Even if she does dig his chili, it'd have to be after the war, because aside from the fact that they don't have a lot of time for socializing right now...whether you call it romantic or not, Ichigo just has her attention now in a way Renji does not. And if she were really in love with him, she probably wouldn't be able to compartmentalize her feelings that way.
I think the brother thing actually makes it better for the pining, because it's one thing to be all loserly and pine after a lost love for decades, another entirely understandable thing to miss your best friend and family for all that time.
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Date: 2007-05-07 01:24 pm (UTC)I think the brother thing actually makes it better for the pining, because it's one thing to be all loserly and pine after a lost love for decades, another entirely understandable thing to miss your best friend and family for all that time.