Chapter 21: Hidden Emotion
Sakura had been able to manage herself and began to explore Seireitei to exercise her body from the long sleep. She had decided to visit Ichigo who was still in the fourth division's hospital mending his wounds and injuries under Unohana's care. Her feet gracefully walked upon the floorboards of the hospital as she sensed as to where her cousin was. She felt his over-pouring reiatsu from the other end of the hallway just as she was heading towards him. Her feet were suddenly glued upon the floorboards as another familiar reiatsu came upon her senses. She found the familiar reiatsu just a door away from her. Her mind was pondering to peek or not. But she finally ceased the debate and decided to take just a short glance. She made her way and slowly cracked the door open noiselessly. There he was sleeping under the white hospital covers. His pale eyes closed and his chest rose and fell to the rhythm of his breathing. Sakura couldn't help but smile. Just as the smile came, she wiped it away. She felt angry for herself and she could feel the warmth feeling of a blush upon her cheeks. Without a further ado, she quickly and noiselessly closed the wooden door and preceded to her cousin's room, unbeknownst the cold blue eyes that had studied her before she left.
Sakura quietly crept into Ichigo's room, he was sleeping. It was late in the afternoon, she guessed that he was tired by all the things that happened. She smiled inwardly as she knew her cousin was now resting because now, Rukia was safe. She puffed her cheeks in annoyance and sighed, 'Rukia's so lucky.' She drifted her thoughts from her cousin before they befell upon a certain cold and stoic captain of a certain sixth division. A blush crept upon her cheeks and she chuckled inwardly. The young Kuchiki noble let out a sneeze and wondered who was thinking of him. Sakura shook the thoughts away and wondered why she'd ever think of such an arrogant man. But the answer was suddenly summed up by the past events that had happened between them. Not to mention that Sakura liked cold and stoic guys. She sighed and looked at her cousin's sleeping form, was she truly infatuated by this young noble?