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#37: Infatuation
When Kurosaki Karin was eleven, she had her first crush.
He was everything that set her little eleven-year-old heart aflutter; smart, icy good looks, kind, mature for his age, had a mysterious aura about him, saved her life more than once, and most importantly, to Karin's mind, was brilliant at soccer.
His name was Hitsugaya Toshiro.
Alas, Karin's logical mind also knew that this crush was doomed from the start, for her crush did not even have the decency to be from the same realm as her, nor a living human being. Oh no. She just had to crush on a dead spirit from the Soul Society. (Technically, he is alive and living in the Soul Society, but that's just schematics.)
So, she tried to pretend that the crush never existed, but whenever he would come to the World of the Living, she still found herself trailing after him like a lovestruck puppy, shadowing his every step and hanging on to his every word. She did try her best not to be obvious about it, but she knew she failed at that rather miserably.
It was a good thing the crush in question either had no clue, or just politely chose to ignore it.
She never told anyone, though she suspected that her twin knew about it.
She never tried to pursue it either, knowing that nothing would come out of it, and content to leave it as such. Afterall, he was just a school girl's first crush, an infatuation she was certain would fade over time.
Boy, was she ever wrong.
A/N: A short drabble to celebrate the end of my exams. =D