AN: Sigh . . . okay, time for chapter 2!! I'm guessing this story isn't as popular as late neh? But anyway, thank you for my 5 reviewers!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! This chapter's dedicated to them XP
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Disclaimer: I don't own bleach TT
Relationships are like broken glass.
Sometimes its better to leave them broken
than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
- Anonymous
The sky above her was a beautiful shade of blue, white puffy clouds scattered across the sky, morning birds chirped loudly and beautifully around her while the wind gently swayed here and there, tugging at her uniform. She inhaled the calming morning scent with a faint smile as she walked to slowly to school.
It was yet another school year. Summer went by rather quickly. She hanged out with her friends but not as often as other girls would and instead spent her days in a peaceful manner that involves reading on a tree, watching the sunset or stay up late watching the night sky from the roof, occasionally seeing a few shooting stars that she would eagerly wished on. Oh how she wished that she could spend her entire life just doing that but, just as always, the letter from the school would informing the students about the coming school year ripped through her peaceful summer and pushed her back into reality.
Now here she was, talking her time walking to walk to school. The teachers wouldn't mind if she, or anybody else, is late, due to the fact they're still probably in the after effects of summer. She shrugged at the thought of what her teachers were doing during the summer.
"Rukia – san!!"
She snapped out of her daze and immediately turned her head around to see who called her name out. She sees Inoue just few yards from where she's at, waving her hands frantically.
"Rukia – san!!" Her eyes suddenly widened and her already frantic hands waved even more. "WATCH OUT!!"
She arched her eyebrows at what Inoue said, "WHA – "
She suddenly bumped into something with force. For a brief moment, she smelt a familiar cologne that reached her nose but quickly vanished as she lost her balance, toppling back. The next thing she noticed was that she was on the ground with a sore butt from landing on it. She flinched as she tried to stand up, brushing dirt off her uniform.
"Freaking idiot, can't you see where you're walking at?" A male voice said right in front of her.
A scowl appeared on her face as anger illuminated her dark orbs.
"Well sorrrrrry Mr. Asshole." She snapped back, full of enthusiasm.
She looked up only to be greeted by amber eyes that looked down at her, piercing her stare with the same amount of intensity as hers. She couldn't help but feel her nerves be rattled from the guys stare.
They look familiar.
She averted her gaze off the guy's eyes but as soon as she left his gaze, bright orange hair caught her wandering eyes. Something inside of her snapped at the sigh of the orange hair. She immediately took a step back and looked at the person who she had bumped into. Her eyes widened as she let a gasp escape her throat.
Shit.
He furrowed his eyebrows as the persons eyes in front of him suddenly widened right after he/she tore their eyes off of his glare. His orange hair reflected against the surface of her glistening azure eyes. She suddenly took a step back from him and heard a gasp from her.
He straightened up to see who the person was and instantly widened his eyes.
"Crap." He murmured.
He didn't know how long the two of them stared at each other with dumbstruck looks on their faces. He's feet felt like they were rooted to the ground as her eyes continued to drown him in deeper and deeper as each second pass by. Those eyes that he longed to see for the longest time . . . but his heart dropped down as he saw a now empty spot behind her dark orbs that was filled long ago meaning one thing, her love for him was really gone.
I guess she wasn't kidding when she said that huh?
He opened his mouth to say something when somebody interrupted him, immediately closing it shut.
"Oh!" A high female voice suddenly sprang out. "K – Kurosaki-kun!"
He snapped out of his daze and moved his gaze behind where Rukia stood, seeing Inoue.
He nodded at her as if to recognize her presence shortly followed by a monotone, "Hey".
He watched her walk towards Rukia, who was still gazing at him with clouded eyes, and placed a hand on her shoulders, gently shaking her.
"Rukia?"
She felt a someone's hand on her shoulder, shaking her gently at the same time. She snapped out of her daze and turned to see whose hand is on her shoulder.
"I – Inoue."
"Hey!" Inoue brightly replied. "You ok?"
"Yeah," She turned her head to look at Ichigo's figure standing in front of him. "I'm alright."
"We kind of lost you for a minute there."
"Yeah, sorry about that," Still gazing at him. "Memories . . . took me in for a minute."
She was sure he noticed the coldness in her voice; she saw his eyes softening and the corners of his lips twitching and a growing frown is also visible.
She smiled to herself but quickly shook her head, No . . . I know him too well.
His amber eyes were locked into hers, she felt like he was searching desperately something from her. Fortunately, she managed to close him off, pushing him mentally and emotionally away from her and her now chaotic emotions inside of her that were all triggered when she first realized that he bumped into the person who she vowed to hate for all eternity.
Desperate for some distraction, she tore her gaze off of his and turned to Inoue, plastering a smile on her face.
"C'mon Inoue, we're going to be late."
He opened his mouth to say something to stop them from going but no words came out and so, decided to close them shut once again.
Damn.
He stared at Rukia's face from the corner of his eyes, making sure that he made his actions oblivious.
Inoue suddenly took Rukia's arm and tangled it around hers and started dragging her with that familiar smile on her face.
He didn't do or say anything to stop them; he let them pass him and caught a swift of Rukia's familiar scent. Inhaling the scent deeply as if he was running out of air.
Cherry blossoms . . .
Oh how he missed this scent. It was intoxicating, dazing him and pulling him into his memories that included her. Her smile flashed in his head, she felt the ghost of her warm hand encased in his, her hugs that would push all his sorrows away, her sweet lips against his, and everything else.
He felt a sudden surge of electricity, shaking every single nerve in his body, snapping him out of his daze. He looked down to see that Rukia's body accidentally bumped into his, her hand grazing his ever so lightly but still, he felt it. He didn't let his emotions take over and instead put on an emotionless face, he noticed that Rukia's hair had gotten over her eyes, covering and shadowing them from any eye contact.
She's still the same heh?
He watch as Inoue drags Rukia onward to school, her hands waving enthusiastically at him.
"See yah around Kurosaki-kun!" She yells as they slowly disappear from his view.
He smirked and scratches his hair. He lifted the hand that was touched by Rukia and looked at it with intent. He could feel a slight tingling from the spot. He frowned and shook his head.
It's probably just my imagination.
He raised his head up to look at where Rukia just stood and sniffed the air, catching her faint smell that somehow stayed. He closed his eyes to take in the scent that was soothing but also burning at the same time. He felt his lungs and mind being cleared up, of which he was very thankful for. He had a lot of unnecessary things in his mind lately.
He opened his eyes and started to walk the same path Rukia and Inoue just took minutes before him. His eyes were somehow clear, a smile tugging along on his face.
One thing was still for sure:
He still loves her after three whole years.
AN: Okay, so that was chapter 2. I hope that cleared some unanswered questions in your head. Sorry for a short update, I had a lot of distraction while typing this chapter so yeah . . . I kind of lost some of my ideas but hey at least I updated huh? Well anyway, THANKS FOR MY LOVELY REVIEWERS!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! Taa!
AN 2: For people who read Late: I'll try to update it tomorrow but we're going to the city for, probably, the whole day so I'm not 100 percent that I'll be able to update but I'll try! If not then I'll update maybe the next day alright? Besides, I haven't written it yet but I probably will before I go to sleep tonight.