Hello fellow readers! It's been a few months, and I got a bit of inspiration from a picture that is so beautiful~ This is for my best friend (who showed me the picture) and asked for me to write something based on the picture. Enjoy :)

Disclaimer: All rites/rights (?) to Tite Kubo.


Her feet skidded across the roof. She was panting hard, trying to catch her breath. Orihime looked up between her bangs, fear and confusion filling her eyes. This was supposed to be an easy target. A simple hollow to finish off! Where did he get all of his strength from all of a sudden?!

The hollow screamed and aimed its long tail at her, missing by a centimeter. The impact on the roof caused Orihime to fall back, unknowingly closer to the edge. She placed her arms across her face and looked up again, only to see that it was going for strike two. Dodging to her left, the hollow raced down towards her and she called out her shield, but mistakenly stepping back. She slipped on a rock then off the roof.

There was no scream.

I'm falling…

Heart pumping.

What do I do?

Eyes closing.

This feels kinda nice…

Free falling.

Kurosaki-kun… I –

Strong, warm arms suddenly enveloped her, holding her tight. She knew who it was. She could sense his presence no matter where he was.

They landed safely on the ground and he wouldn't seem to let her go, somehow holding her tighter by the second.

"Kuro-kurosaki-kun?"

He didn't answer. He didn't grunt. He only buried his face into her hair.

Finally he faced her.

His warm eyes were filled with worry. With fear.

"Kurosaki-kun, I-I'm so sorry, I should have been more careful and-,"

"Stop." Ichigo placed his forehead against hers and deeply breathed in. "You're safe. That's all that matters." He stared into her blinking grey eyes and then stood up. Sighing, he looked at her once more and then turned around, flying up to the roof.

The auburn girl stared at her love until she could see him no more then stared down at the cold ground beneath her.


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A/N: I know I have 2 incomplete stories, and I will definitely update them! I am not gone! I just... meh. I have no excuse really except that I'm lazy and have no creative juices. For some reason I have ideas for new stories, but I don't want to upload anything new and have the ones I already started incomplete and neglected. So, someday, I will update them as well. Sorry for the inconvenience and lack of updates.