Repentance

The screen flashed red as the blood splattered out of her. Rukia's nails dug into Ichigo's bed sheets. "Are you scared?" Ichigo asked her with his trademark smirk planted upon his lips.

"N-no…" she replied.

"Sure you're not" He said, leaning back on his bed, not caring about the movie, seeing as he had seen it at least a million times before.

Rukia's eyes widened in surprise as the monster took over the body of the main character's crush. "…no…" she whispered and covered her eyes and ears.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked her, "I can turn it off if you want…" She didn't respond because her hands were so tight over her ears in despair, that she could not hear him. "Rukia?" He looked over to see something wet and sparkling streaming down her cheek. "Are you…crying?"

She looked up at him up at him from her position on the bed. "K-Kai…en?" She asked in a hushed voice.

"What?" He asked, not understanding who or what she was talking about.

Before he could think, her arms were draped around him tight and long streams of tears rolled down her face. "Rukia…?" he asked, questioning the sudden embrace.

Her violet orbs met his amber ones, giving him the same pitiful and confused look as before. "Ich-i…go..." She realized she had made a horrible mistake and silently cursed her eyes for their inability to see correctly in the dark. "I-….sorry…" She stammered between sobs.

"Rukia…what the hell's wrong with you?" He asked, lifting her chin up with his fingers and wiping away her tears. "What is there to be sorry for? You didn't do anything wrong?"

Her hand slapped his arm away from her face. "Of course I did! I can't believe I let myself think you could ever be…him.." She managed to reply as her voice began to trail off.

"Dammit, Rukia, who's "him"?!" Ichigo asked her in frustration.

"I'm sorry…." Was her only reply, as she pushed away from him and jumped out the window. By the time Ichigo got over to the open window to see her, she had already run halfway down the street.