"I Reject"

Pairing: One-sided Orihichi. (Takes place the same night/time as Stormy Night.)

Summary: Orihime wonders why it can't be that easy to rid herself of troubling feelings.

Disclaimer: If I were Tite Kubo...there would be no fillers. Evar. End of story.

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Inoue Orihime sat crouched against the wall, staring into her dark bedroom. The only light came from the window above her, and the only sound was the storm raging without. Within, all was audibly silent. But inside her, a storm was raging as well.

Why does he look at me so kindly, so gently? And why does it make my heart flutter when those brown eyes fall on me? A lone tear braved the slide down her cheek, quickly followed by its bretheren. And why does it torment me so? I know he cares for another, yet he still makes my heart beat faster every time I see him. It's become painful, because I know he will never be mine...why can I not reject these feelings like I reject everything else?

Orihime pulled out the twin hair pins her brother had given her and regarded them in the moonlight. "Sora...even now you cannot protect me from everything..." she whispered, closing her hand around the delicate mementos and giving herself to her sadness.

A vibration broke the silence. Orihime rose and picked up her phone, reading the mail she had been sent.

Hime-chan! Are you sleeping? Your last mail was an hour ago!

Tat-chan

"Tatsuki-chan..." she whispered, clicking away at the keypad as she tried to dry her tears.

A/N: Oh wow. That. Was. Really. Short. D'X I did not mean for it to be that short. -Tear-