One Less Lonely Girl

Ichigo x Rukia

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.

One Less Lonely Girl

"Someday, you'll miss her like she missed you.

Someday, you'll need her like she needed you.

Someday, you'll love her,

but she won't love you back."

Ichigo laid in bed silently as he listened to the quiet sobs that came from his closet. He furrowed his eyebrows at the only cause of this happening.

Renji.

Rukia and Renji had been dating for 7 months so far. Everything between them seemed fine at first but lately, things have been going downhill. It was just about every night that the substitute shinigami had been hearing cries coming out of his closet. He knew it was best to not get involved, no matter how much it hurt to hear her in pain.

Renji was one of Ichigo's closest friends. They had been ever since the day he defeated him when trying to rescue Rukia from her execution. Whenever they had a conversation, Ichigo would never mention or ask about Rukia and her daily midnight cries. He acted like he never heard a thing, hoping that things would change..

But they never did.

Rukia would walk into his room without saying a word as she went into the closet. Whenever there was a hollow attack, her mind would always be on something else, causing her to become distracted. She kept silent to herself, only speaking when she had to. Her eyes that used to be filled with happiness were now empty and confused. The smile that used to be so genuine became so half-hearted and..

forced.

Ichigo turned his body so that he was facing his closet door. He stared at it as the quiet, but audible, cries continued on. It literally pained his heart to have this happen to her all the time.

It hurt even more when he realized that he was just letting it happen.

But not this time.

Ichigo pushed his covers off him as he got off his bed. He walked slowly towards his closet, dragging his feet against the wood floor. Stopping in front of it, he brought his fist up and gently knocked on it two times.

He got no response. All that happened was that her cries stopped.

"..Rukia." He said gently.

He heard no response.

Taking a deep breath, he brought his hands to the side of the closet door and began to slide it open. He stopped as he felt the side of the door hit the other side.

He clenched his teeth as he looked down at the tiny girl. She laid on her side, back facing Ichigo. Her knees were bent up to her stomach and her hands held onto a pillow tightly against her chest with her face buried into it. Ichigo couldn't see her face but he saw her trembling body and he heard her shaky breaths.

She was holding it in.

Ichigo reached towards her shoulder. As he touched her, the small girl flinched at the contact. Ichigo pulled his hand back and looked down at her. She was so.. broken.

Ichigo couldn't take it. He used both of his hands as he placed them under her body. Rukia didn't know what he was doing until she felt him lift her up. She continued to hold the pillow to her chest as Ichigo picked her up bridal style. Shutting her eyes, she buried her face into the pillow again.

Ichigo continued holding her light body as he began walking to his bed. He placed her down gently on the mattress, making sure not to hurt her. He then got on too, pulling the covers over both of them. Rukia kept her back faced towards him as she continued holding on to the tear soaked pillow.

Ichigo watched as Rukia went back to the same position that he found her in. Moving closer, Ichigo wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him, having his chest and stomach completely against her back. He felt her body continue to tremble as her breathing stayed uneven. Holding her closer against him, he whispered.

"Let it out."

Rukia felt a tear roll down her face as she continued to shake. Biting her lip, she let go of the pillow and turned around so she was facing Ichigo's chest. Ichigo was surprised by the sudden action but continued holding on to her as she buried her face into his chest and began crying, hard.

"Ichi..go." She choked out between breaths as she gripped onto his shirt. Ichigo moved his hand from her waist to the back of her head. He stroked her hair soothingly as he waited for her to calm down.

Eventually, she stopped crying but her breathing wasn't back to normal. She took short breaths in and out, trying to catch her breath. Ichigo rubbed her back as he felt her calm down a bit. He moved his mouth to her ear close enough for her to hear what he was going to say.

"This guy.. he isn't worth your tears.. Rukia." He whispered as he continued holding her.

"..how do I know which guy is then?" She replied softly as she looked up into his brown eyes.

Ichigo looked deeply into the violet eyes that had been crying too much for too long. He whispered back as he pressed his forehead against hers. "The one who is worth your tears.. will never make you cry."

Rukia closed her eyes as she felt them fill with tears, but then reopened them as she felt his hand on her cheek. She looked back into his eyes, and before she knew it, she felt his warm lips press softly against hers. Before she had a chance to react, Ichigo pulled back and looked into her eyes once more.

"..Go to sleep, okay?"

The raven-haired girl nodded obediently as she pressed her forehead against his chest and dozed off quickly into a peaceful sleep.

Ichigo wrapped his arm around her waist once more as he fell asleep too,

with her in his arms the whole night.

Author's Notes

Um.. yeah.. this isn't a songfic. I only named it One Less Lonely Girl because I had no clue for a name and the song just came up on Pandora(x Well, this story is going to have 2 or 3 chapters. IT'S NOT DONE YET. Please review :3

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