Author's note: Hey! Sorry for he long time taken to update! It'll get quicker, I swear. (: Well, thanks for your lovely reviews! I agree, 'Writing bunny', they really are suicidal.
Erm, I'll use vampire13princess's idea next chapter, followed by PM Sky Shiro-chan's. Please keep the ideas coming! I only have fifty odd (:
~Rainbow Fruit Loop.
One Hundred Ways to Make Captain Hitsugaya Throw a Temper Tantrum.
~Chapter 5~
Number four.
Close all of the curtains his office without explanation, and continue to do so.
"This is bound to annoy him." Shūhei said.
"You think?" Rangiku asked.
"Well, if I was doing paperwork, I'd be really annoyed if someone kept closing the curtains. Any, anyways, won't closing the curtains make it hot? Doesn't Captain Hitsugaya hate hot temperatures?" Renji commented.
"Yeah." Rangiku nodded enthusiastically.
"How are we gonna watch if the curtains are closed?" Ichigo asked, picking at a random bit of fluff on his Shinigami robes.
"Er,-" Renji began, but was interrupted by Ikkaku.
"Obviously we keep walking into the office with 'reports'." He said.
"That'll work, my chum." Yumichika said, running a thin hand through his hair.
"Don't call me that." Ikkaku said grouchily.
Yumichika ignored him.
Rangiku had been working in the office for ten minutes (well, not 'working' per se, but moisturising her legs 'subtly' underneath her desk), when she decided it would be time to shut the curtains.
She got up, shut them quickly, and scampered back to her desk.
Tōshiro looked up, the usual scowl on his face. "Why did you shut the curtains, Matsumoto?"
Rangiku ignored him, and continued 'working'.
"Matsumoto?" Tōshiro repeated.
…
…
"MATSUMOTO!" Tōshiro yelled, annoyed at Rangiku's silence.
Rangiku didn't consider Tōshiro yelling at her to be 'throwing a tantrum'. It happened regularly.
"Yes, Captain?" she asked innocently.
"Why are the curtains shut?" he asked, absentmindedly rubbing his temples.
"I don't know, Captain." Rangiku said. "That's so odd."
Tōshiro rolled his eyes, got off his chair, and opened the curtains.
"That's better." He murmured.
Five minutes later, there was a loud rapping on the door.
"Who's that?" Rangiku asked, chewing on the end of her brush.
"I don't know; I haven't seen them yet, have I?" Tōshiro snapped. "Come in, whoever you are." he called.
Ikkaku strolled in, and made his way over to Rangiku.
"I have some papers for you." He commented, smirking.
Rangiku nodded, and bit her lip in order for her to suppress a giggle.
Tōshiro watched the two without interest.
However, just before Ikkaku left, he strode over, and shut the curtains.
"See you, Matsumoto. Captain Hitsugaya." Ikkaku left without as much as a snicker.
Tōshiro narrowed his eyes in annoyance. "Anything you want to tell me, Matsumoto?" he asked.
"Nope." Rangiku grinned, although he probably couldn't see her face in the darkness.
"Alright… Well, tell your friend to stop closing my curtains."
"Our curtains, Captain." Rangiku corrected.
Rangiku had annoyed her Captain by closing the curtains three times. His patience seemed to be wearing loose.
Ichigo, too, had strolled in, and shut the curtains.
However, the curtains were, at the moment, open.
And now, Rangiku sat at her desk, painting her fingernails a pale pink.
Tōshiro was frowning, and doing paperwork, which wasn't exactly a surprise.
The Vice Captain was just thinking about going out for a break – painting her nails was surprisingly hard work – when Captain Zaraki strolled in.
Hm. What's he doing in here?
Rangiku watched closely as the large, daunting man grinned at Tōshiro, before hanging him a pile of paperwork. It was slightly crinkled around the edges (the paperwork, not Kenpachi), and Rangiku thought she could see a patch of smudged ink.
"They mixed up the numbers." He said simply. "You would'a thought that the numbers 'ten' and 'eleven' wouldn'ta gotten muddled up."
"So we thought we'd deliver them to you!" Yachiru said cheerfully, popping up from behind Kenpachi's shoulder.
The large man grinned (which was a pretty terrifying thing to see), and, before he made his way out of the office, shut the curtains.
Why' he close the curtains?
Ikkaku and Yumichika must have told him it'd be fun…
I wonder how Captain will react?
Rangiku giggled.
"We'll have to have a fight some time." Kenpachi said to Tōshiro (who looked positively terrified at the prospect).
And then he left.
"What is it with everyone and curtains?" Tōshiro asked bluntly.
"What do you mean?" Rangiku asked, pretending not to notice the darkness.
"…Are you blind, Matsumoto?" Tōshiro snapped. "People, such as yourself, keep closing my curtains!"
"Are you sure?" Rangiku asked, creasing her eyebrows as if she was worried about her Captain's mental health.
"I am sure!" Tōshiro said, scowling. "I'm going out. When I come back, I expect my curtains to be open. If they're not, there will be a distinct lack of breaks for you."
He strolled out of the office, and went 'the long way' around to the Captain's barracks, in order to avoid a possible fight with the Captain of the Eleventh Squad.
Mission failed.
