Ok, so I hoped you liked the first chapter or 'bead' and for all those who care about this story here's a second 'bead'.

–Tobi

The second bead

He hated Aizen for it. For betraying soul society, for endangering everyone, for hurting her, and diminishing that happy sparkle in her eyes with a pool of lost, and loneliness. He knew there was something he hated more than Aizen, himself.

'if I had just figured it out more quickly .if I had been stronger. If I had been faster, than maybe that sparkle would still be there.' He thought sadly. "Hinamori…" Hitsugaya muttered.

"TAICHO!" called the drunken voice of his vice captain. She burst in carrying a half empty bottle of sake.

"You work too hard! Here, have some sake!" she shouted, her cleavage bouncing as she laughed. Slightly irritated, he refused what was considered as Matsumoto's generous offer, muttering under his breath "please don't throw up on the carpet, please don't throw up on the carpet, please don't…"he chanted.

As if hearing him, she vomited on the carpet and promptly passed out, leaving an incredibly agitated Hitsugaya to clean up her vile.

"MATSUMOTO!!!!!!"

After cleaning and disinfecting the carpet Rangiku had desecrated, he got up with an aching back and a desperate knock on the door.

Muttering various curse words, he opened the door to find a tear-stricken Hinamori, who immediately leapt into his arms apon seeing him.

"Shiro-chan! You're alive! I'm so glad you're safe!" she cried, still bawling into his chest. (A.N.: hurray for growth spurts!)

"Hinamori?" he questioned, " what happened?"

Hitsugaya led her inside, each stepping over a passed out Matsumoto, he was not looking forward to her hang over tomorrow; let me tell you.

They sat on his bed as she proceeded to relive her nightmare in which she had seen Aizen kill all the captains and had also seen Hitsugaya's lifeless, bloody body with dead eyes and a blank stare.

Aizen was just about to kill her aswell, she had woken in tears and come running to her 'Shiro-chan' to see if it was a dream or not.

At that she burst into tears and held him tighter. He could never stand to see this girl cry. In harmonious attempt to calm the poor girl out of hysteria, and gently kissed her softly.

Her sobs slowed to a halt as she returned the kiss, some thing unexpected to Hitsugaya but welcomed all the same.

When they broke apart, reluctantly, for air he held her and rubbed her back lovingly. "Thank you, Shiro-chan." She said with that happy sparkle back in her eyes, and fell asleep in his caring grasp.

Even if it was only temporary Hitsugaya loved that sparkle, almost as much as he loved her, and way more than he hated Aizen and himself.

Smiling at the thought, he held the dreaming girl, with the utmost care as not to wake her and lightly kissed her forehead, just before welcoming slumber to wash over him.

I'm quite proud of this one, but share your thoughts. REVIEW!

-Tobi