Soo I'd thought I'd start on these drabbles for the super awesome Hali challenge of 2010. 'Last Train Home' will be updated today barring all craziness, but here's a drabble I've been thinking about for awhile. More to come.. :)

prompt: boy.

subject: Orihime wonders how it would be like to be a boy.

disclaimer: ....done.

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Orihime walked across the courtyard of the school, her small feet shuffling across the gravel. She didn't have much of an idea of where she was going; school has just ended and her legs seemed to know more about her destination than she did. Her gray eyes observing the activity around her, a thought streaked across her mind:

I wonder what it's like to be a boy.

So random was the thought that it caused her to giggle a bit, but when she actually gave it some serious thought, all hints of humor vanished. What would it like to be a guy?

It's gotta be alot different than being a girl..they don't have to fix their hair much, they don't have to do their nails..Her steps ceased, and she leaned against a wall, ticking off the things that boys didn't have to do and could do.

Hmm..they can burp when they want and everyone just laughs..they can get dirty, they can play rough sports...she looked down at her fingers: five things already. Boy, did guys have it easy..

Picking up her stride again, she looked at her classmates, particularly Keigo and Mizuiro, hitting each other, slamming one another onto the patches of grass, and knew if she ever tried to do such a thing, she would get bruised faster than a bad strawberry. For a moment, she wished she could be like that.

But then..

Well, it's not so horrible to be a girl..I think burping is super gross, I can be tough as well, I'm really good at soccer, I like doing my nails, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to be dirty..She looked at her fingers..five. A small smile graced her features. Maybe not being a boy wasn't too bad after all.

Orihime started to walk around the courtyard, her legs seeming to know more about her destination than she did. Her gray eyes observing...

Until they rested on the 6th reason why she was glad to never be a boy. An orange haired, scowling, absolutely adorable reason.

Because if she were a boy, she could never be with her Kurosaki-kun.

Smiling, she walked up to him and kissed his lips, silently thanking the big bean paste goddess in the sky that she was a girl.

Unless Kurosaki-kun likes that sort of thing..nah!!

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