I don't know about you, but I really hate the fact that we never got to see how Hinamori reacted to seeing Hitsugaya again after he stabbed her during the battle at Karakura Town. So I thought to myself "Well, If Kubo won't tell us, I'll just have to make up something myself then!"
Hope you enjoy!
Prologue:
It was nearing the end of Hanataro's night shift and he was exhausted. It had been a long shift. Due to a squad eleven training session gone wrong, he had been swamped with work. For the last several hours, he had been running back and forth from room to room to make sure everyone's needs were being met. By the time midnight came around, he felt like he could just collapse on the spot.
Fortunately, he only had one more short set of rounds to do before he could call it a night. It was simple, really, all he had to do was walk along the permanent patients corridor to make sure everything was still going smoothly. Since all of the patients were generally either comatose or asleep by this hour, it was a pretty relaxing way to end his hectic day.
Being as tired as he was, he almost didn't notice that there was a light coming from the inside of one the patient rooms. Curious, he quietly made his way towards the end of the corridor where the room was located.
As he got closer to the room, he tried to recall who was staying in this room. However, he couldn't remember who it was for the life of him. There were so many patients who stayed in squad four, which made this person just one among many. So once he was finally standing just outside of the room, curiosity got the better of him and he peaked his head inside to see what was going on.
Inside, he made out the figure of the tenth division captain standing next to whoever lay comatose on the bed beside him. He watched the captain as he rose his hand and lightly brushed aside some stray hairs from the patient's face. When Hanataro lifted his gaze to see the tenth division captain's face, he was shocked.
Hitsugaya Toshiro, one of the Seireitei's coldest and harshest captains, had a gentle smile on his face. Yet, that smile didn't make him seem happy at all. In fact, from Hanataro's perspective, it looked like he was about to cry. The squad four officer faintly heard the captain whisper something to whoever lay beside him, but Hanataro failed to make out whatever it was since he was too far away.
Just as he was about to fuller enter the room, someone grabbed Hanataro from behind while covering his mouth with their hand. Panicking, Hanataro flailed his arms about miserably until he finally caught sight of the one who grabbed him.
"You really shouldn't be spying on others, Hanataro-san" the fourth division captain whispered in his ear as he calmed down. "It's quite rude to secretly watch someone who thinks they're alone".
Being unable to speak due to the hand covering his mouth, Hanataro simply nodded. Satisfied that her subordinate understood his mistake, Unohana released him and started to make her way down the hall towards her other patients.
Just as he was about to follow his superior down the hall, he heard the tenth division captain say something once again. This time, however, Hanataro was clearly able to hear what he said. Blushing at how personal it was, the fourth division officer quickly ran away down the corridor before Hitsugaya could notice he was even there. But there was really no point in that, since all the tenth division captain knew and cared about at the moment was his childhood friend who lay comatose beside him.
"Please," Hitsugaya repeated as he watched Hinamori's sleeping face. "Please come back to me."
