Eleventh chapter! I'm so proud of myself. I really enjoyed writing this chapter because it's told in different people's P.O.V, You'll find out who they are as soon as you read it ;D This is going to be rather long so prepare yourself! R&R is 3 I enjoy reading them and your opinions so review! By the way check out me and Rachel's () fanfic account,

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I took a couple of deep breaths as I made my way down the hall. Nurses were reeling in stretchers and some tending to patients. I had on the bravest face I could ever manage despite the fact that deep inside my heart was beating at an incredible speed. A few more minutes went by before I stood in front of a door. Room 213. As I got closer a loud laugh rang in my ears. I flinched and looked up from the knob before pressing my ear against the door.

"Shut up Rukia! It's not funny! I can't draw alright?"

"No! I think your drawings are wonderful, it's just that…. I never imagined you as the type of person to draw bunnies."

I scratched my head as I wondered on who might possibly be in that room with Kuchiki-san? Maybe it's Kurosaki-kun? That would make me very happy. Though now that I think about it that voice was nowhere near close to his.

Soon the person with her was laughing too. I've never heard that laugh before, it was unfamiliar. Kuchiki-san spoke, "Looks like I'm not the only one who has a passion for drawing bunnies and cute animals." Her companion was no longer laughing; instead a low grumble was heard. I grabbed the door knob and turned it slowly. I pocked my head in to see a smiling Kuchiki-san on her bed, sitting up. Next to her was Toshiro-kun. I stared at the odd sight, never would I have thought to see Kuchiki-san and Toshiro-kun sitting up on a hospital bed, her holding a sketchbook whiles him, holding a pencil. They both were looking at it; Toshiro-kun was rather close to Kuchiki-san now that I looked a bit harder. They both were grinning from ear to ear. I slowly entered the room and gave a small cough, causing both of them to look up. When they were aware that they were no longer the only ones in the room Toshiro-kun jumped out of the bed and stood up, brushing his shihakusho.

"Um, well Kuchiki, I'm glad I had the time to report the news that has been going on in the Seireitei to you…. But I'm busy with paperwork and all so…. Goodbye for now."

Kuchiki-san nodded and bowed her head, "Thank you Hitsugaya-taichou, I'm glad to know what's happening. I appreciate the fact that you visited." The boy nodded back at her and turned, as he passed me he nodded again.

"Afternoon, Inoue."

"Afternoon Toshiro-kun."

The minute he exited the door I was able to catch a glimpse of him giving a smug smirk. I slowly turned to the girl in front of me and smiled.

"You never told me you were so close to Toshiro-kun."

Kuchiki-san went wide eyed and stammered, "N-no, I-I'm not! He merely came and visited, nothing else!" I folded my arms and raised an eyebrow suspiciously, "But you guys were sitting on your bed, smiling over something he drew in that sketchbook of yours." I smiled and ran to the side of her bed, "May I see what you two were grinning over?" She gave a sigh before smirking, flipping to a page of two bunnies, one was unmistakeably ably drawn by Kuchiki-san, she had drawn a picture of Toshiro-kun while the other rabbit was a picture of her, obviously drawn by him. Their drawings were so identical it looked it was drawn by the exact same person. I gave a loud giggle, "Toshiro-kun likes rabbits?" Kuchiki-san hushed me.

"Oi! Not so loud! I promised him I'd keep it a secret, he's pretty embarrassed about it."

She gave a light chuckle. "You even have the same style of drawing! And I heard him call you "Rukia" and not "Kuchiki" before I came in, to me for Toshiro-kun to call someone by their first name obviously means you and him are close!" I exclaimed, my "woman's intuition" that I have recently discovered rising within me. She went scarlet red and retorted, "Well so? He only calls me that when we're alone anyways." I sighed; I never knew Kuchiki-san could be this defensive. She looked at me once again and raised a brow, "Oh yeah, what do you want to tell me Inoue?" My mouth changed into the shape of an 'o' and closed after a few moments. I stared at her before looking down at my feet, sliding it from left to right against the hard marble floor.

"Umm….."

"What is it? Is there something wrong?" she asked.

I looked back up and tried to open my mouth but no words seemed to slip out of my lips. She stared at me blankly before I was able to regain my composure. "Um, I hope you don't mind me saying this Kuchiki-san but... lately, Kurosaki-kun," She flinched at the mere mention of his name, I stopped. I waited for the raven-haired girl sitting in front of me to nod at me to continue. She did so, so I went on, "He hasn't been himself. In school he hasn't been paying attention to things around him, he seems to be in his own world. And every time I try to start a conversation with him he sort of… trails off. I think that maybe…It might have something to do with the fact that he hasn't seen you for a while." She growled and tightened her hand into a fist.

"Well if he feels so bad about it then why hasn't that idiot visited me yet?"

I hesitated, I wasn't so sure either. I thought on every little excuse I could use to defend Kurosaki-kun. It took me a few minutes to think of a rather smart answer, "Kuchiki-san… have you ever thought of the fact that maybe he might not have been visiting you recently because he might have developed feelings for you...?" Her eyebrows shot up, her fist loosening. She had a strange face for a moment before shaking her head, "No, don't be ridiculous. He wouldn't be stupid enough to fall for someone like me." I stared at her confused, what did she mean by a person like her? I thought hard for a moment before she snapped me out of my trance.

"Why do you care so much about how Ichigo feels anyways?"

I gulped; a light blush was creeping across my cheeks. I stuttered, "A-Ah, w-well you know, he's my friend so it's completely normal to worry about him, ahahha…" She crossed her arms, asking me in a rather serious tone. "Don't you dare lie to me Inoue. What's bugging you?" I sighed and raised my right arm to hold my left elbow. "Well, it's just that..." I closed my eyes, wondering if I should tell her my feelings for Kurosaki-kun right now or lie straight to her face that I have no feelings whatsoever for my favourite strawberry. "I care for Kurosaki-kun a lot and all so…I… I…. I don't want him to get hurt and I don't want him always caring for others and not himself. He does that to me all the time. And I hate it. I…" Kuchiki-san's eyebrows furrowed, she waited for me to continue. I gave a huge gulp and yelled.

"I'm a mess Inoue, I'm sorry but please leave me alone."

My eyes widened as the memory of a distraught looking Kurosaki-kun flashed into my mind. Tears started to stream down my face.

"I love him; I don't want anyone to hurt him in any way because Kurosaki-kun is the most important person in my life!"

I raised my hands to cover my face, sobbing uncontrollably. Basically, I was a complete wreck. I'm such a witch, confessing my feelings just like that to Kuchiki-san, I'm so selfish, so very… selfish….

"Shh, stop crying Inoue."

I gasped as I felt warm arms wrap themselves around me. I removed my hands from my face and realized that Kuchiki-san was the one hugging me. "It's ok to let your feelings out once in awhile, and I know you've been shouldering that burden around for quite some time. When I see Ichigo again I'm going to make him cry for doing this to you." I gave a small smile. Kuchiki-san had gotten out of bed just for me. I'm very thankful for that.

"Thank you, Kuchiki-san."

She let go of her embrace and held me by the shoulders, staring me straight in the eye. "Inoue, you are beautiful, caring, strong and smart. Don't you ever doubt that. Ichigo's just going through a rough patch that's all. I promise you when I get out of the hospital I will visit him." I looked up in shock. Kuchiki-san was doing all of this for me.

"Really? You really will do all of that… for me?"

She bit her lower lip and nodded, "Promise." I threw my arms around her, "Thank you Kuchiki-san! Thank you so much! You're the best! You'll not only make me happy but Kurosaki-kun as well." She smiled and returned the hug. "You're welcome." I let go of her and smiled, I waved goodbye and she returned it, I stepped out of the room and led out a deep breath, rubbing my eyes.

"Inoue-san? Is that you?"

I looked up and saw a boy wearing square framed glasses standing in front me. His onyx colored hair glistened under the hospital light. My eyes widened, "Ishida-kun?" He nodded and squinted, "Have you been crying?" My eyes bulged out of their sockets, I laughed and rubbed my eyes quickly, "Ahaha! Of course not! I was just smelling onions with Kuchiki-san! What are you doing here?" He frowned, Ishida-kun always knew when I was lying, he can read me like an open book. Our eyes were locked for awhile more before he broke the silence. "Nothing much… Just came here to look for you, I visited Kuchiki-san awhile ago and someone said that you were here so I decided to look for you." I smiled, he gestured the way to the door and we both walked in silence down the corridor. My mind was still trying to process on what had just happened. I was in a daze for awhile before I felt a warm hand pat my head. I turned to see Ishida-kun staring at me rather seriously.

"I know you're probably not gonna tell me why you're crying and all but..." He reached for something in his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. Ishida-kun raised it out to me and gave a small smile, "Just clean yourself up or I'll go hysterical alright? Stop those tears for me." I stared at the handkerchief and took it from his hands, I dabbed my eyes until all the tears had disappeared.

"Thank you Ishida-kun."


I placed the ink brush back into its case. After an hour of grueling ticking and signing of paperwork, I'm finally done. I sat back and closed my eyes. Damn! Inoue caught me visiting Rukia, that's embarrassing. Heh, I'm even calling her Rukia now, how strange of me to do this. That bastard Kurosaki still hasn't visited yet. I'm going to make sure he pays….

"TAICHO!"

I flinched and sat back up as I recognized my stupid lieutenant calling my name. The door flew open with a loud bang; Matsumoto was standing in front of me with a bottle of sake. I sighed as she stumbled her way to my desk.

"Have you been drinking again, Matsumoto?"

"No, this isn't sake, it's Milo."

I rolled my eyes, my ass Milo was kept in a sake bottle. She brushed a strand of hair out of her face and exclaimed, "Has Ichigo visited Rukia yet?" I shook my head and she spat on the floor. I cringed and made a note to not cross that way later. "Damn prat! He should be thrown in jail, JAIL I TELL YA!" She's definitely had more than one bottle. She twirled and giggled, "But, I'm pretty sure Hinamori's giving him a hard time, she's been visiting him every day, demanding him to visit Rukia. She's been rather interested in him for a while, maybe she's falling in love with Ichigo! Oh won't that be wonderful? Two fruits together? Or are you jealous of Hinamori's new found love, Taicho?" I snarled, deciding if I should shove a sock down her throat or ignore her completely. I stopped and thought of Hinamori, I hadn't seen her in awhile; maybe I should visit her today? I think I should, after this old hag leaves to join Izuru and Shuuhei for another round of sake. We stared at each other for a few moments before she started hiccupping, I groaned before she gave a loud laugh and twirled her way out of the room. I rubbed the back of my neck and got up, making my way to the fifth division barracks. I nodded as people bowed and greeted me as I walked by. I turned a corner and found myself in front of Hinamori's room. I slide it open and looked inside, Hinamori was sitting in a corner, her head pulled back, she looked deep in thought.

"Urm.. Hinamori?"

She jumped up and smiled, "Oh! Shiro-chan! I'm sorry I was just daydreaming…" she trailed off; I walked to her desk and leaned against it. "So, I heard you've been visiting Kurosaki quite a bit lately?" She blinked a few times before her ears turned bright red, "Who told you about that?" she squeaked. I smirked, so it is true. "Why have you been so interested in seeing him lately?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me, I had no idea why but somewhere, inside me, deep down, I really did feel kind of jealous of Hinamori and Kurosaki's new found friendship. She scoffed, "Don't tell me you're jealous Shiro-chan, I swear Ichigo-kun is just a friend." I made a 'tch' sound and pushed myself off the desk, staring into her eyes. "It's Hitsugaya-taichou. And you're even calling him Ichigo-kun now, what's the deal? Do you like him or something?" What am I doing? Why do I feel this way? This is so out of character for me! Jeez, maybe Matsumoto drugged my tea.

"God Toshiro, don't you think you're overreacting a little?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "No, I'm just asking a couple of innocent questions; maybe it's you who's overreacting to the fact of me doing so." Her mouth formed into a straight line, she looked down at her knees before getting up, making her way towards me. I stood there with my arms folded, my eyebrow raised. "Yes? What's with the sudden need to get up?" Hinamori stopped a meter away from me and said firmly, "The reason why I've been visiting him is because I've been trying to get him to visit Kuchiki-san like you have been doing every single second of the day and no, I do not like him, as I said before, Ichigo-kun is only a friend." I realized she called him 'Ichigo-kun' again just to annoy me. I growled before continuing.

"I have not been visiting Rukia every single second of the day, I'm mere-"

"Oh, so you'recalling Kuchiki-san by her first name now?"

I flinched and realized Hinamori had actually heard me calling Rukia by her first name. Dammit! I just called her Rukia again! I'm really not myself today. I scratched my head, "So what? Come on Hinamori, you're calling Kurosaki by his first name so why can't I call Rukia by hers? It's only fair; I'm beginning to think that you're being a little jealous." She pursed her lips and spoke, asking me a rather strange question.

"Why don't you call me Momo anymore?"

I winced, staring at her blankly. "I don't know, I mean, we're not kids anymore and all so it seems righ-" She cut me off, grabbing me by the shoulders, "You know Toshiro, sometimes I wish we could go back to those times! Where we'd call each other "Shiro-chan" or "Bed wetter Momo", but it seems ever since you've become a captain you've been getting sort of distant, like, you don't hang out with me and eat watermelons like we used to!" This threw me way off guard, was this girl PMS-ing? Hinamori has never asked me this question before so it came of quite a shock to me. "W-what are you talking about? We still hang out, just less than usual…" She shook her head and looked me straight in the eye, "Every time I ask you if you want to go out for a stroll, or maybe lunch or eating watermelons, you nearly always turn me down and tell me you have paperwork to do! And that fiasco with Kuchiki-sans execution…." She stopped, shutting her eyes; I knew she was thinking about how Aizen 'died' and how I had been accused of killing him. And how she attacked me because of it…

I shoved her hands off my shoulders, "Jesus Hinamori! Do you think you could be any more dramatic? You can be so annoying sometimes, you know that?" She placed her hands on her hips and yelled, "Oh yeah? You think I'm annoying huh? Is that it? Well, Hitsugaya taichou just wanted to tell you that you can be such a cold hearted jerk! Sometimes I wish I could just… just… slap you!" I jerked back, my eyes blinking countless of times, "Whoa there! Slap me? Is that what you want to do? Then I pretty much get the fact that when you attacked me last month it wasn't just for Aizen's sake, but yours as well." She flinched, staring at me before raising her hand, her finger pointing at my direction, "Don't… don't you dare bring that up… Don't you dare mention what I did last month! I was confused, how would you feel if someone who you admired died and told you that you're best friend killed him?" I raised my hands up in defiance, "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you were the only one in this place who actually hasfeelings! I didn't know I didn't have feelings too when you lunged your sword at me! I didn't know that you actually had the right to jump to conclusions like that!" I have never, EVER, fought with Hinamori like this before. But right now I couldn't seem to think straight.

"And you know what? I'm beginning to feel sorry for your precious captain for having a stupid lieutenant like you!"

I went wide eyed as I realized what I had just said, not only did I insult Hinamori but I mentioned Aizen as well. She seemed taken aback, staring at me as if though her eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets. I noticed that her eyes began to water, a few tears beginning to fall from her face. I took a few steps towards her. She didn't step back, so I took a few more before I reached her. When I did I held her hands, grasping them tightly in mine.

"Hinamori… Look I didn't mean to say tha-"

She tried to pull her hands back but that made me hold her hands even tighter. "Let go Toshiro! Leave me alone! Don't come near me! Don't…" My grip loosened as she raised her hands to her face, sobbing into them, I let go of her hands and reached for her arms, staring at her with my usual stone cold expression. "Look, Momo," She removed her hands from her face and stared at me as she realized I had just called her by her first name. "I'm sorry I raised my voice at you and I'm sorry I mentioned him, but please stop crying, I'm really sorry." Momo's lower lip began to tremble and more tears began to run down her face.

She threw her arms around me before muttering 'sorry' at least a thousand times. I shook my head and wrapped my arms around her, giving a small smirk.

"It's ok; it's not your fault. Hey, how about in a few minutes we can go to my division and eat watermelons at the tenth division porch?"

She pulled herself back and looked at me, her arms still around my neck. She gave that little smile of hers and nodded, "I would love that."


I tapped my fingers impatiently on my bed sheets, Unohana-taichou should be arriving in a few moments for my results. Every day she would come and give me a check up on whether I'm getting better. So far she said I've been doing OK. I closed my eyes, remembering the visit Hitsugaya-taichou made this morning.


"Rukia?"

I groaned, pulling the blankets over my head. I want to sleep. Can't whoever it is out there see that? The person began shaking me, I made a growl sound and the person pulled back their hand. I smiled in triumph before I felt the blankets being pulled off me. I swear under my breath and turn, looking up into a pair of teal, emerald eyes.

"What is it Hitsugaya-taichou? Can't you see I'm sleeping?"

"Yeah, and I'd like to sleep 'till 11 in the morning as well."

I rubbed my eyes and sat up, turning back to the captain next to me. "What's the deal visiting me so early?" He rolled his eyes before making a hand gesture which I know means to move to the side. I do so and he sits next to me.

"Just… has Kurosaki visited you yet?"

"No."

He made a strange sound, almost like a lion. I pick my blanket from the bottom of the bed and pull it up, covering myself and a bit of him. "Yeah, growl, now if you don't mind I really want to go back to sleep." Hitsugaya-taichou rolled his eyes yet again and sighed, "You know Rukia, if you continue sleeping like this you'll get really lazy." He's begun to call me Rukia lately, not that I mind though, it's just strange hearing it come out of Hitsugaya-taichou.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken I heard you take naps every afternoon in hope of getting taller."

I chuckled as he began swearing Matsumoto fuku taichou's name. He turned back to me and spoke, "I heard you've been getting better, that's good, you can leave the hospital soon." I nodded in agreement. We both stayed silent for a moment before I grabbed out a sketch book from under my pillow.

"Ok, I have an idea on what we can do today. Hitsugaya-taichou, I wanna see you draw."


And that's pretty much what happened before Inoue came in and confessed her feelings of Ichigo to me. I stopped and sighed, Inoue loves Ichigo…

I looked up as the door creaked upon; standing at it was a tall, dark middle aged man with ornaments on his head. I went wide eyed, staring at him.

"Nii-sama!"

My brother nodded, making his way to the chair next to my bed, "Good morning Rukia, I see you're getting better." I bowed, giving a small smile. Nii-sama hardly visited me before, but now ever since that whole execution thing he's been paying more attention to me. Nii-sama raised an eyebrow, "Has Kurosaki Ichigo visited you yet?" I shook my head sadly. He stared at me for a moment before getting up, heading to the door. I jumped up, "Nii-sama! Where do you think you're going?" I demanded, he stopped and gave me a quick glance.

"To drag that boy over here."

I sighed, "Nii-sama, let Ichigo do things of his own free will, he'll visit. I'll just have to wait until he does." He grimaced, as he was about to open his mouth, Unohana-taichou made her way in. "Good evening Kuchiki taichou, Rukia, I'm here with your results. It's good news. You can leave now. You're all better!" I stared at her wide-eyed and my mouth was flopping like a fish. Hitsugaya-taichou's prediction was right. I'm leaving the hospital today. Unohana-taichou gave me a heartwarming smile before heading towards the door. She stopped as she passed Nii-sama and whispered something to him. I was baffled at his expression and stared at him as he turned to me. We were locked in a rather long gaze before he asked.

"You're going to go see Kurosaki Ichigo today aren't you?"

I gulped, how could he tell? Was he there when he heard Inoue's confession? I hope not. I'd hate it if my friend's brother heard me confessing my love for someone he knew to his sister. I gave a rather slight nod and waited for his reaction. He frowned for a few seconds before giving a slight nod.

"As you said just know Rukia, I should be letting people do what they wish of their own free will."

I stared at him wide-eyed, with an awfully confused expression. It took me a few moments to react, which, was give a small smile and say softly.

"Thank you Nii-sama."


I gave a loud groan as I heard a loud thump from behind me. I turned from my desk table and faced the girl standing a few distances away from me.

"What is it now, Momo?"

I've begun to call her by her first name, I have no idea why, it's just something I've caught up with I guess. She rolled her eyes, "You know Ichigo-kun, you have to be the biggest douche I've ever met." I turned back to my table and continued with my homework, "Thank you I'm honored for the title." I closed my math's textbook and stared at her, something was different. I examined her closely and realized there was a bright shimmer in her eyes.

"You seem happy today."

"Oh yes! I was eating watermelons with Shiro-chan, which we haven't done in ages."

I smiled, when we were on our date she told me how she and Toushiro hadn't really hung out with each other for the longest time. So hearing the fact that they did is really good news. I stood up and walked to my bed, sitting down. "Congratulations, how long did you guys hang out for?" "Two hours! That's the longest we've ever been together ever since he became a captain because usually he has paperwork to do or some trouble in the Seireitei was happening." She giggled as we did our secret handshake, usually, I would've thought this was completely immature and foolish but it made her happy, and making her smile was probably the best I could do for her ever since all that shit with Aizen happened. I laid down on my bed and gave a huge sigh, stretching my arms. There's nothing better than lazing around on a Saturday afternoon.

"Kuchiki-san's been discharged out of the hospital."

My eyes shot open and I jerked upright, turning to the petite girl in front of me. "W-what?" She approached my bed and sat at the end, "Yeah, It seems there isn't any more poison in her veins, so she's OK now. She should be out of the hospital soon." She gripped her knees, crinkling a bit of her shihakusho, Momo knew very well about my feelings for Rukia, she was the one who made me realize it and she's the only one who actually knows. "What are you gonna do when you see her again, Ichigo-kun?" I gave a sigh and rubbed my temples, my head felt like a volcano. As I was about to say something I heard my dad calling me from downstairs.

"ICHIGO! IT'S TIME FOR KARIN'S SOCCER MATCH! YOU NEED TO GO SEND HER!"

I groaned and got up, stretching my back which made a very loud cracking sound. As I made my way to the door, Hinamori grabbed me by the wrist. I turned and she suddenly threw her arms around me, hugging me tight. I went a light shade of pink, I wasn't so used to being hugged by girls, so this was awkward. I looked down and chuckled as I noticed that she was tiptoeing as she did so. She looked up at me before letting go of her grasp. "Just… good luck okay?" I smiled, she's really sweet. I ruffled her hair before we both waved goodbye. I ran down the stairs and grabbed my coat, waiting at the door for my sister to come down so I could take her off for her soccer game.


It was raining. I hate the rain. It seriously reminds me of that certain day in June. Thank god I brought an umbrella just in case; we both were standing under it as we walked. I looked down at Karin, she didn't seem nervous about her game, I like that. "Are you sure you really wanna play in this weather?" she looked up at me, raising an eyebrow. "Of course, a little bit of rain ain't gonna kill me Ichi-nii." I nodded and we continued walking in silence. Approximately ten minutes went by before we reached the park. She led me to a rather huge field, standing at it were a group of boys. I recognized a few of them as Karin's ugly teammates. One of them with afro hair yelled at her, "Yo! Kurosaki! What took you so long? We've been waiting for god knows how long!" I rolled my eyes at him, he's lucky that I'm not one of those overly protective brothers or I would've kicked his ass. Another one of them with a rather odd hairstyle nodded in agreement and his gaze wandered onto me.

"Hey, Kurosaki, isn't that your older brother?"

Karin nodded as she ran to them, "Yeah, Kurosaki Ichigo." They all leapt up in glee at the mere mention of my name which left me awfully confused. "Really? Whoa! Its Kurosaki's brother! The one with the powerful kick!" I stared at them in confusion for awhile before gritting my teeth. Kon. It's gotta be Kon. I shrugged my shoulders and turned, "I'll pick you up in an hour's time okay, Karin?" As I began to walk away I suddenly heard one of her friends yell.

"Let's see If he's still got it in him!"

"ICHI-NII!"

I turned just in time to see a soccer ball heading right for me, I raised my leg and kicked it with a mighty swing, I smirked as it flew into the opponent's goal. Karin's friends twitched while their opponents jaw was dropped. Karin ran up to me, her eyes wide.

"You never told me you could play soccer."

"Hey, you don't ask, I don't mention."

I turned on my heel and made my way out of the park, turning a corner which led to the street.

"What am I gonna do If I see Rukia?"

I gave a loud sigh and continued walking, still pondering on that certain question. As I reached the traffic light I looked up and noticed that there was a girl standing at the other side of the road. She had no umbrella, her clothes were drenched and her hair was falling onto her shoulders, wet and as messy as hair could possibly get. She was looking down so I couldn't see her face. I felt a huge drop of guilt fall onto me, I seriously wanted to just walk over there and shelter her with my umbrella. But if I did, I probably would've been smothered by the cars. A few minutes went by before the traffic light turned red. I was still staring at the girl. As the light made a ping! Sound her head shot up, my eyes bulged out of their sockets as I realized who she was.

"Rukia."

She caught my eye, her eyes widened too. We both stared at each other in what seemed like countless days before I began to cross the street, she still stood there, as If she was glued to the ground. As I was about a few meters away from her she began to run. I swore under my breath and threw my umbrella to the side. I didn't give a crap if it got run over by a car; all I cared about was reaching her. I began to sprint, for rather short legs that midget can run fast.

I won't let her go.

I began to pick up my pace as we continued running. She turned a corner which I did as well. I'm not letting her go. I've done it so many times before, both emotionally and normally. But I wasn't gonna let her go again. Not in this life, not in the next, not ever. She's the sun. Without her I'm lost. I didn't realize that until that day on the roof as Inoue was healing her. That's when I realized, everything is useless without her. There's no way I'm letting her go just like that ever again. I shook my head and began to swear under my breath.

"Argh!"

She ran, I've never seen her run so fast before. No, I've never seen her run from me.I can't say I don't blame her after not visiting her for god knows how long. Toushiro could've made her fall for him anytime, but no, that didn't happen. But I've been such a jerk that I really just wanna kick myself for it. But right now, I'm pretty sure of one thing and one thing only.

I never want to leave her side.

"PEOPLE WHO'VE JUST BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE FOURTH DIVISION SHOULDN'T BE RUNNING, DAMMIT!"