The kiss didn't last as long as Hitsugaya had wanted it too, within a few seconds they both had, slowly, pulled away Hinamoris hand had reached up her delicate fingers lightly touching her lips, but she quickly lowered her hand to her lap after noticing those ice like jade eyes watching her, she shifted nervously, not because she didn't enjoy the kiss or either because she had wanted it to stop, but because he was staring, not even blinking his eyes penetrating deep into hers, sure she could of looked away or rather looking away would of been a welcomed action for the lieutenant, but as much as she thought she wanted to look away, she couldn't, her hazel eyes had locked with his, making the atmosphere seem all the more sticky and the strange fluttery feeling in her stomach increase.
As soon as they had parted the icy walls Hitsugaya had lost reconstructed themselves, thicker and taller than they had ever been even before he had realised his feelings for the nervous girl in front of him, these cold hard blockades cause the small Captain to freeze, at least in body, his eye had met hers and locked, unaware he wasn't at all blinking he was consumed by a wave of thought, they had just kissed and not just a friendly reassuring peck on the cheek like he had planned but a full, if not somewhat accidental, kiss on the lips, this brought the heat flooding back to his cheeks what if he had scared her, ruined everything, with that one stupid action, well aware of how afraid that made him he struggled to break down the walls, the last thing he wanted to do was push her away.
"H-Hitsu…" Hinamoris voice cut through the air like a newly sharpened katana, she shifted again her hand gently reaching out for his, he blinked, the terrified look on his face was still present but dimmed slightly as he snatched his hand back, Hinamori felt a jolt of something that felt far too much like pain shoot through her heart causing her body to stiffen and tears to form in her eyes, though she didn't let them spill over, she wouldn't cry, not now, and not over something so small, judging by the look on his face Hitsugaya was scared, and not the usual 'oh dear there's a hollow over there' scared but a different kind of fear, one that would play at ones heart twisting it in all kinds of shapes and forms until that person no longer knew who he was and what he wanted. Still shaken by Hitsugayas scared facade and how he had jerked his hand away as she had touched it, Hinamori drew in a deep breath, she'd witnessed a sixth rounder being killed by a hollow, she fought as a first year against a hollow that could hide its sprit force, she had been betrayed by the only person she used to think she could ever trust fully and worst of all she'd been ridiculed and doubted over her physical and mental ability for the past months, but right now she knew, she'd have to be braver than she'd ever been before, even compared to all those times, her heart, emotionally, was fragile and she knew her next action would either strengthen it of shatter it completely, it all depended on Hitsugaya, cautiously she shifted closer to the white haired captain, he didn't move, drawing in another deep breath she suddenly wrapped her arms around him, holding tight, willing him to break free from his struggle, she could feel his heart beating against her chest, her breathes was sharp and quick, so afraid that he would push her away, but alas she felt no pushing only his warm arms around her and his soft delicate lips gently tracing the side of of neck and with every kiss her heart became that little bit stronger.