Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. It belongs to Tite Kubo.
Title: Box of Chocolates
Pairing: One sided Ichigo/Orihime, some Ichi/Ruki
Inspiration: Heartbreak
She was right all along. He never loved her.
She had spent countless hours wondering if she should tell him that she was in love with him. So she made up her mind and went to the chocolate shop and picked out the best box of chocolates.
The box was red, his favorite color.
She planned to give him the box during before lunch. She was to confess her feelings for him. She would tell him everything and he would understand. He'd love her.
He would know the truth.
Orihime could hardly wait until the lunch bell rang. She was nervous, of course. She was about to admit that she had fallen in love with him.
She would be his.
After Orihime got the box out of her locker, she wandered the halls looking for Ichigo. The hallways were empty by now. Everyone had gone to lunch. She clutched the heart shaped box to her chest, where her heart was. She bit her lip in worry.
She couldn't find him.
She walked through a hall with glass on both sides. Silently, she slipped by an alcove, but a mass of shaggy honey blond hair caught her eye. She was about to call out his name, to let him know that she was there for him. But someone else was already there.
She was too late.
Ichigo held up two tickets to the homecoming dance that was to be on that Saturday. He grinned, and handed them to petite dark haired girl in front of him. The girl smiled back and stood up on her tiptoes to kiss him.
The girl was Rukia.
Orihime's charcoal orbs filled with tears, but she didn't say a word. Her tears slid down her face and fell to the box of chocolates. Orihime gripped the carton hard, but it slipped from her fingers and crashed to the ground. The sound of the box falling to the ground and the chocolate scattering on the floor echoed in the bare hallway as Orihime ran. She left as silently as she had arrived.
The box was red, his favorite color.
I can't. I really can't.
~A