[Bleach] Year After Year, Season After Season

Whose blood is it? Who is crying?

I can't move even a single finger.

The dust is roaring wildly, and the woods are filled with ominous moaning. A warm presence lingers in the vast emptiness.

The world seems to have been cut off from everything. Everything plays in slow motion, and in an instant, nothing is left.

But memories come crashing in like a landslide.

"Fuck, have you stared long enough?!"

"It's none of your business. Who do you think you are? There's nothing wrong with living in a daze."

"Humans are incredibly stupid animals. The stupidest of all. They have to lose something before they understand what pain is."

"I like you... Don't look at me like that. I'm being serious."

"Kuchiki Byakuya, be happy."

The year the first spring rain fell, I came into this world.

The year the first summer lotus bloomed, I gazed up at the summer fireworks.

The year the first maple leaf turned red, I cried until tears poured down like rain.

The year the first snowflake drifted down, we parted, then met again.

The sun, stars, and moon moved on. Days and nights passed. The wind bent the grass. Flowers bloomed and fell. Life flowed like water.

Year after year, season after season.

We will always live here.

1. This story is also known as "The Bare-Faced Road to a Cringeworthy Past."

2. A Bleach fanfic, with Kuchiki Byakuya as the male lead! Long live the Iceberg!

3. The ending is HE.

4. The writing is super, super, slow to warm up. It's a long story.

5. The heroine is usually quite ordinary, but she'll blow up at the slightest provocation when she shouldn't.

6. Dedicated to Bleach, which is about to end, and to everyone living in that world. You will forever be my pride.