A Series of Orihime/Ishida drabbles, just for some sweetness. In no apparent order.

Listen Up!

Orihime did love her Uryu. He was brave and smart and kind and he worshipped the ground she walked on. He put her first above everything and he made her feel that she was the most important person in the world.

But he had a few bad habits, and one was not listening very well to his father. Uryu couldn’t even hear the things his father was trying to say when he was talking.

When Dr. Ishida said “You’re weak,” he was trying to say he worried about Uryu and wanted to protect him but he also wanted to make him strong.

When the good doctor said being a Quincy didn’t make money, he was saying he wanted Uryu to have the best of everything, to have a good and comfortable life without struggling or fighting, he wanted Uryu to be rewarded for his efforts.

And when he said Uryu had no talent, what he was really saying was “I know what’s out there. You can’t defend yourself against every evil. And I can’t lose you.”

It was really simple. Dr. Ishida liked to put up a stern front and he was hard on Uryu. But anyone with eyes could see how much he loved his son.

Maybe Uryu’s glasses were foggy and that was why he missed those subtle messages. She’d have to clean them for him.

-Fin-

More to come!