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Moron!!

Chapter One: You don't get it

"Hey!! Toushirou!!"

The voice came in from the front hallway. Hitsugaya knew who it was without looking up, but he looked up anyway.

He was sitting on a couch at Orihime's place and there was a stack of paperwork spread out all over the coffee table in front of him.

Karin walked into the living room.

"Karin, what are you doing here?" He asked with a frown.

Karin pulled a face at the snowy-haired shinigami. "Gee, I came all this way and you're not even gonna say hi?"

She grinned and held out a plastic bag. "I just came to see ya, Toushirou! I brought you some breakfast. I figured you'd be starving, you know, with Orihime's cooking and all."

Hitsugaya took the bag and said, "Thanks."

Karin sat down next to him with a grin on her face.

She looked over at the paperwork all over the table. She frowned and jumped to her feet. "Let's go outside!!"

Hitsugaya was chewing furiously on a piece of bread. "What?? Why? I've got to do all this work!!"

Karin scowled and grabbed Hitsugaya's arm to pull him from the couch. "Come on!! You're only a couple of years older than me, right? Stop being such a workaholic!!"

Hitsugaya scowled as he pulled away from Karin, suddenly aware of the unusual feelings stirring inside him at her touch. He muttered loudly, "No! I could be over 100, I tell you!!"

Karin's scowl deepened. "Crap, Toushirou!! You're an old man!!!"

"I am not!" Toushirou blew up. He yelled out, anger evident in his voice. "I'm still really young in Soul Society terms!!"

Karin tightened her grip. "Then let's go, old man!"

Before Hitsugaya could snap back at her, she added, "Stop being such an un-fun grouch!!"

Hitsugaya grumbled but finally detached himself from the couch, letting Karin pull him away. Karin's grown disappeared and a happy grin replaced it.

They went outside to hand by the park. Hitsugaya couldn't help sneaking a look at Karin as they walked. She was relaxed, swinging her arms as she walked beside him. Her short black hair the same as it was always, ruffling a little in the cool breeze. For some reason, her happy smile made his heart race and heat rise up in his cheeks.

Hitsugaya started to panic inwardly. He fought hard against the pinkness spreading across his face. He didn't understand why it was only the presence of this young girl that could trigger such a reaction from within him. What the heck did it mean?

Hitsugaya had his permanent frown on his face as he tried to work it out, although he already knew. It was… shameful.

Karin suddenly stopped, frozen. Hitsugaya had been so lost in thought he almost bumped into her. He frowned deeper at her, wondering what was up and then feeling the familiar pressure around him, realized.

A Hollow!

The Hollow towered high above the both of them as it stormed towards the two people with extremely inviting spiritual pressure. As it attacked, Hitsugaya immediately took control. He took a gikongan and released his shinigami.

"Get out of the way, Karin!!" He shouted out.

Hitsugaya leapt into the air and attacked the Hollow. It was a weak Hollow, but he still felt the need to protect Karin. He swung the sword and easily and cleanly sliced through its mask and killed it.

When Hitsugaya got back into his gigai, Karin smiled earnestly and said enthusiastically, "Wow! Thanks for saving me, Toushirou!" The smile vanished as she muttered to herself softly, "Though I probably could have killed that one myself,"

"Yeah, whatever," he replied casually. But truthfully, he knew he would always protect her with everything he had.

"You surprise me sometimes," said Karin, as she started walking on ahead of him slowly, raising her hands to put them behind her head. "Even though you're such a crabby grouch and you're always scowling and grumbling, you always come and hang out with me. And you're always looking out for me. It's weird to think that someone like you would do all that for me, Toushirou," she grinned wickedly at him, "But you're heaps awesome!"

As Karin energetically ran off ahead of Hitsugaya, he gazed after her and with irritation felt his face heat up.

"It's weird to think that someone like you would do all that for me, Toushirou!"!

Hitsugaya grumbled as he stuck his hands into his pockets and walked on after the black-haired girl in front of him. Do you think I would do all that for just anyone, Karin??

You… He felt his face tighten in a mixture of annoyance, care and pain. You don't get it, do you?? He shouted out furiously in his mind. You don't get this at all, you don't understand why I do all this stuff just for you!!

The snowy-haired shinigami captain's eyes darkened as he gazed at the girl in front of him.

You stupid idiot!! You know why I always do what you say and why I'm always there to save you? Dammit, Karin!! I love you, you moron!!

Well… short starter chapter. This is gonna be a short fic, btw everyone. It should just be about four or five chappies long. And the bit about Hitsugaya's age, I made it up. I really don't know at all. Thanks for reading!! ^_^ Hope you enjoy this light-hearted hitsukarin comedy!! emichii