Disclaimer: I do not own any Bleach characters or anything relating to Bleach. I came up with the writing here, that's about it. Riku is my friends OC. Enjoy!
Hot Chocolate.
Toshirou sat at his desk, working diligently.
It was December 20th and he just needed to finish these last few papers that Matsumoto had 'forgotten' to do before she had gone out to drink with Kira and Hisagi. He sighed, signing the last sheet.
He stared at the clock. It read 11:57. Only three more minutes, then another one of his birthdays would be over. He had told no one, of course. But he had still expected at least Momo to remember and bug him about it.
She hadn't though.
Nobody had remembered.
Then, a knock at the door occurred, dragging Toshirou from his nostalgic thoughts.
"Come in." He called, his voice hoarse from not speaking all night.
The small lieutenant of 2nd squad peeked her head around the door. She then opened it all the way, revealing that she was dressed in nightwear, steaming mug of hot chocolate in one hand, and the other behind her back.
"Konbanwa Toshirou-kun." She said meekly, placing the mug on his desk. "I had heard you stayed late, so I brought you some hot chocolate…"
Toshirou blinked at her, too tired to really care that she'd just called him by an improper title. "Thanks." He said, taking a sip. A warm tingly feeling spread though his chest as he drank the hot liquid. He then saw something catch the dim lighting from behind her back out of the corner of his eye.
"What's that?" He asked off handedly, glancing at the clock quickly. 11:59.
"Oh this?" She said nonchalantly bringing out a prettily wrapped present with shiny bows on it. She handed it to him. "It's for you."
He looked at her suspiciously, pulling the bow and taking the paper off to uncover a thin, plain, white box. He raised his eyebrow at her; she made a scooting motion with her hands, telling him to continue. He lifted the lid, to find a beautifully made scarf.
The scarf was almost the color of his eyes, with an embroidered dragon that looked suspiciously like Hyourinmaru, even being the same light blue with sparkling red eyes. The sight made his eyes watery, and he had a small smile, which he quickly wiped from his face; He was not one to show much emotion in front of others.
"What's this for?" He demanded.
She looked at him, with a knowing smile. "It's a present. Happy Birthday Toshirou-Taicho." And with that, she turned and left.
He glanced once more at the clock, the numbers changing to say 12:00. His birthday was now over, but he didn't think about that. He stared after Riku, wondering how she had known.
He sat down, clutching his new scarf, thinking of the one person who had wished him a happy birthday.
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Erm, this is my first drabble that I'm posting on fanfic... Hope it's not too horrible!
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