"Itami-chan~!" Matsmoto's voice rang through my room. I slowy half-opened one eye.
"Go away, Matsumoto." I grumbled and turned over. Then I remembered the haori. I bolted out of bed. "Shit!" I couldn't figure out where it was.
"Itami-chan? Itami-chan!" Matsumoto yelled. I glared at her. "The Captain's haori is wrapped around you." I immediately flushed a dark red.
"Uh, I can explain-" I was stammering.
"Its fine. I saw everything." She grinned like a lunatic. "I even got some pictures for the Seireitei Bulletin!"
"Matsumoto!" I shouted at her, trying to grab the photos out of her hand.
"Nuh uh uh~!" My friend was laughing. "You have to catch me first!" She flash-stepped away, with me right behind her. Thankfully, I didn't change before I went to sleep(I have a very strict sleeping schedule), and I still had the captain's haori. While I was chasing Matsumoto, I spotted the captain.
"Here's-your-haori-thanks-for-letting-me-borrow-it-see-ya-I-gotta-go!" I quickly said, then went back to chasing Matsumoto. I didn't look back, but if I did, then I would have seen my captain blushing bright red.
When I finally caught up to Matsumoto, I was running on fumes, and practically collapsed on the couch.
"Matsumoto, for being so mean, you have to buy me breakfast. Get me the usual. I'll be here sleeping, just put the food near me." I yawned and shooed my giggling friend away. I quickly fell asleep.
Toshiro's POV:
I walked into Matsumoto's office, expecting to find her sleeping and having Itami doing all of her work, but to my surprise, it was the exact opposite. "Eh? Matsumoto, you're working?" I practically shouted, but my lieutenant quickly shushed me.
"Be quiet, Captain, she's asleep!" She whispered at me. I couldn't say anything, I was so shocked that I just stood there, gaping. Matsumoto noticed. "She deserves a break, don't you think, Captain?" I shrugged, then remembered the papers that I had to give her.
"I need you to do these papers, Matsumoto." I dropped the pile on her desk.
"Captain, I need to go take these papers to Squad 5, so could you stay with Itami-chan? I don't want her to wake up and think that she has to do my work for me." I nodded and sat on one of the chairs in the room, quite glad that there was one that I could sit on and still have my feet reach the ground. Matsumoto smiled broadly and left the room quietly.
"Why do I feel like she's planning something?" I muttered to no one in particular.
"No, Maki, don't go..." I jumped at the sound of Itami's voice, but saw that she was still asleep. She must be dreaming. I thought. At first, her face looked serene and happy, but then started looking pained and upset. "No, he'll kill you! Don't leave me!" She screamed and opened her eyes, tears sliding down her face. She looked up.
"Ah, Captain!" She flushed lightly, looking embarrassed. "I'm sorry for sleeping when I should be working!" she bowed her head frantically.
"It's fine, Matsumoto actually did her work, for once. But," I held up a hand to keep her from interupting, "Are you okay? And who is Maki?" I was feeling pretty angry about this.
"Maki's my brother. Or, should I say, was my brother. I sometimes have this nightmare of when I snuck into the Seireitei when I was 8."
"Wait, how did you sneak into the Seireitei, and when you were 8?" I was shocked. How could anyone sneak in!
"Well, I hardly had any spiritual pressure, and, as you could probably figure out, I was pretty small for my age, so it wasn't very hard, I just had to hide when people walked by. I just really wanted to see my brother, since it had been a while since I last saw him. I was pretty good at sensing his spiritual pressure, so it wasn't to hard for me to find him. He was waiting for his captain, Captain Zaraki. The captain scared me, and I could tell that he could probably kill my brother so I tried to stop him, but he didn't listen." She paused, then continued, "He ended up getting injured pretty badly, and ran away, telling me not to follow him. Of course, I was pretty angry, so I wanted to kill the bastard. Which resulted in this scar." She pushed up the sleeve of her uniform and showed me the jagged scar on her arm. "I wasn't the brightest kid, was I." She laughed forcefully, then yawned. "I really should get to work."
"Its fine. You can have the day off. You've been working practically non-stop for the past week." She bowed.
"Thank you, Captain!" She yawned again.
"But, you really should get more rest. I mean, if you don't get enough sleep, you'll always be short and look like a little kid." I shrugged at her.
"You're one to talk!"
"Yeah, but I'm still taller than you!" She started giggling, and I couldn't help but laugh, too.
Outside of the office, Matsumoto peeked in, snapping pictures every so often. "This will be perfect for my next report!"