Handle with Care
A/N: I've recently noticed a supreme lack of Hitsukarin one-shots/chapter one-shot stories on FF. So, to amend such a problem, I made one myself. I don't know now often these will be updated (kind of whenever I have inspiration), but I already have a few done, so expect some to come up soon. They range in rating and levels of happiness/fluff; because of this, I'm going for a safe rating of "T".
Disclaimer: None of it belongs to me, unfortunately. But wouldn't it be so cool if it did?
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Chapter One: Un-freaking-believable
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"Dude, you can't be serious."
Hitsugaya walked on the pond carefully, his skates gliding over the layer of ice as he moved. He held out his arms on both sides and glared at Karin in front of him as she effortlessly glided backwards to talk to him.
He clenched his jaw, "What is it now, Karin?"
Karin shook her head in disbelief. "You can't skate. You actually can not skate."
"These shoes are ridiculous," he snapped, "blades aren't made to walk on. Who came up with this?"
Karin shrugged and skated in a circle around him, coming up to his side. "I dunno – the Canadians? Eskimos? Man, who cares?"
Hitsugaya balled his fists in aggravation and hissed, "I need to know who to kill."
"Good luck with that," Karin chuckled, snickering as he fumbled. She watched her best-friend skit around on the ice, his posture wobbling just to stay up straight. She shook her head in disbelief. "Oh my God, you're hopeless. Here, let me-" she moved so they were standing face to face and grabbed the sides of his arms, pulling him along with her.
"See?" she asked, "It's not so bad."
"Let me go."
"Nope. You're going to learn to skate, Toushirou, whether you like it or not. And let's be honest, I could totally catch you on the ice. Which is so sad, by the way, considering your zanpakutou and all."
"For Shinigami's sake woman, there are other people here!"
She glided smoothly along the ice with Hitsugaya in tow. "That's because it's a public skate, Toushirou. You can't just expect everyone else to just not be here."
"I look stupid," he muttered, trying to look everyone but at Karin.
"Yes, you do," she agreed, "But what's wrong with that? Everyone's got to learn some time or another."
"Not me," he said defiantly, "I only do things I'm good at."
"Then you're boring as hell," she instantly responded. "Where's your sense of adventure?"
Hitsugaya looked at his feet and grumbled, "I think it's wherever my sense of dignity went."
"Exactly! So what does it matter what you look like now?"
Hitsugaya said a few curses under his breath and Karin smiled. "That's the spirit!" she exclaimed, "Next week we're going paint balling!"
A/N:Oh, Karin, don't you know Hitsugaya never comes out in the day-time? The next one(s) will be up soon!