Eleventh Snowfall: sour as unspoken grief

[juiceboxtopped]

[She stands in the drizzle, drops of water beading the edges of her collar, shining on the rough cotton, dampening it. She's turned the PCD on by accident, perhaps, but surrounded by graves and the dead, she became preoccupied

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[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

The river?

[Quietly. If she's there, it's possible she may run across him.]

[Voice]

[juiceboxtopped]

Mm.

[She's not really looking for company, but she's not so rude that she'd ignore someone there]

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

...

It helps sometimes, to talk.

[Voice]

[juiceboxtopped]

I'm... not one much for talking, usually.

[Video]

[tearsmythroat]

[Renji hates seeing her like this. Even if she tries to hide the hurt, he can still see it. He knows her better than most, after all. But it still eats away at him, because he gets the feeling he won't be able to fix it. Not that he's really fixed much of anything before.

He just wants to see her happy again. None of this. None of this.]

Hey. Want some company?

[Video]

[juiceboxtopped]

[Her expression is almost eerily blank when she lifts the PCD again. Reminiscent, though she doesn't intend for it to be, of her expression in the days before her execution.]

You don't have to trouble yourself. I'll be fine.

[Video]

[tearsmythroat]

[And though that expression isn't exactly the same, it's too similar for Renji's tastes. He won't allow himself to let her go on like that, not again. He wasn't able to do much for her during those days and especially now that Ichigo's not here, he'll step in whether or not she damn well pleases.]

You're never any trouble, Rukia.

...I'll head on down. We don't even have to talk or anything, I'll just...I'll just be there for ya.

[Video]

[face_kick]

[It's a defense mechanism, shutting oneself off from everything when it hurts too much. She's used to it, it's worked for her for the last few decades. And habits borne out of adversity die hard.

But she won't say no to him.]

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