…o-0-o Just Human o-0-o…
I'm going to class. The world spins around me. All kinds of people greet me, but I do not give them any importance. I open the classroom door and I want to head as usual at my place when I feel a blow to my face.
For some seconds I remain in place while I'm trying to process what happened. Tsh ... It looks like it's just Tatsuki, but I do not give her any importance. I delete my blood that had formed in the outer corner of my mouth and I turn to my seat as if nothing had happened.
I ignore Inoue's worried gaze and I turn to my most desired place without even looking back. I do this often these days, but I cannot help myself.
I close my eyes and I try to ignore Ishida who's talking to me about the fact that I hurt her feelings. Fuck. Even I cannot be that dense, but I'm doing this only for her best. She must be safe no matter what.
I looked up when I realized that someone swept my chemise. Tatsuki seems even more nervous than before and it looks like she's about to punch me. I'm not gonna to stop her I deserve it all, even more.
I'm surprised when her strikes cease to occur, but despite this my face remains expressionless. I can see with the tail of my eye that Inoue was trying to calm her, but without success. Before I could realize what was happening I was dragged into the schoolyard.
It looks like we're in a pretty isolated place near the place where the girls usually eat their lunch. I wonder since when this place is here, but I do not have the privilege to think more about this, because Tatsuki blow me forcing me to move my gaze in her direction.
I do not think I had ever saw Tatsuki so upset. She wasn't in such a bad shape nor when Keigo entered in the girls' locker room to steal underwear. But I guess everything has a beginning. I see that she's expecting me to say something, but it's pointless.
"What the hell happened to you?" She finally asks releasing me. I close my eyes and a short grin imprints itself on my face. I do not plan to have a conversation with her right here and now. The only person with what I want talk about this is Inoue, but it would be difficult to do this considering that I'm behaving like this in order to avoid her. Strange, is not it ?
Another punch hit my face and I can feel the taste of blood inside the mouth. Damn Tatsuki really knows how to hit. When I look back in the direction I see tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
Shit. That's never a good sign. One time I saw her crying and that was when we returned from Soul Society. She was so nervous because I did not say anything to her about Inoue for so long, that I got to have all my bones broken, twice in the same day.
And certainly it does not compare at all to her new condition. I swallowed dry. Probably I will still deserve everything I'm getting.
I remain immobilized when I see her stuck to my chest and I feel her arms hitting with power my chest. She's so close I can feel her pain. Fuck, why is she trying to do this to me?
"Ichigo, you're an idiot. You are the biggest idiot. How can you do this? How can you act like you're indifferent? Why do not you go to her once to say what you feel? Cannot you see that she's suffering? Damn, you look even worse. "She says pausing from time to time in order to wipe her tears. "Why, Ichigo? Why ?"
My answer came involuntarily and easier than I could have imagined.
"Because I'm not just a human." Tatsuki looked up at me, not understanding the meaning behind my words. I remove her and after I saw that she's at a considerable distance away from my I continue my monolog. "I'm not only human. I was not, I'm not and I will never be. Tsh .. She's better without me. Trust me. "I ignore her cries and threats, but after a few steps I stop. She's shocked, she probably did not expect it, I didn't expect it too. But perhaps it would be better for her to know it from her best friend and nor from the Soul Society. "That's my last day here. It was nice to meet you, Tatsuki, although you probably do not believe me when I say this. Just take care of her, ok? "
I turn myself before I could hear her answer, but then I stop when her words succeed to pierce my heart.
"Orihime loves you. Hell, Ichigo. She loved you for so long. Are you going to leave knowing that? Really ? Do not care for her at all? "Her voice was hoarse and scared at the same time. This Tatsuki doesn't seem with the one I know, but I somehow understand her. Perhaps I would have been the same in her place. I'd probably be trying to do anything to keep Orihime's smile, whatever it takes. But it does not matter now. I am the one who's leaving, I'm the one who will leave her side. I will break her. I will break even the last piece of her heart who's hoping for me to get back to normal. But in spite of that I cannot hide the smile on my lips hearing her feelings.
I step forward like I have not heard anything, but I turn my head at the last moment.
"Tatsuki ... The reason I go is because I care about her. Take care of her, please. And wipe your face off this stupid expression. "I raise my hand in the air and I said a last goodbye. A last goodbye to my childhood friend, a last goodbye to my high school, a last goodbye to my friends, a last goodbye to the girl what with a simple smile managed to conquer my heart.
Well, Inoue. I hope to meet you again in another life.
