After a series of questions from the 3rd division vice-captain, all of witch the Captain had promptly reply with a cold statement of 'none of your business' or 'go away', Hitsugaya and Hinamori had began arguing about where they should go, since the Soul society was quiet with not much action going on, Hinamori had insisted in going into town to buy some cooking supplies to bake cookies, where as Hitsugaya had other ideas, he knew the sunset would be good tonight due to the full moon and wanted to make the remainder of the afternoon special for her so he could take her to their old home in rukongai, though the realisation that the site might need some preparing before he took her there led him to finally give in to her pleas for baking supplies and whilst she was busy baking the oddly shaped flower and heart biscuits, Hitsugaya managed to sneak off to prepare the surprise, only to return to find her sitting by her desk half asleep the cookies on a plate beside her, untouched, silently Hitsugaya crept over to her picking up a cookie and examined it, noting her tired eyes following him, he laughed waving the warm cookie front of her face "What are these supposed to be?" he asked, teasingly taking a bright and pulling a face before making mock choking noises Hinamori instantly got to her feet a concerned expression on her face as Hitsugaya swallowed and laughed slightly, causing the small lieutenant to pout "Shiro-chan! That was not funny, you made me really scared then!" she whined gently smacking his arm, to witch he simply pulled a face at her before tugging her into a hug whispering "You bake delicious cookies Hinamori!"
After the consumption of cookies and tea, the day had began nearing an end, Hitsugaya lay his head against Hinamoris shoulder, she had drifted to sleep her back rested against the wall a half eaten cookie help limply in her hand, knowing more than well that this truly did make Hitsugaya feel and defiantly look shorter than Hinamori he slowly lifted up his head with a quick gasp remembering his surprise and with out a second thought shook the small girl awake, a bad idea indeed, his much deserved reply was Hinamori jumping to her feet and tripping over him, her foot meeting with his groin as they fell to the floor, he surpassed a yell of pain and she hit the floor with a thud before slowly, very slowly sitting up and lifted her self and her foot from Hitsugaya, the vice-captain looked around rather confused before turning to the white haired Captain "what's happened?" she asked in a rather dopey tone causing Hitsugaya to laugh and stand up pulling Hinamori with him "Come with me i have something to show you" he said, taking her hand and pulling her out of the barracks, as much as she wanted to ask questions the hazel eyed girl kept silent and simply watched as she was marched through the streets of Rukongai hand in hand with the 10th Division Captain, naturally, heads of the towns folk turned as they walked, most with confused expressions on their frightened faces.
The district of juran, although somewhat in poverty was defiantly considers a rather middle class town, compared to the likes of where Rukia and Renji grew up, this place was paradise, despite this the shoddy shelters and wooden stalls made Hitsugaya and Hinamori glad they now lived in a place where their roof didn't tend to leak each night, but all in all, they missed their old home, and Grandma. "Are we going home?" Hinamori finally asked, her voice full of innocents and excitement causing Hitsugaya to smile as he replied with a nod pushing past a group of dealers who instantly started wandering in the opposite direction their hands clutching at their pockets suspiciously, the lieutenants eyes followed them nervously as her grip tightened on Hitsugayas hand, he instantly sped up and within a few minutes they had reached the pathway lined with trees that lead them to their old home.
Hinamoris eyes widened as she took in the scene before her, the large clearing in the woods bore a smallish wooden house, no bigger than an average bungalow, the old wood had faded with the weather over the past hundreds of years, although they hadn't been away that long, it looked older, much older, it brought tears to the small girls eyes to think how much she suddenly missed living here, just her and Hitsugaya, no Shinigami drama, no betrayal, no hollows, she gently wiped the moisture from her eyes, sure that Hitsugaya by now was watching her, although he had let her hand loose, as she turned towards him, she saw him quickly look away and begin walking towards the house, he promptly sat him self down on the porch and beckoned Hinamori to him, the small lieutenant made her way to him and sat down next to him her hand automatically searching for his their fingers intertwining, the white haired Captain smiled at her nudging her arm gently and nodding towards the sky, there Hinamori noticed was the most beautiful awe-inspiring sunset she had ever seen, their home had always been one of the best spots to watch the warm summers sun cast a orange glow over the sieretei and all of rukongai, to Hinamori it always seemed magical, she began to wondered why she hadnt noticed this earlier, keeping her questions to herself she gently rested her head on Hitsugayas shoulder.
They sat there for hours simply watching the sun set and the stars begging to appear twinkling contented in the magical dark blue sky, the air became thinner as the night wore on, though it wasn't unbearably cold, the two had moved back slightly to lean against the front wall, sheltered under the porch as gentle droplets of rain began to fall, slowly at first simply a light drizzle, but it soon began to get heavier, though it only made the night seem even more mystical, the sent of the most leaves from the trees relaxed both Shinigami into a clam serene sate, Hitsugaya and Hinamori had taken to whispering sweet words to each other, occasionally running off topic, but the chatter soon died out as the rain continued to patter down on the once dry soil, the two shinigami sat snuggled together under the porch, Hinamori shivered slightly causing Hitsugaya to hold her tighter before removing his captains hyori and placing it around her shoulders pulling her onto his lap he whispered "Hinamori, I truly do love you" The small lieutenant blushed turning her head upwards to her lover simply smiled and whispered a small "I love you Shiro-chan" before gently pressing her lips to his, Hitsugaya welcomed the kiss pulling her even closer as his lips moved in time with hers, the pulled apart out of breath cuddling up to each other,Hitsugaya longed to stay like this for ever, holding his girl close to him, protecting her from the world as the sound of the rain pattering on the ground echoed around them like a soothing melody melting into their hearts as they slept.