Rukia couldn't move, she couldn't even breathe, she was in complete shock her eyes were wide as she stared at Kaien from head to toe.

"Aren't cha gonna say something?" Kaien said as he patted her back with the palm of his hand, which had a tattoo on it. The feeling was pleasant but also painful the feeling of his hand told her he was real but it also brought pain to her.

"K-Kaien-dono" she let slip out of her mouth as she looked up into his eyes, those mesmerizing eyes that captivated her every time she looked into them. She was about to speak when she felt someone's honey colored eyes piercing through her back.

Kaien noticed this right away. The man sitting right beside her was sending glares at Kaien as if he was telling him that Rukia was his and stays away.

"Rukia, can I talk to you later?" Kaien said as he moved his head right next to Rukia's ear his lips almost touching her ear as he spoke. Why did he do this you ask, lets look at the effect of this cause.

Ichigo gripped his pencil so tight that it snapped in half. The rest of the day was the weirdest day ever Rukia kept shying away from all of Kaien's touches and she kept turning away from Ichigo when he caught her looking at him.

Each second lasted a good minute to Ichigo just watching and waiting for the moment the lunch bell could ring so that he would be able to talk to this punk that was talking to Rukia.

"Okay class, lunch will last a little longer today for the fact we have to have a teachers meeting so feel free to take your time." The teacher said as she grabbed her purse and left leaving the kids to there work.

Rukia was about to get up from her desk when she felt someone grab her hand she looked to her left to see Ichigo gripping her hand. "I have to talk to you," he said as he began to pull her not even listening to her protests.

He dragged her until they were outside standing beside a couple trees Rukia leaning against a tree with Ichigo right in front of her his hand resting by her head leaning on the tree she was on.

"Who is that clone bastard in there Rukia!" He yelled as he looked at her with a serious look on his, his hand resting by Rukia's head turning into a fist.

"No one important" She simply said looking away form him not wanting to look him in the face.

Ichigo got angry with this ever since last night she hasn't looked at him in the face like he was her. He put his hand under her chin pulling her face forcing her to look at him as he lend forward pressing his forehead to her's.

She looked into his eyes and noticed something, his eyes weren't Kaien's they were just Ichigo's. She always saw Kaien in his face but now that she's this close she realized something, Ichigo is Ichigo not Kaien. She just might have a chance.

Her eyes looked down as she looked at his feet. What was she saying of course she didn't, they are too different they weren't meant to be. She was being selfish thinking of only her feelings not his.

Suddenly Rukia was pulled to the side into strong sturdy arms. She looked up only to see Kaien's face looking at Ichigo. She had her head pressed against his chest breathing his scent.

"Listen here strawberry shortcake, we can either be friends or enemies its up to you" Kaien said as he pulled Rukia's legs up holding her like a bride as he jumped up jumping from tree to tree till he found a quiet spot to rest.

Ichigo roughly punched the tree next to him a couple times yelling at no one in particular.

"So, who's the boy?" Kaien asked as he gently put Rukia down on the ground grabbing two juice packs from his lunch bag handing her one.

"He's the soul reaper that saved me from my execution. I chose to come to the human world for a short period of time to see if I wanted to stay forever or if I should go back to soul society." Rukia said looking at her hands holding the drink.

"So you wanna stay,"

"I never said that"

"Your in love with the boy also"

"I never said that"

"Your upset I came"

"I NEVER said that"

She never gave a straight answer to anything, which was Rukia she was a puzzle you think you've got her figured and yet in never sees to amaze you how strange she really is.

During the whole time it was awkward every time she looked at his face she just thought of the day she killed him she wasn't a saint, she has committed to many sins to be anything pure.

"How did you come back?" she asked as she felt him shift so that his whole body was facing her.

"That doesn't matter pip-squeak all that matters is that I'm here now 'till death and beyond'" he said mimicking the time that he told her that when he was in the same squad as her.

He wrapped an arm around her shoulders laughing at he past.

Pain shot through her heart as the memories came as real as ever she pushed his arm off her and looked him in the eyes as she ran in the opposite direction running away she had to get away.

Suddenly her tears came back she promised herself she wouldn't cry, she promised herself she wouldn't run and yet here she was doing both feeling like a useless doll.

She stopped only because she ran into someone's chest she looked up to she Ichigo looking down at her she was about to move when he wrapped his arms around her shoulders holding her not wanting her to move from this spot.

"Dammit Rukia would you stop freakin running, I thought I could do this whole waiting for you crap but I cant so I got somethin to say and goddammit I'm gonna say it" He yelled at the top of his lungs trying to get through to her.

He wrapped his arms around her body. One hand on her head the other around her waist.

"Stop running, you know me Rukia, the more you run the more I'll follow like in soul society and now. Tell me what the hell is going on," He yelled breathing in her hair.

She didn't say a thing she was to scared of what she would say; she didn't know what she could say. What words will she speak that will define all her pain and all her love. What sentence can define her whole life? She was speechless.

No words. NO WORDS could describe her pain or feelings. So she stayed quiet.

He then did something unexpected, he chuckled, his chuckle then turned into a laugh.

"I should of guessed your one difficult son of a bitch. That's what I like about you" He said as he let go of her and walked away leaving her behind.

She smiled.

Maybe it didn't matter that she couldn't tell him how she felt. Maybe, just maybe she will show him one day it may not be soon, but she was a patient women she would wait for that time to come.

But she felt as if she couldn't tell him while Kaien was here like he took her words away, so she'll have to fight him to get them back. That's it, she thought to herself she finally realized why it hurt so much.

Why being around Ichigo hurt her it was because she couldn't tell him she was scared but now she knew……..She was in love with Ichigo.

I need to tell him! The words that she didn't know. The word that summed up her feeling for him was love. I have to tell him now I just have to.

Before she got a chance to take one step in the direction Ichigo ran off to someone blocked her vision.

"Kuchiki Rukia, you're coming back to soul society for your arranged marriage"

Well wut do you think?