Thank you to those of you who reviewed! You made my day, seriously! This prompt was also given by Thail.

Disclaimer: I'm just a post graduate student getting by. Not Kubo Tite. I don't own these characters.

Prompt: Flower

There was the usual flurry of morning greetings as students slowly milled into the classroom. Greetings were exchanged, notebooks changed hands as homework was quickly copied, loud laughter occasionally over powered the soft chattering. Yet today the males of the class were more boisterous than normal because it was Valentines Day. Excitement and nervousness was in the air as the guys walked around hoping to get some chocolates from the girls they liked as the girls silently gathered their courage to confess.

Some girls flocked together as they giggled and wished each other luck. Other girls nervously checked their bags to check for the umpteenth time if they still had the chocolate in their bag. Some males kept playing with their hair, hoping to look their best in front of the girls. Other guys bragged to their friends that they would get more chocolates from the rest.

And some guys stood around a table and stared.

Other students looked over at them before questioningly turning their gaze to their friend in askance, who in turn would shrug and move on in his task. A few brave (read: terribly curious) males wandered over to them to greet one of them but they merely got a half-hearted or no response from the males. Confused as to why the four guys were staring down a bunch of flowers, the curious inquirer was forced to leave with more questions than answers.

Keigo was the first to speak up, "I'm not hallucinating am I?"

"Depends on what you're seeing really." Mizuiro replied dryly.

Keigo pointed dramatically at the innocent posies and yelled at his friend, "Do you take me for an idiot?! Clearly someone left these flowers for Ichigo as a Valentines gift rather than chocolate! It's as apparent as the fact that the sky is blue!"

Ishida pushed his glasses up to the bridge of his nose, "For once I agree with Asano-san. Clearly this is a romantic gesture on part of some love struck girl."

"How can Ichigo catch some girl's eye when all he does is scowl?!" Keigo cried out but was clearly ignored as Chad spoke up in his low baritone voice, "Six of them."

Mizuiro glanced up at the gentle giant, "You think thats important?"

A slow nod from the tall boy had the group falling into contemplative silence once more. That is, if you ignored Keigo ranting away at the injustice of it all that Ichigo managed to get a girl to like him whereas he, Keigo, was the better choice because ladies clearly prefer men who made them laugh.

Ishida shifted his gaze to Inoue. She was standing next to Tatsuki's seat as she cheerfully chattered on in her usual manner. I wonder if Inoue-san has seen these flowers. I'd hate to find out that the person I like was liked by someone else who has taken the initiative before I have…

He sighed and crossed his arms. "There was no note with the flowers?"

Mizuiro shook his head as he flipped his mobile open. "No love letter, no note. Just the flowers placed as you see them. "

Keigo chose this time to state a very relevant question, "What's the point of leaving just flowers without any note? Wouldn't that mean that Ichigo knows her?"

"What the hell are you guys doing?"

One of the four jumped around with a loud (and very unmanly) squeak, another one nearly dropped his mobile phone and the other two did not let their shock and surprise show on their faces as they turned towards the scowling student.

"Good morning to you too Kurosaki."

"Yeah, yeah. I repeat, what the hell are you guys doing?"

Chad pointed at the innocent flowers silently.

Ichigo stared at the flowers while his friends tried to gauge his expressions.

A moment of silence hung over the group. And then…

Keigo's jaw dropped before he ran shrieking out the door screaming that the end of the world was upon them all.

Mizuiro's phone dropped to the ground with a loud, solid crack.

Chad's both eyebrows shot up. Not that anyone noticed that given his hair style.

Ishida's glasses slipped down his nose and he forgot to push them back up.

Ichigo didn't notice his friend's odd reactions as he bent down slightly to pick up the six daisies on his table with a soft smile. His fingers rubbing the satiny turquoise ribbon between his fingers before he gently placed the posies into his bag.

Ishida wondered briefly if someone has slipped some hallucinogens into his breakfast because Ichigo had never ever made that face before. He barely managed to ask, "Were those from someone we know?"

Ichigo gave him a slightly bemused look, which Ishida swore held a degree of cheekiness to it "What are you talking about? You couldn't figure it out on your own?"

Before Ishida could make any comments, the sensei had entered into class and was yelling at everyone to take their seats. He quickly returned to his seat but not before sneaking another glance at the boy as he continued to toy with the ribbon holding the flowers together. Honestly, what was going on? Who could it possibly be?

If there was one thing in life that Ishida did not like, it was being in the dark. As the sensei droned on about quadratic equations and limits, Ishida's brain worked frantically trying to deduce who had given Ichigo the flowers. As he ran over the short list of potentials, his gaze drifted over to Inoue. For a brief second he wondered why her face has a distinct pink tone to it. Maybe she's feeling feverish?

She titled her head slightly, resting her cheek on her hand as she listened attentively to the teacher. Ishida blinked as her hairpins twinkled at him. He turned to his side to glance back at Ichigo's bag. The ribbon is the same color as her hairpins. And they're daisies as well. It couldn't be…could it?

Yer damn straight it could be Ishida! The minute Thail gave me this prompt I knew I wanted to do this. Except I thought it would be smaller and just dialogue but it ran away from me. Or to be more appropriate, when I was running after my muse, it changed along the way.

Major thanks to Kamen Rider Vega for the next prompt. Its making me scratch my head and go "hmmmm!" in thought!

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