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The nurse walked back in with our passes. Thanking her, we made our way out of the classroom. Walking our separate ways, we didn't look back at each other once.
Chp 4
Matrimonium
The rest of the year went by like every other day. The bond between Ichigo and the rest of the students grew, especially the bond with Orihime. Through the years, Ichigo's views had changed with the help of Orihime's opinions. They both were too blind to see what was forming between them, until it was too late. Now finished with both high school and college, the pair sat before each other at a small cafe.
"How's the teacher business going?" Ichigo took a sip out of his foam cup. Orihime had made the decision of becoming an elementary school teacher, something she's wanted to do since she was a little girl.
"It's going well. The children are so sweet and eager to learn! What about you, Dr. Kurosaki?" She asked with a smile, the top of her lips covered by whip cream from the latte she was drinking.
"Orihime, your lip.." Ichigo reached over and slid his thumb over the whip cream, sitting back in his seat; he sucked it off not once breaking eye contact with her. Breaking into a fit of laughter, the pair calmed down a bit.
"It's going well, I had a surgery this morning with spectacular results actually."
"That's good, as expected of the one and only Kurosaki Jr. You truly live up to your name Ichigo."
"Thanks," he smiled back at her, "Anyways, I just wanted to tell you something," Ichigo blushed.
"What do you mean Ichigo?" Orihime was confused and shocked at the moment, the Ichigo she knows does not blush.
"Well as you know, I finished school just a few months ago. I'm a doctor, I have a house. I'm financially stable and have my life planned out for me."
"Yeah?"
"And well, I want more."
"There's this girl… Her names Maiko Yakura, I met her working." Ichigo said with a large smile on his face, looking into the distance I could tell he was thinking of her.
"That's amazing Ichigo! I'm so happy for you!" And I was, he was stable and hadn't dated once all throughout high school and college. Just like me.
"Now of course, all I need is your stamp of approval. You are one of my best friends after all."
"Ichigo, you don't need my 'stamp of approval' to see someone?"
"Well… S-She's different, I… I want to make her my wife."
Orihime couldn't hide the shock from her face, as Ichigo waited for a response, Orihime was just breaking out of her funk.
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"
"I want to marry her."
"WHAT?"
"Ori-"
"For all you know, she could be after your money! Ichigo, you just met her! You need to actually get to know her, see if she's real and mature. You can't just marry her, what is wrong with you?"
"Orihime, it's not going to happen over night…"
"I would hope not!"
"Orihime, do you want to meet her or not?"
"You can't be serious!"
"I'm deadly so."
"Ichigo! Were talking about your life right now, can you please be serious for once?"
"I am serious Orihime. I'm in love with her and would like to live the rest of my life with her if she gives me the opportunity to do so. If you're not happy with it, I cant change that."
"Ichigo, you just met her! You can't rush things like this, its probably not even real!"
"That's enough Orihime!"
"No, its not, I haven't even started yet."
"I'm not doing this here, with you of all people. I'd thought you would be happy for me." Ichigo said getting out of his seat.
"Ichigo I am happy for you, but you're rushing this!"
"Orihime, can you please give this a chance? Your like my sister, I want you to be there for me but I guess you don't want that."
"Are you not listening to what I'm saying? She will hurt you, you can just fall in love with someone you met a few weeks ago! All your probably in love with is her looks-"
"I said that's enough, once you're ready to accept the fact that my feelings are real then you can talk to me. If you want to bash on Maiko don't even bother." Saying his last words, Ichigo threw a bill on the table and walked out.
"You're making a mistake," Orihime whispered. Following act and placing a bill under her cup, she walked out of the café. Ichigo had picked Orihime up from her apartment, so she didn't have her car with her. On her walk home, she felt her throat clenching acting as if there was an object stuck in her wind pipes. Beginning to sniffle her nose, before she knew it, she began to cry.
Good thing she was right outside her doorstep.
Swinging the door open, she walked in to her average apartment. Allowing the tears to soak up the collar of her shirt, she sat on her couch.
You're making a huge mistake, I warned you. And now you are going to get hurt. I was watching out for you and you yelled at me, you never yell at me…
After her tears from frustration, or so she told herself, she put herself to sleep.
There was a party tomorrow, a get together between her friends and she was invited.
Ichigo will be there and he'll probably bring 'Maiko'. Orihime thought. I'm normally right about these things. But Rukia and Renji ended up getting married after high-school and are living happily together… They were on and off for the longest time… I guess you could say I was wrong about that? So what Ichigo and Maiko have, is real?
The thought of the pair working out kept Orihime awake all night; she didn't like seeing Ichigo with another girl. But, she didn't know why.
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