Hey guys, after this story I'll be doing a squeal to Blood Moon Falls.
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Hinamori did not want to go to school today. However, she has to. Either way, Obaa-san is eventually going to come up to her bedroom to wake her up. Upon sitting up from her bed, she decided to not think about yesterday's events and concentrate on the task at hand. The raven haired girl got out of bed, got changed into her school uniform, ate breakfast, and went to school. The whole time, her heavenly guardian is watching her from the skies. "Momo..."
After watching her the whole morning, Hitsugaya sat in midair worrying about the raven haired girl. From what he saw, Hinamori is acting like her usual self. "How long she plans to put up a fake act and be in denial?" he wondered.
At the same time, her friends eventually came to that question as well. Sitting at their usual lunch spot on the roof, they noticed that she is not with them. "Where's Hinamori-san?" Orihime asked.
"I'm not sure, but she was in class," Renji replied.
"Could she have been ill or something and went to the nurses office?" Rukia suggested.
"Doubt it," Ikkaku replied.
"Apparently, she's only acting like everything's okay," Yumichika continued. "The girl's obviously hiding something."
"Hn," Ichigo said before he turned to the pale blond haired teenager eating silently next to Renji. "Oi Kira, do you know what's wrong with Momo?"
Suddenly refraining himself from eating further, Kira slowly placed his bento on his lap and stared down at his food. "So you do know," Renji replied.
Turning his attention to the group of teenagers, he nodded with agreement. "Yeah, I do. Yesterday, Hinamori-kun and I went out for dinner together. It was when she confessed to me."
"Really? What did you say?" Orihime asked.
"I-I rejected her."
"So that's why she's been acting like that," Renji said.
"I-I didn't think of her anymore than just a friend. I must have really broken her heart."
"Hell yeah you did!" Ichigo exclaimed as he grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him towards his face. "What kind of man are you? Hurting an innocent girl's feelings?"
"Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime exclaimed.
"Ichigo, stop that!" Rukia agreed.
"What am I supposed to do?" Kira snapped. "I can't lie to her; it would hurt her even more! Besides, nothing's more depressing than a one sided relationship. It's the next worse thing to cheating. I can't do that to such a close friend when I know neither of us could be truly happy."
Suddenly letting go of him, Ichigo sat back down and crossed his arms over his chest. "Tch, fine. Do what you want, but you're going to have patch things up with her one way or another."
"I intend to do that when she's herself again. Right now, she needs someone to be there for her and that person is not me. What she needs is the caring words from a close friend."
"In that case, we'll do that," Rukia said. "Inoue and I will take care of her."
"Thanks you two."
Immediately when the school bell rang to mark the end of the day, Orihime and Rukia rushed out of class 2-3 and went to class 2-1 to find Hinamori walking out of class. "Hinamori!" Orihime called out.
