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Part Two

Hinamori slowly opened her eyes. Where am I? She wondered. She looked around and observed her surroundings. The furniture, the distinctive medical smell – clearly she was in the recuperation room of the fourth division. But why was she there?

/Aizen Taichou! /

/ You're Aizen Taichou's murderer! /

/ Aizen Taichou…you're alive! /

/ Taichou?...no…/

Tears flowed from her eyes as the memories came back to her. Aizen taichou was the traitor all along, with Ichimaru taichou. He had played her like a chess piece, manipulated her until she was exactly where he wanted. She felt revived again when she saw that he was alive, only to be stripped off that hope and happiness when she felt him thrust a sword through her chest. He had left her there to die slowly.

Then Hitsugaya kun came. And hell froze over. But it was too late, in the mist of the confusion, anger and disbelief, Hitsugaya's Daiguren Hyourinmaru was defeated, and a critical blow was delivered to him.

Hinamori bolted upright and coughed from the sudden movement. Shiro-chan. She pulled the blanket off her to get out of bed. She had to know that Shiro-chan was okay, that he was still alive. If he's injured then he should still be in one of the recuperation rooms of this building. But no matter where and how much she searched the rooms she still could not find him. Panic and dread overfilled her. She willed herself to be as calm as possible. Perhaps he is already healed and moved back to his room. Feeling a bit calmer now the notion came up but nonetheless worried, she headed towards his sleeping quarters as fast as she could. Tears flowed freely from her as she moved.

If anything happened to him, I will never forgive you Aizen Taichou. She thought bitterly. She would never forgive herself either. She had trusted a piece of paper over her childhood friend. The one who protected her no matter what it cost him, ever since before the shinigami days. The one whom she confided in about everything, the one who knew her deepest secret. Hinamori laughed bitterly to herself. Your admiration for Aizen Taichou had really blinded you, Hinamori, so much to the point you actually allowed yourself to hold your zanpakuto against your most treasured friend. Guilt overwhelmed her, it was more than she could handle. If you allowed anything to happen to you because of me, I will never forgive you either. She thought sadly as she continued moving towards her destination. Him.


Hitsugaya didn't bother sleeping that night. Instead he sat on the roof and waited for the sun to come up. He thought about many things – the three captain's betrayal, Hinamori, the ryokas, Hinamori, the over protectiveness of Byakuya towards his sister Rukia ever since his implausible confession, and Hinamori. Wondering if she'll wake up and if it'll be soon. He had faith in her – she was strong, physically and emotionally, and wasn't someone to just give up that easily. She will wake up.

The sky lightened, the darkness mixing with the light of the sun and shone a tint of yellow. Hitsugaya sighed. He was so absorbed in the beauty of the sunrise that he jumped a little when he heard the door of his room being violently pushed open. The door slid aggressively and hit the frame with a bang. He was about to investigate when he was shadowed by a looming presence above him. The next thing he knew was that one side of his face was squashed against the roof tiles and the other side had a sandaled foot on it.

"Hit...Hitsugaya kun!" He heard a very familiar voice say.


Hinamori arrived at his room and threw his door open. She was actually planning to knock and enter politely but anxiety took the best of her. She looked around. The bed was untouched.

Don't tell me…Shiro-chan…wait, the roof!

She leapt up onto the roof…and promptly landed on the object of her mission.

"Hit...Hitsugaya kun!" She exclaimed. Then it dawned onto her, he's alive! He's really alive! With that she removed her foot off his face, kneeled down next to his still fallen form and pulled him into a tight and cuddly hug. Now let's all pretend we are Hinamori at the moment and giving Hitsugaya a big hug XD

She was so grateful, so happy, that her tears flowed like a fountain as she sobbed into him.

Hitsugaya, still a little dazed from being landed on, was in total shock of who he saw hugging and clinging onto him. He quickly pinched himself hard a few times, he wasn't even sure that the pain registering was real. She's awake. Still not quite believing, he hugged her back with all his strength. A smile slowly formed on his face as he thought about nuzzling her neck. It was, after all, right there under his nose.

Hinamori felt blissfully happy and content when she felt him hugging her back…until he started to cut off her air circulation. Hitsugaya noticed this when she started coughing and gasping so he very reluctantly loosened his hold of her, but still not letting go of her nonetheless. Eventually Hinamori moved to sit next to him, intertwining her arm with his. They let themselves become enclosed with the feeling of just being in each others presence as the sun rose fully. Hinamori slowly tilted towards him until her head rested on his shoulder. There they sat, silent, content and happy. Hitsugaya was on cloud nine.


End of Part 2