It is fills my heart with sadness to say I do not own Bleach, it's characters, or references to other stories. That applies to this chapter and others I will add onto this story. :(

It was hard to pinpoint where exactly the feelings had begun. The girl was only predictable if you insulted her, which meant hanging out never meant just sitting there, being forced to talk about deep feelings on little incidents that don t even matter. Most of the time, the silence was well liked, never awkward nor from disagreement, just golden. It seems the saying can be true. A challenge never consisted of patience at the mall or movies, which all of the other bold girls asked him to., but rather sports, which could perfectly well be excused as gigai training, those stupid little bodies were difficult to get used to. So it seems that sometime during him killing hollows while she made sure those who were confused about the sudden craters were safe and away from the battle. Or it was possibly the fact that while the other girls were inviting him for lunch which meant talking to others on useless ideas such as dances, Karin would be practicing soccer with her friends, rotating in and out so they could eat as well. There was also the possibility of it being while he sat in on her training sessions with Yoruichi, the determination and stubbornness on her face to protect people she didn t know with a job she didn t have to do.

Whenever it was, Toshiro realized he was damn lucky that Ichigo couldn t see him anymore and Karin was stubborn on learning kido or he would be caught once again staring at her with a soft gaze that Yoruichi always seemed to snap him out of right before Matsumoto came into the clearing or he would never hear the end of it from anyone.

"Oi! Captain, you wanna have her shoot at you while I watch from here her formation of it?" the cat woman yelled, catching his attention to straighten up before their eyes turned towards him.

"Sure, shunpo or not this time?" I asked.

"Shunpo after the first. I want to see her speed on catching on with the motion."

"Got it, and ready." I turned from my new position out of the tree.

"Ok Toshiro, then here I come!" Karin proclaimed. I shunpoed behind her to slap her on the head.

"It s Captain Hitsugaya to you." I repeated before going back to my original spot.

"Got it Toshiro." Sigh.

"Karin I can t play soccer with you today, so don t even ask. I'm going back today to switch out my paperwork with a new pile." I told her when she hurried to my side after school.

"We don t have practice this week."

"And when had that stopped you before?" I asked scarcastically.

"Since our school s junior high team has a big tournament next weekend so we have to leave Friday and come back early Monday morning, making the soccer team get all of the school work this weekend to get it done before we leave."

"Then why are you following me? You don t have training with Yoruichi today, it s Friday." I continued toward Urahara"s shop, the girl matching my fast strides perfectly without breaking a sweat.
"I was wondering if you could help me with my math when you get back, which means I have to ask you right now. If I want to stay on the team I can t get the D I m heading towards right now." She explained.

"You're asking me to skip my duty as a captain to help you with something as minor as area and volume?" My voice remained steady while I was shocked on the inside. She had asked for help before but never for school or that politely. Who knew she could have manners towards me?
"Because you know if I m not on the soccer team, I ll just bother you until you play with me, and you wouldn t want that would you?"

Yes. "Point taken. How does tomorrow after lunch sound? I would like a break in the middle of the day and heaven knows Matsumoto won t be there to bother us. Yoruichi won t mind you being a little late for training if you stay late." I suggested.

"Really? Thanks Toshiro!" I finally looked over towards her, watching her smile big enough that her eyes closed, which was good because for a moment I lost my straight face trying to make my lungs take in air again. Sigh. I was really starting to fall for this girl.

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