Incandescent

by Illuminer

Sometimes we do not fall in love with the person who is the best for us. It does not stop us from loving them anyway. A story told in snippets.

Ichigo was like the sun, Rukia thought.

Brilliant, incandescent, he blazed with life itself and stormed into her placid existence, leaving an indelible trail of chaos in his wake. He rekindled a fire in Rukia that she thought long dead and sent her mind into disarray, struggling with her impossible, growing feelings for a mere human boy.

But he also lit up her life, made her heart sing and Kuchiki Rukia could not pretend Kurosaki Ichigo never happened.

And now, as she looked upon his hand intertwined with another's, she wondered-

How did it end up this way?