The morning sun glared harshly through the window. Its rays landed on three people. Hitsugaya, Matsumoto and Toru. All three were sleeping. Matsumoto was sleeping on one of the blue coaches in Hitsugaya's office. Hitsugaya and Toru both shared the other one, opposite Matsumoto. Toru lay on her side with both arms hanging off the edge. She was snoring slightly. Hitsugaya had his back to Toru and had his head buried behind the cushions. He was snoring loudly. Toru stirred slightly and opened her eyes. The sunlight hurt her eyes and she quickly shut them again. She could feel how parched and cracked her lips where. She licked her lips making them wet again and opened her eyes again. This time she squinted, letting her eyes get used to the light. Then she felt the thumping pain in her head and she groaned loudly and raised her hand to her forehead. Her hand was cold so it soothed the pain in her head somewhat but not by much. She sat up slowly and noticed Hitsugaya stirring beside her.

She began to think back on last night's events and grinned, it had been a good night. Well from what she had remembered. She looked over at Matsumoto and saw that she hadn't moved. Toru didn't think she would in a while. She felt the couch move slightly as Hitsugaya sat up. He also groaned. Toru looked back at him and grinned softly.

"Feeling Ok?" She asked. She then giggled softly as all she got in reply was an unintelligible sentence, showing that Hitsugaya was feeling as rough as she was. Toru stood up but then quickly sat back down again as her vision swayed and felt dizzy. She shook her head then stood up again. This time she was successful.

"I'll bring us some coffee and food". She looked down at Hitsugaya as she spoke. He nodded at her and she turned slowly and exited the room. She was glad that someone had forgotten to open the curtains in the corridor. It was nice and dark in the corridor. Just the way Toru liked it when she was feeling as rough as she was. She walked slowly and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She stopped however as she looked up at the wall. There was bright red spray paint on the wall. Toru laughed softly as she read the words that the paint formed.

"Toshiro, Matsumoto and Toru. Drinking buddies forever". She read aloud. "Toshiro will be pleased about that". She smiled softly and looked at the words again before moving on down the corridor. She reached a small kitchen and walked in. Another Shinigami was there but Toru didn't know who he was though. He looked up at her and smiled.

"Morning Vice-Captain Kazama". His voice was bright and cheery.

"Morning to you too". Toru smiled at him softly. Then she headed towards the Aga and pulled out a pot from the cupboard above it. She went to the sink and filled it with water and then placed the pot on the Aga. She made sure that the water was beginning to heat up before walking over to fridge and pulled out milk. As she opened the fridge door she was overwhelmed by the smell of food. She groaned and closed the fridge door. She was not able to stomach the smell of food let alone eat it. She guessed that Toushiro would feel the same. Well if he did want food she wouldn't make it for him unless he liked sick mixed with his food.

The other Shinigami who was in the kitchen was suddenly in front of her and she blinked in confusion. He smiled and held out two cups. Toru smiled at him as she took them.

"Thank you". Toru was sad to realize that her voice sounded course and rough. She went back to the aga and busied herself over making the two coffees. Once they were made and she had them on a tray she left the small kitchen. Nodding at the Shinigami man before leaving. She walked up the hallway and smiled as she saw the writing as she passed and finally reached Toshiro's office. She entered the room backwards, using her back to open the door. She saw that Matsumoto was still passed out on the couch and she smiled. She placed the tray in front of Toushiro who was known sitting at his desk, clutching his head. She saw a bottle of pain killers open beside him and grinned again. She pulled over an armchair and sat opposite Toushiro.

As she reached out for her coffee Toshiro's hand brushed against hers slightly and she found herself blushing slightly before bringing back her coffee and raising it to her lips. The coffee went down a treat. It slid down her throat and she sighed happily as it seemed to be curing her parched throat. She looked over at Toushiro and saw him yawning loudly which of course made her yawn as well. They both looked at each other and smiled.

"I don't know how Matsumoto can sleep so much". Toushiro said. Toru gulped down her coffee, scalding her tongue before answering.

"It's in her nature. I would be the same if I was left to my own devices". Toru took another drink before talking again. "I've been meaning to ask you. Did Ichigo get the captains position?" Toushiro looked at her and narrowed his eyes before replying.

"How is it you know so much of the inner workings? Never mind that though. Yes he did get it but it's not official till the Captain-Commander announces it today. So don't go about telling people before the announcements made". Toushiro looked at her before taking a drink of his coffee.

"No I'm not going to tell anyone. So don't worry. You know it's about time he got a Captain position. He deserves it for all that he has done for Soul Society he has saved us again and again. We'd be lost without him". She scratched the back of her hand as she spoke.

"Yes we do owe him a lot". Toushiro then started to look out of the window and sat in silence. Toru took another drink of her coffee. They both sat in silence for another 10 minutes before Toushiro placed his cup on the table, empty, he looked up a Toru before speaking.

"Aren't you supposed to be fronting a patrol group this morning?" Toru looked up at him surprised then she stood up quickly, knocking her chair on the floor with a loud thud. Matsumoto groaned loudly at the noise but all she did was turn her back on them and started to snore again.

"Shit. I completely forgot. I better go". Toru looked around the room. She spotted her lace belt lying in the corner of the room and her Zanpakuto thrust in the corner also, leaning against the wall. She walked quickly over to the corner and attached her lace belt to her Shinigami robes. The attached her zanpakuto to her belt. She then started to race out the door but stopped and walked back to the table and grabbed Toshiro's pain killers.

"I might need these. I'll bring them back later when I've finished the patrol. I better go now I'm already late and Kira won't be pleased that I'm hung-over. Tell Matsumoto that I'll come see her tomorrow". With that Toru raced out the door and began to run down the corridor. She stops briefly as she first stepped outside. The light was brighter outside and she groaned slightly before running on towards her squad's barracks. It took her about ten minutes to get to her barracks. That was only because she stopped half way there to help a cat that was stuck up a tree, making one old women very happy. Once she finally reached her Barracks, she saw signs of people preparing to go on patrol. She raced past several people who nodded at her in acknowledgement before finally reaching Kira's office. However she stopped herself from going in when she heard Kira shouting at someone inside the office.