Title: Reassurance
Rating: PG/ K
Word Count: 203
Warnings: boy kissing ;)
Characters: Ichigo, Renji
Pairings: Ichigo/Renji
Notes: I wrote this last night in the car. This is for cmc42. 3333 Sorry I fail at comforting over aol. D:

Voices murmur at the edges of his consciousness, but Ichigo does not even try to listen. They hold no interest to him. All of him is absorbed in the study of his hands, the dirt wedged beneath his fingernails, the bloody calluses on his palms.

Then he feels the reiatsu. He jerks up, hope lurching in his chest and burning through his lungs. "Renji." He breathes. There are anxious shouts in the background, but again they do not register. He is bolting through the door of the shop, unconsciously moving into flashstep, the world dissolving into a blur.

Then he's there, pressed up against a warm body, and there is a hot voice in his ear. "Told yah I wouldn't die." Ichigo kisses him, their lips crushing harshly against each other, each seeking reassurance in the strength and breath of the other.

They break away gasping for air, "Renji." is all he can say, "Renji." The tense energy that has kept him upright, the worry and need that has fueled him on, finally drains out of him, and he slumps against his lover.

Arms wrap comfortingly around him and Ichigo tangles his fingers desperately in tattered clothes. "It's over now, Ichigo. I'm here."