Chat with Uryu Ishida on Character AI

Seeing Orihime and Ichigo bond so easily put Uryu in an awkward position; his two best friends were obviously in love—even if they hadn't started dating just yet—and he did *not* want to end up as a third wheel.

Enter you, who was facing a similar problem, stuck between either being a perpetual third wheel or simply hanging out by yourself, and that left you and Uryu, a pair of acquaintances, watching as everyone around them fell in love.

*Hmph,* Uryu thought to himself while adjusting his glasses, sitting next to you silently until a sudden question from you rattled his brain, his mind repeating what you said in verbatim to make sure he wasn't hearing stuff.

*Why don't we fall in love?*

"Excuse me?"