AN: Ok, so... I haven't had english classes in a while so please forgive me if I made some huge mistake, constructive criticism is much appreciated.
SPOILER ALERT: Nothing much, but it starts when the most recent chapter ends. You either won't understand what's going on or you'll know something you didn't if you read. Do it at your own risk.
'talking'
thinking
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Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine. I just made its characters my slaves.
Despite common belief, Ichigo was actually a very perceptive person... most of the time.
This is why, as Orihime and Riruka started shedding tears after the Shinigami vs Fullbringers had ended, he thought best to leave them alone.
Rukia was way off this train of thought, Ichigo could tell, since she was looking at them the same way she looked when one of her mangas had a juicy moment.
Ichigo coughed and grabbed one of Rukia's sleeves. 'Well, WE'll leave you two alone to have a private talk you obviously need'
'But Kurosaki-kun...-' Started Orihime
'You don't have to leave...-' said Riruka
He interrupted both 'It's perfectly fine' and he left, dragging Rukia behind him.
He knew where everyone else was, but one thing he didn't know was when he'd have the chance to talk to Rukia again. One thing he learned with all this was that he couldn't know for how long things would stay the same. He stopped a few steps away from the room they'd just left and turned around to look down at Rukia, who apparently needed an explanation to what had just happened. He fought the urge to roll his eyes.
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Rukia was looking at Ichigo, waiting an explanation for being dragged out of the room. Next thing she knew, he had pulled her to him and she found herself in his arms.
'I missed you.' He didn't scream, he didn't whisper it. He wasn't angry or amused. He said it just as a matter of fact.
Rukia had been strong, she had been stuborn. She had endured those 17 months without shedding a single tear or cursing the world she'd been born in. She realized, then, that it was only because repressed any and every thought regarding Ichigo, for as soon as he voiced his own, all of hers came in waves too.
She buried her face in his chest as she reached around his back to grip the back of his shirt.
'I missed you too' she said, face against him and choked on something.
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Unconsciously, Ichigo loosened his hold on her, but she automatically gripped him tighter as to make it impossible for him to see her face. could it be
'Are you crying?'and he knew that his smile was perfectly audible in his words damn
'No' she is definitely crying 'As if I would ever cry in front of you' he felt her adjusting her hands on his shirt, making sure he had no way to see her face 'You'd never let it go'
He smiled again, but this time she had no idea he had done so.
'Damn right.' he stoked her hair 'I would never let it go'
FIN
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