Was about to go to bed before I remembered I needed to post this . At least I remembered!

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26. Light

Gin lay watching Rangiku sleep. He had spent nearly every night in her room since she had been given a single room. She had told him how badly she had slept, how lonely she was when she scarcely saw him. He knew she held tight to him all through the first night he had come to keep her company, when normally she moved and turned every which way in her sleep.

But he had not told her of his sleepless nights he spent silently staring into the dark. Or that he had discovered if he stared at the dark too long it spread every which way until he remembered to blink.

When Rangiku was there, he did not have to think about the dark, because she held it at bay, she brought a little light into his world. He could hardly remember how life was before she had entered his life.

Once, Rangiku had said she did not start to count the days until she met him, but his days seemed one long blur until she brought everything into focus.

He thought it would just worry her more if he told her that. So instead, he snuck into her room and they both felt a little better.


Reviews are nice, ideas are nice too. I still have some 33 drabble ideas to think up, ack.