Rain. People will always ask, "How can you hate something that is so delicate, so ... refreashing?" What are they refering? Rain. I can never go out into the rain. Go on, you can call me coward all you want. I'm never going out into that monster. Oh! How rude of me, not introducing myself before going on with my useless rantings. The name's Rukia, Kuchiki Rukia.

There are many reasons on why I hated the rain. For one, Kaien-dono died in my hands, and it was raining at that moment. But that is not the main reason that I hate the rain. Yes, it was raining that day ....

drip, drip,drip. The rain splattered onto the window pane. After some drips, it started to pour. "Kuchiki, are you listening to me?" sensei suddenly shouted. "Hai! Gomen sensei, I was just doing some thinking on what you have just said." I said with a totally faked smile, and that totally oh-sweet-female-student voice. Sometimes, that voice I produce just irritates me, as much as it irritates Ichigo. Sometimes I wonder, how can such a brutle person, a violent person, can score so well in his school grades! He can easily top the class, and he can easily put Ishida to shame, but he didn't. He just made some careless mistakes and he can still get grades that are above average. I will not admit it verbally, but my grades are really bad.

"Mou... It is still raining, Ichigo! How are we going to get home? You don't even have an umbrella!" I shouted right into his ears. His expressions are really funny when he is angry. His face will turn red, veins will pop out of nowhere at his forehead, smoke will be coming out of his ears! "RUKIA! DON'T SHOUT INTO MY EARS! I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY!" Ichigo shouted back. This caused a commotion. Everyone in the classroom was looking at us. "What are your looking at?! GET BACK TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING!" Ichigo shouted with his most pissed of voice. Everyone scrambled back to packing their bags and quickly ran out of class, due to a scary and monster-looking Ichigo.

We finally got on the road back home when we managed to borrow an umbrella from Takuya sensei. Ichigo tooked the umbrella while we walked. He made sure that I was out from the rain, and ensured that his head didn't keep bumping onto the umbrella. When I looked at him while we walk, I felt this warm feeling of being protected. It felt that his strong build will protect me if I ever get into any troble. It is kind of weird, but I like this feeling. Little did I know at that time, I fell in love with the strong build-ed block head, Kurosaki Ichigo. I wanted that warm feeling to last, to always stay, but I know it will be gone soon, but I didn't know that it was immediate. As if on que, at the river where Ichigo's mother died, an Arrancar appeared. It charged toward us without warning. Ichigo took out his Shinigami diakou badge, changing into his shinigami form. I took chappy out and followed his lead.

Blades clattered. Bloods shed. Rain fell, unoblivious to it's surrounding. Ichigo fought with all his might. I called out Sode no Shirayuki, while he called out his Bankai. The Arrancar was just a normal one, not an Espada. We were going to win, but because of me, because I didn't look out for any enemies from behind, Ichigo got seriously hurt. I can still remember. The Arrancar moved so fast, I was unable to sense it. But when I sensed it, it was already too late. It's blade was pointed at me. It was a jump attack. There was no where for me to run. "Rukia! Watch out!" I remember his shout. It was just a second late. This was all I remembered before I blacked out.

When I woke up, I felt a warm embrace. Ichigo protected me with his body. The blade of the Arrancar penatrated him. He was bleeding non-stop. It was still raining, but it became oblivious to me. All that matters is to save Ichigo. I pulled out the blade, and started to heal him using kidou. I can call Orihime to help, but the phone will not work, so all I can do was to try to heal him as much as I can. I managed to secure his life, so I put him back into his body, and rushed him home as quickly as I can in my shinigami form. I left him by the doorstep, knocked on the door and went back into my body. [chappy is in her body, so chappy ran back home ~] I was so worried. Isshin called the ambulance and tried to wrap up his wound. He was in the opperation room for at least a century, for me that is, before he came out. The doctors said that he will not die, but he is currently still in a coma. It was a bittersweet news for me. Ichigo was alive, but in a deep sleep.

"Ichigo, why, why did you save me?" I asked him now. Sitting beside his bed, telling him how was school and Soul Society became a daily routine for me. "Because I love you. That's why." No. It couldn't be. It's his voice. It was Ichigo. Ichigo, has woked up from his 2years sleep. I threw myself on him. I sobbed and sobbed into his chest. He comforted me, stroking my back, softly whispering into my ear to stop crying. I stopped crying and looked at him with puffy eyes. "I love you too, baka! Don't do such recklase things ever again, baka!" I said, near to tears again. Before I can open my month to say somethings again, he cupped my chin, bend down, slowly, the gap between our lips became smaller and smaller, and it 'sealed' up. I was shocked at the act, but enjoyed it, so I returned the act by pressing in deeper. We only broke up when we needed something that we called 'oxygen', so that we can live. I was flustered. When I looked out of the window, it was raining. Maybe now, maybe, I kind of like the rain already.