shadow of nothingness

During the time when Ichigo entered through the gate and walked to his own room, Qianqian had already been sitting in Ichigo's room waiting for him.

"Take it." Taking out the clothes stuffed in the schoolbag and throwing them to Qianqian, Ichigo turned and walked out of the room, "Call me when you're done."

"Hi—" Qianqian squinted her eyes, and her voice dragged on.

Standing at the door of the room for a while without getting any response, Ichigo felt a little puzzled.Knocked on the door, "Hello? Are you still okay?"

The room was quiet, without any sound.

Ichigo frowned and knocked on the door again, "Hello? I came in?"

Still no sound.

Holding the doorknob, gently pushing it open, Ichigo saw Qianqian in the middle of the room in a daze wearing the clothes he just bought.

Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief and walked in, "Why didn't you say something when it was changed, and didn't respond."

"Kurosaki-kun..." With her hands spread out in front of her face, Qianqian stared closely at her empty hands.

"What's the matter? You should go back." Ichigo sat on the chair, with his hands behind his neck, and looked at the front with distracted eyes.

"It's gone..." His hands trembled slightly, and there was a cry in his shallow voice.

"What's gone?"

"The dress just now...is gone." Qianqian stood there blankly, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Obviously it was still in my hand just now, but...it disappeared as soon as I let go."

"Disappeared?" Ichigo turned around in surprise, with disbelief in his tone, "Why?"

"I don't know... just disappeared suddenly..."

After a moment of silence, Ichigo stepped forward, stretched out his hand and patted Qianqian's head, "I'll buy another one for you next time,...don't cry."

Obviously I was very happy just now, but now I feel lost again.Qianqian lowered her head and sobbed softly, and paused slightly when she felt a different sensation on her head.Pursing his lips, he nodded without saying a word.

"...Thank you, Kurosaki-kun."

***

When going out the next morning, Ichigo saw Qianqian put on new clothes again.There was still such a bright smile, as if yesterday's sadness had never happened.

"Good morning, Kurosaki-kun~"

Ichigo snorted softly, put aside the strange thoughts in his mind, and walked forward with his schoolbag, "Ah, good morning."

There was a warm smile on Qianqian's face again, with his hands behind his back, he slowly followed behind Ichigo, "Kurosaki-kun, this dress looks good~"

Ichigo glanced at it for a while, but immediately looked back, "Ah, um."

Seemingly dissatisfied with Ichigo's perfunctory words, Qianqian puffed up her face.Avoiding the oncoming crowd, he leaned over to Ichigo's side, "It's impossible to perfunctory like this! Kurosaki-kun will not be able to please girls if this continues!"

Ichigo looked indifferent, "This kind of thing doesn't matter."

With his mouth puffed out and his hips crossed, he complained shallowly, "Kurosaki-kun is really..."

Watching Ichigo walk into the classroom safely, he smiled slightly and clapped his hands, "Then I have something to do next~"

Seeing Qianqian running happily through the window, Ichigo couldn't help frowning, "What are you doing, that guy."

There is a small convenience store near Ichigo's school. Although it is called a convenience store, it looks very old.Living in the shop were two gray-haired old men.The band-aid that Qianqian took yesterday came from here.

"Grandpa Watanabe, Grandma Watanabe, excuse me~" Standing at the door of the convenience store, Qianqian bowed to the two old people who couldn't see her existence.Then he lifted the hem of his skirt, carefully walked around the barrier and walked into the convenience store.

Two old people were sitting on some old-fashioned chairs and chatting. Grandma Watanabe still held needles and threads in her hands, as if she was sewing clothes.

The red eyes swept over the convenience store which was not too big, squatted shallowly in front of the old man, tilted his head to look at the old man, and then looked at the clothes in the old man's hand.I lowered my voice, "Grandma Watanabe, I'm here to help clean up. I'm really sorry yesterday, but I don't want to trouble Kurosaki-kun any more, so I probably can't return the money for the band-aid. However, I will help Yes! Will do anything!"

Even though she knew that the other party couldn't hear what she said, Qianqian still said it seriously.Then he stood up, waved to the two old people, and started cleaning the small shop without the old people knowing.

Ichigo, who wanted to go home after school, suddenly caught a glimpse of Qianqian, doing strange things in the "Watanabe Convenience Store" not far from his school.

"..." Staring there for a while, the corner of Ichigo's mouth suddenly raised a slight arc, and then left without looking back.

Then, finally, the weekend came.

Early in the morning, Qianqian rushed into Ichigo's room very excitedly, "Kurosaki-kun, Kurosaki-kun~" Her big red eyes didn't blink, she just stared at Ichigo.

"Ha——" Ichigo sighed for a long time, and packed up his things helplessly, "I see! Don't look at me like that!"

"Hey." Hearing this, Qianqian just smiled dumbly, and stroked her silver hair, looking dumbfounded.

Ichigo lowered his head again, "Really." But there was a faint smile on his mouth that even he himself didn't notice.

After finally getting past his father and younger sister, Ichigo sighed again, stroking his forehead, not wanting to look at Qianqian bouncing ahead, "Like a BAGA..."

Although he knew that others could not see Qianqian's expression and behavior, but for some reason Ichigo still felt a little embarrassed.It's really not his fault, but that guy's expression and behavior are too stupid!As Ichigo thought about it, a shallow and excited voice sounded next to his ear, "Hurry up! Kurosaki-kun!"

The place Qianqian mentioned is still a bit far from where Ichigo lives, and it took a lot of time to go there even by tram.Not to mention that when the tram was moving forward, Qianqian kept hiding behind Ichigo because there were too many people on the train.

"I seem to be in a big trouble..."

"Eh? Kurosaki-kun, what are you talking about?" Qianqian, who was standing in front of him with open arms and enjoying the wind, looked over with a puzzled expression.

"No, nothing." Ichigo shook his head, put his hands in his pockets and just walked forward. "Since you appeared here, why did you go to Karakura Town?"

Qianqian hehe, scratching her cheek, "How should I put it... At that time, because I didn't know anything, I kept walking around like this, and I arrived at the place where Kurosaki-kun lived..."

"..." Ichigo sighed again, and looked around resignedly, "Then where is it exactly? But I said it before, if you can't ask anything, don't cry in front of me."

Qianqian immediately puffed up her face, "I won't cry in front of Kurosaki-kun!"

"Oh, is it? But haven't you already cried in front of me twice?"

"...That's...that's." Unable to explain, Qianqian stomped her feet involuntarily, her face was also stained pink, "Forget about that, Kurosaki-kun!"

"Hi~"