Thank you to all who reviewed and put this story under story alert and favorites :) I just hope I don't disappoint you. And I'm sorry that all my chapters are so short... I'll make a much longer one next time.

Disclaimer: Again, if I owned Bleach, Hitsugaya would be the main character.


"Hinamori, this is our newest employee Hitsugaya Toushirou. And Hitsugaya, this is Hinamori Momo," said Dr. Kurosaki.

Hinamori nodded her head and turned back around to finish filling out the time sheet.

Hitsugaya watched her hand fly across the page. He realized immediately when she had walked into the clinic that she was the new addition to his forensics class. He recognized her by her delicate features and the bun she wore in her hair. He studied her more closely and observed that she looked rather lethargic and apathetic towards her surroundings. Yet, there seemed to be something different about her from before. His eyes were narrowed slits as he looked at her even more closely and realized that her dark eyes seemed shallow. In the classroom, when she was lost in her own world, her eyes were full of depth and seemed to be almost… pained.

Suddenly a door opened and Rukia walked through. "Momo! Late again?! I was here ten minutes early!" bragged Rukia with a lopsided grin on her face.

Hinamori whipped around and glared at Rukia. Softly, under her breath, she hissed, "Quiet! The boss is still here. You don't need to bring attention to my tardiness." Rukia got the hint and wiped the smile off of her face.

"Now that everyone knows what to do, I'm leaving to attend to my own work. I leave everything here to you adolescents!" called out Dr. Kurosaki in a booming voice as he marched out of the room with a huge smile on his face. Rukia followed him out.

Hinamori took a deep breath and turned around to face Hitsugaya. She was always edgy around new people and she didn't like the prospect of teaching someone, even if it was just for a day or two. She knew she would probably get nervous, which would lead to confusion, and that would make her look stupid. Why did Dr. Kurosaki pick me to show around the new person? He should have picked Rukia or someone much more affable.

As she looked at the boy standing a few feet away from her, she noticed how calm and relaxed he appeared. He was also wearing the same stoic expression that he had on earlier that day. His eyes narrowed as he looked back at Hinamori.

"Are we just going to stand here all day staring at each other or are you going to show me around?" he asked in an impatient voice that hinted annoyance.

"No, of course not," Hinamori replied as she scowled at him. "I'm so sorry for not being fast enough," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She was already beginning to dislike the newest employee.