I'll Love Him Always

By: Mystic Fire Blood

Peaches, he loved the taste of peaches. He even remembered his hair being the color of them, bright orange. He thought at first it was an odd color, but the more he looked at it, the more he started to like it.

Blood, he hated blood. The color, the taste, even the smell. He even hated the fact his hair was the same color. He tried dying it a few times, but it never seemed to work. Blood was odd to him. No matter how dark your clothes were, you could always tell that they had blood on them.

Night, he couldn't tell which he hated more: blood or night. Not until that one day, or night as it was dark outside, he figured it out. He hated blood and night together on the black robes of his one true love. That's right, Renji, in the middle of the hype, during the battle with Aizen, admitted that he was in love with that hot-headed idiot Ichigo who was now dead on the ground at Aizen's feet.

Renji turned to his captain who gave a nod and before Aizen and his party knew it, Renji and Byakuya had released their Bankai, and they were trapped.

Time moved too slow for Renji. It had been weeks since he was put into the hospital along with his captain, but now he was finally released. He no sooner left until he used his Flash Step and went to follow the strong spiritual pressure of Ichigo. He ran until he found it. When he did, he was surprised to see where it was. He was receiving a bandage from the captain of 13th squad Ukitake Jūshirō. After he tied the bandage to his arm, Ichigo laughed, "You suck at hiding your spiritual pressure," then he turned around, "Took you long enough."

Renji shook his head, walked and wrapped his arms around him, "Well excuse me, but if I remember correctly, someone died, so I had to finish his work which landed me in the hospital for a few weeks."

"Sorry, but when you're human and you get run through with a poison blade, it can kill you."

"I'm just glad you're here," Renji replied as he kissed Ichigo.

Love, even though it took this long, he was glad he finally had it.

The End