Bleach Fanfiction: Byakuya BG, Falling Cherry Blossoms

Standing beneath the cherry tree, I looked up at your profile.

“I told you, you don’t need to protect me. Because one day, I’ll stand by your side.”

You picked up your Zanpakuto, then swung its blade at me, cruel and resolute.

“Then... are you asking me to die?”

My gaze drifted into the distance.

“Heh... I guess I’m still the same person, but you’re no longer the person you used to be.”

Deep into the night, with drink in hand:

“I don’t love you anymore. It hurts too much, so much that I can’t find a single reason to keep holding on.”

In the very end, will we return to the beginning? To that not-quite-sunny afternoon, when your blade only wished to cut down the filth, and to protect forever the person you loved most...