HEARTBEAT 027 ♥ Accidental Video

[k0koro_kara]

[Orihime is laid out on her bed, arms folded over her stomach, face smooth save for the tiniest pucker of a frown on her forehead.  If it weren't for the fact that her chest isn't rising and falling, she could probably be asleep.  Suddenly, she exhales, as if she'd just been holding her breath for a long time.  Slowly, her eyes open, and she

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[marsfireignite]

[Oh thank God, she didn't go home.]

Orihime.

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[k0koro_kara]

...Rei-chan? When did you get here?

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[marsfireignite]

[Her expression shifts slightly -- a brief look of relief -- before it hardens.]

You're in the clinic -- do you remember what happened?

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[k0koro_kara]

Mmm... We were fighting that man, Madara, and he... He stabbed me, I think.

[It sounds so bizarre to say, really, but at least she had stood up and tried this time, and nobody else had been hurt.]

I remember getting kind of sick to the stomach, like when you go around in a spinning chair too many times, and then I guess I blacked out...

[buntails]

Are you alright?

(ooc: just as a heads-up, I'm gone tonight and tomorrow; will tag until I go and catch up once I'm back though)

[k0koro_kara]

I'm...

[Even though she'd told Usagi just yesterday- no, longer than that, since she'd been gone- that the fighting would stop, here she is, proving everything she'd said wrong by having died.]

Yeah, I'm fine! Just some down time like you were having yes- earlier, I guess.

[buntails]

[It's been awhile since then, so Usagi has to think back to when they spoke. She nods uncertainly.]

Should I come over? I'd like to visit you.

[k0koro_kara]

If you want, it's okay...

[Maybe she's just being selfish, but she figures she'd do the same thing.]

[foundtheheart]

I'm coming.

[k0koro_kara]

...Okay.

[foundtheheart]

*A few minutes later, Hime will have an Arrancar at whatever open entrance to the house he can find.*

[k0koro_kara]

[Orihime's still in bed, playing with the frayed edges of her blanket and not really thinking about anything at all.]

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[juiceboxtopped]

Inoue! [Contrarily, Rukia looks rather relieved. Others had mentioned things about the dying... but it's another thing to see it for yourself.]

You're back.

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[k0koro_kara]

[By this point, Orihime's calmed down some, so she's able to manage a smile and a little wave.]

Fit as a flute, Kuchiki-san!

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[juiceboxtopped]

[She's back and she looks like... she didn't just spend a week dead. Wow. Weird.]

That's good. ...You're still in Unohana-taichou's clinic?

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[k0koro_kara]

[She feels like she has, that's for sure, but she can keep the guilt at bay for now, at least.]

Mm-hm.

[thelonegenin]

[Naruto hasn't been here long, so naturally... this is a shock to him.]

[k0koro_kara]

Naruto-kun?

[Orihime sits up straight, more than a little shocked but happy to see him again after such a long time.]

When did you get back?

[thelonegenin]

[He can't help but just stare for a while, before frowning intensely.]

Were you asleep? I got here like three weeks ago...

Am I supposed to know you?

[k0koro_kara]

Three weeks ago? I guess I have been... Uhm, asleep for a while, then.

[She gives what she hopes is a convincing smile.]

I guess I'll have to re-introduce myself, then! I'm Inoue Orihime, and the you that was here before the you that's here now was a friend of mine.