Not Mine Valentine
Completely Problematic

Rangiku arrived at the division and went straight to her room, sliding the door open and looked in upon the sleeping child. She was going to grab something to change in another place as to not wake him, but the boy stirred and then stared at her, rolling over onto his stomach and placing his chin on his arms. "Matsumoto?"

"I'm home taicho. Go back to sleep. I'm going to be getting my clothes to go and change."

"I'm sorry that you're having to leave the room and change." The boy's eye's closed.

"Do you promise not to open your eyes up until I tell you?"

"Why?"

"If you don't open your eyes then I can change in my room."

"All right."

There came then a shuffling as Toshiro turned over to go back to sleep while she grabbed her clothing and changed. When she was done she said something, only to receive no answer. Upon going over to the bed she heard a soft snoring sound. Smiling she crawled in and relaxed, falling into a deep sleep. The next morning she woke before he did and got up and changed quickly as she didn't know when he would wake up.

Unfortunately, she heard a sound from behind her as he woke and sat up just as she had completely removed her top. "I thought you were going to tell me when you were done."

Rangiku blinked a couple of times, the groggy voice causing her to look over her shoulder. "That was last night. I was hoping I wouldn't wake you."

"Oh..." The boy blinked a couple of times before closing his eyes.

"He's not phased by this?" The woman finished and turned around. "I'm sorry to make you feel discomfortable."

"For some reason it doesn't seem any different then when granny changed. Except you're not wrinkly. You're pretty." The boy blinked a couple of times. "But I wouldn't date you because I'm not interested in dating girls. They're icky. Except Karen. Plus you're old. But not old like granny. More like a mommy."

Rangiku laughed at his latest groggy response and without realizing it leaned forward to kiss his forehead, only to pull back with a frown. "Taicho... you have a fever."

"I feel fine."

"Why don't you go back to sleep? I'll handle things at the office today, all right?" The female pressed her lips together, wondering how much crazier things would get with her small taicho. Letting out a sigh she pushed him down onto the bed. "Behave."

She breathed a sigh of relief at the fact he didn't protest the fact she was putting him to bed and it seemed as if he quickly drifted off. She then headed to the office and got to work on the stack of papers. The sound of someone entering caused her to look up in a panic, only to realize that it was Hisagi and not her small taicho. "Need something?"

"I wish to apologize for what happened a couple of days ago with your taicho. This is the first chance I got to stop by."

"You mean the fact Mashiro blurted out to your entire division that taicho's hit puberty?"

"That... yes. I had the feeling that had gotten back to you as the rumors also have been traveling fast."

"Shuhei, I knew about it shortly after it occurred." Silence filled the room as the man stared at her. "Taicho honestly forgot about the incident thanks to the same person who caused it."

"Mashiro-chan did that?" Hisagi shook his head at her.

"Actually, surprisingly enough taicho's actually acting his age around her with no problems what so ever. However, it might not just..." Rangiku paused closing her eyes. "I'm sorry. I really shouldn't get you involved." Upon opening them she saw that Hisagi was fidgeting. "Something the matter."

"The other day when I came to get him it seemed like you wanted to be his mother if I'm not mistaken."

"What ever is the matter with that?"

"It's not fair to him."

"Excuse me?" Rangiku's voice strained. "I'm not sure where you get off telling me something like that.'

"Hear me out." Hisagi waited for her to nod her head, though her lips were still pushed together and the look on her face made it clear that she wasn't happy with him. "Let's start off with the fact you are taicho and fukutaicho, which places you too in a compromising situation relationship wise. You're also single and not very responsible."

"I bet you wouldn't hassling me about this if I was his biological mother."

"I'd likely be giving you an even harder time."

"What ever for!"

"Simple. Hitsugaya Taicho's biological parents abandoned him."

"That's how you see it?" Rangiku's voice tightened.

"I don't see why you're getting upset about my statement. Fact is, Hitsugaya Taicho died and came to soul society. His parents should be dead by now, but no one has come looking for him."

"Maybe they didn't know where to look!"

"Really? He's a captain of the Gotei Thirteen. He's so well known that it isn't possible for them to not know where he is. He's practically under their noses."

"That..." Rangiku's voice lowered but remained tight. She glanced at the door way as some of the division members passed by. "Shuhei, could we talk about this further tomorrow. I'll take you out to dinner, or lunch if you prefer."

The man's mouth opened, then snapped shut before he looked away. "Rangiku, do you realize what tomorrow is?"

"If you have a date tomorrow then I can postpone. I just... I really need to talk to you about something and I really need your advice as a friend."

Hisagi took a deep breath. "I am free. That's not what I meant."

"What did you..." The busty female pulled short, her eyes widening upon seeing a small figure slip into the room. "Taicho..."

"I'm fine."

"Go back to bed."

"You're kind of busy I see, so I'll be going."

"It's a date though?" Rangiku asked, her voice pleading with him.

"Yes..."

"Date?" By this time Toshiro had arrived at his desk. His face twisted up in anger and his hands grabbed the first thing within range. The next thing the other two knew the ink pot came hurtling at Hisagi, hitting him in the arm. Ink splattered in different directions as well.

"Taicho!"

The fukutaicho of the ninth division's eyes went wide. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"It's... honestly, it will be my treat."

"Matsumoto!"

"Particularly to make up for this!"

"Matsumoto!"

Hisagi took a quick look at the small taicho and said something before he left the room. "There is something I wish to talk about tomorrow."

Rangiku then turned towards the boy, who was obviously livid with her. "Taicho!"

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What? Going on a date?"

"He's not Gin."

Rangiku flinched realizing that he used that man's first name. "Taicho... who I date or don't date is none of your buisness."

"He's not Gin!"

She then pointed to the door. "Go to your room."

"Make me!"

"Excuse me?"

"You aren't my mother."

"You know, I very well can wallop your bottom."

"I'll file a report."

"You'll file a report?" Rangiku raised an eyebrow. "How about I file a report directly to Yamamoto about you throwing things in the office as well as not remaining in bed after I told you when you have a fever. I think I'll request punishment of him spanking you. I'm quite sure that what ever spanking he gives you will be far worse then any I could give you."

The white haired child fell for her bluff, a frown spreading across his face. "You wouldn't!"

"I think I will unless you get to bed."

"The paperwork..."

"Bed. You're grounded."

"But..." A glare caused the boy to flinch and turn to leave.

"And if I catch you out of your room I will make sure the head taicho tans your scrawny hide taicho!" Rangiku took a deep breath. "That actually worked, but scaring him like that... that was just plain mean."

"Drastic situations calls for drastic measures."

The woman went back to work, only to realize a couple of hours later that someone had stepped in. "Taicho... I know its you." The silence caused her to look up and see that the boy was staring at her in surprise. "You're wondering how I knew it was you? Well, I had the feeling you would try to sneak our. I told you..."

"Sentences."

"What?"

"I'll write sentences."

"And what sentence will you write?" Rangiku frowned, her eyes narrowing as she wondered what Toshiro was up too.

"I'll write 'I won't throw things at Hisagi Shuhei.'"

"Good. You do that. I expect pages and pages of these lines from you and your not to stop except for meals and bedtime. Do you understand me?" Toshiro nodded his head and slipped out of the room. "That was too easy."

M

Rangiku showed up at the ninth division, causing Hisagi to jump. "You weren't expecting me."

The dark haired fukutaicho glanced away. "I'm not sure I should. Your taicho is... he seemed quite upset about the two of us going on a date."

"It's just a date between two friends."

"Rangiku, today is..."

"I don't care! I really need to talk to someone my age whose a male and a friend. Please! I said it would be my treat." The woman placed her hands together and gave him a look that caused him to look away as it was hard to resist. "I'll tell you why I'm acting the way I am about taicho. Please. I also need a break from him and I have something for you from him."

"You..." Hisagi let out a deep sigh before agreeing. They found themselves in a closed room and sat down. Rangiku handed him a stack of papers. "What is this?"

"Lines."

"I can tell that. Did you make your taicho do this as a form of apology?" One eyebrow raised up.

"No, he made the decision to give it to me and after arguing with me before I left he handed it too me to give too you." Rangiku placed her order.

"So you didn't look it over before you took it from him?" Hisagi flipped through the papers, muttering off an order as he did so.

"No." The man then turned the paper around and pointed to a line that said "I hate Hisagi Shuhei." Rangiku blinked a couple of times. "That little brat."

"And you want to be his mother." Hisagi leaned back and looked at the ceiling. "There are some other issues I hadn't thought about."

"Yes, but..."

"Again, hear me out." The man continued to look at his ceiling. "I'm not sure if you know how much of a pain he can be at times. Not always, but he is a very stubborn child. On top of this he may also have a crush on you, which could explain why he is acting out."

"No... he doesn't have a crush on me." Rangiku shook her head at the man. The door slid open and their orders were placed on the table. After the waitress left she continued speaking. "That, that honestly would be too weird."

"Why? Because the two of you have a mother son relationship? The two of you aren't blood related and he's finally hit puberty. It is possible."

"That's because..." The female paled, her hands clutching. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Rangiku, please tell me you're not trying to shift your attention from that man onto your taicho. Despite the fact he's hit puberty he is still a child."

"While I like the fact you are so protective of him you keep jumping to the wrong conclusions. Like the fact you said that his parents had to have abandoned him." The woman clenched her hands against her pant legs.

"Look... if this is about the callous remark I made I admit that it was callous. But it was also made in reflection to what Hitsugaya Taicho would think about his parents."

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You seem... you seem to actually have an idea of what taicho would think about... well, you have an idea about what his feelings towards his parents must be." Rangiku rubbed her bottom lip with her teeth in a nervous manner.

Hisagi glanced away. "No. Not really. You can't tell what is going on in a persons head. Look at my previous taicho and myself. You can guess though. My point of view on this comes from seeing how other kids from the Rukongai reacted to parental issues. Some could easily become a part of a family and a social circle while others struggled."

"How would a child react you think if they found out that the parent they thought abandoned them actually didn't?"

The man's eyes suddenly turned to look her in the face. "Where is this coming from? There is something you're not telling me isn't there?"

"Taicho..." Rangiku took a deep breath. "Taicho is mine and Gin's son."

There came a moment of silence as Hisagi stared at her in disbelief. He waved his hand at her and shook his head, a smile spreading across his face as if he thought she had made a bad joke. "Come on. I know you Rangiku. You wouldn't ever abandon a child. Plus, if you had one wouldn't you know and have told us."

A frown spread across the busty woman's face and her voice tightened. "No. I wouldn't know. I mean, I know from Unohana that I had a child before. I thought it had been a miscarriage, but..."

"Rangiku... Hitsugaya died on a plain of ice. He's adamant about that! Why are you getting your hopes up?"

"Because taicho's inner wold is a plain of ice! Because I just have to go to the older captains to verify this, or Toshiro's own granny! I may not remember having my baby, but I knew the day I found him in the Rukongai that he was mine."

Hisagi glanced away again. "Damn it! Does he know?"

"Taicho... I haven't told him yet. I don't know how to tell him because I know he's built up this shell and I don't know how to break through so that he doesn't get to hurt too bad. I know he's going to get hurt."

"That's why you said it was weird the idea of him having a crush on you. If he doesn't know that could still be the reason why he reacted."

"No. He's mad because you're not Gin. Those were his own words yesterday."

The man's head snapped quickly so he could look at her. "Are you sure he doesn't know?"

"I'm positive. I think its just taicho not being happy with the idea of change in this situation."

"I asked you yesterday if you knew what today is."

"Why? What does today have to do with anything?"

"Rangiku, today's Valentine's day." Hisagi watched as she placed a hand over her mouth and began to apologize to him. "Don't worry, you had your hands full so you lost track."

"Still... you don't owe me anything for this date on white day. I'm really sorry for messing up like this."

"Don't go there. You said this was a date as friends so I'll do something for you in return."

"Shuhei I'm not blind to your feelings for me."

The man glanced away. "Despite the fact you can't reciprocate said feelings and even if you do get back with him or someone else we are still at this point friends."

"I can't think of anything I need though. You're also always doing things for me anyways." Rangiku shook her head, feeling agitation. "I also forgot to go and hand out my valentines today. This..."

"Don't worry about it. How about instead of doing something for you I do something for your small taicho, maybe even get him out of your hair for awhile?"

"Shuhei... he hates you."

"And sometimes he actually does like me. I have to fix the problem of him being irritated with me anyways, otherwise he's going to be a pain to work with when I need too do so. I know him all to well in that regard."

"Yes... well, I'm not sure how well that one will go over."