There is a background story behind this oneshot. Last night, which was the 3rd April 2011, there was a thunderstorm, and I'm scared of them, so to comfort me, I wrote this 1000 word oneshot (Not including bits in bold.) Enjoy. This is my first Bleach fanfic. Pairing IchiRuki.

Thunder clapped, and lightning flashed, scaring me out of my wits, and I ran into Ichigo's room.

"Ichigo! Ichigo, wake up!"

"Rukia? It is 3am. Bugger off!"

"No... Ichigo, I'm scared." He groggily sat up. I grasped his hand.

"Thunder." Through the darkness, I saw him smile crookedly.

We were in the Soul Society, staying in my brother's house.

Ichigo pulled me into his bed, as another bit of thunder rumbled.

"Thank you." I murmured.

"It's nothing. I'm always here." I gasped as the door opened, and the light flickered on.

"You okay, Rukia?" It was Byakuya. I nodded meekly.

"Thanks for being there, Ichigo, Rukia has always hated storms."

I smiled again, and went to slide off the bed, but Ichigo wrapped an arm around my waist, preventing my escape, and Byakuya held a hand up.

Thunder struck again, and tears spilled over.

Ichigo wiped them away, and winked at me. Byakuya smiled discreetly, but I still saw it.

"Stay in here tonight, Rukia. Hisana and I don't mind at all. In fact, we want to encourage this... thing you two share."

Ichigo and I shared a glance. We knew all too well what Byakuya was trying to say: "I'm being really nice to you, hurry up and end the conversation."

Byakuya was only nice when he was low on sleep.

I cuddled up to Ichigo, yawning. Byakuya and Ichigo laughed quietly.

"Goodnight. Sleep well. Don't do anything inappropriate."

Byakuya started to back out of the door, and Ichigo raised an eyebrow.

"Not like you can talk. Heard your moans last night. They were so loud, they woke Renji up, and he could sleep through an Earthquake. God, he has done that before."

This comment stole a very rare blush from my brother, who left without another word.

"Night, Rukia, I'll be here when you wake up." He kissed me softly, laid me down and wrapped a possessive, yet comforting arm around my waist. Ichigo was snoring within the hour.

And, true to his word, he was there when I woke up, and the rest of eternity after that.

We got married soon after that, and when Ichigo had to return to the World of the Living, he got express permission to say goodbye to his living family, and came to the Soul Society permanently.

Hisana and Byakuya had two children, and Ichigo and I had three children,

No matter what happened, the Kuchiki clan were one.

On my phone, that was 1000 characters. Not sure how many words.

Was it okay for my first Bleach fanfic?

I'm not sure if I spelt Captain Kuchiki's name right, but I did try :)

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