[closed] spending a week dead for tax reasons

[power_of_heart]

Characters: Orihime (power_of_heart), Ichigo (flight_15), and Hughes (fatherofcute)
Content: The Winding Way has one less thing to grieve over now.
Setting: For now, the room on the Winding Way Hughes is being kept in.
Time: Backdated heavily to some time before the Winding Way went after Grita.
Warnings: Possible medical squick.

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[flight_15]

The waiting was the worst part. Inoue had told him she could bring people back from the dead, but Ichigo wasn't the kind of guy who believed things before he saw them. On top of this, he was afraid of getting his hopes up, only for them to be dashed. That was why he hadn't told anybody about the possibility of Hughes being resurrected: it would only hurt them twice as much if this didn't work

[power_of_heart]

Orihime followed a moment behind Ichigo, anticipation building in her stomach at every step. "You don't have to thank me. You help your friends out when they need you, and we're still friends, right?" She decided to keep her concerns to herself until they were in private: Ichigo deserved to know, but no one needed to hear.

One question couldn't hurt, though. "Have you checked up on him at all? In case, well... you know..." She fixed her eyes on her steps as she asked.

[flight_15]

"Right," Ichigo replied firmly. He'd come running if she needed a hand in a heartbeat.

"I haven't," he answered, turning a corner. "The captain's got him locked in his cabin under some kind of preservation charm." He stopped in front of L's door and tried the handle.

"Locked," he said. "Figures."

He hadn't told L what he was planning, and didn't intend to. Ichigo stuck his hands in his pockets and considered his next move. He could probably break in, if he had to.... He glanced at Orihime, hesitating a moment.