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Previews!

It's been a while since I posted a chapter, but I'm almost done! Here's previews in the meantime (prepare for angst T_T). As always, these are subject to change once I've gone through and edited them. Feedback is always appreciate!

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She collapses on to him, and he hastily collects her up in his arms. Her legs dangle over his left forearm, and her head rests on his right shoulder.

He’s slowly coming down to the ground, ice shattering and falling all around him, his haori flapping in the wind. He can’t look away, can’t hear the commotion going on around him, and can’t ignore the blood rapidly cooling on his face and hands.

For that second after the illusion collapsed, he'd thought he'd died. But this real, and he did it.

She doesn’t stir, her eyes barely open and her skin grows paler and colder by the second.

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I did this.

He grits his teeth as his heart beats in his ears and making his whole body shake. His hands curl into tight fists, and if ice wasn’t encasing his hands weren’t there his fingernails would’ve drawn blood.

I couldn’t protect her.

The air vanishes and leaves a suffocating void. He can’t breathe.

It was not supposed to be like this.

He stands and stumbles back. How can he be numb and in agony at the same time? As though he’s not really in his body, but the harsh pain in his chest says otherwise. He feels something shatter within him, splitting and breaking. As if in response, his bankai shudders around him, pieces breaking off.

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Hitsugaya wants to get away from this man, but he’s upright and able to walk. It’s as the others had said before: they are allied against a common enemy. “You have find her…”

The blonde stranger frowns. “What?”

 “She’s over there, on top of that building.” He can’t fully raise his hand to point. “You have to start healing her, now.” He hates the vulnerability in his tone, that he would act like this with someone he doesn’t know. But none of it matters when Hinamori’s life hangs by a thread.

“Kid, even if I knew the right kido I’d barely do anything.” The stranger scans the area. “Ya need Captain Unohana or Hachi to help. As is, I’m certain Captain Unohana is aware.”

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Not wanting to stay awake, she closes her eyes, but the darkness is slow to take her away from everything. Tobiume breaks through it, and Hinamori falls back into the meager warmth her zanpakuto can provide. It’s all she has left.

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After several heartbeats, she left. He heard her put her sandals back on, then slide the front door open, then closed, a quick goodbye to Granny, and finally her footsteps scraped against the dirt as she rushed back into the Junrinan.

He didn’t open his eyes until then.

He hated the pillow pressed against his head, and the folded sheet left at his side within arm’s reach. He hated the painful tightness in his chest. He hated that she was going to Academy. He hated that he had been a brat to her about it. He hated that he knew what she wanted to say and that she was none the wiser. He hated that she thought she was the coward when it was really him.

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Akon keeps his expression measured, but Hitsugaya senses a slight hesitation in him. “Are you aware of the side effects for Hojiku-Zai?”

“I’ve heard that it’s painful,” he says. “Incredibly painful.”

“It may also lead to small defects, such as aching joints or missing fingers or toes. However, it’s a rare occurrence and your limbs should be the same they were before they were severed, but I feel I should still warn you. Knowing this, do you still want to proceed?”

“Yes.”

Akon comes around to his left side and puts the needles and vial down on the tray. Hitsugaya’s uniform sleeve and pant leg had been cut off by Fourth Division members. Akon removes the several layers of gauze wrapped around his shoulder first. “You’ll want to bite down on something,” he advises, nodding to the folded cloth next to the needles. “It’s far more painful than you realise.”

“Kotetsu numbed my shoulder and leg before I got here.”

“It might help a little, but it will only work so far. It won’t stop the pain that’s going to come from the regrowth of your nerves.”

“Then what if I was unconscious?”

“It doesn’t work unless you’re awake.”

How Mayuri had come up with his contraptions and procedures often bewildered Hitsugaya. He can’t say he’s surprised that a requirement for something like this involves being conscious. “Very well.”

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He watched Hinamori go. She didn’t turn to look back, didn’t hesitate in her purposeful stride away from him. The sunlight shone down on her as she stepped out from the shade of the veranda into the courtyard. He found himself drawn to her hair ribbon, the ends swaying to-and-fro with each step she took. It was a new hairstyle for her, one he’d briefly commented on just then.

His gaze fell to the lieutenant’s badge fastened around her upper arm. He’d congratulated her, and her answering beam almost made him respond in kind. He smiled now that she wasn’t looking, a swell of pride flushing through him at her accomplishment. Why did he do that? Why couldn’t he show he was happy for her?

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byakuya kuchiki from volume 18 of bleach

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reread furuba ERM sue me #straightlove

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THEN 2004

NOW 2024

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You don't understand. Eleventh company is made up made up of people who believe it's better to go down swinging than to surrender.

Happy Birthday Yumichika Ayasegawa! 🦚 [9.19]

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Gave him his tan back

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Tercera espada, soon

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RukiaWeek: Day 1

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Happy birthday Yumichika!!!

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TWO WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE BLEACH ANIME CELEBRATION

A reminder that its' two weeks until the BLEACH Anime Celebration begins! If you haven't already, don't forget to read the rules and guidelines to make sure your submission is included in the event.

Don't know what this event is? Read more here!

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waiting

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────────── ブリーチ 『BLEACH』 ( 2004 )

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