Disclaimer: I don't own bleach


it's been a week since rangiku's incident and every day Orihme'd wake up early, go to the hospital to check on rangiku then go to her school just in time for class, then after school she'd go to rangiku again then go back home, study then sleep.

but today won't go like that rangiku told Orihime to not come visit her today because she though orihime was exhausting herself and of course orihime tried to protest but rangiku said that if orihime came to see her again today too she won't let her in.

and orihime knows she would do that so, today she woke up 1 hour later than her usual wake up time.

After getting ready she walked out of the house door and locked it,she made sure that it was perfectly locked then turned around ready to go. but, she stopped in the middle of her step when she spotted a male figure standing in front of her house, he was not facing her as he was leaning on a tree in the right side of her house but she knew who he was.

she took a few steps towards him "What are you doing here?" she asked, the boy turned his head to her and as she thought it was ichigo "oh, Orihime, you're still here i was afraid you had already gone to school"

"what are you doing here?" she repeated

"well, we haven't talked for a week so i thought we could walk to school together" he said as he scratched the back of his head

"i shouldn't have let you walk me home last week" she said as she walked past him

"don't say that who knows what could have happened if hadn't brought you home"he said as he followed her till he was walking by her side

"nothing could have happened"she turned her head and looked up at him

"a lot could have happened you're a girl after all" he said, Orihime stared at him with widened eyes then she narrowed her eyes and turned away from him to continue her walk "D-don't walk beside me"

"where do you want me to walk then"

"anywhere but by my side"

"okay,okay, i will walk close behind"he said as he stopped to let her walk in front and make a few steps distance between them "i know i make you nervous" he joked smirking

"you wish"

he mumbled something like 'yeah,yeah' then became silent

"orihime"

"what"

"why are you walking so fast?"

"none of your business"

the veins in his head popped out "can't you see i am trying to make a conversation here " he said looking annoyed

she stopped and turned her body to him completely facing him now "why are you doing this?" she asked looking up at him

"what?" he asked confused

"This...always following me around"

"i want to be friends with you" he said as if it was really normal

she looked down with a blush "i-i Don_"

"i know, i know 'you don't need friends' "

she still looked down. he smirked then he walked a few steps towards her and stopped by her side "so, will you let me walk by your side" he asked still smirking she blushed again and turned to the way to the school "D-Do what you want, I-i i don't care"

they walked side-by-side for a few minutes in silence till ichigo decided to break it "Orihime" "what"
"what will become of rangiku-san's bakery now that she is in the hospital"
"it's closed till her legs heal"she wondered why she was even answering, maybe to shut him up.
she looked at the guy walking beside her and noticed that he looked like he's in deep thinking 'that's good he'll be quiet for a bit'

"Orihime"she didn't respond hoping that he will shut up

"Orihime"

"What"

"Why don't you eat lunch with me and my friend today"

"No" she said without even thinking about it

"but 'you owe me' remember" he smirked and she gasped, she had completely forgotten about that.
'w-why did i say that' she thought

she stopped in her place and looked up at his smirking face "I never said such a thing" she lied
"Oh, you most certainly did" he said "F-fine, but just for today then i owe you nothing" she narrowed her eyes in annoyance "who knows" he smirked. she tightened her hold on her backpack in annoyance 'he-he is pissing me off'

"so you'll"

"i said i will you don't have to make me say it twice "she said

"but you just did"

"AGHHHHHH, you're so annoying" she yelled then they heard a voice behind them

"Hey,what have we got here" they both turned their heads to see and find Rukia ,Renji smirking and Tatsuki looking confused

"A couple's fight? are you two dating now"Renji said still smirking

"of course they are not dating orihime is too cute for him"

"but ichigo, why are you here with..."tatsuki said then looked at orihime by his side "Inoue"

"we were just walking to school..." Orihime said

"...Together" Ichigo said as to continue her sentence

"ehhh, are you really dati_","No, definitely not" Orihime cut her off

"yeah we are just friends" ichigo clarified

"we are not friends"

Rukia, Renji and Tatsuki looked at her then at ichigo giving him the 'i-don't-think-so' look "she is just shy" he said

"I am not s_"she was about to deny it when ichigo cut her off "alright, alright, can we go now we are late " he said already starting to walk to the way to school

"yeah, we are late, let's go" said Renji as he looked at his watch to check the time

the four of them walked ahead, orihime stayed back without moving from her place and saw them talking and laughing then looked down with a sad look

"Orihime"she looked up and saw ichigo looking over his shoulder at her "aren't you coming"

she nodded then ran to them as she looked down to hide the smile that without realizing appeared on her face.


RIIIIIIIING-ROOOOONG

The bell rang announcing that it's lunch time and all students stood up to gather their things and some already began chatting and laughing with their friends.

Orihime was placing her books in her backpack when a voice caught her attention she over her shoulder and saw Ichigo and his friends chatting and laughing she heard them arguing over something the had seen on T.v

Ichigo felt someone stare at his back, when he looked over his shoulder he saw Orihime looking at him but she immediately looked away when he caught her looking at hime

"anyway i am hungry let's go eat" keigo said to the group then he noticed that ichigo was looking somewhere else and not giving him attention "what are you staring at ichigo"he asked following his gaze

"Do you guys mind inviting one more person" his friends looked at him confused as he made his way to Orihime

Orihime stared at ichigo coming her way then looked down to her bag when he came close "hey" he said

"h-hey" she said "You didn't forget that you will eat lunch with us today, did you?"

"i-i-i didn't"

ichigo's friend looked at him talking with orihime and smiling "h-hey what's going on there" keigo asked the group with a dumfounded face "that atmosphere is kinda..."he couldn't find a word to describe it

Rukia and Renji looked at each other and smirked

"since when is on a good terms with inoue-san" said sado

"I found out today too they were walking to school together"

"T-t-together don't tell me ..they are D-d-d-d- DATING" kiego yalled

" they seem pretty close"mizuro said holding his phone and pressing buttons, texting as usual

"What is that damn kurosaki doing does he intend to spend the lunch time talking to Inoue-san"

"okay, come i will introduce you to my friend" ichigo said as he took orihime's wrist in his hand and guided her to his friends

"wahh..."she didn't really know is she should protest or not but she promised, right? and it's only for today and to repay him his help last week

she looked at their hands and blushed "i-i can walk, you know" she said refaring to his hands

Ichgo stopped and looked at their hands then let go of her wrist "sorry, i guss i was afried that you might run or something" he said and didn't notice that they were already standing in front of their friends and they were looking at them with puzzled faces

"i wasn't going to "she said then ichigo's eyes widened and when orihime noticed what she just said she explained herself "i-it's because i promised to"she crossed her arms over her chest "i-it's not like i want to or any thing, plus it's to repay your help last week" she said

Ichigo's friends looked at them with dumbfounded faces even rukia and renji "last week ?"all of them thought aloud

"ahem ahem" keigo coughed to grab their attention, orihime and ichigo looked at them kinda surprised as if they just noticed they were there "well, guys this is Orihime you don't mind if she eats lunch with us today ,do you"he said

they shook their heads with still dumbfounded faces, then all of them stayed silent in a heavy atmosphere

"Well aren't you hungry because i am starving" Renji said to lighten the atmosphere a bit

"let's eat on the rooftop it's very relaxing up there"ichigo said to his friends

"sounds good" Renji said then they all walked out of the class door including orihime


Orihime knew it was a bad idea

she looked up from her food and saw them talking about something she didn't care enough to pay attention to but seeing them laughing and talking together made her feel out of place not like she cared anyway she'll just end her lunch and leave and hopefully she won't have anything to do with them again

"my old man is so annoying he keep saying do that not do that lately because he had troubles at work and mom goes along with it" keigo said

orihime tensed and looked up from her food again seeing keigo sulking and complaining about his parents made her annoyed. she looked down again

"Oh man, i wish i could live on my own with no one there tell me what to do" said keigo

"it's not that great"she mumbled to herself but when she found them staring at her she know they heard her "what "she asked "inoue-san you live alone?"tatsuki asked . Orihime mentally cursed herself she didn't want anyone to know anything about her life she didn't want questions she wasn't ready to answer "yes" she answered

"really! you live alone i bet it's great to not have your parents around to tell you what to do"keigo said

ichigo felt orihime tense beside him he alooked at her and found her looking down staring at her food not eating just staring "orihim_"ichigo was cut off when she suddenly closed her lunch box and got up "I am finished" she said then without another word Ran to the door

"wait_" ichigo said but it was too late she was already out of the door, he looked at keigo "keigo you idiot" Keigo looked puzzled "but what did i do"

Ichigo ignored him and got up and hurried out of the door while his friends looked at the door with puzzled expressions not knowing what just happened

"did i say something wrong?"


"Orihime" ichigo yelled orihime's name as he ran after her but she didn't stop

"Orihime, wait " he called her name again as he kept running after her till he finally caught up with her, he held her wrist to stop her from moving any further

"What do you want" she yelled as she snatched her hand away from his grip and turned her body to face him

she had a good question but he really didn't know what he wanted he just ran after her without realizing he knew she felt uneasy talking about that topic and his friends were going to ask questions and wonder where her parents are "Umm..i don't want you to get upset"

"why would i be upset" he mentally slapped himself when it hit him Orihime doesn't know that he knows about her... past now from her point of view he is supposed to know nothing and he has know reason to think that she is upset "umm-umm..." he couldn't find a reason

she looked at him observing his expression "you know something, don't you?" she said

"who.. me...N-no i don't know anything"

"Did rangiku-san tell you something" she asked narrowing her eyes in suspicion

"N-n-no"

"what did she tell you" she demanded inching closer

"N-nothing"

"what did she tell YOU" she repeated sticking her chin out in defence, she knew that he was lying, it was obvious in the way he stuttered

"E-everything...about you, and your family" he blurted out it wouldn't do any harm if he told her now he can be more reasonable
the irritated expression on her face was replaced by a calm one"Oh" she said

"i am sorry" he said

"i don't need your pity" she said turning her gaze away from him

"but i am not pitting you...you are important, orihime it bugs me when your sad"

she blushed, when did she become important they met just a week ago, her brows knotted and her eyes slightly narrowed she was scowling "you're weird"

"who...me" he asked as he pointed a finger at himself

"yes, you"

"Hm? how am i weird"

"No one has ever said he wanted to be friends with me" she said softly

"but i thought rukia did"

"she did it out of pity...but you.."she looked at him in suspicion "i don't know what kind of ulterior motives do you have"

"i don't have any ulterior motives"

"i can't be so sure" she said crossing her arms over her chest. ichigo sighed

"but i will trust you for the meantime..." ichigo stared at her with widened eyes "till i figure out those motives of yours"then she took a few steps ahead "come, kurosaki" she said not turning to him

"where" he asked

"To your friends, lunch break isn't over yet" his eyes widened that was really out of her character

she looked over her shoulder to see his surprised face looking at her, she smirked "come on"

he walked her way till he was by her side he was still kinda surprised to see that side of her which he didn't know it existed

but seeing different sides of her made him rather pleased

it wasn't bad to approach her after all


A/N: there you got it, chapter three, it took me a lot of effort to put everything up together
so could you please review i'd like to know what you think about it

and i knew there are plenty of grammatical mistakes, please point it out for me