-You are my sunshine-
"Ms. Kuchiki, here are the papers filed and the consent form both you signed with the mother."
The cold ruthless lawyer handed Rukia the pile of papers neatly stacked and stapled as she extended her hand.
It felt heavier than it looks as Rukia looked through the adoption papers confused, "I signed all the papers, the birth mother signed all the papers, I made sure of that...How is that possible that this is frau-"
"The father didn't sign the papers. So technically, this adoption wasn't a consensus one. The father was unaware of this child-"
"You mean Kiyomi." Rukia quietly corrected, "It's been years since our time in America.."
"Well, that does not matter. The father was unaware of the adoption and demands to have his daughter ba-"
"Does he know what Kiyomi likes to eat?"
"Wh-"
"What Kiyomi likes to do for fun?"
"Ms. Kuchiki, I do not have time for-"
Rukia looks at the lawyer straight in the eyes, "Do you take joy in ripping families apart?"
"Everyone! Be quiet! She'll be here any moment now!"
"Shhh!"
*giggles*
Rukia was emotionally exhausted. Never has she felt pressure and pain like this. Never has someone threaten to take her own sunshine away.
Rukia lets out a huff as she lightly taps her cheeks and shaking herself off as a smile appears on her face, "Okay... No sad faces...No one wants to see a sad face..."
Rukia opens the door radiating happi-
"Surprise!"
Rukia startlingly steps back smiling, "What's this abo-"
"Nee-chan!" Kiyomi bursts out of the crowd in front of Rukia as she points up at the banner, "Look!" Yuzu and Karin stood next to Kiyomi smiling, "Yuzu-chan, Karin-chan, and I suggested to Ayame-chan!"
"Eh?" Rukia looks up and chuckles, "Nurse Kuchiki appreciation day? What's this all about?"
"It's about all the great things you did for us!" Momo chirped.
"Great things?" Rukia tilts her head, "Isn't it common courtesy to treat everyone with respect and dig-"
"It's not just that Nurse Kuchiki..." Ayame chimed, "The way you look after the patients with patience, care, love, and concern... It's something all nurses need to be..."
Kiyomi bumbles towards Rukia giggling, "I'll never leave nee-chan behind!"
-Behind the Memory-
Everyone is telling me Rukia didn't hurt Orihime...
Telling me it's impossible...
Could Orihime really be lying to me?
But then again, she has those scars and bruises...
I've been with Orihime for a few years now...
She never lied to me...But this can be the first...
Why would she even lie to me?
She knows I love her...
Maybe I was too harsh with Ru-
"Man, that nurse Kuchiki must be real nice if fellow nurses threw a mini party for her..."
"Yeah, I heard she's an angel with her patients..."
Ichigo over heard the interns while he was filling out papers and going over his rounds. Could Rukia really be telling the truth? Why would Orihime lie though? She has Ichigo. What does Rukia have that Orihime doesn't?
"Oi! Ichigo!" Renji waved Ichigo over as a crammed a spoonful of cake in his mouth, "Did you go over to the the mini par-"
Renji stopped himself from continuing, due to the growing tension between Orihime and Rukia.
"Nah, I hate cake anyways..." Ichigo went back to work while Renji shakes his head, "You do know, everyone supports Nurse Kuchiki right? Maybe if got to know her, you'd agree with us and tell your girl-"
"Rukia hasn't changed... she's still the bleeding heart that thinks everyone should live up to her standards. She expects everyone to be perfect. She expects too much from people..."
Renji sighs as he places his plate of cake on the counter top, "Ichigo, that's where you're wrong. If you actually stood back and watch how Kuchiki sincerely cares, loves and talks to her patients you'd understand. Kuchiki is just a person...A person with optimism... But she's also a person with burden in her heart that's unresolved that she keeps hidden because there is no way anyone can go through what she did without having a mental break down. She's strong. Just don't kick her down when she fumbles..."
Renji picks up his plate of cake as he walks away, "If you change your mind about the cake, there is always more in the Pediatric ICU!"
"Yeah, thanks..."
Ichigo lets out a huff as he gathers his papers, thinking, I need to get some fres-
"Onii-chan!" Yuzu wheezed out of breath, "Have some cake! I got it from Rukia-cha-"
"No tha-"
"Huh?" Yuzu tilts her head, "I asked Rukia-chan if I could bring you some cake and she said yes..."
Ichigo was annoyed with Rukia because to him, Rukia is trying to be the "nice reasonable" person who has the bleeding heart no one understands when all Rukia wants is peace. She's tired of the tears, yelling, screaming and pain. She just wants to be a nurse for the little children in the pediatric ICU division to make sure no child feels abandon... No one deserves to be abandoned...
NO ONE.
-Fly-
"Nurse Kuchiki, a complaint was reported about you... A serious complaint the medical board takes seriously... Are you aware of the complaint?"
Rukia calmly looked at the menacing board of the medical department, "Yes, I am well aware..."
"Very well then, let's hear your argu-"
"I'm sorry," Rukia abruptly interrupted, "I'm not here to argue..."
The medical board looked at one another confused, "What did you have in mind then?"
"I just want to simply explain what I do and what happened and exactly how it happened..."
Rukia looked at the medical board as they looked at one another, "Go ahead, you have the floor..."
"Thank you..." Rukia clears her throat as she starts, "I've been a nurse for a few good years... I've seen patients recover with flying colors and patients I wish I could do so much more for... But I couldn't...It broke my heart each time... I've been told it's my fault I got too emotionally invested, my fault that I took too much interest in my patient...My j-duty is to look after my patients with the love and concern my patient deserves. It's not the matter of getting attached or not, its the matter of treating a person with respect and dignity. It's common courtesy. It's common courtesy that society lacks. It's the underhanded ruthlessness that has society in a grip hold. It's the dishonesty that corrupts people's mind and hearts. It's the lies that feed those who seek an answer for something they don't understand. It's the lies that you have been feed just so those who are innocent can feel victimized and degraded to the point where another ruthless person in society." Rukia lets out a deep breath as she collects herself, "When I was simply invited to have a cup of coffee by my accuser I was confused... I never spoke to her but the accuser was someone I met before but haven't really quite got to know her, so I decided to go and see what she wanted...When I arrived at the coffee shop with her, she began to tell me how my ex- now her boyfriend talks about me and his past. I simply replied, "Well, I did love him first" That's when she told me to stay away from him. Please let me note, ever since he was transferred to the hospital I work at, never have I tried to reconnect or talk to him... Back to my main point.. after she told me to stay away from him, I told her I had rounds to do and bid her goodbye and left straight for the the pediatric ICU... Never have I laid a finger on her... Never have I laid a finger on anyone..."
The medical board was dead silent. They didn't expect Rukia to speak from her heart... They didn't expect Rukia to tell the truth...
"Very well then... The medical board will further investigate into this..."
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