Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach

Pairings: supposed to be a MomoxShiho

Spoilers: none. I think

Authors Note: Meh, Shiro-chan and Momo-chan go through pieces of my life. A challenge at a different pairing. Make sure you check if I abuse comma's and semicolon's :)

The distance between us

Math was a subject Hinamori Momo never sincerely tried in, nor was she enthusiastic about it either. Especially after she got transferred into a new class with a teacher whom was rumoured to fail over half the class. How lovely.

The first day in class, she easily spotted the familiar white haired boy. Her school uniform making rustling noises, she quickly scurried down the aisles of desks and chairs.

"I'm 15 minutes early" Momo mumbled to no one in particular as she sat down in the empty seat next to Hitsugaya Toushiro. "Hello Hitsugaya-kun!" Momo said cheerfully.

Averting his eyes away from his text book, Toushiro glanced at Momo for a moment before answering, "Hello Hinamori, I assume you transferred?"

"Yep, we had too. All of our schedules were changed." Momo replied glumly. "And I was doing okay in math too. ."

"I may be able to help you."

"Really? That would be great! Can-"

Momo's response was interrupted by the gruff "Settle down class" growled by her new math teacher. "Seems like we have a couple of new students." he said as he looked up from his attendance sheet.

The first thirty minutes was horror, not only did Momo not get a word he was saying but she jerked whenever he asked her a question.

"What the answer to 3a Hinamori?

"Uhm. . " She stared blankly at her text.

"Thirty-two" Toushiro whispered to Momo

Uncertainly she replied,"Thirty-two?"

"Correct. Whats 3b Miya?"

Momo breathed in a sigh of relief. Nudging Toushiro, she whispered, "Thank you"

"Welcome, and you really do need help in math don't you?"

"We didn't start this in my other class, and he didn't 'teach' he just skimmed through the pages and asked us questions."

"Yeah, he doesn't teach, thats why you need to teach yourself."

"What kind of teacher is that?"

Momo and Toushiro were silenced willingly as the teacher brushed by their row. After 20 more minutes of questions, they were assigned 34 questions. Bewildered, Momo flipped through pages and pages of her old textbook searching for the formula's.

Where are the formula's? I can't do these without a formula..

Toushiro reached over and flipped her text book to page 103, "there" he mumbled before going back to question 28.

What? He's on 28 already? I'm not even on number 1 yet..

Dejectedly, she wrote the date in her notebook and attempted to do question number 1.

Hmmm, I've for the formulas; whats x anyway?

Why did only our class have to transfer? My old teacher actually taught us. I actually learned in that class.

Toushiro dropped his pencil with a light thunk, signaling he was done.

"Nee, how do you do question one Hitsugaya-kun?"

"Hmm? Oh, you basically multiply those two, then use the formula. You need to simplify that." he responded as he pointed to her textbook.

"Like this?"

"Yes, then just minus that by 14, there. It's important to understand the formula." He took out his notebook and scribbled out the formula, he then pointed to x, "this represents a number, the next one represents the rows. This one here is for the first number."

Momo nodded with understanding.

"You get it?" Toushiro raised an eyebrow.

Mom nodded with delight. "I think I get it now, thank you so much Hitsugaya-kun!" With that she went on to number two.

Hitsugaya grinned, and watched over Hinamori's shoulder as she did question number two. "Oh you don't need to minus for this one" he pointed to the question.

"Oh, okay." It was slightly hard to concentrated because of his body warmth that made her tingle.

Toushiro then rested his head on his hands and gazed at the school chalkboard. Momo's eyes rested on Hitsugaya for a moment before looking away from embarrassment. She half wished he was near her again so she could feel his body warmth, and was half relieved because she could concentrated.

Five minutes before the bell rang, Momo, still on number twenty-four, noticed that Hitsugaya-kun's elbow and hers were leaning against each others. Her first impulse was to jerk her elbow away, but she left it there.

Toushiro cracked an eye open and watched Momo flushing red, he then got up and packed up his things; leaning his elbow even more against Momo's.

"What number are you on?"

"Huh? What? Oh..number twenty-four. Thank you for all your help!" Her voiced turned out to be squeakier than she expected. She started to pack up. As the bell rang, the whole class exited out the classroom.

Walking in silence, Momo and Toushiro shuffled through the quiet, lonely hallway. Momo's locker (A/N shinigami's have lockers too xD) was in the basement; Toushiro's was on the mainfloor.

"See you tomorrow!" Momo waved.

"Yeah" Toushiro responded.

x x x

Rain fell from a dark, cloudly sky. The steady rhythm of tap tap could be heard from Momo's small, pink umbrella.

She was walking by Jones park, a park she used to play in when she was younger. Her favourite place was the small wooden house decorated with paintings, which have faded over the years. Deciding she would take a peak inside, she started walking towards it; the next moment, she was running away from it.

"What's Hitsugaya-kun dong there?!" She thought as she ran all the way home.

x x x

Toushiro lazily opened on of his eyes and sighed, "stupid Hinamori"

x x x

Momo, leaning against her room wall, breathed a sigh of relief as she slid down into a crouching position. Guilt poked at her.

Why didn't I say anything? What's wrong with me? Why did I just run away from my former best friend? Why is it so embarrassing to see Hitsugaya-kun..

x x x

"Hinamori..why did you stray away from me?"

x x x

The next day at school was awkward; really awkward. Momo walked sheepishly into the classroom.

"Hello Hinamo-"

"Hello Hitsugaya-kun" Momo said, cutting Toushiro off.

Momo didn't get picked on this class, and they were assigned twenty more questions. They worked in silence. Twenty minutes later, however, Momo was stuck on question eighteen, which led to another round of paper shuffling.

Toushiro was about to help her when he stopped and whispered, "Why did you leave me Hinamori?"

Momo was in a state of shock.

Was he talking about yesterday?

She opened her mouth to say something, when the bell cancelled her out.

Momo watched as Toushiro stood up and exited out of the class.

x x x

Leave him? Our friendship has been drifting away..but I didn't leave him..did I? And why do I start blushing madly when I see him?

Fixed on her thoughts, it was dark by the time she reached the park. Hoping he was there again, she cautiously made her way passed the swings and slide to the play house. The well constructed model house, damp and musty from the rain, seemed strongly welcoming. Letting her eyes wander inside, she saw the white haired prodigy. His hair messier than usual, and his school uniform embracing his small frame loosly, he was sleeping soundly with his arms at the back of his head. Momo, with a sheepish smile, watched his chest rise and fall with each breath while listening to his light snores.

Momo carefully settled herself beside Toushiro and slowly whispered, "I never left you Shiro-chan; and I never will."

"I love you" Her words slipped out of her mouth as if she had always wanted to say them.

"I love you, too" Toushiro whispered after opening one of his blue-green eyes. Toushiro, his arms wrapping around Momo's waist, pulled her gently closer to him and fell asleep. Momo, using his shoulders as a pillow, leaned against him and fell asleep in his protective arms while being surrounded by his cloud of warmth. The steady beat of the rain lullabied them both to sleep.

Author's note: While typing this, I noticed that the beginning sentences are really horrible. I tried a different pairing this time. Tell me what you guys think :). And don't forget to correct me 8D.Thank you to Half-elf for the review last time. A really special thank you to Alaena Night, who sent me this awesome long pm that explained a lot of things, I look forward to hearing more from you :). Do I still abuse comma's and semicolons? Please tell me if I do xD. And I think I repeat words too much 8D.

The bliss of getting four reviews, two story favourites, two story alerts, and one author alert 8D.I feel so honoured :). Now if only someone would add me as a favourite author :D. Just kidding, my stories arent worthy. I just wanted to thank all the readers too; yes, I know my stories arent worth getting reviews 8D.

Thank you for reading :).