Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. Tite Kubo owns it.:)

Waiting for Forever

Ichigo X Orihime

Orihime's POV

"Life is ironic.

We ignore who adores us, adore who ignores us, love who hurt us but hurt who loves us."

The worst part of loving someone is the fact that someone won't love you back, but can we even dictate our hearts on who to love and who to love not? No right, I just really wished I could. So, this stupid heart of mine will stop loving the person that will probably never love me back.

The worst move I made was to fall in love with my bestfriend, Ichigo Kurosaki.

Yes. I'm in love with my friend, but him? He's in love with our other friend.

Stupid, right? And it's so cliché.

Though that's what I'm experiencing, still I accepted that fact. The fact that Ichigo would never love me and the fact that he loves someone else, but what I couldn't accept was that the girl he loves doesn't even love him. She just pretends that she does.

Sounds complicated? Here let me explain a little further.

I loved Ichigo since the day I couldn't remember anymore, but him? He's head over heels in love with our friend, Rukia Kuchiki. And Rukia? She pretends to love Ichigo just for fun of it. Get it now?

We are in the same situation right?

It's hard to accept that the one you love is treated like trash and you who love him so much mean nothing to him too. I told him about Rukia, that she doesn't really love him. But what did I got in return? He called me a LIAR. Of course, who am I kidding? He would more likely to believe her than me. That's the stupid part of being in love, we tend to see only what we wanted to see. And we tend to believe only, what we wanted to believe.

Fate is so playful. Why does it have to play with our feelings? Why does this kind of situation have to exist? That someone is running and the other is chasing?

"Stop this stupidity! I've told you countless times she doesn't love you!" I couldn't remain in silent anymore. I have always planned to tell him about Rukia but this time was the only time I had the courage.

"Don't talk about her like that! You're just making that up." Ichigo justified, shoving my hands away from his arms.

"I'm telling you the truth! I just don't like to see you get hurt. I hate it knowing the fact that she's cheating on you. Ichigo, I know that you know that I love you! More than a friend and I just wanted you to be treated right." I explained to him, I looked straightly to his eyes.

"I don't care about what you say! Please just leave me." Averting his eyes away from me.

If I could, I would have left you a long time ago. I hate seeing myself like this too. Desperate in gaining your love .I can't take this anymore, I talked to Rukia to stop doing this to Ichigo. But she's too stubborn. It really hurts to know that she's cheating on him, It hurts especially when Ichigo was the one who witnessed Rukia-chan's infidelity.

"Okay! Blame me, It was all my fault anyway. You're right, I was a fool. Are you happy now that I believed you?"

I hugged him tightly, "Stop, It hurts me more seeing you like this."

It hurts. Big time. Wanna know what hurts the most? It's the fact the he was crying. His tears were the proof of his everlasting love for her. He really loved her with all his heart.

"Why do you keep on loving someone who obviously doesn't love you back?" I asked him. Well, I've been asking that question to myself too.

"why? Is there something wrong with that?" he said looking straightly to me.

"None. It's just-, it just hurts so much."

"All I wanted was for her to love me as much as I love her." He bowed his head down and tightly grip his hands.

"All I wanted was for fall in love with me instead." I stood up and looked away.

"I'm sorry Orihime, I don't love you. Rukia's the only girl I'll love for the rest of my life." He then looked at me. His amber eyes felt like they were talking. Just with that look I knew what he'll say and obviously I don't want to hear it.

I smiled bitterly to myself," I know." I blurted out, I know he'll never like me but for him to say it directly to my face hurts like hell.

After 2 years, we have graduated high school, got into college and had different lives to live.

I am now on my 2nd year of college taking up Culinary arts, well eversince I was a kid I've always wanted to cook for other people. It was Ichigo's comment that made me take up this kind of profession. The first time he taste my cooking, he said that it was very good. By the way, Ichigo's on his second year of his pre-med course. I've always knew that he was planning to take over of his Dad's clinic since we were young.

I know you're curious about what happened with their relationship, right? Well, they already broke up Ichigo had realized how great of a bitch Rukia is and dumped her. Hahahaha, My laughter was cut off immediately upon realizing that's not what really is happening.

Oh, how I wish he really did that. Right now, their relationship was still the same as ever. Rukia still pretends that she likes him and Ichigo still chases after her. Sometimes I want to smack Rukia's head for her to wake up. She doesn't know how lucky she is for her to gain Ichigo's love, the thing that I always wanted to have since we were kids. Oh, Ichigo What a moron he is, blinded by that so called thing love. I sighed, thinking….

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Will this cycle ever ends?

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Author's note:

HELLO!

Oh. My bitterness strikes again. HOHO..I was inspired by the story of my friend as she calls herself "The Queen of the broken hearts." Oh, yeah she's stupid calling herself like that. She called me last night crying, told me that her bastard of a bestfriend rejected her feelings. This is her story. She has been in love with her bestfriend since they were I think grade 5? And she has been experiencing heartbreak since then. God! 10 years, for 10 years she's in love with that dumbass! And last day she had the courage to tell him her feelings, AGAIN. That brainless bastard had rejected her and told her that she was nothing more than a BESTFRIEND. I'm sure he is already aware of my friend's feelings towards him but he doesn't have to always make her feel like she's special. Ughh, I know you can't dictate your heart on who to love but..but.. ARGGH. I hate this. Love just makes things complicated.

JUST R&R

-cloverberry-

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