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ToTheStory

I woke up to the sudden and ear-breaking tone of my alarm. "Its still 4.30 in the morning.. duh." I said while I sat on my bed, resting my back on the wall. I recollected the memories of yesterday. "Ehm.. I had a nice day with Kurosaki-san yesterday... And so… Wait. WAIT." I came into a sudden realization. "I refused Tatsuki-chan's invitation yesterday and went home with Kurosaki-san. I hope Tatsuki-chan isn't mad." I said while standing up and making my way to the bathroom.

After getting out of the bathroom I quickly change into my school uniform and went to the corner to make my breakfast and my bento for lunch. For my breakfast, I ate bread with jam, a few of them. After packing up my bento and made sure that I don't leave anything, I set for school.

I walk down the usual path I used to go to school. As usual I saw Tatsuki-chan standing there waiting for me. "Ohayou, Tatsuki-chan." I said with a smile. "Morning, Hime. Um.. Do you mind if I bring some friends with us?" she asked while biting her lip. "What do you MEAN by 'some friends'?" I thought, I have a bit disappointment,but I keep my tone as usual. "Oh really? Where are they?" I asked, trying to sound as usual as I could. "Maybe they'll arrive any second soon." she replied. "Lets wait then." I said, with the usual smile I had, even if I was faking it.

After 5 minutes I saw two girls rushing towards me and Tatsuki-chan. "Sorry, Tatsuki-san we're lateee." said one of them as they reorganize their breathing pace. "Daijoubu~ By the way, let me introduce you to my childhood friend, Inoue Orihime." Tatsuki-chan said while gesturing her head towards me. I bowed my head slightly, they did that too. "Morning Inoue-san, my name is Uemura Kei, yoroshiku onegaishimasu." said a girl with chestnut colored hair, which she tied into a side ponytail. The other girl also introduce herself. "Hello Inoue-san, my name is Kitagawa Chiharu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." said the other girl who has a black colored hair, which she tied into pigtails and was rested on her shoulders. "Now with everyone already get to know each other, lets go." said Tatsuki-chan.

On the way, Tatsuki-chan's always, only talking to Uemura-san and Kitagawa-san. She rarely talks to me. She only talks to me if Uemura-san and Kitagawa-san brought up the subject about me, other than that, not even once. But I don't know why, this heart is so empty. Tatsuki-chan's starting to drift away from me, further, further. Maybe all people are just the same after all.. Like 'that person'.

In the classroom

I got inside the classroom door which was left open, probably by the student who got inside before me. I left Tatsuki-chan with her so called 'new friends' in the genkan, as she will be with them to their class. I quickly went over to my seat beside Kurosaki-san's empty chair. "He hasn't come yet… huh." I said in my mind while observing his seat. I buried my face to the table trying to think over what happened.

"Inoue-san, morning." a familiar voice said. "Morning, Kurosaki-san." I said without lifting my head up. "Are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah I'm okay." I said, my voice started to get blurry. "You don't look like you're okay." he said and forced my head to look at his face. He saw the tears that are formed in the corners of my eyes. "What happened?" he asks, seems like he cared. "No-Nothing." I said, as I was avoiding the subject. His eyes is piercing to me, I can't help but avert my eyes from him. "For God's sake, tell me." he said, still with his piercing gaze. There was silence. I thought about it over and over until I finally gave in. "Okay fine, I'll tell you during lunch." I said, as my hand is struggling to remove his hand off of my face. "Good." he said while opening his bag.

"Sheesh. " I said quietly. "You said something?" he asked. "N-Nothing." I replied.

Please don't act like you care.

-Time skip- During lunch

I opened my bag to take my bento I prepared earlier in the morning. I turned my head to see Tatsuki-chan's seat. Empty. She's not there. It seems like she has gone to meet her so called 'new friends' from the other class. I sighed. "She didn't even bother to invite me." I thought as some tears began to form in the corners of my eyes again. "Don't cry, Hime. All people are the same after all. Don't let them hurt you." I said to myself, trying to be strong.

"Inoue-san, your bento looks so tasty!" Kurosaki-san said, as I was snapping back to reality. "Really? Thank you!" I said, happily. That's the first time anybody said those words, after that 'incident'. We ate in silence until Kurosaki-san broke it. "Anyway, Inoue-san, mind telling me, what EXACTLY happened in the morning?" he asked. "Eh… Okay.." I answered as I bit my lower lip. So I told him what exactly happened in the morning. "So THAT'S what happened?" he asked, making his tone clear. "Y-Yeah." I replied shortly. "So what? Should you care? If she doesn't care about you, why should you?" he said confidently. His words are engraved in my mind.

He doesn't know. He doesn't know what happened before.

"I just can't do it to her." I said, sternly. "Why?" he asked, confused. "Because she's the only friend I had since we're small. I just can't do it." I said, while looking down at my feet. He sighed. "Whatever. Its your choice anyway, well, by the way, want to go home together later on?" Kurosaki-san said. "O-Okay. Thank you, Kurosaki-san." I said, my face getting red, but I quickly turn to my normal state. "Yeah, and don't call me Kurosaki-san, just call me Ichigo-kun." He grinned to me. "Eh.. Don't call me Inoue-san too then, call me Orihime-chan." I said, smiling. We stared at each other for a while, then we burst into laughter.

Suddenly the bell rang and disturbed our laughter. "Oops, time out." I said while crossing my hand to make an 'X' sign. "Yeah." Then we went back to our designated seats.

Thank you, Ichigo-kun.

Homeroom

"Okay students, there are no more important messages. You may go home now." said Mizuki-sensei as she exited the class. "Ichigo-kun, lets go." I said. "Okay." he replied while taking his bag. We walked down the road towards my home. "Orihime-chan, wanna stop somewhere nice?" he grinned at me. "Wait, where?" I asked cluelessly. He dragged me while putting his hands to close my eyes. We walked a few meters away before we came into a halt. "We're here." he said while retreating his hand from my eyes. Wait. He's taking me to a cake shop? "You're going to treat me?" I asked, while blushing. "Uh-huh. Just don't go fat." he said with a mocking tone.

We entered and get a sit in the corner. I ordered for a slice of my favorite cake, cheese cake. "They said that the cakes here are good, so I decided to take you here." he said, smiling. "Really? Thank you!" I replied him in an interested tone. Waiting for our order, I observed the shop. Our seat has a short wall separating us from the other customer beside us. And so the shop is very nicely decorated. From the other side, I heard a voice so familiar to me.

"Hey, how's Orihime-chan's life now? Is she still tormented?" ask a male voice, which is so familiar.

The voice answering next is surprising me, enough to get me to a heart attack.

"Yeah, and she will be tormented more."

I turned my head to see Ichigo-kun's face. He had a same familiar expression as I am.

"Orihime-chan, who is he? And that girl voice… Isn't it… Arisawa-san?"

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