One of the things love the most about ichihime is that ichigo have been "looking out" for orihime LONGER THEN SHES BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM, like kubo confirmed that ichigo started to look after orihime when she first appeared at his family's clinic after the lose of her brother, as he knows what its like to lose someone that important due to his mother, but hime, possibly suffering from blocking out her traumatic memories, (or that she wasn't able to catch ichigos face at his clinic that time because of the situation)only remembers first meeting ichigo in middle school, and possibly still doesn't know this fact...
SO THIS SHIP ISN'T A SHE FELL FIRST HE FELL HARDER AFTER ITS MUTUAL PINNING BUT THE MALE LEAD HAD UNREPRESSED EMOTIONS THAT TOOK HIM A WHILE TO COMPREHEND (because guys are just like that..)
Can someone pass me the tissues?