High School Girl
~Being Treated Like a Child~
The idea that he needed an actual vacation from his duties as a shingami captain, he found quite laughable. Sure, he tended to work hard, and at times over due it, but he didn't see Yamamoto actually requesting that any of the other fukutaicho or taicho take a vacation. Actually, truth be told, Yamamoto wasn't the only one who had thought this was a good idea.
Matsumoto was one of them, and he could trust her not to keep up with the paperwork while he was away. This meant that his so-called vacation, would only lead to more work once he went back to soul society. That also meant that the so-called vacation would also end up going to waste, in his opinion. He was most definitely not the most sociable person either.
However, he had to admit that it was nice seeing Ichigo and his friends again, and a small smirk couldn't help but appear on his face as they greeted him as he went and sat down in a desk near Kurosaki. Without having a stupid group here, he had to believe personally that things might be entertaining for once. And this was confirmed rather quickly.
Orihime got into a conversation with the other girls, about one of the girls in the school who had gotten pregnant, and was glad to hear that every single one of them, especially Orihime wasn't naïve on the matter. Ichigo tried getting them to shush, which also didn't surprised the small captain. He felt that Rangiku would be proud of mini her.
On the side, the other conversation that was going on was one about Shakespeare, started by both Ichigo and Chad, though Sado choose not to say much. They were quickly joined by Uryu, who refused to believe that Ichigo had any interest in Shakespeare, and began to quiz him. Toshiro found himself correcting both the boys, with one question that they both got wrong.
He felt though, as if someone was staring at him, as he ate his lunch, which thankfully wasn't made by Orihime. He glanced around, but could only find people chatting away, or this one girl staring out the window, acting aloof and not caring what went on in class. Thus he went back to eating, and listening to the conversation about Shakespeare, which he found hysterical.
However, he saw Tatsuki get up from her seat about half way through lunch, and go and ask that one girl he had spotted distancing herself from the rest of the class, and ask to speak with her outside. Both girls left the room and were gone for a couple of minutes, then they came back, both steamed. First Tatsuki, then the other girl.
Tatsuki glared at the girl, and whispered something to the girls at her table, then went back to eating, still glaring at the girl every so often, and the girl would also glare daggers back. This went on well into class time, and up to when the bell rang. Everyone got up to go and leave, and the room quickly emptied.
Toshiro however, remained in his desk, and choose to look outside at the sun that was already setting, and became slighting lost in thought. He was brought back to the real world, by the clicking of nail-polished nails on his desk, and he looked up in time to see the girl who Tatsuki had been talking to earlier standing there, a huge grin on her face. "My name is Kogata Sana, but you can call me Sana-chan."
"What exactly do you want?" the small boy asked, quite confused why she was talking to him.
"Would you go with me for ice cream?" the girl asked, in a way that was sickly sweet.
Toshiro's instant reaction to this was for part of his face to twitch uncontrollably. "Excuse me…"
"I asked if you would go out with me for ice cream," the girl sighed, rolling her eyes, as if what she was trying to get was quite obvious."
"I am not a little kid," the boy muttered, narrowing his eyes.
"how about a movie?" Sana was persistent.
Yet Toshiro didn't seem to get what she was really after. "I am not a little kid! How many times do I have to say that?"
"How about…" the girl continued, only to find herself interrupted.
Tatsuki came up from behind Toshiro, grabbed the small, white haired preteen around the neck, and began to give him a noogie with her free hand. She had a huge grin on her face. "Sorry, but Toshiro-kun and I have something planned after school!"
At that, Kogata glared at the two of them, then went and stormed off. Toshiro irritable shoved Tatsuki's arm away from his head. "As I told her, I am not a little kid…"
"So… you don't want to come with me to see my family dojo? I happen to be off from practice today, so we can go now," the violet haired girl smiled.
"Your family owns a dojo?" Hitsugaya's eyes had a slight spark to them, even though he tried his best not to look interested.
"It is hand to hand combat, but it still would be worth seeing, right?" Tatsuki asked.
"I guess so," he scratched his head. "Do you know that girl?"
"Actually, no one in class really does. She tends to keep to herself a lot," Tatsuki's tone suddenly changed, to be rather concerned for some reason.
"You are acting like there are some bad rumors going around about her," the boy sighed, getting up and pulling the book bag over his shoulder.
"No…" Tatsuki was trying to avoid telling him something. "So… should we head over to my families dojo? They might let you sleep on the roof, so you don't have to stay at Orihime's!"
"You're going to tease me about that, aren't you…" the small boy muttered.
"You bet! That's what friends do!" the girl smirked.
Author's notes -
Issue#3 – A lot of fanfic authors, because Toshiro actually has made comments about himself not being a kid, they take him to be the same age as Ichigo. However, just because someone says they aren't a kid, doesn't mean it is true. There is reason why Toshiro is considered a child prodigy, and growth charts put him, at most, twelve years old roughly.
Turner Syndrome – I admit that, just to be mean to Sana, I could have given her Turner syndrome. However, that's not really fare to those with Turner syndrome. My intention is also not to bash this character type in, but to demonstrate why it doesn't work. Also, giving her Turner syndrome would defeat some of the plot I think…
