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koroo hana : Yes, ichigo is dense to ignore Orihime. But not for long. Not a fast update but hopefully an interesting one.
Tia-Chan18 : No IchiRuki for me. Euuugh! Enough said.
nypsy : No kicking unless it is for self-defense. I don't really like violent girls.
Easier said than done.
Whoever coined this phrase knew what he or she was talking about.
Orihime was having a difficult time.
You just do not, not love someone when you have been having this kind of feeling for so long.
How do you go about avoiding someone who's in the same class as you?
Who is defending the town and whose existence triggered your own power?
Which in turn enable you to heal him when needed?
Just how do you stay out of his way?
It would be better for everybody if Kurosaki-kun has shown a little interest in some other girl.
At least, there will not be, although how much she tried to deny it, a tinge of lingering hope.
And now it seemed Kurosaki-kun is trying to corner her for something.
What, she did not know and she did not wish to find out.
And the most baffling of them all, 'that look', she has caught him staring at her on more than one occasion with that expression on his face.
No, she must not waver in her new found desire to not look for something that's just not there.
But 'that look' was just not helping.
Another day, another day of seeking what's real and not looking for love in all the wrong places.
Even before she walked into the classroom with Tatsuki, Orihime has already made up her mind.
She was going to greet Kurosaki-kun but just not in her normal effervescent way.
Inoue Orihime is a polite girl.
She greets all her friends.
And he is a friend, right?
A friend. Inoue is just a friend, right?
Kurosaki Ichigo was going to do it. He is going to be more considerate of his friends' feelings. Especially the one who seemed not to be treating him as such for the last few days. He was not as good at understanding what others are trying to convey but he knew when someone was trying to by all means possible to avoid him.
He plans to find out but first he needed to show her she is a friend. Isn't she just, a friend?
"Ohayo, Kurosaki-kun."
"Yo, Inoue."
They both started greeting each other at the same time.
Reflecting the blushes on both their cheeks, they stared at each other and quickly looked away.
"Wow, Ichigo. Synchronized greeting." "You two are really in tune with each other." "Are you two having some kind of clandestine relationship?" Keigo was not a blabbermouth.
'Synchronized? Clandestine?' 'Does Keigo knows what he is gabbling about?' 'And he's embarrassing Inoue.'
Ichigo silenced Keigo with his fist.
Alas, the damage was done.
He could see her classmates descending on her, seemingly to ask her about her 'relationship' with him.
Damn nosy gossipers.
He wished he could get her away from them but in doing so he might cause them to be more of a target of the rumor mills.
He has forgotten about Tatsuki.
With one swoop, the dragon has saved the princess.
He saw Tatsuki saying something to Inoue, both of them turned to look at him, Tatsuki with a playful smug on her face and Inoue blushing in a wholly flustering way.
He just hoped he wasn't blushing as well for thinking how cute she looked.
Luckily the sensei chose that very moment to come into the class.
Taking one last glance at the gentle healer, he tried to concentrate on the lesson.
It was an uphill task for in his mind was long shiny hair, soft honey sparkling eyes and the expressive face that has started to invade his dreams.
Orihime tried to focus on what the sensei was lecturing about but she could sense Kurosaki-kun stealing glances at her.
She knew because she used to do that when she was head over heels in love with her protector.
She could not understand. What is Kurosaki-kun up to? She does not mean it in the bad way as Kurosaki-kun is a good person. A little dense but a really thoughtful and kind hearted person. She giggled softly as she admired herself for insulting her crush.
'No, I do not have a thing for Kurosaki-kun anymore.' She shook her head as she reaffirmed her 'faltering?' conviction.
Maybe it is time to stop avoiding Kurosaki-kun. Have a talk with him to get it all out in the open.
What could be so wrong with it?
What could go wrong?
Ichigo would give up his friendship with Keigo to know what Inoue was thinking?
He was not staring at her for no apparent reason.
He just happened to accidentally glanced at her the very moment she was daydreaming about something.
The happy giggles, the cute pout and then the vigorous shaking of the head.
Just what is going on in that overactive imaginative mind of hers?
At least she is not sad anymore.
Having tears on her beautiful face is a travesty.
'There I go again. thinking Inoue is beautiful.' 'But she has classmates and schoolmates following her.' 'You can't fight what is plainly the truth.' Ichigo tried to justified his deduction.
'Maybe I should compare her to the other girls.' He started with his comparison.
'Tatsuki.' 'Almost like a buddy to me, can't even get pass the boyishness.'
'The one who is always trying to grope Inoue, what's her name?' 'HELL NO!'
'Inoue's other friends, don't even know their names, much less remember their faces.'
He was running out of their classmates so he went to his 'other' acquaintances.
'Rukia.' 'If you like the violent, struck up midget type who is old enough to be your much older sister, mother, eh, grandmother, then yeah.'
'Rangiku-san and Yoruichi-san.' 'More of the 'can see but cannot touch' type.' 'Almost like porn stars.'
'Aargh! Why am I comparing Inoue to them?' Ichigo was screaming in frustration in his head.
'Inoue is in a class of her own.'
"There, I admit it. Inoue is unique.' Ichigo was glad to be honest with himself.
Now all that needs to be done is try to get whatever is bothering him off his chest.
And that being a certain Inoue Orihime.
He just really need to talk to her.
What could be so wrong with it?
What could go wrong?
Hey all, thanx for reading.
I know I have stated that this story's genres are 'Romance and Hurt/Comfort but as I write, I have been having second thoughts.
What do you guys think if I were to change it to 'Romance and Comedy?
And maybe, comes Valentine's day, while stuffing my face with B&J ice cream, I could do angst.
What do you guys think?
Thanx.