Ultimate Black Ace: I love you!...But really, I've cleared my head. And what u said totally makes sense :D Thanks you so much.

Crystal: Sorry for not answering you in the past chap, it just flew by me. Back to topic, the story is told in third-person but Hitsugaya is the main protagonist and the story centers on how he views things(like in books) and because Hitsugaya doesn't know Karin's blind, when she "looks" at him or at something that's how he sees it. And besides, it's kinda hard choosing words for Karin (like instead of 'she looked at him' 'she (?) at him). Sorry if I confused you. Hope this (and this chap) clears some doubts

Hitsugaya's troubled and mixed feelings changed his reiatsu with sudden descends of temperature and as result said shinigami woke up to a frozen field of cristal clear flower petals even though the air was warm. Puzzled and a little annoyed he swept with his hands several of these petals off his futon before getting up. 'Well,' he thought as he turned around 'at least there are no frozen, flying dragons like in my dream.' He comforted himself before turning into a statue at the sight that greeted him.

There, close to where his head had been resting was indeed an expertly carved dragon, which was curled as if asleep on top of several frozen flower petals. The dragon made a circle from head to tail and in the middle off it stood a human figure. Hitsugaya was now petrified. There with eyes closed and smiling slightly was a perfect replica of Karin. Down to every detail, it was exactly like her. Hitsugaya was sure that if he got closer he would be able to count her eyelashes but he dared not move. Instead, his heart was beating strongly in his chest and ears, he could feel his face heating up. He turned around not wanting to see it anymore. What the hell happened? Or rather what the hell should I do!

Then the sliding door shook, signal that it was stuck —there was ice covering it— and that someone was trying to enter. Hitsugaya panicked immediately.

"Hmm? Hitsugaya-taichou?" It was Tessai's voice

"Ah, em… Tessai!" He managed to stutter. "Wha-what do you need?" The struggling with the door ceased.

"Right, breakfast is ready."

"A-ah, I'll be there in a moment." Hitsugaya replied as he wracked his brain for something to do with the ice…statues. He could try shattering them but that would create a mess and it would be noisy. He glanced around the room and he stopped at the window. Maybe he could try…pushing them out? Well that was better than nothing. He opened the window and scanned the area. There Was nobody on sight. Sighing he swept all petals on sight and tossed them outside. Next came the ice dragon. Hitsugaya then noticed that it looked like Hyorinmaru, He thought that he would have to cut the ice figure in two to manage to undo the circle but surprisingly the ice was soft and was easy to move around, the only problem was the weight and length. After dumping the dragon, he went for the Karin ice statue. Hitsugaya blushed as he lifted it carefully and placed it with the same caution on the outside. Afterwards he wiped the sweat rolling down his forehead and went for the door.

Urahara was drinking tea in the warm inside of his kitchen, when he saw the shinigami prodigy entering tiredly. Said boy slumped down on a seat and gave a deep sigh. He looked exhausted, and a little nervous. He was already eating when he jumped in the air as a melody was heard.

"Wha-? When did I-?" He said as he searched all over himself for his phone. He gave a triumphant cry when he found it. He proceeded to open it. He read whatever was sent to him and blushed wildly. Urahara choked on his tea and hurriedly searched for his fan to hide the smirk forming on his face.

"Was it from Soul Society?" He teased with mischievous glint.

"Huh?Um…N-no." Came Hitsugaya's embarrassed but absent reply as he started texting back. "I'll be going now." He said as he got up without finishing his —barely started— food. With caution, he went to get his gigai and exited the shop, towards the Kurosaki household.

1 New Message

Sender: Karin

10:23 am

Yo! Good Morning

Hey wanna go out? I'm bored

here and Ichi-nii won't let me

out alone. Reply this message

with your answer, remember

how?

…

Sender: Karin

10:27 am

Awesome! Meet you at

my house.

"Hitsugaya! How've you been?" Karin greeted with a grin when said boy approached.

"Yo Karin, uh fine I guess." He answered "So, can't go out alone?"

"Yeah, it sucks right?" She answered with a grimace, "And? Where are we going?"

"What? Didn't you had somewhere in mind? " He said exasperatedly at her.

"No, not really." She answered playfully as she closed the gate to her house. "Now, shall we go?"

"Where to?" Hitsugaya rolled his eyes and started walking —hands in his pockets — to the direction Karin chose.

"Let's go get some ice-cream!"

At the ice-cream parlor both teens were practically inhaling their respective ice-cream. The place was without much business at that hour so it had been quite easy to find a suitable table on the outside to eat.

"Have you thought of where to go next?" Hitsugaya said after finishing his. Karin was only a few spoonfuls behind.

"Mmm, nah" She said as she tilted her vase to get to last of her —now liquid— treat. Some trickled down her chin and when she lowered it she cursed. Hitsugaya sighed as he leaned closer and wiped it off with his clean napkin. "There." He said as he reclined back.

"Uh, thanks" Karin said a little embarrassed and soon Hitsugaya's embarrassment caught up. Karin cleared her throat "I guess it's time to leave."

"Oh yeah, I'll go pay…" Hitsugaya said standing up and searching in his pocket. "Shit" He mumbled at last.

"What, haven't got any cash?" She said amusedly as she also stood up." I'll pay for it, don't worry."

"I can't let you do that" he retorted rapidly and Karin huffed annoyed.

"Why? Because I'm a girl?"

"Well yes-"

"Come on Hitsugaya, what does it matter?" She frowned at him. "And besides it's not like you can pay for it." At Hitsugaya's loss of words she declared victory and went to the counter to pay. They exited and started walking.

"Let's go to Urahara's." Hitsugaya said grimly.

"Going back already?" She arched an eyebrow. "You're a jerk you know it?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, you think you are better and after losing you just want to go home?"

"What do you mean?" He said pissed off. "Who wants to go home?"

"You do! And I mean that because I'm a girl you think should pay 'nd everything."

"I never said that and besides why shouldn't I?"

"I've got my pride you know?" She spat at him. Hitsugaya stopped on his tracks and mumbled something. "Huh? Wha' was that? Speak louder."

"I'm sorry" This stopped Karin.

"You…what?" She blinked

"I said I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

"So then why-?"

"I was brought up this way, by my grandma…if you mean the whole 'paying-for-you' business." He said embarrassed, Karin suddenly felt without energy to stay angry.

"Aw man, you're making me feel guilty now." She said kindly, "And? Why go to Urahara's house?"

"To get money, to avoid this whole situation again."

"You…you're too much of a gentleman you know that?" She said tiredly.

"And you put too much of a fight." He retorted as they reassumed walking.

"Well I need to." Karin shrugged "If I want to be taken seriously that is."

"Really?"

"Well yes.." She said, then bit her lip." Is it…is it weird?"

"Huh? Where did that come from? Well, I don't find it weird…actually I like it." Hitsugaya answered truthfully. After that they arrived at the shop and Hitsugaya quickly excused himself to fetch his money. Next it was Hitsugaya's turn to choose a place. They ended up in a soccer field as he barely knew around.

"So you live with your grandma?" They had sat on the grass by the goalpost as there was nobody there.

"No, I used to." He sighed "I live in the 10th squads barracks now."

"Hmm, you did told me you were a captain… How is it to be a captain? Do you command your subordinates and stuff?"

"Yeah, but I have loads of work to do, so it really isn't as interesting as you think…Ugh, now that I think about it, when I get back I'll have mountain's worth of paperwork waiting for me…"

"Don't you have someone to take care of it while you are gone?"

"…In theory, yes, that would be my vice-captain Matsumoto."

"But-?"

"She's skilled in avoiding her share of paperwork and loves spending her days drinking sake with friends." He was getting exasperated only talking about her.

"Wow" Karin said surprised "Sounds tough, having that Matsumoto as team."

"But well she did help me…"

"Really?"

"Yeah, back in Rukongai I accidentally almost killed my grandma with my reiatsu."

"You what? And wait what's Rukongai?"

"Rukongai is a place in Soul Society, where the souls live. And every night I, unconsciously, released some of my overflowing reiatsu and that affected the temperature."

"Oh, and what happened?"

"Matsumoto was already a shinigami by then, she was the one who told me what I was doing and convinced me to become a shinigami to learn how to control my reiatsu."

"And how's your grandma doing?"

"…"

"Hitsugaya?"

"I don't know, I-I haven't gone visit her in a long while."

"You must have been really busy."

"Yeah " Hitsugaya answered absent-mindedly.

"I'm sure she's not mad or anything."

"Yeah"

"And that- Hitsugaya!" Karin couldn't take it any longer. Hitsugaya jumped startled.

"Um, yeah?"

"That's better, you weren't paying me attention right?" She said "Don't forget that as soon as you have time, you should go visit her. She must miss you."

"Yeah"

"Hitsugaya!"

"What now!" He demanded
"Oh, sorry thought you weren't paying attention again" She laughed "So you can control temperature?"

"Not really, but my zanpakuto is the strongest ice-based zanpakuto of Soul Society. That's why it gets cold if my reiatsu leaks, like when I lived with my grandma."

"What's a zanpakuto?"

"Uh, it's the weapon we shinigami use against hollows: I guess you could say it's the materialization of our souls."

"Seriously? That sounds cool. And does it receive a name?"

"Yeah, my zanpakuto is Hyōrinmaru. Ah, but you don't name it, when it materializes you must learn its name in order to fight with it." Hitsugaya explained knowingly.

"Hmmm, Ice Dragon huh?" Karin then smiled" Hey think you could make something with your…zanpakuto?"

"I guess so." That said he popped a soul pill in his mouth —he had brought them with him in case something happened. He effortlessly made an ice flower like the ones that so often had appeared in his life earlier. He gave it to Karin.

"Wow! Is that a flower?" She said as she grabbed it. "It's really made of ice!"

"Y-yeah" Hitsugaya blushed when Karin closed her eyes, right now she really resembled the Karin statue of this morning.

"Flower of the Ice Dragon haha." She laughed at her own idea.

"Hiryū no hana" He muttered to himself. "well that actually sounds good."

"Hmm? You say something?"

"Huh, no it was nothing."

They stayed in that amiable silence until the soccer field started filling up with boys.

"Uh, Hitsugaya I think we better go."

"Why?"

"Ah well-"

"Huh? Isn't that Kurosaki?" A male voice suddenly cut in. Murmurs broke out as the whole team gathered around them both.

"Ah! It really is you!"Hitsugaya looked at each face and frowned when he saw Karin getting anxious.

A whole round of greetings and exclamations started at this. "I've gotta say this is a surprise Kurosaki, haven't seen you on a field since…well…y'know." He finished awkwardly. "Anyways, how 'bout a game?"

"N-no thanks." She refused laughing. "Not really in the mood." Disappointed voices resounded all around them.

"Well, um, another time then?"

"Y-yeah" She said as she got up. "Come on Hitsugaya, we're leaving."

"Uh, fine." Hitsugaya didn't like how things were turning out. Hitsugaya disentangled himself from the crowd and looked around for the girl. When he finally found her, he had to catch up with Karin who had practically run away.

"Kari-" Hitsugaya stopped when he saw Karin was crying. "KARIN!"

"Shut it you idiot it's nothing." She said smiling as she dried the few tears that had betrayed her.

"It's nothing my ass." He said, helping her with a tear by her cheek. "What's wrong?"

"I-I'm not too sure either…"

"Was it because of them?"

"No"

" Do you miss it?"

"What?"

"Playing soccer." Hitsugaya thought he hit jackpot as he saw Karin's shocked face. "Why haven't you played then?" Karin remained silent as she looked away.

"I…I can't." She mumbled at last. She inhaled deeply and smiled at Hitsugaya. " 'Care to join me?"

"Sure" They started walking at a slow pace.

"R-remember when I told you…how my mom died?" Hitsugaya'S face hardened at that. He made an affirmative noise. " When I saw mom being pushed to the ground I tried to run to her side. She was bleeding profusely but I…my vision suddenly blackened when the hollow spoke and couldn't see her anymore."

"But what does that have to do with you not playing soccer?" Hitsugaya didn't want to interrupt but he thought he was missing something. He was startled when Karin stopped and looked at him with her cloudy and grayish eyes.

"I couldn't see her anymore Toushiro, not her not anything else." Hitsugaya was flabbergasted.

"You don't mean-" Karin nodded grimly. Hitsugaya couldn't speak. She…Karin was…blind? "But…that can't be! You-you're walking without any guidance and you can avoid people perfectly. Heck you even knew I had given you a flower!" Hitsugaya ended without breath.

"That is different. See, days after the incident I noticed that even though I couldn't see things I could tell roughly where a person was and who he was. It's like… a ball of light? Energy?...something like that." She pondered over this. "Maybe that's what you call reiatsu?"

"You..can see the reiatsu of people?" Hitsugaya hadn't heard of something like that.

"I'm not sure if it's the same thing. Oh and a little more like sense it but yeah." Karin suddenly stretched out her arms. "But the problem's here: I can vaguely tell where you are but not what you're wearing, where's a bump or hole on the ground or things like that. Trees I can barely feel, but things? That's another story."

"Things, like a soccer ball?" Karin nodded then stopped.

"Yeah, also, things like how you look…" She said wistfully as she reached out a hand to his cheek but bumped instead with his nose. She immediately tried to retract her hand but Hitsugaya clasped her hand and directed it towards his cheek —the place she had tried to reach.

"Relax, I'm not handsome at all. You're not missing much." He joked and smiled when she laughed.

"Thanks Toushiro." She said finally retracting her hand, after a last caress. Hitsugaya suddenly felt very hot, he cleared his throat.

"A-And what about the flower? It was ice, how could you see it?" He said curiously, Karin laughed at his, embarrassed, tone

"I guess that because you made it. It surely seemed like your own reiatsu." The silence that followed broke when Hitsugaya's stomach started protesting. Karin laughed heartedly at that but stopped when her own stomach followed suit. In the end both —the shinigami and the human— ended up laughing loudly.

"Oh well, let's go eat, and I'll pay this time." Hitsugaya said as he started walking off. Karin lingered there a while longer before following him.

Really, thank you Toushiro…

"So this is pizza?" Hitsugaya said after paying for two, fat slices and sitting down in an empty table with Karin. He was currently ignoring the flow of people going in and out the place and instead was staring at his —still bubbling slightly — greasy, hot food. It didn't appear very much appealing to him, and besides it was too hot to eat. As he stared moodily at his food Karin on the other hand was enjoying it quite a bit. In between blowing at it, biting off a piece and having a sip of her cold iced tea she had eaten already half of it. "Yeah, this mall pizza isn't the best but ordering a pizza and waiting for it was too much of a hassle. Hey!" She said as she looked at his food. "Why aren't you eating?"

"…It's not very appealing…and besides it's too hot."

"…'You kidding right?" She said disbelievingly, "Come on Toushiro, eat it!" She exclaimed grabbing his slice and practically shoving it in his face. Hitsugaya awkwardly grabbed it and gave a tentative bite under Karin's gaze. "So? How's it?"

"Mf-mine-" He grumbled with his mouth full.

"Ha ha ha, what?"

"I-I said it's fine" Hitsugaya said blushing. Getting over its unappealing appearance and actually enjoying it, Hitsugaya ate his slice in less time that had taken Karin. Finally satisfied they left the crowded mall and went for a walk. Hitsugaya was starting to feel light-headed again and even though he hadn't coughed blood in their time together he didn't want to risk it. They had to end their outing before they wanted it to end. When they reached the Kurosaki household, Kurosaki Ichigo swung open the door with a relieved look on his face when he saw Karin unharmed. When he glanced at Hitsugaya, his face turned into one of worry.

"Hey Toushiro, feeling okay? You look pale." Kurosaki said scowling, Karin was also looking at him.

"I'm fine, no need to worry." He waved his worry off and turned to leave. "See you at school, Karin-" He doubled in pain as he coughed violently. A thin trail of blood slipped down his mouth.

"Toushiro? You have-" Kurosaki started worriedly pointing at his mouth.

"Did you say something, Kurosaki?" Hitsugaya interrupted him, casting a significant glance at Karin. The older Kurosaki's eyes widened abruptly in surprise then he frowned again, looking suspiciously at both.

"No, it was nothing." He said as he hauled his sister inside. She protested but allowed her brother to do so; she only stopped to wave good bye at him. Hitsugaya started walking to Urahara's shop with heavy steps. He wasn´t feeling very well but he had a feeling of happiness…since few days ago Hitsugaya had been having a hard time understanding himself.

Urahara ushered Hitsugaya in and forced him in a futon as soon as he entered. Maybe he did look as bad as he felt…But, He thought for himself as he smiled I guess it was worth it. He easily succumbed to sleep soon after receiving a strawberry-flavored pill.

A/N So? How was Hitsugaya's first date? XD. I suck at romance mainly because my only reference is other stories …I'm 14 have a problem! ? ! ? …but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be :D I wanted them to have more small fights as their attitudes clash a lot but it turned out like this instead. Btw no hollows in this chap haha.

I want to change the first genre(general) to something like "action" but can't find anything similar...and no not "adventure" Hitsugay isn't about to go wandering somewhere in this fic. ideas?

PD wasn't Hitsugaya a little OoC here?

Hope you liked

R & R pleeease.