Title:- “The Joys and Sorrows of a Relationship.”

Subjects/Series:- Ishida Uryuu x Inoue Orihime/Bleach

Rating/Warnings:- G- Suitable for all. ;

Theme/Prompt word used:- ‘tests’

A/N:- Well, after a long time moping, I finally decided to try my hand at completing my beloved collection, only thing is I can’t get into my ‘Akari Kazuki’ account, so…this is the new one.

I’m hoping my standard of writing hasn’t slipped, but I won’t know until I get reviews. ;

In any case, please read and enjoy this new revamped collection! smiles

NOT my best work, I’ll admit, but then again…it’s been a while. ;;

Ishida Uryuu felt sure he was doing something wrong in this whole ‘relationship’ business. Was his heart beating wildly out of proportion every time he so much as thought about his girlfriend, even after two months of dating, natural? Did the fact that he was so nervous he could barely form monosyllables around her prove he was some sort of an inept human being?

He was afraid he realised. Was Orihime going to get bored of him if he didn’t go beyond holding her hand as all the guys at school kept urging him to do? He often wondered if he was even cut out to be in a relationship at times. But then…why did he stay with her? Or she with him for that matter?

For her part, Orihime, though not exactly a deep thinker had noticed that something was wrong too. Since Ishida never talked much when they were together (bearing in mind he never talked much, period), she began questioning herself.

Was she boring him? Were her conversations stupid? Did her rather voluptuous chest in some way put him off, so that he never went beyond holding her hand? She had to make the first move always, it seemed. Was it her job to make the first move or not? Was she losing her boyfriend? But then…

‘Then why does he stay with me?’ she wondered.

Whenever these doubts resurfaced, one or both of the hopeless lovers always ended up calling the other up. Out of the blue, and for no particular reason, spontaneously, whenever the other would pick up, the words that gave the most comfort, which needed to be heard, were said…and all was right in the world again…

“I love you.”

Just like that. Everything was perfect again and Ishida remembered why he stayed with her despite everything, and Orihime remembered that she felt the same way about him no matter what everyone else told her. At least until they ran into another friend or jealous admirer who asked them “how far they’d gone” or how many times they’d been on a date etc. and the cycle started again.

But it always led to the same answer and each time, Ishida and Orihime grew up just a little bit more and became just that little bit stronger…

Fin