A/N: This is chapter Twenty-one! We're getting pretty close to the end, but after this chapter I might have to squeeze in the next special. (I know! Another special. I've got it lead up to something big. So you'll see why I made all these specials!) Nothing much happens in this chapter. Just basic things. Enjoy!

Twenty-one

Moriko laid in the silk lining of the cool bed. The thin cotton blanket caressed her smooth skin lovingly, until it was yanked away. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. She looked around, hoping off the bed still half asleep. She waltzed her way into the wall, thus making a loud BANG! Toushirou sat up abruptly.

"What the hell was that?!" He yelled out, his zanpactou in his clutch.

"My head!" Moriko said, her face buried in her hands.

"What did you do?" He asked climbing off the bed. He strolled over to her, his arm went across her shoulder.

"I walked myself into this wall." She said pointing at the creme wall.

"You should watch out next time!"

"Well I'm sorry that you pulled the blanket away from me!" She said looking at him. Toushirou blushed a light pink, he looked away and sighed.

"I'm sorry you hog the blanket. It gets cold in here."

"You just noticed how cold it is in here?! I have to wrap myself in like seven hundred blankets just to keep warm!"

"That's why I keep you here. To keep me warm." He said pulled her face closer to her. Under his cool hand was Moriko's hot face her pale face, a blank canvas, was painted red.

"Is that so?" She asked, leaning her face closer to his. Toushirou just nodded, his face getting closer to hers. Their lips were just about to touch, when the doors flung open.

"Taich-" Rangiku hollered, stopping once she saw what was going on.

"Ooh! I see we have a romance here!" She said.

"You sound like Urahara." Toushirou and Moriko said simultaneously. The three looked at each other and laughed.

"Well anyways." Rangiku began.

"Tai-co-sa-ma! You have pa-per-work to do!" Rangiku sang dropping a reasonable stack of papers onto the small stool.

"Yama-jii-san said you have to finish it by the end of this week." She informed him, closing the door behind her. The two stared the paper work, Toushirou stood up.

"Damn. Now I have paper work to do." He groaned walking over to the gigantic stack of papers. Moriko flopped onto the bed, she clutched the blanket in her arms.

"Have fun! I'll just be here sleeping." She said with a smile, her legs hanging of the edge of the bed.

"Yeah I'll try." He muttered leaving the room. He set the papers onto the burgundy-stained table, setting himself into his chair. One by one, he pulled each paper down stamping it or adding more writing to it.

Moriko laid in the cool bed, the blanket draped over her slender shoulders. Her head sat upon the black pillow, stained with the heat. She turned, laying her head onto a white pillow. It cooled the heat on her head, which it slowly heated itself.

Hours went by, the pillow getting hotter while the stack of papers decreased. Toushirou laid back in his chair, delighted with his speed of work. He stood up and strolled over to the large doors at the end of the hall. He pushed the door on the left inward, light peeking through the cracks into the room. He saw Moriko laying sleepily in his bed, he smiled. He crawled onto the bed, making his way closer to Moriko. Until she sprung up tackling him into the sheets. The two started to laugh.

"I thought you were asleep!" He said through a laugh.

"Nope... well maybe for like ten minutes, but not really." She said cuddling her head into his chest. Moriko had an addiction: The intoxicating sting of her captain. She inhaled once letting it sink into her, exhaling a warm breath against his chest.

Moriko pulled her face away, looking up at Toushirou a smile painted across her blank face. He smiled back at her, laying himself onto the cool bed.

"I'm beat!" He yawned, stretching his arms out. He placed both of his arms behind his head, his eyes fluttering shut.

"Well I'm wide awake!" Moriko said looking around.

"What can I do now?" She asked herself.

"You can come here and keep me warm." Toushirou suggested opening one eye, a warm smile forming across his face. Morikos smiled back, her head fitting into place under his chin. Moriko thought about something, her mouth slowly opening.

"Taicho?"

"Hmm?"

"When you take a shower does your hair still stay spiked up like that?" Moriko asked, Toushirou pondered the question.

"Well it's actually quite interesting because-" He was cut off there, the door flung open.

"Guess what?!" Rangiku sang.

"What?" The two answered.

"I got the day off!!" Rangiku sang hopping around the room. The two stared at her and shrugged it off.

"So...." Toushirou began.

"What's the point of telling us?" He finished. Rangiku frowned.

"Well if you two don't want to come.... then I guess I can ask Abarai-fukutaicho and Kuchiki-taicho to come." She said waving three pieces of paper around. Toushirou and Moriko hopped off the bed, snatching the papers from Rangiku's hands.

"Why didn't you say we could come?" Moriko asked.

"Tch." She coughed.

"You guys didn't ask!" The three of them laughed, the bright sunlight finding its way into the room.

......................

"So why did we have to go to Karakura?" Moriko asked, her plaid skirt dancing with the wind.

"Well when I said 'day off', I actually meant I didn't have to do any paper work." Rangiku said sheepishly.

"We have to patrol a bit. Just for today though." She added quickly. Toushirou and Moriko frowned.

"Well it was the only way to get you guys to come with me!" Rangiku confessed.

"What?!" They both screamed.

"So you mean those pieces of paper were fake?" Toushirou questioned.

"I guess you can say that." Rangiku said. Toushirou and Moriko groaned, walking away from Rangiku.

"Where are you guys going?!" She screamed after them. The couple turned around.

"How about you patrol that way, and we'll go this way." Moriko said with a wink. Rangiku frowned and walked on down the street. Toushirou and Moriko both laughed a bit, strolling down the street themselves.

Rangiku was stopped by many adoring males, and sometimes they even tried to attack her. She managed to get away by doing what she did the best: Scream at the idiots.

Toushirou and Moriko on the other hand had a wonderful day. They walked in the park, had some ice cream, and even stopped by Ichigo's school to say Hi.

The sun sat on the horizon, ready to say farewell, when Toushirou and Moriko found Rangiku walking down the same street from which they parted. She looked up and scowled at the two.

Moriko and Toushirou looked away, trying to hide their smiles.

"Are you guys ready to go back?" Toushirou asked. Rangiku and Moriko both nodded, the Senkaimon opened. They stepped into the blinding light, day said farewell, dusk taking its place.

Cool water runs of your hot skin, while the sun beats down on you in the summer heat.