A.N.: Three chapters up for days and not a single review? Does it really suck that bad?

Rating: T

Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Iba, Hisagi, Abarai, Kira

Genre: Humor

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach. Inspired by a scene from some fanfic, but I forgot which.

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Hitsugaya sighed in exasperation. Why did he even agree to attend the party? Oh yes, Matsumoto had promised to do all the paperwork for a week. He snorted. Oh yes, she's going to find a way out of it within a day. Certainly not worth the annoyance this drunken binge was. There were so many better things he could have been doing instead of wasting his time here. And whose birthday was it anyway? He wracked his brain, but he couldn't remember. Great. Now he was going to embarrass himself on top of everything.

"Oi! It's Shiro-chan!" a boisterous voice cut his musings short. He whirled around and faced a table around which Madarame, Ayasegawa, Hisagi, Kira, Iba, Abarai, and his own lazy excuse of a lieutant were seated. All of them were obviously way past the just tipsy phase and well on their way into complete drunkenness. He sent them his best icy glare, which usually was enough to sent lesser shinigami run crying for their mommies. He emphasized his point by adding:

"It's Hitsugaya-taichou to you!"

But they didn't run or tremble. Instead they raised their sake cups, downed them in one gulp and refilled them again.

"Oi, Shiro-chan's in a bad mood today," Ikkaku commented.

"I told you, it's Hitsugaya-taichou!" The group downed their drinks again. Hitsugaya scowled. He was beginning to understand what this was about. "Do you want to be charged with insubordination?"

"Why so mean, Shiro-chan?" Matsumoto asked.

"Yes, it wouldn't hurt if you smiled for once, would it, Shiro-chan?" Abarai added.

Now Hitsugaya had it. He leant over the table and flared his reiatsu a bit. "I told you, it's Hitsugaya-taichou," he growled dangerously. The group of drunkards smiled and raised their cups to their lips. But instead of gulping down the sake they all looked at their saucers in confusion.

"What's this?" Iba slurred. He tried to drink again, but no sweet liquid flowed to his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Hitsugaya raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you going to drink?"

Kira stared into his cup stupidly for a while and then upturned it. A block of ice fell out of it and shattered on the table.

"Huh?" was all he said.

"It's beautiful," Yumichika commented.

Hitsugaya smirked. Maybe it wasn't so bad to attend a party once in a while. There sure was fun to be had even though he didn't drink.