Mitsuki: It's me again! This time it's my birthday! yay! Anyways, Larxene told me to tell you there was some MAJOR fluffiness in this chapter! I'm slightly scared as to what that is...

Toshiro: Same here. She had a strange look on her face.. anyways, here are the S'mores to those that reviewed! -hands out the S'mores-

Mitsuki: Anyways, once again, Bleach is an awesome Anime and Manga, but Tite Kubo created it.

Toshiro: So, here's Chapter 11!


Mitsuki looked around her room wildly, seeing if she had everything. Thinking she did, she raced out of her room and went to the Tenth Division Office. Right when she got to the door, she realized she had left her party favors. Just when she was about to turn around, the door opened, and Matsumoto dragged her in. "The Birthday girl's here!" She said, grinning.

Mitsuki stared at the group. This was WAY more than she wanted to invite- practically all of the Soul Society was there it seemed. She saw Captain Kyoraku and his Assistant Captain Ise- she looked extremely uncomfortable, and Mitsuki could hardly blame her for having a captain like hers. Scanning the crowd, she noticed Hitsugaya in the middle of the throng, looking extremely irritated. Turning to Matsumoto, she said, "I didn't invite this many people."

"So? The more the merrier! Besides, most of them are leaving soon, anyways- only Captain Hitsugaya, Renji, Hisagi, Kira, and I are staying." Matusmoto said. "But for now, accept your presents and enjoy yourselves!"

If she could have kicked everyone out and only celebrated it with her Captain and Matsumoto, she would have, but it wasn't in her nature. Instead, she smiled, laughed, and accepted her presents graciously. Matsumoto, meanwhile, was introducing her to people she didn't know, and by the time most of them had left her mind was whirling with faces, names, and conversation. Sinking into a chair when all the temporary guests had left to have an 'after-party' somewhere, she looked around the room with a befuddled expression on her face.

Matsumoto frowned at her. "C'mon, what are you sitting around for? We still have some celebrating left!"

There's more?! She thought, bewildered, but let Matsumoto drag her to the center where the rest were already seated. Pushing Mitsuki into a spot, she produced an empty sake bottle, and placed it in the middle. "Alright, then, lets get spin the bottle truth or dare underway! I shall be the referee and distribute the dares and truths; other than that, you know the rules!"

"Wait a second; you didn't say anything about this!" Renji protested.

Matsumoto narrowed her eyes. "Too bad, you're doing it anyway. Now, who's first?"

After a moments pause, Kira extended a hesitant hand and spun it. It landed on Renji, who grew pale.

"Truth or dare?" Matsumoto asked.

"Truth." Renji replied, a little quickly. Matsumoto sighed. "You're no fun. Fine, have you ever been in a relationship?"

"Nope." Renji replied, looking relieved. Compared to what Matsumoto could have made him reveal, this was an easy question. Grabbing the bottle, Renji spun it, making it land on Hisagi.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Truth." Hisagi replied. Matsumoto glared at him, but asked the question. "Who do you have a crush on?"

"Um…no one." Hisagi said, but there was a reddish tint to his face. She looked at him suspiciously, than finally gave up. "Spin the bottle." She ordered.

He did so, and it landed on Mitsuki. The girl stared at it in shock, and then looked at Matsumoto. "Um…" she looked at the others, who were staring at her expectantly. "Well, I guess I could do dare…"
"YES!" Matsumoto cried, jumping up. "Your dare is that you have to play seven minutes in heaven with Captain Hitsugaya!"

"WHAT???" They shrieked together, jumping up. Gleefully, Matsumoto grabbed them both by the collar of their uniforms and threw them in a closet. The landed in a heap on top of each other, but before they could get up Matsumoto had already closed it and placed a strong kido on the door. They struggled up, and Hitsugaya tried breaking down the door, but to no avail. Muttering under his breath, he fumbled around for a light and soon the small space was illuminated by a light bulb. Since it was rather cramped, they couldn't move around much, and they were firmly wedged in. About an inch or so separated them from each other, and so they both stared at each other, Mitsuki blushing furiously and Hitsugaya thinking of ways to murder Matsumoto and make it look like an accident.

"I…I'm sorry! I shouldn't have chosen dare!" Mitsuki wailed, burying her face in her hands, rather awkwardly. Sighing, Hitsugaya gently moved them away. "First of all, it's not your fault; Matsumoto is like that, and you don't know better. Second, please don't do that, since you just jabbed me in the stomach."

"Oh...sorry." she muttered, averting her gaze.

They fell silent. Mitsuki continued to stare at the wall and Hitsugaya the ceiling. Eventually, they heard Matsumoto's voice. "Six minuets left! I'd find some way to pass the time!"

"Shut up!" Hitsugaya called out, and in his fury took a step. He tripped on Mitsuki, and they both fell on the floor again in a tangled heap. Their heads connected painfully, and she gasped with the pain. Opening her eyes, she saw Hitsugaya's face inches- no, centimeters- from her own, and frozen, they stared at each other, eyes wide.

Toshiro felt that feeling in him again; the one he had felt that night when they saw the shooting star. Strange enough, he felt like kissing her, and sure enough, before he knew what he was doing, he was.

Mitsuki froze up when he kissed her, shock registering over her face. It was the first time this had ever happened to her before, and quite frankly, she didn't know what to do.

Hitsugaya withdrew, blushing slightly. "I'm sorry; I don't know why I did that…Did I offend you?"

"No, you didn't…it's just…I've never kissed anyone like that before…" Mitsuki stammered, then after a slight pause, she said shyly, "I did rather enjoy it, though."

Toshiro smiled slowly. "Well, maybe I could teach you? How to kiss, I mean."

Mitsuki matched his smile. "I think that would be lovely." She replied softly, and their lips touched again.

Meanwhile, outside, Kira had made the mistake of doing a dare, and was now being forced by Matsumoto to sing a karaoke of her choice. Needless to say, she had forgotten about her Captain and Mitsuki, who were still locked in the closet. Instead, she was laughing as she downed another bottle of sake- where she got it, Renji did not know, but somehow she kept producing them.

Hiccupping, she ushered Kira to sit down. "Spin the bottle." She said, than burped. Giggling, she watched as it landed on Renji. After asking the question, she was happy to hear he said dare- but being in her tipsy state, all he had to do was drink a bottle of sake. Unfortunately, it was past his limit, and soon, both of them were staggering around the room, singing a song that made Hisagi and Kira wish they weren't in their vicinity.

"Hey, Matsumoto, how long has it been since Mitsuki had her dare?" Renji slurred, half-lying half-sitting on Toshiro's desk.

"About thirty minutes…why?"

Renji giggled. "That's longer than seven. Wonder what they're doing?"

Matusmoto leapt up. "Crap! The Captain's going to murder me!" she shrieked, racing over to the door. Forgetting about her kido, she frantically knocked on the door. "Your time's up! Get out!"

"You put a kido up, remember? We can't get out." Toshiro replied smoothly, and groaning, Matsumoto released the spell and opened the door. She was slightly disappointed to see them standing upright, not on the floor as she imagined. They filed out, Mitsuki looking dazed, blinking as the brighter light hit her eyes.

"Alright, party's over. Go home." Toshiro commanded. Hisagi and Kira bolted, but Renji and Matsumoto were slower, leaning on each other for support as they talked about nothing in their sake-filled minds. Slamming the door behind them, Toshiro glared at it for a second, than turned back to Mitsuki. She had cleared her thoughts, and now smiled at him. "Wonder what she was expecting? She looked disappointed."

"I don't want to know…except if she knew we were kissing, the whole Soul Society would know within hours." He replied. Mitsuki looked alarmed. "That fast?"

He sighed. "Unfortunately, yes. She tells a secret about a hundred people a minute." After a pause, he looked her in the eye. "Though, I wouldn't mind it that much, since as of ten minutes ago, we're going out."

She blushed, but smiled. "I wouldn't mind either." Kissing him on the cheek, she said, "Thanks for coming today, Toshiro. I enjoyed it much better with you there."

He smiled, than glanced at the pile of presents. "What are you going to do with those?"

"I'll open them tomorrow. Good night." She said.

He hugged her. "Good night, Mitsuki." He murmured. Smiling, Mitsuki hugged him back, content to stay in the moment forever.


Hi, it's Larxene. Mitsuki and Toshiro ran out, both highly embarressed when they read this chapter. I was in the corner, laughing my head off... anyways, Mitsuki and Toshiro have FINALLY gotten together! wOOt! And thank you Kashie for the inspiration for the chapter! You were a big help! Hope you get better soon...

Please R&R! The next treat is birthday cake in spirit of Mitsuki's birthday! And there will be more info on 'the storm' as well. Until next time, Adios!