A/N: Hello watchers and those reading this! I would love to behold a new chapter! Weeeee! Chapter three :'D
My updates might be slow in the next couple of weeks. English teacher is making me write a sci-fi short story D: rawr!
Disclaimer: Nup, Nup! I do not own bleach or the characters! They belong to Tite Kubo~~
Valentine's Day Chapter 3
This shouldn't hurt but it does… Holding a clenched fist over where my heart is, I looked down as my world started to rain again. I want to go back to that time when I and Ichigo went ice skating… Sure, everyone else was there, but… It only felt like it was us two… Blocking out the whole world… Then the fireworks… They hardly do those in Soul Society… Since we hardly celebrate anything there…
Letting my legs walk by their selves around the cold town and past the people in a hurry, who are everyone wearing jackets and scarves that are in the latest 'fashion'. I stopped in front of the ice rink and looked down at the scratched ice… My eyes are red… I don't remember crying though… But every time I close them, the memory of the two just keeps coming back. The dream just keeps appearing in my mind… The way they were holding each other. The smiles on their faces. The warmth in his eyes. All those tiny details, I somehow remember well… What is it trying to show me? What is it trying to make me feel? How much it hurts to see your lo—
Wait… Love…? Oh no, no, no! I can't go there… I'm not allowed to go there… It'll only cause trouble… Looking these feelings? A shinigami like me don't need feelings… They're nothing. But why does my heart keep denying that fact?
'You're denying the truth…'
There's no truth. The only truth there is that mine and Ichigo's relationship is nothing. It's important to him. It's not important to me. It's nothing and that's enough…
'That's a lie… Open your eyes Rukia…!'
Open my eyes to what? To darkness and cold? No matter how much I'm hurting… No one seems to notice…! No matter how much I try to stop it… The rain just keeps slowly turning white, covering my world… Staining it with regret, bitterness and cold… Why didn't you listen Rukia...? "Why did you have to fall for a fool? Why are you being weak?"
Karakura High, Following Ichigo, 3rd person
Ichigo sat quietly at the back corner of the class, dazing through the glass window and flipping his head back and forth almost every couple of minutes to look at the clock then at the class door, "Where the hell is she...?"
"Kurosaki-kun!"
A voice piped up beside him and got him out of la-la-land (since when did he have a la-la-land?). Turning his head around, a small smile formed on his face and he gave a firm nod, "Yo Inoue..."
The young lady gave her everyday smile but suddenly frowned a little, "Are you alright Kurosaki-kun?" asking with a tone of concern in her voice.
"Ah..." the orange-haired teen replied in return and nodded his head again.
"Thinking about Kuchiki-san?" Orihime's frown was a bit soft. She accepted the fact the person she loved the most had his mind filled with someone else. But even if she knew that, she decided to not back down. She may be clumsy and a bit of a ditzy, but she also has a strong heart.
Ichigo blinked a couple of times then showed his scowl and turned to look at the window beside him, "Of course not! Why would I even think about her?"
"Oh don't lie Ichigo! Everyone knows you think about Kuchiki-san~!" Keigo stood next to Orihime with a grin on his face.
The orange-haired boy's face showed a bit of red on his cheeks and growled at his teasing friend, "I'm not thinking about her!"
"It's sound like that time when you said you didn't miss her either~ when you did!"
"I didn't miss her!"
"So it's a 'didn't' now, huh?"
"And I will NEVER miss her!" Ichigo finally got enough of the accusing and teasing. Why can't everyone believe that he doesn't miss Rukia? "She's a close friend and that's that! Heck, who would even like a girl like her? She's a bossy, spoiled, immature midget!"
The students in the classroom stopped their conversations and glanced at annoyed teen. Murmurs were then heard throughout the class as short figure stood by the door way, eyes glaring directly at a certain orange-haired idiot. Ichigo met the girl's indigo eyes and was somehow able to make out a hidden hurt feeling in them. Kuchiki Rukia was never the one to show true emotions but her eyes betrayed her this time.
Nothing came out of Rukia's lips but instead, she quickly turned around and walked away from the class, ignoring everyone around her. 'Nothing but trouble… Nothing but trouble…'