Theme: Tragedy
A/N: Hm. Well, I tried for a bit of humor in this one. Surprise, surprise. Part of the humor should come from the complete improbability of this ever actually happening. So yeah.
Enjoy.
~Song
Misery Business
He doesn't know why she insists on watching these kinds of movies. He really doesn't. Is it some kind of sick almost-masochistic tendency he hasn't noticed? And—oh, cue the dramatic music and camera angles. Here come the waterworks.
At first, it's only a few tears. They slide down her face and drop silently into her lap. Without warning the floodgates open. Ichigo is left scrambing, doing his best to avoid being swept away in the flash flood.
It really is the whole nine yards. The tears, the puffy red eyes, the runny nose, the hiccupping gasps. It's disconcerting. Who knew Rukia had it in her?
As her stuffed Chappi doll is nowhere to be found (and he swears he didn't have anything to with its disappearance this time) by default he becomes the replacement. She clings to him, face pressing into his chest. His shirt is going to be covered in snot and wet with tears. Lovely. Since when has be been the designated snot rag?
He doesn't dare wrap his arms around her. Who knows what evil retribution she'd impose on him later if he acted so audaciously. Letting her cry on him is one thing, holding her while she sobs her heart out is a completely different ball game. He does, however, have the presence of mind to pause the movie. She'll still want to see the ending when her crying jag is over.
But seriously, what the hell? From the way she's crying, you'd think it was her best friend who had died, not some fictional character.
Maybe this is how she manages to pull off the heartless ice queen. She expends all her tender emotion bawling over people that don't exist, and consequently has none left for anything else. It's an intriguing thought.
When her sobs have calmed, he silently offers her a tissue. She accepts it without comment, and he pointedly ignores her, gaze fixed on the screen, still frozen mid-frame. He resumes the movie's playback. There are no more tears.
As the credits roll across the screen, he stands up, turning away. "Why do you even watch these stupid things?"
Without waiting for her response, he makes his escape. Closed up safely in his own room, he can admit to himself that he doesn't quite hate the genre—he can still feel her clinging to him desperately.
It was totally Kon who kidnapped Chappi. He was jealous. xD
Next Chapter: Door
The only thing that separates him from what he wants is a door.
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