Give me two Weeks

Chapter 4: Monday – Something not so Pleasant

Toushiro cursed under his breath. Was he really going to do this? 'Well I already promised her...' He looked at his bandaged wrist. He needed to change the wrapping and that was why he had come to the Kurosaki Clinic. But there was also an entire different reason he had come to the clinic. He had promised yesterday to Karin that he would show her where he lived exactly. He sighed in annoyance when the door to one of the rooms opened and a black haired head poked behind it with insanely large grin.

"Come in Hitsugaya-kun!" He seemed to be in a wonderful mood as usual which made Toushiro narrow his eyes and count to ten in his head so he wouldn't say something rude to the man in the white doctor coat. He walked in to the room gradually his eyes never leaving the face of the man. He sat on to the white bed. Doctor Kurosaki took his wrist and looked at the very dirty bandage. It looked like the now brownish gray cloth was once as white as the boys own hair.

"My, my, how has it turned like this?" Isshin asked with a smile. Toushiro just shrugged. There was a knock on the door and in walked Karin still in her pajamas. She handed a phone to her father.

"It's Ichi-nii…" she said groggily. Toushiro watched her tangled hair and sleepy eyes. 'Had she just woken up?'

"Morning, Toushiro. What are you doing here so early?"

"It's already afternoon Kurosaki" Karin looked at the clock on the wall. 'Look at that, it's already two.'

"Here you go Hitsugaya-kun, you're done" Isshin said while watching the exchange between the two not listening a thing his only son said at the other end of the phone.

"Thank you Kurosaki-san. I'll be leaving then" Toushiro got off of the bed and walked out of the room.

"Hold on Toushiro!" Karin yelled after him. He stopped and waited for Karin to appear from the room he just left.

"Thought I had forgotten, did you?" She shot him a glare for not reminding her.

"It was so close" he shot the glare back at her.

"Just wait for me here" she ordered and ran to the house.

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The walk was quiet and uncomfortable for Karin's side at least. She was embarrassed about showing her fear like that yesterday. Toushiro on the other hand was deep in his thoughts. It wasn't like he was embarrassed to show Karin where he lived but oh the torture when others find out that Kurosaki is a girl!

"Oi, Toushiro! Are you even listening to me?" She was waving her hand in front of his face. He blinked because of the hands close proximity to his face.

"I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

"I just wanted to know how far it is"

"Not far… Ten minute walk from the park"

"Okay" and the silence fall once again.

:.o.O.o.O.o.:

The wooden door opened to a house full of orphans.

"Wow, this house is huge!" Karin was looking at the pictures, obviously made by children, on the long walls of the hall. Toushiro showed Karin the small kitchen where the bell haired cook was making chocolate cookies and the dining room with long mahogany table. It had four chairs each side of the table and one at the each end of the table. Next was the sofa room. All the different colored couches and divans were all around the room and on the floor were big, soft looking cushions dropped here and there. Next room was Toushiro's favorite because the walls were covered with books. It was the library. Then there was the TV and game room, it was usually pretty crowded and today wasn't an exception, plus the two offices which were forbidden area from all the children.

"I'll show you my room, it's on the second floor" Toushiro glanced towards the ceiling. When Toushiro had stepped to the first step he heard someone calling him. He and Karin turned around to see a white haired man. In his hand was a letter.

"I heard that you brought here a friend" He looked at the black haired girl next to Toushiro who had jumped down from the step.

"Hello, I'm Toushiro-kun's uncle Ukitake Jushiro, nice to meet you" he smiled to her.

"Um, Kurosaki Karin" she returned the smile to the old man.

"You're going to your room Toushiro-kun? Well here's a letter for you" Ukitake handed the white envelope to Toushiro.

"I suggest that you read it as soon as possible" Toushiro looked his uncle questioning. Ukitake just smiled.

"Come on Kurosaki" Toushiro started to climb the stairs two at a time. Karin quickly followed after him.

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Toushiro turned the key in the lock and opened the door to his room. It wasn't big but it wasn't small either. There was a huge window opposite the door. It had blue curtains hanging from each side of the window. The double bed was on the right wall from the window. Under the window was a desk where Toushiro put the letter and sat on his chair. Opposite wall from the bed were wardrobe and two bookshelves. Karin's eyes stopped to look at the prizes on the shelves next to the door. On the floor there was a round dark blue carpet. There were posters of athletes and bands on every wall except on the wall were the bed was. Instead there was a huge drawing of an icy dragon on the wall above the bed and between the drawing and the bed was katana. Karin stared the dragon and the sword until turned to Toushiro who was reading the letter.

"Do you know how to use that?" She pointed at the sword. He nodded at her but kept reading the letter. Karin sat on his bed and waited. Few minutes later she heard him sigh and crunch the letter.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing…" Toushiro trailed off. 'Nothing my ass!' Karin rolled her eyes. The boy seemed to be in somewhere else by the blank look in his eyes and Karin didn't like this look. She couldn't tell exactly what the look signified. Hurt maybe? Whatever it was it was making her feel miserable too. She grabbed the closest thing around her, which happened to be his pillow, and threw it straight to his face. It came with such a force that Toushiro fell with a yell of shock from his chair to the floor. He laid there eyed wide as plates and Karin burst out laughing. While Karin was rolling with laughter on Toushiro's bed he got up from the floor and smacked Karin to the head with his pillow. He was on his knees at the edge of the bed. Karin had lost laughing and grabbed the pillow lying still on her face and lifted it off of her face. She too got up to her knees and still grabbing the pillow yanked it trying to make Toushiro loose his own grip on it. They both continued to pull the pillow, neither of them wanting to lose to the other. When Karin's eyes suddenly lit up and there came an evil grin on her face Toushiro knew by instinct that something bad was going to happen…to him. And he was right, when he pulled the pillow towards him Karin let go of it and Toushiro fell to the ground once again.

"Oww..." She heard him moan.

"You're way too easy to defeat… You're so weak!" Karin laughed.

"I am not weak! You just surprised me that's all…" He sat up on the floor and massaged his now sore hand.

"Oops... Sorry, I had completely forgot your hand" Karin smiled apologetically.

"It's okay, don't mind it" Toushiro climbed to the bed.

"I'm not worrying" Karin said frowning.

"Who said anything about worrying?" Toushiro smirked. Karin's eyes winded and she was open and closing her mouth trying to come up with some kind of remark.

"You…you… Die!" She grabbed the pillow from the floor and started to beat Toushiro with it.

"Okay, okay! I give up! Stop it!" He was trying to cover his head and stomach with his hands. It's so weird how a pillow can become a deadly weapon in the right hands. They both were lying on Toushiro's bed.

"Hey, Toushiro"

"Hmm?"

"Where have you got that dragon?"

"I have drawn it"

"YOU?" Karin got to her elbows.

"Yeah. It tries to resemble the spirit of that katana, Hyorinmaru"

"I think it's really cool" Toushiro shrugged at her comment, a hint of a blush of embarrassment on his face.

"How come you have something like that?" Karin said referring to the sword.

"It is given to the eldest son after his father's death…" His voice became quiet and faded away.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that your dad's…"

"It doesn't matter and besides I was three years old so I don't remember anything about him"

"I can relate how you feel… I was four when my mom died" Karin told.

"I'm sorry"

They lay on the bed side by side the silence covering them. Karin turned her head just to meet Toushiro's cyan eyes.

"What are you thinking?" She whispered trying to maintain the peaceful silence.

"Everything and nothing"

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"I know that this is going to sound corny but it's beautiful!" Karin watched the sun slowly make its way behind the horizon.

"Yeah… I know it is beautiful" they were sitting on the roof watching the sunset.

"I never asked you why you are here" Karin turned to look at the boy.

"My mother and her new husband decided to go on vacation and leave me behind. But because we, I mean me and him, don't like each other at all he decided that I shouldn't be alone in that house. He said he was concerned about what I might do while they would be away, so Ukitake was the only one who offered that I could come and spend the summer here" he averted his eyes from the setting sun to Karin's grey ones.

"So you're going to leave when the summer is over?" Karin asked. Toushiro nodded.

Suddenly Karin jumped to her feet.

"What time is it?"

"Almost seven, why?"

"Shit! Yuzu's going to kill me if I don't show up at dinner in time" she was by now climbing down fire escape. She stepped on the windowsill and climbed through the window on to his table. She jumped down from it and landed on a creased piece of paper. She picked it up and threw it to the trash can. Karin closed the door one thing in her mind. 'Who's Momo?'

Hey all! I got my laptop fixed and now I'm writing again! :DD

I'm sorry for the characters OOC:ness especially Toushiro's. I'm also very sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes I'm not good with those and besides the clock is 1:43 am here so I'm a little tired.

Thanks for reading and happy late new year!

Milde