Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Bleach series in any way. All copyrights go to Tite Kubo. The only original character I do own is Naomi Yoshida-Hitsugaya.
Author's Note: Happy White's Day everyone! Now to complete this two shot story, here is Part II of For You, my Love. Enjoy! Special thanks goes to my wonderful reviewers: xXAnime ChrisseXx, iloveshirochan4ever, anime16, Lil 'EyeCandy, icyangel27, and kitkathappiness.
LEGEND
"Talking." "Thinking."
For You, my Love
Part II: My Answer
Waking up to the warm morning sun rays, Toshiro Hitsugaya slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the blurry outline of the something in front of him. He slowly raised an arm up and used it to clear his eyesight. By the time he took another look, he saw the smiling face of a certain emerald-teal eyed woman. The young prodigy soon made a face, regretting the decision of doing his previous actions. "Ohayo Lil'Shiro!"
Toshiro groaned and turned his body away from her. He muttered, "Go away, Okaa-san. I don't need you to wake me up; the alarm clock can do that."
All of a sudden, they heard the sound of an alarming beep. Naomi Hitsugaya got out of bed to turn it off. Then, she resumed her attention to her loving son. "I know, but I'm here to remind you."
He soon sat up on the bed and asked, "About what?"
As she watched him stretch his arms and legs, she raised a finger up and explained, "Today's March 14th which is also known as White's Day."
He stopped for a moment to give his mother a stern look. "So?"
She sighed with defeat before moving her finger from side to side. "Tsk tsk tsk, I'm ashamed of you. Today's the day where boys like you give gifts to the girls they have feelings for. In other words, you must give a present to Momo-chan."
Hitsugaya placed a hand on the side of his head. As he is scratching through his white hair, he let out a sigh. Why can't she stop bothering him about his love life? He shifted his body to the side and got out of bed. "Yeah yeah, whatever..."
The young male then walked over to the closet to pick out his uniform. Then, he walked over to the wardrobe to take out a clean pair of boxers. After closing the drawer shut, he headed towards the door. "Hey, you better listen to the words I just said. If I find out that you didn't give anything to Momo-chan, I won't forgive you!"
Ignoring the woman, he left the bedroom and closed the door behind him. Once he is gone, Naomi folded her arms and sighed with defeat.
"He and Momo-chan better get together by the end of the day or else I won't have any grandchildren to look after in the future." Suddenly, she raised both her fists up. The energetic mother said, "Ou, just thinking about it is just unbearable!"
Then, she heard a familiar sound coming from downstairs.
"Oops, I better head back to the kitchen. The water's boiling."
The young woman quickly made her way downstairs to the kitchen. Noticing the kettle is boiling over the stove, she turned it off. Seconds later, she picked up the kettle by the handle and carefully poured the hot water into the mug she has previously set up. Once she is done with it, she put the kettle back where it was. Naomi then picked up her mug and took a small sip of tea. She put it down on the counter for a moment so that she can make breakfast for her teenage boy.
During this time, she heard the sound of footsteps. When she looked over to the side, Naomi noticed her son has entered the room all dressed in his school uniform. She let out a content smile and resumed her attention to the toaster.
In the meantime, Toshiro put out a chair so that he can place his bag on. Then, he pulled out the other. Before he took a seat behind the table, he placed a small lime green pouch on the side. "Hn, what's that you got on the table?"
As he noticed his mother put his two slices of toast and butter on the table, Hitsugaya simply replied, "It's nothing important."
Suddenly, Naomi placed both hands on the table and leaned towards her only child. With a wide grin on her face, she coaxed him to change his mind. "Come on Lil'Shiro, you can tell me."
The white haired prodigy shot her a glare in response. Then, he picked up a slice of toast. "Like I said before it's nothing important. So, stop pestering me already!"
As Hitsugaya is taking a bite out of his toast, his mother let out a pout. "But Toshiro..."
Suddenly, he let out a deep sigh. After he put his toast into his mouth, the white haired teenager grabbed his little pouch and stood up from his seat. He grabbed his school bag and began leaving the kitchen. All of a sudden, he remembered about his lunch. He stopped and turned around to grab the brown paper bag from the table which his mother has already left it on.
While he is leaving the room, Naomi called out to him, "Oi Lil'Shiro, where are you going?"
He stopped at the entrance to the hallway. After taking the slice of toast from his mouth, Hitsugaya glanced over his shoulder and replied to his mother, "I'm going to school."
Toshiro put his toast back into his mouth and left the room. Moments later, she heard the front door open and close. At that moment, the emerald-teal eyed woman placed a hand on her hip and let out a defeated sigh. Then, she recalled small pouch he was carrying. She suddenly let out a content smile. "Oh well, as long as he got the point. Then, everything should be alright."
She picked up Hitsugaya's second slice of toast and took a bite.
"Now, they just need to get married by the time they enter post secondary school."
Momo was putting her shoes into her locker when she heard a familiar voice from behind, "Hey Hinamori!"
The peach girl turned around to see the older student is in her presence. She smiled. "Good morning Rangiku-san, how are you today?"
Matsumoto smiled back. "I'm feeling great. How about you?"
After Momo put away her outdoor shoes, she picked up her school bag from the floor. She turned to the strawberry orange haired teenager. "Same here."
The older student nodded with agreement and then raised a finger. "Do you know what day it is today?"
Hinamori blinked a few times and took a moment to think. "It's March 14th."
"That's correct!" she replied. "Do you know what day today also happens to be?"
Once again, Momo took a moment to think. "I-I really don't know."
"Well, today is White's Day. It's that special time of year where boys give gifts to girls whom have given them chocolates on Valentine's Day."
At that moment, she recalled the events that happened on February 14th. She lowered her head. "Oh, yeah..."
"Hn, what's wrong? Are you worried about Hitsugaya not giving you any choco-"
"He's not going to give me one," Momo interrupted. "That's certain."
"Now, that's nonsen-" At that moment, a thought came to mind. "Oh yeah, you told me that you lost your chocolate along the way home."
The peach girl slowly nodded with agreement before letting out a deep sigh. Matsumoto then placed a hand on her back, giving her condolences to the younger teenager. Hinamori gave her a faint smile and replied, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Rangiku-san. I'll be fine."
The strawberry orange haired teenager smiled back. Suddenly, both females heard the sound of loud screams. They turned their heads to the side to see a swarm of girls walking towards them. Realizing where they are headed, the two females quickly moved out of the way so that they don't get caught in the crowd. "Hitsugaya-kun! Can I have your White's Day present? I'll would be happiest girl in the world!"
"No, you won't," another girl protested. "I will because I love him more than anyone else!"
"No, I love him more!"
"No, I do!"
Momo let out a deep sigh. "It's just as I thought; my chances of being with him are next to none."
Upon hearing her say that, Matsumoto replied, "Now don't say tha-"
All of a sudden, they heard a loud sound which silenced the surrounding people. The two students stopped and turned their heads to see the white haired teenager glaring at his fan girls. Without a word, he picked up his school bag and walked to class alone.
"Oh my gosh, that was so cool!" one of the girls screamed out.
"Kya, Hitsugaya-sama!"
Once again, Hinamori sighed with defeat. Matsumoto noticed and decided to change topics. "Just give me a moment; I need to change my shoes. After that, I'll walk you to your class."
The peach girl smiled. "Okay."
Following the older teenager's lead, they walked to Rangiku's locker. As Matsumoto is opening hers, she asked her friend, "So, which class do you have right now?"
"I have Japanese Literature," Hinamori replied. "What about you?"
The strawberry orange haired sighed. "I have English."
"Oh..."
At that moment, she opened her locker. "Argh, why do we have learn such a difficult languag-Eh?"
Upon noticing the change in her friend's behaviour, Momo asked, "What is it, Rangiku-san?"
She took a few steps closer and looked over Matsumoto shoulder. Inside her shoe locker is a small bag made out of decorated and transparent wrapping plastic which contained lots of white chocolate covered pretzels.
"Sugoi Rangiku-san, you got a White's Day present!"
The older student took out the yummy delectable to inspect it. "Yeah, but who left this here for me?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Hinamori replied. "It has to be Ichimaru-san."
"Eh, Gin?" Matsumoto asked. "Why did you choose him out of all the guys in the school?"
Momo then raised a finger and pointed at a certain thing on the gift. "Well, it says so on the tag."
Rangiku took another look at the bag of pretzels and noticed the tag. It had his name written on and a small drawing of a fox's head next to it.
Hinamori glanced at Matsumoto, observing her behaviour. She could have sworn that she just saw her friend let out a faint smile on her face. "I hope she realizes that Ichimaru-san likes her."
Suddenly, a thought dawned to the older student.
"Stupid Gin!" she exclaimed. "He broke into my locker! He's going to pay for this!"
The peach girl sighed with defeat. "It seems I have guessed wrong."
Upon hearing the lunchtime bell, students began gathering their notebooks and writing utensils into their bags before making use of their break from school. Momo said, "Oh no, I forgot to bring my lunch."
She began shuffling through her stuff.
"Oh well, I buy lunch in the cafeteria." After a few moments, she took out her purse and checked the contents inside. She then sighed with defeat. She didn't have enough cash on her to purchase anything. "I guess I have to wait until I go home to eat something."
All of a sudden, she heard a sound. Hinamori turned her head to the side to see a group of girls entering the room with boxed lunches in their hands. As they are walking over to his desk, they said in unison, "Hitsugaya-sama, I made lunch for y-"
Suddenly, they stopped to find out that the white haired prodigy is not sitting in his seat.
"Eh, where did he go?" one of them asked while the other girls are looking around in the room for their admirer. "Could he have gone to the cafeteria to get some food?"
"I'm going to find him first!" a girl declared before bolting out of the classroom.
Jealous of her, the other girls soon followed her lead. They exclaimed in unison, "No, I'm going to find him first!"
Once they are gone, the other students resumed to what they were doing. As Momo is about to follow what the other students did, she overhead a conversation between a group of male students. One of them said, "Man, Hitsugaya's a one lucky guy. He doesn't have to worry about making lunch at all. All he needed to do is eat one of theirs."
"Yeah, but I heard he never does that," another student replied.
"It's probably because he didn't want to accept any offers from them," a third said. "If he accepts one, he has to eat all the other girls' lunches."
"That's true."
Hinamori resumed her attention to the front and placed a hand over her stomach. After feeling her stomach make somersaults, she let out a deep sigh. Just hearing people talk about their lunches while eating is making her hungry. So, she stood up from her seat and left the classroom. "I better find something to keep me busy."
She stopped at the stairs and looked up.
"Maybe getting some fresh air will make the time pass quickly."
She turned her body to face the stairs and then went up to the roof of the school. The first thing she saw was the emptiness of the place. With a smile on her face, she began stretching her arms out. She made the right choice to come up here; she has the whole place to herself...or so she thought.
Momo glanced over her shoulder to see where the noise is coming from. She soon let out a small gasp. Her white haired crush is sitting on the edge of staircase roof, eating his lunch. "Hitsugaya-kun."
Upon hearing his name, Toshiro stopped eating and looked down to see the peach girl below. "Hinamori."
"Do you normally eat lunch up here?"
"...Yeah." He turned his head to the side. "I wanted to get away from girls. No thanks to them, I barely get any time alone."
After she watched him take a bite out of his onigiri, Momo replied, "I see."
At that moment, she heard a noise. Hinamori suddenly let out a small squeak. She quickly turned around and placed a hand over her belly. She totally forgot she was hungry.
"Mou, out of all times, why now?" she thought. "I hope he didn't hear that."
"Here." Momo looked over and noticed her white haired crush has jumped down to hand out perfectly made onigiri. "You're hungry, right?"
At first, she wants to be modest and kindly reject his offer. However, her actions got the best of her mind. She extended her hands out and accepted the rice ball. "Thank you, but what about you?"
"Don't worry; I have enough for myself. Actually, I have a little too much." Hitsugaya put his hand into the paper bag in his other hand and took out another rice ball. Shortly, Toshiro took a seat on the ground. After leaning back against the nearby wall, he went back to eating his meal. He took a bite out of his food and then added, "So, you can have more if you want."
"Oh alright," Hinamori replied. "Um, is it alright for me to eat lunch with you?"
The white haired prodigy stopped to give her a strange look.
"You make it sound like I bite or something. Of course, you can eat with me," he replied. "I would rather eat with you than eat with any of those annoying fan girls."
Happy to be given this opportunity to hang out with him, she took a seat next to him. "Arigato Hitsugaya-kun."
"Do itashi mashite."
With that said, the two classmates started eating their shared lunch. "Mm, did Naomi-san make this?"
"...Yeah, she did."
"It tastes good," she replied before accepting another rice ball from him. She took a bite from it. "Umai!"
Toshiro let out a faint smile, content to see the peach girl is enjoying the food. He took a quick peak in his paper bag to see the small pouch inside. Then, he glanced at his happy classmate. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Once she finished eating the last onigiri, he put his hand into the paper bag and took out the pouch. With his other hand, he pulled on the dark green string to unveil the goodies inside. Then, he extended it out so that it touched Hinamori's upper arm.
Feeling it, Momo looked over to see the pouch of various sized white chocolate pieces in his hand. "Eh?"
"Do you want some?"
Immediately, the peach girl turned a few shades darker.
"H-He's offering me some white chocolate on this special day," she thought. "S-Sure."
She extended her hand out and took a piece to look at. She let out a smile, happy to receive a gift from her crush even if it's something small like a piece of chocolate. Then, she put it into her mouth and ate it. Then, she heard him whisper in her ear, "Your feelings have been well received. So, this is why I'm going to say this to you on this special day: Yes, I'll be happy to be your Valentine."
Momo blushed. She turned her head to look at him. As Toshiro pulled away, she sputtered, "W-What are you talking about?"
"After we walked home together on Valentine's Day, you dropped something important," Hitsugaya explained. "I tried stopping you, but you already left. When I got a better look at it, it happens to be the chocolate you made for me."
"So that's where it was; Hitsugaya-kun found it." Suddenly, she turned red. "Ah, he found out that I like him! What am I supposed to do now? Wait a minute, why did he say that? Does that mean h-he actually..."
"It was delicious. It is the best chocolate I ever tasted."
"I-I thought you don't like eating chocolate," she finally replied.
"That's true," Toshiro said. "However, there is an exception: I don't mind eating chocolate that the person I like made for me."
"R-Really?"
Hitsugaya nodded with agreement. As a result, Momo began fiddling with her fingers and lowered head. "I-I see."
"So, um...how's my chocolate?"
Hinamori's head shot up before she turned to see him. "Oh, i-it's good. You made it?"
"Eh yeah, I did."
"Sugoi, you really are good at everything."
Toshiro blushed and turned his head to the side. "Yeah, but there are some things I still need to work on such as making chocolate. Yours tastes better than mine."
Momo cracked a smile on her face, feeling happy over the compliment her white haired crush just said.
There was a short pause. Then, Hitsugaya turned to Hinamori and asked, "Do you want another chocolate?"
She nodded with agreement before accepting his offer. "Arigato."
With that said, the newly formed couple sat together and finished all the homemade white chocolate pieces.
"So...what should we do now?"
Hitsugaya looked over and asked, "Hn, what do you mean?"
"You know, our feelings have been realized and everything..."
"Oh..." He thought for a moment before he shrugged it off. "We can go on a date if you want. I don't mind."
Hinamori blushed.
"A-Are you sure?" Momo asked. "You can say no if you can't."
Just as he is about to say something, they heard the school bell ring. Realizing it's time to go back to class, Hitsugaya got up from his seat. After dusting off the dirt from his pants, he extended a hand out to the raven haired teenager. "Don't worry so much; I'm completely fine with it. Besides, you are the girl I returned your feelings with my own."
Despite her cheeks turning pink, the peach girl accepted his offer so that he can hoist her back on her feet. With their hands joined together, the two lovers went back together in the school building. "So, I guess we're going on a date after school?"
Toshiro smiled back. "That's fine by me."
After school, Matsumoto left the classroom early to meet with Hinamori at the shoe lockers. By the time she spotted the young student, she noticed something peculiar about her. Wanting to find out, the strawberry orange haired teenager walked up to her and greeted, "Hey Hinamori!"
Just as she closed her locker, Momo looked over and noticed the older student. "Oh, hey Rangiku-san!"
"You seem to be in a good mood. Did something good happen?"
The peach girl cracked a faint smile on her face. "It's...something like that."
Matsumoto placed her hands together and scooted over to her schoolmate. Intrigued by the news, she said, "Ou, let me guess: you got a White's Day present from a certain someone you like."
Hinamori blushed. "Well, that's not the only reason I'm feeling this way; I got something even better."
Rangiku raised an eyebrow. "Better? What would that be?"
"Hey, are you ready to go?"
The two girls turned their heads to the side to see a certain white haired prodigy in their presence. He opened his locker and began changing shoes. Momo happily replied, "Yeah, I was just waiting for you."
He put his indoor shoes away into his locker before closing it shut. Then, he turned to the peach girl and apologized, "Sorry for taking so long."
"It's alright," Hinamori said. "Was your fan girls the ones that caused you the delay?"
"Oh yeah, that's a given."
As the two classmates continued talking with each other, the older student noticed their change in behaviour. Momo is not as shy as she was before whenever she's around him while Toshiro is speaking more openly around her. "Kya, Hitsugaya-sama!"
Toshiro, Momo, Rangiku, and the surrounding students turned their heads to see the crowd of fan girls running towards their general direction. "Can I have your White's Day gift?"
Hitsugaya growled with frustration, not wanting to deal with this again. Just as he looked at Hinamori, he came up with the proper excuse to tell them. A smirk appeared on his face, knowing too well that it will stop them from going after him.
In one swift move, Toshiro placed a hand on her arm and pulled her into an interlocking lip kiss. Just as the other girls were shocked by his bold action, Momo's eyes widened with surprise. Just what is he trying to pull?
However, the new sensation she's experiencing is too good to pass. Hinamori soon closed her eyes and began kissing back. Glad to receive the positive feedback from her, Hitsugaya closed his eyes and continued the display of affection it was time for them to break apart. Feeling dazed, Momo addressed her boyfriend by his first name. "Toshiro..."
He offered her a content smile before resuming his attention to the shocked fan girls. "Sorry girls, but I have important matters to attend. I have a date with Momo right now."
Hitsugaya then took hold of his girlfriend's hand. Their soon eyes meet: emerald-teal and chocolate brown.
"Shall we get going?"
Hinamori smiled back.
"Hai!" She turned to Matsumoto. "I'll see you tomorrow, Rangiku-san!"
It took a few seconds for the older student to register what is going on. "Ah yeah, see you tomorrow."
Then, she noticed the white haired prodigy is giving her a small smirk on the corner of his lips. Realizing that he wanted the news to spread intentionally, Matsumoto let out a smile on her face unaware of the horrified looks on the fan girls' faces. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe this!"
"Out of all girls, he likes Momo Hinamori?"
"Does that mean they're going out now?"
"No!"
"Impossible!"
As she watched the two lovers leave the school building, Rangiku took out a white chocolate covered pretzel from her bag and ate it.
"I'm happy for you both; enjoy your first date."
~ OWARI ~
Japanese World Translations
Ohayo - Good Morning, Okaa-san - Mother, Sugoi - Amazing, Onigiri - Rice Ball, Arigato - Thank You, Do itashi mashite - You're Welcome, Umai - Delicious, Hai - Yes, Owari - The End
Author's Note: The End. I hope you enjoyed it! I'll be back again soon with another HitsuHina short shot! Please review! Thanks.
