Rooftop

Ichigo reluctantly went to the rooftop to join his friends. His ears still rang a bit, but he decided to go with them anyway. As he climbed to the roof, he could already hear them talking. They weren't loud; they were just a bunch of friends talking like friends do.
He heard Orihime, "Ichigo! Over here!" He smiled at her as she waved him over. He walked to where Chad, Uryu, Rukia and Orihime were leaning or sitting forming an open half-circle as if they'd been waiting for him to join them all along.
"We were wondering if you were coming up," Rukia said.
"Yeah. I just took my time getting here is all," he said back to her. "What were you guys talking about?"
Chad said, "Orihime was telling us that Tatsuki's signed up for a really big karate match again."
Ichigo said, "Really? Is it the same kind of match that she placed second in last year?"
Orihime nodded, "Ahuh. But this year she's trained so long and so hard, that she's going for first place. She's determined. But I'm worried about her. She barely sleeps anymore, she forgets to eat too. I've even brought her some of my own culinary creations, but she doesn't eat them." Every one of her friends knew WHY Tatsuki didn't eat what Orihime cooked – Orihime had to have been born without taste buds, because the things she cooked or created were HORRIBLE. Still, many times Tatsuki did eat what Orihime made, just to please her.
Uryu spoke up, "It's not good for her to go without sleep and food. Her body will shut down on her eventually, and break down rather than make her stronger."
"He's right," Chad said.
Orihime said, "I tried to talk to her about it, but she wouldn't listen to me. She's just so focused, that all she can see is that first place prize and attaining the title of strongest female in her age group on all of Japan. It's all she wants and being second place isn't good enough for her. I'm really worried about her."
Ichigo remained quiet as he ate his lunch. But even though he wasn't talking aloud, his mind was racing as he ate. "Tatsuki's going to wear herself out if she doesn't take a break once in a while. I know how that is, I've done it quite a few times myself. Maybe I should go talk to her, she might listen to me. But then, Tatsuki's no dummy. She can take care of herself; she's always proven that to everyone. Maybe I shouldn't butt in?" Ichigo continued to mull his thoughts over as he ate his lunch with his friends.
It was getting near the end of their lunch period. Everyone gathered up their things and prepared to go back to class, but Ichigo hung back. Chad asked, "Hey Ichigo, you coming?"