Okay, so this was the VERY first drabble I wrote for IchiHime. (If some of my readers remember reading this one.) I really wanted to continue this so I thought I should actually make this drabble into a story. It won't be long either. (Maybe 4 chapters.) And I feel bad because so many people wanted me to continue this but I never did.

So to make it fair to you guys, this will be a new story of mine! (I haven't forgotten the other stories I have.)

Italicize = Flashbacks

The rain came down harder over the beautiful town known as Karakura. It never phased the young girl, who was running down the streets without an umbrella. It almost appeared as if she was unfazed by the cold raindrops. The young girl didn't know where she was going, nor did she care where her feet went. All she knew what that she had to keep running.

Away from the man she was in love with.

Kurosaki Ichigo.

She knew that telling him was a mistake, that it would mean she would lose his friendship, but it slipped out of her mouth before her brain could even tell her to stop.

"I can't believe I actually told him."

She knew that falling in love with him could be a big mistake. But she would never regret doing it. Falling in love with Kurosaki Ichigo was something that Inoue Orihime was proud of.

However, she also knew that he was in love with Rukia Kuchiki. After all, who would love someone that was weak?

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"I-I... love you Kurosaki-kun." She gasped as she turned her gaze towards the ground.

It was silent between the two teens as the rain continued to pelt their umbrellas. He just stood there, eyes wide with shock, and stared down at her. He didn't know what to say.

"She loves me? But I don't know if I feel the same way. What do I say?" He thought, her confession running through his mind.

She stood in silence and looked up at him with tears in her eyes. He couldn't tell if she was crying or if it was the rain instead. During the silence, she dropped her umbrella on the ground. It was still spinning around the two. She was shaking with her fists clenched at her sides. She looked back down at the ground.

"It's alright Kurosaki-kun. I get it. You're just being nice. Don't worry about me anymore. Good-bye."

With that said, she turned around and ran. She never looked back at him. She just left a very shocked Ichigo behind.

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Orihime slowed her pace when she realized where she was. She had ended up by the same river that she had made her promise to Tatsuki before they went to the Soul Society to rescue Rukia. It was also the place that she had caught her very first red dragonfly.

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"Look Onii-san! I caught one! I caught one!" Orihime smiled happily as she ran towards her older brother.

"I can see that Orihime! Good job!"

"Isn't it pretty?"

"It sure is." Sora said as he looked down at his smiling sister. She looked back up at him and laughed happily.

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A smile graced her lips. Back then, she would always be amazed at how easily Sora caught a red dragon fly on his finger. She had begged him to teach her how to catch one and she remembered how frustrated she would get because they would always run away.

It was a memory she would cherish forever.

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Ichigo was running around the neighbourhood, trying to find Orihime. He felt like such an idiot for not saying a damn thing. But he didn't know she felt that way towards him. He had never thought of girls because he was busy with everything else. Girls were the least of his worries and he didn't really feel that being in a relationship was important.

So when she had admitted her feelings, it shocked him. It was as if he was brought back to the real world where he didn't have to fight hollows or save souls. He was just a normal... boy.

If he had said he loved her back, without knowing for sure, it would've made him feel worse because he would have been lying to her face just to make her happy.

As he ran across the city, he never realized that he was still in his shinigami form due to a random hollow appearing out of nowhere. He had came across the river when he noticed the young auburn healer standing there, staring at the river.

"Inoue!" Orihime broke out of her thoughts as she turned to see Ichigo running down the hill towards her. As she turned to run, her foot slipped and she fell into the river beneath her.

During the fall, she had hit her head and saw the hint of orange hair before losing consciousness.

"INOUE!"

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It was at that moment, when he jumped into the river, that Ichigo started to see Orihime in a different light.

A/N: Short chapter is ... Short. I apologize. It was pretty short when I wrote it as a drabble too..

I did edit the chapter so it matched my current writing style. And I made corrections that were needed.

I really should try to make longer chapters. But I will try for next time!

Next chapters will have Ichigo's memories :) Please R&R