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[1stguardian]

Who: Orihime (futurehime) and Ichigo (1stguardian)
What: Showing Orihime around the Thor
When: After this conversation
Where: Starting with the dolphins and moving on
Warnings: None that I can think of

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[futurehime]

It was an understatement to say that she had be relieved to find Ichigo on the Thor. The last thing she remembered before finding herself filling out paperwork was Aizen telling her she had only been a distraction. She thought that the war had been lost and that was why she ended up here. Then she saw Ichigo and she wasn't so sure. As long as Ichigo was here then there was still hope. She had always had faith in him.

She sat near the edge of the pool, watching the waves form slowly, thinking about home and what all of this meant. She was so deep in thought she almost didn't hear the footsteps approaching. She turned her head and smiled, he really was here.

[1stguardian]

And there she was. Even with her head turned, he would recognize her anywhere. Resisting the urge to scratch at the back of his head and fidget, Ichigo shoved his hands in his pockets as nonchalantly as possible as he headed over. What to say when he reached her? I'm sorry for leaving you in Hueco Mundo? I'm sorry for letting the world get destroyed? He didn't know. He had already apologized, but once didn't seem like it was enough.

Ultimately, he chose neither option. When she turned to him and smiled, Ichigo gave her a small grin in return. It wasn't anything spectacular, that grin, just a quirking upward of his lips, but it was genuine. The alternative was to smile like a fool, and he couldn't let himself do that.

"Hey," he greeted her easily, as if they were simply seeing each other after a long weekend. As if he hadn't spent weeks guiltily tearing himself up over her absence. "Long time no see. I didn't keep you waiting too long, did I?"

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[futurehime]

"OH..." his voice snapped her out of her thoughts quickly, "no, of course not Kurosaki-kun."

Now wasn't the time to be thinking like that anyway, she was about to see everything on the Thor, a spaceship! She had always wondered what it would be like, being an astronaut. She should focus on that, on this new adventure and try not to think about what was left behind.

She stood up, excited about seeing everything. "Where are the dolphins, Kurosaki-kun?"

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[1stguardian]

What he didn't admit was that he had a tendency to get lost on the ship. Even now, with its plethora of aliens, it was still disorienting. And maybe that was a good thing. He wasn't sure he wanted to get used to living on a spaceship. It would take some of the wonder out of it.

"Yeah, they're..." He'd never actually been down here, having no real reason to go for a swim, but he'd seen a video on the guide. "Okay, over here."

Gesturing for her to follow him, he started off around the pool. "What do you think of the place so far, Inoue?"