a/n: phew! Finally the last one! Rukia's kind of irritating here… Why did I make it like this?! Thanks for the many reviews! I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart!

Somehow, I like this fic. It is so ironic. I wish happy endings didn't have to be cliché.

:'(

Disclaimer: Bleach, Disney and the do not belong to me.

Bleach: Happy Endings are Cliché

"Ichigo, don't you think the story of Sleeping Beauty is kind of weird?"

"What do you mean weird?" the young boy replied seemingly oblivious to her question. He was doing his homework. He had no time to care about Rukia's stupid questions. "What so weird aside from being able to sleep for a hundred years and not grow old?" Ichigo proceeded with his Pascal's triangle. He had more things to worry about; more important than some girl stupid enough to get stung by a needle and then fall asleep.

"I mean." Rukia continued. "The prince kissed her so passionately. And considering she's been sleeping for a hundred years. Doesn't she like have something worse than morning breathe? I can't imagine a prince kissing someone like that. He must put on a lot of mouthwash."

"Yeah, you're right." Ichigo chuckled seeing her point.

"What about Cinderella?" she continued. Ichigo raised an eyebrow. "I mean, of all the things she had to leave a brittle shoe. Come on, she could at least leave her contact number or something more useful; like her address or something. And snow white, how can she have rosy white skin. She's treated like a maid. In reality, that's impossible. Her skin should be in very poor condition. And Ariel the mermaid, she should have just given the boy a big smack or maybe even wrote what the prince had to do."

"So?" Ichigo began losing the point of Rukia's babbling. "It's not like they're true. I mean they're fairy tales. They are suppose to be like that. That's why they're called fairy tales. What do you expect?" Ichigo rolled his eyes. "I think you're watching to many fairy tales movies with Yuzu. Give it a rest. Why are you so worried about them anyway? It's not like they're real or they're happening to you."

"No," Rukia replied in a sad tone that was rare for the Kurosaki to hear. "It's just…Did they really live happily ever after?"

"Of course, they did. That's what the story says." Ichigo replied trying to cheer Rukia up. He sighed. He knew Rukia deserved and wanted his point of view on that subject. He decided to just tell her. He dropped his pencil and looked at Rukia with a sigh. Fine, just to shut the midget up. "To be honest, I don't think they will. Take snow white. I mean she married a guy she only met once. How sure was she that the prince was indeed the one for her? If you ask me, she's better marrying one of the seven dwarfs. And Cinderella, she's a maid for crying out loud. There's no way the royal family would accept her. And besides, what does she know about running a country?

Do you see where I'm getting to here? Let's have another example. Sleeping beauty, her entire kingdom was asleep for a hundred years. Her kingdom would be way behind in terms of technology and the like. Their kingdom would be in the dumps. Furthermore, how can she immediately fall in love with a guy she met for the first time? Even in Disney, she met the like what once or twice? Sure, she met him once upon a dream. But, falling in love ain't as easy as that. And Ariel, Hans Christian Andersen wrote the better version. The Little Mermaid was cool in his novel. But then again, what's so fun about seeing someone else with the one you love. And in Disney, Ariel was only sixteen. She's a damn flirt if you ask me."

"So you're saying—" Rukia was bothered by Ichigo's monologue.

"Happily ever after does not exist." He replied in a stern tone. "It's kind of sadistic but even in people's illusions, happily ever after cannot exist. It's as good as one divided by zero." Ichigo went on with his math problems.

"But, what about us?" Rukia asked. It was rarer than once did she talk about them, as two people who were romantically involve with each other. It was one of those moments that Ichigo knew that he had to take time and answer them, for the sake of shutting Rukia up. "Are you saying we're never going to live happily ever after?"

"So that's what you're worried about midget?" Ichigo smiled. "Sure there'll be bumps and bastards all along the way. We'll be fine. I mean I'm still alive after I told Byakuya about us. This will be a snitch. Don't worry about those things. What you have to worry about is your homework. And I'm not doing for you! And besides, if there was happily ever after it would be boring. Don't you think so? And in some way, we'll have our happily ever after."

"Yeah, you're right." Rukia replied.

"I hope clears everything up." Ichigo sighed.

"No, not yet." She took Ichigo's pencil to make sure that Ichigo listens to her. "The thing is was ordered by soul society to-"

"What?" Ichigo said more surprised than curious.

"Ichigo," she breathed in. "What I'm trying to say is that what we feared finally came. The orders were clear. They couldn't do anything. Oni-sama tried too. But, the 46 room was firm on their decision. I tried to tell you a week ago. But. I guess I'm just sorry. You do realize that I can never see again for at least the next fifty years but—"

"So, when are you leaving? At least I can take you some carnival or amusement." He replied trying to hide his sadness. "I don't want Byakuya saying something but about something like not treating her sister well. I mean, you get me right? I really want to take you somewhere nice. You know, a decent goo—"

"It's tonight."

It was all right. Happily ever after cannot exist after all.