Not Mine Valentine
Paper Cuts

The two members of the tenth division headed back to the office and Rangiku watched as her small taicho opened up the windows and began to let fresh air waft through the rooms. She shook her head watching as he removed his small haori and rolled up his sleeves. "You're in the mood for cleaning aren't you?"

Toshiro glanced up giving her a rather confused look. "You're surprised?"

"Not that your in a mood for cleaning, but more along the lines that you are in a good mood today. You aren't bothered by the fact Gin is back? You seemed a bit to relaxed." The woman went to the desk and began working on the paper work.

The boy frowned before shaking his head. "I don't know how to explain it, but I'm honestly not that worried about it. For some strange reason it does feel good that he is back."

"Despite the fact he is going to be tried as a traitor?" Rangiku reached into her desk and saw the papers she had bought for making this years valentines as well as the packages of chocolate that she was going to work on melting. The silence caused her to glance up and see that her small taicho's hand paused with a duster in hand near a book shelf. "Taicho?"

"For some reason I don't like the idea."

The woman shook her head. "You do realize that most everyone else would be glad to see him sentenced to death or locked away forever."

"Does that include you?" The boy turned to look at her, his teal eyes wide with curiosity.

"No... I mean." Rangiku found herself closing her eyes. "I don't want either of those things, but to be honest I had planned on either of those options occurring if he ever showed up again. So... I think I can live with what goes on."

She shut the drawer and leaned on an elbow as she watched the boy move around the office straightening things up. "I'm surprised he says that he doesn't like the idea of..." The busty female closed her eyes. "Taicho... how are you going to deal with Gin being executed? You said that you don't like the idea."

"I don't know." The boy paused. "You said he turned on Aizen, right?"

"Yes, but that is my word..."

"I trust your word Matsumoto. Is a person still a traitor if they always intended to do what they did?"

"I don't..."

"Because didn't I do the same thing?" The boy pulled a stool over so he could reach the top shelves.

Rangiku's eyes drifted over to the door and she saw a small pink blur come into the room. "Hello boobies and aniki!"

"Kusajishi..." Toshiro turned his head to look at the small female. "What do we owe this visit too?"

"Help me make valentines and decorations aniki!" The small female dropped a bunch of papers onto the table. "I can't figure this out."

The boy hopped down off the stool and undid the ties that were keeping his sleeve up but didn't bother to put his haori back on. He sat down with a plop in front of the table and looked at the half hearts she had cut out."You're trying to cut out hearts?" He carefully picked up a pair of scissors. "You need to cut along the fold like this."

The table began to be covered with cut out hearts, paper chains made of pink, red and white paper and cut out heart garland. Rangiku watched as she worked on the paper work, only to reach for another piece to fine out there were no more. She let out a chuckle before moving over to the table with them. "Why don't I join the two of you?"

"The paper work?"

"Already done." Rangiku looked at the various glitters that Yachiru had pulled out. "You haven't made valentines and decorations before."

"I decided to try this year." The girl then paused looking up at Rangiku. "Is boobies going to make a valentine for smiles again?"

Toshiro suddenly froze in what he was doing. "So... word has spread that Ichimaru is back?"

"Yeah. Ken-chan says he's dead meat." The small female frowned. "But he also says if it was his choice he would punish him, but everybody else will want it. Is smiles a bad guy?"

"He left with the other two captains, did he not?" The white haired boy picked up another set of papers and began to cut them.

"We all leave all the time."

"You do understand Yachiru why Aizen is in jail?" Matsmoto raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but nobody wanted blind man to die, but everybody wants smiles to die. That doesn't make any sense. I prefer smiles." The small female continued to cut. "I don't think it is nice to treat either one differently."

"No, it isn't. But I think it has to do with the fact a lot of people likes Tosen in the first place and Ichimaru only got close to a few people." Toshiro continued cutting. "Chances of either getting pardoned let alone a small punishment is slim."

"Do you think that he should die?" Yachiru began to place glue on one of the valentines so she could put glitter on top.

"No... but it isn't my decision to make. I also think a lot of people will say we're thinking the way we do because we're kids." The boy frowned as he set down another heart garland he had cut out before starting in on another chain.

"They wouldn't be incorrect in saying that." A voice came from the doorway and the three members glanced up to see the taicho of the fifth division.

"Hello Hirako." Toshiro set the scissors down. "What!"

"Hi Niji!" Yachiru suddenly waved at the hand and almost knocked over a couple of the containers of glitter.

"Hello Yachiru-chan!" The man smiled at them and came over and watched what they were doing. "What are you up to?"

"I'm making valentines stuff with aniki." Yachiru smiled at him.

Toshiro frowned. "You're here because?"

"I wanted to see how you and Ran-chan are doing now that Gin-kun's back." The man leaned back. "And by the way, if they were to say that you're thinking the way you do because your children they would be correct, but it wouldn't be because you don't lack the knowledge us adults do. Children can be more forgiving and more understanding when it comes to things like this. But anyways, how are you two doing?"

The boy glanced up at Rangiku. "I think she's sad."

"Ran-chan?"

"I..."

"Why don't you and I go and get some hot chocolate." He stood up and walked over to the window and closed it down. "The sun's also setting."

Toshiro looked up at the woman, his mouth twisted up in a frown as he continued working with Yachiru on her designs. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I like hanging out with her."

"Yup! He's my aniki!"

The busty female let out a sigh and then hurried after the man, shaking her head as she did so. When they were out of ear shot he spoke up again. "You're obviously upset about him being back."

"On one side I want to make him a Valentine, but he also owes me an explanation."

"Gin hasn't been talking to us or the Arrancar."

"They didn't torture him?"

"No... Harribel told me before she left none of them have qualms about Gin-kun as he happened to not really do anything while he was there." The man continued down the wooden path.

"How can you talk so candidly and call him by his first name when he cut down Hiyori-chan like he did?" Rangiku frowned before shaking her head at him. "You know, I would think that I would be more inclined to him dying then being able to meet him again."

"So you weren't ever in love with him?" Shinji raised an eyebrow, only to find himself met with silence. "Even if you are no longer in love with him, I think you feel that he owes you some kind of explanation. I actually agree with you in that regard, that out of all the people he owes an explanation to, you're it."

The two stepped into the kitchen and he began to prepare the hot treat. "Yes, but I know a lot of other people don't like him. As you know, I have been slowly moving towards..."

The blond watched as her eyes snapped shut. "Don't worry about hurting Hisagi's feelings. So far things haven't anywhere close to being beyond friendship between the two of you. Though if you do decide you need to move on, don't let anything he may or may not tell you hold you back from moving on. I should know."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I came back to Soul Society, Hiyori didn't. I was ready to move on, she wasn't. The others are honestly waiting for her, but she can be so stubborn sometimes."