It had been three days since Hissori was brought near lifeless to the Urahara shop and still there was nothing new. Rangiku had finally come out of her room and although she seemed to be back to her old self there was an obvious change in her, one that Toshiro wasn't quite sure if he liked. Renji had come back as well, maybe an hour or two after Toshiro had and he wasn't the same either. Hissoris' near death had effected everyone in an unspoken way but it had the largest impact on Rangiku, Renji, and Toshiro.
"Alright were off" Rukia said as she and the others left for school. Rangiku stayed sitting at her spot next to Renji at the table as they talked and drank tea, and just as he had every day since Hissoris' incident Toshiro got up from his spot and made his way to the room where Hissori was being kept.
Toshiro walked into the room, no longer hesitant, and sat on the edge of the bed next to Hissori just as he had done every day for the past three days. He gripped her hand willing her to come back to him and then sighed.
"I miss you" he said softly as he brushed a stray hair from her face. An unexpected movement of her head caused Toshiro to draw his hand back immediately.
"Hissori?" Toshiro breathed half hopeful and half fearful.
"Mm" came Hissoris' soft reply.
"Hissori please say something" he continued as his hopes began to rise
"…To…shiro" Hissori said in a muffled voice.
"Oh Hissori please…please open your eyes!" Toshiro exclaimed as he looked down at Hissori.
"Toshiro what's wrong?" Hissori said softly as her violet eyes opened slowly. Without replying Toshiro scooped her up in his arms and held her tightly.
"I…was…so…scared" Toshiro gasped as he sobbed into her next.
"Toshiro? Toshiro what's wrong?" Hissori asked as she warpped her arms around Toshiro securely, she held him close and cooed in his ear as he continued to sob.
Once Toshiro had calmed down Hissori wiped the lone tears from his eyes.
"Now will you tell me what's wrong?" she asked gently.
"You were dead….." Toshiro answered gripping her hand tightly as if even saying the words was too much for him.
"Near dead" Kisuke said as he walked into the room "Sori it's good to see you well again."
"Do you mind explaining what happened?" she asked in a confused tone.
"Sure, the wound you took in that battle with your brother, every single one was fatal and you lost quite a bit of blood. When Renji, Rangiku, and Captain Hitsugaya found you, you were in a pool of your own blood unconscious and not breathing." He started and she waited for him to continued "So they brought you back here and it took Tessai and I a while to get you breathing again, luckily you weren't dead you were just close to it, but you've been unconscious for the last three days and we were starting to think the worst….this is quite a miracle." Once he finished explaining Hissori looked over at Toshiro with a sorrowful look.
"I'm sorry" she whispered
"As you should be, it was stupid for you to go after him alone and you were nearly killed Hissori" Toshiro said as he scolded her and then sighed "But the important thing is that you're alright now." Before she could respond he wrapped her in another hug, this time pressing his lips passionately into hers.