A/N: 'Cause Byakuya's gotta have one...
Breaking the Rules
Byakuya + Hisana
Byakuya never broke the rules. Even if it was Yoruichi, that annoying woman, who was tempting him, he never broke the rules.
Not until he met Hisana.
It was classic, really - a love that breaks the rules set by society and family.
He befriended a commoner. She grew up in the Rukongai. He met her there for the first time. She had apologized for bumping into him, instead of shouting because the water jar she was holding fell and broke into pieces. He knew how rare water is in that area, and he knew how, because of that, the commoners even went into cursing royals tactlessly.
He helped her get another water jar. Payed for it, even. She thanked him. They became friends.
He fell in love with her. A commoner. But it was hard not to. Especially if it was Hisana.
He went out past his curfew; he sneaked out at night. Just to see that woman under the kikyo tree. To hear her sing under the moonlit night skies. Nobody ever found out. Byakuya was good like that.
He married her. One not of his class. She wasn't even a high-rank official, wasn't even a shinigami. Just an ordinary soul, a poor citizen of Rukongai. He broke expectations, rules and boundaries.
For her. All for her. He broke the rules but stood up for it. In return he promised to never to the same mistakes. He wouldn't even dare call those mistakes. Mistakes are something to regret. And he didn't regret meeting her, loving her, trusting her and protecting her.
He didn't regret breaking the rules. He just promised not to do that again.
Too bad.
He was Byakuya. And it seems that the odds are against him when it came to promises.
"Kuchiki Rukia is sentenced to death."
The man only sighed. Not again.
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