Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach

Rating: PG

Genre: Friendship/Romance

Characters: Hitsugaya Matsumoto

I know it's kinda late for a fic like this but just pretend its not ok?

Hitsugaya stood on the sidewalk just looking at the sky, he winced as he heard something in the somebody in the party behind him break something, whatever it was it sounded damned expensive.

He started singing softly to himself not entirely sure of the words:

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot

Hmm mmm mmm mmmmmmm"

He figured it would probably sound a helluva a lot better if he actually knew all the words. Matsumoto came out at that moment and interrupted him somehow he was kind of happy for that, though he wasn't quite as happy when she handed him a cup of some unidentifiable liquor.

"Hey taicho what are you doing out here all by yourself?" she asked "New Years is a time for friends, not to be alone and brood!"

"I was… thinking" he replied "we're missing a lot of friends you know."

It was true the winter war had ended the previous year but at an enormous cost, and the small somewhat crazy group that Hitsugaya and Matsumoto had spent all summer with, had been reduced to just them, Renji, and Ichigo. Seeing that group cut down one by one had hurt a lot more than Hitsugaya had been willing to admit. To his own surprise he had found himself crying at every one of their funerals even more than Hinamori's.

Matsumoto nodded understandingly "Well" she said "it is sad but don't you think they would have wanted us to remember the good times?"

"No" Hitsugaya said grinning in spite of himself "Ishida would have wanted us to remember that after this was all over he was gonna kill all of us Shinigami."

Matsumoto smiled "I almost forgot about that he was so much fun to embarrass almost as fun as you taicho… but not quite." She raised her glass "To old friends?"

"Yeah to old friends" Hitsugaya replied draining his glass.

"It's almost midnight" Matsumoto said.

"Yeah well you can do the singing" Hitsugaya replied somewhat ruefully "I don't know the words."

"Don't worry about it" Matsumoto reassured him "you can sing with me."

"I have a bad singing voice!" Hitsugaya protested.

"If you don't sing I'll suffocate you" Matsumoto threatened "and I don't have to tell you where I'll do it either."

Hitsugaya looked alarmed "Ok ok you win I'll sing anything you want."

Matsumoto and had a rather satisfied look on her face as they began the countdown:

"5… 4… 3… 2… 1…"

They turned to each other "Happy new year" they said at the same time softly, in contrast to excited yelling and screaming coming from the building behind them.

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And the days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne my love

For auld lang syne

We'll take a cup of kindness yet

For the days of auld lang syne"

They finished together on a quiet note and leaned toward each other. They kissed slowly and passionately, they broke reluctantly and turned to go back to the party.

"Happy new years Toushiro"

"Happy new years Rangiku"

Okay yes I should have found a better time to publish this but the idea wouldn't leave me alone reviews welcome as always