[fic] Slippery Stair Steps

[sweety8587]

Onward to part 5! And to part 6 as well! Yes....its a double posting today!

5. Embarrassment

 

For a moment Ichigo thought that maybe by some means Tatsuki had figured out that he had groped Inoue’s chest. He was not above admitting that he quivered internally at the thought of Tatsuki finding out. That girl would beat him black and blue for laying a wrong hand on Inoue, never mind the fact that it had an accident.

 

He breathed out a sigh of relief as Tatsuki walked away, giving him a suspicious glare. He looked at Inoue who was looking back at Tatsuki as though she had just lost her lifeline. Nervously he raised his hand up to his head and ruffled his hair.

 

“Emm…about what happened today….”

 

Her gaze turned towards him before dropping down to her bag as he continued nervously, “I’m really sorry about….that I….”

 

He couldn’t say it! He couldn’t say it in his mind much less from his mouth. She didn’t seem to notice this as she spoke to the ground, “You don’t have to apologize. It wasn’t your fault.”

 

Well at least she had no trouble in forming full sentences. He took a slight step backwards in surprise when she suddenly bowed, “I’m truly very sorry Kurosaki-kun! If I hadn’t slipped on the stairs then I wouldn’t have fallen on you! I was just in a hurry to get the test papers to Ochinii-sensei. And because of that I ended up slipping on the last few steps and fell right on top of you and…”

 

Suddenly she stopped, her face turning red as a tomato. Ichigo awkwardly spoke, “Everyone slips on the stairs Inoue. Whether they’re in a hurry or not. I’m the one who should apologize because I…….I invaded your personal space.”

 

His Hollow was laughing himself silly at his expense and let out a fresh peel of laughter at his word choice. In between its chuckles, it mockingly repeated his words before going back into a new round of sniggering. Ichigo really wanted to punch his Hollow right in the nose if only to shut up the annoying laughter that had been ringing in his head ever since the shock had given way to embarrassment. His Hollow was clearly enjoying this way too much.

 

Inoue’s blush traveled down from her face down beneath her shirt collar and he wondered as to how far the blush traveled. He tried to focus his straying thoughts to her words rather than her body, “Ah well…that…ummm….”

 

Unfortunately, she really wasn’t giving him much to focus on….

6. Sorry

 

“Ah well…that…ummm…”

 

She nervously shifted from one foot to another, “It wasn’t…invasion of my personal space. Or well it was. Except it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t slipped. So it’s alright then really. Well actually it isn’t really alright because you……touched my emm…you know. But I know you wouldn’t do anything like that on purpose and it just happened by accident. So it’s alright.”

 

Ichigo gazed down at Inoue as she shyly glanced up at him. His lips twitched upwards slightly as he summed up their conversation in sentence, “So we’re both sorry?”

 

Her smile was wider than his, but held the same amount of nervousness, “Yes.”

 

As she shifted her weight from one leg to the other, her thighs rubbed together and unbidden, she recalled how nice it had felt to have him pressed against her. Or rather, she had been pressing into him. It made her slightly weak in the knees just thinking about it again.

 

She tried to swallow but her throat had dried up suddenly and her lips felt incredibly chapped. She licked her lips, not noticing the heat in his gaze as she did so and spoke weakly, “Well I should…go. Tatsuki-chan is waiting for me.”

 

“Yeah…I’ll see you tomorrow.”

 

With slightly unsteady legs she made her way to Tatsuki. She was glad that was over. She really didn’t want to have a repeat of such a conversation ever again. All together it was just too awkward and humiliating! To be standing in front of the boy you like and to have him say that he was sorry for accidentally fondling your breast while trying to save you from falling on your face because you slipped from the stairs in your haste!

 

Tatsuki asked her again if anything was wrong and this time she was able to give her best friend a more honest reply, “Everything’s fine Tatsuki-chan.”

 

Clearly she didn’t believe her words but Tatsuki kept her silence. It was many hours later when a thought suddenly occurred to Orihime.

 

As she was brushing her teeth, it suddenly occurred to Orihime that after the fall, as she had made her way back to the classroom, Ichigo had still been lying on the floor. That meant that…Ichigo had mostly likely caught a glimpse of her underwear as well!

 

She was barely able to keep from letting out an embarrassed moan.

I know some folks want the chapters to be longer but I really wanted to test myself and see if I can make the chapters short rather than long. No more than 500 words each. So i'm sorry, I cant make them longer.

Comments

[shewolf777.livejournal.com]

Ah no, don't worry about the length of them... they're all great no matter how long they are! XD I like how you've continued these drabbles to make a cohesive story.

You portray their nervousness so well XP Can't wait to read more! :D

[sweety8587.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the realllly late reply :(

I'm glad yah liked em :D I had a blast writing these chapters XD I couldnt stop my own giggles...

Parts 7 and 8 are posted :D