-Stand By me-
"I WANT NEE-CHAN! I DON'T WANT TO GO WITH YOU!"
Kiyomi screamed and sobbed as she stomps her feet. She was upset. She felt cheated.
She felt as if she abandoned Rukia...
Kiyomi just wants Rukia back.
Hyabusa uneasily chuckles,"But I'm YOUR dad... She's not your real sist-"
Kiyomi pouts as tears fell down her cheeks"NO! Nee-chan is nee-chan and you're not nee-chan! I promised Nee-chan I would never leave her!"
"Ms. Kuchiki... Are you familiar with the laws in America? Especially the laws in California?" The lawyer sits across from Rukia as she looks down at he cup and softy responds, "I mainly understand the adoption laws from California..."
The lawyer pushes his glasses up as a glare of light reflects, "Very well... You do understand you are entitled to a lawyer if not one-"
"I would like to represent myself...If that's not a problem.."
The lawyer looks back at Rukia, smiling, "I strongly suggest you get a lawyer... If not this will be an easy win for me..."
Rukia could hear his snarky response. The way he smiles and respond so condescendingly, it was needles to Rukia's ears to hear such ignorance.
"I'll represent myself..." Rukia calmly repeated.
"Okay then...If you happen to "win", which I highly doubt since you ignored my suggestion, you get to keep it-"
"You mean Kiyomi..." Rukia corrected annoyed, "Please learn her name.. She is not an object... She is a person.. Please show some respect..."
The lawyer scoffs as she continued, "You get to keep IT but you must relinquish it once a year..."
Rukia softly chuckles, "That's not going to work..."
"Hmm.." the lawyer folds his arms, grinning,"What makes you think that?"
"It's because Kiyomi won't allow that...And I won't allow that...And we'll make sure that'll never happen..." Rukia looks up smiling, "What do you think of that?"
"I think it's preposterous! How foolish to think such a-"
"Isn't it foolish to disturbed the peace? Foolish to ruin a good thing? Foolish to rip apart a perfectly happy family?"
"The only thing foolish is to pretend that you two are sisters when you two aren't blood related...But... Is it foolish to keep the only child the father has that connects him to his deceased wife? Foolish to keep the only grandchild a grandpa will never meet? Tell me, is that foolish enough for you?"
At that very moment, Rukia felt as if she was the problem. She's the one that "stole" Kiyomi from her family...
But.
Kiyomi's father abandoned his wife when Kiyomi was born and when Kiyomi was born...
Kiyomi was diagnosed with a mild form of leukemia... Her mother couldn't afford the medical bills to treat Kiyomi...
So that's when Rukia came along...
Rukia who promised Kiyomi she would never abandon her...
Rukia will be damned if she doesn't keep her promise...
Rukia firmly clasps her cup, "As a family, Kiyomi and I promised each other we wouldn't abandon one another other...I plan to keep that promise..."
-Deeper than Words-
"Ayame?" Rukia softly called as she tended to her sleeping patient.
Ayame came scuttling in, "Yes Nurse Kuchiki?"
"Can I request a favor from you?"
"Sure, anything..."
"Can you speak on my behalf in a few days?"
Ayame tilts her head, "Sure! What is this about Nurse Kuchiki?"
Rukia stood still, "It's about family matters... Can you get Momo in here too? I would like to talk to her..."
-Imaginary Folklore-
"Oi, Shuuhei,"Renji waves him over, "You gonna speak on behalf of Nurse Kuchiki?"
"Why not? You can tell she's exhausted and stressed...The least we can do is help her lighten the load..."
"Nice to hear...By the way, you've seen her around lately?"
"Nah..I haven't... But all I know is she hasn't been the same.."
"True, having to deal with Ichigo's crazy girlfriend and all... "
"Heh, yeah...Well... I'm going to go and check on her to see-"
Renji pulls Shuuhei back, "Oh no you don't... All you're going to do is flirt with the nurses..."
Shuuhei nudges Renji off, smiling, "I get it now... You've always had an eye out for her..."
"Baka! That's not it... She needs time to think to herself..."
Shuuhei scoffs, "The moment I turn my back you'll be cuddling with nurse Kuchiki..."
"As if. She doesn't see me like that... Ba-"
"Oi! Renji! Shuuhei!" Ichigo waves as he walks towards them, "Hows it going?"
"Ichigo, have you heard about Nurse Kuchiki?"
"Eh? What about her?"
"Oh... so you haven't?" Shuuhei nudges Renji, "Maybe you should explain the situation to him... I think I need to go check up on someone..." Shuuehi sports a chummy smile, "Have fun.."
Renji shoots a glare at Shuuhei who happily pranced his way to the ICU division.
"Oi, Renji, what does he mean?"
"I have a meeting with Chief Yamamoto... you know... updates on my patients and all that..."
"Eh?What does that have to do with Rukia?"
Renji face palms, "It's nothing... I'm just finishing my reports on the incident...By the way, hows your girlfri-"
"I broke up with her." Ichigo quickly quipped.
Renji knew why Ichigo broke up with her and didn't want to talk about it...
Who would want to talk about it when you put your trust into someone who you though you loved?
Obviously not Ichigo because he doesn't like the concept of being lied to... nor does he like the concept of being left out...
"Sorry to hear that... It was probably for the best..."
Ichigo lets out a weak chuckle, "Yeah... For the best..."
-Sincerely-
"Dr. Hisagi... Please don't come just to distract our nurses... Nurse Kuchiki is as stressed as she already is...She doesn't need-"
"No, no, no..." Shuuehi waves his hands, chuckling uneasily, "I'm not here to bother her nurse Yasadori... I'm here to check up on her... see if she's okay..."
Ayame looks at Shuuhei suspeciously, "Nurse Kuchiki is doing her best with what she has... I think she needs time to be a-"
"Ayame? Who is that you are talking to?"
"Just Dr. Hisagi Nurse Kuchiki!" Ayame shoots a glare at Shuuhei who responded with a smile and a shrug.
"Oh..."
Ayame sports a chummy smile at Shuuhei, "She said, Oh... I guess she doesn't want-"
"Dr. Hisagi... Can I speak to you for a moment?"
Shuuhei smiles as he winks and whispers, "I guess she wants to talk to me..."
Ayame glares at Shuuhei who walks past her into room 312 where Rukia patiently sits and waits.
"Dr. Hisagi..." Rukia addressed as he walked in, "I would like to ask you for a few favors... If that is not a problem..."
"Sure, no problem... what do you have in mind?" Shuuhei grabs a seat and sits in front of Rukia.
"I'm sure Renji told you want happened... So I'm hoping you would keep Dr. Kurosaki out of this...Don't tell him anything..."
Shuuhei looks at Rukia, "Are you alright nurse Kuchiki? You don't look too well..."
"It's nothing really...Just promise me you won't tell him.."
"Promise..."
Rukia lets out a huff as she face palms, "So much to do in so little time..."
Shuuhei walks up next to Rukia as he hugs her and mumbles with the uptmost sincerity, "No matter what, you always have me, and Renji... Remember that..."
Rukia wipes away her tears, mumlbing, "Thank you..."
-Just Forget-
"Rukia... you really look really REALLY drunk... No more talking to Mr. Sake..." Ukyo grabs the sake bottle away from Rukia who began to pout and whine "Nuuuuuuuu... Ukyoooooo... Quit being a bully..."
"I'm not being a bully... You just had enough... come on, let get you some tea..."
"Is it tea flavored Sake?"
Ukyo chukles, "Yeah, sure... It's tea flavored..."
"Ugh..." Rukia boinks her head on the table, defeated, "I have no idea what I'm going to do Ukyo..."
"You do...It's just that your mind isn't thinking straight...Here," Ukyo grabs Rukia's cup, "drink some more tea... you need it..."
Rukia grabs the piping hot cup, "Thanks..."
"Sooooo..." Ukyo sits on the counter top and faces Rukia, "What did the lawyer say?"
Rukia lets out a sigh, "He said 'The only thing foolish is to pretend that you two are sisters when you two aren't blood related...But... Is it foolish to keep the only child the father has that connects him to his deceased wife? Foolish to keep the only grandchild a grandpa will never meet? Tell me, is that foolish enough for you?'" Rukia lets out a sigh, "Maybe I'm the problem Ukyo...maybe-"
"Rukia!" Ukyo scold, "Stop blaming yourself! You are not the problem. They are the problem. They adandoned Kiyomi when she younger and now they want her back because she's all grown up? What kind of bull shit is this?"
Rukia rubs her temples, "It's more than that Ukyo... I might have ripped Kiyomi away from her real family... Her blood family... Her father and grandpa has never seen or met-"
"Hold on Rukia..." Ukyo takes in a deep breath and exhales as she calmly talks to Rukia, "You're Kiyomi's family. You are all Kiyomi has. Do not let them take her from you. You have to prove to Kiyomi she has a family. Prove to her that she has someone who actually cares and loves her instead of cheap words that get tossed around so easily to the point where it loses all meaning..."
"Still... You should have seen the snarky lawyer... he was being soo mean and evil..."
Ukyo laughs at Rukia's face once she scrunched it when she called the lawyer mean and evil, Rukia was still drunk.
"Well, all I can do is sit in the audience.. But it'll be close to you just incase you get stuck.."
"Thanks Ukyo..."
"Eh?" Ukyp tilts her head, "Why are you even thanking me baka... We're friends... That's what friends are for... we look out for one another..."
Soo...
Its gonna come to a wrap...
Though I wanna make another fanfic linking it to this...
though through Ichigo's point of view...
likes are appreciated and reviews are loved and preferred...
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