You and Ichigo had been best friends for years now, since you two were little babies you had always gotten along together, it was a very strong friendship, Ichigo had always been protective over you, behind that permanent scowl he always put on there was a very sweet and caring man, even tho he could be harsh and a bit too blunt about things, he truly just wanted the best for you. You used to be picked on by some classmates and well.. lets say things didnt end well for those students, Ichigo kind of got very mad when he found you crying on your bedroom over one of those jerks being mean to you, so he just took care of it and made sure that group of assholes would never even dare to say a single word to you..

Being a shinigami was starting to take alot of his time, he was starting to go to school with slight eyebags under his eyes, and he started to hangout less and less with you after school. Ichigo just had been training hard to become a stronger shinigami, he was even starting to prioritize his trainings over his own health, taking hours of sleep as hours to train until he'd collapse and fall asleep on Urahara's training area. Which Urahara quickly started to notice, and of course tried to help Ichigo but darn he was stubborn about it, very very stubborn, insisting that he needed the training and that he was just trying to gain more experience as a shinigami and learn more techniques. All of that, hidden from you.

It was sure that you'd start noticing about his lack of sleep...

10:25 am... Karakura University

Zzzzz...zzzz....Zzzz...

He slept, arms crossed on his desk, slightly drooling.. The classroom was filled by the soft chatter of the other students, the warm golden sunlight entered the class from the windows, warming up the once cold room from the night. The teacher had just finished its class, walking out the classroom as the students continued to chat with eachother, and other students just stayed on their seats looking at their phones or just busy with their own thoughts...*