oh, you capture my attention
carefully listening, don't wanna miss a thing
Past
"This is going to be so much fun!" Rangiku exclaimed, the skirt of her living world attire flapping about her thighs as she skipped around. "I'm so glad you decided to come, Taichou!"
"I only came to make sure you made it back on time," Hitsugaya reasoned bluntly, eyes never straying from the screen of his phone. "So please, Matsumoto, make my job easy and don't drink yourself stupid."
"Will do, Taichou!"
There was no determination whatsoever to heed his request, he knew, but then he hadn't expected anything more.
"Ah, Hitsugaya! Rangiku!" Urahara accosted jovially. "So glad you could make it~"
"Well of course!" The strawberry blonde chirped. "We would've gotten here sooner, too, but grumpy pants over there just had to finish his work first."
"I'm warning you, Matsumoto, call me that one more time–"
"Toushiro~!" An all too familiar voice greeted, rather airily, and he was soon lifted into the air by none other than his former captain. "What a pleasure it is to see you again!" An unimpressed scowl etched onto the younger man's features as he was practically shook. "You should really visit more often!"
"He's not going to visit you ever again if that's how you intend to welcome him, goat-chin," an unimpressed voice drawled, causing Toushiro's attention to instantly snap to it's source, appearing in the form of a petite teenage girl of whom he was unfamiliarized.
"Oh, Karin, don't be silly! He likes it, it's fun~!"
What was he, five?
Toushiro rolled his eyes, and to his relief was put down within the moment. He immediately went about smoothing out his clothes, scowl unmitigated, whilst Isshin ushered the girl and her honey-blonde companion closer.
"Karin, Yuzu, I'd like to introduce you to Hitsugaya Toushiro," he gestured from the two girls to the seemingly young man. "He was my third seat back in the day."
"Oh!" Yuzu exclaimed, clasping her hands together. "That's so cool!"
"Hey, nice to meet you." Karin acknowledged with a nod, her tone none too dainty. He merely grunted in response, and she smirked, not unkindly but not too friendly either. "Well, aren't you delightful."
Toushiro raised a brow, his frown unyielding even as the girl suddenly disregarded his existence and proceeded towards the small and dingy building that was the Urahara Shoten. "Come on, Yuzu," she goaded, now enthused. "I have an arm-wrestling rematch with Renji."
He'd seeked refuge not long after, away from the party of drunken soul reapers and his lieutenant's rambunctious reminiscing with their ex-captain, in the open solace of the roof where he now gazed impassively up at the night sky, unwittingly tracing pictures in the stars.
"Hey."
Broken from his stargazing reverie, Hitsugaya regarded the girl from earlier as she sat down next to him. "Hey," he returned flatly.
"Oh, a syllable," she mocked with a chuckle, long black hair cascading past her shoulders as she leaned back on her hands, actively ignoring his scowl. "Whatcha doin' up here?"
He didn't respond, simply resuming staring blankly at the sky, and Karin rolled her eyes, joining him in the act. Though even the dazzle of the stars couldn't keep her quiet. "You know, your friend explained that you had quite a misgiving to parties, but I didn't think you'd be so inconsiderate as to just leave."
He scoffed quietly. "And I didn't think you'd be so ill mannered as to follow me up here just to bother me. Yet, here we are."
She just grinned, unscathed. "Touche."
"What's it matter to you whether I stick around or not, anyway?"
"It doesn't," she admitted easily. He looked at her then, his gaze questioning. She gave nothing away, though, her eyes unreadable and matching her faintly coy response. "You're just fun to annoy."
Lyrics: Toes - Lights
