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Chapter 7 – Beautiful Days
The next morning, Hinamori woke up with a start; someone was knocking on her door. "Who is it?" She asked quietly. "It's me," The voice said cheerfully, even though it was still dawn. "Come in Matsumoto!" Hinamori said a lot more energetic. "Ohayo Hinamori!" Matsumoto said when she entered the room. "Ohayo Matsumoto. Why are you here so early in the morning? I thought you liked sleeping in."
"I do like sleeping in, but taichou made me wake up early to do some paperwork." She said wearily; a little too dramatic. "I see, so are you finished?" Hinamori asked. "Of course I am! As a rightful fuku-taichou, I must do as commanded! Every sheet is finished!" She lied; but of course Hinamori knew that. "That's great, so do you want to hang out today?" Matsumoto's face instantly brightened. "Yes I do!" So Hinamori quickly got up and got dressed and ready to go out and have fun with Matsumoto.
The first thing they did was go out to find Kira and Renji so they could all 'party' as Matsumoto put it. But even as Matsumoto and Hinamori were walking together, laughing and talking, Hinamori couldn't concentrate on where she was going; just following Matsumoto. 'What was it like back then? And how were my memories back then?' The questions would roam in her mind.
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Hitsugaya grumbled as he continued the paperwork, 'How does Matsumoto ever find a way to ignore these?' What a good question. Hitsugaya, tired of always doing the paperwork, went out to find his lazy fuku-taichou and get her to finish working. Not knowing that a sheet of paper fell out of his pocket, he continued to walk from his office to where he could find Matsumoto.
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After many hours of drinking sake, Matsumoto dismissed the party, so Renji and Kira took their leave even though they didn't quite drink as much as Matsumoto. Hinamori however, stayed with Matsumoto for a while, until she started getting tired and said bye to her.
While walking back, she saw Hitsugaya in the distant, but for the past few days, she didn't feel like talking or seeing him. Every time she saw him, an unsettled feeling would start up in the pit of her stomach, and she really wanted to know the beautiful days of the past, but he would never tell her; and it would make her feel uneasy around him.
When she slid open her door to her room, she looked around to see if everything was in place. 'That's good, everyth----hey, what's that?' Hinamori asked herself when she saw a little bear sitting on her futon. She went up and picked up the little bear, remembering seeing the bear from somewhere before, but not quite sure from where or when. 'Where did this come from? How come I recognize it though I've never seen such a cute bear before?'
She dug through her mind to see if she could remember anything from when she woke up, but the bear was no where. As a matter of fact, she just realized that there was a big box lying beside her futon as well. She gently lay the bear down and went to open the dusty box. After her fits of coughing, she peered inside, which left her breathless.
Dusty old paper cards, a bag full of watermelon seeds, a seed of a peach tree, the head of a rose and beautiful wrapping paper and ribbons. She had never seen so many treasures in her life, which she could remember. 'Who's could this be?' She wondered, ashamed that she might be browsing through someone else's treasures, or memories.
The thought of it made a sudden pain through her heart, it was a piercing pain, and it hurt more than anything she's felt before (so she thinks). Her hands started shaking as she clutched her chest; she couldn't help but cry. The pain of not knowing her past just added onto the pain. She tried to push it aside, but it still kept coming and it was unavoidable, especially because it was in her mind.
Opening her eyes, she looked down and the now tear-stained bear. She didn't realize that she had grabbed it during her fit. A tear landed right under the bear's eye, reflecting in the sunlight casting down upon her. Not that there was much sun left, as by now, it had started to set. 'Oh Shiro-chan…'
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Hitsugaya, even though all his efforts couldn't get his lazy fuku-taichou to do more than 5 sheets; she had run off to do what he expected as more drinking. He was annoyed with her and the paperwork that had suddenly rushed in, and he really didn't want to do it. The sun was setting, and he couldn't help but wonder what Hinamori was doing. 'I wonder if I should tell her about the Rukongai days.' He thought. A cool breeze went by his as he say under the peach tree, daydreaming or think about the past, and how odd it was having to grown so much. Back when he was younger, he would always sit watermelon speeds at Hinamori, always pout when she called him Shiro-chan (and now he yells at her). But what he missed the most was when she would visit him all the time, making him always in a better mood, no matter what happened. How she turned the grey sky into the sunny bright afternoon. How she would make his day.
Although through all the comment she'd say about him and his 'immature' self, there was always the one spot he hated listening to. Every time she would visit him, that's all she would talk about until she had to go (well, ever since she saw him). And days after days, he got tired of listening about him, and he decided to become a shinigami himself; no longer listening about Aizen, but seeing him as well. When he first saw him, he thought that he understood why Hinamori admired him, but later on, he grew to hate him more than before. He no longer saw the same thing Hinamori saw everyday as he slowly started to surpass her in class.
Years later when he became captain, there was a celebration to honour such a title to such a young boy, but when he went to visit Hinamori and tell her about the recent event, he couldn't get hold of her till the next day. So when he saw her the next day and asked why he didn't see her at the celebration, she said: "I was at the celebration! I was with Aizen-taichou though." Though Hitsugaya tried to hide his disappointment and anger in and at her, he walked away with and cold glare at the 5th division office.
Obviously, she cared more about Aizen than him.
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Night came slowly, but nonetheless, it still came. Hinamori was lying on her futon, looking towards the ceiling; holding the bear in her hands beside her. The moonlight shone through the window, making her face look celestial. 'Why can't I decipher who's bear this is, and who gave it?' She thought in frustration. She had thought about it the whole time, yet nothing came in mind when she looked at it expect the familiar pain she felt in her heart. 'Why is the bear so familiar?' Every time she asked this question, something came to her mind, but it was a blurry memory and she couldn't make anything out of it, expect a card lying on her desk.
Why couldn't she make out any of this?!
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Matsumoto had entered the division to get some rest when she saw a white sheet of paper lying on the chair. Puzzled, she went to it and picked it up to see what was written. Her eyes scanned the paper; she couldn't help but smile.
'Dear ---------------'
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Here is the end of my chapter! Sorry I took forever to update, it was because I couldn't think up of any idea and so I had problems getting this done. So I'm very sorry it took so long!!!!!!!!! Anyhow, please review because it might make me update faster heh. Thanks for being patient and reading this story!
