Chapter Two: Since When

Rukia awoke to the sound of her alarm clock going off. She had been trying to get some sleep all night, but every sleeping minute had been a memory of him, of them. An every moment spent awake was a flashback of everything they had ever done, and ever been.

It still hurt Rukia to think about those times even though she knew she wasn't still in love with him. Hell she wasn't even sure if she ever really was in love with him, or if she had been using him like Orihime thought. What she did wasn't something you do to a loved one, an so she thought she didn't love him at all. Every since then people could tell she wasn't really happy like she was missing something, everyone except Renji.

Rukia looked at the time she had set it for three, but it was now three twenty, she knew they were gone and the party was about too begin. She remembered when Renji had stopped by again today to see if she were coming…

"Rukia," She heard Renji say behind her, "Did you think about it?"

"Renji I already told you I'm not going."

"Why not, I think carrot top would enjoy seeing you." Renji looked over at Rukia, he could tell she was serious. But he pushed on anyway.

"Rukia don't you think you owe it too him to go" Rukia looked over at him and said

"Renji let me ask you something, how many conversations have you had with him since our mission."

"Plenty, too many to count"

"And out of those conversations, how many involved me?"

"Enough"

"And out of those how many did he start that involved me?"

"Well…Um….I"

"Exactly! He couldn't care less about me." Rukia yelled

"You don't know that" Renji exclaimed yelling, he could feel his pulse rising.

"Okay, and in those conversations, has he ever asked you how my life is going, if I'm even alive. Has he even said my name once to you, to anybody."

No, but what we talked about, didn't involve the need to say your name."

"Why should I go see him, it's not like he's come to see me." Renji could tell she was pissed now very pissed, he knew he had to calm down, he knew he had to tell her.

"Rukia?" he asked

"What?"

"Do you remember when you told me that at your 'Congrats on becoming a lieutenant party' you saw a strange man in black, with a hood over his head.

"Yes" Rukia replied wondering what that had to do with anything.

"You said he stayed in the shadows in the back of the party, and that you seemed to know him."

"So, what does that have to do with anything?"

"You asked him, who he was and he smiled and said "As if you care" then he was gone."

"Renji what the hell does…" Rukia tried to get out but was cut off with Renji screaming…

"It was Ichigo!" Rukia gasped, no then, no it wasn't him, he, no, she tried to get out but Renji continued.

"What?" Rukia yelled thinking she hadn't heard him right but then Renji was gone.

Rukia was brought out of her thoughts, by her cell phone ringing. It read Renji, but she was going to see him soon.

Rukia got up and got dressed it was now four o'clock, and she was going to the party. But she couldn't help but wonder since when, did he start caring. But what she failed to realize is that he never stopped.


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