Lieutenant
During the festivities, Rangiku finds her captain alone in their barrack's training grounds.
"Taicho, why aren't you inside celebrating your engagement?"
"There's nothing to celebrate, Matsumoto. I don't love her. Not like before."
"That's a dangerous statement, taicho, you shouldn't say it so openly." Rangiku's voice was laced with warning.
"I saw her." He suddenly says, looking wistful and lost in thought.
Rangiku had raised a questioning brow, "Saw who?"
"Karin."
"So she finally returned..."
"She was on paid leave, she was bound to return soon." There was a long pause, "I wasn't expecting her to return today."
"Oh? And why the troubled look? As your second in command, I don't want you doing reckless things. I want you to be careful."
"I've thought long and hard about it, Matsumoto. This is what's best for me. It's what's best for her. I could come to love her again."
"Hmm. Perhaps."
Toshiro won't turn to see the look that his lieutenant was giving him.
