Star dust
*** From Orihime's perspective ***
I walk beside Tatsuki-chan on the Karakura's streets. It's late. The sun has left the realm of the clouds, the moon and the stars took over the sky. The blue sky fascinates me.
I do not know if it's due to the fact that soon there will be a special event, namely a rain of stars.
It's fairly a rare event and it happens once in a hundred years and it is said that if you are with the one you love your love is going to last a lifetime.
Maybe it's just a simple story, but I simply like the idea to believe that everything would be true. My thoughts are interrupted by a warm hand what pulls me back.
I see how in front of my eyes are moving some flashing lights and I'm hearing how a driver is hoking nervous the horn.
When my gaze is stabilized I succeed to see that I am on asphalt and near me is Tatsuki. It seems that a lot of people had gathered around us. I always manage to have that effect on ordinary people.
Tatsuki is smiling nervous and she's asking me if I'm feeling good. She breathed a sigh of relief when I confirmed her that I'm ok and she offered to me a hand to get myself up.
The people are disappearing when they saw that we are okay and I am really grateful for that. After Tatsuki recovered her cell phone from the asphalt we continued our walk.
A few minutes passed and Tatsuki was still staring at me. I recognized that look on her face and she will probably ask me that question any time since now.
"Did you invite him to the festival?" she asked analyzing my every gesture. I simply blushed at the mention of her question.
I'm finding it simply impossible for Ichigo to agree to spend an evening with me, alone under the moonlight.
Tatsuki hit me with her elbow my hand when she saw that I became dreamy again and that I did not answer at her question.
"Oh, Hime. When are you going to ask him that?" She said this tome in a tone like she would argue with me.
"I really do not know. I really want to see the stars rain with him, just ... I do not think that's the kind of think what he will like. He will probably refuse me." I said while I was trying to be careful on the road. I do not want to cause more problems by Tatsuki.
"Hime, he is Ichigo, the same boy who turned against all Seireitei, against the most dangerous monsters in the world and he even died for you? Do not you think it's obvious that he likes you?" Tatsuki said nervous.
"I think he doesn't like me more than just a simply friend. I mean probably he would have done it for anyone of his friends. Plus he maybe did this just to save the world." I tried to justify myself, but I simply did not succeed. When Tatsuki thinks about something it is impossible to change her mind.
"Huh ... You are such a nuisance." She said, scratching her neck. "I think you would not be able to see how you feel for each other if you would both confess your feelings." she said with a disappointed voice how starry-eyed can I and Ichigo to be.
The mere thought that he could love me makes my heart to beat faster, but I can not simply let myself to be deceived by such thoughts. Ichigo likes Rukia no matter how hard I'd like to change that I'm aware that it is almost impossible.
Tatsuki opened her mouth again, perhaps she wants to make another remark about me and Ichigo, but I simply can not support this.
"Tatsuki-chan, please shut up. Kurosaki-kun could never ..." I stopped myself when I realized that I almost screamed catching the attention of people around me.
But their attention did not bother me, just the attention of an orange haired boy. I could always recognize his presence. My face turned red when I saw the way he was looking at me. Probably he heard the last part of our conversation.
I wanted to teleport myself right now or to disappear somewhere far away. 'Where's the blue little man when you need him?' I wonder to myself hoping that these thoughts may divert me from the embarrassing situation, but it was in vain.
People have continued their usual way while Ichigo approached to us with Sado. I felt like the tension's growing and that I'm about to faint with each step that he made closer to me. When they finally arrived near us I tried to hide my embarrassed look, but I succeed just to make Ichigo to worry.
"Inoue, are you okay?" he asked me while his hand is making contact with my forehead. His touch will not help me at all to calm down so I started to move my hands chaotically what made him remove his hand from my skin.
"I'm fine, do you see?" I said continuing to move my hand in a strange way. Tatsuki put one of her hands on my shoulder to make me calm down before I would succeed to fly.
I breathed a sigh of relief when my temperature begins to return to normal. My gaze moved over the leaflet from his hand. The leaflet was right about the event about what we were talking about. I felt like my heart is filled with joy at the fact that Ichigo could be interested to go to the festival.
"You came here to inquire about the festival?" I asked connecting my gaze to Ichigo's one.
"Do you mean that shit about the rain with stars?" Ichigo asked crumpling the leaflet. "No way. I got it from some girls who hoped me to go with them. I can not understand why someone would wish to go at a festival so silly." he said then he introduced his hands in his pocket as usual.
Probably my smile vanished when I heard his answer. It should not hurt me so much that he is not interested in the festival as much as me, huh?
I mean after all I was aware from the beginning that Kurosaki-kun is not a fan of such events. I try to calm myself down to stop the tears to flood on my face. Ichigo probably has not realized what bad I'm feeling because his reaction did not changed at all.
"Yes, you're probably right. Who really wants to spend the evening looking at the stars when there are so many more important things to do, right?" I said trying to smile.
It seems that my smile made him to wake from his indifference mode and he started to become aware of my feelings.
"I suppose." He said while he was wrapping the zipper of his jacket. "Inoue, you can do ..." I did not let him finish what he wanted to say.
I simply I could not see how my dream to spend that special evening with him is going to be more destroyed.
With my last strength I tried to offer him the best of my fake smiles and a somewhat acceptable excuse in order to escape from this situation.
"Sorry, Kurosaki-kun, but I just remembered that I did not finish yet my essay for English, I can be so dizzy sometimes." I say trying to giggle. "Anyway I felt good to see you, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school." I said while I was making my way out from the crowd.
I hear how Tatsuki called my name trying to make me to stop, but it was too late. I succeed to distance myself from them and in an half of hour I arrived in the front of my apartment. I relatively clumsy opened the door then I throw myself on the couch freeing all my emotions in a pillow.
My heart is so broken right now I will not be probably able to sleep at all this night. I ignore all calls and messages that I received.
The hours were passing quickly, and morning came eventually. I'm slowly getting up from the couch and I wiped out the traces of my last night suffering.
After that I went my kitchen to prepare my breakfast. I'll be pretty hard to behave normal around Ichigo as if nothing had happened, but I will give my best.
Oh ... Who am I kidding? It'll be a long day.
**** From Ichigo's perspective ***