Prompt: 071. Broken
Characters: Rukia, mentions of Kaien
Genre: Tragedy
Word Count: 100

Because

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Nobody had blamed her. Not her division or her Captain or anyone in Seireitei. Except.

Except the ones she didn't dare face, his family. And didn't that make her a hypocrite?

She wanted to scream, scream deep into the endless night, because no matter how many times she washed her hands, his blood would remain. She was covered, soaked, she drowned in it.

Because she'd wanted to help, wanted to fight, wanted to save him, her sword had ended impaled through his torso. Because she always had to think twice when seeing Ichigo.

Because–

Kuchiki Rukia was a broken girl.

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fin.