A/N: Hello everyone! My goodness it's been a while since the last update!

I'm truly sorry, but I've been pretty busy, I managed to finish this chapter during my easter holidays :I

I don't know when I'll be able to update once again, but uh- please bear with me for now.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BLEACH!

Seireitei University

That night, after the three of us made it back home, we did nothing but eat junk food, drink all sorts of drinks, watch sappy movies and complain about the overload of bullshit in those movies.

I really wanted to cry, but at the same time, I didn't want to. I knew I was overreacting over a heartbreak, but damn seeing him with another girl was too much for me to take.

It was sick, I had no right to be jealous over them! Heck, who was I to get jealous?

No one. I was just Toushirou's childhood friend and nothing more.

Still, it sucked. Right when I was about to confess, reality had to come and slap me across the face.

And in my miserable state, after filling myself with junk food and watching sappy movies, I fell asleep and had the sweetest dream I've ever had.

A dream where Toushirou was gently putting a cover over me and kissing me between my eyebrows.

It felt so real, even when his fingertips in my dream ran over my cheeks, I leaned into his touch.

Why did I have to have that kind of dream?

Such a sweet and heavenly dream was just... cruel and bad for me. It was cruel because that was something that could never happen in reality.

Everything that I wish for usually happens in my dreams. Maybe I should just sleep forever and live in my dreams.

But of course, I couldn't do that.

I woke up to see Rukia sleeping next to me, mumbling incoherent words and laughing like an old pervert.

Glancing up I saw Rangiku's head hanging off her bed, sleeping in her usual weird position, snoring loudly.

I sat up and rubbed my sleepy eyes. What time was it?

When I looked out of the window, the sky was still pretty much dark. I stood up and aimlessly walked out of Ran's bedroom.

On my way towards the stairs, I couldn't help but feel nervous when I passed by our bedroom (more like his bedroom).

And I shit you not, my heart skipped a beat when I peeked inside and saw him sleeping peacefully on his bed.

Then I couldn't calm myself down for some reason, so I decided to make myself a cup of tea and maybe go back to sleep.

As I waited for the water to boil, I looked up at the clock on the wall and sighed. It was 4 am.

Glancing around the kitchen, I noticed Toushirou's iPod laying on the counter. Ah damn me and my stupid hand for reaching out for his iPod and for listening to his music.

'Diary' by Bread played and it kind of calmed me down.

I prepared my cup of tea and sat on the counter, looking out of the window, over the dark neighborhood.

I put the song on repeat, I loved it. And it suddenly reminded me of the box I brought with me from Karakura, that time when I went there with Toushirou. I didn't open it yet, I guess I'll do that when I have time.

How weird, it was my first day at the University I worked so hard for to get in, yet I wasn't excited or happy.

The sound of footsteps coming downstairs and my stomach suddenly flipped over and over again as a question popped in my mind.

How was I going to face Toushirou?

Oh shit, the footsteps were getting closer, and I didn't know what to do. I could feel my heart beat faster and harder against my chest, threatening to jump out any second.

I prayed that whoever was coming down wasn't Toushirou. But who was I even kidding? I could recognize his familiar footsteps.

'Deep breaths, Momo. You can do this.'

My back was facing the doorway, so I didn't see who got in.

I concentrated on the sad lyrics of the song playing on Toushirou's iPod and kept looking out of the window, as the dark sky was slowly getting painted in warm shades of pink and orange.

I could almost hear my own heartbeat in my ears, and I could feel it all the way to my throat. Shit, why did I have to be so nervous?

A hand on my shoulder interrupted my train of thoughts - more like train of worries. I turned around and met a pair of sleepy emerald eyes.

He smiled ever so kindly at me, like nothing was wrong in this world.

And my heart skipped a beat, and it started beating faster the longer I maintained eye contact with Toushirou.

Although my heart was going crazy, I somehow felt calmer.

There was something about Toushirou that would always put me at ease whenever he was around.

"Good morning." He said in his usual calm voice. "Why are you up so early?"

And then it hit me. Why did I even think that his attitude would change?

What made me think that things would change just because he found himself a girlfriend?

I was being so silly - no, who was I kidding, I was being so freaking stupid.

I smiled at him, and hoped that he wouldn't see through me as my heart weeped in despair.

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"Ugh." I groaned looking at the train station overflowing with people. "This is what I don't like about big cities."

Toushirou laughed. "You'll get used to it."

I started fumbling in my bag, looking for my ticket and took a deep breath while Toushirou walked ahead of me.

Looking up after I got my ticket, I suddenly felt like everything was going in slow-motion.

A cold wind blew by, dragging along red and warm coloured leaves from the trees that were slowly losing them. But what mostly caught my attention was when Toushirou was walking ahead, his white spiky hair was getting gently ruffled by the breeze, but he didn't seem phazed by nature at all. His back was broad, his shoulders looked so strong, his waist was slim and his figure alltogether was just breathtaking. He then stopped and turned around to look at me with a look that clearly said 'Well, come on!'.

I blushed. Moments like these mostly happen in those romantic and sappy movies, my story certainly isn't anything like that.

My chest tightened when he smiled kindly, he gave me a kind and patient look.

Oh God, why did you have to make such a beautiful creature and keep it out of my reach?

I shook my head, snapping out of my daze, and ran to catch up to him.

We had to take the same train, and the station I had to get off to was supposedly the last one. As we got in the train station, people flooded the place and I held onto Toushirou's bag so that I wouldn't get lost.

We reached the platforms and I watched different trains come and go.

"Alright, the train will be here soon." Toushirou glanced at his wrist watch. "Are you okay?"

I nodded, noticing that I was still holding onto his bag, I immediately let go and rubbed the back of my neck nervously. "Y-yeah." I looked down at my hands and saw them lightly shaking. Why was I shaking?

"Hey, don't be nervous." Ah, that's the right term. I'm nervous. Toushirou pat my head and smiled at me. "You're a University student, for Heaven's sake, you're letting a High School student comfort you?" His hands held mine, making them stop shaking.

I just gulped and shook my head, not feeling so nervous anymore. Suddenly a lady's voice echoed throughout the station, stating that the train was going to arrive soon and that we had to stand behind the yellow line and all that stuff. The train soon arrived, and Toushirou squeezed my hand to grab my attention.

"Look, that's the cabin for women. Get on there, you know where your stop is, right?"

I panicked and looked up at him. "No no no, wait, what about you?"

"I'll be in the common cabins." He smiled reassuringly "Go on, you'll be just fine, women's cabin aren't as full as the common ones. Hop on, I'll see you at home."

Toushirou started making his way towards one of the doors for the common cabins, and I panicked. Without thinking, my legs moved on their own and I found myself squishing through the crowded cabin, chasing after that white haired guy who so mercilessly robbed my heart.

But I was too weak, too small to fight against this crowd, and soon I lost sight of Toushirou.

Damn was it uncomfortable to travel in common cabins, it was so full and everyone was just squished together. I looked around, hoping to see Toushirou, but I couldn't find him. How the hell did he disappear just like that?

My head started to feel light, I felt small in this big crowd of city-people, I'm not used to this.

I heard a scream near me, a girl with dazzling blue eyes and long auburn hair glared at a middle aged man standing behind her as she held up a small bottle off pepper spray. "You pervert! Get out of here or I'll make you blind!".

Right on cue, the train stopped at a station and the old man ran off.

Other people gathered around the girl, asking her if she was okay, and she just kindly thanked them for their concern, telling them that she could take care of herself.

Oh God, Mom's stories about perverts on trains are real. I should be careful and check around me, what if I was going to get attacked by a perv? Shoot, I should buy a small bottle of pepper spray for myself too.

I nearly screamed bloody murder when someone grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the middle of the crowd.

"Holy sh-!" I gasped and looked up to see Toushirou looking around the cabin with a serious look. "Toushirou?"

"I told you to get in the cabin for women!" He towered over me, his eyes almost glimmered in anger. And I didn't understand why.

"I-" And confusion turned into anger. "Well excuse me if I just wanted some company before going to school!" I could feel my face going red from our closeness, but I couldn't care less. Why did he have to be such a dick when I was clearly so nervous and anxious for my first day in University?

His glare faltered for a second and his eyes softened. "You could have just said so." And back comes the glare. "But did you see what happened to that girl? And she was so close to you, the victim of that pervert could've been you!"

Toushirou's hands rested on both sides of my head, caging me in a small safe place from the crowd. Under the misty colour of anger of his eyes, I could foresee something else. The train suddenly stopped and I found myself bumping against his chest.

I couldn't help a smile spreading across my face. "You were... worried?" I held in my smile and looked up at him.

He looked taken aback for a second, but he regained his composure in an instant and gave me a serious and heart-melting look. "Of course."

Okay, this is so unfair, whatever I was trying to do (what was I trying to do anyway) totally backfired at me ten times worse.

As the train went on, the cabin got less crowded, until we finally reached the last stop.

And then it hit me. "Wait wait wait wait. I thought you were supposed to get off somewhere before than my stop..." My voice trailed off when he just smiled and pulled me out of the train when the doors opened, holding my hand.

The University wasn't far from the train station, and I wondered for a second how could Toushirou know where the university was. But then, I remembered that this is the city where he grew up, so it's normal that he knows every corner of this city like the back of his hand.

"Aren't you going to be late for school?" I asked in concern, as we walked towards the exit of the train station.

"It's okay, we have the entrance ceremony anyway, I'd rather skip it."

I pursed my lips. "But this is your last entrance ceremony in High School, you should go." I stopped in my tracks, reluctantly slipping my hands out of his. "Thank you for accompanying me 'till here, Toushirou." I smiled. "I really appreciate it."

He smiled back and gently caressed my head. "Good luck. Just text me if you need anything, okay? Or if you get lost."

I smacked his arm at his last sentence, making him laugh.

"I was just kidding. I'll see you later." I watched him make his way back inside the train station, and so I pulled myself together and turned to walk away from the station.

I do admit that I looked back a few times, and I caught him looking in my way a couple of times. Does that mean- no. No. No. I should stop getting my hopes up at every single thing he does. Maybe he was just checking if I didn't get lost on my way out or something like that. Yeah, that must be it...

I took a deep breath in and made my way through the beautiful road with lined up cherry blossom trees on both sides that lead to the University. The trees' leaves were in different shades of orange and warm colours, contrasting against the cold weather.

I could already see the big building of the University's entrance, and as I got closer to it, I found more students walking around, some made their way towards a small path that lead into the woods that surrounded the whole campus, others were just walking towards the main entrance of the University.

And as I got closer and closer, I felt my feet getting heavier and heavier, my heart would beat faster at every step I took, and I couldn't help but stare in awe at the beautiful building that majestically stood in front of me.

I felt anxiousness rise up from my belly, and I suddenly missed Toushirou's calming presence. Or maybe I just miss him and I'm just making excuses for that.

Alright, I should stop thinking about Toushirou, at least when I'm at school.

A smile crept up on my face, excited for this new chapter of my life.

Ah... University life.

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So far, so good.

The campus is ENORMOUS. Like, it feels like it's a whole new world in here.

I sent a text to Rukia and Rangiku on WhatsApp along with a picture of senior students who were laying on the grass while using their laptops or reading books or just chatting.

I thought they only existed in American movies... apparently, they really do that. I'll do it too! Where are you 2 btw? -Momo

We're supposedly in the same University, but since the campus is so huge, I wonder if I'll ever be able to find them.

I looked down at the map of the University in my hands, kind of excited to find where my next lesson, Anatomy, was going to be at.

I just hope I don't get lost, I'm well known for my non-exsistent sense of orientation.

But thank goodness University students are not immature like High School students, and I managed to ask them where the Scientific Building was.

"Momo?" A deep male voice invoked my name, making me turn around to meet sparkling blue eyes, which seemed delightened to see me. "Remember me?"

I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to remember who this hot guy was. "Uhhh I'm sorry, I don't remember?"

He sighed, but his smile didn't leave his handsome features. "I'm Ren. The guy from 'the Reaper', this summer?"

The whole scene which ended with Toushirou and him fighting in the club flashed in my mind. "Oh... Hi." Should I even talk to him?

Whatever, I turned my back to him and started to make my way in the building, I don't really like being late for my class.

I could hear Ren's footsteps catching up to me. "So... first day right?" He kindly asked.

I nodded. "First day for everyone, I guess."

Ren chuckled "That's right..." I could feel his eyes on me, but I tried to ignore him by looking at my map. "So, where are you headed to?"

Without looking at him, I answered "Class."

"Okay. Which class?"

I sighed and glanced at him; and that was a big mistake. He was smiling, and he had the cutest dimples in his cheeks I've ever seen in my entire life. Kaien and Toushirou's friends told me all about him stealing Toushirou's girlfriend but... Ren doesn't look so uh.. evil.

Making friends with people shouldn't be such a bad thing, besides, whatever happened between Toushirou and him was from way back, and I have nothing to do with what happened to them.

Also, Toushirou already has a girlfriend, so this thing shouldn't matter to him. He's mature enough to not hold grudges against old friends, right?

Of course I'm right, usually I'm not, but this time I'm pretty sure I am.

"To uh... Anatomy class." I tried to smile at him, hopefully redeeming my coldness from earlier. "What about you?"

"Same class! What a coincidence." He grinned, running a hand through his black hair. "Let's go together then."

I nodded and took a step back from him when he suddenly put his arm around me. He looked at me with raised eyebrows, as if surprised that I stepped away from him. "Uh... sorry. I'd rather err... walk normally."

"Hm?" He titled his head in confusion when a couple of girls walked by and greeted him.

"Hi Ren." One said while the other mouthed "Call me." and winked at him.

Oh dear, just who did I make friends with?

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"So... you're Toushirou's friend, right?" Ren was completely facing my direction, while I tried to listen to the teacher's lesson.

"Can we..." I drifted off while scribbling down notes "...talk about it later?" But then Toushirou's name sank in my brain. I knew about their past, but why was he asking about him? "I mean... how do you know him?"

I could see Ren's blue eyes twinkling from the corner of my eye. "Let's say that... Toushirou's a pretty popular guy in Seireitei."

I glanced at Ren, wondering what I should think of what he said, and if I should trust him or not.

The innocent happy glimmer in his eyes disappeared, and there was something... I don't know, something weird in his eyes as he said "But you probably should know it already."

I feigned ignorance. "What?"

That weird aura disappeared, and he returned to normality. "I really like you, Momo."

I blushed and looked back at the blackboard.

"You're a bad liar."

That sentence made me look back at him. "Excuse me?"

He grinned. "I said, I like you." Ren rested his head on the table, leaning closer to my notebook. "And you have the eyes of someone who cried the whole night for someone who has been sleeping too serenely."

I just shook my head in disbelief, with a smile. "Do you actually walk around the campus and say those lines to all the girls?"

"Too cheesy?"

I nodded, holding in my laughter as the bells rang, signaling the end of our class. I immediately packed my books and ran out of the room, without bothering to look back to see if Ren was catching up.

That guy was fun.

But he was too sharp.

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A/N: And that's it ahah sorry if it was too short.. But, well, better short, than nothing right?

As you guys may have noticed (duh) this was Momo's POV. Doing the whole story with only Toushirou's POV would've been too hard, so I might just alternate their POVs..

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter :)

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