Secret Santa
Day Nineteen~
Toshiro woke up that morning and found himself stretching his limbs. "Is there a chance Hyorinmaru that what I believe Ichimaru is up to isn't going to turn out to be what I believe it is?"
"I think what you believe to be true is true." The dragon let out a soft laugh.
"Are you just telling me that so I don't get my hopes dashed? You know that if it isn't true I'm eventually going to get them dashed anyways." The boy stood up and got dressed rather then remaining in bed. He headed to the tenth division garden with his sketchbook and the book he head been reading. He sat down as the sun began to rise over the traditional garden and the shadows slowly changed.
A few hours later Ukitake came by and sat on the bench next to the small taicho. "While I am still a bit concerned about what is going on, I have to admit that I'm enjoying the positive changes it is having on you. Normally you don't take time off."
"This is the normal amount of time Unohana makes her patients take off after being sick. I'm just taking her advice without her having to give it."
This statement from the small taicho caused the white haired man to let out a laugh as he handed him the package. "I hope today's gift is as enjoyable for you as the others have been." The smile however left the man's face when he saw that the gift was another photo album.
Toshiro seemed quite happy and opened it up slightly. However, the boy quickly snapped the cover shut, his eyes going wide and a look of surprise spreading across his face. Ukitake found himself nudging the younger taicho. "Hitsugaya Taicho, is something the matter."
To his surprise, the boy looked up at him with a smile on his face. "No. I'm quite sure he's doing this for the reason he's doing it for the reasons I think he's doing it. Other wise right now I'm dreaming."
"Could I possibly see the pictures?" the man asked, only to find the child taicho shaking his small head at him.
"I really don't want this dashed. Do you mind if I go and look at this by myself first." The boy stated.
"I'm wanting this to be over with."
"Don't worry, tomorrow should be the last day." The small taicho's words startled Ukitake. Toshiro then headed off towards his room. He flopped down onto the bed and opened up to the album. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, before pinching his arm and snapping them open. "It isn't a dream. These pictures are real."
"Of course they are real," his dragon said with a laugh.
"There is only one way he could have gotten these pictures. Do you think Rangiku already knows?"
"How could she? I think she's been to mad at him to let him tell her. That, or he's been holding off telling her."
"But she out of everybody should know about what is going on. But..." Toshiro closes his eyes before opening them to look at the various pictures. "He had to have known me back before I entered the academy. He had to have known me as an infant. Which means my believe that I died and came to soul society was wrong."
He found himself pulling the pictures out one by one an examining them. Some were of him as a small baby, while others were pictures of him once he was older. To his surprise, Gin was in some of the pictures despite the fact there were not many. There was also a note at the beginning of the album. "I had to keep these pictures hidden from a certain someone for many years. It is important that you have them."