A/N: This is my first fanfiction so constructive criticism is loved. Just a small note, in this fic, Byakuya and Rukia are blood-related. Anyway…

Disclaimer: Everything belongs to the wonderful Tite Kubo. This fanfiction is just by a fan, for the fans, and is not making any profit.

Also, a thank you to my beta-reader.


It was around 2:00am, and Rukia was lying on her brother's bed, staring up at the ceiling, waiting for her brother to come into the room. Byakuya was in the next room over, his office, finishing up on the last of the day's paperwork. He hated signing papers, it kept him up all night most times, and it was such a waste of time. He would much rather prefer sitting in his garden under a cherry blossom tree, with the warmth of the sun touching his skin, the wind gently flowing through his hair, and the accompaniment of his baby sister. But he knew that wouldn't happen anytime soon— with the massive amounts of paperwork he and all the other captains had been getting recently, there was hardly any time for relaxation.

Byakuya's train of thought was interrupted by the sound of a fusuma slowly opening. A raven haired girl popped her face through the opening. It was Rukia. She looked at her brother as he wondered why she was still up at this hour. He wondered if perhaps she had another bad dream, as she had been having a lot of those recently.

"Brother…? Are you done yet?" Rukia asked, hugging the corner of the door frame.

"Yes, Rukia, I will be done in a few minutes. More importantly, what are you doing up so late?"

Rukia looked down at the floor, but quickly looked back up. "Well… I wanted to wait up for you. I don't like falling asleep alone, I'm afraid I might have another bad dream…"

Byakuya's glance became soft, one of understanding. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh.

"Alright alright, go wait in my room; I'll be there in a moment."

Rukia's big lavender eyes lit up with happiness; she closed them and smiled softly. "Ok!" she said before quickly bowing, closing the door behind her and returning to Byakuya's bedroom.

A few moments later Byakuya entered his room, looking at his bed he saw his little sister, her eyes glowing from the moon's light. They were big and beautiful, just like their mother's. But Rukia wouldn't remember her, she and their father were killed when they were both young. That's why they came to live with their grandfather…. but he was also killed a few years after they had arrived; it had always seemed to Byakuya that bad luck followed him wherever he went.

"Brother? Why are you staring at me…? It's creepy!"

Byakuya's eyes went wide as he snapped back into reality. "Sorry Rukia, I was just… daydreaming," he said as he walked towards the mirror and carefully started removing the kenseikan from his hair.

"Daydreaming…? Daydreaming about what?" Rukia said as she sat up, her eyes bright with curiosity.

"….It's nothing important, don't worry about it." Byakuya had finished removing his fancy hair clips, and turned around to face Rukia. They were staring at each other for quite some time in complete silence. That is, until Rukia got irritated and let out a heavy groan, pulling the sheets over her head and thrusting herself into a fluffy pillow.

"Fine! Whatever…. I didn't want to know anyway," she said, letting out a heavy sigh, but Byakuya ignored it. As he was changing out of his morning clothes, he heard Rukia's breathing become slower, and more even. Once he was done changing, he walked over to his bed and gently pulled the sheets off of Rukia's head to find she had fallen asleep. He couldn't blame her, it was almost 3:00am, and she had been forcing herself to stay awake all this time. Byakuya smiled at his baby sister with kind eyes and let out a gentle sigh. He placed his hand on the top of her head, and kissed her forehead lovingly. He lay down beside her, pulling the sheets over his body, and slowly began to drift off into a dreamless sleep.

……

Byakuya's eyes shot open as he awoke to a loud knocking on his bedroom door.

"Captian Kuchiki?! Captian Kuchiki?? Are you in there??" said an obnoxiously loud voice. Byakuya quickly sprang up from his bed and hurried over to his door, wanting to shut up whoever was on the other side as quickly as possible so they don't wake up Rukia. But it was too late; he heard a soft voice behind him speak.

"Brother…? Who is that?" Rukia said as she sat up rubbing her eyes.

"It's no one Rukia, go back to sleep, it far too early for you to be up now."

"Captian?!? Is that you??" Byakuya's eye twitched in anger at the man's rudeness and opened the door enough so that he could clearly identify who this obnoxious being was. It was his new vice captain, Abrai Renji.

"Aah! Captian! There you are I— "Renji was cut off by the Captain's clearly upset tone of voice.

"Why are you so loud?" Byakuya asked as he gave the classic Kuchiki glare to Renji. He was already starting to dislike his new lieutenant. Renji jumped and slowly backed away from the captain's bedroom door, feeling a chill travel up his spine.

"I… uuh… I have a message for you Captain!"

"Yes? What is it?" Byakuya said sounding a bit irritated at this point.

"There has been a Captains meeting scheduled to begin in 20 minuets, sir." Renji said as he straightened out his poise. Byakuya held in his sigh, and closed his eyes before dismissing Abarai. Renji bowed and made his way down the hall in haste, almost seeming glad to be out of the noble's presence. Byakuya closed the door and let out the sigh he had been holding in. Once he looked up he saw Rukia staring at him, her eyes wide, obviously curious about what the commotion was earlier.

"Who was that?" Rukia said tilting her head slightly.

"It was my new lieutenant.... I have a meeting in 20 minutes."

"Huh?? A meeting?? Why?!" She said as she slammed her hands on the bed, demanding an answer.

"I don't know, I just do. I'm sure I won't be lo— "

"No brother!! Please don't go!! Don't leave me! I don't want you to go!!" Rukia said as she got up from the bed and shuffled over to her brother, wrapping her arms around him tightly, thinking this would keep him from leaving. It seemed to irritate Byakuya a bit, but he kept his anger in and just stood there, waiting for his sister to release him. He was about to speak until he felt the back of his clothes become wet. His eyes widened as he realized that Rukia was crying. She does this every time he has to go somewhere, he thought. She hated being away from her brother, ever since she was little she was always clinging onto him, never wanting to leave his side, and when he tried to leave, she would just cry and beg him not to go. Often times when he returned home he would find her in his room, on his bed, lying there crying. It couldn't be helped…

"Rukia. Please don't cry." Byakuya said softly.

"No brother…! I don't want you to go…. Please….!" Her voice was cracking as she begged him not to leave. Byakuya took Rukia's hands that were wrapped around his waist and untwined them. He turned around, still holding onto her hands, and bent down so they were eye to eye.

"I won't be long. I promise." He said looking straight into Rukia's eyes then wiping away the tears that stained her cheeks. Rukia then looked down at the ground and spoke,

"Okay…." She said. It was clear from the tone in her voice that she still didn't really want him to go, but she knew she had to let him go. Meetings were important for captains to go to, and she didn't want her brother to get in trouble because of her. Byakuya smiled, and ruffled Rukia's hair as he stood up. Rukia groaned and plopped down on the bed facedown. Byakuya quickly changed into his clothes and made his way to the door. He turned around and looked at Rukia. He sighed and walked over to her, he then kissed the back of her head and walked back over to the door. Before he could open it, he heard Rukia speak softly into the pillow.

"Brother…," she said, her voice sounding upset.

"Yes Rukia?"

"I love you, brother."

Byakuya smiled. "I love you too, Rukia," he said as he closed the door quietly behind him.


I'm currently considering whether to continue the story or not, so please review and tell me what you think.

-roo232