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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.

[interlude]

divine intervention

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"Good morning, taichou~!" Matsumoto practically beams and Toushiro just grumbles incoherently in response, wincing a bit as his Vice-Captain skipped towards him. Gods, Matsumoto's cheerfulness was hurting him.

"It's already afternoon, Matsumoto." He says coldly.

"Geez, what crawled up in your ass and died?"

"Matsumoto."

"I'm kidding! But seriously though, lighten up, taichou! You're never going to get a girlfriend with that kind of attitude."

Toushiro visibly wilts.

"Anyways, I'll be taking the afternoon off—"

"What do you mean you're going to take the afternoon off? You just took the whole morning off!"

"But taichou! There's a Shinigami Women's Association meeting and we finally managed to get Rukia-chan to attend! I need to be there!"

Teal eyes blink rapidly as Toushiro tried to process what his nuisance of a Vice-Captain just said. "Rukia's going to be attending the meeting?" He asks before he can stop himself and Toushiro winces at his own stupidity.

Matsumoto was never going to let him live this down.

Ever.

But Matsumoto surprises him by just shrugging. "Yep, we're having the meeting at the 4th Division so if you need me or anything, feel free to drop by." The woman continued in a sickeningly-sweet tone that really should have alerted Toushiro that something devious was going on, but instead merely passed by his notice. "So, see ya later, taichou!"

"Er, yeah. Okay."

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"Part one is a success," Matsumoto whispers into a small radio as soon as she went out of the 10th Division Office, leaving her Captain who had a blank expression on his face. "I think we can expect taichou to barge in during the meeting."

"Great job, Matsumoto-fukutaichou," Unohana's voice says cheerily. "Do hurry up, Ise-fukutaichou has finally managed to—ah—intercept Kuchiki-fukutaichou."

The buxom woman performs a mock salute before shunpoing off to the 4th Division.

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A/N: The SWA makes its move.

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