Chapter 3: Naps
"Ok, now he's really starting to hurt me!" Kon screamed still trying to free himself from Hitsugaya's grip. For the past half hour, Hitsugaya had been squeezing the life out of poor Kon. Not only that but he had also been tossed into the air by the childish Hitsugaya. He seemed to be trying to throw Kon higher up each time. This resulted in Kon being slammed against the ceiling repeatedly and falling back down into Hitsugaya's awaiting arms; and the process started all over again. But no one did anything to help him in the slightest.
"Teddy!" Hitsugaya squealed again and hugged him even closer.
Kon gasped for breath. "Please! For the love of God, get him off of me!" Still no one moved. "Come on! This isn't funny anymore! Make him stop!"
Next Hitsugaya grabbed Kon by his head and lifted him into the air. "Wheee!" Hitsugaya cried and dragged Kon through the air by his stuffed head, apparently making him fly. He even did sound effects. "Eeerooom! Eaaarr-ru-ru- errrrm! Whoosh!"
"He really is cute like this…" Rukia sighed. "So what are we gonna do?"
The others looked at her. Hitsugaya had been distracting them from what really needed to get done. Now they had to come up with a plan.
"What did you have in mind?"
Rukia sat back in her chair. "Well… we already established that he's in no condition to return to the Soul Society. And we've also concluded that Orihime can't help us out. This is mental, and Orihime can only heal physical wounds and can't do anything about your mental state, which is why Ichigo's still an idiot."
"Hey!"
"So now it looks like we're back to square one."
They all let out long sighs. Now what?
While they thought, Kon's screams finally started to die down. Hitsugaya was starting to lose interest in the talking, moving toy and wandered around the room in search of something else. He dropped Kon at his feet and wandered about. Kon quickly got up and scrambled to the closet and slammed the door shut. He wasn't coming out anytime soon. Meanwhile, Hitsugaya busied himself with Ichigo's bookcase. He plopped down in front of it and stared at all the books. Curiosity getting the better of him, he started thumbing through the shelves and pulled out random books and threw them on the floor.
Hearing a thumping noise, Ichigo looked up. He spotted Hitsugaya throwing his books on the ground. "Hey, stop that!" He quickly rushed over and pulled a red book from his hands. "What do you think you're doing? You can't just pull my books out and toss them around. I had them in order."
"You organize?" Rukia raise an eyebrow.
"Shut up. A lot of these are school books… Now look what he did to them!"
Ignoring Ichigo completely, Hitsugaya stood up and wondered over to Rangiku.
"What is it?" she asked.
Hitsugaya made several grunting noises as he tried to pull himself up into her lap. He finally succeeded and sat himself down in her lap and sucked his thumb quietly. Rangiku hugged him, unable to resist his cuteness.
"Well, this will have to do until he recovers. He'll have to stay here."
Ichigo looked up from the bookcase. "Stay where?"
"Here."
"Here where?"
"Here, here. Your house."
He stood up and stormed over. "Oh, no, he's not!"
"Oh yes, he is!" Rukia protested. "He has nowhere else to go! He has to stay here!"
"Oh, no, he doesn't! It's bad enough having you stay here without anyone finding out, I don't need two of you!"
"He has no home in this world! How do you expect him to survive? He can't do anything on his own in this state! He needs our help!"
"Why us? Dump him off on Orihime or something! She has plenty of room."
"We can't do that! She not expecting us and she has enough to worry about as it is! We're not doing that!"
"You just want him close by so you can ogle him, that's it, isn't it? You can do what you want but he can't stay here!"
"Well, I say he can!"
"My house, my rules and I say no!"
"I'm in charge of you and I say yes!"
"You're in charge of me?"
"Yeah!"
"Since when?"
"Since ever!"
"He's not staying here and that's final!"
"Oh, come on! You've got plenty of room! Didn't you say that your dad and sisters were gone on a trip together for the next four days?"
Ichigo flinched. She was right. They were and he had the whole house to himself. "Well… yeah, but…"
"So what's the problem? No one's going to bother us. Let him stay here!"
There would be no end to this if he continued the fight. It was best to just give up. He couldn't decline. "Ok, fine. But just how long are we talking?"
"As in..?"
"As in how long's he staying here?"
"I don't know. Until he recovers."
"How long's that gonna take?"
"I don't know. A few hours, days… weeks…"
"Weeks?"
"You can never be sure about these things! They take time and it's random! I couldn't say for sure."
Hitsugaya rested his head against Rangiku's chest and continued sucking his thumb as he watched the two go at it. He couldn't understand what they were arguing about, but it was entertaining. They continued to yell at each other and Hitsugaya continued to watch. His eyes were starting to get a little heavy. He turned around and tugged on Rangiku's sleeve.
She looked down. "What's the matter?"
Rukia stopped their argument to listen to what Hitsugaya had to say.
Hitsugaya rubbed his eyes and gave her a sleepy look. "I want a nap-nap…" he mumbled.
"Awww..!" the girls chorused in unison. That was so cute!
Rangiku patted him on the head. "Ohhh..! You're tired?"
He nodded and stuck him thumb in his mouth again. "'m sweepy…"
"Aww!"
Ichigo raised an eyebrow. What was so cute about that? So he was a little tired. Big deal. And he was mispronouncing words. Why did girls find that so cute?
Rukia helped Hitsugaya to his feet. "Don't worry. I know just the thing." She pulled back the covers to Ichigo's bed. "There you go. Hope it's comfy."
"Now wait a minute!" Ichigo protested. "Why my bed? Where am I supposed to sleep?"
"For crying out loud, he's just taking a nap. You can wait a couple of hours. It's the middle of the afternoon, anyway."
"Yeah, but still…"
Hitsugaya climbed into bed and sat down. Rangiku tucked him in. But he didn't lay down.
"What is it?"
He looked up at them. "Teddy…"
"Oh!" Rukia turned and faced the closet. "Ok, I'm sure it's in here."
"No, it's not!" Kon called from the back corner of the closet.
Taking pity on Kon for once, Rukia began to dig through Ichigo's closet for a suitable substitute. She tossed several stuffed animals aside until she found one that seemed appropriate. She turned around and presented him with a stuffed blue dragon. "How's this?"
Without a word, Hitsugaya stretched his arms forward to take the toy from her. He immediately hugged it close and laid down.
"Awww!"
The girls knelt by the side of the bed and ogled him with stars in their eyes. He was just too cute!
Now that he had his stuffed companion, they believed that Hitsugaya would finally go to sleep. When he didn't, they grew worried. What could be wrong?
"Nugh..!" he grunted and reached for Rangiku.
She bent down to his level. "What's the matter?"
He puckered his lips. "Kissy."
The girls looked at each other. Then their faces spread into two, twin grins. Hitsugaya wanted a kiss! They squealed in pure joy. Ichigo rolled his eyes and returned to his bookcase. "Now I know that's not him…" he muttered to himself.
Rangiku leaned forward and gave Hitsugaya a peck on the cheek. He smiled happily and turned to Rukia. She giggled at his innocence and gave him a kiss on the cheek as well. He giggled back as if it tickled.
Now he should go to sleep.
He didn't. He just sat there and stared at something across the room. They followed his gaze to none other than Ichigo himself. His eyes remained fixated on him, staring at his back.
As if feeling his gaze, Ichigo turned around. Three pairs of eyes were staring back at him.
"What?"
Hitsugaya looked at him expectantly. "Kissy."
Ichigo flinched. He jumped to his feet. "What?"
"Come on, Ichigo," Rukia said. "He won't sleep until you do."
"Oh, no! That's where I draw the line!"
"Do it!"
"No!"
Hitsugaya pouted. "Pwease?" He stuck out his lip for effect.
Ichigo turned away and folded his arms. Rukia stormed over, grabbed him by the ear and dragged him over to the bed.
"Do it!" she hissed in his ear and shoved him forward.
Ichigo groaned. "You've gotta be-"
"DO IT!" She shoved him onto the floor by the bed.
Ichigo glanced up at Hitsugaya. He looked back at Rukia. "I'm not gonna-"
"Just a quick peck on the cheek isn't gonna kill you! You can even do it on the forehead if you like."
That did sound better than a kiss on the cheek. He reluctantly looked back at Hitsugaya. He smiled back, waiting patiently. Giving a frustrated sigh, Ichigo leaned forward. Hitsugaya presented him with an innocent smile. Swallowing hard, Ichigo moved closer. Holding back vomit and shutting his eyes tight, he gave Hitsugaya a quick kiss on the forehead. He quickly pulled back and wiped his mouth off on the back of his hand.
"Happy?" he asked bitterly.
"Uh-huh!" Hitsugaya chirped.
As Ichigo went to get up he felt a small tug on his sleeve.
"Now what?" he barked, irritated.
Hitsugaya held up the small blue dragon.
"Flamey, too!"
AWW! Isn't he just the cutest? He wanted the dragon to get a kiss, too ^-^
Please review! Hitsugaya's cuteness demands it! XD
