Title: Anxious
Prompt: Breath
Rukia jolted awake. For a moment she was confused. Her heart was racing and she could beads of sweat on her forehead and neck. She sat up, focusing on easing her breathing.
'What's brought this on?' she wondered. When she tried to think about it, her heart rate would grow out of sync again.
She glanced to the side and sighed. Slowly, she eased the closet door open. The cool floor felt nice on her feet. She leaned back, keeping her eyes down. Finally, she took a breath and took small steps forward, careful to keep silent.
The short distance from the closet to his bed felt like it went on for miles. Her knees brushed against the side of his bed.
His breathing seemed even enough. He wasn't grimacing in his sleep as much as he was a couple days ago. He certainly seemed more relaxed.
Kneeling down, Rukia slowly pulled back the thin blanket. It didn't seem like the wound had reopened, despite the strain he'd put on himself today. That was good. If after all that running around and it stayed healed with no complications then that meant it was healing just fine.
"...urg...Rukia...?" She jumped, glancing up to see brown eyes starring groggily at her.
"Just making sure you didn't open it. Again." She added. Even in his sleepy state he managed to scowl at her.
"Shut up." Ichigo muttered. "So, how is it?"
"You should be able to take the bandages off in a couple days. Maybe tomorrow, actually." Rukia put the blanket back in place and stood. "If you were more careful than it would be healed already."
"Yeah, yeah." Ichigo rolled over. Rukia couldn't help but smile.
"Good night, Ichigo."
"G'night..." Rukia could have sworn he was fast asleep before she even closed the closet door.
By the time her head hit the pillow, she forgot the reason why she woke up in the first place.
A/N: This was interesting to write. Might try a second part to this.
