Catch Me I'm Fallin'
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WARNING! – PLEASE DO NOT KILL ME FOR WRITING THIS CHAPTER!
"Finally! We're home again!" Karin said happily, as she danced her way in the house taking in the nice homey smell she missed. She then threw herself on the sofa relaxing and slowly closing her eyes to take a nap. Then a suitcase went flying at her.
"Make yourself useful and at least help us bring our things inside," Ichigo said.
Karin growled but got up and helped anyway. As soon as she got through the door, she saw Hitsugaya helping Hinamori grab her stuff. They were talking and then suddenly Hinamori dropped a very heavy looking bag and crashed into Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya caught her and then they both just laughed.
Karin thought they were just being friendly until she saw Hinamori stare deeply into his eyes. She was boiling inside but another part of her told her that they were just friends and that she already has Hitsugaya's heart. She made her way to them and grabbed a bag walking by Hitsugaya and giving him the shoulder as she walked by him.
Hitsugaya was confused with Karin's actions. She was happy when they got home, so why did she just shoulder him?
Hinamori stared at Karin's back guiltily. She knew that Karin had saw what happened and she cursed herself for letting her emotions get in the way. Hinamori lifted the suitcase and uncomfortably smiled at Hitsugaya before walking straight into the house.
Rukia stared from the corner of the house. She had just witnessed Karin shouldering Hitsugaya. She frowned.
Looks like things are going to get ugly from here on out.
Ichigo walked up to her, "Hey what's wrong?" Rukia shook her head, "Nothing. Well let's get in the house I'm about ready to take a nap. Oh god that was such a long vacation to me."
Ichigo laughed, of course when you are with the Kurosaki family, nothings ever normal. Ichigo held her shoulders and pushed her into his room.
(EW NO! get your mind out the gutter! Heheheh)
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After about a few hours, Karin finally let off a whole lot of steam. She was now laying on her bed thinking about certain things. Feeling the need to be away from her room she got up and walked in the hallway.
She came to a stop at a room. It was the same room that Hitsugaya had found the day she went missing for a few hours. Karin turned the doorknob at a full clockwise direction and heard it click. Once she walked in, she shut the door silently, trying not to let anyone know that she was in there.
The atmosphere changed. It suddenly became warm, and her worries began to disappear. Everywhere in the room was untouched. Somewhere in a corner, a table sat there collecting dust. Karin walked towards the table and opened a drawer. Inside she pulled out a photo album.
Karin made her way to the floor and sat down. She opened the photo album. Inside the first page was a birth certificate. The birth certificate read Masaki on it. She turned to the next page and found several pictures of her mother as a young girl. The further she went on, she saw pictures of her mother as a teen and then to an adult. The very last picture she saw was her mother and her together.
After staring at it for about ten minutes, Karin began to fall asleep. The warmth she felt in her heart was soothing. It felt so good to be in this room. Everywhere, there was a spirit or some kind of force that made her feel safe. It was her mother. Every time she went in that very room, she felt the presence of her mother.
It was somewhat obvious already since every thing in that room belonged to Masaki.
After Masaki had died, Isshin didn't have the heart to burn any of Masaki's belongings. Instead, he made this room into a storage room for Masaki's possessions. She didn't mind. In fact, she was happy that her otou-san didn't get rid of any thing.
Karin opened her eyes, or at least tried to. Within a few seconds, Karin fell into a calm and relaxing sleep clutching the photo album.
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Hitsugaya finally finished lugging every single bag into the house without the help of anyone. Why was he stuck dragging everything in the house? Half of it wasn't even his! Whatever he thought. All he wanted to do was go back inside.
Hitsugaya made his way into the house as he looked around everyone seemed to have retired to their rooms. Then he spotted Hinamori.
He walked up to her and sat beside her. Hinamori was on her phone typing up a message to Renji saying that she was back in Karakura and that she would be Urahara's shop in a little bit.
"So," he began, "are you going to head back?"
"Hm? Oh yeah. I'll be leaving in a few minutes." Silence took over and left them brooding on who should break the silence.
"Where's Karin-chan?" Hinamori asked. "She must be in her room."
"I see. Well, I guess I'll be going now. Bye."
"Wait, I'll go with you." Hitsugaya stood up and Yuzu came to them.
"Yuzu?"
"Yes Toshiro-nii?"
"Is Karin up in her room?" he asked.
"Um I think she is. Yeah, she is. She said she'll be resting for a few hours. Why? What's up?" Yuzu asked.
"It's nothing. I was just going to take Hinamori back to Urahara's."
"I see. Don't worry, if she's looking for you I'll let her know."
"Thanks." Yuzu shook her head, "No, it's fine. It was nice having you with us," she said facing Hinamori, "Please feel free to come by every now and then okay Hina-nee?"
"Hai, I definitely will." Hinamori smiled.
Hitsugaya and Hinamori left the Kurosaki Household. They were now walking in silence. Hinamori couldn't stand the silence so she started talking to Hitsugaya.
"How is Karin-chan's memories coming along?"
"Not so good."
"Oh I'm sorry,"
"No it's fine. It's just taking a little more time for her to remember is all."
"Oh…..um are you alright?"
"Huh? Yeah I'm fine."
"Shiro-chan, you're lying. I know you're not okay."
"……"
Hinamori frowned and grabbed Hitsugaya's arm.
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Karin sat up looking around her. How long was she asleep? She looked around and saw that it was becoming darker outside. She picked up the photo album and placed it back where it came from.
She walked out of the room and headed downstairs. There she saw her twin preparing for dinner.
"Hey Yuzu."
"Oh hi Karin-chan."
"What are you cooking?"
"Um, I was thinking of making hot pot tonight. You don't mind do you?"
"Nah, go ahead and make anything you want. I always eat your food anyways. Besides I don't think anyone here would mind"
"Great!" Yuzu went back to cutting the pepper and defrosting the beef and shrimp balls. After five minutes, Karin glanced at the clock and then turned to Yuzu, "Hey where's Toshiro?"
"He's out right now. He told me once you get up if you're looking for him he would be at Urahara's shop."
"Oh, do you know why he went there?"
"Um ….he said he was going to walk Hinamori-nee there," Karin's heart stopped for a second. She said thanks to Yuzu and that she was going to step out for a bit. Once she left the house, Rukia came out of Ichigo's room and asked Yuzu if Karin left. Yuzu said yes and Rukia just nodded.
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Hitsugaya stopped dead on his tracks. Hinamori tightening her grip on his arm, "Please Shiro-chan? Talk to me."
Hitsugaya pulled his arm and continued to walk.
"Please talk to me! You don't say anything to me anymore. It's like you don't trust me."
"What do you want me to say?" He stopped walking but kept his back facing her.
"I want to know what you're thinking about. I want to know how you're feeling, what you want, I want to know everything! I know that you're not doing fine at all and that you are just trying to do all of this on your own. I want to help you Shiro-chan. So please tell me what's wrong."
"Don't make me repeat myself, it's Hitsugaya-Taichou not Shiro-chan," Hinamori's eyes softened. So he really didn't want to tell her anything. Hinamori made a fist with her hand, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong."
"Hinamori….
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She walked on trying to think. Her mind was all screwed up right now. She was confused about everything that was going on. What is going on? She didn't know. One minute she was happy, she had everything she ever needed. She had a family, sure they were kind of not an ordinary family but it was still a family. She had a boyfriend, a really great one too. He was the one she was willing to sacrifice everything for.
Then the next minute she was unsure of everything.
So what's bothering her?
Everything. That's what it was. Everything was bothering her. Everything that was happening felt so unreal. The trip to Kyoto felt unreal. Hinamori didn't seem real. Most of all, her relationship with Hitsugaya felt surreal.
But how can that be?
They were always happy together. They promised to always be together. They promised to never keep any secrets or lie to each other. But why does it feel like Hitsugaya was lying to her? Why did it feel like she was lying to herself? Why did it feel like she was living a lie?
Karin tried to clear her mind of all these depressing thoughts and think of something else.
Kaasaan, if you were here, what would you do or tell me?
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"Hinamori, don't be ridiculous."
"Like I said, I'm not leaving until you tell me what's wrong."
Hitsugaya couldn't believe what was happening. It never got to this point before, well only once but that was when Aizen was still alive.
"Hinamori –
"Is it because of Karin-chan? Is it her that's bothering you?"
"Hinamori, you have to understand she needs me,"
"Why are you doing this? Why are you going through so much trouble to help her? Why are you going so far to try to be the perfect boyfriend she thinks you are when you really aren't? You're misleading her"
"It was my fault because she lost her memories, and for that I have to help her get them back."
Hinamori closed her eyes then loosened up.
"I'm sorry."
Hitsugaya looked at her confused.
"I'm sorry I over reacted, it's just you don't say anything to me anymore. And with Karin-chan thinking that you are her boyfriend, it's just ….
"Complicated," Hitsugaya finished.
"Exactly."
Hitsugaya had a small smile form on his lips.
"Hey Hinamori?"
"Yes Shiro-chan?"
"We're still friends right?" Hinamori looked at Hitsugaya. She smiled at him then she walked over to him standing about a foot or two away from him. Hinamori looked to his cerulean eyes, "Of course."
He released a breath of relief. For a brief moment, there was a pause.
"Shiro-chan?"
"Hai, Hinamori?"
Karin walked towards the Karakura Park she looked up and saw that one of the streetlights just turned on. When she looked up, she noticed that it was starting to get darker outside. She continued going straight until something caught her eye.
Standing before her were Hinamori and Hitsugaya. Right at that moment Karin felt like she couldn't breathe. Her heart stopped, and shattered into a million tiny pieces. She watched them. Her eyes watering up and the tears finally fell. She quickly turned around and ran away, away from them.
Hitsugaya's heart skipped a beat. His mind was racing just as fast as his heart. Blood rushed up to face making him blush hard. Soon he succumbed to the tingling sensation he felt running through his body and closed his eyes. Hitsugaya leaned forward, grasping Hinamori's shoulders as she slid her hands up from his arms to his face.
Within a few seconds, they broke away from each other panting. Hinamori flushed a deep shade of red while Hitsugaya looked away embarrassed.
"I … uh …we should get going," He stuttered.
"Oh! … Rr right," Hinamori followed Hitsugaya heading to Urahara's Shop.