Wow, it's been months since my last update. :O Sorry if this chapter is stupid DX
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach. Again, if I did, Hitsugaya would be the main character.
"Dr. Kurosaki, I showed Hitsugaya where all the supplies were located and we ran a blood analysis. Was there something else you needed before we leave?" Hinamori asked while nervously twisting a loose strand of hair.
"Nope, that's all for today," Dr. Kurosaki said with a stupid smile on his face.
Hinamori started to walk to the door when Rukia and Ichigo entered through the other room.
"Oi Hinamori! Toushirou! Do you guys want to go get something to eat with us?" Ichigo asked.
Hinamori looked up curiously at Ichigo and Hitsugaya. The two knew each other? And were on a first name basis?
Hitsugaya twitched his brow in annoyance. "It's Hitsugaya," he said sharply.
"Whatever. Do you want to go?" Ichigo asked. Hitsugaya mumbled something incoherent under his breath.
"What about you Momo?"
"Sure," Hinamori replied. Hitsugaya looked at Hinamori and scolded himself mentally for feeling curious about her. The time he spent with her this evening gave him the impression that there was something different that set her aside from everyone else. Four hours of being with her and he knew nothing. For the first time in his life he actually wanted to get to know someone. He suppressed this thought quickly.
"I call shotgun!!" yelled Rukia.
Hinamori sighed and climbed in the backseat with Hitsugaya. Ichigo's sport car was quite cramped in the back so her body was in very close proximity with Hitsugaya's. As the car went around a curve, Hinamori had to slide out her hand to maintain her balance so she wouldn't crash into Hitsugaya. But as she did this, her hand ended up on top of Hitsugaya's hand. Pink specks blotted her cheeks as she forced out a mumbled apology.
Hitsugaya looked up in surprise as he felt ice cold skin rub against his hand. The pink tint on Hinamori's delicate features radiated her natural beauty. Then he had the inexplicable urge to grab her hand and keep it there so he could warm it. He mentally kicked himself five hundred times for even thinking a thought like that.
"It's fine," Hitsugaya said in a strained voice.
Ichigo parked the car and everyone got out. "A table for four," Ichigo told the waitress. The waitress led them to a booth near the window. Ichigo slid in and Rukia followed. That left Hinamori and Hitsugaya to sit next to each other. Hitsugaya slithered in the booth and as Hinamori was sliding in, a passerby bumped into Hinamori's side. The hard impact caused Hinamori to lose her balance and she fell into Hitsugaya's lap.
The blood broiled to Hinamori's face and she turned cherry red. Her muscles froze and for ten excruciating slow seconds she couldn't move. When she grasped control of her body again she leaped off his lap but ended up falling out of the booth.
If it was possible for Hinamori's face to turn even redder than it already was, it did. She looked down at the cold floor and regretted her decision to go out to eat. Suddenly a hand appeared in front of her. "Are you okay?" asked Hitsugaya in a concerned voice. Hinamori ignored his inviting hand and stood up herself. She looked down at the floor as her bangs fell in front of her face. "I'm sorry. Someone bumped into me and I lost my balance," she explained in a rush.
"It's not your fault, you don't need to apologize," Hitsugaya replied. An image of what just happened flashed into his mind. He had been momentarily taken aback at finding her small figure in his lap. What had shocked him even more was that he had had the impulse to enclose his arms around her waist and hold her there. He erased this thought as soon as it had come. This was beyond weird to be having thoughts about some girl he barely knew and had just met. Okay, he had to admit she was pretty, possibly the prettiest girl he had ever encountered, but that gave him no excuse to having such fantasies.
When Hinamori and Hitsugaya were properly seated again the waitress came by to take everyone's order. As they waited for their food to arrive, Rukia launched into a conversation about their latest school assignment.
Hinamori tuned Rukia out and let her mind wander. "Do you come here often?" the voice next to her asked. She looked up and realized Hitsugaya was speaking to her. He decided to make idle chatter with Hinamori since Rukia's conversation was too boring for him. Not only that, Ichigo and Rukia started to get into one of their flirty arguments.
"Not really," she replied surprised that he was talking to her. "Do you?"
"No. I've never been here before."
Hinamori let out a cute giggle that astonished both herself and Hitsugaya. "You're not missing out on anything. They have this really weird meal on the menu and I still have not been able to identify the contents."
"It didn't look like food at all. In truth, I think it was fish and chicken mixed together and there was a watery liquid that covered whatever it was and made it all soggy," joined in Rukia.
"Why would you put something in your mouth if you didn't know what the contents were?" Hitsugaya asked in disbelief. "Ichigo and Rukia paid me to," Hinamori said with a small smile playing on her lips. Just then the waitress came with the food. Hitsugaya checked her plate to make sure the meal she had ordered was normal. Relief flooded through his body as he saw it was your average everyday hamburger and French fries.
Throughout the meal Hitsugaya and Hinamori made light conversation. Hinamori found that she was actually beginning to like Hitsugaya and see him a decent person. However, when she talked she always seemed unsure of herself and never said too much. In short, she was not an open person at all. Hitsugaya took notice of this, but he was more of a closed person himself as well.
"What did you think of the job today?" asked Hinamori.
Hitsugaya frowned. "It was okay I guess."
"Just boring?" Hinamori asked and smirked.
Hitsugaya agreed, but before he could say more Ichigo interrupted them. "I have to get back to my house early tonight so let's leave now since everyone is done eating." After paying, everyone scooted out of the booth and walked toward Ichigo's car.
As Ichigo drove everyone back to the dormitories, Hinamori stared out the window. Hitsugaya looked over at her and saw pain in her eyes. Like in the classroom, she was lost in her own world again. He wondered what could have upset her so much.
Soon the car lurched to a stop. Rukia, Hinamori, and Hitsugaya all got out of the car. They said their good-byes and parted since their dorms were in different directions. Hitsugaya watched Hinamori's departing form and felt his curiosity rise for the umpteenth time that day.