Title: Untitled
Summary: No summary. One-sided IchigoXOrihime, implied IchigoXRukia, Tatsuki and Orihime's friendship.
Words: 525
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, Kubo Taito(sp?) does. And if I did… BWUAHAAHAHAH.
… mmkay, and you didn't hear that part.

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Today was the day she had decided to ask him.

Orihime sighed. She was sitting at the top of a tall tower, her long hair flowing down to the ground.
"Kurosaki-kun!" she says, as he reaches the the window.
He smiles at her. "Orihime-chan.." he says, raking a hand through her hair. "I love you."
He moves in closer and closer until.. ---

The shrill bell shocked her out of her daydream. She sat there for a few seconds, utterly confused. But then she snapped back to reality.

As she watches the rest of her classmates leave in a hurry, she catches Ichigo before he leaves.

It was now or never.

"Kurosaki-kun," she says, pulling him aside. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

They both waited until the last people left. She saw Kuchiki-san mouth, "Hurry up, idiot." The orange-haired boy turned around and mouthed something back, but Orihime couldn't tell what.

Then, the raven-haired girl takes her leave.

He turns back to face her.

"Hey Inoue," he says casually. "What is it?"

She takes a deep breath.

"I wanted to tell you.." she says, hesitating for a moment. Orihime looks down at her feet.

"I love you, Kurosaki-kun."

There was a long pause. She shut her eyes tightly.

"I love you, too."

Her eyes shot open, almost watering. Am I dreaming?
She looks up, almost hopefully. But his eyes seem confused.

She shakes violently. The girl almost wants to ask, is it Kuchiki-san?
But deep down, she already knows the answer.

The orange-haired girl chokes out a cry, fleeing from him. Why?

She runs blindly down the hallway, trying to hide the tears.

But then, she feels herself collide with someone else, and they both tumble to the ground.

Orihime opens her tearful eyes. It's Kuchiki-san.

"Inoue-san?" she says. "Are you alright?"

She shakes her head, and she stands up quickly.

"I'm sorry," she manages to squeeze out, before scrambling out the school doors.

Orihime runs until she finally collapses, next to a large tree. She moves behind it, sluggishly, and leans on it. She felt like all of her energy from earlier had been all drained away.

Suddenly, she hears a slapping sound that rang through the air.

She looks over her shoulder. There they were.

It looks like Kuchiki-san is scolding Kurosaki-kun. And then he shouts something back. She watches as Kurosaki-kun picks the shinigami up swiftly. And before she can look away, she sees him kiss her.

Orihime feels warm tears tickling her face, and then a stinging shock in her heart. She grips the front of her shirt. It hurts so much..

"Orihime!"

She quickly wipes her tears away. "Tatsuki-chan!"

The girl stops and looks straight at her, concerned. "What's wrong?"

The orange-headed girl gives her a small smile. "I..I just got a bad mark in that math test today."

Tatsuki doesn't buy it, and hugs her tightly. "It was Ichigo, wasn't it?"

She knows.

"N-No!" Orihime shakes her head, "nothing like that.."

Tatsuki-chan sighs. "Orihime."
The orange-haired girl stops, and looked down.

"Anyways," she says, "want to come over today?"

Orihime smiles gratefully.

Thank you, Tatsuki-chan.

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Thanks for reading, please review. I'd love a little constructive critism, but don't be to harsh ;-;
Also, I'd love it if someone could help me think of a title for this fanfic ;; I really couldn't think of one..

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