This is more of a drabble. I never really wrote a one-shot or anything that involved this pairing. But I do find them adorable C:. Anyways, I'm not sure where this will go. Please bear with me!
They were the same.
Well, not exactly the same. But their situations were quite similar. He wasn't sure when he noticed this.
Maybe it was when he decided to stop waiting for Rukia to return his feelings. Or when he saw the pained look in Inoue's eyes whenever she saw Ichigo and Rukia together.
They weren't dating, Ichigo and Rukia. But if they had feelings for each other, they never showed it.
Then again, they never showed interest in other people.
Every time Rukia would talk about the world of the living, he heard Ichigo's name. And each time he heard his name, it felt like a knife was being jabbed into his heart.
Over and over again.
He always shrugged the feeling off. After all, what kind of a friend would he be if he wasn't happy for her? If she chose Ichigo instead of him, he could live with it.
Or so he told himself.
So when he talked with Inoue about her feelings towards Ichigo, he knew.
"Even if he chooses Kuchiki-san over me, I'll be happy. I won't be surprised either. She's much stronger than I am. Plus she's able to defend herself. Besides, she's much better for him than me anyways."
He knew at that moment, not only would she be hurting. But she was saying it because she knew too.
Both of their feelings didn't matter to either of them.
Because they were just as she had described them.
Nothing.
R&R?