Title: Something missing...
Author/Artist: myojo-s-me
Pairing: Kurosaki Yuzu x Tsubokura Rin
Fandom: Bleach
Theme: Kaerimichi/ The road home #20
Disclaimer: Neither Yuzu nor Rin belongs to me. If thy did, they would appear in the series much more often.

Note: Rin is the little boy with the palm-shaped hairstyle from the 12th squad, Yuzu Ichigos little sister

"You can't go there with me!" He shook his head, looking kind of confused. "I've said before, that it just isn't..."

"See, I don't want you to get into trouble, either. But... I'd really like to meet your parents by now, you know?" Her eyes, brown like the trees arpund them, seemed to i beg /i him to take her with him. But...

"I... I'm really sorry..." He pressed his fingertips together, not knowing what to do. How to explain her, thet it wan't just the fact that he would be in trouble, but rather the fact that she just couldn't pass the way that led him home safely? Whereas... her brother had managed it... But Ichigo had been a shinigami by then... And those three humans that had been with him that time had had some extraordinary abilities... Not that Yuzu hadn't. But Rin strongly doubted that her stunning candy-making abilities would help her crossing the passage between the real world and the Soul Society. "But..."

Yuzu sighed. "When will I ever meet them?"

Which caused another silence. Rin hadn't yet told her, that there wasn't something like "parents" to him. Of course, he had tried, but... it just hadn't worked out the way it should every time. They had eaten candy instead... Which wasn't the worst thing to do, after all.

So he just kept looking at her, tiptoeing with his fingertips, thinking hardly about how to make her stay here, not knowing what to say.

"Nha, whatever." She laid one hand against his forehead. "Just get home quickly, or the will worry, don't you think?" The girl smiled. "And don't forget to hand the Butterfly's Dictionary to Rikichi-kun."

She tousled his hair. And Rin got, out of a sudden, the feeling that he couldn't just go like that... that something lacked... He drew a little bit nearer. "Yuzu-chan?"

"Yes?" She stopped and withdraw her hand.

That wasn't, what he had wanted her to do, but... "I... uh... I don't know, but I got the feeling that we shouldn't part like this... that something..."
"Is missing?" The little Kurosaki nodded. "I guess, I feel the same.. but hasn't it always been like this? So why does it feel wrong now?"

"I don't know, but... what could it be?"

Silence.

They stood there in the falling dark, looking at each other, neither of them saying a word. Then, Yuzu slowly drew closer... and Rin did as well, as if there had been some unbearable command.

"I... I guess, it is... " He blushed.

"... " Her cheeks were as red and hot as his, but she as well as him moved forward constanly. "...sharing a kiss?"

Their eyes met, and they silently agreed. If not now, when would there be the right time to do it?