A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in ages, so sorry! I don't own Bleach, just this story x
Chapter 5
Hiyori was annoyed, she finally about to be free from pain, free from the fear and yet he'd saved her- just like all the other times. The feeling of being held tightly in his arms made up fir anger though, she felt like she belonged in his embrace, like it was meant to be. She looked up at him and couldn't stop the tears that welled and streamed down her cheeks, for a moment then she had really wanted to die, but the look on his face, his eyes were wide with shock and sadness, she knew that she didn't want to leave him behind, she was destined to be stuck with that stupid baldy forever. A light blush spread across her cheeks when Shinji squeezed her tightly and placed a light butterfly kiss to her forehead, he was breathing heavily and his breath tickled her face and her neck. "I'm so sorry Shinji" she said quietly, a large lump formed in her throat as she spoke to him and before long all the pent up sadness and pain since her injuries came pouring out and she was sobbing into Shinji's chest.
Shinji held her to his chest tightly as she sobbed into his shirt, soaking it within seconds, seeing her so broken pained him, he was so used to her being a feisty little monkey with a bad attitude- he would give anything to see her like that again, to see just a flicker of happiness in her eyes, he knew that now was the best and only time to confess his feelings to her, he almost lost her again, he needed her. He slowly and gently pried her head away from his chest, lifting her chin with his thumb as he looked straight into her chocolate orbs, her face was streaked with tears but her sobbing had quietened to a mere hiccup. "Hiyori, there's something I've been meaning to tell you for a while" he leaned his head a little closer to her his heart thumped with anxiety, she looked at him with curiosity and a worried look, "what's wrong Shinji?" she asked quietly as her brows furrowed into a small frown, Shinji leaned forward so that their foreheads were touching, a light blush covered her cheeks, "I love you, you damn monkey" then he leaned forward to capture her lips softly against her own.
Hiyori couldn't believe it, after all this time worrying that Shinji would never like her, scared that he would reject her- and now he was kissing her! She smiled against his lips as she melted into it, her hands wound around his neck pulling him closer as her emotions went wild. As she kissed him she felt her heart flutter and a small flame of happiness grew within her, until it completely consumed her and all the darkness and pain was driven from her system, Shinji loved her and that was all that mattered, she should stop remembering the fear and start remembering the good times that she shared with him. After a few minutes of their intense kissing they pulled apart, both were flushed and breathing heavily, a new glisten was present in Hiyori's eyes as she stared intently into Shinji's, she pulled his neck down to her again and rested their foreheads together, "I love you too you stupid baldy" before pressing a light kiss on the corner of his mouth, she knew that everything now just so long as she had Shinji beside her.