A/N: I really have to say this..(Smile) When I came from school to look if my stories had any reviews, I was just like "Wow" when I saw the updated stories and the reviews I got. (Big smile) You have to admit: it was dead wasn't it? I mean at the HitsuxHina stories. Anyway thanks for reviewing! P.S. I'm so sorry for being so slow with the update! The reason is... well never mind.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.


Previously happened in chapter 6:

Hitsugaya gave Matsumoto and Tomoshibi many punishments because he thought that they were the Sakuras of love. Matsumoto didn't want to do so many work so she called Hinamori to help with her punishments. When Hitsugaya returned to the office, he was very surprised to see Hinamori sitting next to Matsumoto doing the 11th division paperwork. (A/N: Yes, they have paperwork) After a little so-called argument between Hinamori and Hitsugaya, Hinamori walked away from the office and there was a little trick of the Sakuras of love. They made Hitsugaya KISS Hinamori. (For details read chapter 6 again.) Because someone (Ahum.) was too shy to escort Hinamori back to her division, he commanded Matsumoto to do it anyway. On their way, back they meet Hinotama (Again). After the whole situation, Matsumoto returned to her office and warned Hitsugaya for Hinotama.


(White)

Ayumi ran to the little Hitsugaya who was sitting in front of his house.

"Konnichiwa! Toushirou-kun!" She said happily.

"What do you want?" He said annoyed. "Why does it seem that I will be stuck with cheerful girls forever?" He murmured.

"If you insist...I can be serious too." She said seriously.

"Fine." He said coldly.

"Neh, Toushirou-kun. Do you like Momo-chan?" Ayumi asked randomly.

Hitsugaya was surprised by the sudden question. "Why do you ask such thing anyway?"

"Well...you said I have to be more serious..."

"No. I take that back. Turn to that annoying cheerfully girl."

"Okay. I will, but first answer my question."

Hitsugaya rolled with his eyes. "No. I don't like Momo. I will never like her."

Suddenly a pan fell behind Hitsugaya. "Well. I will never like you too!" Hinamori shouted.

Ayumi jumped in the conversation. "Well, well you guys don't have to be so annoyed that fast."

They ignored Ayumi. "Why are you back anyway? Shouldn't you be at that Shinigami School?" Hitsugaya said annoyed.

"I had some free time. I told you that I would come back if I had some free time..." Hinamori answered.

At the background the argument continued. Ayumi smiled. "I bet that someday...you guys will start to like each other." She said quietly.

"WHAT?" Hinamori and Hitsugaya said in choir.

"You heard me." Ayumi winked. "That's for sure."

"No way!" They said in choir again.

"See. You guys are even saying things in choir. You guys have a lot in common." Ayumi smiled.

"Ayumi!"

(White)

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Hinamori woke up. She looked outside it looked like it was eleven o'clock. "I thought these dreams were over. Why did they come back?" Suddenly Hinamori heard a knock at the door. She opened the door. It was Hinotama.

"Well where do you want to go today, Hinamori-fukutaichou?" he said in a very casual way.

"The only place she goes is with me." Hitsugaya appeared behind Hinotama and he grabbed Hinamori's hand and ran away with her.

Hinotama stood there smirking. "This is going to be an interesting day..."

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"Mou, Hitsugaya-kun! Where are you taking me to?" Hinamori asked

Hitsugaya was still holding Hinamori's hand. "Do you want lunch?"

"I didn't have any breakfast yet..."

"Fine that's settled then. Let's eat lunch." He ran with her to the lounge in Seireitei.

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They sat in the lounge looking at the menu. "So...what do you want to eat, Hinamori?" Hitsugaya asked.

"Ano...maybe some scrambled eggs..."Hinamori said insecure.

"Fine."Hitsugaya lay his menu down. "Same with me"

They ordered lunch and began to eat. Suddenly they heard a familiar voice at the door of the lounge. Hitsugaya and Hinamori looked at the door. It was Matsumoto with Isane and Nanao.

Matsumoto looked up when she saw Hitsugaya and Hinamori. "Nani? Taichou?"

Hinamori looked at Matsumoto with a look like it was saying. "No it's not what you think that it is!" Hitsugaya tried to be cool by saying nothing.

Matsumoto grinned. She said to Isane and Nanao. "Look girls, it was time that they date with each other."

Isane nodded. Nanao pushed her glasses nearer to her eyes. "I'm proud of you Hinamori-chan."

Hinamori waved with her hands heavily. "It's...It's.."

"Don't you guys have anything else to do?" Hitsugaya said with a cold tone.

Matsumoto chuckled. "Alright then." She winked. "We will go do something else." The group went to take a seat on the other side of the lounge.

Deep within Hitsugaya sighed with relief. "Am I glad that was over..." He looked at Hinamori who already started to eat.

"Yo!" Renji called aloud behind Hitsugaya.

"Konnichiwa." Kira said.

Hinamori looked up. "Abarai-kun! Kira-kun! What are you guys doing here?"

"It's lunchtime." Renji said. "Oh. I see you've got company." He smirked. You could hear Hitsugaya murmuring something like bastard to Renji.

Hinamori didn't get the chance to do something about it. Kira covered it up for her. "Come on, Abarai-kun. Let's s go and eat lunch." He pushed Renji to the place where Matsumoto and the others were sitting.

Hinamori was almost finished with her lunch, when Hisagi decided to show up too. "Ey."

"Ah, Hisagi-kun. Konnichiwa." Hinamori said friendly.

"Yeah to you too." He said.

"So what brings you here?" Hitsugaya asked annoyed.

"It's lunchtime if you don't know, Hitsugaya-taichou." He walked to Renji and the others. Hisagi said something with "Thanks for calling me, this is going to be interesting." The group laughed.

Hitsugaya tried to eat but then they were disturbed. Again. This time it was Tomoshibi and Hinotama. "Konnichiwa."

"That does it! I'm outta here! What's wrong with al these people? The whole gotei 13 is here in the lounge!" Hitsugaya thought. He got up. "Hinamori we are going."

"Oh okay, but you didn't eat anything..."

"I'll live about it." He grabbed her hand and ran away with her.

The big group chatted. "Well, It's sure is the little genius' day isn't it?" Renji smirked.

"It's going better and better I see." Hisagi chuckled.

"Alright then! Let's bet." Matsumoto shouted.

"For what?" Kira asked.

"Alright, we are going to bet when Taichou and Hinamori-chan are going to have their first kiss. This means that they are officially dating then!" Matsumoto yelled aloud.

"Alright then I'm on!" Renji shouted. "For 1000 yen that they will be dating the day after tomorrow!"

"Alright, alright. Renji, the day after tomorrow, 1000 yen." Matsumoto write it down on the calendar.

"I bet it is today! For 2000 yen!" Hisagi write it down on the calendar.

"I bet it will be over 3 days. For 2500 yen." Nanao said.

"Kira, Isane! Come and play too!" Matsumoto shouted.

"I don't want to be rude but Hinamori-kun is our friend and..." Kira was cut off by Renji.

"It's fun!" Matsumoto smiled.

"Oh alright then. 1500 yen for next week." He write it down.

"I really don't want to play..." Isane said.

"Alright then." Matsumoto smiled.

"So when do you think that Hitsugaya-taichou and Hinamori are going to date with each other?" Renji asked.

"About 5 days and it is for 500 yen!" Matsumoto told Renji.

"500 yen?!" Everybody was surprised.

"Yeah, why not?" Matsumoto smiled.

"Ah never mind" They murmured.

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Hitsugaya was still running with Hinamori.

"Hitsugaya-kun, can we stop for a moment please? Why are we running?" Hinamori asked.

Hitsugaya stopped. "To take you away from that guy."

"Come on. He isn't that bad..."

"He isn't that bad, you think? Didn't' you feel his dark aura?! He's bad I tell you! Just stay away from him!" Hitsugaya yelled at her. Suddenly he realized what he had done and he shut his mouth. "Why is she always so thoughtful?"

Hitsugaya's yelling brought Hinamori to think. "Maybe Hitsugaya-kun is right...maybe he's just concerned. I mean this is the first time someone has made a move on me. Mostly the boys are scared of approaching me, because of Hitsugaya-kun..." Hinamori didn't have the chance to say anything because Hitsugaya grabbed her hand again and ran away. "Hitsugaya-kun! Where are you taking me to?"

Hitsugaya didn't say anything. He was thinking how he could get Hinamori away from Hinotama. "Shit. I can feel his reiatsu coming this way. I have to go somewhere. Somewhere, where he can't reach her." Suddenly he knew something. He ran to the biggest yard of Seireitei: The 13th division's yard. This yard was specially built for Ukitake Jyuushirou, the captain of the 13th squad. The nice yard and the good breeze would do a good thing for his health.

When Hitsugaya was near the lake (of the yard), he saw Hinotama running. He almost caught up to them. Hitsugaya thought fast and decided to step with Hinamori on the little boat near the lake and rowed to the middle of the lake. Hitsugaya saw Hinotama who still smirked. "Sheesh...Sometimes I have a feeling that he looks like Ichimaru..." Hitsugaya thought.

"Hitsugaya-kun...He's going..."Hinamori said. Hitsugaya looked at the same direction again and he saw that Hinamori was right. He sighed. " Mission...succeeded."

"Ano...Hitsugaya-kun..."

"Nande, Hinamori?"

"You didn't do this on purpose did you?" She pointed at the boat.

Suddenly Hitsugaya realized what he had done. He sat with Hinamori alone on a boat in the center of a deserted lake. "No off course not." He said annoyed. From the outside, he was annoyed but from the inside, he felt like exploding. "Come on. It's not like you're the first time being with her alone..." Hitsugaya thought.

Hinamori's feelings were quit...the same. A part from her thought about the things what she loved about Hitsugaya. The other part told her that this lover thing wouldn't work. "Oh, okay. That's fine..."

"Woah! How beautiful!" Hinamori looked at the view. "I never knew that Ukitake-taichou had such a beautiful yard."

Hitsugaya felt very happy to see Hinamori being a little child again, but he didn't let his emotions see. "Off course he has. I mean this place was built for him in the first place." He said annoyed.

"Neh Hitsugaya-kun, look!" Hinamori pointed at bunnies that were running on the grass. "Look how cute!"

Hitsugaya couldn't let his emotions see this time. A grin appeared on his face.

Hinamori saw the grin on his face and smiled. "You're laughing Hitsugaya-kun."

Hitsugaya noticed that he was laughing too, but off course, he didn't want to admit that. "No I'm not."

"Yes you are. Or you're smirking again."

"Yes I'm smirking. That's not the same." he said annoyed

Hinamori just smiled. It made her happy that she made Hitsugaya smile.

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A few minutes passed when Hinamori noticed something "Ano, Hitsugaya-kun...Don't you think that the fog is getter thicker?"

Hitsugaya looked around. Sure, he noticed the fog when he stepped on the boat, but now the fog was getting thicker and thicker indeed. "Yeah, maybe it's a good idea to get on shore now." He said.

Hinamori nodded. Hitsugaya began to row to the shore. The fog was very thick, you couldn't really see each other. Suddenly after a few inches, Hinamori made a sound. "Heh!" Hitsugaya stopped with rowing. "What's wrong Hinamori?"

"Suddenly my bun began to get loose so I wanted to get the cloth out of my hair, but it fell in the water..." She stood up and prepared herself to jump into the water.

Hitsugaya noticed that Hinamori wanted to jump into the water and stopped her. "What are you trying to do? You can't see anything now! Just leave that thing in the water, it's not that important."

"It's...It's the hair accessory you gave to me when we were in Rukongai..."

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Flashback

Hinamori came to Hitsugaya, who was sitting at his usual spot. "Neh, Shirou-chan..."

"Don't call me Shirou-chan!"

"So...You know it's almost Christmas, don't you?"

"Baka. My birthday is 4 days before Christmas, how can't I forget?"

"Neh, you don't have to act so mean immediately."

"Hmph."

"Well anyway...Let's make a promise okay?"

"What promise?"

"First promise me."

Hitsugaya was thinking for three whole minutes, then he opened his mouth and said: "Fine. Tell me what is it?"

"Alright, we have to give something handmade to each other."

"Hmph."

"What?"

"Alright. First, look what I am. A boy. Boys don't make things for girls. Second. Do you really think I can make something?"

"Just try. I will be happy with any present you give me."

"..."

On Christmas Eve...

"Here." Hinamori gave a present to Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya looked at the present. "It's probably a scarf or something. So expected...Yet...every time she made a scarf it's better than the previous one..." Hitsugaya thought.

He opened it and what do you know? It's a scarf! "I see that she have used some new techniques this time..."Hitsugaya thought.

Hinamori looked with full hope and with a very happy face. "Well what do you think?" She asked.

"Hmph. It's always a scarf. Can't you make anything else than that?" He said annoyed.

"Mou, Shirou-chan..." Hinamori waited for a reply from Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya looked at her. He changed the subject by pushing a present in Hinamori's hands. "Here."

Hinamori looked at the present. It wasn't pretty, but hey, it was Shirou-chan.. She opened the present and picked some rare aquamarine/deepskyblue cloth out. "Ano..Shirou-chan. What is this?"

"Baka. Can't you see it? It's a hair accessory for your hair. You can tight it up in a bun." Hitsugaya said annoyed. "That's something different than those two ponytails you are having everyday."

Hinamori looked at the cloth. "Why do I think that you made this in 5 minutes?" she asked.

"Hmph. Fine. You may think what you want to think." He said annoyed.

"It's okay Shirou-chan. I really like this present." Hinamori said.

"What ever." He rolled with his eyes. "So can we sleep now?"

"Ah, you go to sleep okay? I will come later." She said when she was looking at the cloth.

"If you insist." He walked away.

Hinamori was still looking at the cloth. "It's actually pretty.."

End of flashback

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"I heard from obaa-san later that you spend every night working on that thing. So that's why it is so important..."

"It's really important!" Hinamori shouted.

Hitsugaya was lost in a thought. Why did she care about that thing anyway? "Maybe she got it from someone..." Suddenly he realized something. "Off course, Aizen gave her a rare cloth two years ago..." Water was boiling in Hitsugaya. Like he would spit out some water any minute like a geyser. Then he calmed down. "Fine. Hinamori. Stay here." He commanded.

"Why? What are you going to do?" Hinamori asked.

"I'm getting that stupid cloth for you." Hitsugaya said.

"No, Hitsugaya-kun don't! In such a fog you can't see anything!" she yelled, but it was too late Hitsugaya dove in the water. Hinamori could only wait, but when Hitsugaya didn't return for a few minutes she started to worry. "Hitsugaya-kun! Hitsugaya-kun!" She leaned over the water. "Hitsugaya-kun!" She got up and prepared to jump. She stopped when someone behind her said something. "Oi. What are you going to do? Hitsugaya asked annoyed. Hinamori shocked, but realized that Hitsugaya, her childhood friend was safe. She turned around. "Hitsugaya-kun!" and embraced him.

Hitsugaya resisted a little. "Oi, let me go!" he yelled.

Hinamori's grip tighten. "Baka! You made me worry you!" she shouted. Hitsugaya slowly got an idea that Hinamori was crying. Although he couldn't see her because of the fog, he could still feel that Hinamori was crying. She was worried of him. She cared about him. He thought that Hinamori didn't care about him any more. He thought that she only cared about Aizen. Hitsugaya laid his hand on Hinamori's back. "It's okay. Come, let's go to the shore." That was the only thing he could say. Hinamori sat down again and didn't say anything.

Hitsugaya continued rowing. After a few minutes, the fog slowly disappeared. They were staring at each other. Both of them were speechless. They turned their head to the other side. Hitsugaya was confused. He was so insecure, because of Hinotama, The sakuras of love, the dreams and Hinamori. He never showed that side of him. That was his personality.

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They arrived at the shore. Hitsugaya walked with Hinamori to the 10th squad building. They still didn't speak to each other. Hitsugaya stopped before the 10th squad building. "Oh, yeah. I totally forgot. Here." He pulled a cloth with a string out of his yukata.

Hinamori's eyes widened. "I'm sorry."

Hitsugaya was surprised. "Why are you sorry?"

Hinamori wiped her upcoming tears away. "I let you jump into the water to grab an item of mine."

Hitsugaya looked the other way. "Hmph, if I didn't jump, you would do it anyway." He pushed the cloth in Hinamori's hands. "Here, take it."

Hinamori looked at the cloth for a few seconds. "Neh, Hitsugaya-kun..."

"Nani?"

"Does this cloth seem familiar to you?" She showed Hitsugaya the cloth.

Hitsugaya looked at the cloth. "Not...really..." he said slowly.

"Do you know who gave this cloth to me?" Hinamori asked again.

"Aizen probably, if it is so special to you." He said. He only wished that Hinamori wasn't so carefree, she always wanted to see the good things in people. Especially in Aizen...

Hinamori shook her head. "No, it's someone even more special than Aizen."

Hitsugaya's eyes grew wider. "Who is it then?"

"Hitsugaya-kun..." She walked to Hitsugaya and laid the cloth in his hands. "It's okay, keep it."

"Why are you giving it to me?" He asked. "If it is so special to you..."

Hinamori began to smile. "Don't worry about it. You saved it. Please look carefully what you just saved." Then she turned around. "Well, I think I'm going to my division now!" She smiled again. "See you later, Hitsugaya-kun!" She began to walk, but was soon stopped by Hitsugaya.

"Hinamori!"

Hinamori turned around. "What's wrong?"

"It's still Hitsugaya-taichou, not Hitsugaya-kun!" He yelled.

Hinamori smiled. "Yeah, yeah." She turned around and Hinotama walked towards her.

"Hello, Hinamori-fukutaichou. Are you heading back to the squad building?" He asked.

"Yes, I am." Hinamori said friendly.

Hinotama nodded. "Is it possible that you're hungry Hinamori-fukutaichou?" he asked casually.

Hinamori thought for a second. Then she answered. "Yes a little."

Hitsugaya had a feeling what Hinotama was going to say. Hinotama wanted to ask Hinamori for lunch. Well not really lunch, because it was somewhere around three o'clock. Anyway, a stitch came in his stomach when he thought about that. "What should I do...?"

"Well Hinamori-fukutaichou. What abo-" Hinotama was cut off by Hitsugaya.

"Hinamori!" He tried to get her attention.

Hinamori turned around. "What's wrong?"

Hitsugaya began to sweat. "Ehm...D-Do." He cursed himself for saying this. "D-Do you w-want to go o-out with me?"

Hinamori didn't believe what Hitsugaya said. "What did you just say?"

"Don't let me repeat what I just said." He said cold.

Hinamori raised her eyebrow. "I think I just heard that you asked me on a date?"

Hitsugaya turned around. "Hmph. You've heard that right." He was actually dying. "Why am I so nervous?"

Hinamori eyes spread out, but recovered fast. Then she smiled. "Okay. It would be a pleasure." She turned to Hinotama. "I'm sorry I interrupted you, what did you want to say?"

He smirked. "Nothing really..." He turned around. "I will be helping with your paperwork now. See you later." Then he walked away.

Hitsugaya looked around a little insecure. "So...when do you want to eat dinner?"

"I thought you didn't mean it." Hinamori smiled. Hitsugaya looked a little disappointed. "Alright..."

Then Hinamori smiled again. "No, I'm just kidding. Let's meet around 6 o'clock at the restaurant alright?"

Hitsugaya made a vague smile. "Alright then, 6 o'clock."

Hinamori smiled. "Alright 6 o'clock. It's a date then." She winked and then she walked away.


A/N: I know it took long and this was a little angst and a little OOC but it is on it's place. Well please review! And some advice would be welcome! P.S. I forgot a piece sorry about that it's fixed now.