Tite Kubo is an evil tease who hints at anything he thinks the fans may like eith nointention (as far as we know) of ever following through on it, thus resulting in massive "THIS IS/WILL BE CANON!" factions.
Which is another way of saying "no, not really." They spent a lot of the Soul Society/Rescue Rukia arc together, and he was very protective of her during it, leading to a pretty decent following. But she...only has eyes for Ichigo, poor thing, and he has a White Knight complex.
Bleach fandom shipping alternately makes me want to laugh and tear my hair out. That secret actually had me ranting in IMs for a little while earlier. (I mean, if it was a case of his being in love with her and her not noticing/not reciprocating/taking advantage/whatever, I could at least vaguely understand[though not agree] where they were coming from, but there's not even any real evidence that he has that kind of interest in her. Just protective friendship.)
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Which is another way of saying "no, not really." They spent a lot of the Soul Society/Rescue Rukia arc together, and he was very protective of her during it, leading to a pretty decent following. But she...only has eyes for Ichigo, poor thing, and he has a White Knight complex.
Bleach fandom shipping alternately makes me want to laugh and tear my hair out. That secret actually had me ranting in IMs for a little while earlier. (I mean, if it was a case of his being in love with her and her not noticing/not reciprocating/taking advantage/whatever, I could at least vaguely understand[though not agree] where they were coming from, but there's not even any real evidence that he has that kind of interest in her. Just protective friendship.)