A/N: So. This is my horrible attempt at IshiHime. Try to make it through to the next chapter. :D I don't own Bleach!
PROMPT J: Jealous
Romance/Angst: One-sided IshiHime
Ishida Uryu didn't quite know the feeling which was broiling up within him. He'd experienced jealousy before, but this… just seemed too intense.
Happiness bubbled up in his chest, threatening to pour out from behind his mask of disregard each time he saw the orange-haired beauty that was Orihime. He could not help but to laugh when she did, feel happy when she did, feel angry when she was sad. The cause of most of these emotions was a strawberry blonde-haired young man who Uryu got along with, yet had secretly come to hate.
Uryu knew that Ichigo respected him for all that he's gone through, for all that he's done to help Ichigo, and feels angry at himself because despite his efforts, he cannot bring himself to reciprocate the feelings. Whenever he tries, he instantly thinks of Orihime, and the pride for Ichigo's growth disappears. He broods on what he hates about Ichigo.
"I hate how often, how intensely you hurt Orihime," he mutters to himself. "I hate how you act as though she's not even there. I hate that you show your feelings for Rukia when Orihime's there, and yet you don't when she is not."
Uryu quickly cast aside the notion that maybe Orihime brings Ichigo confidence. He justifies himself with thinking that Ichigo is too selfish for that.
"I hate that she takes all the hurt from you," he continues, "when we all know you deserve the burden. I hate how she loves you more than me…"
A/N: Reviews for a lonely writer?
-Amaya