Softly Snowing
~ Sakura Blossom ~

More time passed. For a few days after the event, the Shirezu refused to speak with his twin. Hana's mind never comprehended why, but it had something to do with what happened that day. She kept trying to tell Shirezu that she wasn't really upset about what happened, but he continued to ignore Hita whenever the other tried speaking.

However, eventually they spoke to each other again, talking and laughing, but Hana had the feeling that something was different, though she couldn't place her finger on it. It became spring time, getting close to the time that the cherry trees would begin blossoming. She sat down between them one day, candy in her mouth, enjoying herself.

"Shirezu..." Hita started, staring out at the road, waiting for their parents to come home for the day. "Could you possible..."

"Could I possibly what?" the other boy sighed, leaning forward. "Where has Nashini gotten too?"

"He's likely off bullying someone." The sickly twin sighed. "I was wondering... I was wondering if you could ask Momo-chan to go and watch the sakura trees blossom."

"Excuse me?" At that, the other male turned towards him, his eyes slashing with a bit of anger. "Hita, I happened to tell you that the stunt you pulled with her before got the other guys teasing me about it the next day. It wasn't for a until a few days later that they stopped teasing me."

"Teasing you?" Hana blinked a couple of times. "Why is it that they would tease you?"

"They thought I had a crush on her. I don't have a crush on her." Shirezu snapped out. "I am not going to do something to bring up that subject again."

"If we switch places, I'll tell her who I really am. I promise." Hita stated. "I really want to see her again."

"Hita-chan wants to spend time with Momo-chan because he made a friend?" Hana asked, completely confused at what was going on around her.

"Something like that." The twin that tended to stay at home stated, smiling slightly at his sister.

"No... it isn't like that." Shirezu snapped back.

"If Hita-chan says it is like that, then it is like that." The small female piped up, her tounge moving her sweet around in her mouth. "Why does he want to go see the sakura blossoming?"

Shirezu narrowed his eyes at his younger sister. "All right. He just wants to spend time with a friend. All right?"

"Then what is the matter with switching with him just this once." Hana stated, smiling at her older brother. Shirezu continued to glare while the corner of Hita's mouth twisted up.

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A few days later, Hana rode on Shirezu's shoulders as they walked on their way home. Nashini stayed with them for a little bit of time, however, he happened to take off, glaring back at the two taking a different route and heading off to play football with the other males. "I guess I'll just have to head to the field on my own later."

They walked along, only to suddenly see a small white haired child stumble in front of them. Toshiro had a hold of not just his school supplies, but another. Hinamori rushed out of the alley way after him. "Shiro-chan! Just because you're angry at me doesn't mean that you have to run off like that!"

"I don't care!" The small boy stated.

"Since Momo-chan is here, shouldn't you ask her that?" Hana stated from on top of her brother's shoulders.

"I'm don't think..." Shirezu started, only to have his sister become excited and fidget.

"Oh... Kamoku-san." Momo glanced up at the male while Toshiro simply glared at the two. He seemed to be in a rather bad mood, despite there seeming to be no reason for him to be that way. "You wanted to ask me something?"

"He wanted to ask if you would go view the sakura blossoms with him." Hana smiled, thinking she was being helpful. She didn't notice Toshiro raise an eyebrow out of curiosity.

"Hana..." Her brother's hands tightened their grip on her legs.

At first, the female stared at him, then smiled faintly. "I'm sorry, I can't."

The small female child could feel her older brother suddenly tense up underneath her. "You can't. Why not?" At that, Toshiro got up and began to sneak away.

"Well... it was nice when we shared bento with each other, but..." Hinamori suddenly frowned. "That was the only time you were like that. I prefer being around you when you are like that." Momo caught site of the white haired youth trying to escape, then chased after him. "Shiro-chan! This isn't funny!" The small female then dashed off.

"She prefers being around Hita..." Shirezu's mouth twitched spasmodically.

"He's going to be sad, isn't he?" Hana frowned, her hands clutching her older brother's brown hair. For some reason he seemed quite irritated.

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Things were quite as it became closer to the day that the sakura blossoms were to happen. Hana cheerfully awaited the pretty site. However, Shirezu maintained a negative attitude and grumbled, asking what was so special about that day, only to get Hana to comment on how pretty the petals were. Hita though withdrew himself.

Then, the day that the sakura trees bloomed came. Hita sat in the doorway, watching people pass by, moping as he did so. Hana bounced around. "I want to go see the flowers too."

"Shirezu and Nashini are not here to take you." The male simply stared out, not moving at all.

"You could take me." Hana stated, suddenly tackling her brother.

"No, I won't." The response that came caused Hana to pull back, rather surprised that her brother's demeanor was more like the other two.

"I thought you wanted to go see them two." The small girl sat down frowning.

"I wanted to go with Hinamori-san..." The male sat up from where he was leaning and glared even more at the street.

"So nobody gets to go?" Hana felt her lip twisting up into a pout.

At that, the male glanced at her, a frown on his face. He thought about it for a few minutes, and then held out his hand. "All right he stated."

The two of them walked along, leaving the household by itself and headed to where the trees where. Hana felt a smile spread across her lips. She began to tug her brother along and he followed after her, stumbling, something that his twin would in fact not do. She then spotted a white haired child watching as the petals fell, simply looking up the whole time. "Toshiro-kun."

At that, he glanced at them. "It's Hitsugaya-san, thank you very much." He then blinked a couple of times. "Your Hita-san, aren't you, not Shirezu-san?"

"Ahh... no." The twin that was there frowned at the small child. "Most people aren't able to tell us apart.

"Momo can. It might just have to do thought with the fact she can sense spiritual pressure." Toshiro stated.

"Is that how you figured me out?" The boy asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You two act very different. You are shy in the way you act around people and he is very abrupt. That isn't normal for twins." Toshiro glared at the boy. He then turned to walk away.

"Shiro-chan! Do you want to watch with us?" Hana waved her hand.

However, the small boy turned to him, his white eyebrow twitching. "Don't ever call me that stupid nickname ever again." And then he disappeared, the two siblings watching him.

Author's note – Something is going to happen the next chapter, something big. Can you guess? I am actually coming to an end of this fanfic, but if there are suggestions on how to extend it in areas, I will consider using them. Let's just say, only three more chapters after this one, and then I can work on sequels for it.