Punk Love

by hotcakechan

Disclaimer: All bleach characters are by Mr Tite Kubo, but the story is mine (;

Synopsis: Orihime: a shy, sweet-natured girl whose passion is Jrock. Grimmjow: a popular, tough-looking guy who sings ballads. In the music industry, where their personalities bely their interests, their lives crash into each other-?

/Chapter01/

"Orihime! Hime ohmygosh wake up now!"

Huh? Someone was shaking her shoulders roughly. Rough enough for it to hurt. Owie. The eighteen-year-old girl winced and shifted in her bed, raising a hand to spread some of her long summer-orange hair on her face so as to block the annoying sunlight filtering in through the window. She kept her eyes tightly shut, although her mind was beginning to return to reality. Sunlight? Morning?

Morning.

Wait a minute.

"CRAP!"

Orihime jolted up from the warmth of her pillow and stared in shock at her best friend Tatsuki, who was hovering over her worriedly.

"What time is it, Tatsuki-chan?"

"9.34am, oh my god hime I-"

"Ah!" Orihime screamed as she lept out of her bed clumsily, sprinting for the bathroom and slamming the door shut.

It was today. Today, the day she had anticipated so eagerly for as long as she could remember. The day of her singing audition at the entertainment company! How could she have overslept? How?

Three months ago, she had, along with her best friend Arisawa Tatsuki, sent in their demo tapes for the audition- to audition to be signed by SOUL Music Entertainment as singer-songwriters. The Genre? Japanese rock. Although her musical style had been a surprise to many at first, seeing how she was usually a shy, sweet-natured girl who seemed afraid to voice her thoughts, her display of her passion for the genre had given her the approval and encouragement of her friends, and together with the passionate Tatsuki, the two had decided to try out for the auditions together. Well, speaking of which, after their demo tapes were received by the company, Tatsuki's audition was held yesterday, and it had went well.. which was the reason she overslept. Celebrating!

Orihime splashed her face with water and finally rinsed off the facial foam, glancing breathlessly at the mirror while trying to calm her racing nerves. Calm down, Orihime. You can do it. Don't miss this chance!

As quickly as possible, the teen changed into her favourite hoodie (with a print of a strawberry and a leek) and jeans, combing her hair speedily before scrunching it up into a messy bun. Outside, she could hear Tatsuki scrambling around the house, possibly grabbing water bottles and stuff.

With one last attire check, Orihime stepped out of her room, smiling excitedly at her friend, who grinned back at her.

"Arigato, Tatsuki-chan. Ikou!"

xxx 10.30am xxx

Okay, screw that part about not being nervous. She was pratically dying from her nerves now.

Where was she? Right. She was standing before a panel of eight judges, who were all eyeing her with either 1) surprise 2) skepticism or 3) mild interest. Not to mention that she was still panting slightly from having arrived for her audition on the dot (and hence looking slightly sloppy), and the fact that she skipped breakfast and her stomach was growling.

Orihime cleared her throat nervously and fidgeted with the hem of her slightly oversized sleeve.

"So, Inoue-san, you are the composer and singer of 'Six'?"

"H-hai."

"Hm, the lyrics do seem quite deep," a tanned, purple-haird woman said contemplatively. "It's not bad."

"We have to hear you perform though, so please start whenever you're ready," said the golden-haired man beside her, smiling cheerfully. Orihime gulped.

"O- Okay."

Ganbatte, me. Feel your lyrics and your music!

Orihime took a deep breath, and begun.

xxx 11.15am xxx

White. The world was white. Her heart was beating too fast, and her body was moving too strangely. By itself. It didn't even feel like she moved her legs as she passed the doors.

Did I pass?

Did I?

I did, right?

I-

-passed.

"Hime, how was it? Nee?" Tatsuki rushed up to her friend immediately as Orihime appeared from the audition doors. It was worrying to see the girl's face pale and her breath shaky, and her just being kind of spaced out.

Orihime glanced at her friend, and managed a small smile.

"YES!" The black-haired girl yelled, hugging Orihime tightly while jumping up and down. "Great job, hime!"

"-But I had 3 'reject's-"

"Why does it matter, you passed anyway!" Tatsuki grinned. "Anyway, yesterday I had 2 'reject's too, it's okay! This is great! Then we can work together from now on!"

"Yeah," Orihime smiled as she felt her heartbeat begin to return slowly to normal. This was great. However.. as from the judges' comments, she really needed a lot more confidence and some more vocal training. Only then.. only then could she make her debut and become famous. Only then could she make her brother Sora proud of his little sister. Only then could she let all those who had looked down on her as a pitiable orphan at school see her worth.

"Tatsuki-chan, let's work hard together from now on!"

"You said it. C'mon, hime, let's go have lunch!"

xxx 11.45pm xxx

"-Those words, those emotions that I couldn't say when I met you-

-are still inside of me, crushing my heart.

-Where are you? Can you come back to my side?

-This time, I'll love you properly, I'll give my love to you

-My Princess."

"Ookay- CUT!"

"Great job, Grimmjow-sama! That's a wrap for today!"

"It was so moving!"

"My tears were nearly falling! Oh my!"

"Excellent! Nothing more!"

"Thanks," the blue-haired man smirked smugly amidst the applause as he walked off the set, tossing his fur jacket to his stylist Nel carelessly, who caught it with deadly accuracy. Yeah, they were all fawning over him again, no big deal. After having filmed the PV since 7am in the morning, he was dead tired and all he wanted to do was to eat. Seriously.

Because, look. Even if he were a celebrity, who is supposed to have great patience and all that role-model attitude and such, celebrities need to eat too, you know? Even if he was Grimmjow Jeagrejeaques, Japan's great number one, deadly gorgeous and youngest male singer to be the biggest hit over the charts these days. The top ballad singer.

Ballad? You must be asking. Yeah, he got that a lot. Initially there was a lot of amusement and joke about it. Like 'huh, what's a guy like you doing singing ballads?' Well yeah, he had this electric blue hair, and devilishly handsome, angular face and toned body that probably made him look more like a J-pop idol that danced and did stuff like autotuned pop. Not that all autotuning is bad, but to him, although he did not in the least look like it, he wanted to write and sing songs that presented his emotions constantly. And ballads seemed (and still seem) to be the best fit. Like his third and newest single, 'My Princess'. (excuse the slightly cheesy title, but just listen to the damned song)

"Grimm!"

Oh, that's Renji and Ichigo. Renji did ballads as well, but Ichigo- the strawberry top- was different, he was actually one of those leading figures in Jrock, the lead singer in a band called 'Reaper' with two other guys called Kira and Shuuhei. God knows why Grimmjow and Ichigo came to know each other, but anyway. Yeah, Grimmjow didn't give off an aura like Renji or Ichigo, who seem comparatively more emotional and soft. But so what? When he opened his mouth, everyone shut up and became/ becomes awed by his music.

That was enough.

"C'mon, let's go grab lunch, this freaking place is killing me," the blue-haired teen muttered.

"Yeah, make it quick, I still have a photoshoot at one," Ichigo scowled.

Renji snorted in response as Grimmjow laughed.

xxx

A/N: dundundun, to be continued! please give me your thoughts on this chapter (and wait for the next one)! i'll be updating soon cos of a suddent burst of inspiration! thanks lots for reading (:

Extra A/N: about the lyrics, i wrote it from much inspiration from Kpop ballads. personally, i love writing songs too and that's why i'm writing this fic! jpop has really changed my life and here is a fic dedicated to it~ as for Orihime's song, the lyrics will be up soon, and you know why it's titled 'six' right? Like how Grimmjow's is titled 'my princess'. Because this is a grimmhime fic. haha XD Fluff starting next chapter, promised!