Author's Note: I do not own Bleach or its characters. This is AU.


Well I Wouldn't Holler

Orihime sighed a little as made her way to class. Even though this was probably her favorite class, she was feeling down again. She'd been a little melancholy since it became clear that Ichigo was serious about Rukia Kuchiki. And she couldn't even be angry at Rukia. The other girl was nice, and it was clear that she made Ichigo happy. It was just Orihime had had this crush on Ichigo since she was in high school, and she had always expected they would get together eventually. It was hard dream to give up.

Finding a place to sit, Orihime set her notebook down with another sigh. At least today's class should be good. They had spent the first half of the term preparing for this. Now the assignments were going to be handed out, and they would actually get to real work instead of theoretical. Despite the fact that she was an art major, Orihime had taken Theatrical Design. She had the feeling that she might enjoy designing sets for plays and movies, and the class would give her a chance to explore that. It had completely blown her away to find out how much work and research went into the designs. The class covered costume, set, prop, and lighting design. The assignments that were being handed out today would involve actually designing one of those for one of the university's productions this year.

Of course, Orihime wouldn't be doing this on her own. She would be working with at least one other student in the class. They had signed up for elements that they would be interested in working on earlier in the semester. She had signed up for set design and costume design. Orihime wanted set design, but costume design wouldn't be too bad either. Either way, it would be a lot of fun. The professor came in carrying a stack of large envelopes.

"All right, people," Dr. Ayasegawa called. "I know you're all excited about this, so let's get down to it. When I call your names, come up and get your envelopes. You'll have the rest of class to go over your assignment and get to know you team."

Orihime listened closely, just waiting to hear who her team would be. It wasn't until Dr. Ayasegawa had gotten to the bottom of the stack of envelops that her name was called.

"Orihime Inoue and Uryuu Ishida."