Hey! I usually don't write IchiHime fics but this was a present for a really sweet friend. Anways, I really hope that I didn't totally destroy the characterization of the couple. I'm used to writing Ichigo but I've always writen IchiRuki fics before. I hope you guys enjoy this fic! Sorry about the short lenght!
Dedicated to Tia-chan
You are the sweetest friend ever!!!
Disclaimer: In no way, form, or shape do I own Bleach. All ownership rights go to Kubo Tite.
My favorite season is summer! Not only do I not have school, it's also the time that I get to sit outside and just relax. No school to worry about, no homework, only me and relaxation. Though there is one downside to summer vacation though. Between waking up and eating, there's really not much to do. Everyone just seemed so busy. Even Tatsuki is busy with her karate competitions. Of course I'll cheer her on and hope that she wins, but I'm left alone for the whole summer. With not much to do, I spent a lot of time outside, just wandering aimlessly and such. There's a lot of interesting things in the park during the summer. There are a lot of cute little animals. I suppose it was fun, in its own way, those little strolls of mine.
Aside from being fun, it made me feel really bubbly inside, those walks. Though everyone complained that the sun burned their skins, I never did see why. Whenever I was outside, the sun always felt warm and soft. Like it was gently touching my skin or like I was in a warm bright bubble! It felt nice…like nothing bad could happen to me. There was also another side to taking those walks in the park. It gave me a lot of time to think. I thought about a lot of stuff in those walks. I thought about my brother, my friends, myself, and sometimes I thought about Kurosaki-kun.
Sometime during one of my walks I realized that Kurosaki-kun is like the sun. Well not literally since he's not a big ball of burning gas, of course. But whenever I'm around him I feel like the way I do when I'm in the sun's warm rays. It feels warm, but at the same time not. If I touched my skin, I'm sure it would be cold, but at the same time it feels so magically warm whenever I'm around him. There's also a sense of safety in that warm feeling. In a sense, it felt like warm arms were wrapped around me, though I know that in reality that wasn't true. But it felt like it to me, warm protecting arms. Around Kurosaki-kun, I felt safe, warm and safe. I liked that feeling and sometimes I think it's my favorite feeling in the world.
There's also another way that Kurosaki-kun is like the sun. The sun is very far away, but its light still reaches me. Yet while it's so far away I can feel it's warmth as if it was right next to me. Kurosaki-kun is like that too. Well he's not as far away as the sun because that would be rather weird, but he feels so close yet so far away at the same time. Sometimes I wonder what'll happen if I stretch my fingers and attempt to reach him. Then I stop and think about that feeling, that warm bubble of safety. I like that feeling. Maybe a lot more than I should and for right now, that's all I need. This feeling, this warm bubble of safety…
I know that I totally had the symbolism wrong, ship wise. I'm not entirely sure (feel free to correct me) but I think that Orihime is supposed to be the White Sun and Ichigo is the Black Moon. But I had this little story stuck in my head and I couldn't resist writing it down. I really really hope that I didn't butcher up the pairing. I'm not used to writing this couple.
Please comment and tell me what you think! ^^