Again, sorry for the delay. I've been busy with schoolwork this past month and I can't write a decent chapter when my mind is drained and stressed out. Hehe..

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The rest of the day went normally, from a normal shinigami's point of view, that is. Hitsugaya sat seriously on his desk doing most of the paperwork, while Matsumoto does her share rather leisurely. But for the two of them, it was rather odd. For an instance, she was caught by her taichou staring at him, which in turn, made her cute taichou blush. This happened not only once, not only twice, but thrice. She was caught staring at him three times in just 8 hours! However, this does not include the times that she wasn't caught. She can't help it though. She finds her taichou more striking than usual.

(Matsumoto's POV)

She was getting tired of her paperwork. She was getting sleepy just by looking at the reports. She sighed. Then she looked up to see how her taichou was doing. He was serious as usual. With his brush at hand, he wrote gracefully at the paper after reading the report. Then he puts the paper aside and gets the next report. He did the same for the next report. Over and over again. He made it look so easy.

"Why can't I do my paperwork like that?" She wondered.

She continued to stare at her taichou for who knows how long, still mesmerized on how he effortlessly does his work. She was brought back to reality when Hitsugaya coughed to get her attention. She panicked and looked away. Before resuming her work, she caught a glimpse of her taichou. He was trying to maintain his calm exterior, but still can't hide the blush from his face.

"He's just so cute." She thought, as a smile formed in her lips.

(Hitsugaya's POV)

He was quietly reading the report, but he can't help but to notice her unmoving fukutaichou on her desk, or should I say the small table in front of the sofa that she claimed as HER desk. He knows she's not asleep since he can feel her gaze directed on him. She had been like that for the last few minutes. He glanced at her really quick so she wouldn't notice. He was right, she was staring at him.

"She's staring at me." He thought.

He can't help but to blush. He tried to look calm and look as though he didn't notice. He just continued on with his work. But her staring went on for a few minutes more. He thought it was time she gets back on doing her paperwork. He coughed a little to get her attention. She was snapped back to reality, and she quickly looked away.

After a few hours, it happened again. Matsumoto can't help but to stare at her 'paperwork-dedicated' taichou. Hitsugaya noticed this again.

"What could she be staring at me for?" He said to himself. He got a bit uncomfortable. And not to mention, for him, this was a form of slacking.

"Oi Matsumoto." He called her, but he didn't look in her direction.

Matsumoto was taken aback.

"Oooopss… I think I got caught again." She sighed.

"Hai taichou?" She answered normally.

"Don't you have anything better to do than to stare at me?" He said, still not looking at her. He was trying so hard to look calm and unaffected. But Matsumoto noticed that he was trying to stop himself from blushing again.

"Ahehehe.. " She scratches the back of her head as she smiles sheepishly.

"I…I think I'll… just make you some tea taichou." She excused herself and went to the kitchen to make her taichou's drink.

It went on the whole afternoon. Hitsugaya caught her staring at him three times. Though he's really wondering why she was staring at him like that. Matsumoto was getting a bit embarrassed because she's being caught. But still, it won't stop her. Her taichou is just too cute and adorable to be ignored. But unknown to her, her taichou was also throwing glances at her most of the time.


I know that's pretty short. I'll try to make the next chapter longer.. Hehe.. Read and Review!