On the other side of that park, Ishida and Orihime were sitting on a bench with Kon between them. Ishida fidgeted with his fingers, trying to gather all the courage needed to talk to her. But when he opened his mouth to say something, she interrupted him.
"So…You and Tatsuki-chan…" She was looking away, smiling. But something was off with that smile. "I hope you two have lots of fun! "
"Orihime…"
"Yes, Ishida-kun? I'm serious! Take care of her, will you?"
"…"
The silence was unbearable, and the sad smile of that girl made him ache. That's my chance.
He suddenly leaned over her and pressed a kiss to her cheek. She gasped and turned to look at him. "Ishida-kun…?" but all words were stopped as he finally kissed her fully on her lips. And he would have kissed her more, if Kon didn't cough out loud to stop them.
"Okay, okay! We know you two are in love! Now could you get off my back because I'm jealous?"
The two of them laughed and headed to the others, with Kon between them. There, they were all gathered. Ichigo was holding Rukia's hand and Tatsuki was laughing, along with Chad.
"What took you so long?" Tatsuki shouted. "Until you two settled up, we managed to hook up those two!" she pointed at Rukia and Ichigo.
"Such a skilled mess-creator you are…" Ishida mused aloud, and everybody laughed.
"Blame the big guy over there, too" she pointed at Chad, smirking.
"Soooo…you brought us four together…But what about you two?" Rukia winked at Ichigo.
Chad and Tatsuki looked at each other, then laughed.
"Shut up, you four. Come on, let's go for some coffee!"
All agreed and started walking towards a café. Such a nice mess it was, all thanks to two caring friends.
"Now now, why didn't you find someone for me too?" Kon complained.
"Who knows, I might find you a stuffed bear or something!"
Tatsuki made Kon silent and they all walked out of the park, laughing contently.