A/N: This is a multichapter fic focusing on the best pairing in bleach: ULQUIHIME. Actually, it's sort of like a FST and fic combined, though mostly a fic inspired by different songs...whatever you want to call it. Most of this is based directly on the manga (which I do not own), with some added thoughts, scenes, eyesmex, etc. I am trying to make this as canon as possible, because, well, UlquiHime already has plenty of manga proof, doesn't it? I promise the chapters will get longer eventually, this is just a prologue type of thing. Oh, if you are interested in hearing the music behind the chapters, you will have to go to my livejournal page. There is a link in my profile.
Across the Universe
Orihime put her hand up, shielding her eyes from the morning sun as she looked up at the sky.
"Oh! That one definitely looks like a duck riding a bicycle!" Orihime said excitedly, pointing at the sky.
Tatsuki squinted doubtfully before replying, "I don't quite see it...well, maybe if I turn my head, it sort of looks like duck, or is it a penguin?"
Mimicking Tatsuki, Orihime squinted at the cloud for a moment. "I hope he watches out, it looks like he might crash into the hippopotamus over there."
Tatsuki studied the worry on her friends face a moment before erupting into laughter. "Y-your imagination never ceases to amaze me, Orihime."
Blinking, Orihime offered her friend a curious look. "Is it too much? Sometimes I think so, especially when I talk so much that people get that glazed look, or they have that tiny twitch, you know? The one at the edges there, sometimes at the corner of their eye or mouth, or both and then they make those excuses like, 'I think I left the stove on' or 'I need to feed my plant', and it just seems so odd that suddenly their plant is hungry. Are some plants really that demanding?"
Tatsuki, the good friend that she was, patted Orihime's arm comfortingly. "No Orihime, it's not too much. If someone acts like that then, well, just don't worry about it. You are who you are, and you shouldn't change for anybody."
At this, Orihime couldn't help but smile. Tatsuki really did understand her. Even if Orihime had left her to go to Soul Society and have her big adventure saving Kuchiki-san, Tatsuki had been here for her when she returned. She was always there for her.
"You know, sometimes it feels like we have the same conversations we had when we were little." Tatsuki said, looking into the sky again, a whimsical look on her face.
It was true, Orihime thought. They had always walked to school together and looked at the clouds and talked about anything. These days were truly special to her. Ichigo seemed to have perked up since Rukia was safe, and all was calm. Sado was his usual quiet self, but she could now eat lunch with him and not feel so silly when he didn't say much, because that was just how Sado-kun was. And Ishida, though he seemed sad for some reason (Orihime thought he must miss Rukia, that dress was very nice after all), surely had to be glad to be back in sowing club.
She never wanted these precious times to end.
"Mm," Orihime agreed with a wide smile. "I hope we can always do this."
It had been so simple then, to look into the future and see it so unchanging for them.
And she sang, nothings gonna change my world.
A/N: Please read and review, I love seeing what everyone thinks. Like I said, there will be longer chapters later. I have quite a bit of this written out already, so it won't take too long to update. Thank you for reading!
P.S. Special thanks to my wonderful beta!
-Miss Soupy