I raised my eyebrow. "A watch? Really? What good is that gonna do?" I'm not entirely sure if I wanted to go out anymore. Especially if it didn't do anything.

He sighed in irritation. "It'll disguise your spirit pressure so you won't get attacked by Hollows."

"Have you used it before?"

He glared at me but didn't say a word. He just kept his hand out until I finally took the watch. It was a simple watch it looked like. It had an electronic screen for the time and I noticed it had a meter underneath the time. And the strap itself of the watch was a dark green. It looked really weird. But I clipped it onto my wrist anyways. It actually stung my wrist and I was about ready to rip it off but somebody grabbed my hand, stopping me.

I looked up. Urahara just looked plain annoyed now. I jerked away from him, yanking my hand free. I didn't want him touching me. I then leaned on the wall.

"So what were you going to do? Visit friends?" He asked.

"I don't have any friends." I snapped, completely out of patience.

He snorted and rolled his eyes and I took a step forward, my hands balled up into fists. I felt someone grab my shoulder and pull me off to the side. I scowled. I turned and glared at Ichigo.

"You can't just take your anger out on him like that." He growled at me.

I shrugged his hand off my shoulder and stomped outside, sitting on the ground in the dirt, not really caring if I got dirty or not. I wrapped my arms around my knees and just sat like that, my eyes tearing up.

I heard footsteps that stopped a few feet behind me. I didn't care who it was—I didn't want them to bother me.

"Go away." I growled.

I didn't hear the sound of footsteps moving away. I sighed and turned around, putting my hands down in the dirt to prevent myself from falling over. It was Ichigo. He was just standing there with his hands in his pockets. And he was leaning back on the wall.

"Go. Away." I repeated through my teeth.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

I huffed and turned back around, now just supporting my weight with my arms, leaning back on them. I wasn't about ready to start talking. Mostly because I was on the verge of crying. Urahara struck a nerve about the friend thing whether he meant to or not. I sat there, staring into space.

I heard a sigh and Ichigo sat next to me, leaving about a foot of space between me and him. I refused to look at him though.

"Are you going to say what's wrong?"

"Why should I tell you?" I snapped.

He fell silent. I pushed off the ground and walked further away from him, sitting back down again, drawing circles in the dirt with a stick I found. I heard him sigh and I looked up as he was getting to his feet and he was looking at me.

"Do not come over here." I was glaring at him.

He shrugged and came a little bit closer but left a lot of space. I sighed and turned my back to him. I wasn't in the mood for this. I liked sitting in silence with a light breeze. It was helping me calm down, helping me think clearly.

I heard him sigh. "Is it something Urahara said?"

I rolled my eyes in annoyance, my voice thick with it. "If you must know then yes, it is something he said."

"Is it the thing about friends?"

I felt my anger surging back to the surface. I managed to repress it, but my hands still curled back into fists. "Yes."

He didn't say anything. I let out a quiet sigh of relief. I heard him get up and move away and I barely turned my head to see him go back inside. Good. I laid down, my arms behind my head, my ankles crossed and I stared up at the clouds. I felt tears streaking down my face and my heart felt like it was aching. I missed my life before all this craziness.

I heard multiple footsteps coming from the shop. I immediately sat up, uncrossing my ankles, pulling my legs back towards me. I didn't turn my head but I didn't have to. I already knew he'd brought the others out.

"Can't you just leave me alone?!" I snarled at them.

"No." Renji answered.

I just started grumbling under my breath. If they weren't supposed to leave me alone, what else was I supposed to do to calm down? There wasn't anything I could do. I was stuck here and they knew it as well as I did. I didn't turn around still. I wasn't going to talk to them if I didn't have to. If I didn't need to.

I could hear them whispering. So I got even more annoyed.

"If that's all you came out here to do, you might as well go back inside." I sounded angrier and less annoyed. That wasn't what I was shooting for, but I couldn't help it.

"If all you're planning to do is sit there, I'd like my watch back." Urahara shot back.

I felt my arms start to shake. He just liked to piss people off.

"I'm not coming back inside but you can have your stupid watch back if you like." I started fumbling with getting the stupid thing off but my fingers were shaking so much I couldn't manage it and I gave up.

I finally just got up and kicked the dirt, pissed off now, and just started stomping in a random direction, grumbling to myself. I heard somebody say something about coming after me but I made their voices blend together so I couldn't tell who was saying what.

I did hear footsteps coming behind me and I didn't stop walking. I was getting more upset and I didn't want anyone to see that.

"Hey." It was Ichigo. "Hey, wait."

I finally just stopped walking but I wasn't willing to look at him. I did notice he moved around in front of me.

"Can you look at me please?"

I shook my head.

He sighed in frustration.

I was going to be stubborn because I didn't want help. I didn't really care if I got attacked right now or not. I was missing my family like nothing else.