Rangiku snorted at his answer, turning her head aside in annoyance, even while her hands turned white due to her harsh grip on the table. Complicated? Things were always complicated, no matter what and it didn't do anything to excuse him.

She sighed again, turning back to him. "Then explain. Why did you go? Why did you side with him? Why didn't you..." She cut herself off, staring at the table top.

Why didn't he... What? Why didn't he stay? Why didn't he support the place they'd tried so hard to get into all that time ago? Neither of them were quite correct and all her mind could come back to was Why didn't you ask me to go with you?

It wasn't that she would have left, probably. She had her duties and her friends and her Captain, but if he'd asked...