Hoshi was starting to become a bit restless staying in bed all day. She was starting to feel better even if it was just a little bit. Her legs were starting to bother her from staying in the same position for long periods of time. Shūhei wasn't really a doctor and he didn't really have the authority to tell her she ihad/i to stay in bed. She moved the blanket off a bit; slowly she stood up from the futon, putting a hand on her stomach and her back. Everything seemed to ache now.

She walked to the door, opening it up, taking it a deep breath of fresh air. "Fresh air feels so nice."

"Hoshi! I brought your some tea!" Rangiku yelled as she ran toward the woman, with a cup of tea in her hand.

The lavender haired woman looked over at the golden blonde as she got closer to her. She gave her a small smile before taking the tea. "Thanks, Lieutenant Matsumoto. Though, what has Shūhei told you?"

The lieutenant laughed softly, pushing her hair back over her shoulder. "Oh you know! That you are in fact pregnant and I'm the only who knows right now because he's not even sure how to tell everyone else, not that I think you'll be able to hide it much longer." She pointed to the other woman's stomach.

Hoshi looked down at her stomach for a moment before putting her hands over it. "I know that. That's what happens when you get pregnant; it doesn't stay unnoticeable for long."

Rangiku blinked a couple of times, "Well, I bet you and Shūhei will make a cute child. Just everyone is becoming a bit suspicious about why you haven't really been around lately."

"I doubt that. Exactly why did Shūhei only tell you? You're not very good a keeping secrets." She questioned, putting her hands on her hips.

She shrugged her shoulders, "I'm not really sure why he only told me. Maybe he trusts me to keep this secret…but you know I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to keep it. I do want to tell everyone."

Shūhei sat quietly underneath of tree, trying to get away from everyone. Of course, he couldn't keep hidden from Izuru Kira, who was like his best friend. He looked up from the ground to blonde haired male. His facial expression seemed a bit stressed.

"What's your problem?" Kira questioned, sitting down next to him.

He sighed heavily, looking back down at the ground. "You know about my feelings for Matsumoto, right? Well, I've become a bit confused lately. I mean, I still like her just I think my heart is pulling in the direction of Hoshi."

The blonde raised his eyebrow for a moment, listening to what he had to say. "You like two people? Why is your heart more interested in Hoshi?"

Shūhei tensed a bit, looking over at him. "She such a quiet woman, I barely noticed her in my Division. But when I finally met her, her golden eyes seemed to captivate me, staring through her lavender hair. It has nothing to do with the fact that her breasts are as big as Matsumoto's; she's a very caring woman. I just never took the time to notice that she was usually passing hints to me while I was trying to pass them at Matsumoto. Then at the New Year's party, I must have been really drunk and seemed to let my feelings for her out in a sexual way and well…we're pregnant."

Kira stared silently at him, trying to take in everything that he had just said. "So you haven't really told her how you felt about her? That does explain why you keep leaving in the middle of things and then come back."

He shrugged his shoulders, "Because, I want to be certain of my feelings before actually telling her them. I don't want to look like an idiot."

He narrowed his eyes a bit, "You're looking like an idiot now. How about instead of using your head on this one, you use your heart? I think you'll probably regret it if you don't make Hoshi yours."

Shūhei's cheeks flushed a bit at what Kira had said to him. "You're probably right about that. I don't want to regret something like that. She's probably the perfect complement to me."

"I don't really hear her talk much, unless she's talking to Matsumoto since the two of them seem to be like friends." Kira replied.

He raised his eyebrow, "That's because she's the type who doesn't talk unless she's spoken to. Most of the time she is quiet."

"That certainly makes sense. Doesn't it get boring to have to talk to her first before she speaks to you?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.

"Well, she talks to me without me having to say something to her first," Shūhei replied, standing up. "I should go check on her, just see how she's doing." He waved to his friend before using Shunpo, heading back to the 9th Division Barracks.

Shūhei walked to Hoshi's room, opening the door. He raised his eyebrow seeing that Matsumoto was there with her. What where they doing? "What are you doing?"

Rangiku raised his eyebrow before laughing, "What's it look like? We were having a girls' talk and eating until you came in. But I should probably get going anyways." She stood up, making her way to the door. She placed her hand on his shoulder. "You better take care of her." With that, she left.

Hoshi smiled softly at him, waving him into the room. "Don't worry, Rangiku…Lieutenant Matsumoto was taking good care of me. However, the look of shock on your face was quite entertaining."

He shook his head, shutting the door behind him. He moved closer to her, sitting on the bed. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to him. "Hoshi…"

She looked up at him, tilting her head to the side, "What is it Shūhei? Is something wrong?"

Shūhei shook his head, looking down at her. He leaned down a bit, kissing her softly on her lips. He pulled back a bit. "You remember when you told me you loved me?"

Hoshi nodded her head. She remembered all too well when she had finally told him that. Of course, he didn't really say it back. "Why do you ask?"

"I never gave you a proper answer to that. That night I acted on my true feelings for you." He replied.

She raised her eyebrow at that moment, "I thought you were in love with Lieutenant Matsumoto?"

"I thought I was too. I was in denial with my true feelings for you. I so desperately wanted to believe that Matsumoto was the one I wanted to be with that I wouldn't allow myself to even think for a second that that's how I really felt about you." Shūhei said, moving his hand through her lavender hair. He moved his other hand in front of her face, pushing her long bangs to the side for a moment to look into her golden eyes.

Hoshi had a small blush on her face after what he had just said to her. "Y-you're so strange. I can't believe you had yourself all confused over things." She gently hit his chest, shaking her head a bit.

He laughed, "But that's what you love about me, right?"

She blinked a couple of times, "If that's what you want to believe." She leaned up, kissing him on the lips before pulling back and gave him a smile.

Shūhei placed his hand on her stomach, gently rubbing it. "Maybe it was a blessing in disguise?"

Hoshi shrugged her shoulders a bit, looking down at her stomach and his hand. "Perhaps it was."