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"I'm leaving"

"Go"

"..I mean it Toushiro, I'm sick of you!"

"Stop talking and go then! Get out of here!" angry words screamed throughout the small apartment. A tiny raven haired woman grabbed her things- packed and always ready, slamming the door closed.

The young man left inside looks at the door with a face, placing the bottle to his lips he stops just barely and throws it to the door, smashing the glass to millions of tiny mirrors- reflecting his disgusted face.

They ran away together, in the spur of the moment got married and made love over and over again. He promised her he would protect her, he would make a life for them and then a family they'd become.

He promised her many things- and for a while he kept each one.

Until that day. That day when his life fell, the company fell, his was dropped, they apartment threaten to be taken, bills and people kept coming in; destroying his mind.

She tried to keep him calm, tell him she was there- they were all they needed, they could start again somewhere else; but men are stubborn and this one man was the most stubborn of all.

He refused to fall and in the end he turned to the bottle and the hurtful words- he didn't mean it the first time, he promised not to do it the second time, he forgot the third time. And again and again he stopped caring about her, about them…until finally she left.

That was three years ago. Since then…he's been running after her.

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Japan to Taiwan. He learned from his mistake, a job was just a job, money was just money. She was more than all those things.

Rukia was more than anything to him, but he was too blinded by pride to see her saddened face, he was too deaf from the yells from his superiors to hear her pleas, too sick with the bottle and the words he couldn't-

"I'm sorry Rukia!"

"..sorry is too late"

"I was an idiot! I didn't realize my mistakes back then, I do now! Please forgive me"

"You took years of my life from me, hurt me more than anyone has before….you were my husband"

"I know… not a day goes by that I don't regret what I said"

"Don't do this Toushiro"

"Rukia I love you, I always have! Please…I want you back"

"No, it's too late…."

"Rukia!"

"I can't forgive you, not for this" she stood by her big brother, a man of strong power. He never did like him, but he treated Rukia with care like a father and mother- he was her only family and that was enough for Toushiro to respect the man….even if he was what stood between them before and even now.

"It's best you leave my sister"

"I-" closing the door in his face, shutting him from her.

That was two years ago. And since then he's been running after her.

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China to France. He remembers their time together, all those promises, those nights together, the years they knew each other and the day finally she said yes.

It was the day he realized, the rest of his life would be spent on one woman and her alone- they would become one, two people, two different lives, individual souls molding into one heart, one mind. He had waited for years to ask, those night she slept on his bed- her scent still in his pillows he watched her sleep, those days she glowed- wearing his shirt, he stood by her, those times over and over again played behind his green eyes, running down his face.

Every time he would curse himself, his stupidity, his pride, his anger; taken and absorbed by her. Rukia who stood by him- he pushed her.

"Rukia"

"What are you doing here?"

"I promised you something, I said I would protect always"

"You can say that after all those years you hurt me?"

"I was foolish, stupid. I wasn't thinking- Rukia, I stopped drinking, I've stopped everything and gave up all I had! I want just you back"

"No, I left you after I told you over and over again I would leave, when I do it's only then do you pay attention"

"…"

"No, you no longer have the right to step into my life Toushiro" softly closing her deep purple eyes pressing the them tightly, keeping her tears from sight- he saw, reaching out trying to grab her hand, pleading her to stay.

"I can love you right this time, I know I can Rukia…I love you"

"Stop it, please"

"No, I'll keep chasing you, for the rest of my life if I have too"

"Stop it"

"I have changed Rukia, I will show you" looking at her with his green eyes clashing against purple. White on black.

"No, you won't- I can't, I won't wait for you anymore Toushiro" pushing his arm off her in a moment the raven haired girl walked away, into the crowd and foreign buildings.

That was last year. And since then he's been running after her.

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Rome to the United States. Across the world for three years, searching- looking for one person, finding and talking to her: each time losing her once more.

Toushiro would not give up. He had changed, different in so many ways, years growing up by his family did nothing to what he was now- all alone, he changed himself. For her.

And now, on the other side of the world, so far from their home, their country, their life together. He has run after her, always behind her wanting to touch but holding himself back until the right moment. He wants to tell her everything- but doesn't until the right moment.

Everything is for her now- it has always been for her, for his Rukia.

"I expected you to see you here"

"I told you Rukia, I would follow you for the rest of my life"

"You idiot" hitting him in the chest, her small hands against his heart- it feels right. Her pressed up to him, their bodies perfect for each other. "I told you I wouldn't wait!"

"I know"

"I told you it was too late!"

"I know"

"I told you…"

"Rukia…"

"But…I could never say I didn't love you" looking up at him her deep purple eyes no longer filled with hate, only eyes for him- the same ones he fell in love with, the same ones that stood by him all those years

"I love you Rukia, I always have" pressing his lips gently to her, soft and gentle but filled with longing, she returned it.

After years of running….he finally caught up.

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Me- okay I'm sorry! It wasn't the best I've written but I had a long week (I was on vacation) and stuff blah blah!

But! I hope this made sense and all and everyone reads and reviews!!!