The moment that Ichigo stepped out of the bathroom, Toshinori was right there to sweep her off of her feet. Literally. He'd followed her to the ladies room after she had asked where it was fully intent to make sure that the young woman's feet didn't touch the floor again unless it was absolutely necessary given her current condition.

And he was going to be damned stubborn about why if she bothered to try arguing with him too. Fortunately, the moment that he swept her up into his arms, she didn't do more than let out a startled squeak at his actions. Followed swiftly by her sighing tiredly and laying her head on his shoulder as he carried her back down the hall to the office that he and Shota had been arguing in previously.

He figured that since she was up and seemed to be thinking at least clearly enough to ask for a restroom- then maybe she was lucid enough to let him speak to her about her options? If nothing else, it was worth a try right?

Once he reached the office, he stepped inside to see that Shota had been a little bit busy while he'd been waiting for her to finish her business. The dark haired man had either hit a vending machine, and cracked it open to steal some goodies. Or he'd found the doctor's 'secret' mini fridge and raided it.

Either way, he was somewhat grateful to him since Ichigo was likely dehydrated and in desperate need of some food.

Once he set her down in one of the chairs, he straightened his spine just enough to shoot Shota a look. The dark haired man merely nodded his head in understanding and went to hang out across the office where the window was. Eliciting a chorus of whines from the three bozo's hiding on the other side of the desk.

He rolled his eyes in aggravation at the three baka's- whom were likely hoping to escape before anymore fighting could erupt- as he reached out and picked up a bottle of water and unscrewed the top before holding it out to Ichigo.

"Here, drink this."

Ichigo slowly reached out and took the water from him and brought it to her lips and tipped it back. She practically guzzled it down in one breath. Which...was pretty fucking neat considering that it was a big bottle. Still, Toshinori didn't really like the fact that she seemed to feel the need to drink it all in one go.

Such actions practically bespoke of just how much she seemed to need it.

Just how dehydrated is she? He wondered as she set the bottle aside while he grabbed another and unscrewed the top on it too. She took it from his hand before he could hold it out to her and downed more than half of it in much the same manner as the first one before finally lowering it form her mouth and wiping her lips with the back of a hand.

"Thanks." She muttered as she set the bottle back on the desk as he shifted through the small mountain of foods and snacks until he found a few granola bars and a couple of sandwiches.

"Here, you need to try and eat something too." He said as he pushed the food towards her. She stared at it for a moment, not really feeling all that hungry due to her cramps. But the second that she saw a candy bar peeking out form the mound of snacks and stuff, she reached for it.

Not because she was particularly hungry or anything, but because she knew from past experience that chocolate usually helped with her menstrual cramps and stuff. And though she was fairly certain that she wasn't on her period at the moment she at least hoped that the chocolate would help her to some small degree.

And even if it didn't- what kind of girl would she be to turn down chocolate?

Toshinori watched her as she grabbed the candy bar and quickly tore the wrapping off before taking a bite. He didn't bother to feel any sort of disappointment at having the things he'd picked out for her as a meal, being shunned. Especially since she was probably going on instinct at the moment. And probably wasn't really all that aware of just how ravenously hungry being in heat would make her.

She polished off the candy bar and stared at the small pile of food for a moment before hesitantly reaching for a sandwich. Her eyes flickered from him to Shota for several heartbeats, as if she were worried about them taking it from her or something, before finally dragging it into her lap and tearing the plastic open and taking a bite.

He didn't even think that she bothered to chew what was in her mouth, she simply didn't seem to have the patience at the moment. And after swallowing the bite, she looked up at him and asked in a curious tone. "You seem nervous. What's up? Are you being picked on? Do I need to beat up tall dark and frowny for you?"

Shota sputtered a little bit, caught between snapping at her for calling him 'frowny' and correcting her assumption that he was picking on the other man. Because he wasn't. Not anymore at least.

Whereas Toshinori merely mulled over her words for a moment before giving her a small, fond smile before replying. "I am nervous. I need to talk to you about you're heat options and...I'm not quite sure how to go about it without upsetting you."

She put the sandwich down and looked at him for a moment, her ears flattening back against her head for a moment before she finally said with a serous expression. "You don't have to talk to me about anything. I've pretty much figured the details of my 'heat' out for myself." Toshinori's eyes widened a little bit in shock and surprise as he stared at her. Shota must have felt something akin to his own emotions because the mention of knowing what was needed made the man stand up impossibly taller as he gave her a slightly calculating look before blurting out,

"W-Were you eavesdropping?"

"It's difficult to eavesdrop on a conversation that's being screamed." Ichigo snapped at him from over her shoulder, causing both men to flinch before she went on to say. "I'm not stupid, you know. I've had a little while to think everything over for myself once I found out about the whole heat thing. And I've managed to pin down enough of the specifics of what's really needed and what isn't. "

"And while I'm not exactly one hundred percent thrilled with the idea of sleeping with someone with the intention of actually getting pregnant. I'll get over it. I-It's just a little bit hard to push aside my own old fashioned ideals about the matter. That's all."

Toshinori blinked at her, utterly dumbfounded by how well she seemed to be taking things. Honestly, he'd never met anyone with an ability to compartmentalize things quite like that.

If he were in her place he'd be freaking the fuck out and attacking people. But then again... Watching as she placed what was left of her food back on the desk and then curled herself up in her seat, her tail tucked close to her body as she stared blankly ahead.

Ah, so she was upset after all. She was merely better at hiding it. He realized as he sighed and wondered how to go about telling her that he'd volunteered himself to help her.

"So what now?" She finally asked after a few moments of silence. "I mean, I know what I'm supposed to do and all. But I'm not very good with men." She had a sullen expression on her pretty face as she admitted this. Almost as if she were gauging how he would react to hearing such words.

"Hn? What do you mean?" He asked curiously as he tilted his head to the side a little bit. She couldn't possibly be hinting at being a virgin. Could she?