(0527)
Inoue Orihime's footsteps were light but her heart was not.
She walked slowly behind him as usual.
She stared at the back of the boy she has loved for so long.
Expect he was no longer a boy.
He was almost a man and she wished he was her man.
He seemed to be so near to her and yet, so very far from her.
All she has to do was to lift her hand and she could touch him,
But,
Could she touch his heart?
Is his heart beating for someone?
Even though she should not,
She still reached out to him.
Slowly and steadily,
Her hand was getting closer and
Closer..
(0527)
It was just another day.
They were walking home from school.
Not together.
She was behind him,
As usual.
He wanted for her to walk side by side with him,
But,
She deemed him too forbidding to even do that.
She was within his reach.
And yet, it seemed like she was light years away from him.
He knew he should not,
But all he has to do was to stop,
And...
(0527)
"Inoue,"
Startled,
The hand stopped in its journey to the forbidden destination and it hastily dropped back to the side of the body.
The other hand holding the schoolbag lost its grip and the bag dropped to the ground with a soft thud.
She was going to bend down and retrieve her school bag when she saw it dangling in front of her.
She gave him a small apologetical smile and then a bigger smile of gratitude as she took her bag from him.
Kurosaki Ichigo blatantly stared at her for a moment, caught off guard by yet another sun rivaling smile of hers.
He loved those smiles of hers and if he were to be true to himself,
He loves everything about her.
"Sorry, did I startle you?" He apologized and continued to stare at her.
He knew he should not but standing so close to her, being so close to her,
He wanted more and yet he dare not to cross the line.
The line he has heartlessly drawn when he has fallen for the princess and he knew she will never treat him as anything more than a friend.
Orihime could not meet his eyes. They were so intense in their heated gaze.
She wondered what was it he was thinking about when he has his eyes fixed so firmly on her.
She looked down at her shoes and shook her head, "It was not your fault, Kurosaki-kun. I was just thinking about something." She told him truthfully and still she could not look him in the eyes as the words came out.
Why can't she look me in the face when she is talking to me?
Is it she's lying to me when she can't look me in the eyes?
Is she thinking of not something but someone when she's with me?
And why shouldn't she?
For what are we?
Ichigo decides to find out.
Is she in love with someone?
"Inoue, can I ask you something?"
(0527)