Bleach Fic
Title: Not Quite Normal
Author: iwriteparallels
Rating: G
Characters: Ichigo, Rukia, Karin and mention of Ririn
Notes: Rukia reflects on what a normal family is like. unbetaed
“This must be what a normal family is like.” She thought to herself as she listened to the conversation going on in Ichigo’s room.
“Ichi-nii. Yuzu’s looking for one of her stuffed animals, if you’ve seen it you better return it to her right away.” She folded her arms across her chest as she leant against the wall.
“Like I’d play with some stupid stuffed toy.” He retorted.
“Right.” Karin was unconvinced as her gaze moved towards a blue stuffed animal on her brother’s bed. “Because stuffed toys, like that blue one that you talk to and call Ririn, are for little girls huh?”
Ichigo turned beet red and tried to come up with an explanation. Should he defend his dignity and tell his sister about the mod souls? But his sister took his few minutes of silence as a sign and whispered, “It’s okay Ichi-nii, we understand that you like all things cute and cuddly. Just give Yuzu her toy back.” She left the room with a smirk on her face as Ichigo sat on his bed, his mouth wide open from confusion and embarrassment.
Rukia couldn’t control her amusement and started to laugh. Ichigo’s sister was better at teasing him than she was, and Karin wasn’t even trying. She covered her mouth to stifle the sound of her laughter, she could sense that Ririn was trying to hold in her laughter as well. Ichigo would be pissed if he found out she had been eavesdropping. But it wasn’t her fault. The closet wasn’t the most soundproof place in this house. In fact, she heard a lot of things when she was in here. Footsteps and conversations in the hallway, the sound of laughter coming from downstairs and most nights, Ichigo’s snores.
At times she felt like a thief in his closet, stealing bits and pieces of words and conversation from him and his family and she had a few ideas why. Growing up, she never had much of a family. Sure Renji and the others were her family during her days in the Rukongai. She loved them probably as much as Ichigo loved his sisters. But it was far from normal. Then the Kuchikis came along and that was screwed up in about a dozen ways. It was like a bad television drama series where you find out in the end that your brother isn’t really your brother but is in fact your brother-in-law. And that you were adopted because of some dying wish he promised to his wife who happens to be your sister. Just thinking about it still made Rukia’s head spin.
“Oi Rukia! I know you’re laughing in there.” He slid the closet doors open and was surprised to see a serious expression on Rukia’s face.
He was even more surprised when Rukia asked him, “Do you think your family’s normal?”
“You must be joking! Didn’t you just hear what my sister thinks of me? She thinks I like stuffed animals!. That’s not normal.” He looked at Rukia like she was crazy and continued, “Have you seen that huge poster of my mom in the living room? That’s not normal. And my dad has to be one of the strangest fathers in this world. What kind of father welcomes his son home with a kick and a punch?” He fell silent for a moment wondering why Rukia would ask such a mundane question. And then it clicked.
“I think there’s no such thing as a normal family, Rukia. It’s just something you see on TV. So my family isn’t normal either.” He waited for a response but didn’t get any.
“I’m going back to bed. Night Rukia.” he walked back towards his bed as Rukia smiled and told herself that he was right. Any family that’s got him in it wouldn’t be normal.
“Oi, I heard that.” He replied and was about to throw a pillow at Rukia but the closet door was already closed.
~*~
Ichigo refused to cooperate so he ended up a bit OOC near the ending.
Author: iwriteparallels
Rating: G
Characters: Ichigo, Rukia, Karin and mention of Ririn
Notes: Rukia reflects on what a normal family is like. unbetaed
“This must be what a normal family is like.” She thought to herself as she listened to the conversation going on in Ichigo’s room.
“Ichi-nii. Yuzu’s looking for one of her stuffed animals, if you’ve seen it you better return it to her right away.” She folded her arms across her chest as she leant against the wall.
“Like I’d play with some stupid stuffed toy.” He retorted.
“Right.” Karin was unconvinced as her gaze moved towards a blue stuffed animal on her brother’s bed. “Because stuffed toys, like that blue one that you talk to and call Ririn, are for little girls huh?”
Ichigo turned beet red and tried to come up with an explanation. Should he defend his dignity and tell his sister about the mod souls? But his sister took his few minutes of silence as a sign and whispered, “It’s okay Ichi-nii, we understand that you like all things cute and cuddly. Just give Yuzu her toy back.” She left the room with a smirk on her face as Ichigo sat on his bed, his mouth wide open from confusion and embarrassment.
Rukia couldn’t control her amusement and started to laugh. Ichigo’s sister was better at teasing him than she was, and Karin wasn’t even trying. She covered her mouth to stifle the sound of her laughter, she could sense that Ririn was trying to hold in her laughter as well. Ichigo would be pissed if he found out she had been eavesdropping. But it wasn’t her fault. The closet wasn’t the most soundproof place in this house. In fact, she heard a lot of things when she was in here. Footsteps and conversations in the hallway, the sound of laughter coming from downstairs and most nights, Ichigo’s snores.
At times she felt like a thief in his closet, stealing bits and pieces of words and conversation from him and his family and she had a few ideas why. Growing up, she never had much of a family. Sure Renji and the others were her family during her days in the Rukongai. She loved them probably as much as Ichigo loved his sisters. But it was far from normal. Then the Kuchikis came along and that was screwed up in about a dozen ways. It was like a bad television drama series where you find out in the end that your brother isn’t really your brother but is in fact your brother-in-law. And that you were adopted because of some dying wish he promised to his wife who happens to be your sister. Just thinking about it still made Rukia’s head spin.
“Oi Rukia! I know you’re laughing in there.” He slid the closet doors open and was surprised to see a serious expression on Rukia’s face.
He was even more surprised when Rukia asked him, “Do you think your family’s normal?”
“You must be joking! Didn’t you just hear what my sister thinks of me? She thinks I like stuffed animals!. That’s not normal.” He looked at Rukia like she was crazy and continued, “Have you seen that huge poster of my mom in the living room? That’s not normal. And my dad has to be one of the strangest fathers in this world. What kind of father welcomes his son home with a kick and a punch?” He fell silent for a moment wondering why Rukia would ask such a mundane question. And then it clicked.
“I think there’s no such thing as a normal family, Rukia. It’s just something you see on TV. So my family isn’t normal either.” He waited for a response but didn’t get any.
“I’m going back to bed. Night Rukia.” he walked back towards his bed as Rukia smiled and told herself that he was right. Any family that’s got him in it wouldn’t be normal.
“Oi, I heard that.” He replied and was about to throw a pillow at Rukia but the closet door was already closed.
~*~
Ichigo refused to cooperate so he ended up a bit OOC near the ending.