Boring Days
Karin's days were apathetic after the special incident in the real world which was considered one of the highest ranked assignments that Karin had. She was relieved that her family and friends managed to survive a sudden attack, but Karin was in probation for a heinous act by temporarily "deserting" her comrades in battle while she was being prevented from assisting her friends. Therefore, the punishment resulted that Karin Kurosaki must reside in the mecca of safety in a certain date and time.
"Karin Kurosaki." She scowled when she heard the calm voice behind her and turned around.
"What is it, Toshiro?" The raven-haired girl asked as the rudeness dripped in her said words. How she loathed that ingrate for suspending her next assignments to spend time working around the division and double her work. Karin spent her energy and best knowledge on damaging the enemy's ego and sends the enemy to a defeated retreat, and she was living in the haven because her captain said so. They had a maelstrom of arguments in his office once, and Toshiro immediately suspended her from receiving any new assignments. She loved going out and use her strength to finish assignments like they were quests on an epic journey, and the probation was holding her dreams back.
"Is that a way to greet a captain?" Toshiro glared at her as the temperature dropped around them, but Karin wasn't going to kowtow to a captain because he was stronger.
"I greet everyone like this. I rather act like how I do instead of being timorous all day." Karin also knew that she was bending a credo that everyone in his division thought up and made it a rule. She was committing a sacrilegious action that was considered a sin to the whole division for disrespecting Toshiro, risking her well-being in the division. In her own thoughts, they just consecrated a fearful rule to make the other new members respect their peers out of fear, but Karin wasn't affected by their intimidating glares and threatening words. Some of their peers were acting like nabobs who own the division and the new members.
Toshiro had his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose and to prevent himself from arguing with her. He nearly went berserk about Karin's safety and health after he received a message from his lieutenant about the enemy and almost ran out of his office to the real world to visit his two precious people. Toshiro took a juggernaut of self-control to prevent him from disrupting his image of what people thought, but his self-control didn't prevent his argument against the raven-haired girl who seemed to attract trouble from a distance. However, he understood that it wasn't Karin's fault for not helping her friends because the enemy was preventing her from escaping, but he was pious about her rebellious actions toward someone who was worried about her. He knew that she loved adventures and action in her life, and he wanted to do the same. Swallowing his pride with one gulp, Toshiro muttered a question for Karin to hear and shock her.
"Do you mind playing soccer with me?" Karin couldn't believe what her captain just said, but the sport was her favorite pastime. She just smiled and grabbed the surprised captain, rushing to the soccer field outside of the division with him. Maybe, the saga could wait for a while.