I procrastinated this much, much longer than I intended...sorry about that...

Well this chapter contains the pretty much the same events, but it has more of Hitsugaya's thoughts instead of Hinamori's.

Disclaimer: I dont own Bleach.

Chapter Three Hitsugaya

Hitsugaya stood from his place, walking away from the obviously confused Hinamori as a simple grin was laid across his lips.

'Well...maybe that'll keep her mind off of walking in on me...'

"You're going to get me sick..." Hinamori said, cracking through Hitsugaya's train of thought.

He turned around to show her a sly smile before saying, "Don't worry, I'll take care of you."

"Hitsugaya..."

"Momo."

He just kept smiling and left the room, his arms swinging at his side as if he had made a major accomplishment. Well, he had made a major accomplishment, actually. The captain of 10th company had been waiting to make the right move on Hinamori for quite some time now, and although he was sick at the moment, he was proud of it. Just as his victory began sinking into his mind, he felt the wheezing of his lungs and suffered a long string of coughs and hacks before he could even walk in a straight line again.

As soon as he regained his posture, he continued walking down the hall, gaining several gawks and stares from his fellow Shinigami, since none of them had seen the teen captain smileeven once. He hadn't even noticed that he forgot his captain's uniform. One such as Hitsugaya was not known or expected to forget anything due to his deep involvement with his rank as Taichou. He couldn't afford to slack off, since his fukutaichou seemed to do enough of that for the both of them. Where was Matsumoto, anyway? He shrugged that thought off almost immediately, continuing his journey to his office.

Which had several, several detours.

He just couldn't seem to get there, wandering and lolly gagging as long as he possibly could. For once in his life, he just didn't feel like doing paperwork and fulfilling his duty.

He felt like thinking about Hinamori.

He felt like relaxing.

He felt like not having a care in the world.

Right up until Byakuya had decided to ruin that carefree atmosphere he was feeling for the first time in his life.

"Captain Hitsugaya...don't you think you should be getting back to holding your title?" He told the teenaged Captain boldly and coldly.

He quickly turned around to face his elder, stronger, and most definitely more experienced fellow taichou.

"Ah...yes, Byakuya-san, sir." He murmured, bowing to the noble Kuchiki before him.

"Why is it that you're skipping out on your duty as a captain, Hitsugaya Toshirou? Doesn't seem fit for a captain to be wandering about while he has work to do." He said before silently walking away from the younger captain with no intentions of recieving an answer to his question.

And his words left Hitsugaya absolutely furious.

He stubbornly remained at the top of a hill which was shaded by a large Oak Tree with his arms crossed and a scowled painted onto his face. He heard footsteps behind him and turned only his head, the rest of him remaining completely still. It was Hinamori, and he noticed her smile was exceptionally nervous and uneasy.

"Shiro-chan, h-here's your cloak." She stammered as she held it out to him and bowed.

He wondered why she was acting so strange, maybe he had scared her with that kiss? Maybe she didn't feel the same way about him as he did about her? That left him just a bit more frustrated.

"Ah...thanks, Hinamori." He replied, slipping it on. "By the way, have you seen Matsumoto? She has a plenty good amount of paper work to fill out." He continued with a sniffle, trying to avoid talking about the action he had made, or maybe he should call it a mistake.

"N-no I haven't seen her all day." She lied miserably. To try to change the subject and cover up her failed attempt to fib she spoke up. "This weather is good for your cold, Toshiro." She said, trying to smile.

"Yeah, I suppose it is." He replied plainly, focusing his gaze on anything but her. He had no idea on how to hide his feeling of question with her, so he decided to do it with avoiding the situation and almost ignoring her.

"Hitsugaya...?"

"Mm?" He replied, fighting back the urge to turn and face her.

She wanted to ask him why he had kissed her, she wanted to ask if he had feelings for her, she wanted to know if he was even sane when he did what he did, and she wanted to know if it meant anything. But the words just would not come out. Maybe she just dreamt it. No, that's not possible, Matsumoto has that damned picture. So then what the hell was he trying to tell her?

"Hinamori?" He snapped his fingers in front of her face to get her attention, looking at her for barely a second.

"Oh! Heh...sorry."

"Is something bothering you?" He questioned aimlessly, turning back to look off the cliff of the hill he was residing on.

"No, no, not at all."

"Hmph. You sure are acting odd." He said stubbornly, but on purpose. He wasn't exactly upset with Hinamori, but more with himself. He knew it would be a bad idea to make a move on her. How could he expect her have feelings for him just because he did for her?

"I'm just a little off today."

'Yeah, and it's my fault. I probably scared the bajeezus out of you.' He thought to himself with sigh.

"Hmm." Was all he could say.

"Well, I guess I should get back to my division, then."

He responded with a nod and just stared off into the distance. As soon as he knew she was gone he gripped both sides of his head and angrily clenched his teeth with aggravation.

"Damn it!" He yelled as he landed a fist onto the Oak Tree beside him. "How could I have been so stupid!? I should have just left it alone! If that idiot Matsumoto had just let me be, I would have let all of this drift away! Damn it, damn it, damn it!" He continued his rage tantrum as he huffed and his shoulders heavily rose and fell.

"So this is how you handle stress, huh, Taichou?" Matsumoto said shaking her head.

"Shut up, Matsumoto! I'm not in the mood!" He exclaimed angrily to his Vice-Captain.

He had never gotten this worked up before in his life, not even in battle. That's what scared him. It scared him that one girl could make him go mad. Insane.

"Hey, it's not my fault you're having issues!" She said, leaning toward him with her hands on her hips.

"Yes it is! Who's the one who has been pushing me to do something about Hinamori for months!? It sure wasn't my concious!"

"What are you talking about!? What's going wrong with Hinamori? She sure seemed happy to me." She answered, scratching her head.

"It doesn't matter..." He replied quietly with a sigh. "You have paper work to do, Matsumoto, I suggest you start on it." He said with little life in his voice before walking away.

Matsumoto shrugged her shoulders and bit her bottom lip as she again placed a finger on her chin, then lifted it up a few seconds later, signifying she had an idea. "Maybe Taichou should come with Hinamori and I for some sake!"

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Hitsugaya grunted in frustration as he paced about the room, then suddenly stopped.

"What did I do wrong? I thought Matsumoto told me that Hinamori felt the same?" He said as his shoulders sagged. "I don't understand."

He had been questioning himself for hours now, and he still hadn't come anywhere near an answer. He wanted most just to speak with Hinamori, clear everything up. He wanted to stop being so confused. But he was afraid if he were to confront her, she would just become another scared, nervous wreck. He felt as if he had ruined their entire friendship for one lousy kiss, and he hated himself for it. He screwed up, and he didn't know how to fix it.

'Maybe I just tell her the sickness must have gotten to my head? She's probably to clever to believe that one.' He thought to himself as he picked up pacing again.

'Maybe I blame Renji?'

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Phew, sorry about the terribly long wait, I should have had this up months ago, it was basically a recap.

Please review, if you do, I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can!