Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Bleach. Also, by reading this, you are taking the risk that it won't go how you want or expect.

She shouldn't have gone to that party. She shouldn't have taken that dare.

But now, it was too late.

She was in love with Kurosaki Ichigo.

It had all started out innocently enough. Just a few friends, hanging out. It wasn't even a real party.

Then someone had started that game of truth or dare.

"Hey, Orihime!" Tatsuki had shouted. "Truth or dare?"

Tired of always being the timid one, Orihime had decided to go for something out of character. "Dare!" she yelled back.

"Okay, then. I dare you to stare Ichigo in the eyes for five minutes."

It sounded innocent enough...until you knew that earlier, Tatsuki and Orihime had been discussing the latest topic of debate among their high school's female population. Apparently, someone had found a website which claimed that staring into a person's eyes for five minutes straight would cause you to fall in love with them. Orihime wasn't sure whether or not she believe it, but the dare was so seemingly innocent that she couldn't have backed out. Not if she wanted her friends to stop teasing her for being a coward.

So she did it.

"Stupid!" Orihime cursed herself inside her head. "Why did you take that stupid dare? Being a coward isn't so bad! And it probably only worked for you. Now what are you going to do?"

Orihime got off her bed and started pacing, an action that usually calmed her down. Today, however, she had no luck, so she grabbed her bag and headed for the door.

As she walked through the park, Orihime continued to scold herself internally. "Baka! Now you can never talk to him again!"

Unfortunately, at that moment, Orihime happened to trip and fall into the back of a very familiar fellow carrot-top.

"AHHHH!" She shouted. Today was just not her day. First, she discovered her more-than-a-crush on Ichigo; now, she had fallen on top of him trying to forget him. Jumping off a bridge was beginning to sound like a good idea.

"Oh, hey there, Inoue-san," Ichigo blushed. Life was getting more and more awkward all the time.

A/N: Yea, yea. It's a short first chapter. But I'm just testing out the interest level, because I'm not entirely sure what possessed me to write this, or if it will go over well. So please comment, because I'm really not sure if I'll write more to this or not.