(Out of story message) Sorry again. The lines are still there. I don't know how they keep appearing. They are not there when I type them.

Chapter 4: Away

Nova awoke right when Orihime did. This was because she apparently had a nightmare and shot straight up. Nova flew off her chest and almost went out the window.

"Giant Bunnies!!!!!" She exclaimed.

Nova gawked, very stunned. He had just been shot right across the room. And what was with the whole "Giant Bunnies" thing? Who dreams about giant bunnies as a nightmare?!

She rubbed her eyes, and then peered at Nova. He was sitting there very still in the corner.

"Oh. G'mornin Nova," she yawned. "How did you get all the way over there?"

He was shocked. She didn't even know that she flung him across the room! He stared at her.

She slunk out of bed and walked over to him. She scooped him up in her hands.

Lifting him up so she was at eye level with him she asked, "Are you hungry?"

"No. Not particularly," he grumbled, remembering the last meal he had with her. Plus he actually wasn't all that hungry in his current form.

"Okay. I don't think I have any food right now anyway," she smiled. "After I shower will you remind me that I need to grocery shop?"

Nova nodded, but his mind was still stuck on the word 'shower'. He was torturing himself with things he did not wish to think about, because he knew they were perverted.

After Orihime went to the bathroom to shower, Nova slapped himself and briefly banged his head against the wall. He was trying not to think about her body. He liked her for more than just that. She was a kind, gentle, generous human being that didn't deserve to be thought about in that way, because she was so nice.

Nova let out a sigh. He felt horrible about giving such thought about her. He was sure she did not think of him that way. Also he still wasn't sure if he could really trust her. He hadn't questioned her about the other day yet.

Orihime came out of the shower right after that and thankfully for Nova she was fully clothed. She came up to the bed where he had continued to stay and sat down.

Quickly and without looking at her he said, "Grocery shopping."

"Oh! That's right!" She exclaimed. "Off we go!"

She grabbed him and ran out her apartment. She stuffed the little mod soul in her bag.

At the grocery store she picked some pretty odd things. Some of which disgusted him.

He sighed. He still hadn't asked her anything about being in cohorts with Mr. Urahara.

"What's wrong?" She asked him as she pulled a random can of food from a shelf.

"I… have some thing I wish to ask you," he gulped a little sad.

"What would you like to ask?" She smiled down at him in her bag.

"So you know Mr. Urahara and those mod souls?" he asked quietly.

"Of course," she smiled.

"D…… did you tell Urahara where I was going, because there is no way they could have known where I was going unless someone told," he said grumpily.

"I know you cant remember but I would never turn someone I care about in," She said seriously. "They probably tracked you down. You and they are not human."

He frowned, "are you serious? Or is this a lie?"

She looked sad, but answered.

"Of course I'm serious. I would never lie to my friends," she said and looked away from him.

"Oh," he murmured and looked away as well. He still didn't completely trust her.

"Do you not like me anymore?" She sighed.

Nova stayed silent. He did like her a lot but he was unsure of how he should go about her. She could be lying for the sake of Urahara. He was so confused. He now wished that he could remember.

Noticing his unfeeling silence made Orihime more sad. She slumped as she walked to the checkout counter.

"Oh. I see," she said.

She discontinued looking at him and had all her items checked out. She paid the cashier and left the store.

Nova was unsure what this female would do next. He looked at her through the opening in her bag. She appeared gloomy.

Orihime walked into a nearby park and took Nova out of her bag. She set him on a bench, then peered at him for a moment.

He peered back confused.

"I know you don't like me very much," she sighed. "So I'll let you go and guarantee you'll stay gone. Urahara and I won't bother you any more."

Nova was silent and taken aback by her words. She was going to leave him, because she thought he didn't like her?! He was the exact opposite from that! He wanted to tell her but he was speechless.

Immediately, but sadly, Orihime walked away, leaving him alone on the park bench.

Minutes after she left he became mobile again. Of course it was much to late to catch up with her now. This made him depressed. If he could remember the way back to her house he'd go and apologize.

He started to wander the streets. It was cloudy again outside. He wasant sure where to go or what to do. He wanted to go back to Orihime's house, but not Urahara's.

The day had melted into night and now he was sitting on a roof. He could see everything from there. A lovely breeze drafted along where he sat. he sighed.

"Nova?" Kurodo's voice called followed by him in his odd rabbit form.

Nova bolted up ready to fight. He was unwilling to do anything he said.

Immediately after Kurodo, Ririn appeared on the roof. She said nothing though.

"We are not here to force you to come back," Kurodo quickly announced. "We just want to convince you to come back home with us."

"I'm not going," he growled, still ready to escape.

"Please Nova. We want you to come back!" Ririn approached, begging.

"No!" He growled, more annoyed.

"You should go back with us," Kurodo asked desperately.

"I said no!" Nova bolted off the roof, just as it started to rain.

It poured on his stuffed body, dragging him down until he was completely saoked. He couldn't move. For what seemed like hours he lay there in the rain completely helpless. He shut his little turtle eyes and decided to sleep.

Still, shile he did so he heard the faint voice of a female child call to him.

"Its okay ! I'll save you from the rain."

He was too exhausted to even look or care. He even felt warm hands picking him up. He wasn't even sure if it was real. The day was rough enough already anyway. He didn't want to think about who or what had picked him up. So he resumed sleeping until the next day.