Disclaimer: I don't own bleach, but I do 'borrow' the characters for my own perverted ritual sacrifices. (I don't, but I was just trying to see if anyone actually reads the disclaimer?)

a/n For some reason, I've gotten into a rut of Bleach fanfics. (Again.) I'm currently considering doing request pieces...though if I haven't heard of it, (which is highly unlikely, I have no life, so have nothing better to do than read manga.) I probably won't do it...Or at least, it'll take a while. Another TatsuHime poem, not really related to "Too Busy For Stars." --I guess it could be, though...--

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She turns away,

leaving.

I look at a

charm

I have hanging around my

neck.

I lift it, the smooth purple

butterfly

gleaming in the

light.

I think of where I got

it.

When I met my friends for the

fair.

All, and everyone but HER.

She was with

Him.

Again.

When she comes to me, asking for

advice,

I give it to her with the full intention of giving her

real advice.

And I do.

But my mind says I

shouldn't.

But my heart says I

Must.

She should be happy...

At the very least,

she should find someone she LIKES

who will care for her,

let her care for them.

I return from reminiscing.

My mind and heart stay lost,

but my eyes follow her.

My eyes see the beautiful,

pale girl standing before me,

but my mind is lost in the past.

The fair.

Why does that sadden me?

Why

Does

That

Remind Me

Of HER?

Oh...

Because

It's something I didn't

get to

share with HER,

another thing I never got to

DO with



her.

It, along with

many things.

Like now, for

instance.

There are so many things I

never

shared with her.

But I'm

afraid

It will be too weird for

her.

All of a

sudden,

out of the

blue,

I tell her the

truth

I've been



hiding

for so

long?

I can't do

it.

No matter how hard I

try,

I'll never be able to tell

Orihime

the truth. That I have been in love with

her,

for half the time I've known her.

Meaning, for about two

years now.

And she STILL

doesn't know.

And I don't think I'll

let her.



She can come to me,

She can ask ME, if she ever wants to

know.

And I hope she does.

What's worst, is she stands right in front of me, calling

my name.

"Tatsuki-chan! Tatsuki-chan!"

But never answers when I call for her,

searching,

needing her.

Needing her touch,

her love,

her warmth,

at this point, needing ANYTHING!

But most of all,

I need her to

see.

See what I do, that she's been missing for so

long.

See why I call for her.



See why I need her help.

See why I love her.

Heh.

even I

can't handle that last bit.

That's a question,

that doesn't have an answer.