You're My Strawberry (Ichigo X Reader) (COMPLETED)

Red Ribbon of Fate

"I-Ichigo..."

The sound of your voice held joy in Ichigo's ear as he hugged you tightly too him. His chest rose up and down as his heart pounded against yours, so loudly you would think it would burst.

"(y/n)... (y/n)... I'm so sorry..." Ichigo whispered quietly into your ear, his voice trying to grasp the reality you were awake.

It took you a second too figure out what he meant by sorry, then it hit you like his sword stabbing into you. A cry broke through you wall as you sobbed into his chest. Ichigo held you closer to him as he stroked your hair calmingly.

"Take all the time you need to cry... I'm here for you... I always will be..."

After a while from crying your eyes and nose had become red. Ichigo chuckled as he lightly kissed your nose. "You look a strawberry now."

You giggled softly as you rested your head onto his hard and muscular chest. "I'm so happy to see you. Everything felt like a dream... a dream I couldn't wake up too."

Ichigo pressed a soft kiss on your forehead and gently set you down into his lap. "You have no idea what hell it was for me not being able to see or feel you when I was away from you... I hated it so much... now I know what hell feels like."

"Yeah..." You said looking out at the window.

It stopped raining magically as if it never happened. The sun poked through the tiny window as it rested onto your face. You hummed and tried absorbing it soft warmth. You remembered what it was like without Ichigo either. After Zangetus put your other half of your soul into your body, it was a never ending darkness inside. You could hear people talking, everyone but Ichigo sounded fuzzy and couldn't really tell what they were saying.

A memory poked at your mind as you snapped your eyes open to find something red attached to one of your fingers to one of Ichigo's fingers. It was only a brief look, but you know what you saw. Ichigo noticed as he looked into your (e/c) ones with his deep, rich, honey colored ones. "What's wrong?"

"I thought I saw something... like a string... or was it a ribbon?"

Ichigo's eyes widen as his eyes grew serious. "What did you see? Was it red?"

"Yeah... and felt smooth I think."

"I think Rukia told me something like this a while back. It's a soul ribbon, meaning if you're very close to someone you love a ribbon connects both their souls together, meaning their soul mates."

Your eyes widen in joy as the sun helped lit up your almost still pale face. "R-Really? Zangetus was right!"

Ichigo face froze as his eyebrow rose with confusion. "How do you know about Zangetus?"

"Oh! I didn't tell you because Zangetus didn't want me too, or he seemed like he didn't. He was the one who warned me about the hollow inside of you wanting to kill me. It didn't matter to me and I helped you out. After you turned back to normal he talked to me again and helped me regain spirit energy again. He was the one who told me if are love was strong enough it would bring me back. I knew it would work."

Ichigo's brown eyes stared off into space, putting the pieces together, then his eyebrows furrowed in anger. "You shouldn't have helped me when I was in that state, (y/n). I don't care what happens to me, but I care about what happens to you. If you would have died because of me, I would never love again. Promise me you'll won't do something like that again."

"But-" The serious gaze in his eyes shut you up as you sighed and nodded your head, "I promise."

Ichigo ruffled your hair in an affection way. "Good. Because there is something I need to talk to you about. Since you have enough spirit energy to see ghost clearly now, Urahara said you can become a soul reaper like me. A Shinigami."