All to buy time

A slight surprise glassed over his expression just then. Part of him did not expect that she would weaken into her emotions but another part of him saw it coming. The pain and frustration crept into her voice before, he could hear it clearly. He had been with her too long, experienced far too many unsightly things with the woman before him not to know how to read her emotions. It was something he did not have to do, he did not have to give way to how she was feeling but he couldn't help himself but to do so. He stood his ground nonetheless when she bridged the very little space between them. So close that he could feel the heat arising from her body, despite the situation it felt nice to have her this close.

He felt every tremble that her fingers experienced when she gripped tightly to his attire. Pulling him down to her level he watched the scene before him, it tugged at him in a painful manner to see that expression on her face, that look in her eyes. Dare he say, it made him feel guilty.

Ichimaru stayed silent after the words that were told to him, his head turned away a bit. Selfishly he did not want to answer those questions, he did not want to admit that he was purposely hurting her to keep her emotions as well as his own, at bay. But she was right, it would be simple to just kill her..although "Its not as simple as that." he said finishing his thought out loud, if it was any other yes he could do it in a heartbeat but it wasn't any other. This was a mistake, he realized then, he was allowing his emotions to blind his sense of duty. "Killing you wouldn't solve anything." he finally said in a thoughtful manner as he turned to face her again. The smile on his face had diminished during this saddening conversation but it slowly began to creep its way back into place. "Come now Rangiku, you know that I can't kill you." the silver haired male stated. She had to know that, and maybe that is why she had the upper hand..at the moment.