Chapter 1

One week, four days and three hours after Hitsugaya's departure to Kyoto.

Hinamori is still wondering on what happened between herself and her boyfriend after that fantasy night. She blushed at the thought and shook her head clear of denial. It really happened; you can't deny something like that. You enjoyed every minute of it and you know it. Stupid conscious.

Her thought flew elsewhere, her family. Yes, she hadn't told any of them of what actually happened on the night of her graduation, she just left her relatives worried sick till she showed up the next morning. All of them were left sleepless, angry, and frustrated, with the exception of her niece. Hinamori fell back onto her mattress admiring her hands in the air but mostly her left that now occupied a colourful ring with a ruby embedded in its centre. Most would mistake the jewellery for a mood ring, but to Hinamori it was more than just a piece of jewellery, it was a piece of Hitsugaya's heart left with her. She twisted the ring on her index finger till it slowly slid off then she transferred it to her ring finger and blushed.

"Hitsugaya…" she sighed, while closing her eyes; she held her hands close to her beating heart. She missed him so much, to the point when he would engulf her mind, her heart beat would accelerate. Hinamori could feel his presence right there, with her and everything but them would wash away. She ached for his company and longed for his touch and desires.

Ding. Ding. Ding. The sound of her messenger interrupted her daydreams. She sat up and plopped herself in front of her computer. She smiled, it was her best friend; Matsumoto Rangiku who was now half of the continent away.

Haineko: That little bugger boyfriend of yours wouldn't spill the beans but he hinted that there was something going on…that night. You must tell me, now. I know you're there peachy!

Hinamori sighed. Hitsugaya couldn't keep his thoughts to himself after all.

Peachy: Hey, it's good to know you're doing well…but what happened between him and me … it's a sacred act between two people.

Haineko: It was a let down right? Totally hurt?

Even behind a computer screen, Hinamori was a red tomato.

Peachy: Rangiku!

Haineko: What? It was good?

Peachy: Stop it, you're embarrassing me! And I will not have this discussion, ever.

Haineko: Fine, you'll have to tell me sooner or later! Plus don't blame me; Toshirou had it written all over his face when he saw me.

Peachy: I've got to go, dinners. See ya.

Hinamori shut the computer screen and rolled away from her desk before reading anymore of her friend's volatility. Even so she could still hear her friend's voice loud and clear in her head, screaming.

Downstairs she smelt the scent of her father's freshly homemade food, delicious. Her stomach growled. Hinamori was met with the sight of her father's homemade food on their large dinner table and it was surrounded by her family besides her mother who was busy at work.

The sound of utensils clashing against plates were heard, "Itadakimatsu!"

The dinner table cleared out before Hinamori was finished her own plate, her father went back upstairs to finish his paper work while Yui was placed into bed, leaving Hinamori and Tomoe alone. Now Hinamori was extremely quiet.

"Your gloom is filling this room."

Hinamori looked up at her sister with the saddest expression ever.

"There's something I need to tell you…"

Tomoe was petrified or either glued to her seat after her little sister's confession.

"That's what you did on the night of your grad?!"

"Would you keep you voice down? Dad can hear you!"

"Kai! Kitchen! Now!"

Hinamori sunk against her seat. Shit.

"Is everything alright?"

"Our little graduate here might be pregnant."

"Eh?"

"You know pregnant, with a child. Flower in full bloom."

Hinamori cried. "Sis!"

"Tomoe, you're being irrational, you know she's only an eighteen year old virgin."

Hinamori grimaced; her hands were sweaty, face beet red. Tomoe sighed; she knew her husband wouldn't understand. "Dad!"

Hinamori always tripped out of her chair but not before her sister caught her hand.

"We're going to have this discussion, and you're going to sit here and behave like a good little girl. Got it? Good. Now sit your ass down, Momo."

Tomoe's grip on her wrist was painful, so she sat down without any hesitation.

"What is everything alright?"

"Well, we wanted to talk to you daddy."

"Daddy?" Fujitaka crossed his arms. "Is this gonna hurt?"

Fujitaka looked to his son-in-law who just gave him a sheepish smile.

"Shall we sit?"

"I think you better."

Hinamori, Fujitaka buried his face into his hands and groaned. Hinamori wasn't able to stare in the eyes of her family, she was ashamed, irritated, and weak and she hated it.

"I'm sorry…" she whispered, realizing this was something that should have been said long ago and now it was a little too late. Her father was now staring at her intently in the eyes and it made her uneasy.

"You know you're mother's family never approved of me."

Tomoe raised her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Because we were still in high school when I asked her to marry me, they thought we were too young. Even worse they loathed me when I ran away with your mother, but in the end we got married all the same and we've made quite a life together. But she always loved them less for not seeing what she saw in me. And that's the reason why I still love her dearly."

"What about us?" Hinamori whispered, looking down at the table.

"There was nothing to forgive, it was our decision yet it was a mistake and if you girls could give me one reason why your mother and I should have gone back then now's your turn because we can never think of a reason why you two shouldn't be here today in front of us."

Kai placed a hand on his wife's shoulder. "I can see your point."

Hinamori spoke up. "So what are you going to do about me?"

Her father scratched his head. "Well…we're gonna have to postpone until further signs considering you still have a week until…"

That's when the sound of keys jingled in the door. Everyone stared at Fujitaka with worry. "I am home!" He sighed.

"Until further notice…" he deliberated. "Don't tell your mother."

Three weeks and five days.

Hinamori locked herself in her room for the rest of the night. She couldn't think straight or sleep. It was almost ten o'clock when her cell rang.

"Hello…?"

"Hi Momo…I hope it's not late or too bad of a time."

"Ukitake? What- how are you?"

"Momo I don't have much time…" the sound of a car accelerating was on the end of the line. "It's just…There's something you should know."

"Uncle, what is it?"

"Hitsugaya. There's been an accident. You should go to him."

Hinamori felt her gut twist. Her lip began to quiver and tears began to form. She shook her head. "No uncle. No. Please…is he okay?"

"I don't know. He came down for a surprise visit for you then the next thing I knew I was getting a call from the town hospital, do you need a lift?"

"I can drive myself."

The line died, and Hinamori was running down the stairs in tears. Tomoe and Kai didn't have to ask for an explanation when Hinamori asked for a car, however they weren't going to let her drive in the sheeting downpour if she couldn't even see clearly. They didn't have time to wait for their parents as they were out the door and speeding down the streets of Karakura.

"Why does it always happen to me?" she whispered through her tears.

"It's bound to happen to everyone once in a while."

Hinamori was out of the car and almost tripped onto the sidewalk before disappearing into the white building.

"She's got to stop doing that seriously!" Kai complained.

Hinamori's cry interrupted Ukitake's conversation that seemed to be a tad too affectionate to be just a normal chat. The woman appeared to be one of the doctors.

"Uncle!" Hinamori hugged him. "Where is he? I need someone to tell me what's happening?!"

Ukitake stroked her head. "We've been asked to wait and they're going to let us know when he's in recovery."

"Recovery?"

"He's in the need for a little operation." The woman Hinamori had seen Ukitake talk to earlier spoke up. She turned towards the motherly figure.

"Unohana, this is Hinamori Momo."

"Hi, I am Hitsugaya's girlfriend…" she was so apprehensive that she hadn't realized what she said. Hinamori read the tag on the woman's shirt, Dr.Unohana.

"Are you here for Hitsugaya Toshirou?"

Hinamori blushed as she realized her previous words and nodded.

"He's in recovery but he seems stable for the moment."

Ukitake turned, "Could you just give us a moment Momo?"

"Yeah."

She left to wander the halls of the hospital. Holding back the dread of images that flashed through her head even though now they no longer had an effect on her, they were just memories of sadness. Hinamori absently came upon the operation room, she paused. She peeked through the glass window as it no longer occupied a patient. She sighed which meant that Hitsugaya was somewhere close by resting in a room. She walked off again.

Outside a room, Hinamori over heard the conversation between Ukitake and another female doctor.

"He didn't need much work but we just had to repair his right lung but there shouldn't be any long term repercussions."

"So he'll be alright?"

"Well he has a concussion with minor bruising. He lost a lot of blood in the process…"

Hinamori muffled her cry. "But his vital signs are alright at the moment so we'll just have to wait till he awakes but that is for him to decide."

"Thank you doctor."

The doctor brushed out of the door not seeming to notice Hinamori's presence on the chair outside but not before Ukitake appeared afterwards. He examined her shaken and worn out figure. She hid her face begin a curtain of hair trying hard not to quiver as her hands clutched the fabric on her legs.

Ukitake knelt down in front of her and hugged her. "I am so sorry." Her cries echoed down the narrow hall.

Outside Hinamori let the downpour drown her with sorrow and pain as she ignored the fact that she was freezing. The rain reminded her why she hated today because it was exactly the same as it was two years ago when her brother died in a hospital. She didn't want to lose someone else she loved, it would be too much yet having Hitsugaya in the hospital was somewhat worse than it was when her brother was there because inside Karakura Hospital was her entire world.

"You know if you stand here any longer, only are you not looking like a complete idiot but you'll catch a cold."

Hinamori shifted her head to the shadows the swarmed her. She couldn't believe it. It would have taken them hours just to reach Karakura Town but there were five figures. Her friends.

"W-what are you guys doing…here?" her vision was fuzzy.

Ichigo placed a hand on her shoulder while Rukia shielded her from the sheeting rain with her black umbrella. Her reply was barely audible "Same reason you are…"

Hinamori's choked back sobs were drained out by the thunder booming loudly in the background and then they were all walking back into Karakura Hospital each mind thinking different things yet they all led to the same conclusion.

Every watched their old friend as she stood glued to the glossary white entryway to his holding room, no one spoke or moved until Renji placed a hand stopping the fragile woman from shaking.

"Hinamori…." He squeezed her shoulder. "He's waiting."

She closed her eyes and shook her head, she couldn't do it. She didn't want to see him, not in the state that her mind always seemed to flash back to. Bloody and pale. Lifeless. Her pulse was pounding loud in her ears; she thought she might explode even as she cut off the circulation of her left hand. Her right hand just wouldn't let go. It wasn't until the scuffling noises inside the bedroom knocked her out of her thoughts. There was movement, inside his room!

Without hesitation everyone seemed to burst through the doorway much too small for five bodies. They jammed the doorway only to see a room full of doctors all blocking the view of the body on the bed.

The voice of one nurse spoke up. "Code blue, we're losing him."

Hinamori's ears must have been tricking her, she blinked.

No one seemed to notice the five figures all stuck in the doorway even as a male doctor answered the nurse. "Charge paddles?"

"Charging…" another nurse answered. The only noise heard was a loud zap zap zzz noise.

Ishida whispered to Inoue. "What are they doing?"

Hinamori's heart was pounding. She felt Inoue shrug in response to Ishida. Everyone was too loud.

Then suddenly all their previous thoughts were answered when…

Oh no…Hinamori thought silently to herself. Please no.

A nearby heart monitor was flat lined.

"Clear."

Authors Note: Well there's the first chapter well I guess you can call it an excerpt of my sequel. But for now this story will be put on hold till August. Sorry for the inconvenience but I am pretty busy this summer. So see you…next time! Thank you for reading and I hope you'll review!

Preview: Everyone is too shocked for words and if things couldn't get any weirder than this...someone had to burst into the room. The intruder blinked. "Uh...is Hitsugaya Toushirou present?" Hinamori's eyes flashed to each of her friends' faces which all stared back at her with the same question. Who the hell was this girl? It wasn't long before someone else came into the room carrying an answer.