Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to Kubo Tite. The idea behind prompt "emotion" is from rufftoon, on deviantart.
From the author: Hey there! This is a part of the Hitsugaya Toushirou & Matsumoto Rangiku collection known as Ten, hence the title. This set of sentences draws from the manga (spoilers!) and from the movie The DiamondDust Rebellion. The first 75 sentences are here. Thank you for reading! Reviews are great.
Ten: 150 themes, 150 sentences
Part I
Abandoned: When Matsumoto finds a dog without a collar, Hitsugaya promptly says that they cannot keep it and must find its owner - 3 days later it is named Maru, 7 days later it is fetching their morning paper, and 14 days later it is sleeping at the foot of their bed.
Air: Hitsugaya thinks cynically to himself that though men may envy him, Matsumoto's cleavage is an unforgiving environment devoid of oxygen.
All I Need: As a gift she gives him one of the ice sculptures he praised in his newspaper column, and though she's certain he's pleased, he doesn't set about admiring it right away - he kisses her deeply first.
Animal: When the butterfly tells him to report to the grand hall he doesn't give it a thought, nor when he feels the reiatsu of so many shinigami inside- it is when the doors pull open and Matsumoto tackles him in a hug and everyone choruses "Happy birthday!" does he know- he's been duped by a bug.
Annoyance: He notices that the couch is oddly lumpy today, so he checks the cushions and finds that they're stuffed with months-old papers- his angry "MATSUMOTO!" can be heard all across the Seireitei.
Are You Challenging Me?: "I most definitely am," she purrs - it drives him mad - and he shoots off after her retreating back, eager for the moment he catches her.
Autumn: Though Matsumoto's birthday initally belonged to Gin, it now belongs to Hitsugaya, he thinks with some satisfaction, as he leads them through the vibrant leaves to where he's hidden her surprise.
Black: Matsumoto wonders if he chooses his own clothes in the material world as she runs her eyes over his black polo and gray pants, but finally decides that it doesn't matter, since he looks damn good.
Blood: He nicks himself with the knife teaching her to cook and sports a tiny bleeding cut, which she immediately pops into her mouth - the blood rising to his cheeks after that is worth all the plain tofu he serves her for the rest of the month.
Blue: Matsumoto's eyes are gorgeous cornflower blue and they are undoubtedly her best feature, leagues above her breasts or legs, but he'll be damned before he admits that to her.
Break Away: They're at a stalemate now, and Haineko and Hyourinmaru clash silently against each other, but soon they'll be breaking apart, and motion will flood over them - that's when he's most beautiful.
Breaking the Rules: Yamamoto-soutaichou calls them into his office to reprimand them for unseemly conduct, but upon witnessing their defiant pride, he sighs in disgust and sends them back out.
Breathe Again: The only thing that breaks their kiss is the need for air, and once that need is satisfied they go straight back to kissing, not missing a beat.
Bride: Hitsugaya really wishes he and Matsumoto hadn't gone to the wedding together - not because of the company but because now he can't stop picturing her in a wedding dress and it scares him senseless.
Broken Pieces: "Just glue it back together," he grumbles to her as she sniffles and he adds another fragment of her broken sake bottle to the growing pile on the floor.
Can You Hear Me?: "Hey, are you listening?" Haineko whines as Matsumoto tries to meditate, "When do I get to see my darling Hyourinmaru again?"
Change: Hitsugaya insists that he doesn't care whether or not she takes his last name, so she automatically knows what she'll do- she'll have to get used to being called Hitsugaya-fukutaichou.
Childhood: "You can hear a voice, can't you?" - and it is with those words that he takes his first steps out of childhood.
Conflict: "I win again," Matsumoto declares, mischief sparkling in her eyes over the chessboard, as Hitsugaya frowns formidably at her from the other side of it.
Danger Ahead: "I'll get you a drink, taichou," is the last thing he remembers of last night, and in the morning he finds himself frowning mildly at all the blushing women shinigami who wiggle their fingers at him in greeting, "Hi, Hitsugaya-taichou," they sing.
Dark: When she opens her eyes and still finds it dark, instinct tells her to call out for the one she knows she can count on- "Hitsugaya-taichou!"
Deep in Thought: She's not the least bit startled when he suddenly arrives and sits by her, her face dreamy, and he can't help but wonder what she's thinking about.
Destiny: "Do you believe in fate?" she asks one day, taking a break from her work - when he replies no, get back to work, she knows she's been found out and miserably recommits pen to paper.
Distance: After Gin betrays Soul Society and Hinamori has been hospitalized, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto sit in the office, not doing work, suffocated by silence.
Do Not Disturb: Though their love-making is ridiculously loud, no one dares knock on the tenth division office door to tell them to stop.
Dreams: Waking with a mind deeply in the gutter and a heavy blush across her cheeks, Matsumoto can't look at her captain for days.
Drowning: If he could pick a way to die it would be in battle against an honourable opponent, but he can't pick, so it seems that he's doomed to die by drowning... in Matsumoto's cleavage.
Dying: As she lies bleeding and barely coherent, he pulls her into his arms and hides the tears he sheds, praying for the fourth division to come soon.
Earth: She's glad they signed on for this mission because going to the material world means a whole other side of her captain exposed - well that, and the cute clothes.
Emotion: When the Gotei 13 are to stage a play and Matsumoto vouches for drama, Hitsugaya crosses his arms and stuns everyone when he says with a straight face, "But I was born to do comedy."
Expectations: It was only a matter of how long Hitsugaya could resist his vice-captain's advances that determined when he'd crack and finally ask her out properly - Renji grinned wickedly and moved his bet up two weeks.
Eyes: When Hitsugaya tells her that growing up, he hated the colour of his eyes since they scared so many people away, she says as plain as day, "How stupid, your eyes are beautiful!"
Fairy Tale: "How inefficient - he could've just searched for her reiatsu," Hitsugaya says of the prince who scoured the village looking for the one woman who would fit the glass slipper, and Matsumoto screeches at him in frustration until he says, "That's what I would do with you."
Faith: When Yamamoto-soutaichou declares Hitsugaya a traitor and orders his arrest, Matsumoto doesn't believe her captain has turned traitor, not for a second.
Family: Granny doesn't even raise an eyebrow when Hitsugaya and Matsumoto pay her a visit one day as captain and vice-captain, as if she knew they'd end up together all along.
Fire: Suddenly, 10 other people at their table is too much, Matsumoto mentally groans, as Hitsugaya trails his fingers slowly up the inside of her thigh.
First Date: The shinigami of the Gotei 13 are so curious about their relationship that it gets to the point of stalking them to the restaurant, to the concert, and finally to Matsumoto's home, where she bends down - they all catch their breath - and then she considerately yells away from Hitsugaya's ear, "Buzz off or I'll kill you!" (at their scattering she plants a kiss on his slightly stunned cheek).
Flowers: Hitsugaya intervenes in her fight just in time, knocking down the arrancar with a decisive blow that causes one hundred deadly ice flowers to bloom.
Foreign: The students at Ichigo's school all marvel over Hitsugaya's looks, alternately speculating over his nationality and exclaiming that it doesn't matter since he's hot, and Matsumoto snickers, imagining his face at overhearing their comments.
Forgotten: "Sorry, Hitsugaya-taichou!" she gripes, wiping up the tea she carelessly knocked over, but then his fingers are on the soft underside of her wrist, and his eyes have clapped down on hers, and he says it's forgotten.
Freedom: Matsumoto bursts out the doors at the end of each workday, smiling and calling, "Freedom!"; Hitsugaya trails after her, closes the doors sedately and grumbles under his breath, "You never do work anyway."
Fruit: Watermelon is one of Hitsugaya's favourite foods, so she packs plenty for him to eat at the beach while she lies back and works on her tan.
Future: He likes it that she never speaks of their distant future together, as if they have all the time in the world.
Gift: Matsumoro blinks in surprise at the long pink scarf he presents her with, silently asking why - he just clears his throat and says, without looking at her, "Since your hair grew out."
Give Up: The other lieutenants tell her to give it up, Hitsugaya-taichou is as icy as he seems - but then she remembers how he looks when he talks with Hyourinmaru and how he looks when he sleeps and how he looked at her that one time - and tells them to be patient, she's got it.
Gray: Finally, gray ash swirls all around both Kiyone and Sentarou, compresses into a tighter ball and then suddenly dissipates to reveal the gasping third seats - Hitsugaya grins at Ukitake - Matsumoto won, so the thirteenth division has to clean the mess hall.
Green: Matsumoto's favourite colour is green for its connection to leaves, grass and freshness, but staring into Hitsugaya's eyes, she might just change her reasons.
Guilt: Though he knows she's proud of it, he can't help but feel guilty whenever he sees the long scar on her back: a blow she took that was meant for him.
Hail: The water freezes and condenses from snow to hail to ice, and Hitsugaya is merciless, knowing that Matsumoto is injured, and not beside him.
Happiness: For Matsumoto, pure happiness is shopping, kareoke and time spent with her captain; for Hitsugaya, pure happiness is the start of winter, green tea and seeing his vice-captain happy.
Heal: She may just never heal from what Gin did, and that alone is enough for Hitsugaya to swear revenge.
Heaven: She may just be bleeding from her temple, have broken four ribs and sustained a giant gash along the inside of her forearm, but she's in heaven, because Hitsugaya's smell has enveloped her and she feels his cheek against her hair.
Hold My Hand: Despite all the questioning on why they didn't hold hands, Matsumoto keeps her lips tightly sealed - Hitsugaya had threatened her into promising not to tell that he was just too short to.
Hope: After months in this lull she decides to take a different kind of action and pulls on a short skirt in the morning - when she prevails upon Hitsugaya that day for a date, he looks up, stutters what are you wearing, and she smirks, knowing that he isn't hopeless after all.
Horror: Hitsugaya is deathly afraid of horror movies, so it makes perfect sense that Matsumoto loves them - he never voluntarily buries his face in her arm any other time.
Hurt: Matsumoto comes to his training cave bearing refreshments, and when he waves them off - waves her off - she turns to leave, swallowing nothing and trying to conceal her hurt.
I Can't: In response to Hyourinmaru's why not Hitsugaya says, "I've known her for decades, she's my vice-captain- my god, she's Matsumoto", to which Hyourinmaru replies, "Really, I would say that's exactly why you should kiss her."
If Only...: It has apparently got around that Hitsugaya will accept candies and toys in exchange for favours since Ikkaku's kendo stunt in the human world, and oh, if only she had been there to see his face when Rukia gave him the stuffed bunny!
Illusion: Aizen's illusion shatters and Hyourinmaru stabs through Hinamori and he breaks breaks breaks and knows Matsumoto's effort wasted thanks to him.
Imperfection: Matsumoto laughs up a lung when she sees Hitsugaya's gigai acting timid and worrisome, but she instantly stops laughing when she sees her own gigai drooling over men- Hitsugaya's smile slowly grows.
In the Storm: Matsumoto and Hitsugaya are back-to-back, facing hollows from all sides, so they give each other a glance, a nod, and then hurl themselves forward into the storm.
Innocence: She thinks his innocence is one of the most seductive things about him, and pulls away from the kiss to enjoy the pink tinge of his cheeks.
Insanity: "Have you all gone insane?" Hitsugaya thunders when the shinigami of the Gotei 13 suggest he pick a girlfriend already, say that he is more than desired, and present to him a list: Hinamori, Karin, Orihime, Matsumoto.
Introduction: Hitsugaya introduces Matsumoto as his vice-captain to both her pride and chagrin, but inspiration strikes when she grabs the guy's hand and proclaims, "I'm his girlfriend, too!"
Journey: The path he's followed all these years can be traced back to her and the moment she said, "You should become a shinigami."
Keeping a Secret: Renji is all nerves lately around Hitsugaya-taichou, but not for the reasons you might think - oh, if only he hadn't walked in on the heads of the tenth and been coerced into secrecy.
Kick in the Head: When Ichigo implies that what Hitsugaya and Matsumoto are doing is depraved, Hitsugaya flips - "it's not just sex!" - but he gets deathly quiet when Ichigo asks "well, what is it then?"
Kiss: Kissing Matsumoto is the most electrifying experience, he decides, as a current travels under his skin and makes him tremble.
Last Hope: With dawning dread and an irate group of male trainees at his back, Hitsugaya realizes that his last hope for salvation is his voluptuous Matsumoto.
Letters: "Ooh, this one says that she's loved you ever since you sat next to her at the cafeteria, and that your eyes are dreamy," Matsumoto continues to read on delightedly, searching for a scandal, and a displeased Hitsugaya snatches the fanmail out of her hand and stuffs it away with the rest.
Lies: "I've never enjoyed you smothering me in your cleavage, Matsumoto."
Light: As Orihime rejects reality and restores Hitsugaya's left arm and leg in her unique shell of light, Matsumoto watches over them, feeling simultaneously grateful and useless.
Lips: In the cold winter air his lips seem comparatively warm, so strange a sensation that she pulls him closer to check again.
Loneliness: With a small degree of wonder, Hitsugaya reflects on the fact that he had never felt lonely before knowing Matsumoto and the gravity of her absence.
Love: If love is thinking about her when she's gone, always wanting her closer, and smiling at the sight of her smile, Hitsugaya is definitely in love with Matsumoto.