unfortunately I don't own bleach...but I do own this story!!

Hitsugaya hated to admit it but he loved the view of Karukara town from up on the roof of karukara high school. He was once again dressed as a student of the high school but he never attended the classes. A sigh escaped the young captains lips,

"Why am I the one who had to be a signed here?" he asked himself in annoyance. It was months after the winter war with Aizen, and surprisingly not one shinigami died. Of course that didn't mean Aizen, Gin, or Tousen survived though.

"Hitsugaya-taichou!? what are you doing here?!" a voice sounded in the wind.

"Kuchiki!? what are you doing here?!" the white haired boy turned to his right to stare at the thirteenth divisions lieutenant.

"I was given the mission to look after this town"

"That's odd, so was I"

"That is odd" Rukia put a hand on her chin to ponder as Hitsugaya stared at her. 'Why would sou-taichou put a captain and a lieutenant from different divisions, on the same mission with out telling the other?'

Kuchiki Rukia was indeed the lieutenant of the thirteenth squad do to her defeating the 9th espada when they invaded Hueco Mundo before the war, and when she single handedly defeated a Vasco Lorde during the war.

"I don't know why we're on the same mission taichou but if you want you can go back to soul society and I could take your place" Rukia bargained as she made her way to sit beside the small male shinigami.

"No, I was given this mission by the sou-taichou if I go back without finishing, it would be disgraceful"

"Your right, I'm sorry"

"Don't apologize Kuchiki, you didn't do anything" Hitsugaya didn't know why he felt odd when she looked sad, but he just didn't like it.

"Right" she replied and together they sat in silence.

"Why aren't you with Kurosaki?" Hitsugaya found himself asking, Rukia slightly turned her head to the left to look at the young captain and smiled

"He and his friends are out for lunch, I didn't want to be a hindrance"

"Why would you think you'd be a hindrance?"

Rukia only shook her head and remained silent. This got the captain a bit annoyed, he didn't like it when people ignored his rare questions.

"Answer me Kuchiki!" he commanded, Rukia flinched at his harsh voice and sighed, she couldn't ignore a direct order from a captain

"I just didn't want to intrude, they all have good memories with each other, I just wanted them to make more"

"Don't give me that crap Kuchiki" he knew she was lying. Rukia looked shocked she had never known the tenth division captain to be one who cursed.

"Really it doesn't matter Hitsugaya- taichou, I just... came here to think" Rukia said trying to stop the third degree interrogations.

"I don't believe you"

"I didn't think you would" the petit shinigami smiled and held herself close, when her stomach growled.

Hitsugaya had never expected that out of all the times a stomach could growl, it had to be now, and it had to be Rukia of all people. He watched in rare amusement as the petit shinigami held her stomach and blushed furiously. Spluttering excuses and trying to explain to him why her stomach growled, he smiled.

Rukia was so embarrassed of all the times her stomach growled it had to be when she and Hitsugaya-taichou were talking. She cursed her stomach and tried to distract his attention from her hunger, when she saw him smile at her.

"You can stop acting like that Kuchiki, I know your hungry"

"No...I...I'm not! really"

"Be quiet Kuchiki, and just eat" he commanded as he pulled out his bento box.

Rukia looked embarrassed at the food but couldn't hide her hunger anymore,

"Thank you Hitsugaya-taichou" Rukia took a small rice ball and bit into it with wide eyes

"This is amazing taichou! did you make this your self!?"

"I did"

"Wow! you are really amazing!" Rukia complimented the young flushed captain.

"Stop talking and just eat"

"Hai!"

The two ate in completely comfortable silence, for some time. When unknown to them, a single rice ball was left. Both the small shinigami reached in and their fingers met.

A pair of green and purple eyes widened in shock with a red blush running along both their cheeks.

"I...you take it" Hitsugaya turned his head the other way to try and hide his growing blush, he had never touched a girl before other than Hinamori, but since she was his childhood friend she didn't count.

"No...you take it taichou" Rukia blushed a deep red, even if he was known as the ice dragon by many, his fingers were surprisingly warm.

"No, I said you take it"

"But I couldn't!"

"Are you denying my command?" he eyed her with his blush now at a minimum, but still visible. Rukia sighed in defeat

"No sir" she took the rice ball and did something Hitsugaya didn't expect, she tore the rice ball and handed him half, with a smile and a light blush.

"This way we both can enjoy it" only Rukia seemed to ignore his orders and live to tell of it. The young captain sighed in defeat and took the half rice ball and smiled

"Thank you, Kuchiki"

They ate in silence once more. When they finished Hitsugaya laid back when Rukia told him

"You shouldn't lay down after you eat, Hitsugaya-taichou its bad for your digestion"

"Be quiet, Kuchiki and that's an order" he added when he knew she was going to back talk him. He smirked when she was silent. From the corner of his eye he saw her as she sat silently, thinking most likely. He saw the way how the uniformed skirt fitted her thin legs, how the uniformed shirt laid perfectly on her small frame, even how her raven hair and purple eyes seemed to glow in the sun. Hitsugaya realized he was staring and mentally slapped himself with the same blush on his cheeks again.

'Damn it Toushiro! why are you staring at Kuchiki? you barely even know her!' he tried to tell himself when Rukia interrupted his thoughts

"Ne, Hitsugaya-taichou have you ever had ice cream?" Rukia asked randomly causing the small captain to sit up in confusion.

"What the hell is that?!"

"So you haven't heard of it?"

"Of course not if I'm asking what it is!" Rukia smiled brightly and Hitsugaya got a bad feeling

"Well then we can't have you leave with out eating ice cream can we?" with this said Rukia abruptly stood and reached down to help the captain up, he just stared at her hand in annoyance and got up himself.

"What are you saying Kuchiki?"

"I'm saying taichou, I'm going to treat you to ice cream!"

"Why?" he couldn't help be suspicious of the girl, Rukia just smiled and turned around to jump off the roof shed, and he heard her say

"You'll only find out if you follow me" Hitsugaya sighed and followed the petit shinigami.