Chapter II: Would you like to go?

Hitsugaya sat in his desk, filling up the paperwork. Matsumoto had stopped whining and started doing her paperwork as well. The busty vice-captain looked at her captain with a mischievous smile on her face.

"What?" Hitsugaya asked, annoyance evident in his voice.

"Have you asked Hinamori-chan to go to the prom with you, taichou?" she playfully inquired

"No…and I'm not gonna ask her because I have too much paperwork" he replied although if your ears are well trained as Matsumoto's ear, you would hear a slight disappointment in his voice.

"Oh, come on; don't tell me you'll actually leave Hinamori alone just for paperwork"

"N-no of course not..." the boy retorted "…it's just that…there's too much work to do"

Matsumoto felt terrible. After all, she was the one who refused to do paperwork and so is partially responsible. The busty lieutenant sighed and walked up to her captain's desk and picked up a hefty amount of paperwork.

"What are you doing?" the boy asked suspiciously.

"I'm getting my share of paperwork…I know that practically ¾ of your paperwork is my responsibility, seeing the stack of finished paperwork" Matsumoto gestured to a particularly large pile of paperwork done by the young captain. She's spent quite a lot of time with him and still can't get used to the fact that a boy this young has the ability to both tolerate and do such a huge workload. "Now, you can go to the prom"

"What about you?"

"I'm already going with Kira and unlike you, I already have my outfit"

"I see. Thanks Matsumoto, you're really doing me a huge favor" with that, the boy finished the last remaining paperwork. The silence was interrupted as a black haired girl and two red head entered the office.

"Hitsugaya-taichou, umm I'm 3rd seat of the ninth division Ayame Tsusikyno" she said, bowing down.

"What brings you here?" Hitsugaya asked, annoyance laced in his tone. He already knows what she came here for. After all, there had been around 23 girls who asked him to the dance. 'Or was it 33?' Hitsugaya thought. They all ended up being turned down.

Matsumoto seemed to sense what her captain is thinking and wrote something on a piece of paper and showed it to her captain. Hitsugaya turned as he noticed his vice captain making some gestures towards him. She's holding a paper with a number 56 on it—the number of letters and requests he's received.

"Would you like to go to the prom with me?" Ayame cut the silent conversation of the two.

"Sorry, I can't…pressing business"

"I-I see" with that Ayame left together with her posies completely disappointed and furious. Well, if she can't go to the dance with Hitsugaya, then she'll just have to make sure Hinamori doesn't go as well.

"Shirou-chan" Hinamori whispered as she slid the door to his office.

"Ah! Hinamori, just the girl taichou wanted to see" Matsumoto playfully inquired as she glanced at her red faced superior.

"Nani?" the perplexed girl expressed what's on her mind.

"Hinamori, what Matsumoto means is that I have something important to talk with you" Hitsugaya replied as he walked over to his childhood friend. "Matsumoto, finish all the unfinished paperwork ok?"

"What?"

"Hey!!! I've been doing your paperwork for almost 3 months now and the paperwork you took from my desk is just equivalent to 3 days. It's up to you if you want a fair trade or not"

"Fine, fine, fine. Just don't come back with a baby"

"MATSUMOTO!!!" Hitsugaya is, by now, as red as a tomato. Hinamori in the same color as he is.

"Just kidding. You kids run along now" with that, both Hitsugaya and Hinamori went out to the 10th division park.

"Hinamori" "Shirou-chan" they both started. They chuckled, both embarrassed.

"You go first" Hinamori told her childhood friend. Hitsugaya nodded.

"Hinamori, I was wondering if you…well…if you could…" the white haired boy never thought asking a girl out would be this difficult. He scratched the back of his head as he desperately tried to suppress a blush.

"If I could what?" Hinamori tried desperately to hide her excitement.

"I was wondering if you could…well…go to the prom with me?" the second he finished his question, slender arms wrapped around his body as Hinamori nodded continuously. He smiled at her reaction.

After a few hours of sitting on a park bench, the couple noticed the time and quickly got up.

"Do you have a dress for the occasion?" Hitsugaya asked

Hinamori nodded. "I see" Hitsugaya is a bit disappointed. Hinamori sensed this.

"Is something wrong?" the boy simply shook his head and ran towards his quarters saying 'wait for me in your quarters…I'll be right there in an hour or two'.

Hinamori smiled and sped to her quarters.

Its 7:00 and the prom start at 8:30. Hinamori is waiting outside Hitsugaya's quarters. She knows she's early but she just can't wait.

"Shirou-chan, how long does a guy need to prepare?" the girl whined through the door that separated the bathroom from the bedroom.

"Don't call me that. Besides, it's only 7:00" the boy retorted. 30 minutes passed and Hinamori lost her patience. Lost her patience and common sense.

"That's it Shirou-chan…I'm coming in" with that the girl opened the door

"No, don't--" it was too late as Hinamori stepped inside the bathroom and saw him….BARE NAKED. It was a good thing he's holding the shower curtain over his manhood. The rest of his body parts however—like hips, legs, chest, abdomen, arms, forearms, shoulders—are exposed to his childhood friend's wide eyes.

Hinamori felt her face go red, redder than a tomato as the sight burned in her eyes and memory. 'Oh my god, since when did Shirou-chan have such a sexy physique?' the girl thought as she took note of his chiseled chest, toned biceps and perfect abs that just demanded attention.

A few awkward moments passed until the girl regained composure. "S-s-s-s-sumimasen!!!" with that, the lieutenant closed the door. Hitsugaya could hear her breathing heavily on the other side of the door.

"Hinamori--"

"I'll just wait outside, Hitsugaya-kun" she cut him off as she went outside his room.

The moment the door opened, she saw Ayame and her posies. Another thing she saw was the kimonos her posies are wearing—exactly the same as hers.

Pink kimono with a blue coloring outlining the ends and blue butterflies print—yup, that's her kimono.

"Oh my, guess you and my posies picked the exact same kimono" Ayame laughed at Hinamori's expression. She was wearing a purple dress with violet outlines at the end of each sleeve and purple flower prints. "Guess there won't be anything special in you tonight" she then walked off leaving a very devastated Hinamori behind.

"Sorry I took so long" Hitsugaya emerged from his washroom fully dressed. At the door he saw Hinamori, standing still. He could tell that she wasn't feeling well.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

Hinamori turned around and gasped at what her partner is wearing. A silvery-white, silk kimono with a green, Chinese dragon stitched carefully from the bottom left, around the whole garment to the top right. He looked absolutely gorgeous. The kimono fits him well reminding Hinamori about the juicy insides behind the thick, rather warm, garment. The small line by his collar that is the mark of his toned and muscular chest ensured Hinamori about just how perfect her partner is. The green dragon compliments his emerald eyes well while a silver ring by his right ring finger with an emerald at its center finished the job of making him look like a god sent from heaven.

As for her, there's nothing special about her, now that her kimono has duplicates in the ballroom. She ran, to her quarters, tears following her.