[His hand stays right in place, his smile a little more genuine at hearing her words.]
I know. I know I can always count on you, and that you know how important it is to me. That's why you're--[There's a sensation in his arm that has him looking down at it, and man is it a weird sight to watch a bone that threatens to protrude out of your skin just. Correct itself, as if nothing ever happened to begin with. Orihime has rejected all sorts of injuries on him before, but this one is a first.
It kind of derails his thoughts, though, and Ichigo has to scrape his brain to get back to where they were before his attention was drawn elsewhere.
He really should try to sleep, holy shit.]
Y'know, it's really unrealistic, but I hope that one day, we get to a place where I don't have to throw myself into fights. A place of peace, where everyone is just safe. Happy. Cause I know you don't like seeing me hurt... I can see it on your face, every time. That... that hurts more than any wound I could end up with... and I ah... [OH jeez why is it so hard to keep eye contact and say something like this?! He can feel the heat rising to his cheeks as he forces himself to hold her gaze.] I'd rather see your smile, Inoue.
cw: reverse... broken bone... description IDEK warning gross. Bigger CW for SAP
I know. I know I can always count on you, and that you know how important it is to me. That's why you're--[There's a sensation in his arm that has him looking down at it, and man is it a weird sight to watch a bone that threatens to protrude out of your skin just. Correct itself, as if nothing ever happened to begin with. Orihime has rejected all sorts of injuries on him before, but this one is a first.
It kind of derails his thoughts, though, and Ichigo has to scrape his brain to get back to where they were before his attention was drawn elsewhere.
He really should try to sleep, holy shit.]
Y'know, it's really unrealistic, but I hope that one day, we get to a place where I don't have to throw myself into fights. A place of peace, where everyone is just safe. Happy. Cause I know you don't like seeing me hurt... I can see it on your face, every time. That... that hurts more than any wound I could end up with... and I ah... [OH jeez why is it so hard to keep eye contact and say something like this?! He can feel the heat rising to his cheeks as he forces himself to hold her gaze.] I'd rather see your smile, Inoue.