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The things in one's life
All are marked with a withheld
Demand, quite sadly
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Two sets of gray eyes stared at one another.
The first, narrowed with weariness, held a blue tint.
The second, large and uncertain, glowed a faint purple.
Blue eyes looked at purple unemotionally, hiding his true feelings behind those glass orbs and the purple eyed girl slowly closed her eyes to block the intimidating figure before her. She felt she was being rude, but at the moment she wished to shut out everything.
It can't be true.... It can't....
But she had known, even before this man came before her.
A messenger, an Espada, one she have never seen.
"It's nice to meet you, human woman."
'I wish I could say the same.'
"Ulquiorra is busy at the moment. I'll temporarily be taking his place."
At this statement, her eyes did opened, revealing wide eyes.
"I'll be your caretaker for a while, and I go by the name Coyote Starrk."
As was with her nature, her lips twitched into a weak smile. The man -- hollow, really, but it felt wrong to think that -- returned the gesture with a weak smile of his own as he took a step towards her. He stopped before her from her position seated on her quarter's couch, crouching down a little to meet eye-to-eye. He quirked an eyebrow as he looked directly at the near-equally grey eyes. The girl gasped in realization, her hands curling into fists on her chest.
"I-I-I'm Inoue Orihime!" she squeaked.
Both his eyebrows flew upward at her reply. "Inoue Orihime? So which one is your first name? Inoue?"
"No, my first name is Orihime."
"Hmm..."Eyes closing, he straightened up and, with hands in his pockets, stretched back, grunting in effort before straightening up again. He slump forward, Orihime squeaking again, landing to her right on the couch. He sighed contentedly before reopening his eyes, inclining his head towards the girl.
"....All right, Orihime. I won't beat around the bush. I also came to deliver a message." His right hand rested on his chin, where a goatee was growing, his fingers passing over the studs, giving the impression of him being thoughtful. "Although something tells me you already know."
Orihime looked away from him, tears beginning to form and threaten to spill over.
"Your friends, who we had originally believed to have arrived in Hueco Mundo for the purpose of setting you free, have retreated back to the Soul Society."
A sobbed gasp tore through through the young woman as those tears kept to their word and began to slide down her cheeks. The palm of her hands begun to sting as the result of her nails digging into them.
Starrk heaved out a heavy breathe as his eyes continued to look at the white-clad quivering back of the girl he was assign to take care. He fell back on the settee, eyes closing again. His hand lifted towards the rest of his face, hiding his eyes as he attempted to block out the bawling next to him.
The auburn headed individual couldn't stop the shaking. Even when she lifted her arms and wrapped herself with them, she couldn't stop. The tears were leaking out in abundance and they wouldn't stop.
Her mind was in turmoil as she thought back to the past, before she relented herself to Aizen Sousuke. She had chosen this path for herself, for the safety of her friends.
She slitted her heavy eyes, red and stinging, open as she risked a glance at her caretaker, face hidden by his hand. Another sob escaped her as her mind concluded his lost of interest in her due to her predicament.
All she saw was white as she slumped to her left on the arm of the couch, tears still flowing freely and now staining the white furniture, though her sobs were now lessening in volume. She lifted her eyes to the sole window in her quarters, aimed at the quarter moon floating over what appeared to be a night sky. Sniffing, she couldn't help but realize that no matter her choice, no one was there to comfort and reassure her.
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A/N: Another (hopefully continuous) attempt on a fanfic. Don't know if I'm going to continue Gazed or not, but considering I've been, more or less, grounded from my laptop, not anytime soon. Don't get your hopes up in whether I'll continue this. I want to, but since my time on my sister's computer is usually limited, I don't think so. Plus, it all depends if I'm motivated enough to do this. But I'll try, because for now, I feel optimistic.^-^