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Chapter 9
Hitsugaya's face turned back to the old cold expression again. "Probably you were just daydreaming." He smirked. He stood up and searched for something in the bathroom cupboards. "I will put your toothbrush here." He took out a new toothbrush and placed in one of the cups next to the sink.
Karin didn't say anything, she just stared at Hitsugaya. Daydreaming? Me? Really? I think Toushiro just smiled… for real… She said to herself. It seemed so real, but he just said he didn't… Is he denying? She was confused. Now… I can't even identify between reality and imagination?! She smacked her head, trying to wake up from that 'illusion'.
She stood up and headed towards the bathroom. "Toushiro, get out of the bathroom." Karin demanded. She took the cup and filled it full with tap water. She squeezed out the toothpaste onto the brand new toothbrush that Hitsugaya got out for her. He uses mint flavour toothpaste? That's why his breathe smells like mint each morning when he speaks… Wait… did I just sounded like a stalker?! Karin looked at herself in the mirror; her cheeks were clearly brushed with a thin layer of pink. She finished off her cleaning and brushed her hair just in case there will be knots while she sleeps. She put the toothbrush back into the cup, noticing that Hitsugaya was standing next to her for the whole time that she was brushing her teeth.
"Toushiro, brush your teeth… I'm going to go sleep… " Karin stepped out the bathroom as she snuggled into the blanket.
Hitsugaya started to brush his teeth, noticing that Hinamori came in and put Karin's dried uniform next to her pillow. She placed her finger on her slips, telling Hitsugaya to be quiet and not to disturb Karin's sleep. She closed the door shut silently, leaving the two alone in the room.
Hitsugaya closed the lights of the bathroom. He walked to his bed, noticing a few pieces of hair were in Karin's face. He tucked them behind her hair and dropped a good night kiss on her forehead. He switched off the ceiling lights and closed his eyes in the darkness.
"Toushiro… Can I ask you a question…?" Karin turned over and faced upwards to Hitsugaya. She rubbed her eyes gently in the pitch dark room.
"What is it…?" Hitsugaya mumbled. He opened the lamp next to his bed and turned over, with his head hanging down the edge of his bed, looking towards Karin with his eyes half opened.
"What relationship are we in right now…?" Karin asked softly, it was already midnight; all they could hear clearly was the ticking sound of the clock. She was confused, she didn't know anything since the 'confession'. Friends? Couple?
"…Do you like me?" Hitsugaya spoke, his tone of voice showed a slight tiredness.
Karin nodded as she shoved her face in the pillow lazily.
"I like you, you like me. What else can we be apart from a couple…?"Hitsugaya replied, he shoved himself back into the warm blanket.
"…" Karin didn't say anything, her head was buried in the pillow.
Hitsugaya peeked through and noticed she fell asleep already. He turned off the lamp and went sleep too.
"Karin-chan, Shiro-chan! Wakey wakey! It's time for school!" Hinamori knocked on their door. The sun shined through the curtain in Hitsugaya's room. He reached out his hand for his phone under his pillow, checking the time. "Breakfast is ready. Get up quickly otherwise it will get cold." Hinamori called as she walked back to the kitchen.
"7.00am…" Hitsugaya mumbled as he squint his eyes to check the time.
"What… 7.00am…?" Karin sat up lazily, rubbing her eyes. She stared into space for a few seconds.
"7.00am already?!" Both of them squeaked. They had to arrive school early today as their soccer coach needs their help about the arrangement of the new student council. They were nominated to be new members of the student council but they refused, it was such a bother. But somehow, their coach asked them to help and lead the student teachers around the school. This was supposed to be the student council's job but somehow it turned to Hitsugaya and Karin's job.
Hitsugaya jumped off his bed and searched for his uniform in the cupboard. Karin took off her pyjamas and changed into the school shirt and the skirt rapidly. They never noticed they were changing in the same room.
Hitsugaya ripped off his pyjama top as he took out his school shirt and shoved his arms in the sleeves. He took his school trousers from the draw and changed them on. Karin rushed into the bathroom and grabbed a comb to tie her hair up high into a ponytail. She took the cup and filled it with water at the same time that Hitsugaya started to brush his teeth. The two of them finished their washing as the clock ticked to 7.10am.
Karin took her socks and put them on as she shoved her exercise and text books, which was on Hitsugaya's desk, in her bag. Hitsugaya drank the cup of milk that Hinamori prepared for him and took the piece of toast. He ran back into his room and packed up his bag. Karin went to the dining room as Hinamori offered her breakfast. She drank the cup of milk, which was somehow larger than Hitsugaya's, and hang the piece of toast in her mouth. She placed her cup and plate in the sink and smiled to Hinamori.
"Shank vu (Thank you), Momo." She ran back into Hitsugaya's room, put on her jumper and took her bag. Both of them rushed to the door and shoved the school shoes on.
"I'm going!" They both shouted to Hinamori. They slammed the door shut behind them and rushed to school.
Hitsugaya checked the time. 7.20am. They have ten minutes to get to school, which meant they needed to run, since it usually takes them more than twenty minutes to get to school since they walk really slow.
7.29am. They two arrived right in front of the school gates. They both exhaled. It was lucky that they arrived one minute early. They ran up to the student council room, noticing the student teachers are already there. Well, there was only three today.
"Let me introduce the new student teachers to you, Kurosaki, Hitsugaya." Amazingly, it wasn't their coach, who was usually Hisagi Sensei, but Urahara Sensei. He opened his fan which covered half of his face. "Ichimaru Gin, Kurosaki Ichigo and Abari Renji."
Karin stared at his brother, she didn't knew that her brother will be a student teacher here at Tokyo High. "Ichi-nii…" She mumbled under her breath.
"Excuse me Kurosaki, it's school here so I might know that your brother Kurosaki Ichigo is a student teacher here but I would appreciate you to call your brother 'Kurosaki Sensei' instead of 'Ichi-nii'." Urahara spoke. It was a rare scene to see him in a formal manner.
"I'm sorry." Karin replied. She looked at the clock on the wall, 7.35am.
"Ohkay, it's time for our new student teachers to have a tour around the school." Urahara smiled as he walked out the room.
In an orderly fashion, Karin and Hitsugaya took the three university students a tour around every corner of the school, where and which classrooms are for such and such, the teachers' offices, the principal's offices, the bathroom and so on. When the three student teachers were to be gathered in one of the teachers' office, it was already 8.00am. It was time for their first period.
They slide open the classroom as the bell rang.
"Gin!" Matsumoto shouted to the silver head. He turned back, giving Matsumoto his usual grin.
"Rangiku." Gin spoke. He knew that Matsumoto was the maths teacher at Tokyo High, and a waiter at Éclat Mantinale. "What's wrong?"
"Just surprised to see you here. I thought you already graduated." Matsumoto smiled. They didn't meet each other for ages, at least a year or two. Matsumoto finished university early and left to become a teacher. Gin studied for a year or two. He would be graduating this year. "Do you want me to find a work place for you?" Matsumoto asked. She thinks that Gin just came here not long, maybe early this morning.
"Is there still a place left in Éclat Mantinale for me to work?" Gin responded. Matsumoto gave him a smile and nodded. Gin's grin grew wider. "You don't mind if I live at your place right, Rangiku?" With his narrow eyes, he stared at Rangiku's brown eyes.
"There's space, feel free. Where did you put your stuff?" If only came here this morning, where were his stuff?
"I came to Tokyo last night, it's at the hotel." He patted Rangiku on the head. "I will be moving to your place very soon then. I still have some work to finish off as a student teacher. Go with me to the hotel to fetch up my stuff?"
Matsumoto nodded and gave him a huge smile. "Do you want me to help?"
"What?" Gin raised an eyebrow. What did Rangiku just said…? What?!
"Do you… want me to help you?" She repeated.
"Are you… sick? Helping me to do paperwork?!" Gin showed a shocked face, without opening his eyes.
"What do you mean Gin?! I still do paperwork! It's not like I don't do any at all." Matsumoto crossed her arms in front of her chest and stared at Gin with a small red cross at the corner of her head.
"It's fine. I will just hand these to Urahara." Gin showed his grin again, and walked off to Urahara's office. Matsumoto sighed as she went back to her own office to pack up her stuff.
"Ichigo, how's the first day as a student teacher?" Rukia walked down the stairs as she saw Ichigo walking into the house.
"It was fine… Just can't get used to Karin calling me 'Kurosaki Sensei'." Ichigo sighed as he dumped his back onto his bed when he walked into his room with Rukia behind. Rukia placed her glasses back into her case as she sat down on Ichigo's bed.
"It's fine right, she still calls you 'Ichi-nii' at home. School is different from home." Rukia placed her paperwork in a deck at the corner of Ichigo's desk. She sighed, why did she even bother do so much paperwork? Maybe because that is what the Kuchiki told her. Work as hard as you can to achieve higher levels in society.
Ichigo just collapsed into Rukia's arms, he was tired, since he wasn't really used to being a teacher in a high school, but instead, he wanted to go back to his high school life, where he first met Rukia.
"Stop it Ichigo." Rukia spoke. Her tone of voice made it sound like a demand, telling Ichigo to get off her.
He raised his body and sat on the chair properly. "Hey Rukia, it has been a fairly long time for us to go one a date. Want to go out at the weekends?" He grinned.
Rukia stared at Ichigo.
"I count that as a yes then." He stood up as he heard Yuzu calling for them to go down for dinner. "Dinner time." He grabbed onto Rukia's hand as the two walked downstairs for dinner.
Simply, I didn't really know what to write ._.
But Im a Gin X Rangiku shipper...
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