Tittle: After School

Universe: AU

Rating: T

Genre: Highschool Romance

Summary: "Hey, let's make a bet, whoever gets the lowest score for the midterm test should date Orihime Inoue." After school, Inoue overheard the guys were talking about her. She couldn't do anything, after all this could be the only chance for her to have a boyfriend…

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I had never been popular amongst the boys. Never once I had a chance to date any guy at school. I didn't know what had I done wrong to them but maybe they just dislike me. There were these guys, they were following me with their eyes whenever they saw me walking in the corridor. They didn't call me or say hi to me, they were just staring. I wondered what I had done wrong to them. When I smiled to them, they would turn around quickly, just like they hate to see my smile.

Maybe I was really ugly to them.

Was it my hair?

Tatsuki had always said that those guys were our junior and no, they didn't hate me. I didn't believe her of course. Tatsuki-chan was just being nice. I didn't want them to hate me, but I wouldn't be upset or forcing them to like me. I would just stay nice to them, maybe one day they would stop hating me.

Tatsuki-chan said that I'd been too nice too everybody. For me, there was nothing such as 'too nice'. You couldn't be too nice to everybody, right? Beside what was wrong with being nice?

I was just walked out of the classroom when a teacher called my name.

"Inoue-san!"

When I turned around, Murakami-sensei my biology teacher smiled at me. He walked to me with a wide smile on his face. I smiled back politely to the teacher. I was about to go home and watch some quiz but if Sensei needed me I wouldn't mind to help.

"Could you help me?" Murakami-sensei smiled brightly, "The biology laboratory is really messy right now, I need a hand to help me cleaning the room. I had a meeting with the headmaster so I had to hurry…"

"Of c—,"

"Do it yourself!"

I turned around and saw an orange head stood in front of our classroom door with a deep deep deep scowl on his face. He looked at the teacher with an angry look. I wonder why…

"The headmaster is still in Hawaii," he growled, I could hear Sensei took a step back, Kurosaki-kun was really scary at the moment, "You're just trying to get away from your responsibility."

"T-that's,"

"Find another student! This girl is going home with me," he looked at me, still with that scowl plastered, "NOW."

I didn't have a chance to apologize to the teacher when the tall boy grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

Kurosaki-kun didn't say anything as we walked down the stair. I could feel so many eyes were on us when we walked passing the other classrooms. Everyone in this school knew who was Kurosaki Ichigo, the orange haired punk who had been rumored ever fought a yakuza with bare hands and won. Even the teachers were scared of him.

And he was my boyfriend.

"From today, you'll go home with me."

He crossed his hands in front of his chest as he watched me changing my slipper into shoes in the locker room. I looked at his expression from the corner of my eyes. He was scowling but somehow he didn't look that scary. For some reason, he looked cute to me.

"Why?" I asked when I finished. Now was my turned to watch him took off his slippers. I knew the answer already but I needed more explanation. I was not that smart. I knew he asked me to be his girlfriend, I knew why he asked me, but I didn't have any idea why he wanted me to go home with him.

"Because you are my girlfriend."

I didn't say anything. I didn't want to ask him why he asked me to be his girlfriend because I had known the answer. If I asked and he answered it truthfully, I knew it would only hurt me more. I didn't knew why I thought so, I just knew it.

"Orihime! I've been looking for you! So here you are!"

Tatsuki-chan stood not too far from me and Kurosaki-kun. She looked between worry and relieved when she saw me.

"I'm sorry Hime, I can't walk you home today because suddenly the captain holds a meeting!"

I nodded, "It's okay, Tatsuki-chan." I smiled, "I can go home by myself today."

Tatsuki bit her own lip and messed her hair with one hand while her other hand was on her waist, "Well, actually I would be a little busy this week…"

"It's okay, I take her home."

Tatsuki frowned as she averted her eyes to Kurosaki-kun. Kurosaki-kun and Tatsuki-chan were childhood friend, from what Tatsuki-chan told me they had known each other since five years old.

She snorted, "And why are you here, Ichigo?"

"I've told you," he growled, Tatsuki was one of few—if not the only one—students who wasn't scared of Kurosaki-kun, "I'll take her home, you don't have to worry."

"Hah!" Tatsuki rolled her eyes and folded her arms, "You are far more dangerous than anything I had in mind."

Kurosaki-kun glared at Tatsuki and as though she understood what he was trying to say, she smirked. I didn't understand. I looked from Tatsuki-chan to Kurosaki-kun. They were looking at each other, talking with their eyes and I didn't understand what are they saying to each other.

"Okay." Tatsuki chuckled, "I have to go now." She sent a knowing look to Kurosaki-kun once before turned to me and patted my head, "I've to go. I'll call you later. Be careful, ok? Ichigo will take you home safely."

I could only nod seeing her smile. I didn't have a chance to ask, Tatsuki chan had run away leaving me alone only with a scowling boy.

Kurosaki-kun glared at me, "C'mon. Let's go home," he grunted but he took my hand and pulled me to walk with him.

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Author's Note:

Short chapters are short. Oh well… Thank you for the reviews. I don't mind more reviews :) Have a nice day!

Ps.

This chapter is dedicated for Child of the Ashes who helped me solve the updating problem.

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Recchinon.