I don't wait for confession type: "Ichigo! I love you"
something simple, for example: saying in a whisper to him about her feelings
and when he ask "what?" she said: "nothing"
or someone will said: "Say, you like Ichigo?"
she gets mad and blush and said: "NO WAY!"
but her face will said something other...
Kaien/Rukia are just other word!
I have no objection...
The way she talk about him.
Think about him...
Yes, something like this she could made toward Ichigo.
Then I could agree: "Yeah, Rukia have romantic feeling for Ichigo".
For me Ichigo and Rukia represent Bleach.
But only as characters, not as couple.
I thought about them as couple, when I started watching Bleach,
but now... there just main Bleach characters.
For example: Ichigo = hot guy for girls
Rukia = hot chick for boys
Just like series when you have two boys as main characters.
One Serious - for girls who like such guys
and his friend Funny - for girl who like such guys..
For me Gin and Matsumoto are different from the other characters.
Ichigo and Rukia relationship are also different.
Rukia and Ichigo we can see since the beginning of the series,
he can see them in different moments, places, fight...
Kubo don't focused on Gin and Matsumoto relationship,
we have only small parts in Bleach about them...
Yeah... but sometimes one moment, actions, reactions
makes that we think: "yeah... they love each other."
For example: if scenes from ending "Reray"
really was show up in manga,
I could think: Yeah, Rukia have feelings for Ichigo.
but maybe this is too much shoujoness...