Love & Ichigo: Love you better- What's life worth

Rukia didn't understand why Orihime was so mad, she doesn't have to leave the man she loves, she doesn't have to see his heartbroken face, she doesn't have to live with the regrets.

Orihime loved Ichigo, she always had, but he choose her, he didn't look at her the way he looked at Rukia, he didn't even notice her. She knew for a fact she could love Ichigo better and maybe she was right but Ichigo didn't love her he loved Rukia.

Ichigo walked to the park conversing with himself, whether or not he should tell Irin about his past, about his life and the life beyond that. He didn't know Irin all to well but he knew enough about him that he needed a male figure around, because his dad is never there and his mom rarely ever pays him attention.

Ichigo knew Irin needed to trust him to have someone there other than his sister, he needed a brother but most of all a friend. And the fact that he had almost died the other day didn't help either, he shut everyone off, he's forgotten how to live.

Ichigo watched as Irin approached him with an irritated look on his face, he could see the deadness imbedded in his eye's and Ichigo wanted nothing more then to bring them back to life, to show him how to live again just like Rukia had showed him.

Ichigo began to wonder if it was his job to show him how to live again or his soul mate, because Ichigo was damn sure Rukia was his so maybe Irin needed his love to save him too.

"Wats up" Irin asked Ichigo as in a hurry, he could see, Ichigo deep in thought and he was sure it had something to do with him.

"We need to talk" Ichigo said snapping out of his trance.

"Were talking" Irin said "So wats up?"

"It wasn't your fault you know" Ichigo's statement caught Irin off guard.

"You and I both know that it is Ichigo so" Irin tried to finish but was cut off…

"Shut up" Ichigo growled "What is with you? Huh answer me" Ichigo tempted

"It's always my fault" Irin answered in a broken down tone of voice "It's always my fault, I'm a friggin screw up, Emo little weak pathetic kid that no one cares about!"

"What are you saying, your not an screw up, your anything but Emo , weak and pathetic, and every one cares about you" Ichigo yelled knowing that anything else wouldn't get to him.

"Who cares Ichigo huh who cares?"

"Riya cares, your dad cares, you better cherish theses moments cause I'm never saying this crap again." Ichigo said calming down as he continued and held out his hand for Irin to take it.

"I care, do you think I would've helped you and token those bullets if I didn't care about you, your like the little brother I never had, we have to fight this life Irin, we have to fight and struggle"

"I can't handle it alone" Irin added

"Then we'll fight this world together" Ichigo said as Irin took his hand and smiled, they began to laugh and when I say laugh, I mean down on the ground bawling laughter, that'd probably be one of the most serious conversations they'd have in there lives with each other and they were okay with that. 7967976

The rest of the week went by in a flash and son it was Thursday, tomorrow would be the dance that Ichigo had been forced into and Rukia willingly went too. Tomorrow would be there final night together at least that thought never crossed Ichigo's mind he thought Rukia would always be there, he thought wrong.

Rukia looked at the clock as the bell rang for lunch and she saw Ichigo with Ishida, Chad, and Keigo. She watched as Ichigo turned around and smiled at her and it wasn't just any smile but that smile he only gave her and oh how it drives her wild, so wild that she smiles back and begins her approach.

"Hey" she hears Ichigo say casually as if nothing had happened as if nothing had changed.

"Can we talk alone for lunch, on the rooftop"

"Yeah sure" Ichigo said not realizing this would turn out to become one of the worst fights they had ever had.

Ichigo waited impatiently on the school rooftop, that was until he heard her arrive and turned around to met painful eye he could help but as what's wrong.

"Nothing" Rukia replied as she saw his eye's become filled with anger and pain also.

"You just can't , you can't do this anymore Rukia"

"Do what" she asked her anger rising also.

"You can't shut me out anymore, you can't ignore me or what we were"

"Oh please" Rukia answered sarcastically "As if you didn't do the same"

"That was only because of, but you knew my reasons, and how hard it is to talk about them"

"Grow up Ichigo, be a man and confront your demons"

"Confront my demons?, Confront my demons?, you Kuchiki Rukia has finally lost it, it's you holding secrets not me"

"I'm holding secrets, I know all about the real cold hearted Ichigo inside"

"I'm cold hearted, miss shut everyone out, I wonder where I got it from?"

"I wonder too"

"Well here's a hint princess, I live with a Kuchiki"

"So your problems are my fault"

"No your problems are my problems"

"Whatever you never really cared"

"I never cared" Ichigo added "you never cared, it's me that can't help but have the feeling I was being used"

"Yeah well maybe you were"

"I don't think Byakuya would be too proud of that"

"Yeah well I'm sure mommy is crying tears off joys for you either"

And that's when it hit her, she had gotten so caught up in the moment, she had actually used his one pain, his one regret against him 'Yeah well I'm sure mommy is crying tears off joys for you either' Rukia didn't know what possessed her too say such thing but when she tried to apologize Ichigo just brushed past her and kept on going.

Ichigo was hurt no doubt about it. He would've never figured Rukia would've said something like that, she had crossed the line, they had crossed the line so many times. He figured you can only knock on the devils door but so many times before he answers and to day he meant it.

Rukia looked around the class no sign of Ichigo, 20 minutes later still no sign off Ichigo, 2 hollows came and pasted, still no Ichigo. Rukia was afraid that he wouldn't forgive her for what she had said, she figured she probably wouldn't see him again until tomorrow but it seems she was wrong.

She saw Ichigo as he finished off a nearby hollow, he didn't even look at her or give her a sparing glance, he just went on about his way as did she.

As the laid in bed and thought off tomorrow the couldn't help but wonder what life's worth without each other.