shadow of nothingness

"I refuse." After listening to Qianqian's narration, Ichigo refused directly.Turning around and sitting on the chair in front of the desk, he stretched out his hand and shook it in the air, "Go back quickly."

"Eh? Why?" Qianqian puffed up her face with dissatisfaction, got up and walked to Ichigo's side, "Why, Kurosaki-kun?"

"It has nothing to do with me." Ichigo yawned slowly, resting his head on one hand. "Ghosts should go and become Buddhas honestly."

"It's too much Kurosaki-kun!" Qianqian shouted excitedly, "It's not a gentleman's style to refuse a girl's request!"

Hearing this, Ichigo rolled his eyes, and started to spin the pen with his right hand holding the pen, "I'm just an ordinary middle school boy, not the gentleman you hoped for."

"Woo..." Tears gradually appeared in the eyes, and the shallow voice said softly, "Kurosaki-kun is too much, I just want to know who I am... Please."

Ichigo's brows were constantly shaking, and his expression became a little unnatural. He turned his face away and looked out the window, "It's useless to cry, and you can do it yourself."

Qianqian shook her head, her silver hair swaying slightly, "People on the street can't see me, so there's no way to ask."

"Ah... that's right." Thinking of this, Ichigo had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Right! So I can only count on you, Kurosaki-kun!" Seeing that Ichigo agreed with his point of view, the light of hope lit up in his shallow eyes, and he looked at him expectantly.

Ichigo scratched his head a little irritably, "Really, but it might be worse to ask me for help."

"Eh? Why?" Shallow tilted her head in surprise at what Ichigo said.

However, Ichigo just waved his hand without giving an explanation, "I can help you."

"Really! Thank you!" Excited Qianqian raised her hand and smiled happily.

"But not now! And I don't guarantee that it will be done!"

The smile froze immediately, and she blinked shallowly at Ichigo, "Eh——why, Kurosaki-kun?"

"What day is it today?" Ichigo turned around and pointed at Qianqian.

With her right index finger pointing to her chin, Qianqian thought for a while, "It's probably Tuesday... What's wrong?"

"I'm going to school, and I don't have time to travel so far to find someone for you."

"It's fine to skip classes, anyway, Kurosaki-kun looks like a bad boy who often skips classes." What returned to Ichigo was a shallow and bright smile.

The tic-tac-toe on the head jumped happily, "Who is a delinquent boy!"

"I know! It's Kurosaki-kun!" Qianqian raised her hands high with a smile on her face.

In contrast, Ichigo looked annoyed, "You bastard... hurry back to me!"

"Hi~" Qianqian stuck out her tongue, put her left hand on her waist, raised her right hand and waved at Ichigo, "Then I'll come to you tomorrow, Kurosaki-kun."

"Who told you to come here!" Seeing Qianqian float out of the window and then run away on the street, Ichigo was slightly relieved.Rubbing his forehead helplessly, "Really, today is really unlucky."

"Brother Ichigo, what's the matter?" My younger sister Yuko's worried voice came from downstairs, probably because Ichigo's previous yell was heard.

Ichigo opened the room and shouted downstairs, "It's nothing.

"Really?"

"Really, it's just that the homework is a little troublesome."

"Then remember to rest early, Brother Ichigo."

"understood."

After closing the door, Ichigo sighed, "Really."

***

The next day, after breakfast, I brought the bento prepared by Youzi.Ichigo ignored his playful father again, greeted his two younger sisters and walked out of the house, "Then I'm going to school, and you, the wanderer Xia Li, go early too, be careful on the way."

"Well, go all the way and take good care of Brother Yi."

Carrying the schoolbag in the backhand with the right hand, put on the shoes at the entrance, opened the door with the left hand, and stepped out.However, the next moment Ichigo was startled by Qianqian standing in front of him.Instantly closing the door behind him, pointing at Qianqian, "Why are you here!"

Qianqian tilted her head and smiled, raised her hand and waved, "Good morning, Kurosaki-kun."

"Oh, good morning." Seeing the other party greet him so naturally, Ichigo replied unconsciously, and then suddenly realized the next moment, "What a guy! Why are you standing at my door so early in the morning! "

Pouted shallowly, pressed the index finger of his right hand on his cheek, raised his head slightly thinking, then looked at Ichigo with a smile, "Of course I came to play with you, Kurosaki-kun~~"

"Ha——" Ichigo lowered his head and sighed, walked away from Qianqian, "I'm going to school, don't follow me."

With her hands behind her back, Qianqian took brisk steps and followed beside Ichigo, "It's okay, I'll just go to school too."

"Why do you follow me to school, are all ghosts so idle?"

"Ma, how should I put it. Ghosts are really idle. Is there anyone who can talk, and others can't see me. I can see other people's lives but can't blend in. I feel like I'm the only one in the world." Speaking of There was a clear change in Qianqian's voice here, and she raised her head to look at the blue sky, her silver hair flying wildly behind her.

Ichigo glanced at Qianqian from the corner of his eye, "That...sorry."

Looking back, he smiled slightly, "It's not Kurosaki-kun's fault, there's no need to apologize. On the other hand, it's really great to meet Kurosaki-kun. After so long, I finally have someone to talk to."

"..." Ichigo continued to walk forward, "Didn't you communicate with other ghosts?"

"Hey." Qianqian was stunned for a while, then shook her head, "Yes, but the feeling of talking with them is different. And some ghosts sometimes disappear very quickly."

Ichigo nodded, without further questioning.Qianqian didn't say anything more, she still walked forward in the same way.

You can see the school gate of Heizhizhong from a distance, Ichigo suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said to Qianqian beside him, "Remember to stay away from me when you enter the school gate later."

"Hey, what's the matter?" Although she felt a little puzzled, Qianqian followed Ichigo's words and gradually opened the distance between her and Ichigo.

Then after Ichigo stepped into the school gate, a large group of people rushed out from nowhere.

"Kurosaki!"

Ichigo put down his schoolbag, rubbed his wrists, and punched the boy who was running towards him.

Although it took some effort, Ichigo quickly knocked the group of people to the ground.Picking up the schoolbag on the ground, Ichigo didn't care about the eyes of the people around him, and shouted at Qianqian who was still dazed at the school gate, "Hey, let's go."

"... Oh." Only then did Qianqian wake up from a trance, holding up the hem of her skirt, tiptoeing around the people who fell on the ground and walking to Ichigo's side. "That... Kurosaki-kun,"

Ichigo didn't look back at Qianqian, but walked straight forward, "What, are you scared?"

Qianqian grabbed the corner of Ichigo's clothes, stopped his footsteps, walked up to Ichigo with a serious expression and looked at him, "Hand, hurt."

"Ah..." Hearing this, he noticed the scratch on his arm. It must have been scratched accidentally just now, and the red blood was still on the skin.Waving his hands, Ichigo seemed indifferent, "It's okay, I've been used to this little injury for a long time."

"No!" Qianqian said loudly, her red eyes widened, "Be careful even if it's a small injury, I'll go find a bandage, wait for me here!" Saying that, Qianqian ran away , the footsteps seemed very hasty.

"..." Ichigo still maintained the posture just now and stood on the spot, looking at Qianqian's back for a while and suddenly smiled, "What?"