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Toushiro woke up before groaning and looking at his watch. 11:21pm. He would've rolled his eyes in annoyance but instead, he got out of bed and stretched his arms. The boy didn't bother putting any shirts or pants on and went down stairs for a glass of water in his black boxers.

'Man… such a pain…'

Hitsugaya poured water in a glass and raised it to his lips when…

CCCRRRREEEAAAAKKKKKKKK………

'What the hell? I locked the door when Ukitake went to bed…'

The teen silently edged his way around the corner to see a black, hooded figure trying to creep up the stairs.

'It's a girl… it should be easy to hold her hands to her back before telling Ukitake to call the police…'

Hinamori quietly crept up the stairs, holding the paper bag, which had her dress for Toushiro's party in it held tightly at her chest. It was 11:23pm. If Ukitake found her now, she'd be in BIG trouble. So would Rangiku. And maybe Gin. The girl tried breathing as slowly and quietly as possible to avoid waking anyone or at least be silent if anybody was awake at this hour.

Momo skipped the first step and slowly raised herself onto the second step to come to a harsh halt when the stairs creaked. She desperately looked around to see if anybody'd seen or heard her. Not noticing the muscular figure looking at her from around the corner in the dark, she got back to her task.

Hinamori quickly then raised one foot and was moving herself to the fourth stair when a pair of large, warm hands grabbed her arms and pulled them to her back, making her drop her paper bag. The girl would've fallen if her capturer wasn't holding her up.

"What are you doing here?" A male whispered into her ear.

'Toushiro…'

"Fine, I'll rephrase that. Who are you?"

"Well… I'm just ME-ARGH!" Momo tried to retort while turning around only to slip on her bag and fall on Hitsugaya at the bottom of the stairs with him on top of her. The girl groaned and squinted her eyes to see her housemate's head buried in her chest. Wait, CHEST!

"RAPE!"The girl screamed before raising her knee in a swift movement to hit the boy in the crotch, sending him rolling off her. Hinamori quickly jumped up onto her feet, grabbing her bag and rushed up the stairs only to be met by her uncle.

"Now. You've both got some explaining to do."

"Wait, so you were going to sleep over at Rangiku's apartment and call me but couldn't because she got drunk with Gin?" Ukitake inquired with his arms folded across his chest, obviously unimpressed. Momo couldn't do anything but slowly nod. She felt like she was dobbing Matsumoto in but it was all true.

"And Hitsugaya thought that Momo was somebody breaking into the house?"

"Ah."

"So you attacked her and was kicked in the crotch?"

"Ah."

"So you… weren't raping my niece?"

"OI, UKITAKE!"

"I know, I know, I was kidding! Now, you two will apologise to each other or do chores on the weekend."

The two teens sighed and rolled their eyes as they shook hands and apologised. They were getting so used to this. In fact, TOO used to this. Momo then took her bag and went upstairs only to have her arm grabbed by Toushiro.

"What's in that bag?"

"N-nothing!"

"It's not like it's a porn magazine…"

"It's none of your business!" With that retort, the girl quickly ran into her room and slammed her door shut.

'This is going to be a long three days until Toushiro's birthday…'

"Oh my god! HARHARHAR!" Ichigo and Renji were laughing their sides off when Hitsugaya told them what'd happened last night at the cafeteria during lunch. Matsumoto and Hinamori weren't able to hear them because they were two tables away. "So, you like, accidentally groped her boobs and she kicked you in the crotch?"

"I didn't grope her."

"Right…"

The prodigy then quickly grabbed their arms and twisted them until they heard something crack.

"ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! We were kidding! Geez…" Renji yelled, shaking his arm as it was released.

"Why are you so serious about her?" Hisagi inquired. Toushiro just raised an eyebrow.

"I don't get what you mean by that."

"You got yourself suspended from school for her, you nearly drowned saving her, you saved her when she fell out of that window and you check her for bruises nearly every day… There's got to be a reason."

"She's Ukitake's niece. He'd be upset if I didn't."

"So you feel like you need to protect her?"

"You made it sound really gay but frankly, yea."

"Personally, I don't think this is what a friend feels…"

"Huh?"

"I mean, you don't feel… anything? When you're with her?"

"What are you saying?" Hitsugaya asked in confusion.

"So I'm saying…"

"Saying what? Just tell me."

"Do you… love her?"

"LOVE?" Toushiro burst out, silencing everyone in the cafeteria. He looked around and saw Hinamori staring at him, giggling and slowly sat down in his seat. "N-n-no, I don't think so…"

"You don't think so?"

"People are staring…"

The boy started to sink back in his chair, a deep, crimson blush rising to his cheeks. His friends all stared at him, astounded. They'd NEVER seen the guy this flustered before.

'No… I DON'T love her… right?... I don't love… her… love…. ARGH!...'

SOZ, THIS CHAPPY'S A LITTLE SHORTER THAN USUAL… HEHEHE… BUT I ENJOYED WRITING IT… I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED IT SO YA…

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