Title: Rubik's
Date: 23 January, 2009
Words: 468
Characters: Matsumoto, Hitsugaya
Pairings: Hitsugaya & Matsumoto
Summary: Someone has no patience for puzzles, even when he thought he did.
Inspiration: I have a Rubik's Cube, and well, it's frustrating. But I can't put the thing down without a lot of willpower on my part. I haven't thrown mine yet, though.
Rating: K+ - WOW. I know. No innuendos, and minimal language. I'm shocked, too. o.O
A/N: I had a request for a KomaHina fic, and I just can't work it out. Without it being gross or so far out there that it no longer resides in the universe. I'm sorry, but that's one fic that I probably won't ever finish. If you still definitely want to see it, you'll have to (please?) give me a little more to work with. *begs, desperate* 8-(
Please enjoy!
-Rachel Noelle
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He really should have listened to Matsumoto. This thing was, quite frankly, a pain in the ass and he couldn't put the stupid thing down. The concept was incredibly simple. Someone messes the thing up, mixing the colors around, then you try to get all the colors back in some kind of order, each of the six sides one color each. But, rather than being the simple puzzle to go with the simple concept, it was driving him insane trying to figure it out.
If he could discern the way all of the pieces moved, it might make for an easier time with it.
Hitsugaya was lying on the bed in his rooms, waiting for Matsumoto to finish with the shower, and working on the infuriating puzzle. He'd been working on it for three hours straight. Normally he would have had the damn thing finished, but this Rubik's Cube was not relenting.
He splayed out on the bed, exasperated and unhappy. He took a few deep breathes, trying to convince himself it would be okay to put it away for a bit.
Finally, he sat up again, taking to the puzzle once more. Another fifteen minutes later and he heard the water shut off, and the sounds of someone stepping from the shower. Just as he thought he'd made a breakthrough, he realized that he couldn't fix a second side without messing up the first.
In a fit of anger, he flung the small cube in a random direction. An instant later he heard a yelp and the slam of a door.
Matsumoto gradually eased the bathroom door open, sticking her head out. "What did I do?" she questioned, concern heavy on her features.
"Huh?" Hitsugaya looked dumbfounded. What was she talking about?
"Why did you throw that thing at me?" she seemed almost frightened. "You almost hit me in my stomach."
"I didn't throw anything at you. What are you talking about?"
"When I opened the door that cube thing came flying at me. I barely got the door shut in time to stop it, I couldn't dodge," Matsumoto was trying to explain.
Hitsugaya caught on, realizing the extent of his minor tantrum. "Erm, sorry. I really didn't mean to do that. I was… just upset… and I just threw it in whatever direction. I'm sorry, Ran, really." He looked apologetic, and Matsumoto just rolled her eyes.
"I told you that you didn't want to mess with it."
That week, as the puzzle rapidly changed hands between the taichos and fukutaichos, the fourth division was sent out to make seventeen repairs to doors and windows, all the approximate size and shape of a Rubik's Cube. Renji was, reportedly, the only one to actually solve the thing. He just never told anyone that he simply took it apart.