Welcome to 'Selecting Societies', my Rukia-centric drabble collection! I have decided that most of these are not going to be happy. After all, no heart warming stories, eh? But I promise that I will try to keep all of them good. And worth reading. Thanks so much!
Characters: Rukia, Ichigo
Word Count: 387
Comments: A bit odd, written a while ago. Apparently, I when I wrote this, I was in a depressing mood.
Legal: I am not affiliated in any way, shape, or form with the official Bleach story or characters. That's Kubo Tite's territory.
.: Fade :.
She was the girl with a storm in her eyes, a smile in her lips, a blush in her cheeks. The wind appeared to dance through her hair, and the world seemed to sing when she was around. Yet she seldom smiled, much to the pain of those around her. She protected others, thought about their lives, problems, and happiness. She always placed herself second.
She thought her decisions through. It was only when her impulses got the better of her that she acted without consideration.
Kurosaki Ichigo had proved that much.
And now he was here, without her. And she was never coming back. Her presence had changed his world. And now that she was gone, it was incomplete. His world was lacking… it was empty.
It was as if she had carved a niche into the people around her without them noticing. She had happily filled the space, keeping them complete. But when she left, everyone was suddenly aware of the empty space within them.
Ichigo especially. When she left him, she took an entire portion of his being with her. He felt broken, cast aside like a hopeless doll. There was no force in the universe that could remedy how useless he felt.
She had gone quickly, with no time for drawn out goodbyes. He had held her for a brief moment- that was all- but it had stretched for an eternity in his eyes. Her breathing was short, her heartbeat slowing… and he held on to her, willing her not to break him like she had. But it wasn't like she had a choice.
He had told her, in that eternity. He told her everything- that he couldn't live without her, that she wasn't going anywhere. If she would just hold on, damn it all!
And she had laughed. She smiled for him, a beautiful smile of a fading star. She put her hand on his cheek, smiled again, and called him a fool.
He knew exactly what she was trying to say. Their bond had always been beyond words. Useless, convoluted words. He knew exactly the message her words carried.
She smiled, he wept.
Kuchiki Rukia was dead.
Kurosaki Ichigo was broken.
And the worlds of all the people she had touched became darker, as if the moon had faded away, forever.
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