[Ranmaru] The Heroine

One day, she will realize that someone who is absent has no right to speak of rights. One day, that person's back will blur, and she won't be able to remember it, but by then it won't matter. There will still be someone by her side, walking alongside her. She won't weigh him down, won't keep him rooted to the spot. She'll finally feel light, so light she could float away at any moment, to anywhere she wants.

Maybe one day, he will understand that Hinamori cannot see things from the same vantage point as he does, and that he can't always muster the strength to do everything. Perhaps, as he lets his shoulders relax, he will realize that even so, it's all right, because there is someone beside him, watching over him and sharing his burdens, who has never made herself the reason things went wrong at the most critical moments. One day, Hitsugaya will realize that he, too, can stop thinking, stop worrying, stop considering everything, because his lieutenant will surely think it through for him.

Maybe that day will come; maybe it doesn't have to.

Hitsugaya and Rangiku at the center.

Built on Gin and Rangiku, and Hitsugaya and Hinamori. Also includes Aizen and Hinamori, Aizen and Gin, Isane and Kiyone, and Hisagi and Nanao.