Ichihime shippers are always like 'omg Ichigo and Orihime look so cute together.' Blahblahblah... Well as an IchiRuki shipper, I disagree. Ichihime is not meant to be. For one, Orihime always calls Ichigo, Kurosaki-kun, while Rukia just calls him Ichigo. Orihime is too formal with him. Two, Orihime believes that Ichigo didn't really go to Hueco Mundo just to save her. Three, she's terrified when she sees Ichigo's hollow mask. But when Rukia comes back from the Soul Society, she tells Ichigo to get stronger so he can defeat Hichigo and protect the people he loves. Four, Orihime doesn't have the guts to tell Ichigo that she likes him. She only opens up to him when he's passed out from his battle with Grimmjow. And she's wearing the bracket that Ulquiorra gave her, so even if Ichigo wanted to hear her, he couldn't. Five, Orihime even admits to Rangiku that she is jealous of Rukia. She's jealous of the way Rukia brought Ichigo out of his 'depression' that he went into when they came back from the Soul Society and Rukia didn't come with them. Six, Rukia is the yin to Ichigo yang. Rukia's zanpauto, Shirayuki, is pure white while Ichigo's zanpauto, Zangetsu, is pitch black. Seven, the look Ichigo gives Rukia after the battle with Grimmjow doesn't go unnoticed by Orihime when she's healing her. Eight, before Rukia passes out from her battle with the ninth Arrancar, she thinks of Chad and Uryu, then she thinks of Renji and Byakuya, then she thinks of Ichigo. Also before Rukia is excuted, again, she thinks of Ichigo last. Nine, Ichigo went through becoming a hollow and training for bankai just to save Rukia from the Soul Society. Ten, Rukia was expecting to stay in Ichigo's closet when she came back to the World of the Living. Eleven, Rukia and Ichigo trust each other. Twelve, when Ichigo goes to train with the vizards, Rukia is as worried as Yuzu is when Ichigo disappears. Thirteen, Ichigo has become strong enough to defeat Byakuya is order to protect Rukia. Fourteen, Ichigo hardly ever talks to Orihime, but Rukia is living with him. Fifteen, Rukia's already apart of the Kurosaki family. Rukia is Isshin's 'Third Daughter', as he puts it. Sixteen, Ichigo and Rukia stopped each other's rain. Seventeen, Ichigo and Rukia are always together. Eighteen, Ichigo's to will to rescue Rukia from the Soul Society despite her telling to not follow her. Nineteen, Ichigo and Rukia are partners. Twenty, Rukia gave Ichigo her powers, even though it was illeagal, forever connecting themselves to each other. Orihime knows that Ichigo and Rukia are bonded together in a way she that she will never be apart of.
