The next day of school, Chizuru did not turn up for school. I left her a short message when Goku-Sensei was teaching us about Science. I could not concentrate in class because I kept worrying about Chizuru.

' Brrr Brrrrr ', the sound of my phone vibrating came out of my pocket. I tried to keep it low, preventing Goku-Sensei from noticing me.

' Okay sure , come over to my house and leave before 7pm, my parents are coming back around that time ', she replied. I patiently waited for the rest of the lessons to end.' Bye Ryuzaki , I'll call you later when I reached the basketball court at Sunshine Place . ' Renji waved goodbye to me, asking me to join him for a few matches of basketball later on. I waved goodbye to him and set off to Chizuru's house.

' My god, you look terrible! ' , I exclaimed in great shock as I looked at Chizuru. Looking torn and broken, her right hand was on the doorknob as the other was on her forehead. I quickly helped her out to her sofa. My heart felt very painful at that time. Seeing her like this made me felt bad and miserable for telling her about Renji & his girlfriend.

I turned on the tv, to prevent both me & Chizuru from feeling bored. Five minutes later, Chizuru broke the silence. "Yawnnnn," Chizuru fell over, her head landing on my shoulder, her eyes slowly closing.

I smiled and turned the t.v. off, pulling Chizuru gently towards me and closing my eyes as well, the both of us listening to the thunder and the sound of rain dancing on the window panes .

' Hold me, like you held on to life, ' a familiar tune playing around me. I slowly opened my eyes , unwillingly. I realised it was my phone. I quickly answered the phone as I did not want to wake Chizuru up. She looked like an angel while sleeping - the cutest angel I've ever seen. The way she slept is something that will be etched in my mind for a long time.

' Hey Ryu, I'm down at Sunshine Place's basketball court already, along with Ichigo and some others. '' Alright, I'll be there soon . ' He hung up the call.
I looked outside the window, and realised the rain had already stopped.

' Who's that ? ' Chizuru asked , stretching her arms and yawning at the same time.
'Renji' I replied, and moving my shoulder to relieve the numbness that Chizuru had caused while she had laid on it.
' Oh , I overhead the conversation, can I tag along ? '
' Sure , why not ? ' I tried to fake a smile , knowing why Chizuru wanted to tag along. Mainly because of Renji.

She went to get change, and applied some make up, to cover up her fatigue expression. I felt really sad because she could do anything to make herself look the best in front of Renji, while me, I was just a good friend to her.