"You do realize that I'll most likely break your heart at some point." Charlotte pointed out bluntly as she sat on the wooden floor stringing her bow. Her quiver and what was left of her arrows sat on the low wooden table next to her. The short haired brunette's sharp dark blue eyes stared intently towards the back of the dark-haired man who had frozen abruptly in the doorway when he heard her say those words. Hisagi turned his head back towards the woman behind him so he was looking over his right shoulder with a rather silly expression. There was a widespread blush decorating his handsome face and his eyes were widened slightly in amazement.

Charlotte quirked a brow at his expression, her serious eyes never left contact with his shocked ones as he fully turned around. There wasn't a trace of a blush on her cheeks as she looked at him expectantly. This girl was strait down to the point in whatever she said or did no matter who or what she offended. She was extremely cold and abrasive towards most of the Soul Reapers of the Soul Society when Hisagi first met her, but that probably was because the Head Captain refused to help the group of refugees from Hueco Mundo she lead out with Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends when their original goal was to rescue the human girl Orihime Inoue from Aizen and his Arrancar Army. Hisagi Shuuhei was never expecting someone like her to come literally crashing into his life though and somehow their at first so called strained "friendship" unfolded into something more. Charlotte disrupted everything about the world he knew and was comfortable in. She and her friend, who was currently undergoing treatment for her injuries in Squad Four, as well as the expecting mother and her five children were here in this Realm against all odds, against fate itself really.

"What is with the strange expression on your face Shuuhei?"

"Huh?" her amused voice snapped him out of his confusing thoughts and his already red face turned a darker shade of scarlet forcing him to turn his head away to hide his embarrassment. Why oh why was he always awkward around her when they weren't arguing? The man was so embarrassed that he didn't hear her get up to approach him. Charlotte cleared her throat and he jumped at the unexpected noise, his ears and neck were turning even more red at her proximity to him. When he looked at her, her exposed tanned, inked and scarred arms were crossed and her hip was cocked to the side a stance she used usually when she was annoyed or angry, but her stern gaze was softened searching his face for an answer that he was very afraid to give.

"You didn't answer my question."

Hisagi gulped audibly and shifted his gaze to the side shyly, which was very uncharacteristic for him. He didn't know what to do with his hands so he fiddled with his fingers while he murmured, "W-what do you mean...break my h-heart?"

Charlotte rolled her eyes at his sputtered response, the poor man obviously didn't understand what she was trying to tell him. She then gently placed both of her calloused hands on both of his cheeks to tenderly lock eyes with him as she whispered,"i̱líthios..."

He watched in slow-motion as she closed her spectacular eyes and leaned in.

His eyes flickered shut as well after an astounded moment in time.