the few presents she could handle. Most of them were all around them, they were small and they came out to be quite a few presents which they wouldn't be able to handle on their own. Tatsuki sighed as she watched Orihime's pouting face in front of her, "Damn it, how are we going to carry these to your locker?! Couldn't they wait till after school to do shit like this?!" She kneeled beside Orihime and began grabbing the few presents she could, she saw Orange hair other than Orihime's appear beside her and she twitched and quickly looked over her shoulder and watched as Ichigo picked up a few presents as well. A smile grew on her lips as she watched the two together, Orihime hadn't even noticed Ichigo was there and Tatsuki could see the looks Ichigo was giving Orihime as he grabbed a few things.

"You two are idiots, what the hell were you doing Tatsuki?! Weren't you supposed to be protecting Inoue?!" Ichigo growled at Tatsuki as they immediately butted heads, both of them had a vein pop out the side of their heads in annoyance. Tatsuki growled as she slapped the side of his head and rolled her eyes as she held on tight to the few presents in her arms before she dropped them, she heard Orihime gasp as Tatsuki crossed her arms.

"Idiot! Don't you think I would've done that if I had known who did this?! Fucking bastards can't show their face to me, tch," Ichigo rubbed his head and growled, he then looked over to Orihime whom had a worried face as she watched the two fight. Ichigo smirked at Orihime as he flicked her forehead in a friendly matter and turned back to Tatsuki to reply to her response.

"Hah, you're the dragon, ain't ya? Who would want to show their face to something who could kill them?!" Ichigo asked as he snapped back at her statement. Tatsuki just pounded him down with one hand as she held the presents in the other and he groaned in pain as the presents he had in his arms scattered about, Tatsuki only got annoyed and crossed her arms as she looked away one more.

"K-Kurosaki-kun?! Are you alright?!" Orihime frantically searched over his body with a light blush on her cheeks as her expression became terribly worried. Ichigo grumbled in annoyance as he sat up rubbing his back, he smirked at Orihime as she sighed in relief as she saw he was alright, Ichigo's eyes scanned all the presents silently, unnoticably, he was angry seeing so many presents have been given to her before he had even said goodmorning to her.

"I'm fine Inoue, by the way, what the hell happened here?" Ichigo asked as he glanced back at Tatsuki who explained what had happened in a teasing matter as she poked Orihime's nose as she blushed deeply denying the fact she had so many admirers. He chuckled as he turned his attention back towards Orihime and shook his head, he wasn't really surprised at this. He silently stood and dusted off his pants, "Come on, we should get going, it's gonna take a while to fix your presents in your locker," Orihime eyes widened as she saw the rough, large hand in front of heras his warm brown eyes watching her.

"A-Ah! Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime jumped back as Ichigo only chuckled and moved his hand closer to her, motioning her to take it, "A-arigato..." Orihime whispered as she hesitantly placed her small hand in Ichigo's large, rough hand. He grasped her hand tightly and smirked at her as he easily lifted her off the ground, she was light as a feather. Their eyes met as her body pressed against his accidently and Ichigo couldn't help but smile as the warmth of her body pressed against his. His eyes were soft and comforting as Orihime's only grew much more embaressed and her eyes much more darker, he couldn't help but remember that time in Hueco Mundo when she was acctually worried about her weight, "A-and those boys all told me happy birthday and then ran off! I wish I could've been able to say thank you, they were all so very sweet to spend money on someone like me!" Orihime stated abset mindedly as she quickly moved away from Ichigo's body squatted down, picking up what she had dropped just moments ago in her arms, but there were still some left over, her eyes widened as she saw ichigo bend over and grab the left overs easily with one hand.

"Tch, let's get going, my sensei is a pain in the ass if I get there even a minute late!" Orihime gasped and nodded quickly and Ichigo took after the two in quick strides and it didn't take long until Ichigo was in front of them leading the way. Orihime watched him intently, since when did Ichigo know the way to her locker?

At Orihime's locker~

"Ah! They almost didnt fit!" Orihime sweat dropped as she forced her locker shut but failed, Tatsuki had already left for class a few minutes ago saying her class was rather far from where her class was, so she needed to go quickly. Ichigo stood on the sidelines watching her with a smirk on his face as he shut the locker for her, she stooped in depression for not being able to do it herself, "Oh goodness! Kurosaki-kun, you'll be late if you don't get to class right now, p-please go on ahead!" Orihime ushered him as she smiled reassuringly at him.

"N-no, it's fine, not like I want to get to that abusive teachers class anyways," Ichigo mumbled as he began to dig in his pockets with a light blush on his cheeks. Orihime was about to respond and usher him once more before he suddenly pushed a small box before him and right in front of her face, "H-happy Birthday, I-Inoue..." Her blush returned as she was beetred this time, she slowly clasped her hands arounds his and grabbed the box as she held his hand as well. His eyes widened as he turned toward her once more as he watched her with disbelief.

"A-Arigato, Kurosaki-kun..." she let out a shaky breath as she pulled him down to her height and kissed his cheek. Her eyes were clothes, but he felt frozen and could barely breath as he felt her plump pink lips press against his cheek. She suddenly stepped back and he found himself looking for her immediately, he looked down at her to see her blushing deeply as well as she fumbled with the box in her hands, "T-this means a lot to me..." He smiled as well as his eyes softened and he leaned forward and planted a small kiss on her forehead. Now it was her turn to feel the same exact thing Ichigo was feeling just moments ago.

"No problem, I hope you have a wonderful birthday, Inoue,"

If y'all like it, I'll keep this story going

R&R