Need for speed
It was past 10 o'clock when a beauty amber haired girl was running to catch the train for Karakura. She was late, because she had still some issues with her moving, but she was hoping to catch it.
When she finally got in front of the train, the doors were slowly closing. An orange haired man kept one open, making her 2 km running to not be in vain.
"Arigato." She thanked him, after she managed to slow a little bit her breath.
"No problem. I'd never seen a girl run so fast before. Are you training for a marathon?" The girl cheeks grow red at his statement.
"No, no, no. I was just running late for my first day at Karakura's College." She explains while she was looking on a window near her, the landscape was so beautiful.
"It seems that we are going to the same place. Isn't it a little late to transfer in the second semester?" The man asked moving next to her, for him she was more interesting than any landscape.
"Hehehe… You are right. Studying in Karakura was my life dream, but I needed to postpone it." After a little moment of silence, she started to speak again. "I'm Inoue Orihime. Let's study hard this year !" After she said that she looked at him for the first time, she could feel her body temperature grow seeing how handsome he was. The man grins like he could read her.
"My name is Ichigo, Kurosaki Ichigo. It's very nice to meet you, Inoue." Something in the way he said her name made her heart to skip a beat. The distance between them became nonexistent when the train broke all of suddenly, making her body to fell on his. "Tsh… And this is the reason why I prefer driving." Ichigo murmurs while Orihime distanced from him again.
"Are you driving?" The beauty asks surprised to hear that he's older than her.
"Yeah. A dumbass hit my car in front of the College the other day so I needed something to travel with till my car will be repaired. Isn't a burden to travel so much with the train every day?" Ichigo asked her worried thinking that it's dangerous for a beauty girl to travel without someone around.
"I'm moving Karakura starting today so I'm really back to return to my native city." She said before the doors of the train opened. "I need to leave now. Have a good day, Kurosaki-kun."
Ichigo looked at her perplex, without to say a thing. She's a pretty energetic girl, even for him. But something was strange about her, those gray eyes seemed very familiar with him, and her family name… It's probably a coincidence or at least that is what he decided to believe. Now he needs to focus on College, he still has a full day.
"Wow… I can't believe we have such a beauty as a classmate." A red haired girl said excited.
"Chizuru, you need to stop being so excited around her. You are scaring her. See?" A tall girl called Oma tried to calm down the redhead down.
"Hehe… It's ok, Oma-chan. I'm really glad that I received such a warm welcome. I'm really happy to be able to spend my time with all of you." Orihime says as all the class was gathered around her, she was like the center of it.
"I can't believe that you are not on my side in this, Ishida."
"I can't agree with something so absurdly like that."
Orihime recognize instantly one of the voices.
"I will be right back." She said to her classmates before she ran on the hallway. There she saw him with an unknown man right before he could exit the building. "Kurosaki-kun!" She called making all the nearby people to look shocked in her direction.
"Inoue ?" Ichigo says her name, more likely he didn't believe that they had met again so soon.
"I'm sorry that I ran of you this morning, but I wanted to proper thank you for your help." She gave him a mug with a red mustang on it. Inside of the mug he could see a hidden message ''Strive for the best". Her gesture stole a small from his lips.
"Thank you, Inoue." The sweet moment between them was interrupted by the other man what started to cough. "Did you catch a cold?" The orange man asked without to try to hide the fact that he was annoyed.
"I can't believe that you are so incautious to have a relationship with your student!" Orihime looks dizzy at their exchange of words. As far as she knows Ichigo is older than her, but in the same time he was wearing a student uniform. She can't understand why the black haired man will claim that he is one.
"Tsh… Calm down, Ishida. She doesn't know that I'm a teacher. She had just transferred this College and it happened to meet on the way. It's no reason to make a scandal. You should know that I'm not interested in my students." His words managed to calm down Ishida, but in the same time to make Orihime's heart to ache a little bit. "Thank you very much for your present, Inoue. If you want to talk with me or something like this you should do it after the classes. I don't want to make a big fuss."
"I'm really sorry, Kurosaki-sensei." The beauty says lowering her head and running to the bathroom.
"Inoue, wait… Damn, she should be in athletic team." The orange haired man said wanting to follow her, but decided to not considering the circumstances and the fact that he had already lost her in the distance.
"Indeed. Tell me, Kurosaki, doesn't she seem familiar to you?" Ishida asks thinking about her look and about the name Ichigo used to call her.
"Yes, I was thinking about the same thing. Could she be… ?" The orange haired man didn't need to finish the question because Ishida already nodded to him.
"I think the resemblance it's too good to be a coincidence, but I need a little more information before I could pronounce myself." The bell rang after 2 minutes, marking the end of their thoughts.
The next period was unlucky for Orihime the Biology and she needed to face Ichigo in the first raw. The introductions weren't necessary because all the students know now that the two orange haired know each other.
The lesson began faster than she expected, her hand was taking instinctively the notes while she was peeking at the girls next to her. It seems like every girl had a crush on Mr. Kurosaki, even if he was interested in none of them.
"Guys, I understand that you are fascinated by Inoue's beauty, but don't forget that we are in class now." Orihime gasped in surprise hearing that and the other students did the same.
"Kurosaki-sensei called someone on surname." The class except of the beauty said in the same time.
"Tsh… I don't see what's the big deal with this. I'm the teacher here so I'm allowed to call everyone how I like." Ichigo tries to fight back, but he received even a shocked answer from another student.
"But you said that calling students on their given name it's a thing which strengthens the bond between students and teacher." The others nods making Orihime to giggle.
"I see no problem in the way Kurosaki-sensei calls me. It's really nice to see that all of you are so united. It makes me feel even proud that I'm your class mate." Her sweet words make the tensed atmosphere to calm down in a second, till Keigo started to speak.
"Orihime-chan is really a princess." He started to daydream till Chizuru hit him with her book.
"You are not allowed to dream about my princess, after all I'm gonna be the one to marry her." All the class started to laugh.
"I don't understand what is going on, but it's sure that the class it's more lively since you came, Inoue." The grin on his face combined with the soft look from his eyes make her to move her eyes from him.
Kurosaki Ichigo is a very dangerous, good looking man, so she should stay away of him as much as she can. The rest of the periods were safe so she was excited to see her new apartment.
"Orihime, Orihime, just hold on a second." Oma shouts trying hard to catch her.
"Oma, did something happen?" The beauty asked concerned about the health of her new friend, her face was very red and she was breathing hard.
"No, no, I was just wondering if you want to join the Karate's club. Knowing karate can help you dealing with people as dangerous as Keigo or Chizuru, but it seems that you are very good at running too. I had a hard time to catch you." Orihime starts to giggle.
"Keigo and Chizuro didn't seem so dangerous to me. I know nothing about karate so I think I would be a real burden for the team. I'm sorry."
"You don't need to be in the team to play karate, you can just be there at the lessons. We got a pretty strict teacher, but I think you can handle her. If you are interested come tomorrow after classes at the room 402. The name of our sensei is Arisawa Tatsuki. I need to go now, I hope to see you tomorrow there. Bye, bye." Oma left before to hear her answer. The beauty was walking slowly on the hallway to the gates thinking about the girl's offer.
It seems to be really fun to be a part of a team again, but she wasn't still fully recovered after her last one. She was forced to leave after she really started to like it.
"Inoue ?" Ichigo's voice resound from her face, it seems that she was at a small distance to bump into a pillar. "Are you fine ? It's not good to daydreaming while walking."
"Uh… I'm fine, totally fine." She moves her palms fast trying to deny, stealing another grin from the handsome man.
"If you are not very busy you can came to me to get my car and then I will drive you home." Her eyes started to shine for a moment, but soon the shine died.
"Thank you for your offer, but I think I can walk home alone. I cause you already so many problems."
"Tsh… If I would consider you a burden I wouldn't invite you in the first place, plus it's not safe to walk in the evening, alone, in a new town." Without to wait for an answer Ichigo took one of her palms in his and started to walk.
"Ku-Kurosaki-sensei, it's not good to be seen walking hand in hand." Orihime protests, the darkness helping her to hide the fact that she's blushing.
"We are not in College anymore so you can call me Ichigo, and I'm not letting go of your hand. You're pretty good at running and daydreaming so I don't want to lose you." His voice was calm, strong, like it was something ordinary for him and her to walk hand in hand, like they were a couple.
"Are you hungry ?" He suddenly asks when he stopped in front of a donuts shop. Orihime wanted to deny, but her stomach didn't ask her, making an audible sound. She hid her face, couldn't to believe that her stomach betrayed her. "Head up. The donuts will not be good if you let them to cool down." Ichigo said handing her a bag with strawberry donuts.
She thanked him, after what they resumed their walk while they were eating.
"Do you like the donuts?" He asks grinning seeing her that she had already finished her first donut with a single bite.
"Yes, the strawberry ones are my favorites. I was going at that shop always with my brother and his best friend, after they were done with their work. The flavor is as good as I can remember." Ichigo stopped in the next second looking deeply in her eyes.
"Could it be… Is it possible that the name of your brother is Sora?" Orihime's eyes grow bigger hearing his name.
"How do you know?" Her heartbeats became stronger and stronger.
"Because I was his best friend." The cold atmosphere became even colder. Orihime could sense a shiver down her back, she had never believe that she and Ichigo will meet again. All of sudden his arms caught her is a sweet embrace. "Welcome home, Inoue."
"I'm home." A few tears formed in the corners of her eyes.