Red Lilies

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

- "You have been spacing out lately." -

- "uh?" -

- "What's on your mind?" -

Her eyes seemed unfocused and tired.

- "You need to sleep more, those bags under your eyes are getting bigger" -

- "..." -

Annoyed, he nudged her a little on the shoulder. - "Hey." -

She blinked out of her state and turned to him in confusion. - "Kurosaki?" -

- "I said call me Ichigo." - he grumbled in annoyance. His brown eyes stared at hers, looking for a reaction. Nothing.

- "Sakura... what's wrong?" - ever since October started, her mood had changed, and she no longer had time or energy to hang out with anyone. Orihime had asked him if she was sick or something and to be honest... he had no idea.

They only knew each other for a very short few months to really know what she thinks and how she reacts. He knew and understood the mood and changes of his friends and classmates better than he knew himself.

People are our own mirrors, and they show us how and who we really are.

But Sakura was very honest inside and out with her emotions, her voice told him everything he needed to know. Then... a quiet Sakura was not an easy one. Her body language told him she was tired and unfocused, but why?

- "Sorry, I will go home early today." -

- "What about your club? You missed the last meeting." -

- "I did? I will email them later." - and with that, she turned to the window again and continued to stare out into nothing for the rest of the school day.

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- "It's the festivities." -

- "What are you talking about?" -

Chad was unusually talkative today, but he had become very closed to Sakura, and he was curious.

- "Halloween is coming up and our class will have a horror themed hose."

- "Yeah, so what?" - the orange-haired boy answered in annoyance.

- "The class asked her to be in charge the costumes for our class." -

- "Alone?" -

The tall brown-haired classmate just stood and nodded at him before leaving. So... stress. The little pinket reacts to stress by working herself to exhaustion.

The ring of her doorbell was loud enough for him to hear from outside. "Who the hell has such a loud doorbell?" he thought.

- "Hell, that is one loud doorbell." - commented his friend, Tatsuki was also annoyed that their friend decided to lock herself in her home and shut down all communication with them.

- "Well, it should work to wake her up if she falls asleep." - Orihime always found a good reasoning to everything Tatsuki thought.

The click on the door made them all quiet down and turn to the entrance. A confused and tired pinket peeked at them from the inside.

- "uh, Hello?" -

- "Mis Haruno, may we enter?" - Chad's soft yet strong voice emerged as he stepped inside her front entrance. - "We came to help with the costumes." -

Her confusion turned to a wide smile directed straight to Chad and then to the rest of the small group.

- "You guys are amazing!" - she answered with glee.