~Day after day she went into the theater and sat for an hour straight. She did nothing except sit there. Ichigo decided to go talk to her. ~

"Hey." She looked up at him. "I-uh, I see you here everyday when I walk by. Not to be rude or anything, but are you looking for someone?"

"Yes, but I don't know who."

"What?"

"I-I just get this feeling. Ya know? Like a, uh- what's it called? Oh, a déja vu. It seems as if I've been here and met him before, like I'm supposed to be here."

"Him?"

"Yeah. I get this feeling that it's going to happen soon. I see these things in my dreams. They are the clock, the drink, and... and you. I had never seen you before, but I remember you now. You were there when he came."

"W-what's your name?"

"Hmm? Oh, sorry. How rude of me. My name is Seine, but you can call me Sei."

"Ok, Sei. I'm Ichigo."

Sei looked at the clock. "Well, it was nice meeting you, Ichi-san, but today isn't the day I'm to meet him. Goodbye." She got up from where she was sitting, threw away the drink he just noticed, and walked away.

"Odd," he mumbled to himself. "Real odd." Then Ichigo left too.

Ichigo returned the next day at the same time and saw her again. "Hey, Sei-chan, is he here today?" She smiled at him and shook her head.

"Hmm. Too bad, I'd like to know who he is." Waving bye, Ichigo left.

~The meetings went on everyday for three months. Most days he went in to say hi. This took his mind away from all his worries. No Rukia, hollows, or training. Just Sei and her mystery man. He'd sit with her for an hour before she left. It stopped for three days after he told her something stupid.~

"Why do you do it?" She cocked her head at him. It was normal for him to do most of the talking; she showed she was listening by little movements like cocking her head. "Wait for him, I mean. You've been waiting what, three or four months? I know I've been here three months."

"Five and a half months. It gives me something to look forward to."

"That's bull shit!" He took her by surprise. "I mean, I doubt he's going to come. This is all so stupid." He looked at her, realizing what he just said.

Her head was in between her knees. Breathing real slow, they sat in silence for one more minute. Suddenly, she stood and walked off. He did it now.

~That was then, and she hadn't returned. He hadn't seen her for three days. The only reason he saw her the fourth day was because he had to save her. The gang that had always given him trouble was bothering her. He, of course, saved her.~

"That's right, run away! Stupid jerks." He mumbled the last part. Looking back at her, he took her hand and helped her up. "C'mon we're going to be late." He pulled her at first, but then she regained her sense and caught up to him.

Neither said a word till they arrived at the theater. "Why are we here?" She looked sad as she asked this.

"We are waiting for someone we don't know. Hey, listen." She opened her mouth to object. "No, listen then speak. I was an ass that day. I was pissed and upset. You were there and I wanted to take the anger out on someone. Please, I didn't mean any of it. Let's wait again. no matter how long. I'll bring him one day."

She closed her mouth. Grabbing his hand she pulled him to their spot. The spot she had been sitting in for the past five months. They waited for the hour that day. At the end of the hour she had a huge smile on. "Oh, well, Not today. Maybe tomorrow, ne?"

"Yeah maybe tomorrow."

~They went the next day, but no one came. They went everyday, but unfortunately no one came. A full year passed, but she kept waiting.~

"Please don't get mad or un-happy, but I've got a question."

"I won't ever get mad at you, Ichi."

"Don't you think you are acting a bit, I don't know, desperate? Is it desperation that's making you wait?"

"I don't know if I'm acting desperate. But no, desperation isn't making me wait. I'd call it....OH! I'd call it borderline obsession." A huge grin was on her lips.

Ichigo couldn't help but grin too. "Good. I'd hate it if you were desperate. I'm glad it's only obsession." He rolled his eyes.

"Borderline obsession. There is a difference."

~When Ichigo didn't show, she didn't worry. She knew he had other things to do. She started to worry when he didn't show up for several months. When he returned again, she cried.~

"What's wrong, Sei?"

"Y-you disappeared. I thought something happened!" More tears cascaded down her face. "Y-you are my only friend and I thought- I thought you left."

He explained almost everything to her. How his friend needed help, how he was the only one who could save her, and how he felt for her. "Her" being his friend, Rukia. She asked if one day he could bring this Rukia and let them meet. He told her that Rukia was with her brother elsewhere, but he could bring Orihime. And soon the day came when they met.

Ichigo was late. Sei worried a bit, but she passed it off as paranoia. And for a good cause. Ichigo eventually came with not one, but three friends in town. "Sorry we were late Sei. Orihime got distracted and ran off chasing a butterfly."

~He introduced each friend. Orihime, the orange headed girl with a GIANT bust, Chad, a big and quiet guy, and Uryu, a stick in the mud as she would silently refer to him as. Soon the day came. The day when she met him.~

"Ichigo!" a guy sang. He was...gorgeous in a way. "So this is where you are! Oh, with a girl friend."

"Shut up Urahara! This is Seine, and we are waiting."

"For who?" the man, Urahara, asked.

"We don't know." She whispered.

"Hmm. Smart! Shall i wait also?"

Sei looked at the clock. Urahara was on time. "We are waiting for ten more minutes." Lie. Ichigo gave her an odd look.

"Then I shall join you." He pulled out a fan. "How will you know it's the person?"

"I don't know."

"Hmm. What if they don't show up?"

"He will one day." After that, they were silent. Ten minutes later Ichigo got up and so did Urahara.

"What's your name?" she directed at Urahara.

He chuckled. "Kisuke Urahara." He turned and left.

Ichigo looked at her. "I met him. He's the guy. I know it, I can feel it." Without losing eye contact with Ichigo, she reached over to Urahara's 'seat' and blindly grabbed the fan that no one saw got left behind. "Trust me, it's him." She continued to look at Ichigo.

"I-I trust you; it's him I don't truly trust. I mean, he is so much older than you."

"Age is just a number."

~The next day she waited for not "Mystery Guy", not Urahara, but Ichigo.~

When he showed up she asked, "Ready Ichi?" Somehow he knew what she wanted.

"Let's go." He led her away from the theater, to Urahara's shop. "Urahara! Where are you, old man?"

A girl unknown to Sei showed up. "He's in his room sulking." She looked in her pre-teens, around ten or eleven. Her hair was in pig tails and she looked a bit pained. "His fan is gone." She disappeared just as quickly as she appeared.

The quickly headed to what Sei presumed to be Urahara's room. Ichigo knocked, and all they heard was, "Go away!" Ignoring the rather blunt reply, Ichigo opened the door. "What doesn't an imbecile such as your self understand about 'Go away'? I put it rather easily to understand."

"Hi," Sei said. She blushed lightly at his surprised gaze. "Uh y-you left this yesterday, and I thought you might like it back." She held up the fan.

"My fan!" He rushed over and hugged her. "Thank you so much Seine! I was worried sick." He let her go and took the fan. Happiness was evident on his face, embarrassment on hers, and a sly smile on Ichigo's.

~At the normal time that she would wait for her no longer mysterious "Mystery Man", but waited for Ichigo. He took her to the shop. Today was no exception.~

"Hello, Ururu. Do you know where Urahara is?" Sei asked the young girl from before.

"Uh, Ichigo..." She looked at him intently. "Will you go get him? Seine, can you hand me that thing from the top shelf?" She did as she was asked, or at least tried to. Too high up for her, she grabbed a chair and stood on it to get the duster. The chair wobbled, and she knew what was going to happen before the chair shook.

"Shit," Sei mumbled. Then the chair fell.

~Ever since she met Ichi her "déja vu" moments happened to take more...more vividness. Like premonitions. This just happened to be one. Before she collided with the ground someone caught her. Keeping her eyes closed, she knew who it was--another thing her "déja vu" made her sense.~

"You gotta be a bit more careful Sei." His voice was laced with worry.

"I-I'm sorry, Kisuke," she apologized.

~After that, he always seemed to catch her whether it was tripping over flat ground, steps, and even Kisuke himself. She was usually more graceful. She tripped over Kisuke while talking to Ichigo.~

"Lies! It has to be. He couldn't feel that way!" Ichigo hissed more to himself than anyone else.

"Well, I believe he does," Sei hissed right back. They were talking about Uryu. Sei believed he had a crush on "Ori," Sei's nickname for Orihime.

Ichigo was about to reply when she tripped and knocked into "Kis," her nickname for Kisuke, although she would never call him that to his face. They both fell, and she landed on top of him. "See? I knew it; you were falling for me," Kisuke joked.

She blushed tomato red. "S-sorry." She quickly got up.

~She fell harder every day--fell in love, that is. It hurt her not to tell him, so one day she decided she would tell him.~

Sei stood in the rain, staring at the sky. She felt it was time to tell him. Looking down, she felt truly terrified. The rain continued to soak her already wet head. Suddenly it stopped hitting her head. Looking to her left she saw a hatless Kisuke. "You looked a little wet," he joked.

'Now' a voice in her head said. "K-Kisuke?"

"Yeah?" His voice sounded serious.

"Did I ever tell you I met him?" She chose her approach carefully.

"Who?"

"The man me and Ichi waited for."

"Oh, him."

"And I-I fell in love with him."

"Oh? Does he know?" His voice sounded strained.

"Sorta. He knows I'm in love."

"Wha-?" Kisuke started.

He was cut off by a pair of soft lips. "I found you," she whispered.

~Of course, he didn't respond. How else would it go? But it wasn't a two second delay, nor was it a two hour delay. She was terrified that he hated her for kissing him, so she did what any idiot in those stupid love stories did and ran.~

Running hurt. Sei realized that without really feeling the pain. She only felt the pain of fear. She kept running and running till she was too tired to run. She couldn't even feel the rain, although it could still be seen. Looking around, she realized she was only a block from Orihime's. Deciding to go and talk to her, she went to take a step and fell.

She hit the ground hard. Sei was surprised. Somehow she expected Kisuke to catch her. She realized that all the good stuff she had with the friendship she had with Kisuke was gone. With leaving the shop she left behind the hugs, laughs, catching, and most of all, she left her smile.

Her smile was everything. It was her happiness, joy, playfulness, and love. It was her. She wouldn't be Seine without a smile. Getting up, she continued to Orihime's. Upon arrival, she knocked and was greeted by Orihime.

~The girls talked for hours. They talked about Orihime's past, her present, and possible future. Then they talked about Kis. Soon, around midnight, Ichigo came. Sei hid and said she wasn't here. Ichigo saw right through the lie. Then he was brought up to speed. Sei told him she needed some girl time with Orihime, so he left. The night had turned into day when they finally went to sleep. She awoke to Orihime arguing with someone.~

"You are not aloud to go in there, Kisuke!"

"You don't understand, Orihime!"

"I understand more than you think. She told me about your rejection."

"See? You don't understand! And neither does she. I-I was surprised."

~Physically, emotionally, and mentally drained, she slipped into unconsciousness. She awoke to find Kisuke lying on the floor with her and Orihime talking to Tatsuki. They didn't notice her awareness and talked. Orihime told her everything from the hat to unconsciousness and more. She told how Kisuke explained how he felt the same, but Sei was in shock when he wondered how "a goddess as beautiful as Sei could even think of him like that." Sei cried silent tears, but Kisuke felt her movements and awoke slowly. He shot up.~

Kis shot off question after question. When he was silent it was a miracle that lasted no more then a second. "K-Kis, is it true? What Orihime said?" She went to look at Orihime and found the two girls gone.

"W-what did she say?" he asked slowly.

"She said you feel the same for me." Sei left off the goddess part.

"I-I was in shock as to how a goddess as beautiful as you-"

"-could even think of you in that way? Kis, you are the most wonderful man alive! You are kind, lovable, and you like me for me. That's all I care about." He kissed her roughly yet sweetly, and, not surprisingly, he tasted of sweets.