Captivating

So this is me revising like my first ever fanfic on ffnet so it needed to be done. These are a series of Ichihime drabbles that I may or may not continue if I get muse, thanks. I don't own Bleach, that's owned by Tite Kubo.

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Note

It was about the middle of the lesson when Ichigo glanced up at the clock, when was the torture going to end? He couldn't wait til' the bell went so he could just get home, although that wouldn't be happening today. He did need to do some more training because as a Substitute Soul Reaper you never knew when an enemy would appear. However, today was going to be different as Keigo and Mizuiro had 'persuaded' him to do something else after school. He sighed. He hardly ever went out with Keigo and Mizuiro because he was always too busy fighting hollows with Rukia, so he did kind of owe it to them to go out with them.

Ochi-Sensei was droning on about something to do with algebra, but Ichigo wasn't really paying attention, just watching the minute hand laboriously tick by. Ichigo looked out the window and noticed clouds forming in the sky, great. Another miserable boring day.

Ichigo had only said yes to the plans because he couldn't stand Keigo's whining. They wanted to see an 18 rated movie at the cinema, or rather Keigo did and Mizuiro just sort of went along with it. Ichigo knew they'd never get into the movie, but had to go anyway, just to save his eardrums from more of Keigo's torture. As well as that, he had nothing to do today except have his dad attack him when he got home like he usually did and fight more hollows if they came up. He could be doing more training, but Keigo would just twine at him, so what was the point?

He turned his gaze away from the window to see two brown eyes staring at him. Ichigo blinked in surprise as Orihime Inoue started to blush a deep red. Ichigo was about to whisper something when she quickly turned her head back to the teacher. Come to think of it Inoue had been acting strange for the last few days and Tatsuki had been giggling and snickering whenever he and Inoue were close. He'd just pegged it as 'teenage girl stuff' which he never got involved in, too much hassle, especially when he had Rukia, Karin and Yuzu in his house talking about 'teenage girl stuff' as well. He had yet to understand the female population, and in all honesty he didn't think he'd ever truly be able to fathom them.

Then, to Ichigo's surprise he noticed Inoue's slender hand reach behind her and place something on his desk. She didn't even turn around to look at him, just swiftly placing the note on his desk and retracting her hand as if nothing had happened. He looked at the small folded piece of paper on his desk with bewilderment, what was it? He looked back up at Inoue, slightly confused when he saw her neck and ears become pink as she blushed.

He opened the paper under his desk and gazed at her handwriting which was very neat and small - his was messy and huge in comparison. At first glance he noticed quite a lot of scribbles, as if she'd been struggling over what to write for some time. However, when he actually read the kanji she had written he couldn't help but blush in return.

"Do you want to come to my house after school? For tea or something."

He was surprised, but surely Keigo would understand blowing the guys off for a girl? And anything was better than going to see that movie, plus Inoue was cute, a bit shy but he'd definitely prefer a girl like that, and she was best friends with Tatsuki. He'd spoken to her a couple of times when he'd been conversing with Tatsuki and she seemed nice. He didn't know her that well, and at the moment at least he needed something to take his mind off his new-found Soul Reaper powers. He'd been lying if he said he wasn't attracted to her and it would be nice getting to know her better.

He wrote a response in his untidy scrawl on the other side of the paper and chucked it back onto her desk. He didn't know why but he was feeling nervous as she read his response. But then all he could do was smile as she turned around slightly and flashed him a bright grin, the blush almost glowing as its intensity increased. Her smile was contagious and his own blush felt like flames on his face as he coughed awkwardly, averting his gaze from hers, but a small smile still on his face rather than his usual scowl. Today wasn't going to be such a boring day after all.

"Sure, Inoue. Let's walk together? :)"

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Revised~ hope you all enjoyed.