Author's Notes: Regents are finally over, and I have some time to myself. NOT! Instead, my mother's birthday is coming up tomorrow, and I have to go on a two day trip to Toronto, so much. Fun. But once I get back, I'll get some more chapters up.
Those that cry
"My foot!" Bellowed Orihime, finally noticing the blinding pain that came up from her foot, which seemingly took five minutes for her to notice that a brick was on top of it. "Owie, owie, owie, owie!" she repeated over and over again, hopping around on one foot while the other was in her hands.
Her best friend came running over, with a look of concern on her face, "Hime! What are you okay?" She asked looking over at Orihime.
The brunette answered back with a tone of a tear in her voice, "Yea, it's okay Tatsuki. It doesn't hurt that much." She grimaced as she patted her foot.
Tatsuki sighed, "It's not okay. Come over to my house. We'll get you fixed up." She noticed that Orihime was having trouble standing up from her bench that she was sitting on, trying to stand on her foot that was injured. Tatsuki frowned a bit, "Here, give me your arms. I'll carry you back."
Orihime protested, "Huh? But are you sure you can carry me?" She pondered, sitting back down on the bench. Trying to keep her mind off the pain.
Her short-haired, somewhat butch friend smiled back calmly, "You ask that every time Hime, and I always answer that I can. Now give me your arms." Tatsuki took both of Orihime's arms and lifted her onto her back, Orihime tightened her grip around Tatsuki's neck, being sure not to choke her. Tatsuki then placed her arms underneath Orihime's rear and held her up, slouching slightly from the extra weight.
"Are you okay?"
Tatsuki laughed a bit finishing with a short grin, "I'm fine Hime! You still should get a breast reduction."
The large breasted girl hit Tatsuki in the chest jokingly, "You have the same bust size I do!" She scolded her friend.
Starting to walk towards her home a few miles away, Tatsuki replied, "Mine aren't as obvious though. Every try wrapping yours?" She pondered.
Orihime shook her head, "Nope. Well, maybe I have, but I think it hurt."
"Probably cause you did it wrong. Want me to show you later?"
"Nah, it's okay. I like the way my boobs are."
Tatsuki smiled, "Sure thing. By the way, how is your foot now?" She asked, looking at Orihime's slightly red bare foot.
"It still hurts." She complained.
"Okay, it's still bleeding too. I'll dress it once we get home."
"How much further?"
"Not much really." Tatsuki looked into the short distance, at her humble apartment that laid out sleepily in the distance.
Orihime nodded. For the rest of the short walk, her and Tatsuki stayed quiet, Tatsuki paying attention to her footing as she carried her friend up the stairs. Finally in her room, Tatsuki set Orihime down gently on a nearby sofa and took out some band-aids from a nearby cabinet. She then lifted Orihime's foot onto the counter and placed some rubbing alcohol over the wound.
"Ow! That hurts! It really hurts!" She complained, feeling a tear come to her eye.
Tatsuki remained calm like always, "Don't worry Hime. It will pass. By the way, why did you have a brick?" she asked, closing the bottle of alcohol and grabbing the band-aids and opening one.
Her friend rubbed her chin as she tried to remember why she did have a brick, "Oh yea! I wanted to play catch with something and that was all I could find!" She smiled innocently.
Tatsuki looked at Orihime, she could tell that her friend was lying, but it was best not to dig any deeper. "Silly." She rubbed the adhesive onto the foot and then sat back. "You should be more careful. You get injured a lot."
She smiled, "I know."
"You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me. How did you survive before you met me?" She asked.
Hime's thoughts began to drift, "At one point, I could always count on my brother to be there… But after that, I don't know."
Tatsuki realized the vein she had struck. "It's okay, you don't have to talk about it."
She shook her head, "No, it's okay." Another innocent smile formed. "I'm happy that I met you Tatsuki."
"Same here." She leaned back, "It's been like a roller-coaster, hasn't it? These past several years."
"Yea. What are you going to do once we graduate?" Orihime asked.
"I don't know, maybe just bum around, maybe try and get rich in fighting tourneys." Her mind drifted off.
Orihime's tone became evanescent, "Oh. Then we'll be separated?"
Tatsuki never realized that, "Oh. I guess…It will be weird not having you around Hime."
"…Yea."
She could feel the depressed tone from her friend's voice, "I have an idea! Why don't you come with me? We could go around together! I know it's not much, but at least we'll be here for each other!"
"Y-you mean it?"
"Defiantly. It's not like we have anything else to do, or people to goto."
Orihime's smile perked up, "Okay! Now I can't wait til graduation!"
"No. We definitely can."
