Prologue:
'Breathe.' He thought to himself 'Just breathe.'
He stood, in the middle of the stage letting the scene he was witnessing sink into his being. Thousands among thousands of faces were everywhere and yet none seem to stand out to him. Smiles were everywhere. It wasn't the smiles of adoration that bothered him, after all being adored was nothing new to him, nor the screams that echoed and became one voice. It was an empty feeling he had that made him feel uneasy.
'Six years…'
Six years ago he never thought "that" would take him this far.
Ever so slightly he glanced to the left of him wondering what was going on inside his childhood friend's head, but nothing prepared him for what he saw.
'She's…she's crying?' He thought 'Why?..."
Yoroichi stood to the left, hands covering her face. He couldn't see the tears but he knew they were there.
It had been a long time since he had seen her cry,
'It's to be expected,' He bemused
Averting his eyes back to the crowd he stared forward, emotionless. It was after all his bias to be emotionless.
"We love you!"
"Vanilla Twilight!"
"Bya-Kun!"
Opening his eyes once more, that cold look that had swoon so many women was the only thing he could think of to give the people who had stood behind them for six years. Raising his hand up to his lips he bowed his head and gave a bow before he walked off staged.
Walking away from everything that he helped build the past six years. Walking away from his old self.
After this; there will be no more Vanilla Twilight. Only him.
"VANILLA TWILIGHT ~ WORLD TOUR"
He stared up at his poster. A poster he had bought the day of the final stop on Vanilla Twilight's world tour, it was something he treasured deeply. Despite they're sudden break up six years ago Ichigo still considered this concert one of the best he had ever been to. Granted he was still in junior high at the time and ended up being grounded for 3 months for going to the show without permission, he didn't care. It was the best night of his young life. He was there. He was in awe, he dreamed of seeing Vanilla Twilight live in person. Especially his idol; Byakuya.
It was a bit of an understatement that he was a fan, his interest with Vanilla Twilight boarded on obsession if he was honest with himself. Byakuya captured his attention not for his looks (although he will admit he was beautiful compared to Toshiro the drummer who everyone agreed was the "handsome" one of the group) but his lyrics that he sang. It didn't surprise him when he found out Byakuya wrote all the lyrics for the band. There was a certain truth to what Byakuya sang about, it was like he was singing only to you and not to a crowd, speaking directly at you telling you a story. His voice was the story, the words were the storytellers. Well, that's how Ichigo felt anyway. So when Byakuya announced he was going solo, it devastated Ichigo along with everyone else that loved Vanilla Twilight. Yet, it excited him. He was happy Byakuya decided to strike out on his own. He felt that once Byakuya was out on his own, his true self would come out. And he was right.
His first single as a solo artist "Only Time" was an instant hit. And stayed #1 on the music charts for 3 weeks before it was knocked down to #2 by his next single "Scream and sigh" It seemed to Ichigo that Byakuya's true self as a singer had come out. For the next 6 years Ichigo listened and watched his idol with adoration and inspiration. It wasn't till Ichigo was in his last year of high school when he decided he wanted to be a songwriter, but he didn't let anyone know about his interest to go to school for it except for his best friend Rukia. To be honest no one really knew he went or what school he went to. It wasn't he was ashamed of going to school for creative writing but he knew the that everyone would be shocked if they found out he Ichigo Kurosaki wrote poetry and was actually sensitive underneath his "tough guy "exterior. It wasn't till the past year that he finally opened up much to Rukia's encouragement and shared a few of the poems he had wrote about his mother to his father. From his father, he started sharing his poems and lyrics with his family and friends gaining more confidence in what he was writing about.
Now in his final year in college, he had moved out of his home and got an apartment which he shared with an old high school buddy who was going to school to be an Oncologist. He loved the independence he had acquired by moving out from his home, but he did miss his little sisters and on occasion his father but those feelings were usually squashed when he went back home on Sunday's to visit. He had a job a restaurant near his apartment which was close to the art school he was attending, he worked nights on the weekdays and mornings on the weekends if he got called in. Yes, life as a college student was pretty hectic but he didn't mind it one bit, he actually liked that he was busy all the time with either school or with work.
So now here he was, lounging in bed at 2:50 in the morning waiting for his roommate Uryu to come back from his late night job at the convience store he worked part time at. It wasn't like he was doing it because he wanted it, he was the only one with a key to the apartment at the moment since Uryu misplaced his keys at the train station.
Hearing his cellphone ring from underneath his pillow, he reached for his phone and lazily looked at the caller I.D: Uryu. Bringing the phone to his ear he answered the phone.
"Yeah?"
"Ichigo? It's me."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm on my way to the gate to let you in."
"That won't be necessary actually."
"Eh? Whadda'ya mean? Ain't ya coming back?"
"Not tonight. I just remembered I have a test I need to study for so I'm gonna go straight to the library from here and work on it and go to class from there."
"Oh, okay than. Thanks for the heads up. Good luck."
-click-
"Well so much for staying up." He said to himself before sliding the phone underneath his pillow again and rolling over onto his back and continued to stare at his Vanilla Twilight poster.
'Now what?' He thought before glancing up at the poster.
"What would you do?" He asked the Byakuya in the poster.
He then remembered an interview Vanilla Twilight did a long time ago and one of the questions the band members were asked was "What do you do when you can't sleep at night?" and Byakuya's answer was "They say the truth comes out at night. So when everyone is asleep, I'm awake writing the truth."
Smiling to himself, Ichigo sat up from his bed and walked over to his desk where an open notebook laid, waiting for him ardently. He how had an inspiration he was waiting all night for.
(Well what to you all think? Please review ^-^ I will be so happy if I got a review haha Thank you for reading. Oh yeah I am looking for a beta if anyone is interested lmk )
