A/N: Rawr. I went away and when I got back I had writers block…So it's kinda rushed, I'll edit it once I get good ideas…Sorry.
Forest Level Four:
Stupid Misunderstandings and Sunsets
I stood on the narrow rectangle street, my eyes shut tight. I'm going to school. I'm going to see Kurosaki-kun. He's going to be chatting with Inoue-chan and Asano-kun. I'm going to admire him from afar and Tatsuki-chan will yell at Asano-kun to shut up, Chizuru-chan will hug me and Ayu-chan will punch her off. A normal morning. I open my eyes to see the street again. Soul Society's streets.
I looked up at the perfectly blue sky. Kurosaki-kun, I miss you. Even if you don't miss me please don't forget me. I don't think you care but I had a dairy. I used to write love stories in it. Each was about a different girl, in a different family in different place around the world but in each and every one she'd fall in love with the same Kurosaki Ichigo I love. It's silly, right, Kurosaki-kun? Right? I felt a tears fall from my eyes.
"Again?" I looked up.
I wiped my tears with my sleeve, "S-sorry."
"Why do you cry so much?"
As he walked, I gazed at his back and whispered, "Sad."
"Why are you "sad"?" He turned to walk upward.
"Because…" I choked on my own tears, "I…I…" I stopped myself all together to let out a sob.
He glanced at me, "You you don't want to say it, why do you try so hard?" He walked away from me.
I stared at him as he walked on. Why do you cry so much? Should I have told you Byakuya-kun? That I'm a pathetic, hopeless, klutzy lovesick teenage girl who can't get her mind off a man she'll never get? And that out of all the people I've met in my life you are the most like (After Kurosaki-kun) my brother?
Would you have been able to understand the pain I felt when he was taken away from me? And then when Kurosaki-kun came, did you know all my pain dimmed?
"Something wrong?" Renji-sama's voice came like a bullet.
"No, I'm fine!" I smile and flex my muscles (I don't have any…You get what I'm trying to do!)
"Hmmm. Well, here." He passed me a bento box.
"Huh? But, Renji-sama…What about you?"
"It's alright. I'm not hungry." I opened the box to see everything's burnt.
"Uhh, Renji-sama, did you cook this yourself?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Uh, No reason…" I took a bite, trying my best not to twist my face, "I talked with Byakuya-kun today."
"Taicho? Wha' da he say?"
"Uhh. He asked why I cry too much…"
"You were crying!?" He grabbed my arms, making me drop the horrible bento (Even though I'm thankful he considered me). "Why?!"
"R-Renji-sama…" I closed my eyes to make sure no tears came out, "I was homesick."
"Sick…?" I nodded at him. He got a triumphant look on his face. "Then I know where to take ya'!"
Renji-sama took me to Forth squad. He said they specialize in supply and relief, anytime I'm sick I should go here to get better. I looked around, everyone was doing something, it was…peaceful. It sent a relaxing chill up my back to hear the noise, it was like the streets in Karakura Town. Everyone was happily bustling around, children holding balloons with Daemon's face on it, and housewives chatting away endlessly about other woman. Maybe I could stay at fourth squad, it'd be the closest place to earth (If I'm not on it at least.), and…home.
"C'mon, let's see if someone can take a look at ya'."
"A-ah! R-Renji-sama, I'm homesick, not sick, sick!"
"Homesick?"
"I miss my house and friends." I smile and played with my fingers like Hinata-chan.
"Oh. Then let's go."
Eh? I can go home? To Kurosaki-kun and Ayu-chan? "Really, Renji-sama?"
"Yeah. C'mon, Kaede."
"Right!"
I know Renji meant well and it was nice of him to take me to Rokungai, but I didn't really want to go here. "Well, is your sickness gone?" he asked as soon as we got well into 1st district.
"Yes! I'm very happy here with Renji-sama!" I smile big.
He blushed, "T-that's good." He turned his head away as I kept on smiling. "Do ya' wanna see something cool?"
"Something cool?" Before I could say 'yes' he took my hand and ran at a high rate. I saw everything in a blur as Renji-sama pulled me closer his chest. "Renji-sama…" I mummble, getting a little sick of moving so fast.
"We're here." He said. I looked around to see the sunset behind 1st district. I started to giggle.
"It's so pretty, Renji-sama!" I clap my hands as Renji-sama's hands were on my shoulders.
"Y-yeah…"
I broke free of his bound. And sat at the big, old, tree behind us. I patted the seat next to me. Renji-sama stared at me pink in the face, he sat down next to me looking at the same sunset. Hey, Kurosaki-kun. The sunset here is the same as the one back home. I used to watch you looking at them by the lake. That was a time I felt warm and fuzzy inside. I wish I had written that in the letter too, I wish I had told you so mant things before I died. Like when I saw these two guys kissing I couldn't stop watching. I'm weird, right? Do you like weird Kurosaki-kun? I…would change if you told me too. I would do anything you told me, Kurosaki-kun.
"You're crying again."
"Renji-sama…" I wiped my tears, "I'm sor--" He interrupted my sentence as he pulled me into his chest.
"You say that too much." He held his hand to my head, pressing it harder. He smelled like sweat but I didn't mind. My face was burning in the setting sun light.
"Renji-sama, Thank you. For showing me this place, you might not know this but I love sunsets."
No answer.
"A boy I loved used to watch the sunset. And I'd watch it with him, because when he watched the sunset he would smile. And his smile made me smile. I was happy because he was happy. I smiled because he smiled."
He still didn't respond.
I looked up to see him, "Renji-sama?" Small huffs came from him. He was sleeping. I took his hand off of me and sat on my knees. He's so cute, he looks like a child. I rested my head on non-beating heart. And wrapped his arms around me, drifting into a gentle sleep.
Would you be jealous, Kurosaki-kun? That I'm watching the sunset with this gentle, load, loud-mouthed red head? If it were me I'd be jelous that you weren't with me, I think you would, if you loved me…If…