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Secret Lovers

Ichigo X Orihime

Chapter 8: Love and Hate Relationship

Ichigo started to tour Rukia into the school grounds.

Rukia wanted to talk to him about himself but all he does was talk about school stuffs. Well, that was what he came for right? He didn't come to meet her for the sake of spending time with her to talk about each other.

"Do you have anymore questions?" Ichigo asked, When he didn't receive a answer he then continued explaining the rules in the school. She wanted to have a normal conversation with him, but she couldn't think of a better topic to start.

"Ah-uhm, Kurosaki-kun is really different with Orihime-chan." She said with a nervous smile. "uhm, That's why I was really surprised when I found out you're twins."

Ichigo didn't react right away. He was surprised when she said he expected that she will be asking more about school stuffs.

"Oh-yeah, most people say that." he said while scratching his head. " Don't you have anymore questions?"

She wanted to ask him about what he likes, does he have someone he loves now? and many more about him. After all this might be the last time they could ever talk. She wanted to tell him everything. She had gained all of her courage to tell him what she always felt. After Ahiru Yagami told her that Ichigo agreed, she had thought of confessing her feelings for him.

"I have waited for years for this moment, I shouldn't back out."

"I-uh-" she was interrupted when suddenly somebody shout her name.

"Rukia-chan! Kurosaki-kun!"


Never in Orihime's life did she experience this kind of pain. This pain is new to her, she never felt it until she realized that her brother is really leaving her alone now.

"It is happening now, My brother is leaving me."

At that moment she wanted to turn around and find a place where she could let out all the pain in her chest by crying, but fate never let her. Before she could walk away, Neliel was already dragging her to where the two were.

"Eh? Nel-chan, wait!" she said as she struggled to free her hand from her firm hold.

"Come on, Hime. Rukia is talking all friendly to your brother, and your brother seemed happy about it." Neliel said while heading to the direction of the said people. "Oh, I can't believe it! I have been in love with your brother for years but he never noticed me, Now he's too friendly with Rukia-chan who he just met yesterday. Do you think he likes her?"

Those words were like stabbing her a million times more.

He likes her.

He likes her.

He likes her.

He likes her.

He likes her.

"No. No. No, Ichi-nii doesn't like Rukia-chan. The one he likes is me, right?" she told herself. Oh, how she like to scream that to the world. Then suddenly she remembered what her brother told her last night..,

"From now on, don't ever talk to me. We'll separate and go on with our own lives. You won't ever see me again."

"Rukia-chan! Kurosaki kun!"

She was too troubled at the thought of her brother's harsh words that she hasn't realized that they were already in front of the two.

"Hey! What's the meaning of this?" Neliel teased, "Are you two dating?"

"Eh? Oh—" Rukia blushed profusedly that she couldn't answer Nel's question immediately.

He wanted to hurt his sister, wanted to make her jealous.

"What if we were?" Ichigo answered smirking, receiving a shock expression in Orihime's face. "Is there something wrong? She's a girl and I'm a boy, I guess it's just normal right?"

"Eh? Kurosaki-kun.." Rukia blushed a even deeper shade of red that she couldn't anymore dare face the orange haired boy. She wanted this, but everything just happened way too fast. "He was not like this before, so why is he acting this way?"

Upon hearing that straight from his brother's mouth, she couldn't take it anymore. She lowered her gaze to hide the tears that were already forming in her gray eyes. Ichigo noticed his sister's reaction. He couldn't identify whether if he's happy about it or if he's hurt too but it is what he wanted, acting like he cared to Rukia to see her hurt reaction. "She's jealous to the point of crying, Maybe Orihime is starting to fall for me."

"Ow.. Kurosaki-kun, you meanie. How could you do this to me?" Neliel acted while hitting Ichigo. Neliel then looked at the girl beside her, "Hey! Hime, your brother is torturing me. You should scold him for making me jealous!" ,The green haired playfully uttered, then all of them laugh at Neliel's childish acting, except for the orange haired girl.

"I wish I could have the courage like Nel-chan's. She can directly say that she's jealous. I wanted to say I'm jealous too.." She thought to herself again.

"Hime, you okay? You've been spacing out since earlier." Neliel asked, as she placed her palm in Orihime's forhead checking her temperature. "Good thing, you don't have fever. Are you okay?"

"I'm not okay." Those were the words she wanted to say, so that her brother would worry about her too. "Eh? Nel-chan, I'm fine. It's just, the little blue men disturbed my sleep last night." she lied again, plastering a fake smile.

"Neliel, You don't have to worry. From what I see, She's just fine." Ichigo said coldly. "Don't exhaust yourself so much worrying about her."

As those words came out from her twin, She couldn't manage to pretend and mask her feelings with a fake smile.

"yeah! Nel-chan, I'm totally fine just what BIG BROTHER just said now." Orihime said emphasizing the word Big Brother. " I hate him. I really hate him."

Ichigo's nerve twitched. Never had he imagined that Orihime would act that way.

"Okay. We'll be going now, bye." Before Rukia could say goodbye to her friends, Ichigo was already dragging her away from the two girls.

Then the two left, Ichigo holding on Rukia's arm tightly. All could Orihime do was watch their backs as they slowly fade away. She couldn't control those tears anymore, those tears that wanted to escape from her eyes, the moment she saw her brother happily chatting with her friend. She ran inside the school building and hurriedly locked herself in one of the bathroom cubicle. She heard Neliel call out her name but she didn't dare to look back and face her.


"Hey! Kurosaki-kun, my arm—" Rukia says as she tries to retract it from his tight grip.

"Oh, Kuchiki—. I didn't mean to—" Ichigo scratched the back of his head, thinking of ways to say sorry.

"It's fine. Did you had a fight with your sister yesterday?" Asked Rukia seating in the bench, when she noticed that Ichigo flinched at her sudden question, she mentally slapped her head and regretted ever asking him that." I' m sorry, I shouldn't have asked that."

Ichigo didn't immediately answered Rukia's question. Well, what would he say?

"Yeah! I had a fight with her because she rejected me." That would be the right answer but definitely he wouldn't just tell somebody that.

"Orihime's annoying. Sh-She kept on asking me to date her friend although she knows I'm -I'm still in love with the girl who rejected me. " Ichigo lied. He was really good at pretending anyway.

"You? You got rejected?" with that, Rukia suddenly burst in laughter. " I can't believe this! Is that girl blind? You're an over-all package, yet she turned you down?"

"Yeah. She must be blind." That's all what Ichigo replied. All of a sudden, Rukia stood up and said.

"It's now or never, Fate has given me the right time to tell him."

"Your sister is just being kind as she was. She's just helping you and I want to help you too." Rukia said without hesitation and looked straightly at his eyes. "Use me."

"Huh?" Ichigo said.

"Use me to forget about that stupid girl." She looked really serious and her face it is already red as a beet at her bold suggestion, so she thought that it was just about time to tell him the truth. "It may be too sudden, but I like you. Even though you just knew me, but I- I've always liked you. The reason I transfer schools was you. You might not remember me but I will never forget you."

"I don't remember her at all, but I could use Rukia Kuchiki to have Hime for myself" Ichigo thought, feeling like everything was happening according to how he wanted. Fate was in his side, but then Ichigo mentally argued to himself. "Am I that selfish, hurting everyone just for myself? Maybe I should just really try to forget Orihime with her."

Ichigo stared at Rukia and directly said."NO!, I'm not the kind of person who is using others just for my ownsake."

Rukia felt disgusted with her bold actions but she's really desperate, desperate of gaining Ichigo Kurosaki's Love. "I'm willing to do everything, just try having a relationship with me."

Ichigo looked down on her, "I never thought you're this kind of person Kuchiki-san, You're so Cheap."

She hadn't thought about her pride that time and blurted out.

"Anything. I would give up everything to have you."

Then with that Ichigo left her.

She had never thought that her confession would look like a great obsession with the person she love.

-End of chapter 8-

Author's note:

Oh..T_T, I pity Rukia. I'm so sorry to those Rukia fans out there. I didn't meant to do it this way, when I was typing this chapter, My hands were moving on their own that I couldn't stop them. In the next chapter you'll find out the reason behind Rukia's obsession, oh scratch that love towards Kurosaki-kun.

I think everything happened too fast, or am I wrong?

I'm hoping for you lovely reviews.^_^

Xie Xie.

-cloverberry