Prompt: Morning Routine
Rating: T
"What's the matter with you," Karin groaned, sitting up in bed crossly. Long black hair billowed around her like a cloud, and Toshiro couldn't help pausing his frantic dressing to take in the sight. As much as she didn't like to hear it, Kurosaki Karin with bedhead was adorable. "It's too early for you to be scurrying around."
"I'm late," Hitsugaya replied shortly, shuffling into his hakama.
"You can never be late," his girlfriend retorted. "You're a captain. You make your own hours."
"And I had planned to be in the office an hour ago."
"The sun isn't even up yet," Karin said, exasperated.
"It is. It's just cloudy today."
"If you can't see the sun, it's not morning." She grinned, patting the ruffled covers next to her temptingly. "There's no reason to be out of bed."
Hitsugaya sighed, and shook his head. What he wouldn't give to spend the day with Karin, lounging in bed. But… "I can't. Matsumoto's coming back from the living world today, and we're going to have a lot of reports to fill out." He paused. "Shouldn't you be getting out of bed too?"
Karin waved a hand. "Zaraki-taicho doesn't really care. Everyone's probably still hungover from last night anyway."
Toshiro rolled his eyes, making his way into their attached bathroom. Ruffling down his own bedhead, he began to furiously brush his teeth, intent on leaving before he convinced himself not to. When he saw Karin's form appear behind him in the mirror, he raised an eyebrow in question.
"I guess I'll get ready too," she supplied with a sigh. Then, so slowly he knew it was deliberate, she lifted the oversized shirt she slept in over her head, gradually revealing the fact that she wore nothing underneath.
Hitsugaya stared, mouth foamy from toothpaste. Karin merely dropped her lone article of clothing on the floor, eyes glinting mischievously. Then, with a smirk, she stepped into the shower.
For a few seconds, he listened as the water hit the tiles, knowing he had lost.
But, he reasoned with himself as he rinsed his mouth and deftly stepped out of his hakama, he really did need to shower.