Guard Bleach

This is a story about growing up, and a story about protecting the ones you love.

Life puts us through many hardships. Some people endure them with strength, while others are too rigid to bend and break easily.

Let me protect you through the long years.

Whoever we are, we all simply hope not to be swept apart from the people we love by the river of time. We fear we may never find you again, because you are so precious to me, irreplaceable.

Xia Li falls for Tōshirō at first sight, and their souls are drawn together. Tōshirō falls for Xia Li gradually, and their souls are drawn together. But they won't get together so easily, because they are both children who need time to grow up and discover the sense of belonging they long for deep inside.

As we grow up, we often make many mistakes. Sometimes we don't understand what we truly feel. But as we gradually mature, develop a more settled outlook on life, and think more rationally, we eventually discover what our hearts truly desire.

This story has Platonic love and a love built on mutual respect;

joyful friendship and friendship founded on understanding and helping one another;

and warm, resilient family bonds.

Many of the elements here may not suit your taste, and the style may be completely different from what you're used to. If you enjoy stories about growing up, or characters who protect the people they care about, then stay awhile. Trust me, you'll find everything you're looking for here.