Karin sat with her head on Hitsugaya shoulder as they watched the late night show on TV, this had become a nightly routine that had started a couple months ago. It had started when Captain Hitsugaya had been in Karakura town on assignment and had ended up staying at the Kurosaki house. One thing led to another and he and Karin had ended staying up all night long watching TV.
Secretly they both enjoyed there nights like this, sitting on Karin's bed enjoying the soft sound of the TV, most of the time wrapped in each others arms. They never mentioned there nights to anyone and if they saw each other during the day they acted like they knew naught of the other person.
They were almost caught once, it was when Ichigo had come home late and was checking up on everyone by peeking in there rooms. Luckily Hitsugaya was in human form and so he hid in her closet until the coast was clear.
Karin never questioned why he chose her to stay with each night, worried that if she did it would never had been real or had been a dream this whole time. He was always there for her every night and would hold her, and she would know that he cared… if only a little.