Maybe This Can Work Out (Bleach Fanfiction)

Chapter 6 - Safe

  The Garganta that Ulquiorra had opened had left them just outside of Las Noches, yet Ulquiorra had a plan... Or at least he thought he did. "I'll sneak you into Las Noches, okay?" "How are you going to do that?" Ulquiorra went silent. "... For once, I didn't plan ahead very well." "Okay... Well I'm glad I only brought a box of Pocky and nothing else." Ichigo said in a very sarcastic tone. 

  "Ichigo, I will find a way to sneak you into Las Noches, no matter what." "Alright, but what if someone sees me?" "Oh trust me, I left at a good time, I usually take a break at this time of year anyways." "Why?" Ulquiorra looked at Ichigo. "Well, most of the Espada have a made up holiday where they go and drink for 5 days straight, I do not participate in such things because I'm rather reclusive, but..." Ulquiorra looked away. "I also really cannot handle alchohol... At all."

  Soon after talking for a long time, they finaly got inside of Las Noches, and they both heard the drunken laughter of almost all of the Espada. But soon Ulquiorra eventually got to his room (along with Ichigo). "So this is your room... It's pretty neat." "Thank you." "Are there any other Espada that don't participate in this 'holiday' you guys made up?" "Well, there's Szayel, and he's also a bit more reclusive than the rest of the Espada... Most of the time."

  They kept talking and talking, until finaly they came to a random topic that they had a conversation on. "Hey, Ulquiorra?" "What is it, Ichigo?" "Do you think Orihime's mad at me?" "Well... She does seem to love you, so probably." "Wait... What? I don't love her like that though... Only as a friend." "Don't worry too much about it, Ichigo. You didn't know that she loved you, and that's okay."

  "Also, why'd you sneak me in here in the first place? We could've just stayed outsi-" "You'd probably attract a few hollows, so th-that's the reason why." Ichigo really didn't believe that, so he started acting a bit differently. "Are you really sure that's why you brought me here?" Ichigo said, in a tone that made Ulquiorra blush. "M-maybe it is, maybe i-it isn't... Wh-who knows?" 

  Ulquiorra's face was red, and he had no clue what Ichigo was trying to do. "I-Ichigo, why a-are you t-talking like th-that?" "What do you mean? I'm talking normaly." Now Ulquiorra had a nose-bleed. "Th-this is s-so random, I-Ichigo! I-if you w-wanted to s-say something to m-me about anything y-you could've t-told me s-sooner." Then Ichigo stopped talking in that voice, mostly because Ulquiorra was having a nose-bleed... And kind of because he was getting verry embarassed.

  "I'm sorry... I didn't m-mean for that to happen." "Ichigo, i-it's fine, r-really... B-but why were y-you doing that in th-the first place?" Ichigo looked away and sighed before he responded. "Because I thought y-you were lying... I-I'm sorry."

  "Ichigo, there's no need to apologize." Ichigo got shocked by Ulquiorra's statement. "What? Why?" Ulquiorra started blushing. "That t-tone you had earlier... Th-that's enough o-of an a-apologie." Ichigo now started blushing. "Y-yeah. Sorry about that." Then there was a long awkward silence. "I-Ichigo... I really cannot be sure how long you'll be safe hiding here... But for now, you're kind of safe." Ichigo was feeling a bit safe until Ulquiorra had said that, because now, he felt truly safe.