When lunch finally rolled around Hissori saw Rangiku lingering at the door way but instead waited for Kisane to come up to her.
"Do you wanna have lunch with me?" he asked obviously expecting rejection, because in spite of what she claimed he still believed that Hissori and Toshiro were going out.
"I would love to Kisane" Hissori answered deciding to give herself a little distraction.
"Really? Awesome, c'mon then" he said in an all to happy tone as he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the classroom. As they were leaving the school Hissori could feel eyes watching her and the temperature begining to drop. 'Good now lets see how you like it' she thought to herself as she walked with Kisane.
"So what would you like for lunch, my treat" Kisane asked with an ear splitting smile.
"Anything's fine" she replied giving a small smile. She couldn't help but think of how alien Kisanes' hand felt in hers and how badly she wanted to pull away but forced herself not to.
"Pizza it is" he said pulling her into a pizza parlor that wasn't to far from the school.
"Sounds good to me" Hissori said as they took a seat.
Once they were both done eating it was time to return to school, Kisane once again grabbed her hand and she once again had to resist the urge to pull it away; it just didn't feel right to her. Hissori was "lucky" enough to run into Rangiku before it was time to go into class.
"Hey I'll meet you in class okay Kisane?" Hissori said as she could feel the annoyance rolling off Rangiku.
"Ya sure" he responded and then walked into the classroom. Rangiku wasn't no time pulling her off to the side of the hallway where they were less likely to be seen.
"What are you doing?!" she hissed
"What do you mean?" Hissori answered tilting her head.
"Alright I get this thing between you and Captain Hitsugaya but first you don't come home last night and now your skipping off with some guy who only wants one thing from you!"
"Wait a sec-"
"What is it going to take for you to realize that you love him?"
"Love? Love who?!" Hissori questioned. Rangiku sighed heavily and shook her head.
"Your in love with Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya, anyone with eyes can see it" Rangiku said and before Hissori could say anything more the bell rang forcing her into class, which was now the last place she wanted to be. Hissori knew that her feelings for Toshiro were strong and that she didn't quite understand them but could she really love him? She knew nothing about this sort of thing, she had closed herself off for so long that there were still many things she didn't understand about herself. As the teacher talked on about Wilhelm Rontgen and well as Marie Curie and the discovery of radiation Hissori thought over the events of the past few days and realized how right Rangiku was….she loved Toshiro Hitsugaya. But with that little fact now being known it raised the question of how he felt about her. Siddenly Hissori was jittery in her seat, waiting with little patients for the end of the day when she could talk to first Rangiku and then possibly Toshiro.
When the day had finally come to an end Hissori nearly flew out of her seat and out into the hallway. She saw Toshiro leave his classroom and there was no Ai attached to him. With a slight smile on her face Hissori made her way over to Toshiro. He gave her a surprised look and then his expression went blank.
"Meet me on the roof tonight…." She said and then walked off deciding it would be better to talk to Rangiku once they were at home. Hissori still couldn't believe the feelings going on inside her, she still didn't understand most of the feelings but she knew enough to know Rangiku was right.
"Hey, you wanted to see me?" Rangiku said as she walked into Hissoris' room, she didn't know what to expect after today at lunch but she knew it had to be something important.
"You were right" Hissori began "About my loving Captain Hitsugaya and I don't know where this will end up but I'm planning on telling him tonight." The smile Rangikus' face couldn't have gotten any more sentimental she knew what this meant for Hissori and how big a leap of fate she was taking but she also knew the way Toshiro felt and knew everything would work out.
"Oh Hissori I'm so happy for you" Rangiku exclaimed wrapping Hissori in a tight nurturing hug.
"Thanks?" Hissori chuckled slightly "But don't get happy until I tell him….after the things I said last night I would be surprised if he just laughed at me. Before Rangiku could answer a soft knock came on the door.
"Uh excuse me" Ururu said as she poked her head in "But it's dinner time." Both girls got up and fallowed Ururu to the dining table. Once Hissori was in her seat she was once again surprised to see Ai missing but thought nothing of it, Dinner was fairly silent with only the talking of Renji and Rangiku with an occasional word from Urahara to fill in the silence.
Once dinner was done and she had helped Tessai clear the dishes, Hissori headed up to the roof and waited patiently for Toshiro to join her. She was nervous, not knowing what to expect and she could feel her body trembling even as she took deep stabling breaths. Her fear of how the situation grew with every passing second, what if he didn't feel the same way for her? What would she do, what could she do? An aching pain stabbed her chest as she thought of what it would be like for Toshiro to deny her, to be alone again after so many years. Finally the sound of footsteps filled the air, causing Hissori to quickly wipe away the appearing tears, and then the space on her left side was occupied but he never sat down.
"If you want to yell at me some more you can just do that inside" Toshiro said in a cold voice, the voice she was expecting.
"I'll be honest I have no idea what I'm doing, I just know I have to try" she said as she stood up to face him and he raised and eyebrow waiting for her to say what she needed to.