Rain
Author's Note: If you haven't noticed there was a major typo in my latest chapter that made it a bit difficult to understand. But if you guess around a bit, you can infer that instead of typing AU(where the heck did I get those initials?), I meant UL for the unrequited love that was mentioned in the chapter before it. Thanks, just thought I'd say it out right to all of ya'll.
And now, On with the chapter!
I don't get it...I thought while walking home. If I don't have the UL..And Mr. Rapist doesn't..Who has it? Is it possible for both partners to not have it?
It was night now, and I finally got away from everyone long enough to go back home to the RV. I don't even know what I'm going to do with my life now..I'm leaving this town in just a week, but now that all this magical crap and demons are getting the way...Should I just tell dad what's going on? No, he'd think I was crazy. But if I don't, is there a chance those Heart things will come after him? I mean, now that I know hearts exist, isn't it really risky to run around without any care? Without protection? Isn't that just like having a target on your back?
I don't want to go home now..It doesn't feel 'right' anymore. Because now I don't..Know who I am. And what's more, I don't know who can be trusted. Maybe what everyone is telling me is just a bunch of BS.. But then I remember..I'm just..a jumbled up mess, aren't I? I don't even know what I'm doing with my life..
When I come home, dad isn't the least bit worried at me. He just assumes I've been at the market the whole day...He's so dense. But I was glad to just be able to have a part of my day be normal. Eat, brush my teeth, go to bed. It was...All so nostalgic. I want it to stay that way, every day. So why is it..That it could never be that way? Why was I, out of the billions of woman in the world, a flower. I don't want any of this..I don't want to be a flower..I just want to be me...
And I feel asleep thinking that, almost crying from the aching void left by the realization that my life...
Will never be the same.
Tick tick...Tick tick...Bang! I woke up with a sudden jolt. What the hell was that noise just now? I looked over to dad who was still sleeping. Did he not hear that? I slide out of bed and put on my bunny slippers, carefully and slowly leading myself to the door.
When I push the door open, I'm dumbfounded by what I see. What in the hell is that guy doing?
Orange hair. That's all I could see in the night's light. That and a pair of hands raising a boulder in the air.
"Wake up, you stupid girl," He says, leaning forward to thrown the rock.
When I look at the RV, he's already thrown a big rock and succeeded in denting the side of the RV.
I run up to him and kick his face over. I knew Karate would come in handy..
As the rock slides across the ground he jumps up and yells, "What the hell was that for?"
"You're damaging private property!" I exclaim.
"Well it's your fault! I threw pebbles and you didn't wake up!" He replies.
"If you hadn't notice, I was sleeping for a reason, you fool! Of course I didn't wake up! What are you doing here anyway?" I asked.
Then I saw the lights flip on in the RV. Crap, we woke up dad! I quickly grabbed my hunter's hand and shoved him in a bush, I then jumped in after him. This happened just in time for my dad to turn on the outdoor lights and step outside.
"Rukia?" He asks.
"The fuck is that?" Mr. Rapist asks.
"Shh! And don't curse." I try to cover his mouth, but all he does is turns away as if I'm some sort of infectious disease.
"I thought you lived alone." He whispered.
"I told you to be quiet!" I half yell.
"Rukia?" I here my dad say again, this time looking in the direction of the bush.
Crap..I stand up suddenly, "Ah, hey dad!" I blurt out, picking the leaves out of my hair.
I can just keep talking and lead him back into the RV.
"Rukia, what are you doing over there?" He asks.
But when I hear the leaves below me rustle and a figure standing up behind me, I know I'm screwed because something is going to be assumed that shouldn't be.
"Hey, you. Why are you trying to hide me?" Mr. Rapist questions idiotically.
My dad's eyes widened, "Rukia, who in the world.."
He looks at Mr. Rapist and glares at him for a second, and when I turn back, Mr. Rapist and staring back at him with that same glare. What in the world? Dad is never like that..
Dad suddenly breaks in a chillingly fake smile, "He's a boyfriend, right? Well you shouldn't be out this late," He warns me, going back into the RV, "I'll just mind my own business then.."
I'm surprised..What is he doing? Shouldn't he be outraged? Why is he acting so strange.
But never the less, Mr, Rapist is still here, I have to tell him to leave.
"Hey, you. Who was that guy?" Mr. Rapist asks.
"My dad, why?"
"Didn't I tell you that we were manufactured in a lab? Flower and hunters," He specifies.
"Yeah and?" I question.
"There's no way that he's your father," Ichigo says.
My eyes widen, "Well I was adopted..But I don't see-"
"Do you think he just wandered into an adoption center and found you? No, you escaped from the lab, don't you think the chances of you being found by another scientist is more likely than any regular person?"
"What are you saying...?" I began.
He interrupted, "I can see it, the threads of fate. That guy there, is a hunter."
I backed up twice. The last thing I needed in my life..Was to know the only person I thought I knew... And somehow I just knew it. In the back of my mind, after this happened a few days ago, there was no way my dad didn't have something to do with this. But still it hurts, I knew it but..Why? Why couldn't I deny it a bit longer? Hold on to who I used to be...
"You know..I remember when my girlfriend was linked to her hunter," He began, ignoring the topic.
"Yeah? And?" I say, trying to steer away as well.
"She cried, every day. And I'm surprised, after I was linked to you. I could feel it every time you cried out inside. But what surprised me was the fact you never actually cried," He says.
I gasp. He just torn me apart. And he's saying that..He can feel it? Everything I'm keeping in. But I'm not...
"Why did you have to do that! Why did you have to break me into pieces? I hate you!" I burst out. What am I saying? He didn't do anything, he's just my hunter..But then does that mean I hate hunters. And the realization of this made my eye widen and dim, as they filled up with tears.
I closed up immediately and hugged myself as I looked at my hunter. Was he here just to make me release it all? To make me let go of everything, the pressure I've been bottling up.
I dropped down on my knees, and for the first time since the linking, I let out a long shriek. Why me? Why did this happen to me. It's too big a change. I can't deal with something like this all at once. It was if I spent..All that time putting together a puzzle. And now, the last piece just fell out. I can't do it. I don't think I can start over again.
"Why did you even come here!" I yell.
"We have our first job," He said, "And I'm required to bring you. It's a heart."
I take in a deep breath and look up angrily, "So you just tear me apart for no reason..And then you expect me to go with you for a job?"
"I never said that.." He began, "In fact, I really don't like it when girls do that.." He looks away.
Innocent. That's what I thought when I saw his expression. 'When girls do that' obviously meaning, when we cry.
"You where..aching inside, though," He says, "It felt like a black hole, and you refused to release it.."
My eyes widened as he stuttered, "D-don't get me wrong! I don't care about you just...It really hurt, you know," He specified.
So it..Hurts him too? Are we really that connected to the point where we share emotion. Then does that mean the other day he felt the..When I..With Kaien and..Oh my god I hope not..
He walks over and takes of his jacket and wraps it around my shoulders.
"You really should be more careful with your health. It's so cold and yet you just walk out here in your PJs.." He states.
"I don't get it," I say as I grip the jacket tighter, "Why me?"
I slide back and lean on the RV. My hunter comes up and sits beside me.
"No one knows why. But it stills happens," He explains.
I sniffle a bit, "Yeah, but why me?"
"Man, I thought you'd be tougher than this. You really are just like all the other girls aren't you. A big cry baby," He says, getting me a bit irritated. But I realize that he's probably just trying to keep me from crying. What type of guy is he?
"Like I said, no one knows why," He screws with my hair.
"But, even though it's hard, excepting what happens in life is the only route we have." He advises.
I look up at him, and he seems to keep avoiding eye contact with me. But those determined eyes seemed to give me strength, even if he wasn't looking at me.
I don't say anything and look up at the sky. The moon was covered now, by a gray clouds. And I could feel it, how ironic. The sky began to lightly cry.
I got up and ran underneath and tree to protect from the rain, he followed.
"So we have to go kill a Heart now, right?" I asked, "Is this going to be a regular thing?"
"We don't have to go right now, I'll tell the others you need time to cool down," He says, "They'll understand.."
I stomp my foot in the dampening grass and look down at the sparking world. I know that things will always change..But still..It hurts.
I laugh, "You know I don't think I even remember your name."
"Likewise," He laughed.
I want to..Have a release..Just like this guy is trying to tell me. Crying won't cut it..I need it to be washed away. All of it.
I take off his jacket and shove it in his face. Running out into the now pouring rain I look back at him, "Name's Rukia. You?" I could feel it all...Washing away. I was soaked to the bone and my hair began heavy with water.
"Ichigo," He says.
"Oh yeah, now I remember! You have a girls name," I giggle. I feel so light now..Why is that? It's not that easy..No, I feel as if the aching is still there, but somehow..Now I have someone to share it with...
"What did you say? You're the dwarf!" He yells, running out after me.
"Someone's a little sensitive," I laugh again.
I look up at my hunter. The supposed general. And all in all an infuriating guy..I looked at him..With a smile now. And he seemed to be taken back by this and freaked out by this. This guy was unbelievably innocent. And dense...
So then this guy is..
My hunter?
Author's Note:
So sorry y'all. I was on vacation and had no internet. So sorry for the late update...Won't happen again.
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Thanks to all of ya'll.
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~*RukiaRocks*~
