"Aww come on~! It'll be nice and calm, and we can play in the lake~!"

"Actually, I was thinking... would you like to go camping with me sometime?"

"U-U-U-U-Uhhhh, nothing! Nothing! I was just lost in thought~!"

She closed her eyes and took a sad, deep breath...

...but then her eyes wandered to Envy. A small blush bloomed across her cheeks.

"I just need to give him some time to..."

"You just don't know him like I do..."

Now her feelings were hurt.

"H-Hey, that's not true! We've been best friends for years now! Ichigo's just... He doesn't express his feelings that much..."

A small frown formed on her face.

"But I always bring mosquito coils with me. And bugs definitely won't bite me when I fill one of those metal drums with hot water and sit in it. It's like a DIY hot tub!"

"Too bad Ichigo wanted to stay home... Maybe he doesn't like camping?"

"I would have gone swimming with you too~! I even had my swimsuit packed just in case!"

"Not if you were all cozy in the water~!"

"Oh darn! If I had known, I would have gone to see you in the lake! I would have shared some of my bread with you too!"

"So that one time I went camping and heard something in the woods... That was you?"

"What's that? Are you working on a robot?"

"Wha...? Did I scare him off?" She stood back up and watched the giant monster stomp away.

"I don't know how, but..." She would still take the opportunity to run to safety. Perhaps she could meet Envy another day when he was in a better mood.

She knew she couldn't take on a beast like this by herself. Perhaps the best move was to run away.

Orihime backed up slowly before turning to run away. Just as she was picking up speed, she tripped over her feet and feel forward...

...and treated Envy to an upskirt. Of course.

...They were purple

She beheld Envy's monstrous form, feeling small and afraid of this hulking abomination.

"Wh-What..."

"Then I won't let you hurt anymore people!"

"...No matter how pretty you are!"

"You're only lying to yourself! I won't give up on you facing the truth! I'll do whatever it takes to help you feel more human..."

"Envy..." Orihime stood firm in the face of his threat.

"You're not pitiable. You can feel everything a human feels! You don't have to hate!" She clutched her heart over her bounteous chest.

"Why would you feel such strong hate for something you think is beneath you?? It doesn't make sense... unless you really do embody 'envy'."

"So... why do you hate us humans so much?"

"As twisted as it is, you're laughing because you feel joy. Humans feel joy too."

"Does that... r-really make you laugh? Why?" Orihime was pretty disturbed by Envy's sense of humor.

"Then let me ask: what makes you laugh?"

"Envy... I was captured by what some would call 'monsters'. One of them watched over me, and he claimed to feel nothing a human does. He spoke of humans just like you do... except, he wanted to know what a heart was. In his final moments, I think he not only found out, he felt it."

"Your humanity... is not something you can simply throw away. You can suppress it, ignore it, but you will always feel it."

"Devoid of emotion... No, I know that's not true." She was remembering another so-called monster that claimed to not feel anything.

"Father? What is your father like, Envy?" She tilted her head curiously.

"So that's what you're called?" Orihime gasped and stood up suddenly, causing her breasts to jiggle more than before.

"Oh, that's right! I never asked your name! That was rude of me... I'm Orihime. What's yours?" She bowed deeply to make up for the respect she should have shown.