#askinbleach

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Explanation and basics of my Bleach AU here: https://www.tumblr.com/rootsandveins/774046359757176832/bleach-au-soul-carvings

I had a huge obsession with Askin, when I started this months ago and only now I got the chance to finish it. Ihope it’s not too out of character, it’s been a while I watched TYBW!

His past with Soul Carving system

Askin, like most of the Sternritter, was without a Carving, when they were born. It was like the universe was answering to Yhwach’s plans, and the Sternritter accepted quickly that love and deep relationships weren’t going to be apparent in their lives.

He wasn’t ever interested in having a soulmate. But he rememberes well, how in the past he had been listening with the other kids about the stories about Markings told by the elders. He knew they didn’t involve him, so instead of chatting excitedly about his future with the others, he found himself bored and rolling sand under his fingertips, waiting for the story to end.

He developed his Marking later in life during the Thousand Year blood war and his soulmate is his enemy, which is a rare phenomenon.

Placement and design

Askin’s Carving is located on his left wrist. The visible placement tells about his deep subconscious desires to be open to someone.

The design is delicate and small, telling about his untrusting nature and demand to control how others perceive him. His Marking resembles a part of a stinging needle, meaning Survival. His soul tends to instinctively only worry for himself, reassuring his survival first and succeeding.

Depending on the kind of person Askin’s soulmate was, their Carving’s design would resonate with him for example being:

An animal that has become immune to stinging nettles. (Soulmate has positive, open, patient and positive personality)

A hand with a bleeding fingertip (Brave, trustworthy and passionate)

A mirror/Shattered mirror depending on self image. (Sensitive, honest and people oriented)

Photo: Josie Thomas, Pinterest. https://pin.it/6UHJnlD0u

Thoughts and beliefs

When he developed his Carving later in life, he was confused. He has always only aimed to survive, so he hadn’t had the time or care to dwell on soulmates any more than that.

A part of him felt bad about being fated with them, dryly and sarcastically joking, how lucky they were to have him or how excited they must be to hear the news. But the other part of him also felt guilt, even if it was only subconsciously. He could never be what someone would deserve.

He was curious to find out more about his soulmate, to see what kind of person the universe was trying to pair him up with. Though, when he found out his soulmate was an enemy, it got awkward fast and he almost wished his soulmate didn’t figure out that they were meant to be with him.

Being his Resonated

Because they’re enemies, at first he would test the waters, maybe joking about the two of them being resonated with each other. If his Resonated is infuriated by the truth, it would result in a fight. During the whole scene Askin would be yelling and running around frantically, how the ordeal wasn’t even his fault.

At first the soulmate would most likely be bitter and in denial, if they sided with Seireitei strongly. Askin would be the one trying to crack jokes, maybe trying to poke fun at them yet refusing to answer, why he hadn’t left yet. They would argue and mock each other, but slowly starting to be fond of each other’s company.

In the end the soulmate wouldn’t let the others to kill him off. He’d end up in the human world to heal properly. Even if Orihime offered to heal him, Askin didn’t let her recover him fully, just because he wanted an excuse to stay at the house longer and have his soulmate’s attention. Time with him would be fun, and if they let him, he could be warm and caring too.

There would be people against the growing relationship, especially the more suspicious ones like Ichigo and Yoruichi, who believed he was using them or planning to hurt them at some point. Askin played along with the idea, making sarcastic quips about it and enjoying the look in their friends’ faces, when the soulmate would support him. But behind the mask he was wearing he suspected, how maybe he was only thinking about himself like he used to, and maybe wanting this made him selfish.