Requested by Bowser Blanchette- thank you
Ichigo x Kiyone
Difference
It was obvious, at least to her, that Ichigo was different to Kaien. She knew that there was a physical similarity, that when you looked at him from a certain angle, and he was acting a certain way, then you could see echoes of Kaien there. She knew that there were times when Rukia could not look him in the eye; she also knew that he knew that too, and hated it.
But she could not see Kaien in Ichigo- she could not believe that he was really him re-born. Ichigo was too different, too much himself, to be anyone else.
When he pressed his forehead against Kiyone's, his eyes closed and tired, she could only see the weariness of Ichigo Kurosaki, and the life that he lived. When he took her hand and kissed her fingertips, it felt nothing like when Kaien had taken her hand to correct her hold on her zanpakuto, so many years ago when she was just a young, unseated officer.
When he called her name as he came, breathy and quiet, he only sounded like Ichigo Kurosaki.