I cant even begin to express how much i love this chapter. I completely agree with the notion that their relationship should not be labeled so loosely and all those descriptions are not fit enough for what they are. Throughout the whole story your writing and characterization is so pure to the original characters, but you have been able to write them so beautifully in your own way with behaviors, reactions, and thoughts that i would expect from the real people. My heart flutters and feels light when i read that romantic scenes between Rukia and Ichigo, and i keep coming back to this story whenever i need a cathartic experience. Thank you for working so hard on this and creating such beautiful scenes.

This was good but I wish there was more

Holy god in heaven. This is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever read. I can't stress how fluidly the story passes into each arc. It's brilliant writing, outstanding pacing and the imagery and scenic encounters. Gooooods it's just soooo goood. Thank you so much for this! Definitely one of my faves.

You are a talented author. Congrats on writing such an amazing story!

I just visualised my Grandma dying and then saying "I think I just died"

It was an absolute pleasure to read this wonderful fic. I haven't read a whole lot of Bleach fanfiction, but I've read a good amount of fanfiction in general and this is easily one of my all-time favorites. You paced the story well- it never felt like you were rushing anything and it never got boring. You balanced general plot with relationship development perfectly, not skimping on one at the expense of the other and making me genuinely excited for what was going to happen next. The quality of your writing was great as well, apart from the story- you made me feel everything happening, both in terms of setting and physical descriptions and in terms of the characters' emotional experiences. A few scattered favorites for you: "the branches shift in a breeze above them and the moonlight spreads across her face as if it knows her, alighting on an expectancy and a hope and a trust," "theirs is a relationship of shouting matches and stolen moments in equal parts, a bond defying definition," and of course the very last sentence, which I won't write out... it was all fantastic. You've written an amazing, beautiful story and I wish I were into Dragon Age just so I could read more of your writing. In any case, please never stop writing.

It's just bargain bin Aizen... How incredibly disappointing.

This was brilliant! I was recommended this fic after the disastr that was e real ending and i love it so much. You wrote them beautifully and developed their relationship! it was ana amzing read! and so needed right now

Wow! This fic is so well structured! Like, there's a very nice movement to it from the humor in the beginning to the poignancy of the ending. The story was definitely a ride. A great one. :)

I loved how you handled the resolution between Ichigo and his his Hollow. Also the developed of the relationship between Ichigo and Rukia was lovely and so in character I could cry.

Thank you for sharing! 6 years on and with more canon material, your fic still resonates.

Was that a reference to Kamisama Kiss?

The way you wrote the cast was DEAD ON

This was very well done. Good job

Wow, this was an amazing story! Funny, touching, well-plotted, perfectly in-character, and beautifully written. I so enjoyed it- thank you! :D

:) that was cute and exciting

Excellent writing style. I love this chapter. I love the characterisations of Rukia, Ichigo, Renji (cracks me up), Ishida, Inoue and Uruhara. You've done a great job. Looking forward to the next chapters :)