The next day, Orihime was suppose to meet Tatsuki outside of school instead of in the hallway where the guys were bothering her. However, trouble still found her.
She saw Renji walk towards her, she put her head down and started to walk away. She felt bad about leaving the spot where she told Tatsuki she'd be, but he made her feel uncomfortable.
She felt someone tap her on the shoulder, she was afraid it was Renji but she turned around anyway.
"Tatsuki." she smiled.
Tatsuki looked a little concerned.
"What's wrong?" Orihime asked as she felt relief come over her.
"I thought you were... going home."
"No, I..." Orihime paused to think. She didn't want to make Renji sound like a bigger deal than he was, but she didn't want to lie to Tatsuki.
"I saw Renji walking towards me so I turned to walk away. I would've come back." Orihime explained.
Tatsuki made an angry face and cut her eyes back towards school.
Orihime put her hand on Tatsuki face and made Tatsuki look at her, "It's okay." she said gently.
Tatsuki stared at Orihime, but then nodded. She put her hand on Orihime's, which was still on her face.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Orihime smiled as she took her hand down.
Tatsuki grinned.
"So what are we doing today?" Orihime asked.
"Whatever you want."
"But I like it when you pick." Orihime said.
Tatsuki smiled, "Okay, take me to your house."
Orihime laughed, "My house?"
Tatsuki nodded.
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"I live with my brother, he's at work right now." Orihime explained as they walked up to a small apartment complex.
Tatsuki studied her surroundings, examining everything as they walked up to the second story to get to Orihime's apartment.
Orihime unlocked the door and walked in with Tatsuki behind her.
"This is the living room slash dinning room. Over there is the kitchen, and down the hallway are the two bedrooms, bathroom and washing room." Orihime explained.
"I wanna see your room."
"Okay, but it's no where near as cool as yours." Orihime said grabbing Tatsuki by the hand and leading her down the hall to the first room on the right.
Her room was small with light blue walls. She had a twin bed with white sheets, a light brown desk with a laptop on it and a bookshelf full of books.
Tatsuki looked around at everything.
"I like it."
"Thank you." Orihime said as she watched Tatsuki examine her books.
"Interesting..." Tatsuki thought.
Tatsuki realized most of Orihime's books were non-fiction. Tatsuki then went over to her desk while Orihime sat down on her bed. Tatsuki looked at her laptop, it was a nice one. But laying ontop of it was a book. She must be in the process of reading it. Tatsuki turned it over to read the cover, 'Sign Language.'
Tatsuki thought for a second, and took the book over to Orihime.
"Oh, ha, you weren't suppose to see that." Orihime laughed.
"Oh, you're trying to learn... for me?"
"Yes..." Orihime said a little embarrassed.
Tatsuki put the book back where she found it and then sat on the bed beside Orihime. She petted the top of Orihime's head.
Tatsuki checked her phone suddenly, it was a text from Ichigo telling her she needed to come home. Tatsuki showed it to Orihime.
"I see." Orihime half smiled.
"You look sad all of a sudden." Tatsuki texted.
"Yeah." Orihime smiled, "But I guess I'll see you tomorrow." she assured Tatsuki.
Tatsuki nodded.