Chapter 1
Once Upon A Time
It was nearly dark when I got a knock on my room's door. Nobody knocked on my door softly without a true reason behind it.
I slowly got up from my bed, still sick for the umpteenth time, and opened the door ever so slightly. I spotted a young boy with white hair on the other side of the door, an ashamed look looming on his face. "Ukitake-taichou, can I talk to you?"
"Of course you can. Come in." Toshiro waddled his way in my room and slumped himself on my bed. You could tell that he had just woke up from a nightmare because he had sweatdrops on his face, his hair was even messier than usual, and he was wearing… pajamas. Cute little pajamas that had little images of dragons on them. He was obviously too tired to even care about how decent he looked. Then I reminded myself why he came here in the first place. "So, Toshiro, what do you need to talk about?"
"I was wondering... have you ever loved someone?"
Ukitake looked at him in a very soft way. He coughed twice and then cleared his throat. "Yes, actually, I have. But it was a very long time ago. I probably can't even remember!" He said with a slight laugh in his voice.
"Can you tell me how it goes?"
Ukitake yet again looked at him strangely. Little Toshiro is asking me to tell him a bedtime story? Ukitake then sat up straight and cleared his throat again. "How did it go..." He gave a glance at Toshiro. He had the same expression that he gave everyone else, except it was alot softer and more of a listening look. Ukitake smiled. "Well... once upon a time..."