Chapter 16:
After coming back from their mission on the real world, everything turned back to normal. Days flew past on Soul Society. It's been the 7 days since Toushiro turn into a toddler. Momo can be seen in her office, scribbling down something on the paper. She rested her chin on her left palm while she continued to scribble down on the paper. "It's been 7 days…After that, he'll return back to normal… I…What I should do now? Can I bring myself to confess on him? Mou… I don't know how I would do that…" Momo sighed. She had been writing the 'Ways to Confess' to the white haired child prodigy. She didn't notice that someone entered on her office.
"Oi!" Momo yelped and jumped a little bit at the sudden interruption. She turned her head around and her eyes fixed on the white haired child prodigy that was staring back at her.
"S-Sh-Shiro-chan!" Momo felt her cheeks heat up at the sight of the center of her thoughts. "What are you doing here?" Young Toushiro just gave her a stern look. Young Toushiro walked towards her and peeked over her shoulder to look over the paper she was holding. Upon realizing this, she crumpled the paper and quickly hid it away.
"Don't l-look! I-It's nothing!" Momo exclaimed. Too bad, being a genius as he is, he already saw what was on the paper. " 'Ways to confess', huh?" Young Toushiro thought as he grinned at her and give her a knowing look. "W-Why was he grinning? Did he saw what was written? But I already crumpled and hid it away before he could catch a glimpse! Ah, Mou… Why does he born to be genius? Just because he shrunk into a 1 year old, he took the opportunity to be sneaky. Mou…" As she was lost on her thoughts, young Toushiro tried to reach for the crumpled paper that she hid behind her back. She snapped back to reality when she felt the crumpled paper being snatched from her possession. She jerked her head behind her only to find young Toushiro smirking at her and waving the crumpled paper on his right hand. "Oh crap."
"Mou! Shiro-chan, give it back!" Momo chased him as he ran towards the door. Before he could exit the office, he bumped to someone and landed on his butt. Young Toushiro groanedin pain as he rubs his bottom with his right hand and his left hand on his nose. "Damn it! What was that just now?" Young Toushiro looked up to know the culprit is only to find Rangiku grinning at him.
" So mean,Taichou..That's not nice to tease a beautiful lady like Hinamori!" She bent down and patted his head. "You should be a good boy!" Young Toushiro swept her hand away and glared at her. "Damn you, Matsumoto… I'll make sure to give you a hard punishment once I got back to normal!" YoungToushiro thought angrily as he continued to glare at her.
Meanwhile, Momo rushed to young Toushiro's side to help him up and she held him in her arms.
"Are you okay, Shiro-chan?" Momo asked worryingly, forgetting the crumpled paper she's trying to get from him. Young Toushiro only nodded. Momo smiled at him and then turned her head over her fellow lieutenant.
"What brings you here, Rangiku-san?" Momo asked.
"Nothing! I just want to know how you doing.." Rangiku replied with a smile on her face. "Seriously Hinamori, how can you be so kind at him when all he did is poke fun of you?" She asked eyeing the white haired child prodigy on Momo's arms.
"Ehehe, I'm used to it, I guess…" Momo replied.
"Hmm, really, he became a sneaky little brat since he turned into a toddler.." an anime vein popped over young Toushiro's head upon hearing what his lieutenant said. Rangiku grinned widely as she reached for young Toushiro to pat his head again. Young Toushiro saw this and bit her hand.
"Ouch! That hurts, Taichou! I'm just kidding! Just kidding!" Rangiku wailed as he rubs her hand that was bitten by him. She turned to Momo. "Neh Hinamori, are you sure he's still a toddler or a little white dog? He always bit my hand!"Rangiku complained as she points young Toushiro with her finger. Another large anime vein popped over young Toushiro's head again. He snorted and glared at her.
"Seriously! Look at his behavior! How come you fell in—"
"Rangiku-san!" Realizing what Rangiku was about to say, Momo cut her off before she could finish her sentence. She was sure she was blushing madly. "Mou, Rangiku-san! You almost blurted out my secret!" Momo thought nervously. As if reading what Momo was thinking, Rangiku just scratched the back of her head.
"Sumimasen…I got carried away… Hehehehe.." Rangiku said. Momo sighed in relief. She looked down to young Toushiro in her arms.
"You better apologize to Rangiku-san…"Momosaid to him. She was just answered with a loud 'Hmmph" and then he looked away. "Stubborn as ever eh, Shiro-chan?" Momo thought as she let out a sigh of defeat. She looked up to her fellow lieutenant.
"Come on,Rangiku-san. Take a seat.." Momo said as she smiled at her. Rangiku smiled back and walked over the couch on Momo's office. She set young Toushiro down near at her table.
"I'm just going to prepare something. Don't do anything, okay?" Momo said as she got up and left the office.
After a few minutes, Momo came back holding a tray with a medium-sized box and 2 cups of tea. She opened the box revealing a lot of delicious cookies.
"Ah! It's your homemade cookies, isn't it?" Rangiku said as she took a cookie inside the box and bites it. "Mmm… You're cookies are delicious as ever!" Rangiku exclaimed as he took another cookie again. Young Toushiro's ear perked up upon hearing 'homemade cookies'. "Hinamori's homemade cookies…" He practically drooled at that thought. Other than watermelon and sweet fermented beans, he also loves Momo's homemade cookies too. He took glanced at the table and at the box of cookies.
"Thank you, Rangiku-san…" Momo smiled and turned her head towards the white haired child prodigy. "Come here, Shiro-chan. Have some.." Momo smiled him sweetly. He stood up and was about to walked over to Momo when he felt a sudden pain on his chest. He clutched his chest.
"What's wrong, Shiro-chan?" Momo asked worryingly when she noticed him clutching his chest with a pain expression on his face. Before he could replied, his vision went black suddenly and felt his body fell on the cold floor. Before slipping unconscious, he heard Momo gasped and called for him and the sounds of their rushing footsteps.
To be continued…
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