It's hard to say I love you

Summary: It's a small world, almost everyone is connected one way or another. A series of moments revolving everyone which depicts their thoughts, the secrets they hide from one another, the secrets they reveal, the secrets they didn't know they have and revelation of feelings.

Author's Note: All right, so this fic is inspired by the J-drama "It's Hard To Say I Love You" (Sunao Ni Narenakute), hence the title but that is all I'm taking from the drama. For those who are familiar with the drama, I'm really intrigued with the way everyone is connected with each other yet there are some secrets that some knew from each other that they don't want others to know yet they still reveal them in such a way (I really don't know how to describe it but, you get it, right?). Also, Haruhi and Nakaji are the main rotator that caused the chain of events to happen around them (to me anyway) and guess which two characters will do the same in this fic? Haha, it'll be pretty obvious. Anyway, I want to capture that 'connected' concept of the drama, without the whole Twitter thing of course. And those of you who haven't heard of the drama, you should really check it out. Pretty realistic and deals with recent real life problems (plus fellow K-pop fans, there's Jaejoong in it!)

Oh and this is my first chaptered fic :)

Disclaimer: The title and plot is inspired from Sunao Ni Narenakute but nothing here is a copy of the drama. Kubo Tite owns Bleach and all of the characters. I'm only a fic-writer and owns nothing. Apart from this story.


...It's difficult when you're not the one, a near impossibility...

Orihime Inoue felt like flying. She's ecstatic. She chatted animatedly as she kept the same pace as the orange-haired boy walking next to her. They were coincidentally the last people to leave the school premises that afternoon and automatically chose to walk home together (Inoue silently thanked her lucky stars for that).

Kurosaki Ichigo listened to the bubbly girl talking energetically. His replies to their conversation was short and concise but he tried to make an effort to keep any conversation alive. After all the teenage girl seemed rather happy. Then again, Inoue is famous for being a cheerful person at most situations.

"Ano...Kurosaki-kun..," Inoue called softly looking at the ground, "I..."
She turned to her side, hoping to catch the attention of the boy only to find said Kurosaki-kun absent. "Eh...?"

Inoue turned around and spotted Ichigo standing stationary by a shop display. She noticed he was looking, no, gazing intently at it. The curious mind of Orihime Inoue churned and she quickly headed to where the carrot-top stood. She gasped.

At the shop display, two snow-white bunnies perched in front of a miniature hut were snuggling against one another as they gnawed on the same piece of carrot (Inoue mused on how the hair colour of the boy next to her is the same exact shade).

I didn't know Kurosaki-kun liked bunnies...

She stole a look at Ichigo. He had a solemn expression on his face as he stared at the two rodents. Inoue's eyes widens briefly but then reverted to an expression that is slightly darker than her previous knows.

Of course...

"Kuchiki-san...really loves rabbits doesn't she," Inoue muttered as she returned to look at the rabbits. This earned a brief shocked expression from the orange-haired boy at her. Inoue expected it. She was so sure.

"Yeah..." Ichigo replied, smiling slightly, "Chappy this, Chappy that, her bunny sketches. That girl could make a fortune for everytime she drives me crazy from rabbits," Ichigo laughed softly, brushing off the fact that his grip on his bookbag tightened exponentially.

As for Inoue, she stifled a laugh, but finds it more and more difficult to hold a cheerful demeanor, "She'll be back, she always comes back," she said encouragingly.

For all of us. For you.

"Yeah..." Ichigo responded, "but if she wants to be there and I know that she's safe and happy," the boy turned back at the rabbits, "...then who am I to stop her?"

Inoue closed her eyes, forcing herself to push back the dampness surfacing from her eyes. She doesn't know whether this relatively real pain in her chest is from her heart or the knowledge of the bond between the boy next to her and her petite shinigami friend. It overwhelmed her.

"She'll be back," Inoue repeated quietly. Ichigo nodded. Unknown to Inoue, he had been playing the same phrase in his mind for a while already.

Since three months ago to be exact.


Okay, so the first chapters deals with Inoue and Ichigo. Each chapter will have different characters with different revelations. Also the chapter names are in Italian. Don't ask why but I'll give you a hint if you're curious, I've been reading Eat, Love and Pray lately.