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7. Waiting
"Taichou, you're back!" Matsumoto called out.
Through his instinct and daily trained routine, he swiftly ducked and avoided his subordinate's ultimate 'hugging' attack and headed to his working table that was placed right in front of shelves of books and in the middle of the administrative office. It was covered with paperwork again.
She bounced onto the sofa.
"How's the visit with Hinamori?"
"Fine."
"You always say that no matter it's good or bad…" Matsumoto grumbled.
"Do your work, Matsumoto." Hitsugaya replied.
"Taichou~"
"Yes?"
"Taichou~"
"What?"
"Taichou~"
…
"Taichou~"
…
"Taichou~"
"Do your work, Matsumoto." Hitsugaya said, trying his best to not explode.
"But, taichou~"
"I SAID, do your WORK!"
"But there's so much…"
"JUST DO IT!" He cried.
"Taichou~" Pitiful eyes staring at the white haired taichou.
-a few minutes of silence-
Giving a huge sigh, he said, "Fine. Just do half of it."
"Yay. I love you taichou~" She said whooping with joy and attempted to hug her taichou. I repeat, attempted.
-a few minutes of silence-
Hitsugaya glanced up, the room was far too quiet considering the fact that Matsumoto was in the room. As expected, his subordinate's head was lying on the desk, her arms wrapped around it and her brown hair splayed out in all direction.
He continued doing his work.
-a few minutes of silence-
Finally giving yet another sigh, he stood up from his chair and walked over to his subordinate. He gently lifted and placed her right arm over his shoulder before carrying her in bridal style to the sofa.
Then he took his haori and covered her. He had done this so many times that he could do it with his eyes closed. It felt so normal, as if nothing was going to happen, as if things were not going to change. It felt so normal that it felt strange. Strange that is wasn't going to be the same anymore. The last time…
He moved to his subordinate's desk quietly, removed the whole stack of paperwork and placed it on top of his own. It was going to be a long day…
"Taichou…" His head snapped up, expecting to see his subordinate awake but all he saw was her lying on the sofa, eyes tightly shut. He relaxed his tensed body. There was no reason for him to panic at her waking up anyway.
"Taichou… Sometimes waiting hurts… Waiting for one to go hurts more than seeing one go… Taichou, I feel helpless… Taichou… Taichou…" She murmured as tears streamed down her face.
Yeah, it does hurt more.
Suddenly losing all motivation to continue his paperwork, he decided to just go for a walk. He placed a bottle of sake on the table and opened the cap. Then he wrote a short message. A little present for his suffering subordinate. Before he stepped out of the room, he gave his subordinate a last glance.
Matsumoto, I'm sorry. But you won't need to suffer for much longer.
Author's note: Well. I hope I didn't drag it for too long. I tried to make it short. I tried. It's ending soon. Real soon. Hope you enjoyed it. I'll be uploadin this story in a faster speed. Around 2 chaps a week. I'll try. (: