A/N: I'm so glad many of you guys were worried about Andou! I wasn't going to leave him heart broken i'm not heartless. So this could be seen as a filler chapter because it's just about Andou, no Ichihime here so read it if you like or not.

Disclaimer: BLah blah blah

Chapter 13

"Andou! I'm serious! Don't even think about it!"

"I'm not doing anything"

"Oh please, you wanted to go this way because you knew we'd pass Inoue's bakery"

"That is pure coincidence"

"Shut up! I'm not going to let you stalk her!"

"I'm not stalking her! I just want to talk to her or… just look at her"

"This isn't going to help you, and you know it"

"How would you know huh? You've never been in love with anyone so you don't have a clue"

Those words stung Tatsuki and Andou knew it but she didn't get her tough girl reputation by crying whenever someone's words hurt her. She sent a kick straight to his gut and Andou groaned in pain, moving away from her.

"I am not arguing with you about this, let's get out of here"

Tatsuki started walking in the opposite direction and after he composed himself Andou followed her. There was a small distance between the two but that was because Tatsuki walked too fast and Andou walked too slowly because he got distracted by random things. The pair reached the gates of Karakura High and entered its open gates.

"Why are we here? I'm done with High school remember?"

Tatsuki rolled her eyes at this, Andou liked to remind everyone at all times that he had graduated High School. He thought it was the most impressive achievement in the world. She led him into the school which was left open for students who had club activities.

"Just follow me; I know how to get your mind of her"

Andou didn't say anything; he never had to say anything when it came to Tatsuki. She just always knew. When he came home after talking to Ichigo, she just looked at his face and hugged him then said "it's okay. It wouldn't have worked anyway. You'll find someone right for you" Tatsuki was like that and he loved her for it, she was more than just his cousin she was his sister. His 'sister' turned and glared at him.

"God! Could you get any slower? It's like you're fucking walking backwards!"

"Hey! Watch your mouth!" Andou pointed at her accusingly.

She cackled and ran ahead, Andou ran after her through the hallways of the school. After a few turns Tatsuki and Andou were standing outside the doors of the Karakura High Dojo.

"Really? Karate? You know I suck at this stuff, why do you think you're always whooping my ass?" Andou said panting heavily.

"Trust me; this will make you feel better"

"Uhmm No. this just looks like it'll be painful and I'm too pretty to be beat up" he smiled and struck a pose, Tatsuki just rolled her eyes.

"Ugh just shut up and follow me"

"No, I want to go home, just leave me alone Tatsuki" Ando started walking away but was stopped when Tatsuki pulled him back.

"Please Andou? Just try it. Please"

Andou turned back and looked at his cousin, she was serious about this. Although he doubted how getting beat up would cheer him up, he decided to give it a shot for her.

"Well Fine since you begged but .FACE"

She grinned widely and pushed the doors open. There were about ten other students inside the Dojo. They all addressed Tatsuki respectfully some even bowing when she passed them.

"Woah. Do they worship you here or something?"

"I'm the Captain" she smirked at me. "You can go to the changing room over there and get changed"

Andou reluctantly went off in the direction she'd indicated. There were two doors he saw, he figured one was for boys and the other for girls except they weren't labeled so he didn't know which was which. Instead of going through the embarrassment of entering the girls changing room he waited for a guy to show up and followed him inside.
The guy he followed was short and had hair tied into a short ponytail with bangs in front. He wore thick glasses and a bulky sweater.

"Hey" Andou greeted him once they'd both entered the changing room.

"Uhmm Hi!" he looked surprised to see Andou and his voice came out squeaky as if he was nervous.

"So…Are you a member of the Karate club? Don't answer that, of course you are otherwise what would you be doing here right?" Andou laughed trying to ease the tension but the boy looked even more nervous with each passing second.

"I'm Andou by the way, Tatsuki's my cousin. She brought me here" He held out his hand but the spectacled boy shrank away from him and a bit offended he took his hand away.

"And you are?" The boy was looking at his feet now and Andou gave up trying to chat with him. Some people are just plain weirdos he decided.

"So where do I get the Karate uniform?"

The boy pointed a shaky finger towards a stack of ironed karate uniforms on a small table. Andou pulled off his shirt before going over to the pile. He was about to pick up the uniform when he heard a very high pitched squeal come out of the boy's mouth. He turned to see what was wrong and saw that the boy was on the floor covering his face.

Shit maybe he's sick or something Andou thought as he ran to the boy's side.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

The boy didn't answer. Andou pulled his hands away from his face to get a look at the boy's face. When he did he realized two things.

The first thing he realized was; the boy's hands were very small and soft.

The second thing he realized as he looked at the boy's face closely was; he was an Idiot because the 'boy' was actually a girl.

"Oh." He said still looking at her jade green eyes. Her face was red like really red. Andou wondered how you could blush so much you'd turn into a tomato.

"So… You're a girl huh?" he said after a full minute of staring.

"L-let go" she finally spoke.

"What?" he asked confused for a second before he realized he was still clutching her hand.

"Sorry. Since you're okay and you're not fainting. I'll go get changed" he said releasing her hand and standing up but then a thought came to him.

"Wait. If you're a girl then this is the girls changing room?"

She nodded and Andou went pale. Shit. He had to get out of here before-

Too late, too damn late.

Tatsuki and another girl opened the door and froze upon seeing Andou. The situation looked bad. He was shirtless in the girls changing room standing over a blushing girl on the floor. Tatsuki looked at the situation and you could see her trying her best to suppress her rage.

"Wait Tatsuki, let me-"

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" she roared. Before Andou could scurry, flee or even defend himself, Tatsuki pounced on him. He waited for the pain but it never came. Daring to open his eyes he saw the bushing girl had somehow stood up and stopped Tatsuki before she had pulverized him.

"Wait! Tatsuki-senpai!"

"Hinami-chan? What happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine! Uhmm Andou-kun thought I was having an asthmatic attack so he was just trying to help me"

"You're asthmatic?" Andou asked, this didn't help his situation.

"What's he doing in the girls changing room?"

"That's uhmm well-" Hinami's voice trailed off because she had no Idea why Andou had followed her into the girls changing room.

"I thought this was the guys changing room! Sheesh!" Andou threw his hands up defensively. Tatsuki picked up his discarded T-shirt and threw it at his face.

"Get out of here! Next time I catch you in here I'll break your face!"

Andou grinned and walked out of the changing room. Now that he was gone Hinami could finally think clearly without his shirtless torso popping into her mind. Tatsuki turned to look at her and shook her head sympathetically.

"He may be an idiot but he's a nice guy" Tatsuki said in an apologetic tone.

"He didn't do anything to me, really I'm fine" she smiled to try and calm Tatsuki.

After he'd changed in the boys changing room, Andou stood fully dressed in the Karakura Karate uniform. He waited until Tatsuki came out and when she did, she was followed by Hinami, and both of them were wearing identical white uniforms. Hinami had taken of her glasses and her short brown hair was loose and framing her face. Andou wondered just how he could even think she was a boy. Her vibrant green eyes sparkled and in the karate uniform her curves were very distinct.

"Okay we're starting with sparing matches, everyone pair up!" Tatsuki said loudly so that everyone could hear her.

"Andou, you're paired with Hinami" Tatsuki said.

Hinami nodded vigorously and moved into the ring without hesitating for a second, Andou looked at Tatsuki incredulously waiting for her to tell him she was just kidding.

"Are you serious? Hinami is a girl"

"Yeah, so?"

"I'm not going to fight a girl"

"What are you talking about? You have no problem fighting with me"

"That's because you're like a bull on steroids, Hinami is-different"

"Well tough luck, you're paired with her"

"I'm not going to hit a girl" Andou said.

"Who says you would even be able to hit me" Hinami said. She was glaring daggers at Andou.

"Andou just do it, it's just a friendly match. Two minutes in the ring" Tatsuki said.

Andou entered the ring still looking uncertain.

"I'm going to crush you" Hinami whispered still glaring at Andou. He looked at Hinami a bit taken aback with her sudden hostility towards him. Maybe she's mad that I confused her for a boy, Andou thought to himself.

They both got into position and Tatsuki blew a whistle when the match began. Andou decided he would simply keep blocking till the two minutes were up, he didn't want to hurt her.

Hinami roared, like an actual battle cry and then she lunged forward, which scared the hell out of Andou. He wasn't prepared for such ferocity especially from her because Hinami seemed like such a gentle girl before.

"Woah" he took two steps back, Hinami was fast and she landed the first blow and the second. But her punches weren't hard, in fact they were actually quite soft or maybe he was just used to Tatsuki's deadly hits. Her petite face was pulled into a frown; it obviously frustrated her that she wasn't affecting Andou with her punches.

Andou decided to end the match instead of dragging it out, he grabbed both her hands in his hoping to restrain her but she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist, knocking off his balance. He fell hard on his back and she pinned him down with her body. She straddled him to keep him down and smiled down at him. Andou stared at her in shock, she was panting slightly but she looked extremely pleased with herself.

Tatsuki blew her whistle again and yelled, "Game over! The winner is Hinami"

"What? Why?" Andou turned his head to the right.

"She knocked you down. She wins" Tatsuki shrugged and moved her attention to another sparring couple.

Hinami was out of her mind excited, the adrenaline was still pumping through her entire body and she felt the urge to scream. Andou who was still holding her hands was staring at her with a mixture of fascination and confusion.

"So… Congratulations I guess" Andou broke the silence between them. It was like Hinami just clicked and she realized she was straddling him, her face went red and she jumped off him. He snorted a laugh because he thought she was cute. She stood up and practically bolted away from him, leaving him lying in the ring.

Tatsuki had everyone practice by themselves for about half an hour and then she wrapped up the day by sending everyone home.

"We did good today you guys, I'll see you tomorrow"

Andou followed the guys into the changing room and threw on his own clothes. As captain, Tatsuki had the responsibility of putting everything away.

"Here I'll help you out" Andou offered when as he came out of the changing room.

"No thanks, I'm fine just go ahead without me" Tatsuki brushed him off.

"What? No. just let me-"

"Uggh you're so annoying! Just go home" Tatsuki snapped at Andou, this took him back because really it came out of nowhere. Tatsuki had a temper but she rarely snapped at people for no reason.

"I'm just trying to help"

"Ok then help me by going home. Will you go home? or do I need to make sure you get home?" she said.

"What is wrong with you?" Andou asked confused at her sudden anger.

"Hinami! Over here!" Tatsuki ignored him and yelled at Hinami who was on her way out. Hinami turned when she was called and jogged over to where Tatsuki and Andou were standing. She was wearing her boyish clothes again and her thick glasses were back in place.

"Do me a favor and take him home please?" Tatsuki said pointing at Andou.

"Hey! Don't talk about me like I'm not here! Because I'm right here! I am aren't I?" Andou touched his chest as if he was doubtful that he was standing right there.

"Uhmm…Okay"

"Hold on Hinami. Don't listen to this Ape monkey." Andou put his hand on Hinami's shoulder and she visibly stiffened.

"It's no problem at all" Hinami replied, her voice was soft and she didn't really look up into Andou's eyes when she was talking, shame, she had beautiful eyes Andou thought.

"There, you see? Go with her" Tatsuki said. She had a wide grin on her face even though earlier she was snapping at Andou.

"You're so weird " Andou said as he walked away from her.

As they walked through the hallways of the school with safe distance between them, Hinami racked her brain for something to say. Andou was looking at the various fliers pasted on the school boards.

"U-uhmm sorry about the uhmm… " her voice trailed off when Andou turned to look at her, she wasn't prepared for his brown eyes to fully focus on hers, she cleared her throat and tried to refocus her scrambled thoughts "sorry for… the uhmm whole 'I'll crush you' thing" To her relief Andou laughed.

"Yeah! What was up with that? You were like a different person! A person who with a battle cry"

"It's just uhmm I was using subterfuge tactics because I was fighting a… uhmm bigger opponent"

"What? What does subterfuge mean?" Andou asked. Hinami hesitated before answering, she wanted to make sure he wasn't making fun of her but he seriously looked interested.

"Well it means deceiving someone to believe something that isn't true; like in a fight you can use it to look scarier than you are to intimidate your opponent"

"Aaah so it's just bluffing?"

"yeah just bluffing" she smiled a little.

"Haha well it worked" Hinami's face lit up and Andou couldn't bring himself to tell her that it only worked for five seconds.

"You won didn't you?" he nudged her shoulder lightly. She smiled and he felt like he just accomplished something important.

"It was a mediocre victory though" she said, "but it's my first one"

"You're first time? How long have you been in the karate club?"

"Just this year"

"How long have you been in this school?"

"S-since middle school, why are you asking so many questions?"

Andou laughed again, "Sorry it's just that you're interesting"

Hinami's whole body heated up and her brain threatened to shut down. No one had found her interesting before; she literally blended in the background everywhere she went because she hardly spoke to anyone. She was certain no one in her class remembered her name and she was fully aware that she was constantly forgotten. Hearing him call her interesting made her feel warm inside.

She didn't say anything but she didn't have to because Andou was still talking.

"I followed you into that changing room because I thought you were boy. A small weird boy kind of like a little Halfling in glasses"

He laughed to himself. Hinami wasn't offended at all because it was obvious he didn't mean anything by it. Also she was fully aware that she was shorter than most people her age. Andou wasn't considerably tall and yet the top of her head didn't come close to his shoulder.

"Like a hobbit?" she piped up.

"A what?"

"A Hobbit is a mortal Halfling inhabitant of Middle Earth… You know, from the Lord of the Rings" Hinami said.

"What? Wait Ohhh. You know, I've never watched those movies"

"What! How could you not!" Hinami's voice got louder and her face lit up in excitement. Andou had a feeling not many people had seen the look on her face right now.

"Well mostly I watch cartoons and play video games" He shrugged, smiling at her excitement.

"Impossible! Those movies are the best movies of our century!" her hands were moving to emphasize her point. They had already left the school grounds a while back and were slowly making their way towards Andou's house.

"Well I guess I could watch them sometime with you" Andou suggested.

"W-with y-you?" Hinami asked, her nervousness coming back like a speeding train.

"Yeah, of course. There's no way I could understand it without you"

"R-right" Hinami tried to calm herself. He wouldn't understand the complexity of the epic adventure fantasy world that is The Lord of the Rings without someone to guide him.

"Yeah and you're really smart so, there's that" He said nonchalantly and Hinami could swear on Gandalf's beard she was about to have a heart attack. He thought she was smart!

They walked together for a while longer but then Andou took a wrong turn.

"Andou-kun? I think you're going the wrong way, we need to go-"

"Yeah, I just want to make a quick side stop"

"A side stop? To where?"

Andou sighed before he answered, when he did he was scratching his hair and looking away from Hinami "It's just a little bakery, I like to go to sometimes"

"Oh okay then" Hinami started following him again but she noticed that Andou's attitude had changed a little. His hands were curled into fists in his pockets and he was walking a bit faster now. When they had almost reached the little bakery however, he stopped walking. He was just looking through the window from across the street.

"Andou-kun? What's wrong?" She followed his gaze to see what he was looking at. He wasn't looking at any of the sweet pastries and cakes displayed but he was looking at a girl. She was pretty with long auburn hair that fell past her shoulders. She was laughing at something someone out of sight had said. Hinami squinted and she realized she recognized the girl.

"Is that Inoue Orihime?"

"You know her?" Andou wasn't looking at her, his attention fully trained on the girl in the bakery.

"She's in my class"

"Hmm" he answered still not looking at Hinami.

"What's wrong?" Hinami was getting a little worried about Andou at this point.

"That's the girl I'm in love with" he said so quietly Hinami barely heard it. She wished she didn't hear it because it meant that Andou had a girlfriend and this fact for some unknown reason made Hinami's chest hurt. Andou started walking away back towards his house.

"Aren't you going in?" Hinami asked.

"What? No! I can't eat that stuff, I'll get fat and my looks are all I have going for me" he laughed loudly but it sounded different than it did before a bit forced Hinami noticed, "In fact I think I should stay away from… pastries for a while"

Andou sounded sad and he even looked sad as he said this. It felt wrong for Hinami to see him this way; she wanted to look away because she felt like she just witnessed something private. He slowed down a bit so that Hinami could catch up to him. He scratched his head again and looked at her, his eyes had a new kind of intensity that wasn't there before but Hinami still thought he looked a bit sad.

"Are you okay now, Andou-kun?"

He smiled and nodded slowly as if he had to think about it, "Yeah I'll be fine Hinami-chan, thanks"

They walked in silence after that, Andou just didn't feel like talking and Hinami had no idea what to say. When they reached Tatsuki's home Andou climbed up to the front door then turned to face Hinami.

"Thanks, will you get home okay?"

"Uhmm yeah I'm sure I'll be fine. So…bye" Hinami nodded.

"Bye" Andou waved at her. Hinami turned around, walked about ten steps to the house right next door and rang the doorbell. Andou looked at her confused, when Hinami noticed his confusion, she said,

"Uhmm I live next door" She pointed at the cherry red door of her house.

Andou laughed; "Well that means we'll be seeing a lot more of each other, Neighbor" Andou winked and then went in.

Hinami blushed and went into her own house. Her chest was thumping unusually loudly and she thought she was either falling sick or she was falling for Andou.

Later that evening Tatsuki came back very tired from the dojo, she usually didn't come back so late but she had a lot of work to attend to in the dojo. The whole time she was hoping that everything had gone well with Andou and Hinami.

"Soooo what happened?" Tatsuki said after she burst into her bedroom. Andou was lying down on her bed flipping through his phone. He looked up when she came in wiggling her eyebrows in a manner that was quite disturbing to Andou.

"What do you mean, what happened?" Andou asked

"Oh gosh don't hold out on me. What happened after you left with Hinami?" Tatsuki said throwing her bag into a corner of her room.

"Nothing happened" Andou shrugged, Tatsuki's excited face was suspicious.

"Didn't you two talk? Oh God did you scare her away? I've told you not to tell people about your creepy toy collection"

"Hey! First of all, I didn't scare her away and second, they are not toys! They are figurines! Lots of people have them"

"Yeah whatever" Tatsuki rolled her eyes, "So what do you think of her?"

"Hinami? She's nice I guess, why?"

"Just nice?"

"Well she's interesting and… different"

"Oh my gosh I'm a genius! I'm awesome! I just felt it and I knew-" Tatsuki got so excited she started hopping on the spot and doing some kind of dance that looked more like she was having a spasm attack.

"What are you talking about?" Andou asked, he was seriously considering the possibility that Tatsuki had gone insane.

"Nothing, nothing!" Tatsuki said, she was grinning so widely her face was in danger of splitting.

"So what did you two talk about?" Tatsuki asked as she sat on the bed beside Andou.

"Why do you care? Seriously you're freaking me out Tatsuki" Andou shuffled away from her, just in case her mental illness was contagious.

"Okay sorry. I'm just curious that's all" She could barely keep the smile of her face.

"Well we just talked about stuff, the match we had in the dojo, hobbits and whatever"

"Hobbits? Like in The Lord of the Rings?"

"You've watched that movie?" Andou asked her.

"Yeah who the hell hasn't?"

"Uggh I have to go over to her place and watch it"

"Hinami's place? You're going over there?" Tatsuki's voice rose higher as it always did when she was getting excited.

"Yeah she said I could come over and watch it"

"Oh my God! Yes!"

"Again! You're being weird again!" Andou pointed at her and hugged the pillow tightly to his chest as in to keep himself safe. Seeing Tatsuki acting like a fangirl was like watching a dog play golf or something equally bizarre.

"Go over there tomorrow!" She said loudly.

"Tomorrow is Friday, she has school" Andou pointed out.

"Damn it." Tatsuki frowned.

"Uhmm I could go when she gets back?" Andou suggested.

"Yesssss!" Tatsuki hissed.

"And I could bring over popcorn"

"Yes, yes, yes" she nodded vigorously.

"Do you think she would like the caramel popcorn? Or just the plain salty ones?" Andou asked, now that it was settled that he was going over to Hinami's house, he couldn't help wondering about the little details. For some reason he thought that she'd like sweet things, maybe he could come over with his secret stash of candy. He hoped she would like that he thought to himself.

"You really want to go, huh?" Tatsuki smiled gently at her cousin. He turned his attention back to Tatsuki and he didn't know why but the way she smiled knowingly made him feel embarrassed.

"Yeah I want to go because… everyone has watched this movie and uhmm I don't want to be left out"

Tatsuki laughed then pushed Andou off the bed.

"Find somewhere else to sleep little worm"

Yep, she's back to her usual self, Andou thought as he stole the pillow before Tatsuki could take it.

Hinami woke up feeling too hot, this had nothing to with her cozy bed, the uncomfortable heat was because her three younger brothers had all snuck under her blanket during the night and had curled themselves around her. Toshi the youngest had wrapped his arms around her neck. Souta was hugging her waist and Kaito was curled up by her feet. They had started sleeping on her bed when their mum had started working again. She never had the heart to turn them away so she woke up feeling too hot every day.

"Wake up you guys, let's get breakfast" They didn't even budge. Hinami sighed, waking them up was the hardest part. They were heavy sleepers and even her wiggling wasn't doing anything to wake them. She cleared her throat and screamed as loudly as she could.

"Uggh nee-san, shut up!" Souta said covering his ears. Hinami kept screaming.

"S shut her up!" Kaito yelled but Hinami kept screaming.

Souta jumped up and tried to cover Hinami's mouth with his hands but she rolled away and kept screaming. Toshi joined in and tried to shut Hinami up by sitting on her face. Soon they ended up on the floor giggling as Hinami tickled them.

"Good! You guys are awake." Hoshimi Genjiro their mother said as she opened the bedroom door. She was already dressed for work.

"Hinami, could you get the boys ready? I'm running late" Their mum said as she waved goodbye to her sons.

"Yeah no problem" Hinami answered, her mum smiled and blew her a kiss.

She gave Hinami the same smile every morning before she left but Hinami knew that the smile was a lie, Hinami knew that her mum hid her exhaustion from them. She knew that her mum never got enough sleep and she knew that her mum worked too hard. All Hinami could do was take care of her brothers and she did it without complaint.

"Showers, now" she said once her mum had gone.

After Kaito, Souta and even Toshi were clean and ready for school; Hinami herded them into the small dining area. She was relieved to see that her mum at least had time to prepare the boys' lunch boxes. She made sure they were seated eating their respective bowls of cereal before she went to the bathroom to take a shower. As usual there was no hot water left but she didn't mind.

She threw on the first thing she saw in her closet and looked at her wrist watch. They were going to be late, again.

"Come on, let's go!" she put on her glasses and carried her school bag. The boys were arguing about who gets the last slice of toast. Hinami resolved this pointless squabble by picking up the slice of toast and eating it.

"Now let's move!"

She had to walk Toshi to kindergarten and Souta to Karakura middle school. Kaito was 14 so he was in junior high. When she finally got to Karakura High school, she was five minutes late. Sensei didn't seem to care though; she seated herself in her usual seat at the very back of the class and became invisible.

The classes flew by and teachers came in and out, Hinami didn't need to pay attention in class, she could always read the textbook and get the concepts. She used up her time watching her classmates, being in the back was like being a spectator, she didn't have to worry about them noticing her, they never did. She looked over at Inoue Orihime's seat; she was doodling on her notebook like she usually did. Hinami thought Inoue was probably the luckiest girl to ever live because she had Andou-kun as a boyfriend. She thought that Andou would be the dorky kind of boyfriend, the kind that gives you chocolates and sings you songs. She was daydreaming about what sweet things Andou-kun would whisper in her ear when the bell rang for recess. She was unknowingly staring at Inoue the whole time but her whole body jolted when she saw a tall boy approach Inoue's seat. It was Kurosaki Ichigo she noticed.

He whispered something in her ear and Inoue giggled and then nodded. He pulled up a chair and sat very close to her, so close Inoue's legs were entwined with his. Everyone else in class was busy talking to each other and Hinami was in the perfect position to see what Inoue and Kurosaki were doing. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and she bit her lip bashfully but then she kissed his cheek and Hinami turned away from the scene in front of her.

She was confused, wasn't Inoue Andou's girlfriend? Why would she be canoodling with Kurosaki if she had a boyfriend? Hinami gasped a little too loudly. Inoue was cheating on Andou! She felt she had to somehow tell him that his pretty girlfriend was in the arms of a tall, scary looking boy. Recess was over but Hinami didn't even notice, her mind was still churning.

Really it wasn't any of her business but she couldn't, not do anything. She glanced over at Inoue again, she was in her seat writing down whatever was on the board. She glanced over at Kurosaki, he was staring at Inoue. His face was different when he was looking at her; it was not so scary, almost gentle. And then he smiled when Inoue sneezed quietly, his smile was warm and filled with…love. Hinami gasped again, Kurosaki was in love with Inoue! They were secret lovers!

Hinami felt like she was in the middle of a soap opera that just got super dramatic. What should she do? Obviously she shouldn't do anything. It wasn't any of her business but Hinami was far too excited to just stay out of the situation. Inoue seemed like a good person Hinami thought; she decided she would start her meddling by simply talking to Inoue.

When the school bell rang announcing the end of the day, Hinami packed up her things. Her plan was to casually talk to Inoue when she was alone.

She could say something like 'Hey, so… Do you love Kurosaki? Or Andou-kun?' or maybe she should come in strong like 'How could you do this to Andou-kun?!'

While she was overthinking this she noticed Inoue slip out of her circle of friends and leave the classroom. Of course Kurosaki's eyes followed her but he didn't move from his seat so Hinami took this as her chance to act. She was nervous and for a second she considered staying out of it but she just… didn't want to. She saw Inoue enter the girl's bathroom and she followed her in. Hinami felt like a stalker or a lunatic but she was on a mission.

The bathroom was thankfully empty and Hinami stood in front of the sink waiting for Inoue to be done in the cubicle. When she came out Hinami noticed for the first time how tall Inoue was or how short she was compared to Inoue. Inoue was humming casually as she washed her hands in the sink next to Hinami. Hinami could feel herself chickening out so she did the first thing that came to her mind.

She pushed Inoue and she squeaked in surprise. Hinami was surprised that she had pushed her but she felt bad the second she did it.

"Hey" Hinami said in what she hoped was an intimidating voice.

"Uhmm hello, Hinami-san is everything okay?" Inoue was obviously confused but her voice was still kind. Aww she knows my name, Hinami thought almost melting but then she snapped out of it. Stay strong Hinami, don't fall for her angel-like features Hinami told herself.

"You tell me" she placed her hands on her hips in a manner she had seen in movies.

"What?" Inoue asked.

"Uhmm do you l-l-love uhmm." Her mind was blanking out "How could you… to Andou-kun" Although her words came out as broken pieces of a disaster Inoue's eyes widened.

"Just calm down, Hinami-san. Tell me what's bothering you, okay?" Inoue said placing a hand on Hinami's shoulder. Hinami sighed and covered her face, mostly in embarrassment. Here she was trying to have a badass showdown with Inoue and she was being so nice to her.

"I'm sorry Inoue-san, I'm just a little confused" Hinami said. She spoke normally unlike the terminator voice she was using before.

"About what?" Inoue asked.

"I know it's none of my business but…aren't you… dating Andou-kun? Why are you with Kurosaki-kun?" Hinami asked. Inoue's eyebrows rose and there was an unreadable expression on her face. For a second Hinami thought Inoue wasn't going to answer. But Inoue looked down at her feet before she met Hinami's eyes.

"I'm not dating Andou-kun, we're just friends. Kurosaki-kun is my boyfriend"

"Oh. I-I'm sorry" Hinami stammered out. Now she felt like a meddling fool. She knew Inoue wasn't lying so that left Hinami as the idiot here.

"I'm sorry I'll just- go" Hinami started walking away but stopped when Inoue called out to her.

"How do you know Andou-kun?"

"I-I only met him yesterday" Hinami's face was red in embarrassment, she felt like an even bigger idiot.

"But you like him don't you?" Inoue asked.

Hinami's throat dried up and she wanted to flush her head down the toilet, how can she like Andou? She met him yesterday. She didn't know anything about him; you can't just like someone that easily. Can you?

"I- I don't know"

"Want to know what I think?" Inoue asked walking to where Hinami stood by the door.

"What?"

"I think you looooooove him!" Inoue said way too loudly. She was beaming at Hinami and clapping her hands excitedly.

"What? No! Shut up! That's absurd. Don't be ridiculous." Hinami's face was getting redder but Inoue was wiggling her eyebrows at Hinami and pocking the side of her face.

"All I know is that you almost tackled me defending him" Inoue said as she exited the bathroom.

"Who tackled who?" Kurosaki's voice asked outside the bathroom. Hinami heard Inoue giggle as she walked away with Kurosaki; she stood in that bathroom waiting for the redness in her face to pass. She only left when she realized she was going to be late for her karate club meeting.

A/N: Okay let me know what you guys think about this. Do you want to see more of Hinami and Andou? or not? Leave a review and let me know. Till next time my lovelies!