Ichigo had a nightmare from when she had encountered Deep Blue. She remembered looking at Kish's body, near to death and remembered how sad she felt. She remembered Deep Blue lifting her up by her neck and nearly killing her.
She woke up with a jolt of fear, and she looked around the room. Realizing how it was only a nightmare she calmed down. She was going to be let out of the hospital in a week, and she couldn't wait to leave. Still tired she got back under the covers and turned to the window. There was Kish; it had been a week since he came to her room. Startled again she jumped up. "Sorry I startled you" he said, with slight amusement in her reaction. "What do you want?" she said frightened. "Nothing, I'm just checking that you are ok." Ichigo looked away, "So you're the one that took me to the hospital?" she asked. He met her eyes, but she turned away more. "Yes. You crawled out of an alley, you were a mess, and you were bruised and covered in blood" Ichigo turned slightly towards him, "I was completely defenseless, you could have taken me away, but you didn't, why that is?" Kish stared at her for a long time. Faint bruises and cuts were left, but she was mostly healed. "Because you were hurt and in pain, if I had taken you, you would not have been able to get help." Tears ran down Ichigo's face. "Thank you" she said quietly. Kisshu smiled a little. "Also Ichigo, I love you." Ichigo lifted her head, and her gaze met his. She had not heard that for a long time. Masaya had not said it to her for an extremely long time, however every time Kish had seen her, he always said it… in a strange way. He had always said how he wished that he would be hers, but he finally had the chance, but he saved her. She wanted to say it back, she really wanted to say I love you back, but she couldn't. She just stared blankly at Kisshu. She felt that back, but it felt as though Masaya still had a grip on her. She then remembered that she did try to break up with him, but she could not remember what had happened. "I…" she stammered, Kisshu's eyes opened wide, would she say it back, did she love him? "I appreciate you helping me." she said. Kisshu frowned slightly, he actually thought she would say it back. "That's foolish, he thought to himself, "after all that I put her through, how could she love me?" he thought. However, she did feel that way, she did love him, in a way that she never loved Masaya. This was different, but she just could not say it. Whenever she tried, it wouldn't come out. All she said was "I'm sorry… I was so mean to you." He hung his head "I should be sorry, for all I put you through." he said sadly, "Maybe you wouldn't resent me so much, if I wasn't so rude then." She laughed a little. "What's so funny?" he asked, she smiled "I remember when you jumped down from that building, and…" Kisshu looked at her happily but also in a sorry way "That's what I mean…"he said quietly. Ichigo looked at him lovingly "It's ok, it wasn't that bad…" she said, embarrassed. He looked up at her blushing face, and smiled.
They continued through their happy conversation, little did they know that they were being watched by a dark tall and jealous figure.