I felt bad for only leaving short one-shots recently so this one's longer but not super long.
Many thanks to my readers and reviewers: Tobi Torii, Ebbie54, SukiAmaya, Shadow Pain, Denidene, BrosCP, byakuchiki, and IBelongWithTheCullens.
Rain was pouring outside in the streets of Soul Society; it didn't seem it would stop soon.
"...Taichou," a hand was hesitant as it went on his shoulder only to get it shrugged off.
"Leave me alone, Rangiku." Toshiro Hitsugaya spoke quietly with a broken voice.
Rangiku bit her lip. "But Taichou, you need to for-"
"No!" Toshiro harshly interrupted her. "I will never forget her."
"She wouldn't like it if she saw you like this!" Rangiku pleaded with him. But it was useless, he just turned his head away. Rangiku got tears in her eyes and left Toshiro alone in his office.
Toshiro sighed and he continued staring out the window, watching the rain pour down. Knock knock "Go away!" he barked.
He sensed that the person was hesitant in speaking. "Forgive me, Hitsugaya-taichou, but Ukitake-taichou ordered me to take this to you and I cannot disobey him."
Toshiro knew that voice. It was the voice of Byakuya Kuchiki's younger sister, Rukia, and from the stories Abarai has told him, she's very stubborn. He sighed. "Enter."
The door opened and Rukia walked in with her dark, raven hair sticking to her face and her uniform clinging to her skin. Rukia bowed and handed him the paper. She noticed how he carelessly threw them on his desk and how his eyes looked dull and lifeless. "Um, Hitsugaya-taichou?" Rukia spoke quietly.
"What?" he snapped at her causing Rukia to flinch at his cold voice.
Rukia bit her lip. "N-Never mind, I shouldn't have..." she bowed her head.
Toshiro sighed. "Look, I'm sorry."
Rukia looked up at him. "It's okay, sir," Rukia took a deep breath. "You knew Kaien-dono, right? Well, I killed him and everyone told me I saved him, but-" Rukia paused as she blinked away the tears she got in her eyes as she remembered about that horrible night.
"I wanted to kill myself. I didn't think that I saved him and I kept blaming myself for his death," she looked at him in the eye. "But then I realized that no matter how much I blame myself or drown myself in guilt, it wont change anything. So, Hitsugaya-taichou, please, talk to someone... Rangiku-san, Ukitake-taichou, or me. Just know that we're all here for you." Rukia finished. She quickly bowed and left.
Toshiro blinked as he took in all what she said. Slowly but surely, it stopped raining. Both in soul society and in Toshiro's heart.
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