Title: He Knew

Pairing: Uryu x Orihime

Anime: Bleach

Rating: K

Hey ya'll!!! This came at me in the middle of the night and I didn't want to lose it. So, being me, I decided to write it down. I looked over it for a second and I said to myself, "Hey, it's pretty good!" O gawd, stop reading my rambling, READ!

Disclaimer: Do NOT own Bleach. Tite Kubo does. (Lucky bastard) Ahem. Some lines may be from Volume 18. Just so ya know so I don't get accused of plagiarism.

He knew.

He didn't know when though. It could've been when he first met her at the first sewing club meeting. She greeted him with so much kindness and warmth; he couldn't help but look away, push his glasses up in front of his eyes and blush saying, "It's nice to meet you too."

Or it could've been those numerous times in class when his eyes in class when his eyes would suddenly drift over to her seat and watch her work. Concentrate. Talk to Tatsuki. And smile.

Or it could've been when he started to train to go to Soul Society. Seven days and seven nights with the one image of her in his head, pushing him, urging him, and telling him, "You can do it!"

Or it could've been when they ended up together for most of the trip to Soul Society, when he finally figured out that she wasn't cut out for fighting. She couldn't stand to see someone get hurt, even if that person was an enemy. He didn't want to see her like that.

But when her heard that she had been kidnapped, he swore that this time, he would be the hero. Not Kurosaki, him. He wasn't going to let Ichigo take this one, he didn't want to. He would become stronger, faster, more cunning, just to see her smiling face again.

He, Ishida Uryu, would save Inoue Orihime from Huenco Mundo and the clutches of Aizen Sosuke.

"Orihime, my love," Uryu whispered while running alongside his comrades, "I'm coming for you!"