[She blinks up at him. Is that what she's getting wrong? Is she trying too hard to impress her own emotional tactics on him? Rukia knows she's not the type to talk about what's bothering her. She supposes it's possible that what's bothering him doesn't exist anywhere outside of her own mind and assumptions. But still... How will she know when there's something causing him trouble? No one is completely carefree, and he's so tight-lipped about the past that she can't help thinking there really is something buried in his past that's giving him trouble today.]
[But he's asking her to let it drop either way. Begrudgingly, she does so, as she doesn't have any real alternatives.]
Would you tell me if there were something bothering you?
[She'll just ask it directly then. The expression on his face is a little more reassuring. If he could at least give her this, she wouldn't have to fret any further.]
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[But he's asking her to let it drop either way. Begrudgingly, she does so, as she doesn't have any real alternatives.]
Would you tell me if there were something bothering you?
[She'll just ask it directly then. The expression on his face is a little more reassuring. If he could at least give her this, she wouldn't have to fret any further.]