Kaien was on his way to Karakura; he was very excited to see Rukia after being apart for one week. He thought of himself as a very lucky guy, after-all he was married to the woman of his dreams. He hoped and wished but never in his wildest dreams did he think that Rukia would marry him. Yes, he knew about her so-called arrangement with Ichigo and he knew that Rukia had some feelings for that guy, so when she agreed to his proposal he was floating on clouds. He'll never know what exactly happened between them and he didn't plan to pry for the information. Nevertheless, one thing was for sure, now that she is with him, he is going to treasure her and never let go of her. Ever.

Kaien had known Rukia for a very long time because their families were very close. She was a very happy-go-lucky child, but her parent's death affected her badly. She cocooned herself away from the world. Occasionally she would open-up to him and pour out her heart in front of him. However, all of this changed when she met Ichigo. Initially she was wary of him, but one day she told him that she was falling for him. It broke my heart to see her fall in love with someone else, but I could see the happiness in her eyes. She was reverting back to the girl I once knew, and even though I wanted to hate Ichigo, I couldn't for the fact that he was the one who was bringing back the life to Rukia's soul-stealing eyes.

Nevertheless as someone said 'All good things come to an end', the happiness in Rukia's eyes began to fade again, and after studying her behaviour, he was pretty sure that the reason was Ichigo. The person who once filled her heart with happiness was now hurting her, and hurting her bad. Kaien knew that it wasn't sensible to poke-around, but it was the only way to keep Rukia from losing herself. He finally found out the truth from her and he was shocked to his core to know that a girl like Rukia would get into such 'relationship' with someone in her life. Moreover, even though he was feeling crushed, he stood like a rock for her to lean on when she felt lost. Before he left, he let her know that her 'relationship' with Ichigo was only going to hurt her and Ichigo was going to walk out of it without any consequences.

What was wrong with that Kurosaki guy? Why was he rejecting Rukia's feelings? Those were the questions that always raged through Kaien's mind. Why would a person in his right mind push-away Rukia? Kaien was brought of his thoughts when the pilot of his personal jet announced their landing in Karakura. Finally, he was about to meet Rukia- his wife. The only thing he was sure of was that Ichigo was one unlucky guy to have let go of Rukia.

Kaien was good-natured, devoted, sensible, handsome, and caring. He was a perfect man, and Ichigo hated him for it; he refused to believe that such a guy could exist in real life. The one up-side to this was him being married to Rukia. A guy like Kaien would never even dream of hurting Rukia.

Watching the same man hugging and kissing Rukia in front of him was heart wrenching. He was trying to get to accept him for Rukia's sake, but the task was getting impossible by the second. They did the whole meet-up when you're not busy, have lunch and dinner together, spend time with each other after work, spend weekends away from home at their holiday home.

Did he not think of the consequences of living next-door to Rukia, whom by the way was married to Kaien, who will kiss her, hug her and do things with her that Ichigo only wished he could do? Watching them together was like watching his fantasy come to life in front of his very eyes. The only difference was that in reality he was replaced by Kaien.

Days quickly flew by and two months later Ichigo-who once had decided to give-up on Rukia, was finding it very hard to follow his resolution. The sight of her smiling at Kaien made him want to selfishly steal her away for himself. Every time he saw her he felt like taking her in his arms and kissing her senseless. It was driving him crazy, therefore, there was only one option left for him, and that was to try his best to win Rukia's love again. Kaien would have to deal with the heart-break after Rukia chose Ichigo over him; afterall Ichigo was the one who loved Rukia the most and he was ready to fight for her. No matter how selfish he sounded, he needed her more than Kaien did.

I've included a bit of Kaien POV to explain Ichigo and Rukia's relationship from a third-person POV. Hope you don't hate it. It hasn't been proof-read so please bear with me and forgive the mistakes. Also sorry for the Small chapter and the late update.

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