... Have I... Stayed here too long...
——"The God of Death" comic volume six
This is Rukia's words about the present world before being brought back to Soul Society.
I have stayed in this world for too long, so long that I have been affected by the life there, so long that the pain hidden in my heart has been exposed.
All possible feelings between Shiba Petrel and Kuchiki Rukia are lost before they can fully develop.
If, if she likes him, then she may have such thoughts.
Conception: