#11 – Sickness
A red nosed Hinamori walked into Hitsugaya's office.
"Ano, Shirou-chan, aren't you sick?" spoke Hinamori through her blocked nose.
Hitsugaya, seeing that Hinamori was sick, got up, took her over to the couch and sat her down.
"Hinamori, why would I be sick?"
"Everyone else is…"
A sneeze ran through the room before Hinamori continued.
"Everyone who played in snowball fights yesterday became sick."
"I'm not called the master of ice for nothing, you know?" smiled Hitsugaya, who received a small punch from Hinamori before she blew her nose.
"Shouldn't you go see the 4th Division?"
"I was going to…but…"
"But?"
"But I bumped into Rukia-san who gave me this medicine from the living world. She says it works quite well against colds."
Hinamori showed Hitsugaya the bottle, who took it from her hands and stored it away in a cupboard.
"Hinamori, I think it's best that you go see Unohana-taichou…"
Hitsugaya helped Hinamori get up and walked to the 4th Division building. There, they greeted Unohana-taichou, sat down and explained to her the situation.
"Maa, everyone has colds today. Luckily I wore extra warm clothes last night at Kuchiki Rukia-san's party. Speaking of Kuchiki Rukia-san, she gave me this medicine a while ago. She says it works quite well against colds," smiled Unohana-taichou and showed them the same bottle that Hinamori had brought in to show Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya just sat there stunned, while a happy Hinamori smiled at him, before he recovered.
"Ano, Unohana-taichou, are you sure that is safe? I mean, aren't your medicines better?"
"True, but it's always good to try new things, Hitsugaya-taichou. Anyway, many of our patients who had a cold recovered the next day after consuming this medicine."
After a while, they left the 4th Division Building and headed back towards Hitsugaya's office, where he took the bottle out and gave the correct amount of medicine for Hinamori to consume.
"Tastes quite sweet you know, Shirou-chan…"
"I think you should rest today…"
Hitsugaya took Hinamori to his bedroom and laid her down on the bed.
"Goodnight, Shirou-chan."
"Baka, it's not even night. Sweet dreams, Bedwetter Momo."