"All right, that's it!" Karin said impatiently, determined to get away from Toushiro as much as possible. She grumpily walked towards the other side of the wall which immediately put a half room worth of space between them and blurted.
"I lied. I'm not okay."
Toushiro moved towards her, looking worried.
"STOP! Stay there, just stay there." She shrieked and signaled him to stop walking and stay where he was.
His face darkened and his jaw tightened.
"What is wrong with you then?" He asked with a slight annoyance in his voice.
She stayed quiet.
He was confused with her action. They were okay together when they woke up. Now she just wanted to be away from him as much as possible. He never bothered trying to learn about the mystery of female species before, the fact that he managed to have 2 female friends still surprised him somehow. And he honestly didn't care what she told him to do, as he kept walking towards her.
She looked up and found that he was inches away from her. Their eyes locked in an intense gaze, neither of them diverted their eyes away from each other.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked again softly, holding her hand.
She still kept quiet.
An awkward silence filled the room. As he looked at her, he could tell that she was uncomfortable. He really felt bad for her; she probably didn't want him to be there at all. So he finally let go of her hand and started walking back.
She looked at him, half relieved and half disappointed. Part of her wanted him to keep holding her hand just like that, but another part told her it was better this way, she didn't think he would want to be here with her. Plus, she didn't know how long she could resist the mysterious voice in her head telling her what to do.
"You!" She said softly, finally gave in to the voice.
He frowned and looked back at her. Just what the hell did he do this time? He was sure he did nothing to upset her.
She bit her bottom lips that started to tremble, and finally broke down into tears.
"I'm scared!"
He immediately turned and look at her.
"Scared of what Karin? Why do you say that?"
"I'm scared of you, I don't want to be around you. Whenever I'm around you I can't think properly." She replied.
...
"Shhh!" Rukia glared at Ichigo after seeing him talking to Renji. "I can't hear a thing."
Ever since they decided to go back to the 10th squad office, they barely sat and discussed about the situation inside the 5th squad office. The women, Matsumoto, and Rukia, were too curious about what was going on when they were not there. Ichigo was too worried about Karin, and Renji was simply afraid of Toushiro's and Karin's wrath after they were released from the room. So they ended up walking back to the 5th squad office.
Once they got there, Both Matsumoto and Rukia instantly pressed their ears to the door, hungry for sounds that indicated what was going on inside, while the men simply frowned ferociously and resisted the urge to drag the women out.
"Why don't you go back to your squads, I'm sure they all wonder where you are." Ichigo said, trying to reason with his girlfriend and Matsumoto.
"Oh stop it!" Rukia snapped.
"I don't need to work all day you know. I'm sure other shinigamis in my sqaud can do my job."
Matsumoto nodded.
"The 10th squad doesn't need me to do a paper work. Taicho has been taking care of that, so I'm free."
...
Toushiro nervously made his way towards Karin, he was didn't know what to do when she cried. Seeing her tears made him felt guilty because he knew he was the reason of it, He wanted pull her closer to him and told her that everything was going to be alright. But he knew he better stayed quiet and waited for her to continue.
"When I'm around you, I can't think. It's like my brain doesn't function anymore!" She said. "And I just feel like I'm an idiot because I care about you a lot when you obviously doesn't care about me."
He was beyond shocked! Did she just say she care about him? Did he hear it right? Was it possible that she feel the same way about him?
"And you didn't tell me this before." he asked quietly, while trying to register everything she just said. "I'm sorry, Karin. I never meant to hurt you."
She raised her eyebrows at him, and saw that his face was turning red slowly. She smiled a little.
Seeing her smilling at him, he smiled back and nervously took her hand into his and interwined their hands together.
"I like it when you smile, Toushiro. You look nice like that. You should smile more."
"I will." He replied delicately.
Both of them sat next to each other on the floor. Karin rested her head on his lap and curled up like a cat. Toushiro closed his eyes, while stroking Karin's hair with his free hand. They were happy with each other.
"Why do you keep avoiding me?" she asked.
He immediately stopped stroking her hair.
Shit!
'I'm not ready for that. How can I answer her?' He thought.
Fortunately for him, he didn't have to answer her question as he felt the weight of her head disappeared from his lap. Karin's attention was changed, she was looking at something else. He looked at her and found that she was looking at the kido barrier intensely. And he knew that the barrier were about to be broken.
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