Theme: Kind
Stranger Than Your Sympathy
Rukia cannot be described as kind.
She is lacking that softness, that vulnerability, which defines those people. There is nothing weak or vulnerable about her—she is not breakable, as some he has known. She is strong and independent. She refuses his protection; she doesn't need it.
She is loud-mouthed and proud; an audacious combination for someone of her stature. She is innocent, but jaded and world-weary also. There is grace about her, though often times she appears no more than an awkward midget.
She is demanding and hard-to-please; a perfectionist to the last. Distant, ice-cold, and sparse in her compliments, she holds the world at an arm's length.
She is sarcastic and critical. She serves him dishes of biting commentary and abusive insults served luke-warm and indifferent. He can but respond in kind, one volatile nature reacting to another.
She is tactless and blunt, giving offense easily without intent.
She is brutally honest.
She grants him no breaks, never failing to lay bare his every mistake and blunder to the scrutiny of the world.
No, Rukia is far from kind.
It is a good thing, then, that Ichigo does not want kindness.
Next Chapter: Hold
I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.
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