Love Me Bitterly Loath Me Sweetly

Chapter 15 *In The Rain A Love Confession Takes Place*

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Orihime
10:30 pm
School Graduation Day

Words left me. I stared into those bright brown eyes burning with anger, and my heart fell silent. "Answer me!" I roared. But he couldn't will his lips to move. As if stuck underwater, everything was slow and warbled as I pointed a shaky finger in his face. "Do you have nothing to say? I have poured my heart out to you; now tell me what you're thinking!" I demanded. But his mind was blank and my eyes wide as I stared at him in horror.

His eyes frantically searched mine, waiting.He had to say something! I searched my mind for something reasonable to say, but to my surprise, my heart answered for me, "I love you, Kurosaki-kun. I really, really, really love you." I confessed again.

Earlier, I asked him to meet me at our school terrace at ten o'clock. He gave me a curious look at first. I thought he would refuse, but he came later, making me wait about thirty minutes. It was a stormy night, and it felt like rain would fall at any moment.

I bit my lower lip when he didn't answer, and my eyes turned glossy with tears. I tried to blink them away, and when I realized I couldn't, tears poured down my face. I felt a cold droplet on my head. The droplets beaded my hair.

The next thing I knew, I had covered the distance between us and slammed my lips against his. It was my first kiss, though, and I didn't know what else to do. I barely had a chance to respond before he pressed his tongue to the seam of my lips, and I gave him full access as his tongue delved inside my mouth and I gave a low groan. It was a sloppy kiss at first, with rain, tears mingling on my face, and heartache, but then it grew very passionate. The strong scent of old wine was exchanged in the intermingling of our billowing breaths. My knees became weak as I wrapped my arms around his neck for support. Our bodies pressed together for warmth and desire for more of each other. My heart felt like it would burst out of my chest. We were somewhere heavenly transported, and perhaps if it weren't for the cold karakura rain, I might believe we had.

In an instant, he pulled away. There was a lightning strike, and my world shook with it. I lost my balance and, with my weakened legs, I fell down on the marbled ground. I was cold when my legs came into contact with the rain water already on the floor. I moaned as I lost my only source of warmth, the chill of the air wrapping around me. The call of the thunder-the roar-runs with an immense exhilaration through my veins. Perhaps this was my first and last kiss with him.

He stood there, his head raised toward the dark sky, water running freely down his face, looking tall and beautiful in his purplish check tuxedo. He wore it tonight, but it was clenched tight to his skin due to the heavy rain. His hair becomes one with his face, wetly draped over the bone structure that drove me crazy. His expression was serious but my eyes scanned his lips. Now that I knew how he tasted, I wanted more of him. I wondered if he knew how it made me want to feel every inch of his skin. Even though he scowled, I found that very adorable. The girl that would receive his love would be the luckiest because she got to see him each morning, wake up next to him, and do all sorts of things. Suddenly, I felt hatred for that girl.

Nobody cared that it was pouring so hard.

Kurosaki-Kun tranced his lips with his left hand, then began laughing menacingly. Lowering his head, eyeing me, he said, "you are a whore."

I would be lying if I said that it didn't hurt me. I thought if I confessed my love to him, he'd forgive me and maybe my love would reach out to him.

"It's raining." He hissed, and I felt a shiver run down my spine. "If it weren't for the rain, I would've fallen for your ploy today."