Ichiruki-Ignored:happy b-day

This my Birthday present to one of my friends on DA, Happy early by 1 day birthday Mieraviolet!
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Ignored.
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She was a fool

That's what Rukia thought as she clutched onto her the Easter chocolate Ichigo had given her. He said that the chocolate was going to be her valentines chocolate since he missed it.

Rukia scowls

Why should I care if he's going out with another girl?

Yes it was true; Kurosaki Ichigo was going out with a new student.

Rukia sighs and walks to the trashcan about to throw out the chocolate, waste of chocolate, yes, but reason is because, it wouldn't be right.

It should be his girlfriend's chocolate after all.

Rukia open the trash canister and lifted her hand until she heard someone running behind her and grabbed her wrist.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm throwing out chocolate, what does it look like?"

"Why?"

"Ichigo, I don't feel like having chocolate okay?" Rukia growls trying to throw it out but Ichigo keeps stopping her.

"Ichigo,"

No answer

"Ichigo, let go of my wrist or else."

Still no answer so when Rukia smirks she knew exactly to do.

"MAAYAAA! TELL YOUR BOYFRIEND TO LET GO OF MY WRIST DAMMIT!"  

Ichigo's eyes widen as Rukia calls his girlfriend over. A girl just a bit taller than Rukia with brown hair walks towards them, she wasn't really considered busty kind of like Rukia.

"Ichigo you should know not to grab people's wrist right?"

Ichigo scowls in reply

"Let go of our friend's wrist."

"Maya, can I kick him if he doesn't?"

"… Do I have to watch?"

"No."

"Go ahead then"

"AGH WHAT THE HELL RUKIA," Ichigo yells letting go of Rukia's wrist letting her throw out the chocolate Ichigo gave her.

Yes that was a low move but Rukia didn't care

Rukia was friends with Ichigo's girlfriend she had a lot of common with her, but still, sometimes she couldn't help but get that feeling of jealousy.

But she couldn't help but realize Maya's personality was a lot like Miyako-dono, Kaien-dono's wife.

It seems like she can never make it to be someone like that.

"I'll be off then…" Rukia says with a yawn "… I feel like I have a head ache and Ichigo bugging me didn't help at all." Ichigo scowls at Rukia as if he was disappointed.

"I should walk you--"

"No, stay in school Ichigo," Rukia commands him as she walks away from them.
As Rukia walked home alone she couldn't help but realize ever since Ichigo got a girlfriend they never walk home together anymore, let alone talk.

Sure that little argument over the chocolates was refreshing, Ichigo just came home for dinner, sleeping and homework. Rukia has to do her shinigami duties by herself most times but that she doesn't really mind.

It helps her get stronger of course.

Still Ichigo was already slipping from being a good friend and Renji wasn't there to talk to, Inoue has been acting weirdly but I knew she loved him so I understood. Most of the times I tried comforting her but I said something to her that made her a little bit better

'If you love him you'll let him be happy Inoue,'

But she looked at me with an expression that almost made me want to choke with tears.

'Can't you see Kuchiki-san? You can't can you?'

It was depressed and sad like she thought he wasn't happy with his girlfriend. Like someone else was supposed to be in her place but not herself.

But she had calm down I spent more time with her, Ishida and Chad. I was happy to have them as friends also Ishida is a good conversationalist.

Rukia chuckles to herself everything was going better except her friendship with Ichigo.

Finally Rukia makes it inside the Kurosaki clinic and goes to her spare bed in Yuzu and Karin's room. She felt pretty dazed and sick.

Stop.
Thinking.
About.
Ichigo.

Rukia shuts her eyes trying to get into her dreamland. Or her inner world at least
Before she knew it Rukia found herself being shaken. She opened her eyes annoyed that she had to wake up.

She whacked whoever was shaking her.

"Ow, why the hell did you hit me?"

Was that Ichigo?

…

Oh good.

"Agh, Dammit Rukia stop hitting me." Ichigo says in a deadpan voice as he glares at Rukia. When he came home he wanted to check up on her since she felt sick.

He found her asleep

"… Anyways are you okay?" He lifts his hand onto Rukia's forehead to find it was warmer than usual.

Rukia scowls, "yeah, yeah stop worrying, I might have a fever but I'll be fine." Rukia stretches trying to ignore her stuffy nose.

"Can you pass me some Tylenol?"

Ichigo nods and walks to a drawer where his father keeps medicine. He comes back with an advil in hand and Rukia couldn't help but notice it had only been 15 minutes since school should have finishes.

"Hey… Why are you here so early?"

Ichigo looks at her and questions her with his look. "What do you mean, you were sick so I have to come home as quick as I can."

"But I thought you had a date with your girlfriend?"

"I did, we both had to cancel, me first because I was worried for my best friend."
Rukia frowns, "you shouldn't have done that…" she says annoyed as she sniffs.

"Hey she had to cancel too because her mom said she was going out to much, " Ichigo says as if it was no big deal to him.

Rukia raises an eyebrow most of the couples she knew would be upset that they couldn't spend time together.

Ichigo gets a text message.

I glance at the screen as he takes out to check.

Maya:
I miss u!

Rukia looks away from the cell phone and looks at the Tylenol in her hand.  She shrugs and was about to stand up until Ichigo's arm stop her from getting up and pushed her back down on the bed.

"You're not getting off the bed idiot."

Rukia gapes, "who's the idiot here?" she retorts crossing her arms. Then Ichigo lifts his phone about to text back and Rukia takes the chance to run to the kitchen.

She's surprisingly fast for someone who was sick.

"RUKIA GET BACK HERE!"

She snickers as she takes a cup and pours water in it. She looks at the pill then smiles. She takes the water then takes the pill.

She felt better almost immediately.

Thank you Urahara! For making medicine work on this gigai faster!

She smiles to herself and stretches the kinks from her back. "Hmm…" she hums to herself as she looks around the kitchen.

"What to do, what to do…" Ichigo hadn't known this since he hadn't been coming home but Rukia has been making dinner for the last 2 months with Yuzu. Unfortunately Yuzu couldn't come today and help her cook.

So she had to make dinner for the Kurosaki family.

She opens the fridge to see some noodles and let over chicken from yesterday. She nods to herself

Perfect!

She hears angry footsteps coming down the stairs and smirks.

It felt good to talk to him again they rarely do anymore.

He freezes when she turns on the stove.

"Rukia what are you doing??" he says panicked about to turn off the stove to stop his imaginary fire. she raise an eyebrow at him

"I'm making dinner in case you didn't know this I know how to cook."

I raise my hand and turn it on again

He turns it off

"You don't know how to cook Rukia." Rukia scowls at him, what did he know? Almost nothing anymore!

That she had taken more of a liking to Ishida, her new best friend was Inoue and that Chad and her share the chappy need.

And him?

Nothing!

She slams her fists onto the counter, "do you know what? You know nothing Ichigo! Not anymore!" she yells making Ichigo's eyes widen.

"Of course I know about you Rukia you're my best friend." Rukia's nails dig into her palm

"Well you're not mine! Do you know what? We never spend time together anymore not for 3 months Kurosaki, my best friend is Orihime and do you know what I might even like Ishida!" Rukia chuckles she actually never thought about Ishida like that, but now that she thinks about it…

"Chad and I had both been talking about chappy and he even made me like cats and other animals more so hello kitty is on the list too now! I've been playing soccer with your sister and I'm almost a match to her!" Rukia yells causing Ichigo to take a step back.

"Yuzu and I have also been cooking dinner for the last month so you're wrong! I know how to cook now thank you very much! I've even started training for bankai since you always miss hollow alerts! Yep I'm stronger in shinigami form now too!" Rukia slumps over the counter

"Rukia…"

"Just…. Go away Ichigo let me be alone."

"You even like Ishida? Man what world is this." Rukia glares at the orange haired teen. He wasn't her best friend anymore and do you know what? She didn't care anymore.

Or at least she thought so.

"Get out."

Ichigo frowns, "this is my house…"

"Fine then…" Rukia says standing up and walking up the stairs. Ichigo follows her a confused expression.

"What are you doing?" Rukia doesn't answer she just grabs the very few dresses Yuzu had given to her as presents and begins to walk down the stairs.

"Tell your sisters I'm sorry."

"What..?"

Rukia opens the door to the outside

"I'm moving out."

Ichigo's eyes widen at her remark, "Rukia you can't--"

Rukia cuts him off with a glare, "I'm going to go live with Orihime or Ishida, why should I live with a stranger huh?" she begins to walk out the door without looking back.

And if she did

She would have seen Ichigo's hurt face. Ichigo slumped at the doorway as he watches Rukia's leaving form.

'Why should I live with a stranger?'

That did hurt

He fists his hands and slams the door closed walking back to his room. He scans around the room for something he needs.

Where is it?

He looks at the closet and scowls even harder than he already was. Ichigo was angry, he was sad, he was depressed that he had lost his someone so important to him.

He opens the closet door, to find a guitar lying on the wall. He reaches to grab it and pulls it towards him.

Stupid… How did you not notice..?

He scolds himself as he begins to strum notes as he goes to lie on his bed.

She left

Why was it hurting so much? He didn't like her that way did he?

The pain is a lot more then what would happen if he broke up with his girlfriend.

Rukia just left.

Orihime is my best friend!

When did that happen..? because I really thought it was myself…

I might even like Ishida!

Screw Ishida you can't like him he's too… Too Ishida-ish whatever! He's not worthy of you

Chad has been so great he convinced me to like more than just chappy!

You even talk to Chad and you like more than just chappy?

play soccer with Karin and I'm GOOD at it!

I don't remember you having the time to even PLAY sports!

I cook with Yuzu!

You didn't even know how to cook an ice cube

…

I even started my bankai training! Because you always miss the alerts!

Rukia… What… What if you got hurt? Why didn't you come get me to help?

Ichigo stops strumming the guitar and looks at the desk beside him to find a note.

He sits up and grabs it

Look I know our friendship hasn't been the strongest lately…
But you are my friend.
And I got one question for you.
Why did you give me chocolates? Those were supposed to be for your girlfriend baka, not for me your best friend.

"I screwed up…"

Ichigo crushes the note in his hand.

"Rukia-nee, we're home!" Ichigo opens  the door to look down the hall to see both his sisters looking around for Rukia.

"She left."

Both their heads snap to Ichigo, Karin even looked a little disappointed while Yuzu looks like she was going to burst into tears.

"She… got angry at me and left."

"She promised to play soccer with me…" Karin mutters dejectedly, Yuzu just starts crying, "Why? She said she was going to surprise me today…"

"Ichi-nii what did you do?" Karin asks him looking at his eyes with a scowl.
Ichigo looks away from his sister.

"I got demoted from best friend to stranger. That's what happened…"

"You're never home Ichi-nii I knew Rukia was acting weird around you…" Yuzu says as she wipes the tears from her face.

"She left to move in with her so called best friend," Ichigo couldn't help but feel the undertone of bitterness from his statement.

"I'm going inside my room, I'll talk to you two later…"

And as he closed the door he could hear Yuzu ask him, plead

"Please bring her back Ichi-nee…"

Ichigo frowns and looks out the window

I'm getting her back.

~~`Transition, Happy birthday Mieraviolet~~~~

Rukia knocked on Orihime's door. She had been a lot better now,  Orihime was back to her usual self happy.

"Coming!" she heard her yell as she heard her footsteps coming towards the door.

It opened

"Kuchiki-san..?"

Rukia smiles sadly, "I said call me Rukia… And could I move in, please?" Rukia pleads Orihime who's eyes widen.

"Of course Ku- Rukia, but what happened?" she says worriedly to Rukia. Rukia just shakes her head.

"Ichigo doesn't know anything about me it would be like living with a stranger."
Rukia looks at Orihime's grey eyes which show big concern.

"What… did he do? Rukia… he's probably so depressed without you there," Orihime says worriedly to the other woman. Rukia slowly nods

"He claimed something that wasn't true, and I guess I just… exploded…"

'You can't cook.'

'Yes I can… You're just never around to see…'

"… Besides, Ichigo shouldn't be depressed, I mean what's the difference of being able to see me around the house and not too if he never even talks to me?" Orihime frowns slightly but notices Rukia's sadness

"It's okay Rukia… it's going to be okay." She wraps her arms around the smaller girl, not to tight but comforting. Rukia smiles as she feels tears begin to build up.

"I'm not someone who cries…"

"… But..?" Orihime questions her knowing that Rukia was going to say something else.

"I don't care right now!"  tears slip from her eyes to her cheeks onto Orihime's shirt.  "Why does he have to be so insensitive? He was my best friend Orihime but now…"

"I know… It's okay Rukia…"  Orihime sniffles, seeing her new best friend like this hurt her too. She didn't want Rukia in pain, she had gotten over Ichigo for the most part. Whatever made him happy was okay.

And this would not make him happy

Nor did it do anything for Rukia someone who Orihime really wants to be happy too.

Rukia made Ichigo happy.

Ichigo made Rukia happy.

That's why Orihime felt even worse when he went out with the new girl, she Maya was nice and all but… It just didn't fit.

Ichigo and Rukia

That fit in her mind

Orihime strokes Rukia's raven hair trying to be comforting, "let's go I'll fine you a room to sleep in…"

Rukia nods and lifts her head high, she had her pride. She wiped her tears away and smiles lightly and Orihime

"Thank you…" Rukia says with a small smile

"Rukia you're like my sister… I don't want you in pain, I want you happy…"

Ichigo makes you happy Rukia…

Suddenly the doorbell rings and both their eyes widen. "Hide, just hide it's probably him Rukia and I know you're not ready to face him."

Rukia nods quickly in agreement and runs into the room Orihime had shown her.  "Don't let him see me no matter what please Orihime..!"

Orihime will just say the truth to him.

He hurt Rukia

She opens the door revealing rain and a certain wet orange haired teen breathing heavily as if he ran over.

"Inoue… Please let me see her…" Orihime's eyes soften in sympathy, "I can't… Rukia doesn't want to see you Kurosaki-kun…"

"Please Inoue I'm not someone to beg but I'm willing if it lets me see her!"

'He's a stranger to me now…'

Orihime knew Rukia felt sad that's why she's trying to delay the situation just until Rukia calms down. She was after all her sister, and sisters protect each other.

"Kurosaki-kun, I cannot,  she made me promise not to let you in,"

"Ori--"

"Please… don't make this harder wait a while until the situation is more
comfortable," Orihime pleads him.

Ichigo scowls but not really from anger but from frustration

He had to see her

He had too.

"I lost my… I lost someone important to me today and if I don't see her I know I'll end up being pathetic."

Both Ichigo and Rukia stand beside each other in shinigami robes.

"You know lately you've been pretty depressed." Rukia states with a deadpan voice.

Ichigo's eyes widen

How did she know that?

Oh wait… It was Rukia.

"You know every time you're depressed just imagine me yelling at you" Rukia laughs, "that always seems to put you back in place."

"Why aren't you yelling at me now?"

Rukia waves her hand dismissively, "sore throat, but I can do this…" She whacks his face, "stop being pathetic our friends can protect themselves, and that's including myself."

Ichigo smirks, remembering her speech she had given him when he had to defeat his hollow.

"Yeah alright I think it works" Rukia smiles

"It always works."

"And whatever way I had to get over it, it won't work I know it won't because she was the one who gave me advice to get over it…" Ichigo murmurs.

Unknown to him Rukia was listening to them talking from the room.

"That idiot…" she mumbles slumping at the door. Rukia grits her teeth

I might have to come out just to make him feel better.

Stupid me and my heart

Rukia groans under her breath, she felt guilty even though she had no reason too. She had told him the truth.

Okay… maybe the stranger part did go overboard but he has been ignoring her all that time. At the time she thought he deserved it.

Not anymore

Screw you heart

"I'll ask one more time before I go…" Orihime's eyes widen at how defeated he looked.
"Can I please see her..?" Orihime's head lowers down to her shoulders, "I'm sorry…"

…

"You're being stupid Ichigo, I don't get how you can make me feel guilty." Ichigo's eyes widen as he looks up to see Rukia leaning on the hallway wall with a sad look.

"Rukia…" he mutters as Rukia begins walking up to him, he wonders for a moment what she planned to do.

WHACK

"You deserved every single word I said to you! But now you're just torturing yourself Ichigo!" Rukia yells at his face as Ichigo rubs his cheek

"But--"

"NO BUTS DAMMIT, you and I haven't been talking but that doesn't give you the permission to torture yourself either!" Rukia says with a twitching eye

She flicks his nose causing Ichigo to flinch.

"Why couldn't you wait for me to calm down, if you knew me--"

"I would know that in the end you would come back…" Rukia freezes as he mutters the words. She smiles lightly.

"You're… Kurosaki Ichigo, not some emo with orange hair. You're determined and one fight should not bring you down,"

Rukia stands up straighter in front of him.

"You're not a person to let people boss the around, so why is it I can?" Rukia questions him, Ichigo looks around the room in panic as if he knew why but didn't want to say it.

"I'm going to say this one thing." Rukia's eyebrow raise

"… I broke up with her, because I realized we weren't spending enough together, that was when you ran downstairs when she texted me… I called her back," Rukia's eyes widen

"I missed spending time with you guys and it seems I missed a few things about you too Rukia,"

Rukia looks at him, then back at Orihime who was smiling now.

Her eyes widen

'If you love him you'll let him be happy Inoue,'

But she looked at me with an expression that almost made me want to choke with tears.

'Can't you see Kuchiki-san? You can't can you?'

It was depressed and sad like she thought he wasn't happy with his girlfriend. Like someone else was supposed to be in her place but not herself.

… It was me…

Orihime believed that I was supposed to be with Ichigo the person who stood beside him. I made him happy.

As Ichigo looked at me I couldn't get rid of the look of shock of Ichigo breaking up with his girlfriend and Orihime thinking I was supposed to be with him.

"Please come back to the Kurosaki clinic even my sisters began to feel horrible," Ichigo says.

'Please bring her back Ichi-nii…"

"I'm sorry Rukia, I screwed up and do you want the reason I gave you the chocolates…"

Rukia's eyes widen, "at first it just felt right, I didn't know why…"

"… But when you left, I did realize something…" Ichigo says gaining more and more courage.

"I want you to be with me, not Maya I mean sure I liked her but when you left… It was bad. Please Rukia come back even if it's just to be a friend,"

Rukia smiles

That's why it hurt…

"I'll come back just stop being an idiot okay?" Rukia shoulders relax

Ichigo smiles lightly back, still with his scowl of course but that was him. Rukia shakes her head. "Next time I'm angry I'm so coming back to Orihime, after all she is my sister right..?"

Orihime grins right back at the two

"Of course Rukia, Kurosaki-kun," she says with a bow, "I'm happy you two are okay now…"

Rukia and Ichigo walk out of the door.

"You know Ichigo..?" Ichigo looks at Rukia. "Yeah..?"

"I accept."

Ichigo looks at her confused, "eh?"

Rukia smiles at him, "I'll stay by your side, but remember I am a shinigami and I will have to leave sometimes…" she mutters.

"You'll come back in the end, no matter how long you're gone in my life I'll be waiting until you come back, and even then I might just come back with you,"

Rukia relaxes.

"Alright… but don't expect many things to change I'll still beat you up if you're being an idiot and all,"

"Wouldn't expect anything different eh Rukia?"

She chuckles, "yeah… let's go home Ichigo."

"My sisters and dad are probably worried right now," Rukia snorts, "can't wait to see you're father's reaction since it 7:30 you missed dinner Ichigo." Ichigo's eyes widen.

"Aww crap I don't want to deal with the old man…"

"I want to see that old man kick your butt," Rukia laugh
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The end.