~Falling Hard~

~Hi guys! So this is Chapter two. It's much longer than the first one, just like I promised, ne? So like I mentioned last time, bits and pieces of this are dedicated to my bestest friend Kiko! Taking a moment here to thank my reviewer:

~Shiro-Tammy996: I apologize for the shortness(Just like Shiro-chan!), I hope this chapter is more to your liking!

~Yuki Candy Heart: Was this soon enough?

~Anyways! Thanks for your reviews, the song I have picked out for this chapter is Back In Time by Pitbull.

~Falling In Love is easy, Falling out of it is the hard part~

Chapter 2: Good Memories and Bad Dreams

Amongst the thunder and the rain, Momo tossed and turned. Every now and then she'd cry out in her sleep. Rangiku, having come home early due to the storm, sighed hearing her friend and roommate's distressed cries. 'Toshiro, you've left her in a mess, what exactly happened between you two?' Rangiku asked in her mind as she pushed open Momo's door.

"Momo, wake up sweetie." She said shaking her friend's shoulder lightly. Momo shot up with a shriek.

"R-rangiku? Is that you?" She stammered, tears filling her wide eyes.

"Who else would it be?" Rangiku asked sitting on Momo's bed, the other girl thought about it for a minute then shrugged. "What were you dreaming about?" She looked up as another blast of thunder echoed through the room.

"N-nothing." Momo said jumping slightly. She looked away from her friend's inquiring gaze and shook slightly.

"Don't you lie to me Momo Hinamori!" Rangiku scolded. "I know that you're afraid of storms, but it's never been this bad. Something else is obviously going on here." Momo took a deep breath and looked at her friend. Her words rang through her mind.

"The memories…they are so…good. But the dreams that follow…" Momo whispered, tears falling onto her cheeks. "They turn into horrible nightmares." She said clutching the stuffed tiger tighter to her chest.

"What are they about?" Rangiku asked putting her arms around Momo and pulling her close.

"The past, me and Shiro-chan, and…" Momo trailed off.

"What happened between you two?" Rangiku asked suddenly. "You two were inseparable up until like a year ago. You were doing fine, but lately you've been falling apart. I can tell." Rangiku watched her friend's face close, registering the flash of pain that crossed her face.

"Nothing happened. People grow apart right?" Momo said pulling away from Rangiku. "Now I'd really like to get some sleep if that's okay with you." Momo said pushing her off the bed playfully and curled up under her blankets and pretended to fall asleep until she heard Rangiku leave the room.

"I won't give up on this." Rangiku whispered as she left.

'I know.' Momo thought as she rolled over and stared at her ceiling. Memories of the past filled her mind with bittersweet pain. She sighed heavily, Rangiku was right. She and Toshiro had been extremely close, pretty much right from when they'd met too.

The day they met was the summer before they started middle school. It had been a sunny day so Momo had went to the park to practice her violin rather than staying indoors. Nearby she knew there was a group of kids her age playing soccer, but she reckoned she was far enough away from them that she wouldn't disturb them in any way, She was just running through her scales when she heard shouts and exclamations.

"Move your feet!" A voice yelled at her. Momo looked up to see a soccer ball heading straight for her. She obviously didn't play anything but Beethoven, for she didn't move fast enough and got pegged right in the face by the soccer ball. As she fell she clutched her violin close to her so it didn't get broken or damaged.

"Ah! Crap, I'm sorry!" A kid with orange hair yelled from the huddled group of kids.

"I said move your feet. Do you have brain damage or are you just that stupid?" Momo looked up to see a short kid with spiky white hair and the most gorgeous aqua eyes she'd ever seen standing in front of her.

"Uh…" Was all Momo managed to say. She knew she had to sound like the biggest idiot on the planet, but in her defense she had just gotten pegged in the face with a soccer ball, ne?

"Hey Kurosaki! I think you killed her brain." The kid called to the orange haired boy. "I'm Toshiro Hitsugaya." He said helping her up.

"Momo Hinamori." Momo mumbled holding her violin closer.

"Be more careful okay? If someone yells at you to move just do it." Toshiro said with a smirk as he grabbed the ball and started heading back to his friends.

"Thank you!" Momo said louder than she meant to. She herself was shocked. She didn't talk to anyone save her best friend, Rangiku Matsumoto.

Toshiro turned back to her. "Just watch out from now on. I won't always be there to pick you up again, ne?"

"Come on Hitsugaya! We don't have all day!" A girl with shoulder length black hair called impatiently. The white-haired boy just rolled his eyes and jogged back to his friends.

"Toshiro Hitsugaya." Momo whispered to herself as she packed up her violin and hurried home. Even though her face hurt badly, she smiled brightly.

That was the first time she'd met Toshiro, and even then when he didn't even know her, he'd become her knight in shining armor. Protecting and watching out for her like he did many times after that first meeting. Momo sighed and closed her eyes. 'Why can't everything go back to the way it was?' She thought. Eventually she drifted off into sleep.

~So did you guys like it? I hope so. I'm actually proud of this! I wrote the majority of it during fourth block student aide class. The other half was written during 1st block American History x.x… Lolx. So if you have any pairing you want me to write about don't be afraid to PM me. It doesn't even have to be Bleach. If you go to my profile you'll see all sorts of things that I read and watch. Anyway you know the drill! R&R

~Also what did you think of the quote I am using for the basis of this story?

Falling in love is easy, falling out of love is the hard part

I thought I'd explain why the story's name is Falling Hard and now you know.

~Shimmerz~