Eh. I planned to update this on the 26th, but I suddenly had exams scheduled for this week so I decided to post this chapter now. I hope you all enjoy.
Important note, although the chapters in here will be, of course, arranged chronologically, there are some small timeskips in between them. Mainly because of the fact that I don't really want to go the specifics and the fact that I'll only be writing the important moments or "steps" so to speak.
Title: One Step at a Time
Characters/ Pairing: Hitsugaya Toushiro, Kuchiki Rukia; HitsuRuki
Rating: K+ - T
Warnings: OOCness, inconsistencies, language
Summary: There are steps that they have to undertake as they fall in love. A series of mostly interrelated one-shots and what-nots and everything in between of the HitsuRuki Variety.
Disclaimer: I am but a poor college student. I own nothing.
Unbeta-ed. Mistakes are mine.
One Step at a Time
Step 2
Distracted
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It is Hyourinmaru who notices it first, feels the fluctuations in his master's reiatsu, senses the maddening flutters in his heart. And the Dragon wonders if he should tell him, but decides against it. His master was a smart boy; he has to figure it out by himself. But his master was also quite thick, so it was left to him to leave some hints.
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There is a long gash on his cheek and Toushiro's eyes widen as blood seeped out from the wound, teal eyes mirroring the shock he was feeling.
"You are distracted," the Dragon says and Toushiro flushes red in embarrassment. "What is troubling you?"
The white-haired Captain sighs, the blush never quite leaving his face, "it's nothing…just some things."
"Like Kuchiki Rukia, perhaps?" Hyourinmaru suggests innocently before disappearing in a whirl of ice, leaving his master wide-eyed and blushing. "I suggest you deal with those things first before you call on me again."
"Hyourinmaru?"
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It is Matsumoto who notices it next, observes the growing pile of unfinished paperwork on her Captain's desk, and notes the absent look on his face. And she wonders if she should tell him, but decides against it. Her Captain was a smart boy; he has to figure it out by himself. But of course, a little meddling wouldn't hurt.
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It was almost too cute, Matsumoto decides as she silently watched her Captain from the doorway. Who would have thought that her Captain, the mighty Hitsugaya Toushiro, asexual human ice block, would someday be acting like a silly, love-struck fool?
Well, certainly not Matsumoto, having been one of the purveyors of the rumor that Hitsugaya Toushiro was an asexual human ice block.
Now, where did she put her camera?
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It is Hinamori who notices it last, witnesses the small changes in her friend's behavior, notes the lingering looks he gives a certain Shinigami. And she wonders if she should tell him, but decides against it. Her friend was a smart boy; he has to figure it out by himself. But then again, a little push wouldn't hurt.
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"Ah," Hinamori exclaims one day while visiting the 10th Division. "Rukia-san is quite pretty. Don't you think, Shiro-chan?" She asks airily, a knowing smile playing on her lips as she recalled the deer-in-the-headlights look that the small Captain wore earlier when the raven-haired girl happened to pass by.
"Yeah…" Toushiro replies distractedly, a faraway look plastered on his face, and Hinamori has trouble stifling a giggle.
Oh, this was simply too adorable!
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A/N: Um. I won't be updating for a long while because I have a barrage of exams to face this week and the next and the next one after that as well. I'm dreadfully sorry for this but education comes first.
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