In honor of Hana-kun's birthday, I have written a deliciously fluffy prelude to a one-shot! Yes, it is not April 1st yet, and yes, this is IchigoxHanatarou…so if you don't like shonen-ai, then don't read!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Bleach.
Only Fools Fall in Love with Fools
Prologue
Yamada Hanatarou was born on the first of April, and every year he was made a fool of. The shinigami would play ruthless tricks on him and most of the time he wished he could just stay locked away safely inside his room until the day ended. Most of the time he wished that the others would just be nice for once and celebrate his birthday as genuine friends would. Sometimes he wished no one knew his birthday at all and that he could continue on with his life being invisible.
And then there was the matter of love. Hanatarou had fallen for his friend Kurosaki Ichigo. The orange-haired teen was forever dancing around in the back of Hana's mind. He often became so preoccupied with thoughts of the honorary Shinigami that he would make mistakes during his jobs, resulting in him being lectured by the 4th Division's Third Seat. On Hana's birthdays ever since meeting Ichigo, he found himself adding a new wish to his list: for Kurosaki Ichigo to fall in love with him too and for them to be together.
But Hana's wishes never came true. He knew that only fools fall in love with those above their caliber…and that no one could ever fall in love with a fool like him.
Kurosaki Ichigo was tired of his life being full of chaos. There were moments of peace every now and then and he allowed himself to temporarily believe that the calm would stay. Alas, this was a foolish thing to hope for. He was always pulled back into affairs with the Spirit World. Of course there was an upside to being connected to Seretei and the group of Shinigami he had befriended there.
If Ichigo hadn't become a part-time Shinigami, he wouldn't have met Yamada Hanatarou. The small, black-blue haired healer had quickly gone from a hostage to a friend and most recently…to the holder of his heart. He dreamed of Hana constantly and longed to be with him, but he knew that there would always be several obstacles in their way. The main one was the fact that Hanatarou was a Shinigami while Ichigo was still alive and in the Human Realm. He wished that Hana felt the same way, because he would ignore all of the obstacles just to be with him.
It wasn't until Hanatarou's birthday that the star-crossed lovers could discover their shared feelings and act on them. Thanks to a little help from their meddlesome friends, they ended up locked in a bathhouse…alone…and their clothes had mysteriously disappeared…
Bwahahaha those naughty friends! Wonder what's going to happen next? To be continued! Please review!