Strawberry Pumpkin Fields
Cat and Dog
Toshiro finished his pumpkin and pushed it away from himself. He stood up and went to wash his hands before heading back to the bench he sat on before. He watched as other people looked at the pumpkin he carved. His stomach churned and he decided it was best to just look away. He closed his eyes in an attempt to close of outside stimulus, but found that he couldn't block off the sounds.
The girl with the blond hair spoke close to his ear. "That is a really cool pumpkin. Do you want to try apple bobbing again?"
"No thank you." Two bright teal eyes snapped open. Toshiro felt himself shudder.
"Why not?"
"I almost drowned when I was younger." He turned his face then to find the girl was inches away from him. His cheeks heated up.
"All right. I apologize then for making you even try the game." The girl went back to the table as Ichigo placed a candle in Toshiro's pumpkin and lit it. The boy tilted his head and watched the candle light flicker.
Watching the light flicker lasted until he felt something paunch on him. "Aniki!"
Toshiro looked up to see that Yachiru was wearing her cat ears, paws and tail. The temperature in the room rose. "Kusajishi..."
"Our costumes match." The temperature in the room rose again.
Toshiro sat up and patted the pink haired girl on the head. He felt the temperature in the room rise again. The boy turned to look at the purple haired girl and noticed she was livid. He mouthed the words 'don't'. Only she noticed as she slumped down into her chair. He turned his head to look at the doorway in time to see Rin come in. Liltotto walked up to him frowning. "All you did was add horns to your head and gel your hair. Badly I might add."
"I'm supposed to be Akon."
Ichigo sighed. "So I'm not the only one dressing up as another person."
The teen leaned up at the table while Yachiru and Liltotto headed to the candy bowls. Rikichi came into the room with a swaggering pose and wearing a red wig. His hands were on his hips until he saw Toshiro's costume. His finger pointed at the young taicho. He opened his mouth to say something, only to burst out laughing. He was soon on the floor rolling over with laughter.
"Can ask what is so funny?"
"You're costume is so ridiculous!"
"Says the person whose dressed up as Abarai."
"Hey!" Rikichi stood up. "Do you have a problem with Renji or something?"
"He's Hinamori's friend." Toshiro looked out the window.
"And what is that supposed to mean."
"Leave him Rikichi." Rukia called out. "Let's have a contest to see how much candy I stuffed into this jar." Toshiro continued to look out the window. "Come on Hitsugaya Taicho. You too." Reluctantly he walked over. His pumpkin let off an eerie light. "If you guess the closest then you get the candy."
She handed out slips of papers. "Make your guesses."
Toshiro stared at the paper and wrote out a number. He went back to his bench while Rukia sorted through the numbers. "The number of candies in the jar was one-hundred and ninety-three. Hitsugaya Taicho was the closest with a hundred and ninety."
Toshiro frowned as the jar of candy was placed in front of him. He looked over as they progressed to other games.