Clouds are Orange by TsukiNoKagura
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach nor Koizora
Summary: Rukia yearns to fall in love, but her idealistic stereotype of a first love was crushed when she met Ichigo- A delinquent boy at her school she was initially afraid of. Based on the tragic novel 'Koizora' written by Mika on first-hand account. Changes are made to keep the cast in character. IchiRuki, GrimmNel, a hint of RenRuki and KaienRuki.
1. Prologue
She stared passively out the train window, traces of morning fog still lingered around the glass. She reached out to wipe away the disturbance with her enveloped hand; she stopped to notice the knitted pattern of a sunset on the gloves she was wearing. Shards of memories flashed across her head and she quickly withdrew her hand.
"Why red?" He asked and examined her work-in-progress "You hate the colour red".
"Because I'm that awesome, face it." She rolled her eyes and continued to knit. He closed his eyes and leaned back peacefully, listening to her complaints everytime she misses a loop.
"Rukia, are you alright?" her friend sitting next to her asked concernedly when he noticed teardrops forming in her eyes; she nodded and smiled to reassure him. The boy grinned back and ruffled her hair "Alright, but tell me if you're not feeling too well; you know, that train-sickness…" he trailed off. She struggled to keep her treasured black locks back to their original flawless place, but flashbacks of him hit her unwilling mind once again.
"Yo Rukia! Good morning!" he literally sprinted across the small library and jumped onto the table, knocking her books over in the process.
"Why did you do that for!" she glared and threw a half-hearted punch, he caught it easily with one hand and ruffled her hair with the other "You're so cute when I piss you off…OW!" he let go of her hand, only to be rewarded with a blow to the stomach.
The train arrived at its destination with loud rumbling. The small girl picked up her luggage and stepped off her transport. It wasn't such a pleasant day, heavy clouds loomed over the skies and droplets of rain had already created a steady beat on the rooftop of the station.
"Rukia!" a voice from the distance called. She looked up to see her sister Hisana waving at her behind the ticket-triggered gates. She had been orphaned since birth and had lived within the orphanage with her sister for most of her life. It was only until her sister got married to Byakuya Kuchiki- the grandson of a famous business tycoon did she finally get to have a home of her own.
"Nee-san!" she called back and quickly ran towards the exit, abandoning her companions behind her.
Hisana greeted her with a warm hug, "We missed you so much!" her voice became muffled from the tight embrace "I can't believe it's already been three whole years since you moved to Tokyo!"
"Yeah…" Rukia nodded and quickly escaped from the clasps of death. "Wait… We?" She looked around and finally found her brother-in-law talking on the phone inside an expensive car parked by the street.
"After hearing that you're coming back to visit today he dropped his whole schedule just to see you!" her sister exclaimed as she ushered Rukia to their vehicle "That aside," she changed the topic when they got in the car "Isn't the weather just awful! Look at those dull grey clouds and that rain!"
"He must be feeling gloomy today…" Rukia whispered to herself as she closed her eyes, welcoming her past to flood her thoughts.
If I hadn't met him, I would not have gone through so much pain. But without meeting him, I would not have known such happiness. He was my first love; he taught me how to protect something precious to me. But my first love… is no longer here.
A/N: It's been literally 2 years since my last update, apologies! I've been hooked on heaps of other distractions to write properly. My past grammatical mistakes annoyed me so I didn't bother to continue any of my old fics either.
This story is based on the Koizora phenomenon. I recently watched the movie and I couldn't forget about it, no matter how hard I tried the depressing-ness just came flooding in 24/7 so to its tribute I dedicate this story. You all should hope that I will be able to forget about it soon and get on with my life.
Rukia's headstrong personality will make significant changes to some of the plot. And I strongly recommend you to at least read about this movie on Wikipedia to get a basic idea of the plot, there will be twists and turns as well so don't rely on that too much.
To VOH, ML and KM readers, YES it will be updated as soon as I can put my head to it.
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