The Death Trip
Orihime doesn't have her family anymore but she has many friends who are always there for her. As she goes to college, she gains more friends and for the first time fell in love. But… what if tragedy came and gets them from her? What will she do now?
Chapter 1- First Day of School
"Orihime!" Cried a girl from afar waving her hand. She goes into the crowd to get near but Orihime seems to be busy to notice her. She's with her classmates talking and crying to one another. Seeing it, the girl stop and just stand beside the wall waiting for Orihime. It was Orihime's graduation day in high school. In the coming school year she'll be entering college together with her best friend Tatsuki in the same college and program.
When she finished biding good bye to her classmates she left them and tries to look for Tatsuki. Tatsuki then saw her and walk towards the lonely Orihime. "It's so sad Tatsuki." She said starting to cry. "High school is over and now I'm going to miss them." She finished as she burst crying. Tatsuki gets her hanky from her pocket and wipes Orihime's tears.
"Don't be sad Orihime; you'll still be seeing them. Besides we'll be together from now on." Comforted Tatsuki while patting Orihime's back. They studied in different high schools since Orihime cannot afford to pay a private high school like Tatsuki. She's only a scholar in her high school and luckily, got a scholarship in a university.
Orihime smiles and stopped crying. Being separated from her friends and love ones are one of the things which she hated the most. She doesn't have her mother and father anymore while her brother is long dead. She cried hard after the graduation with Tatsuki trying to ease her loneliness. The two of them went straight to Orihime's house but Tatsuki volunteered to cook for her since she doesn't want to eat any of Orihime's wild foods.
"So… you got the scholarship?" Asked Tatsuki while chewing her food. Orihime can't answer her since her mouth is full. She drinks water from her glass.
"Yes! Now all I need to do is to study hard!" cried Orihime proud of her self. Tatsuki looks at her in amazement. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Why am I looking at you like that? You're asking me?" She sits beside the curious Orihime continuing to eat. "You're such an intelligent, smart girl. Many applied for that scholarship but they were turned down. Only the smartest gets the scholarship." She said embracing Orihime happily.
The two celebrated all night talking about their incoming life in college.
During the vacation, Orihime work as a cashier in a nearby store to have enough money for her college. She bought new things like bags, dresses, shoes since most of her stuffs are already old and cannot be use anymore.
"I hope everything will be alright tomorrow." She said to her self before going to bed.
The first day of college has come. She woke early and prepares for her first day. She cooked food for her lunch and put in it a lunch box. After she finished taking a bath. She picked her most beautiful dress and used it. She rides in a bus and went down in front of her new school. She looked at it happily and cross her fingers then went in.
The whole place is crowded with freshman students looking for their room like her. Because of the crowd she fell on the floor. "Aaahhh…" she cried trying to stand. She puts her hand on the floor but she saw a hand before her. She looked up and saw an orange hair young man looking down at her.
"Take my hand." He said. Orihime did what she was told to. She took his hand and he helps her in standing. Her beautiful dress is now dirty. The young man picked her things from the floor and gives it to her. "Are you alright?"
"I'm alright now, thank you." She said nervously. After it the young man left her. She looks at him while he was walking away. "He's so nice." She said to her self. Someone had held her from behind. She stopped and looked behind. It was Tatsuki.
"I was looking for you in our room but you weren't there so I went out and look for you and I'm right." Said Tatsuki. She and Orihime went to their room just in time after the bell. They were sitting at the back of the room waiting for their professor.
Orihime looks around and saw the orange hair young man who helped her just a few minutes ago. It's him. She thought looking at him. I didn't know we're classmates. What a great coincidence. She again thought smiling to her self. Their professor came. He's wearing a big round eyeglass and is very old. He's holding a thick book; he put it in his table while looking around.
"I see, many plan on becoming a biologist." He said in a loud and husky voice. He looked at the orange hair guy. "Stand up!" the orange hair guy stands just like what their professor told him. "What's your name?"
"Ichigo Kurosaki" he answered still standing. Orihime's looking at him with great interest..
"You can sit down now." He said with his hand signing him to sit down. He looked the other direction and saw a red hair guy. He points him. "You…" the red hair guy gulps. "Stand up and tell us your name."
He stands and answers. "Renji Abarai" then he signs him to sit down and he did. "What a stupid professor." He said to a girl beside him.
"I can see many plans on becoming a biologist." He said again. Many laughs quietly but he just ignores them. "This is a block section if some of you didn't know."
"What is a block section?" asked Renji to his seatmate loudly that the professor heard him and stare at him without his knowledge. He continues to ask his other classmates but his seatmate kicked his foot and he realized that their professor is looking at him. He stops asking and seat properly.
"The course I'll be teaching is Botany, I do hope many of you like plants because I hate those who hate plants!" shouted their professor. "Anyone who hate plants here? Just raise your hands." No one raise hand. After their first class. Everyone starts to know one another. Orihime kept silent in her seat.
"What's your name?" a girl asked. "I'm Rukia Kuchiki." she gets her hand and shakes hand with her. "Now we're friends." She said happily without letting Orihime answer.
"I'm Orihime Inoue, how do you do?" replied Orihime letting go of Rukia's hand.
"I'm fine!" she answered scratching her head.
Orihime look again at Ichigo's direction but he wasn't there. Rukia looked on the direction Orihime is looking.
"You're looking at that orange hair guy's direction."
Orihime becomes nervous when Rukia said it. "No!" she defended. "I was just you know curious about our classmates…" she laughs.
When lunch came, they were deciding on where to eat. "Where will you eat Rukia?" asked Renji.
"I'm eating with my friends so good bye and see you after lunch!" Rukia went to her newly met friends Orihime, Tatsuki and Mahana. They went to a restaurant in front of their school. Orihime ordered for food but put her prepared lunch to share it with everybody.
No one dared to taste her prepared lunch except for Rukia. When she ate it she feels like vomiting but continues to chew. "How does it taste?" asked Orihime excitedly. She gave an ok sign though she knows and Tatsuki that it's not.
After lunch they went back to their classroom. On their first day, they were already given assignments to be passed on their next meeting. Tatsuki decided to leave Orihime since she'll be signing as a member of the Aikido club. Orihime decided to go in the library to finish her assignment since it's still early.
She went to the science section of the library to look for books. She saw Ichigo reading a book while listening to music. Rukia came and punch him hard. She was surprised with the way Rukia acted towards him. She continues watching the two of them.
"Ouch!" cried Ichigo taking his earphones from his ears. "Why did you do that for?"
"Shhhh…. Be quiet or the librarian will get mad." Said Rukia sitting beside him. "Why didn't you tell me that you'll be going here?" she asked getting his book and looked at it. "You're such a dedicated student Ichigo."
"Give that back!" getting the book from her. Rukia suddenly looked on Orihime's direction and saw her. "We have a classmate here." Ichigo stopped on what he's doing and saw Orihime. "Orihime." she waves her hands to her telling her to come there.
"She? Our classmate?" Asked Ichigo surprised. "I didn't know that."
"You didn't pay attention again." Teased Rukia going to Orihime and pulled her to their table. "Orihime, what are you doing here?"
She smile and saw Ichigo's eyes on her. She becomes tense. "I…. I'm doing my assignments." Rukia offer her a sit and the two of them sit down. "How about you and Ichigo? I didn't know you were friends."
"Well we're not exactly friends." Said Rukia jokingly. Ichigo stare at her starting to be pissed. "We're schoolmates in high school and we took the same program in college. We're here to do assignments too. Ichigo doesn't know that you're our classmate." Hearing those words made Orihime feel disappointed that for all those time she's looking at him he doesn't even notice or recognize her.
Ichigo felt the disappointment within Orihime. "We met before the class begins right?" asked Ichigo trying to ease her disappointment. "Well I can see your dress isn't dirty anymore."
"You remember it?" asked Orihime happily putting her hands together. "I haven't thank you for what you've done. Thank you Ichigo for helping me earlier."
"It's alright." He answered seriously continuing what he was doing before Rukia came and ruined his study.
End of the Chapter
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