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Drabble 006: Alone in a Room- Bleach
He hadn't realized it at first. Not even after she'd gone.
It wasn't like in the movies - a sudden desperate realization or anything like that.
Instead, it was a dull ache that started somewhere above his heart as though a hole were slowly being ripped out of him. It left him feeling . . .
/hollow/
Is that where they got their names from? he wondered. That empty, painful feeling.
It was enough just to feel. He couldn't think it through and let himself comprehend.
Perhaps one day, when she was sitting in his closet again, smiling the smile that was hers alone, he would let them both hear the words.