Ichigo wakes up...in his bed?
Anime Shrink Interactive
chapter 13
by
copier
· original author:
amybrooke
Ichigo felt the paralysis of his muscles fade as he regained his strength under the covers. "Was it a dream!?" He asked as his hand lifted to the side of his head. He looked at his arm and didn't see any blood or feel any pain as he sat up and looked across at...his closet. A surprised expression formed on his face as he looked around to confirm the familiar vision of his room. He looked down to see his dirty socks still discarded in the middle of his messy room. He sighed, feeling safe and at home with the faint darkness that allowed him to view everything in his room at night.
He laughed as he realized it was all a dream as he fell back on his bed and stared up at the ceiling. He stopped laughing slowly as his eyes scanned the strange black line running across the top of his room. "Was that always there?" Ichigo asked himself as he pushed the covers off and swung his legs over to place his feet on the wooden floor as the texture of it conformed to his step. He walked around looking up at the barely noticeable thin black line connecting and running across his room in a square.
“Weird…” Ichigo said under his breath as he pulled back the chair at his desk and sat down. His hand stealthy reached under his bed and pulled out a girly magazine as he placed it on his desk. He grinned mischievously and flicked the switch at his lamp…but it wouldn’t turn on. “Damn, the bulb’s out.” He said in a disappointed tone as he turned around in his chair and walked towards his door to go get a new bulb but something moved out of the corner of his eye. He stopped and looked out his window as he stared at a large blue circle with pieces of wet black rope cascading around it. He walked over towards it while squinting, trying to decipher what it was but he didn’t expect it to move on its own!
He screamed and fell on his backside as the blue circle ascended out of his view through the window and disappeared. His room shook as he looked up with a hand across his chest in an instinctive act of defense. The roof came apart at the thin black line from one side to the other. A further ceiling above revealed itself but part of it was suddenly blocked out by a strangely designed mixture of white and black that led up to the blue circle he’d seen through the window.
“So my tiny sleepyhead is awake. Are you feeling better now?” Retsu Unohana smiled and looked down towards her tiny patient looking up at her as he shook in fear. Her hands cupped together down near her knees as her wet unbraided black hair wildly fell across her shoulders and back.
“WHAT ARE YOU!?” Ichigo screamed as she slowly descended towards him to provide a better view of her face. “I’m not a big scary monster, little Ich…I…go?” Retsu slowly punctuated the syllables of his name cutely as she spoke it in a motherly tone. He calmed down after hearing his name spoken and he started to recognize her. He was so used to her hair always being braided and dry that he didn’t recall who she was until now. He breathed normally and felt a strange attraction to her with this hairstyle he hadn’t seen before.
A few seconds of awkward silence passed as Ichigo realized Retsu was looking at him in that specific way as if to say “What’s my name? You better remember…” that sent shivers down his spine. All of the questions in his mind were pushed to the side as he used all of his concentration to remember her name. Ichigo snapped his fingers and looked up at her with confidence as he pointed.
Retsu was impressed with her tiny patient’s expression and she anticipated hearing Ichigo say her name.
He laughed as he realized it was all a dream as he fell back on his bed and stared up at the ceiling. He stopped laughing slowly as his eyes scanned the strange black line running across the top of his room. "Was that always there?" Ichigo asked himself as he pushed the covers off and swung his legs over to place his feet on the wooden floor as the texture of it conformed to his step. He walked around looking up at the barely noticeable thin black line connecting and running across his room in a square.
“Weird…” Ichigo said under his breath as he pulled back the chair at his desk and sat down. His hand stealthy reached under his bed and pulled out a girly magazine as he placed it on his desk. He grinned mischievously and flicked the switch at his lamp…but it wouldn’t turn on. “Damn, the bulb’s out.” He said in a disappointed tone as he turned around in his chair and walked towards his door to go get a new bulb but something moved out of the corner of his eye. He stopped and looked out his window as he stared at a large blue circle with pieces of wet black rope cascading around it. He walked over towards it while squinting, trying to decipher what it was but he didn’t expect it to move on its own!
He screamed and fell on his backside as the blue circle ascended out of his view through the window and disappeared. His room shook as he looked up with a hand across his chest in an instinctive act of defense. The roof came apart at the thin black line from one side to the other. A further ceiling above revealed itself but part of it was suddenly blocked out by a strangely designed mixture of white and black that led up to the blue circle he’d seen through the window.
“So my tiny sleepyhead is awake. Are you feeling better now?” Retsu Unohana smiled and looked down towards her tiny patient looking up at her as he shook in fear. Her hands cupped together down near her knees as her wet unbraided black hair wildly fell across her shoulders and back.
“WHAT ARE YOU!?” Ichigo screamed as she slowly descended towards him to provide a better view of her face. “I’m not a big scary monster, little Ich…I…go?” Retsu slowly punctuated the syllables of his name cutely as she spoke it in a motherly tone. He calmed down after hearing his name spoken and he started to recognize her. He was so used to her hair always being braided and dry that he didn’t recall who she was until now. He breathed normally and felt a strange attraction to her with this hairstyle he hadn’t seen before.
A few seconds of awkward silence passed as Ichigo realized Retsu was looking at him in that specific way as if to say “What’s my name? You better remember…” that sent shivers down his spine. All of the questions in his mind were pushed to the side as he used all of his concentration to remember her name. Ichigo snapped his fingers and looked up at her with confidence as he pointed.
Retsu was impressed with her tiny patient’s expression and she anticipated hearing Ichigo say her name.
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March 13, 2025
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