#37 – Why

Hinamori locked herself in her room. Today she will not go out; she wanted to avoid the so called "slut" and the traitor. Meanwhile, Matsumoto pays a visit to Ichigo.

"Yuzu, Karin. I'll be in my room."

Ichigo walked into his room and was startled to see the fuku-taichou reading a comic on his bed.

"Yo Matsumoto," said Ichigo, startling Matsumoto.

"Ichigo," said Matsumoto, dropping the comic and standing up.

"What's going on?"

"It's Hinamori. There's this new girl named Kutari Shikiru and Hitsugaya's broken up with Hinamori."

"WHAT?!"

"I know…apparently, Hinamori saw Hitsugaya pashing Kutari before he asked to break up."

"But from what I've heard, Hitsugaya loves Hinamori more than anyone else and vice versa. Didn't they show it when Hinamori released Hitsugaya of that brainwashing spell of Aizen's?"

Ichigo's eyes widened.

"That must be it! Hitsugaya's been put under a spell again. Maybe a Kidou spell?"

"That's not possible. There's no presence of a Kidou spell around Hitsugaya or Hinamori."

"Why don't you send your Haineko to follow those two around? I'm afraid I can't go to Soul Society at the moment. I have my yearly exams coming up and I need to study."

"OK."

Hinamori was in her room; her dark room; the sunlight seemed to have stopped coming in and she refused to light a candle. Many things were flying around her mind. Maybe…maybe it was her fault that Hitsugaya broke up. Maybe she did something wrong. Maybe…this was revenge?

What about their promise? They promised each other that they will be together no matter what. They just made that promise a few days ago and Hitsugaya broke it already. Why was everything happening to Hitsugaya and her? Why isn't everything the way they should be? Why did Hitsugaya have to run off with someone else just because they looked like her? Couldn't she be the lucky one?

Who was Kutari Shikiru anyway? Why did she look so much like her? So much like a twin. Hinamori had never known her family or where she came from. Could Kutari be her actual twin? No! There's no way someone like that could be related to her. Kutari's name wasn't Hinamori so there's no way that they could be family when they have a different last name.

What advice does her taichou have? He was older than her biologically so he should know a fair amount about relationships. Where was Matsumoto now? Hinamori hoped she would return soon; possibly with Ichigo but Ichigo has school now. Nothing seemed to calm Hinamori down. Dark circles were now visible due to the lack of sleep. Hinamori couldn't sleep. Her mind kept wandering back to that room where she had first witnessed Hitsugaya's betrayal.

"Matsumoto-san…hurry…"