WARNING! I DO NOT OWN BLEACH NOR ITS CHARACTERS (Other than made up characters)

Chapter 6

Eiji was stretching and noticed a blob of white hair on a roof glancing at this direction. He looked at the person and then he noticed that Hitsugaya's eyes weren't just directed at his direction but were actually more focused on someone, he followed his gaze and saw that he was actually looking Karin who was also stretching. He bit his bottom lip in annoyance which drew blood, he glared at Hitsugaya before he headed towards Karin. "Taichou~ shall we begin?" He asked

"Yeah, let's" Karin agreed and the soccer team began to do their practice and played a practice match.

Hitsugaya was watching them play this entire time and he has also noticed that Eiji has looked at his direction and even glared at him which made him suspect of him. 'Can he see us?' Hitsugaya thought and shook his head believing that his eyes were playing a trick on him. "TAICHOU!" Matsumoto called out happily. Hitsugaya sighed and then looked at his fukutaichou and then backed at the soccer match "What do you want Matsumoto?"

"Ne ne taichou, it's almost time for them to finish their clubs" Matsumoto stated

"And?"

"At least go down and walk them back home" Matsumoto suggested. Hitsugaya closed his eyes as he got up from his seat and walked away. "Ah! Taichou! Where are you going?"

"To Urahara's" He replied and Matsumoto smiled.

Karin walked out of the dressing room back in her school uniform and her bags. Yuzu, Jinta and Ururu were outside waiting for her and she grinned, "Well… shall we get going?" She asked. They all nodded and began to walk home, Eiji soon joins the group after he finished dressing and ran up to the group, hoping that he could have some alone time with Karin.

Once the group reached the school gate, there they saw Hitsugaya leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. "Oi! Tosh!" Karin called out as she ran up to him with a grin. Hitsugaya opened his eyes when he heard Karin called out to him.

"Kurosaki" He called out as he stood up straight and placed his hands in his pocket.

"What you doing here?" She asked

"It's none of your concern" he replied coldly as he turned around and walked off. Karin frowned but ran up to walk beside him, and have a conversation with him.

"Karin-chan and Hitsugaya-kun sure make a good pair don't you think Ururu-chan?" Yuzu asked. Ururu nodded and smiled at the sight of Karin and Hitsugaya walking, talking and bickering but with a warm atmosphere around them. "Who is that guy?" Eiji asked in disgust

"Huh? Oh That's Hitsugaya Toshiro" Jinta replied

"His connection with Karin isn't just friends right?" He asked as he glared at Hitsugaya.

"For now they are, but soon I'm sure that they will be together soon" Yuzu gushed at the end which Eiji clenched his fists so hard that they turned white. They reached an intersection and Eiji called out "Sorry guys, my house is that way. So see you guys on Monday" Everyone said their goodbyes to him and he took a step forward to the right but stopped. He looked back and saw that everyone was still continuing to walk on their way back to their house, he then glanced at the ground and took a deep breath and ran after them. He then grabbed Karin's wrist causing her to turn around surprised. "Is something wrong Eiji?" She asked

"Karin, tomorrow morning can we have a training practice just between the two of us?" He asked as he tightened his grip. Karin then looked at him and grinned, "Sure, vice-captain. Finally, want to steal my position?" She asked jokingly. Eiji smiled and then replied "Maybe or maybe not" He then let go of her and walked away. Once he was away from them he punched the air in victory. 'Score 1 for Eiji, zip for that snowman' He thought as he hummed happily on the way back home.

Hitsugaya glared at Karin, in which Karin was confused at his reaction. "What?" Karin asked

"No, nothing. I think you should stay away from him" Hitsugaya suggested

"And why's that?"

"It's just my opinion but I have a bad feeling about him" Hitsugaya said as he looked at where Eiji walked off. "I have no intention of stopping you. It's up to you what you want to do" Hitsugaya added

Karin looked at him and grinned "Thanks for worrying about me Tosh" Hitsugaya nodded and they reached to the Kurosaki household and then they walked off after dropping the Kurosaki twins.

The next morning, Karin and Eiji were at the soccer field next to the river and were practising their shooting. After an hour, Karin and Eiji sat on the grass to take a break, "Hey Karin" Eiji called out

Karin hummed in response and Eiji looked at her and asked "Want to go get some ice cream?" He asked

"Sure, but your treat for I have shot in more goals than you" She agreed with a grin. Eiji laughed and nodded and the two students got up and walked together to an ice cream shop. "Come on Taichou!"

"NO!" Hitsugaya replied coldly at Matsumoto's plea for shopping. As they were walking, they saw Karin and Eiji at a seat outside eating ice cream.

"You really like strawberry mint ice cream Karin" Eiji commented

"Haha, yeah it's sweet but at the same time fresh because of the mint" Karin replied as she takes another lick of her ice cream. Eiji was a bit aroused at the sight but he composed himself and licked his chocolate ice cream, he then looked back at Karin and realized she has a bit of an ice cream smudge on the side of her lips which caused him to make a soft laugh at the sight.

"What?" Karin asked

"You're not a kid Karin, how on earth did you get an ice cream on the side of your lips" he pointed out as he laughed. Karin moved her hand over to the side to wipe off the ice cream but missed which caused Eiji to laugh harder. "Stop laughing! And help me get it off" She commanded. Eiji's laugh calmed down and he leaned forward to help her. 'This is my chance!' Eiji thought as he went closer and closer, and Karin started to feel uncomfortable and put her hand up and stopped him.

"Err… where's the handkerchief?" She asked

"There's no need one" Eiji replied as he held onto her wrist and moved it away from his face. Karin's eyes widened at the sight unfortunately she was holding her ice cream in her other hand so she couldn't stop him unless she throws her ice cream at him or drop it but she was debating whether to do it or not.

Once Eiji's was close enough to Karin's face, Karin dropped her ice cream and used her now free hand and stopped Eiji's face from getting closer. Eiji dropped his ice cream as well and grabbed Karin's wrist, attempting to do it again but was pulled off of Karin by none other than a fuming Hitsugaya. "What do you think you are doing?" Hitsugaya asked as he glared at him. Eiji clicked his tongue and glared at Hitsugaya, "I'm just helping Karin to wipe off of the ice cream on near her lips" he replied

"Then I'm sure that there isn't a need for you to get close to her to do that" Hitsugaya stated as he let go of Eiji and stood in between him and Karin. "Tosh…" Karin called out softly.

"I can use whatever ways to wipe off the smudge so I don't think it has anything to do with you" Eiji said.

"It has everything to do with me, for Karin is my girl" Hitsugaya stated which surprised Eiji and Karin, Matsumoto heard that and whipped out her cellphone and started to take photos and started to take a video of the event.

"What!?" Eiji asked

"Oi! Tosh wh-" Karin's complaint was cut short when Hitsugaya pulled her in and licked her face where the melted ice cream was and Karin blushed as red as Jinta's hair or perhaps Renji's or perhaps even redder than theirs. Eiji was dumbfounded at the bold action of Hitsugaya's and Hitsugaya looked back at him and pulled Karin away, with a squealing Matsumoto following them.

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