Snow People-Ch 2

Hitsugaya x Hinamori

Hinamori POV. It's a bit OOC sorry! Fluffy goodness, like cotton candy! Douzo!

"H-hey! COME BACK YOU STUPID SCARF!" He tried chasing it, but to no avail, the wind took it away. "Great. I just lost my favourite scarf, what else can go wrong? Bah, I'm going to freeze before we even get anywhere near those idiots," He scowled for losing his scarf that Hinamori had knit him, once upon a Christmas time. He ran faster to catch up to Hinamori.

"Shiro-chan, where'd your scarf go? Oh, never mind, I'll knit you a new one for Christmas, green, just like your eyes, so that they'll match, Ok?" She smiled. "Come on, we're almost there!" She held his gloved hand in hers, and dragged him in one hand, and a toboggan full of materials to make a whole family of snow people, in the other.

"Let go of me, bed wetter Momo!" He frowned, but he secretly was glad she cared. She stopped and turned to face him.

"Hey, I'll race you there, Shiro-chan!" She was unfazed by the pet name he called her. Besides, she thought, it's only fair. I call him Shiro-chan all the time. She had heard worse names before, but Hitsugaya always helped her. I can't remember a time when Toushiro wasn't there to help me… A smile pulled at the corners of her mouth as she ran the images of the past pouring into her mind.

Walking home by herself had always been a pain, especially when it was winter. Those other kids who lived in the same neighbourhood would chase her down the street for fun, calling names, and throwing snowballs. They teased her about her hair all the time.

"Hey, Piggy girl, stop running!" The bully grinned. "We just wanna play right gang?" The other boys nodded.

Hinamori ignored those comments and continued her walk home. She didn't like those boys in her class. They were mean, and they made fun of everyone, but since she had entered the same class as them, she was their newest victim of the year.

"Didn't you hear me? Are you deaf?" The bully scooped up a fistful of snow, and patted it into a snowball. "I said STOP!" He was furious that she was ignoring him, and threw the icy ball of snow at her, hitting her head. The other boys did what the bully did, and began making snowballs. Hinamori slid on some ice on the sidewalk, and fell into the snow.

"Oww…" She rubbed her head, and pat off some of the snow. This happened everyday now. She was sort of used to this, like some sort of ritual. She would get teased, she would follow up by ignoring them, and they would throw snowballs at her. She got up to see that her things had fallen out of her bag. "Oh no! My homework! It's all soaked!" Hinamori feverishly began picking up her things and stuffing them into her bag. Those boys honed in on Hinamori, and the bully caught up.

"Hey, I told you to stop." He stepped on Hinamori's hand, and she retracted her hand in pain and yelped. She was on the verge of tears when the bullies began to step on her pencil case, breaking everything. The boys were crowded around her, continuing to badger her, and pull her hair. She vaguely saw what happened next through her tears. The boys were running away, but… why?

"Wha..." Hinamori wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket, to see a white-haired boy. "Shiro-chan?"

"Geez, Momo, I thought you knew how to protect yourself." He feigned annoyance, then sighed, glad to see that she stopped crying.

Hinamori sulked. "My pencil case… Aww, and it was new too!" Pencils, and pens were broken, and her pencil case was ruined.

"Stop thinking about your stupid pencil case... I saw them step on your hand." He picked up her hand and she winced. He frowned. "Geez, Momo… If you were having trouble with bullies, you should've told someone!" He sighed. "Come on, I'll walk you home."

Those bullies never did bother her ever again, but then again, Toushiro walked with her all the time. No one dared to tug her hair, or call her names anymore. I guess having a black-belt 3rd degree, 10 yr. old tensai as a friend, she thought, IS kind of intimidating isn't it?

"Momo!" Hitsugaya yelled. Hinamori snapped out of her trance, only to meet the end of the road, which dipped into a little valley. Hitsugaya grabbed the back of her jacket, but regardless of his efforts, they both tumbled forward into the snow.

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: yay! Chapter two is up! XD I wonder what will happen next, ne? Don't worry; I'm working on the next chapter as you read this! furiously scribbling down thoughts and words onto paper Reviews and comments welcome!