I can't feel my legs. I'm not sure if that's bad or not. This semester is almost over! It needs to hurry up and end! On the plus side, Saw VI is this Friday! I can't wait!
Sakura02: Haha, you know me, I never plan ahead. I figure it out as I go along.
byahnicah: Hmm…I believe there are four more chapters (counting this one) before we get back to the fight.
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"Byakuya!!!"
The 6th division captain turned around and saw a blue blur hurtling towards him. He braced himself and caught the small girl in his arms. "What are you doing, Hitomi?"
Hitomi beamed up at the nobleman. "I wanted to say thank you for the tea when I was sick!"
"Oh…well…it was no trouble." Byakuya gently put Hitomi back on the ground. "I see you're feeling better."
"Yup!" Hitomi looked curiously up at Byakuya for a moment. "Hey, Byakuya, can I stay with you today?"
Byakuya was afraid to ask. "Why?"
"Well, I kind of upset Daddy." Hitomi shuffled her feet nervously. "I didn't mean to spill the tea all over his paperwork! It was an accident! Please, Byakuya?" Hitomi pleaded. "I'll be good, I promise."
Byakuya sighed. "I don't want to hear a sound from you." He turned on his heels at Hitomi's excited squeal. He looked down briefly when he felt Hitomi take his hand in hers. He led the small shinigami to the 6th division office and sat her down at a small table right by his desk. Byakuya put a blank piece of paper on the table and box of crayons in front of Hitomi that he kept for cases like this. "No noise."
Hitomi smiled happily as she doodled a picture on the table. She liked these—very rare—occasions when Byakuya would allow her to sit in his office with him. She rather liked spending time with the stoic captain. "Hey, Byakuya, can we have some tea?"
"I thought I said no noise." Byakuya sent a hell butterfly to Renji to bring the two tea. He resumed his paperwork and didn't even look up when Renji brought the tea in.
Hitomi grinned. "Thanks, Red!" Hitomi sipped happily at her tea and went back to drawing her picture.
Byakuya would occasionally check on the little girl out of the corner of his eye. When he saw she was running low on her tea, he gave her the rest of his. When she was running out of paper, he gave her more.
"All done!" Hitomi crowed happily. She held up her picture proudly.
"What is it?" Byakuya asked, not even bothering to remind her she promised to not make any noise.
"It's the sakura trees!" Hitomi said proudly. "I drew it for you 'cause I know you like sakura trees so much." She held the picture out to him.
Byakuya looked at the picture for a moment before looking at Hitomi's excited blue eyes. "For me?"
"Uh huh!"
"Why?" Byakuya asked.
Hitomi smiled brightly. "'Cause you're so nice to me and I know you don't like when your work gets interrupted but you let me stay and you gave me your tea. So it's a thank you picture!"
Byakuya could feel the corners of his mouth trying to twitch up. He took the picture from Hitomi and placed it besides his paperwork. He looked up when he heard Hitsugaya's angry voice coming towards his office. He looked at Hitomi and motioned her under his desk. He hid the crayons just as Hitsugaya stormed in. "What can I do for you, Hitsugaya-taicho?"
"Have you seen Hitomi?" Hitsugaya asked.
"I haven't." Byakuya watched Hitsugaya leave. "You're safe now."
Hitomi crawled out from under his desk. "Thank you, Byakuya." She ran towards the door of his office. She looked back and smiled. "I'll draw you another picture soon, okay?"
Byakuya nodded as Hitomi disappeared out of his office. He looked down at the picture Hitomi had left him. He picked it up and looked at it for a moment before deciding to hang it up on the wall behind his desk. He allowed himself to smile as he went back to his paperwork.
I know it's short! So sorry about that. Please review and let me know your thoughts.
