Disclaimer: Bleach is Tite Kubo's work, not mine.
Chapter 4 - Understood is to Confused
"No one knows their true self unless they see it in its material form and be able to overcome it once for all."
That message was inverted, but it wasn't just a message. It was a curse.
It is another undeniable truth, that first impressions can be wrong most of the time. Just like that spell, you think it was just some shit carved to the mirror but it's actually something that would lead you to the world you would want to be in the least.
And it's also like him. When I first him, I thought he was scary-looking but friendly person, but in the second time that I'll be here, I will be proved wrong.
In the real world, nothing was moving, not even time itself. Everyone stayed still, but the mirror that brought Ichigo to the reverse continued to glow.
It played a million pictures of what's happening in the reverse right now, and one of those pictures is Byakuro watching his alternate wake up with a soft, lazy groan.
When I woke up, I saw this Shirosaki look out the window as the sun started to rise.
But the sun wasn't orange or bright yellow. It was pitch black that it was kind of strange and it's like the symbol of an upcoming omen. But this was the 'reverse' so it's not like I wouldn't understand.
It was hard that he would tell me that they know what they are and how their world is the contrast of mine. it felt awkward, and I don't get it.
Only now that thought came to my mind, for as of now my head is cleared of the panic and confusion from yesterday.
He may seem trustworthy, but what if he's plotting something? It's not like he would tell me all this without a really valid reason.
But the questions that I wanted to ask him stayed in my throat, as if it was trapped and couldn't come out my mouth.
"So, thanks for letting me stay over. It was nice of you to let me stay somewhere safe to rest in a world I'm not familiar with." That was all I said.
"He would never stop looking creepy with those eyes and that appearance..." was what I was thinking while showing him my gratitude that was filled with slight doubt and suspicion.
"It's no big deal. Though it is unlikely of me to help people, you're from the other side and if I let you walk around here while standing out like a star you'll get in deep trouble." I rolled his eyes and we both checked out.
Our conversations were always awkward when we walked while I try to make myself blend in. Neither of the two of us talked anything that others would talk about when they'd try to get along.
Also, I still haven't found my counterpart... but something's telling me that it's him but I seriously doubt it. We're sort of similar, so there it might be just a wrong guess.
All this was confusing, no matter how calm I try to think and act.
= To be continued =
A/N: Sorry for the long wait, and so that you won't know what Byakuro's thinking yet I didn't put his POV in this chapter, but there will be in the next one.