For months, he'd been pining over her. He didn't really know how long to be exact, but he felt it had been months. No other girl interested him. None of the rumours about him and Rukia being together ever phased him.
They were just that. Rumours.
He didn't care what other people thought. All that mattered to him was finding the courage to ask her out.
Inoue Orihime.
He wasn't sure when he began to develop a crush on her. Perhaps it was after coming back from soul society to retrieve Rukia. Or perhaps after the whole Hueco Mundo incident. But if there was one thing that Ichigo knew...
It was he couldn't live without her.
He didn't know if the feeling was what people called "love". But it bothered him when she wasn't at school. When she was sad, he could feel a stabbing feeling in his heart. For he never wanted to see her that way. And yet, when she was that way, he didn't know how to help her. He told himself that just being friends with her was enough. That he could handle her have a boyfriend and he could handle the time she decided to settle down with another man.
But he was just fooling himself.
Every time he saw a boy from their grade go up to her for any reason, he would feel intense anger. Even when he heard rumours of other guys liking her or asking her out, he would want to find out who just to knock them out.
He hated every guy that dared to approach her. But then he would hate himself for being that way.
It's not like he wanted her to be sad. He always wanted what was best for her. Even if it meant beating up every person that came within five meters of her. He was acting like a jealous boyfriend. Or that's what Tatsuki had said anyway.
He never paid attention to what she said. He didn't care what any of his friends had to say.
For the only person he cared to pay any attention to was Orihime.
He only hoped she wasn't getting annoyed with his constant attention. He wasn't even sure if she noticed. If she did, she never showed any indication of stopping it. He had started walking her home everyday, and be at her front door early in the morning.
He always enjoyed those times. For all of Orihime's attention was on him, and though he'd never admit it to anyone else, he loved hearing her talk about anything and everything. It was a routine to him.
One he enjoyed very much.
And that's why, Ichigo had finally decided on this very day.
He was going to ask Inoue Orihime out.
Hey everyone! This is my new IH story! I think it'll only be 3 chapters. It's not very long. But I will try to make the chapters longer! This is more of a prologue to what will happen :)
Please tell me what you think! And if you want, let me know what you want to see ! I appreciate the feedback!
~Tia-chan