This is fan fiction that one of my friends wrote and asked me to post it on my account because she can't get into her's. If you want to say something to her or about her, call her Kayla :)

Ichigo's POV:

I ran into the cooking class so fast I could hardly see where I was going. I entered the classroom with everyone staring at me. I finally felt a little less self-conscious when Hanabusa-Kun came running toward me yelling, "ICHIGO!" Then he slowed down to catch his breath, "Our kitchen is over here." He said still trying to replenish his breath. I then followed Hanabusa to the kitchen in the middle of the room. I then noticed that Kashino and Audou-Kun were working at kitchen.

"Amano!" Kashino yelled. "Could you pass me that chocolate?" Kashino asked, eyes still working on his masterpiece. "Sure!" I yelled back, running towards the bowl of chocolate that was at the edge of the table. "Here you go." I said, passing the bowl to the left of him. He said nothing and continued to work.

I put my apron on and began to work on a new creation that I made yesterday. I don't know how successful it will be but I decided to try it today to confirm my measurements and see if it will turn out the way I want it to. I started to knead the dough but was distracted by a small pain in my knee. I decided to ignore it since the first match of the grand prix was coming up in a couple weeks and I have to work hard to beat our competition.

After a couple failed attempts I finally perfected my recipe and because of my excitement from my accomplishment, I realize just how late it got. I decided to start cleaning up. When I was washing the last bowl, I noticed Kashino still working on his unknown creation. I had tried to ask him many times what he was planning on making but the whole day he continued to work on small techniques like decorating and sculpting. I really admired him for his detail and dedication he had when baking.

I took a couple steps towards Kashino to maybe take a peek at his unknown work when a sudden pain evolved in my knee. I cringed and fell to the floor, gently landing on my hip. I realized that somehow a noise escaped my lips, and I looked up to see if Kashino noticed. To my horror, Kashino was right in front of me, staring at me with an unfamiliar expression. It actually looked as though he was worried about me.

"Amano are you ok?" he asked, obviously trying to hide the fact that he was able to show more emotion than his usual I-don't-care attitude. I couldn't answer his question because of the fact that I had no idea if I was actually ok or not. But I just put on my usual smile and said. "Oh yeah, I'm fine!"

"Don't worry about me." I added trying my best to sound cheerful and happy. I slowly got up and took a step, The pain was the same yet this time was different due to that fact that I knew what would happen and how it would feel. I just ignored it and shifted so me and Kashino were eye to eye. I cringed just a tiny bit when I took a step and I just hoped that kashino was too oblivious to notice.

He looked at me with caramel brown eyes and all I could think was, "I'm sorry." I didn't want to lie to him. I don't keep things from anybody but I didn't want him making it a big deal.

He stared at me like he was mentally willing me to tell him the truth when I suddenly decided to leave so that his superstition wouldn't make him worry anymore. I took quick yet painful steps towards the door. Once I was outside, I sat at one of the benches that line the school. I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there and cried. I could feel the warmness of the tears slowly fall down my cold cheeks. I knew that this day would come; the day where my knee would start to deteriorate just like the doctors said. It also happened to my grandmother; of course hers did not develop until she was around 40, but I guess I'm just unlucky.

I closed my eyes and cried. I also tried to think of the positives, and how everyone I know except Aundo-Kun. Kashino has problems with his family about him becoming a patissier and Hanabusa-Kun barely talked to his mother since his father died. But I guess the worst one for anyone is the one that is happening to them at that moment.

Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I hesitated to look up, scared it was someone ready to scold me for being out on campus so late. Eventually I decided that I had to look up some time, but i never expected it to be Kashino. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Umm...Ok" I hesitated. "I'll tell you, but please don't tell anyone," I pleaded, still wondering if telling him was the right thing to do. "I won't, I promise" he replied still looking at me with the same passionate eyes. I took a deep breath, then I spilled everything to him about how I have a disease which makes my bones weaker; that my knee had no proper padding so that my knee was most likely to start to deteriorate as I walk and that's why I had fell.

He just sat there and stared at me. I was expecting him to yell at me or tell me it was stupid to worry about it or that other kids have it worse than i do, but what i got instead shocked me the most. He hugged me. It was such a warm embrace that I felt like I was home. All of my tears just fell. No matter how much I wanted to hide them, they just fell even harder. He hugged me even tighter, and I never wanted that moment to end.

"What are you going to do?" he asked, obviously curious about what my condition would be for the first competition of the grand prix. "I'll be fine, I just have to get a fabric knee brace to help me walk. It won't hurt as much and it should protect my knee." Kashino seemed relieved at my comeback and decided to leave the matter where it was. "It can only get better from here," Kashino said. "I have to go back and clean the kitchen, do you think you'll be ok to walk to the girls dorm by yourself?"

"Ummm...yeah, I'll be ok." I said. To be honest, I had no idea if I could walk back, but knowing that kashino would worry about me, I didn't want to put such a thought in his head.

With that, he gave me an uneasy look and walked back toward the kitchen. I looked at my knee, wondering if it would let me walk, or even stand, without causing me too much pain. I had no other choice but to try. I really wished that Vanilla was here, she would give me words of encouragement and push me to walk to my dorm room, but right now, I was alone. I stood up, ignoring the pain that shot through my leg. I took one step after the other, slowly making my way back to the dorm. Before long, my head started to feel fuzzy. I didn't think it was at all that important until I couldn't stand anymore and just fell over.

I expected to land on the cold hard floor, but instead I landed in the arms of the one and only Kashino. "I knew you were lying to me," he said, looking into my chocolate brown eyes with concern.

"You don't have to lie to me you know," Kashino said.

"I know, I'm sorry," I replied. He then helped me to my feet and I put my arms around his neck. He started to walk me back to the girl's dorms. I felt sad, knowing I put him through so much trouble. "I-I'm sorry, Kashino," I apologized.

He looked up until our eyes met and stared deeply. "For what?" he questioned with a shocked expression.

"That I'm putting you through so much trouble. I hope you can forgive me." I responded as I watched our feet, in unison, walking along the path to the girls dormitory.

"It not your fault. It's not like you forced me to help you, I wanted to, so don't be sorry." I was a bit relieved after his reply knowing that he was not troubled, but I still had a pinch of guilt in the pit of my stomach.

We reached the girls dormitory. I was happy that I got back, but I was a little disappointed that my evening with kashino was about to end. "Thank you Kashino...for everything." I said sincerely.

"Don't worry about it. So...since tomorrow is Saturday, how about I come and pick you up tomorrow morning so we can go to the nurse? You can get a knee brace then." Kashino asked.

"Umm...ok. So around 7 o'clock?" I asked.

"Perfect," he replied.