Title: I Like You
Summary: Toushiro Hitsugaya is a lonely, sad kid until those three words change his life
Explanation: So we've all seen High School FanFics, but I haven't really seen any elementary school Fanfics, so I decided to make one. Heavily based on my own experiences in elementary school. Since they will be represented as little kids, people will be a bit out of character, but I'll do my best to minimize that.
I do not own Bleach
I like You
Chapter 1
Toushiro Hitsugaya sat alone at a lunch table. He was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Usually he liked PB&J, but the jelly had soaked into the bread, making it all weird. He looked around for his best (and only) friend, Renji Abarai. He sighed; Renji wasn't here today.
Toushiro was in first grade. He had never been very sociable. He preferred thinking to talking, and Renji was the only person that he really felt comfortable having a conversation with. Renji was of a much different personality, but the two were undeniably close friends. Unfortunately, Renji wasn't in his class this year. He only got to see him at lunch and recess.
As Toushiro had nobody to talk to, he spent most of his time studying and reading. Toushiro had always been smart, in fact just a few weeks earlier he had completely read the book Robinson Crusoe (AN: I really did read that in first grade). The teacher was amazed, but to him it seemed like no big deal.
Toushiro was quiet by nature. He didn't just go up and talk to people. This rather cold exterior caused most people to avoid him. The ones that didn't avoid him would pick on him and tease him. They would knock his things over and step on his toes. They would push him down and pinch him. Sometimes they would just tease him, but that hurt almost as badly. Toushiro rarely stood up for himself, he would just get up after being picked on and go back to what he was doing. Renji was much more assertive and would help him with these bullies, but Renji wasn't in his class so he usually wasn't there to help him.
After Toushiro finished his mediocre lunch, he went outside for recess. If he were given the choice, he would rather just stay inside and read. It was October, but the weather outside was warm. That was just wrong. This time of year was supposed to be pleasantly chilly, but instead it was warm. The trees hadn't even lost their leaves yet. Toushiro hated warm weather. He preferred either cool, moist weather or chilly weather, but hot weather was unbearable.
Toushiro walked over to the playfort. It was a large wooden structure with monkey bars, a slide, a rope net one could use to climb up the side, and fireman pole. It was quite popular and many kids played on it. Toushiro wasn't going to play on it though. He went in the area underneath it, and squeezed into the small space under the stairs. It was shaded and the cool sand felt nice. Many kids went underneath here, either for the shade or as a shortcut to the other side of the playfort, but nobody ever noticed him. It was restful to be able to hide down there undisturbed. He continued to lie down there until the bell rang, signaling that it was time to return to class.
Toushiro sighed and got out from under the playfort, brushing the sand off of himself. He went back inside and back to his class. He sat down in his desk next to the window. He wished that he sat somewhere else, the light from outside was irritating.
The teacher began her lesson. It was about basic addition. She spent a long time explaining it, but Toushiro already knew how to do this. He ended up just staring out the window, even though the light bugged him. There was nothing else to do.
Finally, the teacher finished talking. She handed out worksheets with addition problems. She then turned off the lights and partially closed the blinds. The outside light was still coming in, but it was no longer in his eyes and the room was darker now. This made him in a much better mood.
Toushiro looked down at the math problems. They were extremely easy, all single digit numbers. He finished the entire sheet in two minutes. He knew that there was still about 20 minutes left before the work time would be over. Everyone else was still working. He sighed and leaned back in his chair to rest for a minute.
As he leaned back, Toushiro noticed that there was someone standing over him. He turned around to see who it was. There was a girl standing next to him. She had dark brown hair and soft brown eyes. He recognized her as Momo Hinamori. She was smiling at him.
"Toushiro, I like you."
Thanks for reading. I'd like to note that the above scene actually happened. Please review.