Everything in Between

That Fateful Day

Just a little something short and sweet about when Ichigo and Orihime first met.

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It all started long ago on a fateful day. Orihime was in middle school at the time, people bullied her because of her abnormal hair color (same as Ichigo). A nasty group of bullies had chopped her long auburn hair off the previous day and the next morning Orihime's brother presented her with the blue hibiscus hairpins that she came to love so much. However, when she first saw them she was disappointed and said the pins would make her look childish. She and her brother had gotten into a fight after that and Orihime ran off to school with out wishing him a good day. Later that evening as she walked home Orihime came across an accident. An adult male had been hit head on by a speeding drunk driver. As the paramedics exchanged info about the victim Orihime's heart stopped as she heard the name. Her brother had been hit by the car and was going to be taken the nearest medical center. The nearest medical center just so happened to be Kurosaki Clinic. Orihime sprinted down the few blocks between her and the clinic and when she arrived they were carting her brother inside. She ran up to the cart that carried her brother and begged for him not to leave her. She stepped aside and allowed the staff of the clinic to take her brother to the immediate care room, but the small clinic did not have the necessary equipment to save the young man. Orihime shrunk down against the wall and began to cry. As she mourned she felt a hand rubbing her back comfortingly. She leaned into its source to find a young boy around her age, he had bright orange hair and glanced down at her sympathetically. He softly whispered to her, "I know what it's like to lose someone you love, I lost my mother a year ago. Everything will be ok." Orihime's tears poured down harder, but now she wasn't alone, she had her new friend.