Not Mine Valentine
Sweet, Sweet Candy

Toshiro found himself following behind Momo but not protesting the fact that she was dragging her behind him. "I don't exactly want to go back to the division."

"That's because you don't want to see Matsumoto. She'll haul you off to Unohana's."

"Yes. Plus I just don't care what Hinamori's up to."The two shinigami stopped outside of the store, causing Toshiro to suddenly look up at Momo, blinking a couple of times. "Hinamori, why are we here?'

"Shiro-chan likes sweet things."

"Yes, but... no I don't." The small taicho let out a deep breath.

"Yes you do." Momo dragged the small boy into the shop with her and walked over to the counter and looked at the various sweets, letting go of his sleeve as he did so.

"Hey, Hinamori... what kind of chocolate does Kira like?"

This caused the fukutaicho of the fifth division to pause, before turning to glare at the boy. "I'm not shopping for Kira Shiro-chan."

"But have you gotten your chocolate for making chocolates yet this year?" Toshiro pointed at the stack of chocolates that was in the shop.

Momo blinked a couple of times. "No... but this is about..."

"You are going to give him chocolate this year, right."

"I always buy something for him, Abarai and Hisagi."

The boy held out his hand. "But you've got to make his bigger."

"Shiro-chan... you do realize what giving him a bigger chocolate means?"

"You and he are dating."

Momo's mouth dropped open, before she snapped her eyes shut. "Shiro-chan! We're not dating! And no, it doesn't mean dating but that someone has romantic feelings for another! And why would..."

"So? He likes you."

"As if you would know that! You're a little kid!" The female took a deep breath before turning back to the counter. Toshiro continued to look at the various chocolates. Momo finally came back over, a rather large paper bag in her hands. "Shiro-chan. I'm finished."

Toshiro glanced up. "Which chocolate do you think Matsumoto is going to give Ichimaru?"

The girl's eyes went wide, but instead of losing her temper she grabbed his sleeve and tugged him out of the shop. She then tugged him along until they came to a bank by the river. The female sat down on the grass, letting go of his sleeve. At first Toshiro found himself not moving, only to find her hand reaching up to tug on his sleeve. Reluctantly he sat down, only to find a piece of candy shoved into his mouth as he opened his mouth to ask her what was going on.

One finger reached up to his mouth, touching his lips. Momo spoke up, leaning close so she could hear the answer he would give her. "So, what is bothering you?"

"Nothing..." Toshiro frowned, his hands going back to his side. He swallowed the piece of candy, only to turn his head to see that the female shinigami was holding another piece of candy out to him. Reluctantly he took it and shoved it into his mouth as soon as the other soft candy was swallowed.

"Come on. Something is bothering you." The female dug through the bag for another piece. "I could try guessing what it is."

"As if you could." The boy glanced away, moving the candy to his cheek with his tongue. "As if she would guess I've been doing something she found to be embarrassing when she did it ever so long ago."

"One of the things guys get nervous about is girls they like."

"Hinamori!"

"But you're to little to be liking girls."

"I'm not little!"

"But you haven't hit puberty yet, so you can't be liking girl's yet."

"You're damn right I haven't hit puberty!" Toshiro felt his cheeks heating up.

"Shiro-chan! You shouldn't use such language!'

Two teal eyes blinked a couple of times. "Sorry..." There was a pause of silence before he spoke up, his voice lowering to a whisper. "I don't care what anyone says. I don't like girls, because if I did that would mean I was a pervert like Kyoraku."

"Or your former taicho."

"Or him." Toshiro blinked a couple of times. "Hey!"

"What? I can't tell people not to talk about my former taicho in a negative manner yet you can?" Momo shook her head at the boy, frowning at the boy.

"No... I don't want to talk about my former taicho. It's a close subject, all right. It's one more disappointment." Toshiro took two more candies that she handed him and shoved them into his mouth.

"Have you been thinking about your former taicho? Is that is what bothering you? My losing my taicho didn't remind you of him?"

"No. I wasn't thinking of him until you brought it up, so please stop talking about him."

"I wouldn't happen to be the reason your upset."

Toshiro found himself chocking on the latest piece of candy, before bringing a fist against his chest to knock it out of his throat and back into his mouth. "No... no. I'm not upset with you."

"Are you sure? I've over heard some people saying... well, taicho isn't happy with me which is why he's thinking of replacing me. I'm not good at what I do."

"No. You're not the best. You can be annoying at times, but who isn't. I'm not upset at all right now." Another candy went into his mouth.

"But you're acting strange."

"Am not!"

"You are too! There is something bothering you!"

"I'm not going to tell you that I'm..." Toshiro realized he had almost blurted out something he hadn't wanted to and snapped his mouth shut. He then took a deep breath as he turned his head away. "There is something that is bothering me, but it doesn't involve you and I really don't want you finding out about it."

"Here." Momo shoved another piece of candy at him, causing him to look at her out of the corner of his eyes as his mouth turned down. He took the candy from her and popped it into his mouth before leaning back on the palms of his hands and watching the other side of the bank. The boy closed his eyes, allowing himself to relax.

M

Rangiku let out a deep sigh as she looked at the half stack of papers in front of her. She took a deep breath just as the door slid open. She glanced up to see her small taicho step into the room with Hinamori. "It's good to see you two getting along again."

"Sort of."

"Shiro-chan!"

Rangiku glanced back at the papers, only to hear a rather chipper voice from in front of her desk. "Hey, Matsumoto. What are you going to give Ichimaru for Valentine's Day chocolate wise?"

"Taicho..." The woman looked up, her eyes taking in the glint in the boy's eyes. "Taicho, have you been getting into valentines candy?"

"No. Not possible. 'cause it's not yet valentines so I don't have any of that stuff."

"Then why are you so hyper and why are you fine with Hinamori calling you that name."

"That name? Oh." Toshiro turned to look at Momo. "It's Hitsugaya Taicho you know."

"Taicho..." Rangiku let out a deep sigh. "Why are you hyper?"

"Because I had candy."

"Where did you get candy from? Did you visit Ukitake Taicho?"

"No." Toshiro then pointed his finger at Momo. "It's her fault."

"Shiro-chan!" The smaller female shook her head while crossing her arms. "I just wanted to cheer him up because he was acting strangely. He was... he was making Ichimaru want to kill him."

The look on the boy's face suddenly faltered as Rangiku glared at him. "I told you to stay away from him."

"I... had... an... excuse!" Toshiro sung the words at her.

"Taicho..."

"Anyways, I wanted to try and figure out what is bothering him. The only thing I could figure out was that he's not crushing on a girl."

"What do you mean he isn't crushing on a girl?" Rangiku piped up. "He has a crush on Kurosaki Ichigo's little sister Karin-chan."

"Matsumoto!" The boy's cheeks suddenly puffed out.

"Shiro-chan hasn't hit puberty, so it isn't possible for him to like girls yet."

"See Matsumoto! What she said! It's not possible for me to like girls because I haven't hit puberty and I can't be a pervert because I haven't hit puberty. I mean it's not possible for me to have hit puberty because I don't like girls because that would make me a pervert. I mean..."

"Taicho!" Rangiku stood up and grabbed onto his shoulder. "Hinamori, I need to get taicho working on his paper work. So if you don't mind, we really need to be getting to work."

Momo frowned, but nodded her head and left, leaving a paper bag on Toshiro's desk. The boy suddenly piped up. "Don't worry, I'll go and get started."

The busty female watched the boy as he headed over and started in on his own stack of paper. She turned her head down and started back into her work. She paused though when a soft snoring sound came from the boy's direction. She glanced up before letting out a deep sigh. She got up and grabbed a blanket from the couch and walked over to cover the boy's shoulders.