She was alone in the class. Standing next to the window, she was watching down at the yard. Many thoughts crossed her mind for days after her talk with Ishida. But she couldn't place them in order. She spaced out, his voice still echoing in her head. All the little things… Why, why didn't she notice earlier? His devotion to her was so overwhelming. And she just sent him away. She pressed her head against the window and shut her eyes closed, trying to keep those thoughts away.
"Inoue! So here you are!" Ichigo's voice sounded next to her, and she jumped.
"K-Kurosaki-kun! What's wrong?"
Ichigo looked away. "I was wondering… Do you want to go out with me?"
Two grey eyes opened wide. "You mean…?"
"Yes, Inoue. You and me. On a date.
"S-Sure!" She couldn't believe what she heard, given the fact that she thought that Ichigo never liked her. But here he was, looking at her, asking her out. What an irony…
"So… Tonight? Is it okay with you?"
She blinked, still trying to process the information in her head. "Yeah… Sounds good."
"Great. See you tonight, Inoue." He leaned closer, placing a kiss in her cheek, and then turned and left, his face slightly red.
Tatsuki's head was shown from the door. Seeing her best friend holding her cheek with a confused look on her face, she ran to her. "Orihime? What's wrong?"
"Kurosaki-kun…"
"Yeah, what about him? Did he upset you? I'll kick his…"
"No… Not at all. He asked me out…"
Tatsuki smiled wide and hugged her friend. "Orihime! That's great! I mean…you wanted it for so long!"
"Y-yeah…"
Tatsuki frowned. "Aren't you happy, Orihime?.."
Orihime snapped out of her thoughts and tried to smile. "Yeah, I'm okay! I was just shocked, that's all! So…what should I wear?"