This is the 7th chapter of A Picture's Worth. I hope you all like it.

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A Picture's Worth

Chapter 7-Chance

Karin had lived through another boring and superficial day with Hitsugaya Toushirou. She was in the limousine with him at the end of their day. She had already finished the assignment which today was based on "The Young and the Powerful". Let's just say it wasn't that hard with the model she was given.

She was honestly tired, but there was something she had been putting off and she wanted to get it done.

"Hey Toushirou" mentioned Karin.

"Yes?" asked Toushirou.

"Would you mind me not being with you for about an hour or so while you're at home?" she questioned.

"I wouldn't mind, but what will you be doing?" he interrogated.

"Nothing bad, just want to check up on Ichi-nii" she answered.

Toushirou immediately thought back to before Karin had come, when Ichigo was viciously threatening him. He began to feel pain in his shoulder again just thinking about it.

"Fine, I'm sure he'll be glad to see you" Toushirou stated.


Karin was in front of her brother's door. She suddenly remembered back at their house, how he would have a '15' on his door. Now there were no such thing and Karin kind of missed the way he showed his individuality though it got him in trouble at times.

She knocked on the door and 45 seconds later the carrot top opened it. Karin smiled at the man.

"Hey!" she greeted happily before the two siblings embraced.

"It's good to see you little sis" he said as his arms were wrapped around her body.

"It's good to see you too" she said as they let go of each other.

"Come in" he said as he opened the door and stood aside so she could walk in.

Karin walked in and she heard Ichigo close the door behind him as he went in. She then went to a couch in the middle of the apartment and sat down. Ichigo walked in as well and sat on the couch beside her. The two then faced each other.

"It's really great to see you, Karin" he said.

"It has been a while" Karin agreed.

"Yeah, so tell me, what in the world are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Well, I was back at the school in America and my teachers felt I was ready for some real photography, so they sent my application to every photography business on earth, most were rejections. So feeling dejected, I went back home to visit Yuzu and Dad then wouldn't you know it, an acceptance letter from the Soul Society Company was in our mailbox. That and Yuzu's convincing pretty much brought me where I am today" explained Karin.

"Now here you are. You're getting closer to your dreams everyday" said the proud model.

"Yeah, I just wish I didn't have to be with that no-good, arrogant bastard, with that stick so far up his-"

"Wow! Karin, easy! Toushirou's not that bad" Ichigo proclaimed.

"Yeah, sure" said Karin sarcastically.

"Really, he isn't. I mean, the boy has his rough edges, and so do you, but he's really not that superficial, arrogant, crude label your giving him. None of them are like that" Ichigo argued.

"Ichi-nii-"

"Karin, I promise you that none of them are like that. I've spent enough time with all of them to know that much. I'm sure you'll see it too once you get to know Toushirou" suggested Ichigo.

"I don't want to get to know him" retorted Karin.

"He isn't as bad as you think he is, Karin. Just get to know him, give him that much" Ichigo repeated. Karin sighed.

"Fine, but I'm doing it for you" said Karin.

"That's all I ask" Ichigo smiled.


Karin walked back into her shared apartment and found Toushirou on the couch in the living room, reading. A steaming cup of what she could only assume to be coffee was sitting next to him on the counter. He looked up to see Karin as she shut the door behind herself.

"So how was the talk with your brother?" he asked.

"Bracing" she answered.

Karin was about to walk back to her room and then she remembered Ichigo's words in the back of her head.

"He isn't as bad as you think he is, Karin. Just get to know him, give him that much"

Karin then turned around back to the boy and walked back over to him. She sat down in front of him in the opposite chair.

"Is there something I can help you with?" he asked, not letting his eyes lift from his book.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters, Toushirou?" she asked randomly.

"A step-sister" he said.

"Really? What's her name?" asked Karin.

"Hinamori Momo, why?" questioned Toushirou, raising an eyebrow at the girl.

"Hinamori Momo! That's Ichi-nii's manager, right?" asked Karin.

"Yes, now why are you asking me abut this?" he pushed.

"Just curious. Isn't that weird? Your sister and my brother" stated Karin.

"I suppose" he said as he put his book down.

"Why are you putting your book down? Isn't that a good read?" she asked as she pointed to the object in question.

"Yes, but I put it down because when someone is talking to me, I like to give them my full attention" he answered.

Karin looked at him for a while, seeing that he was at her full attention. She figured he would have just ignored her, but he was actually listening and answering. She felt a wave of guilt when she remembered her words when she had spoken of him earlier.

"Yeah, I just wish I didn't have to be with that no-good, arrogant bastard, with that stick so far up his-"

She sighed loudly.

"Something troubling you?" asked Toushirou causing Karin to come out of her thoughts. She looked up at him and smiled brightly at his concern.

"Nothing at all" she said.

Toushirou then watched as she got up from her seat.

"I'm gonna get some shuteye. Goodnight" she said before walking, leaving the boy's eyes trailing after her.

When Karin got back into her room she changed into bed time clothes and crawled into her bed. She then looked up at the sealing after getting her bed.

"Ichi-nii, I promised you that I would give him a chance, but I think he's giving me a change of heart" she said lastly before drifting off to sleep.


Well that was the seventh chapter of A Picture's Worth. I hope you all loved it. Please review.