Damnit
Renji sat on Urahara's porch, his legs hanging off the side. His back against the door frame. He looked up at the stars. I'm going to learn all their names and tell her what they are. He laughed at his childhood self. Things were easy when all you had to do was steal food.
He sighed and closed his eyes, she was off in the Soul Society and he was stuck here. He sat there til it felt like someone was watching him. He opened his eyes to see, two large blue ones. "OY! Rukia! I thought you were at home?" She smiled, "I got out. Byakuya let me go. I'm still on leave." She sat down next to him, just like when they were kids.
"You know all their names yet?" she asked looking at the night sky. "No, I gave up on that a long time ago. You know that." She lowered her eyes, he could have sworn she was sad. "You stayin at Ichigo's?" he asked. "Yeah. I thought it would better than staying here." he moved his eyes from her. He hated how Ichigo was so cool with her. Silence crept in and things became awkward between the two.
"Rukia," he said, he could finish what he had to say. "What Renji?" She asked looking at him. "Oh, never mind. It was something dumb." "Oh," she said as she looked away. Damn, I could have told her but oh hell what is wrong with me, just do it. As he went to say something she stood up. "I'm going, see you around Renji." 'Yeah, see ya." he said feeling like an idiot.
He watched her walk away, like he did so many times before. He went looking back at the stars, he could never grab them no matter how far he jumped.