A beautiful spring days has come. The flowers were blooming, the peaceful birds were chirping, and Fairy Tail was having a relaxing day. As of right now, Ichigo was just hanging by the bar at the guild and had nothing going on for him.

"What's the long face for?" Nagato asked as he came by.

"I'm so bored. There's nothing to do." Ichigo moaned.

"Why don't you just take a job?" Nagato said.

"I don't think so. Orihime isn't up to it today and it wouldn't feel right to go on without her." Ichigo said.

"Really?" Nagato said with a playful smirk on his face. "Let me ask, Ichigo. Do you LIKE Orihime?" That question started the day that Ichigo will never forget.

"Watch Out, She Likes You"

"What?" Ichigo said.

"You heard me. You've got to admit that Orihime is a hottie." Nagato said.

"You don't know what you're talking about." Ichigo argued.

"Well, you never know. She might actually like you and might want to tell you one day." Nagato said. "You better tell her how you feel or some other guy is going to take a grab at her including me."

"You're crazier than your Dad." Ichigo said as he got and left for he didn't want to talk about this anymore. It became dark and Ichigo was on his way home, but he wasn't happy with his talk with Nagato. "Why can't Nagato mind his own business?"

"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned around and saw Orihime running up to him.

"Orihime? What are you doing out here?" Ichigo said.

"I need to talk to you." Orihime said, but she ended up tripping.

"Uh oh." Ichigo tried to catch her, but they both ended up falling down. "That hurt."

"Are you alright?" Orihime said as she stood over him, but from Ichigo's perspective, she looked different from the way the starlight and all the other lights outlined her form.

"Uh…." Ichigo didn't know what to say for he never saw her like this before.

"Ichigo?" Orihime said to get him to talk.

"Yeah." Ichigo said as they moved quickly to get out from that positioned, but his face was all red. "I think I need to get home."

"Wait, I need to ask you something." Orihime said, but Ichigo was already long gone and he didn't seem to understand why his heart was pumping or his face was flushed.

…

The Next Day

Ichigo couldn't stop thinking about what happened last night and he was a little embarrassed. He was hanging at the guild to try and clear his head, but he couldn't.

"Man, what is wrong with me?" Ichigo said.

"Besides, you never seem to stop scowling and make that ugly mug." Ichigo looked behind him and saw Rukia was standing there.

"That's so funny I forgot to laugh." Ichigo said with little to no amusement.

"What's the matter? You look like you have a lot on your mind?" Rukia said.

"Okay, you are not going to believe this." Ichigo said as he thought it be better to tell someone what is going on with him. However, he didn't get the chance.

"Ichigo, Rukia, there you are." Orihime said as she came running to them, but Ichigo's face became all red again. He couldn't forget what Nagato told him about Orihime might liking him as more than a friend and it didn't help with how he saw her last night.

"Hi, Orihime." Rukia greeted.

"What's up?" Ichigo said as he tried to act natural.

"Ichigo, are you alright after last night? I needed to ask you something and you just took off." Orihime said.

"Right." Ichigo said, but he thought Orihime might confess her feelings for him and he wasn't sure if he could handle all of it. "Sorry, but I need to be somewhere." He got up and walked away and left the girls thinking why he was acting so strange. Ichigo kept walking, but he heard others talking about something that caught his ear.

"Did you hear that love is in there air?"

"Sure did. We're going to have one heck of a happy couple." Everyone was talking about love and two people and how happy they're going to be and Ichigo could only come up with one conclusion.

'Oh man! Are they talking about me and Orihime?' Ichigo thought. 'Did Nagato open that big flaming mouth of his? Okay try not to think about it." He couldn't. The more he tried not to think about it, the stronger his images were. First, he pictured Orihime with her being more beautiful than usual.

'Ichigo.' She smoothly said in his mind.

"Why am I imagining her all gorgeous like that?" Ichigo questioned. It got even worse because he put himself in the imagination with her around his arm and he was freaking out from that. "No!"

"Ichigo, what's the matter?" The real Orihime said. He turned to face, but his face was still all red and was a nervous wreck.

"Sure. I'm okay." Ichigo said.

"That's good because I need to talk to you about something." Orihime said. "Can you meet me at the sol tree at South Gate Park tonight by eight?"

"Sure, but what for?" Ichigo said.

"All I can say that it's going to be something special." Orihime said and her face got a little red herself.

'She's blushing? Was Nagato right? Is Orihime planning on confessing her feelings to me tonight?' Ichigo thought and was starting to panic on the inside.

"I'll see you there." Orihime said as she ran out the guild. Ichigo needed to do something and there was only one person he could talk to. He made a mad dash for him and that person was Nagato who was talking to a few members right now.

"Nagato, I need to talk to you!" Ichigo said. Nagato didn't get the chance to respond as Ichigo practically tackled him and dragged him somewhere more private. The two of them sat on the floor and Nagato was confused.

"What's your problem?" Nagato said.

"I think you were right earlier." Ichigo said.

"Right about what?" Nagato said.

"Right about Orihime. I think she has feelings for me." Ichigo said.

"Ooh, this sounds interesting." Nagato said and he became all ears.

"She asked me to meet her tonight at the park. I think she might confess to me." Ichigo said.

"Ichigo, you should be flattered that a hottie like Orihime is into you." Nagato said. "Don't you like her the same way?"

"I don't know." Ichigo said. "We're great friends, but I'm not sure if I like her that way, but I don't want to hurt her."

"Then you better figure that out by tonight." Nagato said. Ichigo knew he had to, but he knew this was not going to be easy.

…

Ichigo's Apartment

Ichigo had his own apartment in Magnolia and that's where he went to clear his head. Time was ticking and was almost up. Ichigo was in the middle of a shower to try and do some thinking. He was deciding that he'll just have to turn her down.

"I can't figure this out by tonight." Ichigo said. "I don't even think I like her that way. I'm going to have to turn her down. This is going to be hard, but I have to do it." He got out of the shadow, but he wasn't quite aware of what he was doing. He changed into a sky blue collared shirt with dress pants. He took a look at himself in the mirror. "I've got to admit, I look pretty damn good." That's when he realized what he just said and was knocking his own head. "Wait, that's a bad thing. Why am I getting all dressed up? Okay. Calm down. Just imagine how this is going to go down and repeated in your head."

….

Ichigo's Imagination

Ichigo imagined how the whole scenario was going to go down. He walked up with Orihime's back turned to him.

"Orihime, there's something I need to tell you." Ichigo said. She turned around to look at him and she looked so beautiful. She grabbed her hands and looked into her eyes "Let's get married and have thirty-three babies." That's where Ichigo cut it.

….

Ichigo's Apartment

Steam was practically coming out of his head from thinking that with his face completely red and was only getting darker.

"How could I even dream that and who in their right mind wants thirty-three babies?" Ichigo complained. He didn't had time to think this over anymore since he needed to get going.

…..

South Gate Park

Ichigo was a nervous wreck about this. His heart wouldn't stop beating like a drum the closer he got to the tree.

"Okay, stay calm. Just get it over with like ripping off a bandage." Ichigo whispered to himself and kept telling himself that.

"Ichigo!" He looked up and saw Orihime was standing there and waiting for him. "I'm glad you could make it."

"Yeah. Of course I would." Ichigo said.

"Great because we need help setting up the lights." Orihime said. Lights? Ichigo did not understand what was going on.

"Lights?" Ichigo said.

"Yeah." A third person came out from hiding behind the tree. Ichigo didn't understand why Rukia was here as well.

"Rukia? Why are you here? What's going on?" Ichigo said. Ichigo was distracted on his way up here, but he began to see more clearly and saw other people from the guild were in the park as well and they looked like they were setting up tables, lights, and other decorations you were find at a party. "Why are there so many people here? Is there a party going on?"

"Orihime, didn't you tell him?" Rukia said.

"I thought he knew." Orihime said.

"Knew what?" Ichigo said.

"We're setting up everything for a couple members in our guild. You remember Alzack and Bisca right?" Rukia said.

"Yeah." Ichigo said.

"Well, it's their wedding anniversary and we're throwing a party." Orihime said. "We all thought it be better to have it in the park than in the guild." Ichigo felt like a pile of rocks and crumbled apart from hearing that. "I know they don't know me, but I wanted to do something for them since we are in the same guild."

"So this is what you wanted to talk to me about." Ichigo confirmed. It was all starting to make sense when he heard a couple people say "love was in the air" or "one heck of a happy couple".

"It's going to be great. Alzak and Bisca have got to be married the longest out of everyone in the guild, at least as far as I know." Rukia said.

"So Ichigo, are you going to help us out?" Orihime asked.

"Sure." Ichigo said even though he looked like he just got shot.

"Great. Help by putting some lights around the tree." Rukia said as she gave him some wires and lights. "Hurry up, we only have a couple hours until they get here."

"By the way, you look really nice tonight, Ichigo." Orihime complimented.

"Do you have a date tonight?" Rukia asked.

"Nope." Ichigo said. 'I'm such an idiot. I was right all along.' He thought and thus ended all of Ichigo's fantasies.

…

The Next Day

It was a great party last night and everyone had a great time. Ichigo was still a little humiliated and frustrated after what happened with Orihime and thinking he was so stupid to believe any of that stuff he was thinking.

"Hey." Nagato said as he came right by his side with a smug look on his face. "So….where's the future Mrs. Kurosaki?"

"Buzz off." Ichigo said.

"Why are you in a sour mood?" Nagato said.

"Orihime didn't confess her feelings for me or anything." Ichigo said. "She just needed my help to set up a party."

"Oh. Sorry about that buddy." Nagato said.

"Yeah, well next time, don't give me those stupid thoughts." Ichigo said as he kicked Nagato and sent him sliding back and crashed into Renji.

"What was that for?" Renji asked.

"Sorry. Just caught Ichigo in a bad mood." Nagato said.

"Renji!" Renji turned and saw Rukia speaking to him.

"Hey, Rukia. How's it going?" Renji said.

"Fine. I was thinking that just you and I could take job together." Rukia said.

"Sure." Renji said. Unfortunately, Nagato heard all of that and he waited till Rukia left.

"Renji, do you think Rukia might LIKE you?" Nagato said.

"What?" Renji said.

"You never know. She just might." Nagato said and Renji's face was turning the same shade as his hair.

"Oh no. Here we go again." Ichigo stated.

…

Orihime: Ichigo, can guild be friends with other guilds?

Ichigo: Of course. Fairy Tail has been allied with many other guilds.

Orihime: So if we need the help of one, they'll help us out?

Ichigo: That's kind of the deal. You just got to remember that they operate differently.

Ichigo: Next time: Nelliel

Orihime: Wow. I would like to meet one of them.