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"RENJI!" I yelled surprised, my eyes still watery. "What's wrong?" he said approaching me. Quickly I start to rub the tears off my face. "Oh nothing important" I said lying. "That's not true" he said, moving his hand to rube the tears away.

I blushed in awkwardness. He noticed and blushed too and immediately stopped. "Sorry.." he said covering his mouth and looking off to the side, a small blush on his face. "It's okay" I smiled, cause it did make me feel a bit better.

"So why were you crying?" he asked, reverting back to that. "Uh..no reason" I said looking down. "No reason?, your lying to me" he said looking at me serious now. I just stayed quiet. "Well since you wont tell me that, mind telling me what your doing here?" he asked yet another hard question for me to answer.

"Uh..I was at a small gathering" I said lowly. "What's that?" he said pulling his ear closer to me on purpose. "I said..I WAS AT A SMALL GATHERING!" I yelled on purpose and giggled. "Ouch!, I think you blew out my ear drum" he said holding his ear, which only made me laugh more.

"Thank you Renji" I said more calmly now. "For what?" he asked confused. "For cheering me up" I said with a smile. "Ah! So there was something wrong" he said pointing it out. "Ack! What i-I never" I tried to pull out of it.

"Nope! You said it!" he started laughing, and then I had no choice but to laugh.

Toshiro POV.

I just stood there frozen, watching the two laugh. Something wasn't letting me move, it was like I was being held back by something unknown. And for some odd reason, my heart was burning up.

Nanami POV.

Suddenly I heard a crackle sound come from behind us. I turn quickly to see Toshiro coming out of the shadows. "Toshiro?" I said, realizing now that he followed me, he actually chased after me. "I was just going to check if you were going home" he said before turning around.

That's when I remembered that I said I was going home. "Going home? Already?" Renji said looking towards me. "Yeah, I should get going" I said in a small mummer. "Why don't you stay for a while longer, I don't see you often so lets hang out" Renji said with a smile.

I honestly didn't want to go home yet. Toshiro starred at me suddenly. "Yeah okay" I smiled. "Then you might as well come back to the gathering, Renji can come too" Toshiro said oddly coldly before he started walking away.

"Thank you captain Hitsugaya" Renji bowed and we started to head back to the gathering. On our way back, Renji and I spent most of the time joking off, Toshiro was quiet. Well now I was sitting down next to Renji and Rangiku.

"Hey Renji want a drink?" Rangiku started to offer him now. "Sure thank you" he smiled and kindly took it. I watched him gulp it down. Amazingly he showed no face of disgust, perhaps he like it. Renji noticed me starring.

"Is there something on my face?" he asked now curious. "Uh..no no nothing" I said smiling like an idiot. He only grinned and went back to drinking. Then after I looked off to the side to see that Toshiro was alone.

I suddenly got up and went his way. Is topped a few feet away from him. "Hey you look lonely, need some company" I said with a small smile. "Shouldn't you be hanging out with Renji" he said quite oddly.

"That's right..then come join us" I smiled and laid my hand out for him to reach. He looked at it with a confused look.

Will he take it?