You got me painted
"So what do you think?, Orihime" said Tatsuki while eating the honey bread that she saved from Orihime's original idea of putting it sweet red bean.
"I think that's a great Idea, we are going to have so much fun. It's been so long since we had a shopping day off. We can stop at the videogames store, buy new boots for these rainy days and we could even go to the book store and get Don Kanoji's new book "How I saved Karakura town from a butterfly monster". The red hair girl giggled while imagining the stories that Don Kanoji would tell about his heroic abilities.
"Oh no, not him", Tatsuki felt a tear drop falling from her head. "Well if it pleases you that is what we will do". She finally said recollecting a smile. The bell rang announcing that it was time to get to classes, so they took their obento boxes and hurried to the class room.
The day passed really fast during periods but she knew that today she would not come back early home. Today was sewing club day so she went to her locker and picked her sewing stuff and while she was there she heard Asano-san screaming as usual to Kurosaki-kun.
"Let's go to the comic store". "No" said Ichigo without a reason. The guy began to cry after Ichigo's sudden refusal. "But you promised today we could do a friendship bonding activity, tell him Mizuhiro". "I do remember you calling this day for that propose, but none of us comply to do it, besides today I have a date arranged already". Tear drops kept falling from Keigo's eyes, but he didn't gave up. "So still we can hang out together right, Ichigo, Sado?" After Keigo insisting talking, Ichigo told him that today was impossible because he already had something to do that couldn't be left for later and hurried his step.
"Something impossible to be do it later?" Orihime worried a little and tried to feel if there was any Hollow riatsu near, but after finding a negative she started to feel curious about Kurosaki-kun's errand. Sadly it was too late to follow them and club session was about to start.
"Hi everyone, sorry for the delay", said Orihime after entering to the room. Uryu said not to worry that they were about to start. "Today we are going to make a stuffed cat" said Ishida not so much happy about it. He preferred to create things useful for living, but as every week one of the participants had the opportunity to decide what was going to be made, so there was not other option. "Please let the imagination flow and maybe we could get something better from it".
Orihime really spaced out during the club time, even though she finished her craft and presented to everyone, Ishida couldn't avoid noticing she wasn't herself today. "Inoue-san, Is everything alright?" He said with a concern voice. Oh! I'm fine I was just thinking about what to prepare for tonight's dinner, maybe a cucumbers and mayo sandwich will do all right with strawberry lemonade. Orihime was a little bit embarrass and clueless about his question, she didn't know she was been stared by Ishida-kun.
"Is it truly like that? You don't seem to be just distracted, I would say are not acting like you usually do". "Really?" said Orihime with an increasing question mark in her face. "Well, today's craft making goal was to make a cat and I'm not saying that yours isn't really well made, but it's only a simple black cat" stated Ishida raising an eyebrow. "I don't understand what you mean Ishida-san?" said the girl nervously smiling.
Uryu saw that his efforts to show his deductions were not been understood so he began again. "I remember the first day you joined the sewing club, we were both new and our sempais decided that it would be a good start if we would make a needle case. They gave us the same materials but little instruction because they didn't want to ruin our own creativity. I create a tomato like needle case, but your idea got everyone's attention because you made, in you words, –A super computer of the future dedicated to analyze the best position to keep the needles – Now, Do you understand what I am saying?"
Orihime got the idea and her nervousness couldn't be hold any longer, so as a despaired resource for not been suspect se handed a bottle of fabric paint and said. "Oh! Thaaat!.. It is because I wanted to mark it with different colors so it could be my own monster cat protector!". She waved so much her hands while saying this that the bottle that was not properly closed spilled a couple of drops just below the kitty's eyes that began to flow down to the cat's face. Ishida's glasses almost fell at seen what just happened, but Orihime trying to pull it off continued. "Yes, that is exactly as I wanted, don't you think it looks like it will scare everyone away?". Said with a full smile that he couldn't reject and because he didn't wanted to cause her any more trouble he simply said. "You know you can count on me in anything you need as a friend, as a classmate, as a craft maker" and whispering lowly but prideful he added "and as a Quincy". He got up and went away to let her finish keep away her sewing stuff. "Thanks Ishida", she smiled gratefully.
When she got back home she still was spacing out, she keep asking her what would Kurosaki-kun will be hiding form Asano-san, she worried maybe there was something going on in Soul Society or may be there were some new enemies she didn't know or he had a secret life as a detective with charisma an a long legged woman asking for help will gain his heart. She shook her head from the last idea, had leftovers for dinner and went to bed. Before daydreaming again she took out of her school bag the cat she maid in class, she gave it glance, the drops in the cat's face were now like thin tears falling from the eyes. She didn't notice before but that cat was like the one she dreamed when she was in Hueco Mundo. The whole idea let the girl totally blush, turn off the lights and throw the bedcover over her head so she wouldn't recall the scene of hugging Ulquiorra like the cat in her dreams.
This chapter has a reference to a favorite doujinshi of mine it is called "Orihime-sanchi's cat" by do-grit. I hope you have liked the story so far :)