5. Birthday
Ichigo opened the front door to see a rather nervous captain of the tenth division with a bundle of flowers behind his back. The sounds of Yuzu and Karin's birthday party could be heard behind him. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
"By showing up?" The white haired youth gave Ichigo a look of rejection.
"I'm talking about the flowers." Ichigo pointed only to see Toshiro's eyes widened. "Karin's a tomboy you know."
"So?" The look on the white haired youth's face said he thought not giving her the flowers would amount to an insult.
"All right. Good luck." Ichigo tilted his head and watched as Toshiro's face paled and cheeks turned red upon seeing the "other" girls there. He carefully stepped forward, flinching when it was one of the "other" girls who noticed him.
"Yuzu... is he your boyfriend."
"No... he's Karin's."
"We're not dating." Both said at the same time.
Toshiro handed her the flowers and Karin tugged him to the side. "Flowers?"
"Ichigo was right?"
"No... there is one of each?"
"Each one represents on of the thirteen Gotei."
"Ah... that explains it."
"Are they sure they aren't dating?" One girl asked the other twin.