AN: Yo… thanks everyone for reviewing my last chapter… Let me clear up a few things…I cannot see Ichigo and Rukia kissing under normal circumstances. Normal being the key word there. Do you honestly think, Ichigo, or Rukia for that matter, would lean over and just kiss the other? Just on impulse? Of course, maybe once their relationship has progressed, but… come on… at the stage they are at right now? I don't think so. They need some sort of trigger, and the noodle kiss was the best I came up with. Besides, it was cute… XD

Disclaimer: Don't own Bleach…

A Summer Job: Midnight Meetings

The stars shone on Soul Society. Well, twinkling. The tenth division captain noted this, as he rolled his head back, looking at the sky.

Hitsugaya Toushiro stood in front of the vice-captain's quarters of the fifth division. He ran a hand through his white blue hair. It was pretty late, and not much shinigami's were around, well none walking around this are of the fifth division. He lifted his hand to knock. And stopped. There was no way, no way that he was going to knock on her door this time of night. She'd be sleeping anyway.

He turned around, quietly, as all captain's do, then stopped. But what if she wasn't sleeping? And he really needed to apologise to her for what…he had done. Jeez, just thinking about it made him blush.

He turned around again, now facing her door. Once again he lifted his hand to knock. The night seemed to grow quieter. Argh, stuff it. He pulled back his clenched fist and knocked. Well, he tried to. His fist swung through empty air, then met the forehead of the pretty vice-captain. The walking vice-captain now fell backwards, quite fast, but Toushiro was faster. He quickly stepped behind her, and caught her. Whoops. He just knocked out the person that he wanted to apologize to. This did not bode well.

"Umm, Rukia?" Ichigo looked at his shinigami friend, sprawled out in the sparse grass, stargazing.

"Hmmm?"

"Its late."

"So?" Rukia didn't pull her eyes off the stars.

"So, its dark." Damn Rukia, she never listened to him.

"And?"

"And we have to get back."

"No we don't." Still stargazing.

"Your brother will kill me!" That initiated some movement. Rukia pulled her gaze away from the stars and rolled onto her side, facing Ichigo.

"W-what?" Ichigo suddenly was aware of her proximity. She didn't say anything.

"He really will!" Ichigo widened his eyes and waved his one free arm around in the air.

Rukia still didn't say anything, she just continued staring at him. For some reason she was seriously making him uncomfortable.

"What?"

Maybe she's thinking about what happened this afternoon…

"Nothing, nothing." Rukia pulled her gaze away from his face. Ichigo let out an inward sigh. "Fine, lets go."

What was with that? "Yeah."

After packing up the picnic, Ichigo slung the bag over his shoulder, school bag style. They walked together in silence down the hill. Ichigo peeked a glance at her. She sensed him looking at her, and looked upwards in a frown.

"What?"

"Nothing." Ichigo turned his head forward again. How come she could look so coolly at him, then when he even looked at her for one second, she got angry.

He stomped forward.

"Oi Ichigo." Her voice came from behind him.

"Yeah?" He slowed down a bit, letting her catch up with his long stride.

"Are you afraid of my brother?"

A moment of silence. "W-what?" Ichigo was flustered.

"Well?" Rukia asked again.

"U-um, well…um…umm…" Ichigo stopped walking. Thinking about what to say, and walking was to much for his body and brain.

He mumbled something incoherent and then started walking as fast as he could, but Rukia was too fast for him.

"What? Say that again?" she teased, "I thought you said…yes." She quickened her stride to keep up with Ichigo

"Hmmph…"

"Say it, say it" I didn't hear it properly.

"Well, why wouldn't you be? He's so cold, and his freaky sword that turns into tiny blades."

"Ha ha ha… So you are scared of him." Rukia giggled. Ichigo was actually scared of someone.

"Shutup."

They walked a few more minutes in silence before Rukia piped up again, this time a bit quieter.

"Hey, Ichigo."

"What?"

"Back then, when you fought nii-sama…"

Ichigo kept walking. "…" Rukia didn't finish her question.

"At that time…" Ichigo knew what she was talking about.

"At that time, " he repeated, "I wasn't scared for some reason. I mean, I felt his power…it's just that… I was so intent with saving you…" Suddenly the ground seemed very interesting.

"Oh, so you weren't scared because of me?" Rukia jokingly asked, in an annoyingly sweet tone.

"Shutup" Ichigo looked away, blushing. Damn that Rukia. He stomped forward, trying to hide his blushing in the dark

Rukia on the other hand, just laughed inwardly and followed, thinking deeply. Ichigo was such a kid. She frowned. But, back then...something had happened between them. After 150 years of living, she finally had her first kiss. It totally did not go as she had thought it would. First, she had thought it would be with Renji. After all, there were no other guys in which she held any sort of romantic interest in. For sure, there were guys that had a romantic interest in her, but they had quickly found out (via Renji's fist) that even though Rukia did seem like a sweet, pretty shinigami, not to mention a potential girlfriend, it wasn't worth trying to get past the red head that jealously guarded her. Except, now there was Ichigo, who had in a way gotten past her childhood friend. Her thoughts turned back to the moment of affection they had. Did that 'kiss' they have, even count as a real kiss? At least the place where the kiss took place was where she imagined it to be. Since Renji and her always went to that place, she had imagined that one day, he would kiss her on top of that hill. That was before she went to the real world and met Kurosaki Ichigo. The boy that changed her life. Had her feelings changed? She looked at his back, he was still stomping away. She stifled a laugh.

"Ichigo."

"What?" Ichigo answered without breaking his stride, without turning around. Even though he was always like this, she realised that he ALWAYS answered her, no matter what.

"What about Renji?"

"Shutup."

Oh crap. Someone was gonna be hurt when she woke up. And Hitsugaya had a bad feeling that it was going to be him.

After he, ahem, accidentally knocked her out when she walked out of her room (what was she doing walking out of her room anyway?), Toushiro carried her to her mattress and laid her down.

Now, for half an hour now, he had patiently knelt by her bed, and waited for her to wake. Even if he was a captain, sitting patiently, not to mention closely, to one of the prettiest shinigami while she was sleeping was no easy feat. He would rather face a million menos grande's than do this. And this certain vice-captain was the one he had certain attachments to. There was no way in hell, or for that matter Soul Society, that he was going to say, even if it was in his mind, that he was in… Argh! His face twisted due to all the thoughts whirling around in his head

Jeez, even if he was nicknamed 'genius' this was way, way beyond his realm.

Hinamori opened her eyes. There was Shiro-chan, engrossed in some deep thought, judging by the way his face was making…well weird faces. This was kind of disturbing to wake up to… Why was he here anyway? This must be one of her dreams that she was so used to having.

"Ano…Shiro-chan?"

"What?" The tenth division captain looked blankly down at her. "WHAT?" Hitsugaya leapt back a few feet. "Um…You were awake?" His expression changed to an annoyed one. "And don't call me that."

"Shiro-chan…what are you doing in my room?" This dream…well it seemed a bit real. But it couldn't be real. Shiro-chan would be in his quarters, sleeping at this time of the night.

"Um…I just came by…" Hitsugaya scooted a bit closer from where he jumped back.

"Hmm? For what?"

"Um, about today…er…sorry." Hitsugaya blushed a deep red. He placed his hand at the back of his neck.

Today, today, what happened today? Oh yeah, they fell on top of each other and…

"Erm, its ok." Ah, this was dreamlike. The real Hitsugaya would never come to her room to apologise. So this was a dream, since it felt so good. And, she reasoned, in her sleepy mind, since it WAS a dream, she could do stuff that she wouldn't usually. In real life that is. Anyway, she always did this in her dreams.

"Um, well, I better go now, its getting late." He turned to go.

"Wait." This was weird. In all her dreams he had always been forward with her. She grabbed his sleeve. "Sleep here with me."

"Huh…?" Hitsugaya turned around, blushing at her touch. "Umm…"

"Shiro-chan…" It looked like she was about to cry.

"Um…But what happens if tomorrow…" He was cut off because Hinamori had dragged him onto her futon. "Uh…"

She frowned. Shiro-chan usually wasn't this reluctant in her dreams. Like that other dream she had last night, where he kissed her on the roof...

Hitsugaya sighed inwardly. What was Hinamori thinking? At this time, he couldn't move, because Hinamori's arm was draped around him. Crap, and he was still in his captain's uniform, and in her futon!

Actually, it was kind of warm, now that he thought about it. Maybe he could just wake up early in the morning and pretend it never happened. He closed his eyes and was about to drift off into dreamland, which he felt might be a bit wierd tonight, when he felt Hinamori's arm shift slightly.

Hinamori grabbed the top of his shoulder, and turned Hitsugaya around, until he was facing her. This was her dream, and she could do anything she wanted with it. She looked into the blushing captain's face. She leant in and kissed him passionately, leaving a shocked Hitsugaya with his eyes wide open, not to mention his mouth.

"Mmm…I'm going to sleep now." She cuddled into him and closed her eyes. Ah…I love these dreams I've been having. If nothing can happen in real life, then at least, in my dreams, I can really love Shiro-chan...

Hitsugaya just lay there, hoping, just hoping, that he could somehow get a tiny amount of sleep that night.

AN: Argh…It's getting late. Well hope you guys enjoy this, and look forward to the next chapter… I hope its not too much of a cliffy... Er, about the late update… Well, here are my excuses XD Umm… My family, procrastination, laziness, and sickness. That should give you something to ponder about. Hopefully I can keep up constant updating before holidays finish. Cya...