It was March and Rukia had been married to Kaien for almost a month. Today Rukia was coming back from their month long holiday and start her work as regional manager of The Kuchiki Group. Kaien was going to join her after he took care of his work in Tokyo branch. They had decided to work in Karakura; close enough to Tokyo and far enough to avoid the hectic life. Rukia's plane landed in Karakura and to her surprise Ichigo was there to receive her.
Ichigo stood fidgeting with his shirt-cuffs, the plane was going to land anytime and he was getting nervous by the minute. He found out about Rukia's schedule from the office. He knew that the meeting between him and Rukia was going to be uncomfortable so he took it upon himself to clear her doubts and free her of any awkwardness. The sooner he did it the better it was, that's why he was standing waiting for her. Ichigo was brought out of his thoughts by a petite raven haired, violet eyed girl or shall he say woman. He approached her with a hint of smile on his face. "Congratulations on your marriage with Kaien, Rukia. Welcome back." He said. And though not entirely comfortable with his presence she smiled back at him. "Thanks Ichigo." She replied.
Ichigo knew he would never be able to get over Rukia but atleast he could try to play that part well. He moved out of her apartment after a week of her marriage. He had gotten himself drunk, sobered-up, kicked himself for being a jerk, and repeated the cycle all over again over a small period of one month. For some it may be less but without Rukia it felt like an eternity to Ichigo. As they were walking to the car he glanced at the women next to him, she looked happy and pleased with her life. He laid eyes upon her ring which he failed to notice previously. It was a pretty ring. He wished it was he who placed that ring on her finger. Aaarghh. Ichigo mentally slapped himself. Somehow he was out of the evil circle of 'revenge against Kaien', 'kill Kaien', 'steal Rukia away from him', 'prove Kaien guilty of infidelity' plans; and now he was falling back into that hell-hole again.
Both of them reached her apartment in no time with Ichigo's reckless driving abilities. He carried her bags to her door and started rummaging his pocket for keys. He took out a key and started to jam into the next door. Rukia was looking at him as if he lost his mind. Did he forget where she lived in just a month? Ichigo looked at her and understood her dilemma. "Oh I moved in next door to you." Rukia rolled her eyes "After all this time of nagging you move next door NOW? I guess I have to get you a house warming gift." Her response made something click in his mind, he told her to go ahead in her apartment and wait for him. After a few minutes he came back with a fairly big gift box. He handed it to Rukia "It's probably too late but this is my gift for your wedding." She opened the box to find a crystal replica of The Taj Mahal- a monument of tragic but eternal love carved in marble. Ichigo's tragic but eternal love for her molded in crystal. Both of them understood the implications of the gift but neither of them wanted to comment on it. Silence fell into the room. He then took her hand in his hand and dropped his key to her apartment in her palm. He turned around and walked out of her home feeling her eyes on his form.
Silence between them was never so uncomfortable.
Rukia sat there staring at the gift. What was he trying to say? Was he trying to tell her that he was in love with her? No that can't be true. If that was the case he would've said something. God! Her head was pounding; she needed a bath to relax her senses. After a few minutes Rukia was sitting in her bathtub thinking about her decision to get married to Kaien. It is true that Kaien loves her; but will she ever be able to return his love with the same passion? Kaien is a good man at heart making it easy for her to fall in love with him. Just one month with him eased her; she no longer felt a painful clenching of her heart when she saw Ichigo. Maybe she already fell out of her love for Ichigo…maybe.
On the other side of the wall Ichigo was in a world of pain. All his hard work to brace his heart had been in vain, just seeing her face had crumbled his resolve. Even acting as if he didn't mind her getting married to someone else was going to be hard. Only God knew how much he was going to suffer by seeing her with Kaien.
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