--After Sunset--

-Chapter 1-

Based on Bleach by Tite Kubo! (I just love it) :) Fluff, Possible Lemon, Rated M. HITSUKARIN!!
A/N: Eek! the writer has gone nuts!! Okay. Now I'm feeling kinda hyper and writing fanfics like no one's freaking business. But whatever. This time: HITSUKARIN. Fluff, possible lemon! Rated M. Enjoy! (P.S. This is NOT a oneshot. yay!)

Synopsis: She loved him as her life, and so did he. Hitsugaya Toshiro is back, what would possibly happen now? HITSUKARIN, M. Not a oneshot.

She kicked, hard, at the ball bitterly, completely grossing out when it hit one of her friends right smack in the stomach.

She was supposed to aim for the net. Not anywhere else-

"KUROSAKI! What's up with you today?" Bellowed her team's goalkeeper, rubbing his sore stomach painfully. "I swear, this must've been the first time you hit-- Kurosaki?"

"Sorry, guys, I think I'll pass for today," said Karin, shrugging, as she headed off the field. "Seeya next time."

She left her team staring, blinking in confusion in the middle of the field as she walked away simply without another word.

She could feel him, she could. He was there- she just didn't know, exactly, where.

Karin hadn't been able to feel his presence since the last time they met. But today- since she had woken up in the morning- she had been able to sense him. His reiatsu had been there, and still was- it was burning, bright.

The sun was setting now; its beautiful orange-pink glow casting a dreamy orb on the coast. Still no sign of him. How much did she long to see him again, talk to him, watch him fight or play soccer.. just watching him alone was enough. It really was.

Where on earth are you, Toshiro..

She turned to look at the vast, cream-coloured sea before her; the calm ripples swaying gently as if according to rhythm. Karin stared down at her reflection before her a little sadly, wondering.

Could Ichi-nii possibly know where he is? Maybe she should just go home and ask him..

Karin turned her gaze away from the sea and looked up at the sky. It was the same, mellow colour as it had been before; the very same since the last time she was here with Toshiro. But now.. she was kind of, alone..

She looked back down at the water beneath her, only to gasp in surprise.

"Wh-"

10th Division Captain Hitsugaya Toshiro was standing right behind her, his arms crossed, a look of resignation on his face.

"Yo, Karin," he said simply, not even looking up at her.

"Toshiro? When did you-" She gulped as she felt her cheeks grow hot and her knees go a little weak. Damnit, why was she like this.. this was freaking unlike herself..

Stop it, just be yourself, Karin.

"Uh, when did you appear behind me?" She said, trying to shrug as casually as she could. Toshiro looked up at her, his icy blue eyes fixing into her dark brown ones.

"Just," He said, shrugging. "What were you spacing out for, anyway?"

Karin felt her blush grew deeper. "Uh.. I.. I was just, you know.."

Toshiro's gaze intensified, waiting expectantly for her answer. Her knees buckled.

"Homework," she said quickly, biting her lip and looking away. "It was nothing, really."

"Oh," Toshiro said carelessly, still staring at her.

"You know," Karin said, trying hastily to change the topic. "What are you doing-"

"Patrol. More hollows have apparently been appearing around the vicinity. Were there really?" Toshiro asked.

"Yeah, I guess." Karin said, turning back around to look at the setting sun.

"It's beautiful.." she said, as the orange glow started fading away into the horizons. Suddenly she let out a gasp of surprise. Toshiro had grabbed her arm from behind and pushed her against the rocky walls of the breakwater.

"You are," he said, his arms reaching around her waist as he leaned in and kissed her right smack on the lips.

Hitsugaya Toshiro was kissing her. Karin wouldn't have believed it if you told it to her a second ago. She wouldn't have believe it, even if it had been a million years.

But now she did.

Wrapping her own arms against Toshiro's neck she kissed him back, emotions and passions running through her body like continuous jolts of electric currents. Toshiro was kissing her.. somehow, this was even better than the setting sun.

"Toshiro.." she murmured through the kiss as she wrapped her arms around him tighter still, as if afraid of letting him go.

"Shh.." he mumbled, running his fingers through her hair. "Don't talk.."

Karin nodded subconsciously, her lips still crushed passionately against his and their tongues interwined with each other. Kissing Hitsugaya Toshiro must've been the best thing she had done in years..

"Toshiro," she broke the kiss apart, smiling and gasping for air. "I, need, to, breathe.."

"Breathe later," he said as he picked her up and put her in his arms in bridal style. "Let's go.."

"Where're we-" Karin began, but her eyes widened in shock as Toshiro began to jump towards the rooftops. "HOLD THE HELL ON, HEYY!"

Karin's protests ended in a tiny shriek as both she and the captain went hurtling into the night sky. Wind swept across her face and body as she kicked helplessly in the air.

"You could've warned me first!" Karin winced as she buried her head deeper in his chest as the wind left her face tinging with cold. Damn, it was really freezing up here..

"How would I know that you were actually scared?" Toshiro mocked expressionly.

"Oi!" Karin punched him in the stomach. "Is that the way you treat someone you just kissed?"

Toshiro hesistated for awhile, but she could almost be sure of the fact that he was smiling, even if it were the slightest bit.

"No, it's the way I treat someone I love."

A/N: Yay! Chapter 1 done! R&R, thanks:))