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"He really thinks he is something, huh?" Shūhei asked a bit grumpy when they walked down the steps of the 4th squad barracks.

"Huh, what?" Rangiku asked, her thoughts somewhere else.

"Well, he's been grumpy and sad for as long as I know him, snapping at people, but when you fall into his arms he's suddenly playing the gentleman and listens to you, helps you..." Shūhei said irritated.

"Well, I don't know if you noticed, but he also yelled at me first..."

"Yeah, because he was worried about you, not because you were wasting his time or something..."

"Oh, come on, Shūhei!" Rangiku sighed. "Don't start it again, okay? This is the thírd time you mention this... Just admit you're worried or jealous, okay?"

"I'm not jealous!" Shūhei exclaimed. "I'm just..."

"Jealous~!" Rangiku finished his sentence for him.

"No I'm not!" Shūhei said irritated. "Okay, you're right, maybe I'm worried, but I am nót jealous!"

"Yes you are~!" Rangiku said provoking, and when Shūhei threw her a very véry bad look, she started to walk faster.

"Oh, our little Shūhei is worried now~! But I think he's also angry~! Whoooo, what am I scared~!" she said provoking, looking back over her shoulder.

Then she started to run, laughing, with Shūhei running after her.

Then she turned around a few corners, running the way she usually took when she went to the tenth squad barracks from there. Then she looked over her shoulder again to see if Shūhei was still following her, but there was no one to be seen.

"Shūhei?" Rangiku asked frowning, turning around and slowly walking back. "Shūhei, where are you?"

But even when she walked all the way back to the fourth squad barracks he was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange..." she whispered softly to herself.

Then she shrugged and walked back to the tenth squad barracks where she was shortly greeted by Hitsugaya.

"Hey, taicho~!" Rangiku said happily, but still some fainter than usual.

"Hm," Hitsugaya replied. "Don't be that happy when you were nearly dead!"

"Oh, do you care that much about me, taicho~?" Rangiku cooed.

"No I don't!" Hitsugaya yelled, getting red. "Otherwise I would have to do all this work myself! You at least did your work before you nearly drank yourself to death!"

Rangiku left the office, still smiling to hide how much it had hurt her.

She hadn't done it on purpose! Everyone was acting like she had wanted to die, or that she was a child that couldn't take care of herself.

They all cared and worried so much about her it was started to annoy her. Especially Shūhei, he really was too overprotective, no matter how much he might love her.

She wandered a bit around through the barracks, not really knowing what to do until Gin's invite from the other day gently pushed its way back into her mind.

He wanted to tell her something. In secret. With the two of them all alone.

Should she really go?

Safety wasn't the trouble, they might be alone there but not alone enough for him to be able to do anything what he wanted. If she screamed or made any noise, there would be enough people around to throw a suspicious look at them.

And she trusted him.

She didn't exactly know why, but she trusted him, she was sure he wasn't going to do or even try anything. He might try to let her believe things or tell her stories which might be the hard truth, but he wouldn't even look at her in the wrong way.

She sighed and stared out of the window she was standing next to.

"Oh, Gin... What do you want from me..." Rangiku thought.

Then she frowned. Why did she think that? It was not like he was anything special or something.

The evening was already dawning when Rangiku entered the office.

"Taicho, I'll be going for a while~!" Rangiku said while passing through the office.

"Yeah oka- What?" Hitsugaya said, immediately looking up. "But you're still recovering!"

"Are you my dad?" Rangiku asked. "And I'm not going to drink, if that's what you are thinking..."

"Oh- Okay, all right then!" Hitsugaya said a little irritated. "What are you going to do then?"

"I am going to G- go for a walk..." Rangiku said, deciding at the last moment she could better not tell him. "Just wandering around a bit..."

"Don't make it too late," Hitsugaya said, bowing over his papers again.

"Don't overwork yourself~!" Rangiku said, and with this, she left, only to hear her name called out to her by Hitsugaya, carried on by the wind and echoeing through the buildings dimly lit in the twilight.

It was quite a walk to the third squad barracks, so Rangiku started to walk some faster than usual to reach the barracks some earlier.

When she finally arrived there, she walked into the also dimly lit building, searching for Gin's office.

But her feet carried her somewhere else, as if they knew how to get there.

Instead of at the office, Rangiku wound up at Gin's room...

Hey,

Well, here it is~! :D

It took me quite some time again, but I am developing another addiction, sorry guys... :3

I'll try to find the right balance between my other addiction beside this one here~! :D

See ya next chapter~!

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