Secret Santa
Day Eleven~

The small taicho sat at his desk tapping his fingers on his desk. His lips pushed together as he thought about what Gin said to him the day before. "You may want to think about not coming everyday in order to make Rangiku semi happy."

Toshiro shook his head in frustration. "Baka. Why does he break down like this when it comes to keeping Matsumoto happy? He lets her walk all over him, so it is no wonder he's in such a depressed state as he is."

"You do the same thing for Hinamori Momo."

"I am not romantically attracted to my sister."

"My point was that you are more then willing to sacrifice what is good for you in order to make the ones you care about happy. You would be more then willing to let them walk all over you."

The small taicho leaned on his arm in irritation, before turning back to finishing the last of the paperwork. He glanced up when a package was placed on his desk. Glancing up he saw Ukitake looking at him. "Would you like some help finishing up your paper work?"

"While I appreciate the offer, you're not always going to be around." Toshiro stated.

"Which is an even bigger reason for me to take on some of the work while I can, I won't always be around." Ukitake took some of the papers and headed over to Matsumot's desk. "I take it something is bothering you."

"Well, I was thinking about how Ichimaru lets Matsumoto walk all over him." Toshiro stated.

"That's part of his personality that we're unlikely to ever change." The man let out a deep sigh as he picked up a brush.

"Well, there is that." Toshiro put his own brush down to pick up the package. A frown crossed his face as he felt the weight. "I was thinking about how I've also let Hinamori walk all over me. I decided a few days ago that I don't like her doing that to me and I tried talking to her about it." He paused as the packaging was somewhat opened. "Ichimaru suggested I not come everyday to make Matsumoto angry, or as angry as she is."

"Well... I am not sure what to say about your situation with Matsumoto. But if you want, I can try talking to Hinamori."

Toshiro looked at him, his teal eyes having a look of disbelief. "You can try... but, she went off on me in her own division."

"Really?" Ukitake frowned at this. "Well, I would think that she has enough respect for me to listen to me."

The small taicho didn't answer and instead finished unwrapping his present. He pulled the item out and found a disk player and flipped it over in confusion. The item came with batteries, which explained the weight and a cord to plug it in. "I guess this is for playing the CD I got yesterday. And this..." Toshiro picked up the headphones. "This is for listening to it with, though this one has a built in speaker too. This is... a rather nice gift."

Ukitake frowned. "We're back to the fact you prefer your Secret Santa not spending much on you. I think..." The man paused, glancing down at the paper work.

"I'm not ungrateful." The boy went to plug the player in so he could listen while he worked.