Haven't written for a month. It feels so weird.

Warning: Dark materials in this one. Just wanted to get this out of my system.

He was in absolute disbelief. He wanted to believe that the sight in front of him was a nightmare. Sadly, it was a nightmare; one that was real.

"Inoue," Ichigo finally spoke, his voice just barely reaching her ears.

"I just couldn't take it anymore," Orihime said with a smile that was devoid of any joy, just bitterness. "He just wouldn't stop. I screamed for him to stop, but he just wouldn't stop. So I stopped him myself." Her attention was turned to the blood-stained knife she was holding in her hand.

Ichigo turned away from his tattered-clothed, blood-stained classmate to look at the lifeless body that lay between the two teens. His body was marred in multiple stab wounds that were inflicted by the now trembling girl.

Being as careful as possible, Ichigo started to walk towards Orihime. Once he was close to her, he grabbed hold of the knife, thankful that she didn't pull away from him. He tossed the dreaded object across the room and look into her shattered grey eyes, the spark that was once there long gone.

"Inoue, I'm sorry."

That was the breaking point.

With burning tears running down her eyes, Orihime crumbled from the weight of her traumatic event. She began screaming at herself, calling herself a monster for what she did.

Going with his emotion, Ichigo bent down to the distraught woman and wrapped his arm around her body, trying to give her some sort of comfort that he knew she needed, even if it was only temporary.

Orihime wrapped her owned arms around his waist, laying her head against his shoulder. She welcomed the warmth that he gave her. This first true sincere touch she got for a long time made her forget, if only for a moment, of this nightmare.

"It'll be alright," he whispered in her ear, tightening his hold on her, ignoring the blood that now stained his shirt. "It'll be alright," he repeated over and over, but he wondered if those words were to comfort her or him.

I make you guys decide on who Orihime killed. Abusive boyfriend or abusive father.

Have a nice day.