Title: Strained Trust

Pairings: You/Ichigo...eventually.

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach!

Summary: You and Ichigo have been best friends for years. How do you deal with all of this Hollow stuff as it happens? And what's with these strange stomach aches that you've started having a year after becoming friends with Ichigo? My first story that I'm willing to let other people read.

Warnings: Some swearing, and some violence in later chapters.

And yea...I didn't notice how short these chapters really were when i split them up. Sorry XD

Chapter 2

"Come on, we're going to be late." Ichigo grabs your arm and pulls you into the school.

"We have plenty of time!" You complain, "Can't we wait a few minutes before the soul sucking begins??"

"No." He continues to drag you to the classroom. You enter after him, yawning.

"(drawn out name)!!" You blink and stare as Keigo runs toward you, arms outstretched to glomp you. You side-step and hold out your foot, watching in amusement as he does a face plant into the floor. He jumps up and turns to Ichigo with tears falling from his eyes in streams. "Ichigooo-o!! (na)--," He's cut off as Ichigo's foot slams into his face.

"Idiot." Keigo jumps up and tries again.

"Ichigoo-o! How cou—," And he was cut off as Ichigo face-stomped him again. This time he just lays there, tears still streaming from his eyes.

"You know, I actually feel kind of sorry for him." You tell Mizuiro as he comes up to stand beside you.

"He'll get over it. See?" Keigo was now off of the ground and talking animatedly to Ichigo about…something. You couldn't make out what he was saying.

 "Hello (name)-san! Good morning!" You turn around to see Orihime and Tatsuki coming up to you.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Tatsuki smirks at you.

"Did you finish the math homework?" You stick your tongue out at her.

"Yes, I did! Pages 250 – 252!" You say proudly. You feel something hit the top of your head and stay there.

"Idiot. It was pages 260 and 262." Ichigo states. You slap his school bag away from your head.

"No way! Don't tell me I did all of that work for nothing!" You rush over to where the teacher was sorting papers at his desk, finding out that Ichigo was right. You groan and make your way back over to your friends.

"Well?" Ichigo asks with a smug grin on his face.

"Shut up." You drop your head onto Orihime's shoulder. She pats your head.

"Don't worry, you can just do it tonight and hand it in tomorrow! Now lets get to our seats, class is about to start."

"Is not," You mumble into her shoulder. The first bell hasn't even rung yet! The school bell rang.

"That was the second bell." Ichigo tells you as he pushes you toward you seat, which was right in front of his.

"Eh? Wait! What happened to the first one?!"

"It rang while you were freaking out over your math homework." You sit down and drop your head onto the desk with a groan. School had just barely started and your head already hurt.