Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Deep Forest* ❯ Chapter. 1 ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
As I walked out of my two-story home, I enjoyed the sight of the sun and happy kids waving without a care to their parents and loved ones. Boyfriends holding hands with their girlfriends. The sky was blue and the clouds looked so comforting. Siiiiiigh. I tried to walk merrily down the street to school with a gentle smile on my face. I walked into the classroom that was empty, with my intentions in my head. Today was the day I tell Kurosaki-kun my love for him. But with my luck I'd get in nine feet of him and make a mistake. I'm bad-luck. But I know today will be different, I know it!

I really like Kurosaki Ichigo-kun, he's nice, funny, and mysterious. He helps me a lot in gym. It's ten minutes until homeroom starts and the teacher's not here yet, I'm the only one. It's a short day so I think some will skip school. The door to the class opened, I expected it to be Ochi-sensei but it wasn't…it was Kurosaki-kun! Here it was my luck going up all I had to do is say it! He was less than nine feet away, maybe eight, and nothing bad has happened! I felt my face get hot and I felt flustered.

After about two minutes he noticed I was here, he put up a arm in a gesture that would continue to a wave and smiled. I put up my hand a little (Well it barley even got off my lap, he probably didn't see it.) and tried to get up, but each time I tried I always went back down. I was scared of what he might say. It's Kurosaki-kun he wouldn't be so mean in his reaction. I think, I hope.

But this gave me enough courage to get up and say something. "Umm…Uhh… Kurosaki-san.. I..I.." I tried to talk right, I had it all planned out in my head. I was going to say, "Kurosaki-san, I want to tell you something. I really like you." And give him the cookies I baked. But it all went wrong. I blushed and shuddered, to top all that off the bell rang and everyone came storming in. I slumped down in my golden-brown desk and listened as Ochi-sensei talk. I wish that I didn't like Minamino-kun of all people!

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I waited as Ayu-chan finished her laps for gym, they always go to lunch later than everyone else. But I wasn't paying attention to the field, I was looking for Minamino-kun. Just then I felt my mouth expand into a force smile, but it was nothing like a smile. "You still having trouble with telling Ichigo, Kaede?" I turned around to see Ayu. Ayu is one of the only people that I feel I can anything around. She's smart, funny, nice, calm, cool, pretty, athletic and can talk and say what she wants. If it was her telling Kurosaki-kun this she would have done it already. I really admire her. "Haha, Good 'ole Kaede! Let's get lunch."

I just nodded as her rustled my hair. I fixed it and ran a little to catch up. I sat on the stone bench under the cherry blossom tree, Ayu came back with her drink and lunch. "Why don't you tell him now?" Ayu said as she sat down. "It's alright." I didn't want to annoy Ayu.

We started to eat, Ayu finally talked after five minutes of silence, "How about writing it as a letter?" I was snapped out of my thoughts, "Huh?" Ayu got that I'm-Such-A-Genius look on her face, "Yeah! Slip it in his desk, so you don't have to tell him in his face!" I though about it, "But school ends after lunch. He won't see it until tomorrow, and I promised myself I'd do it today." I got a little sad, Ayu was trying to help me but I keep thinking of the worst. I noticed Ayu had pencil and paper in her hands, she was smiling, "Write, Kaede." I hesitated to take it, but I took it, I wrote the letter. I looked around for Kurosaki-kun, without Ayu, she had to make-up a test.

I found him talking with his friendsby the window on the side of the school next to more cherry trees. 'He's talking with Inoue-chan.' I touch my flat chest and sigh. They were in a circle around him, even Chizuru-chan and Tatsuki-chan are there. I couldn't get close to him. But I still walked forward, oh how stupid I am! I fell and the letter went floating, one of the girls, whose name I didn't know, picked it up and looked at me. She smirked and opened it, "Oh! Kurosaki-kun! Look!" My then I had gotten up. She un-folded the folds I made and started reading. My eyes widened, My heart beat could be heard from miles around.

"Dear Ichigo-kun," she said it in a mocking tone, "I really like you. I couldn't tell you in person because I was too scared. Thank you for always helping me. I just wanted to tell you that. Love, Shirakawa Kaede" Kurosaki-kun just stared. I ran as fast as I could away from them, from Kurosaki-kun. He ran after me. I cried a lone tear as I ran. When I looked back I saw Kurosaki-kun mouth move, his eyes wide. I could hear it faintly, "Watch out, Kaede!!" the last thing I remember hearing is a car screeching and my body hitting the car.