A/N: It's been ages since I updated this :0 I'm sorry to everyone reading, I had a lotta problems with storage and stuff but no excuses! This time I promise I will update a lot more often!
On a side note... I'm aware that the Bleach manga came to an end, and I just want to say that that ending will not affect my story's progression (No spoilers haha, I've had the ending for this in my head from the start and I'm just going to carry on writing like before :)
Anyways... thanks for reading so far!

"RISE AND SHINE, ICHIGO!!"

Ichigo jumped up, clasping his head in his hands, and groaned.

"Dad, what the hell?!", he snapped, rubbing his eyes. He would never get used to being so forcefully awakened by his father. Just great; now he'd have a headache for the rest of the day.

His eardrums still ringing, he yawned and pulled back his covers to get out of bed.

And in doing so, he revealed to his father an orange-haired girl, sleeping very close to him.

There was a moment of silence.

Ichigo looked up at Isshin in a panic.

"It's... not what you think!!"

But his father was too busy doing a dance for joy around his bedroom.

"Yes Ichigo!! That's my boy, knew you had it in you!! Orihime huh? How did you manage to land such a hottie?!"

By this point, all the racket had attracted Yuzu and Karin into Ichigo's room.

"Dad?", asked Yuzu. "What are you...", her voice tapered away as she saw Ichigo blushing madly, sitting in his bed which was also occupied by Orihime. "...WHAT?!"

Karin was shaking her head and grinning.

"C'mon, Yuzu. We all knew this was gunna happen eventually. Ichigo's a man now; it's about time that -"

"NOOOOO!!" Clearly, Yuzu wasn't ready to accept the fact her big brother was doing what he appeared to be.

Orihime slowly opened her eyes. It took her a second to realise what was going on and where she was, and she soon sat up in Ichigo's bed, turning around slowly. Her eyes went over his sisters and his dad, who were all pointing at her looking gobsmacked. Finally she turned to see Ichigo sitting as far away as possible from her on the bed, his face vermilion.

Then it hit her.

She gasped and covered her face in embarassment.

"We'll leave you two lovebirds to it then, shall we?", Isshin guided Yuzu and Karin out the door, ignoring Yuzu's "NO WE WON'T".
The door shut.

"Um... I think I'd better go home before school starts...", Orihime mumbled.

"Yeah that would be wise...", Ichigo agreed.

Grabbing her clothes, Orihime made a swift exit from his room.

"Orihime?"

She peered back in again.

"Um... thanks for listening last night."

"You too... and it was no problem", she said, smiling a little.

"And one other thing... can no one know about this... preferably ever?"

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