I was tired when I wrote this, so it might not be the best chapter. I decided to put the dance in the next chapter, so I won't be overflowing with too many words. sorry, your gonna have ot wait a little longer. Any suggestions would be nice. So enjoy!

I hated this. Why did I ever agree to doing this in the first place? Ugh……. If any of you haven't noticed, I don't enjoy the things normal girls would. That includes shopping. I wonder if Koyuki feeds on the misery of others, I mean she did send me shopping with Matsumoto! 'It's for your own good!' is all she said before slamming the door in my face. Matsumoto had taken the liberty to go into every freakin gown shop there was in France.

"What's with the sour look on your face? This is going to be fun!" Matsumoto said before heading out. I was always like this when shopping for this kinda thing.

"How…..can you enjoy this?" I said, barely speaking. "What are your going to do with me?" I caught a wicked smirk on her face. Was she in on this with Koyuki?! Oh man.

"What do you mean?" she said with an innocent look. I gulped, and prepared myself for a hellish day.

"How about this one? I think it's pretty cute." She said, handing me a dress. It was a baby pink silk gown that reached past my knees.

"Not in my lifetime." I said.

"Then what about this?" She showed me a feathery lime green dress. I shook my head.

"Then how about…….this!" she pulled out a black dress with flower embroidery.

"Nope." I said. This is going to take forever! But I really don't think any of these dresses fit my personality, in fact I don't think such a thing exists. In my opinion, they were all too girly, weirdly colored, and the only reason I was doing this was because I promised Hitsugaya the I would go to the dance with him.

"Hmmmm, this isn't working." Matsumoto said, finally stopping the dress barrage.

"Can we at least sit down and take a five minute rest?" I said.

"What?! But it's only been 3 hours!"

"My point exactly!"

"sigh Fine." We found a bench in the shade and sat down. No wonder Hitsugaya hated going out with Matsumoto. It would probably end up as a shopping catastrophe, and a decapitated Hitsugaya.

"Geez, you are so picky. Was there really no dress you liked out of all of them?" Matsumoto asked.

"Yup." I said. Short and simple.

"Then what kind would you get?"

"Hmmmm, something simple, and I can easily move around in cuz if it's too tight I might trip and fall." I said. Matsumoto took that into consideration. Hopefully that narrows it down a bit and this won't take so long. Then all of a sudden Matsumoto clapped her hands together and had an expression that said she had an idea. She grabbed my arm.

"Come on! We have to hurry back to the apartment!" she said.

"Why?" I said. Maybe she had given up! But she didn't answer.

"Koyuki……… is…….. it alright……… if Karin-san…………. uses one…… of your old………. dresses?" Matsumoto said as she huffed. I never thought she could run that fast, but then again she id exercise every day (referring to how much she walks every day in shopping districts).

"Eh? Ah, sure. So how was it?" Koyuki asked.

"Miserable. Never going to doing it again." I said. Matsumoto did some more pulling as we went upstairs to Koyuki's room.

"So you want me to borrow one of her dresses?" I asked.

"Yup. I think there's one that would suit your taste perfectly!" Matsumoto walked into Koyuki's room and slid the closet doors.

"So choose one that you like." I looked at them. They all looked great, no surprise, but I didn't think any of them would look good on me. Then a particular dress caught my eye. It was silvery-white and felt like silk.

"Maybe this one?" I said. I took it out.

"Yup. That was the one I was thinking about. exhale and we did all that walking too" she said. I nodded. Now the only thing was the dance lessons and the event in question.

Hitsugaya's POV

I wonder what dress Karin chose, I was going to ask her, but then Koyuki stopped me.

"You can't! Not until Saturday!" she said.

"This isn't a wedding you know." I said.

"Yeah, but still…."

"Fine, whatever."

"She looks great, by the way. Fits her perfectly. Of course, I expect nothing less from clothes I bought." She said. sigh Bothering me yet again.

"So where's Renji?" I asked.

"Out taking Kurogane on a walk."

"Oh."

-silence-

"So I was wondering……." She said. Oh god. Not this again.

"Yeah?" I said, a little wary. She bent down and whispered into my ear, "When are you going to confess to Karin-chan?" I jerked away from her, shocked.

"What?"

"Oh, come on Nii-chan. She isn't going to wait forever. Besides, she's leaving in a few days! It's now or never."

"That's the reason why, isn't it? You wanted her to go so bad so you could set us up again. Ugh, I should have seen this coming." I said.

"What are you taking about? You're the one who asked her."

"Yeah, I know."

"So what's you answer?"

"To what?"

"When are you confessing?! Geez I hate to repeat myself. How and when, nii-chan." This is probably the hardest question to answer.

"What makes you so confident that she likes me back?" I asked.

"Oh, well for one thing she agreed to go to the dance with you."

"It was 8:00PM at night and she was tired. She might have just said yes to just avoid everything."

"Avoid what? She had to go with Matsumoto out shopping." True. "And two, she blushes occasionally at you."

"That's probably because I say embarrassing things."

"True, that wasn't a very good point, but I have a trump card."

"Oh yeah? Let's hear it."

"Soooooooooo…..why were you two hugging last night?" she asked. This was the second time she had shocked me today.

"You saw us?" She nodded.

"Isn't that an invasion of privacy?"

"ugh. Ok I stalked you a little, whoop-tee-doo. But I still want an answer" she asked. I really couldn't think of an answer. I just went and did whatever I wanted to do last night. I wasn't really thinking. I mean……..

"You know, you look so cute when you flush." Koyuki said.

"Urusai."

"Maybe you should just tell her at the dance. Keep thing simple yet traditional." She said.

"I've been wondering. What is it about me and Karin that makes you so…… I dunno, confident. Why do you want us together so bad?" I asked. She seem to deliberate on this one. Maybe I had finally stumped her.

"I…….just think you and Karin look cute."

"That it?"

"No. It's just that…..your usually a workaholic, always so serious all the time it's intimidating. But this is different. You actually open up to her, and smile and stuff. I really think that you two make a good match. I'm not gonna let this opportunity slip by, Nii-chan." She said. Koyuki looked really serious about this. So all this time she wasn't just joking around or teasing me, but she honestly thought that I loved Karin and she returned that feeling.

"What do you mean by opportunity?" I asked.

"……….You used to be so nice, Shiro-nii. Not so serious and uptight. And every since mom died……." I glared at her. "Do you feel responsible or something?" I got up.

"…….……."

Koyuki's POV

Nii-chan is so mean! I was only concerned about him! He didn't need to be all offended! Geez, no matter. Whether he wants to or not, those two are going to be a couple if it's the last thing I ever do. I'm sure anyone would agree. Ugh. I sat on the couch.

The door opened and Kurogane came flying and jumped onto my lap. Renji was back from their walk.

"What are you so upset about?" he said. Trying to pry into my life again.

"None a ur business."

"Oh? Talking slang, must be something bad. Did the shopping not go well?"

"She's just borrowing one of mine." He nodded, sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

"So then was your brother being stubborn again?"

"Kinda." I said.

"Then I guess we'll have to see how things play out."

So yeah. Maybe Hitsugaya's being a jerk, but whatever. We get closer and closer to the truth about family matters, and I hope to get the next chapter in by Saturday or sunday. I was thinking maybe I could do the first part of the next chappy in Renji's point of view, or Isshin.

So plz comment on that, and REVIEW PLZ!!