Not Mine Valentine
Night Issues

The small taicho found himself forgetting about the conversation he had with Ichimaru as he dozed off while watching the cartoon with the small taicho of the eleventh division. He jarred back to reality when the television finally turned off and Yachiru turned towards him. "So what do you want to do now?"

"I need to actually go and do work back at the division. I may be able to hang out with you again later." Toshiro stood up and dusted off the seat of his uniform. He then headed out and back to his division, bowing his head as he passed the captain of the eleventh division. He arrived back and his office and paused a couple of feet into the room.

His bright teal eyes took in the fact that she was still working at the paper work. Rangiku choose to suddenly look up and give him a strange look. He felt his eyes go wide and his jaw drop open for a few seconds before he snapped his mouth shut. He headed to his desk and attempted to finish his paper work. His mind kept drifting to random subject matter.

Finally he felt one of the papers he was looking over yanked out of his hand. "Bed time."

Toshiro glanced up. His teal eyes blinked as he looked at the busty female. "Matsumoto..."

"While you aren't a child you are still growing. You need to eat well as well as getting enough sleep. I'll finish up here, so off to bed with you."

The boy frowned. "You're acting strange."

"You're telling me I'm acting strange." The woman noted the look on his face and shook his head. "Never mind. Off to bed with you."

Toshiro stood up and headed to his bedroom and changed into night ware before flopping down onto the bed with his arms spread out to the side. "It's nice to get to bed early for once. Matsumoto is acting strangely. I don't understand why she's thinking I'm acting strangely."

He pulled an arm over his eyes and took a deep breath as he began to drift asleep. He could hear when Rangiku came to check on him and closed the door to his room to prevent him from getting cold. Before she did she told him good night. This caused him to turn over onto his side and let out contented sigh before falling into a deep sleep.

The boy however found himself jolting up suddenly from his sleep. His entire body was covered in sweat and he placed a hand over his heart as he let out a gasping sound. Toshiro could feel his heart beating at a rapid pace. He closed his eyes and fought back the panic that was building. His mouth opened a couple of times. "Why?"

The door between his and Rangiku's room suddenly opened and he found himself opening his eyes. "Matsumoto?"

"Taicho... are you all right?" The woman looked at him. When the boy didn't respond she came int othe room and sat down on the bed next to him. Her hand reached out and rubbed the boy's back

"Why'd he make you cry?" Toshiro swallowed upon realizing he had said that out loud.

"I told you I'll tell you eventually. Don't worry about it." The woman reached up and played with his hair, humming a soft tune as she did so. "Why don't you go back to sleep?"

Toshiro glanced at the door. "What time is it? If its close to morning then I should be getting up."

"Well... yes, but..." The woman continued to play in his hair.

"I want to make him pay for making her cry." The boy's frown remained until his eyes widened upon remembering something. "Hey... Matsumoto, how would I go about dying my hair?"

"What?" The woman suddenly flinched suddenly.

"I asked a very simply question you know." The boy turned and looked at her. "I also didn't stutter."

"You look fine the way that you do." The woman held her hand still with a strand of white hair in it. "I love your hair color. It is beautiful and such a unique color."

"Yeah... I think otherwise." The boy turned away. "But that isn't the point."

"Well, you want to change your hair color. That's why you're doing this, right?" Rangiku shook her head.

"No... I don't want to dye all my hair. I only want to dye part of it." The boy stated firmly.

"What has..." The woman shook his head. "All right, tell me why you wanting to do this?"

"Because I can irritate Ichimaru by doing it." The boy found himself suddenly biting down slightly on his tongue.

"What?" The woman shook her head. "No. That's not a reason to dye your hair! I mean, where would you get the idea that would irritate him anyways."

"I visited him yesterday to chew him out for making you cry."

"Taicho..." Rangiku found herself pushing her lips together in frustration. Toshiro looked at her, his eyes wide and giving her one of those innocent looks he had, but something told him there was nothing innocent about what he was thinking. Nor did she like the way the corners of his mouth were turning up. "I don't want you to go near him."

A startled look crossed the boy's face before turning to look away from her frowning. The small captain crossed his arms across his chest and began to mope. A few minutes later he spoke up, turning to look at her. "Why not? It isn't as if I can't take care of myself. So I really don't care if I infuriate him."

"Uh-huh," The female frowned at him before shaking her head and grabbing his chin so he was forced to look at her. "Taicho... don't go near him. There is no reason to antagonize him and I have my reasons for you not going near him, but I can't go into them at this point."

"If you can't go into them at this point then don't expect me to listen to you when you say that I shouldn't go near him. You know I have to have a logical reason for me not to do something."

"Because it is childish." Rangiku let out a deep sigh. "Speaking of which, why did you wake up like you did?"

"What do you mean? I just startled awake."

"Taicho, you woke up yelling the words 'don't go'."

The boy paused before looking at the ground. "To be honest I don't know why I woke up like I did." Toshiro then glanced up. "Aren't you going to tell me..."

"No."

"But..."

"The answer is no." Rangiku narrowed her eyes. "Or do you want me to threaten to decorate the entire division with the color pink? Valentines is just around the corner after all."

"No... I won't ask again." The boy shook his head. "You that is..." He then rested his hands in his lap. He then paused, his eyes going wide before scuttling out of the bed and falling haphazardly on the floor.

The woman blinked a couple of times. "Taicho... whatever is the matter."

"I..."

"Well, spit it out."

Toshiro glanced over at the wall. "Do you promise that this won't leave the room? I particularly don't want Hinamori to hear about this."

"You know that I won't tell anyone other then those I can trust to give me good advice and not spread rumors."

"I... ehh..." The boy paused. "Are you telling me that you prattle the secrets I tell you to other people!"

"I was joking." Rangiku's mouth twisted up. Here tone indicated some kind of nervousness, but it went over the boy's head.

"Well that is mean, particularly since I..." Toshiro took a deep breath before standing up and pulling the sheets off the bed.

"Since you what?"

"I wet the bed." The boy glanced away.

"Excuse me. I couldn't hear you."

The boy's cheeks flushed up and he turned and snapped in agitation. "I wet the bed, all right!"

"Taicho..." The woman smiled at him. "You possibly just had a wet dream."

"Of course I had a wet dream! I woke up wet this morning because I couldn't hold my bladder last night! I'm supposed to be a captain of the Gotei Thirteen."

"Who is also I'll remind you the youngest captain ever." Rangiku shook her head. "I wasn't talking about that. When boy's hit puberty they have wet dreams. It's not that big of a deal, so don't worry about it."

"You're saying that guys start wetting the bed again? That makes no sense at all. I thought that was something you grow out of."

"No, its not that kind of..." Rangiku took the sheet from him and then pinched her nose. "Oh..."

"Oh what?"

"It isn't the kind of wet dream I was thinking of. You're right. You did wet the bed."

"Matsumoto!" The boy turned red in the face. "I told you! I told you I wet the bed! I don't know what you thought I did, but..." The boy paused suddenly. "What did you think I did?"

"Umm... why don't we set up a meeting with Unohana later?"

"What ever for?" The boy paled. "Matsumoto, I really don't want people to know I wet the bed. It was a one time thing. It's not going to happen again."

"No about that. About... well, that thing. It's probably about time someone talked to you about it as you are starting to hit puberty." Rangiku watched as the boy's face at first paled and then suddenly turned red. "Hey! It's part of growing up. And stop muttering about being a pervert simply because you've hit puberty. You and your complexes." She then paused. "And it seems that you've developed some more."

Again he paled. "Matsumoto! I am not a bed wetter! That's Hinamori!"

"That's not... oh never mind."