What If?
A/N – Yay! I'm back again for more Hitsu x Karin. I know my last fanfic with Hitsu x Karin was totally yucky but it's all good. I'm back with a refreshed mind and better ideas. Enjoy!
Summary – What if we never met the way we did? Then I would go search for you. And if you don't find me? Then I wouldn't live. –Hitsu x Karin
(the return of Bittersweet91)
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Ch. 1 - Distance
It's amazing how things happen the way they do. Now don't get me wrong, after 16 years of being alive and 5 years since the Winter War, I'm still the same tomboy everyone knows. It's just people don't realize that I too have a soft side. It wasn't until he came along when my whole world changed. And when I think about how it happened, I can't help but wonder what it would be like if we hadn't met the way we did.
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Ichigo walked slowly from his room making quiet thuds on the floor with each step he took. The house was empty for his father Isshin was in the clinic dealing with patients and his sister Yuzu was out running errands. He stopped abruptly, pausing before knocking the door.
"What do you want Ichi-nii?" the slightly annoyed tone of his sister Karin said through the door.
Ichigo rubbed the back of his neck, "Can I come in?"
After waiting for what seemed like forever, the door finally opened; Karin swiftly ran back to her desk, bowing her head over her book, letting her now long hair fall over her face. It was something Ichigo had to get used to. Ever since the Winter War ended, and he had returned after so long, he noticed several changes to his sister. Of course, she was still tomboyish, but that wasn't it at all.
He couldn't put his finger on it, but it seemed like she was more distant than before. Ichigo shook his head, no matter how much he thought about it he just kept telling himself that it wasn't it and that he's just missing being the one to take care of her. Before, Karin would go to him whenever there was a problem, but now; she never came to him. Not once.
Karin lifted her head again, but didn't turn her face towards him; he still couldn't see her face, "Well? Are you going to tell me or am I going to have to kick you out?"
"Karin, I was wondering, if you were busy this weekend?"
"I have exams, I need to study," she said monotonously.
"Oh, well –
"But I'll go, that's if you want me to."
Ichigo blinked, staring straight at Karin, "Really? I mean okay."
He stood there, just staring at her, the awkward silence passing through, "Where are we going exactly?" Karin asked breaking the silence.
"Well, some of my friends and I were planning to go to the Karakura spring festival, and you've been working hard so we just wanted to treat you. Is it bad?"
"No."
"Oh okay, well I'll let you finish studying. See you at dinner."
"M'kay, oh and Ichi-nii?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't lie to me again. You're really bad at it."
Ichigo rubbed the back of his neck and just grinned. He knew she could see right through him. It wasn't surprising really since the two of them are almost alike. He easily shut the door and walked back into his room. That really wasn't why he went to her room in the first place.
Everyday Ichigo tried to gather the courage to confront his sister and just ask her if she's alright but knowing him, he's really not the emotional type. He sat on his bed, trying to cogitate deeply about how to make her open up to him. There had to be a way to make her tell him what he didn't know. Something must have happened while he was away. He just didn't know what.
Ichigo snapped out of his thoughts as he heard a tapping noise on his window.
"Rrrukia?"
His heart stopped for a second. Gazing in front of him now, floating in the air with a wide grin, "Hey Ichigo."
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A/N – Hey!! Yup that was the first chapter. I know I know, not much is happening, but if you stick around then maybe you'll enjoy it more. Um yeah. I think you'll enjoy this fanfic, because it's more mature than my last fanfics. I'm heading towards drama. Yup. That's what I'm good at, is drama. Anyways. Just a heads up, I'm going to focus more on Hitsu x Karin rather than so many other couples. So expect to see them more than so many other characters.