Well….here's the second chapter. It has a lot of clothing descriptions, haha, I like describing clothes. I'm sorry if it makes no sense, because I had a high fever half the time I was writing -.-" Thanks for the reviews on the previous chapter, I'm so happy :D
A few of you asked about whether there will be romance between Momo and Toushiro...I'm thinking of adding it in later. One of you (you know who you are :P) asked about IchiRuki. I think there will be some IchiRuki too.
So yeah….please read and review if you'd like to.
"Matsumoto, are you done yet?"
I was waiting in front of my office, which was locked. This morning, Matsumoto barged in with Momo and kicked me out. From my own office! I wonder what they're doing that's taking them so long… But then again, Matsumoto takes forever to do most things. I need to get in there. I left my clothes in there. Yes, as bizarre as it sounds, I actually bought stuff yesterday.
"Just a second taichou! Or maybe more than a second. I'm almost done with Momo's makeup!"
Oh… So she's using my office as her personal dressing room? If I find even the smallest amount of anything smudged anywhere in that room, she's going to pay for it. "Hurry up! My stuff's in there!"
"Hai, hai!" The door unlocked and I was pulled into the room, by no other than Rangiku Matsumoto, the most annoying girl on earth. "So, what do you think, taichou? What do you think of my marvellous masterpiece?" She turned me around to face…. Wow… Just wow…
Momo (at least, I think it was Momo) was wearing a pink t-shirt and denim capris. She had a pair of white ballet flats on, and a pink bracelet around her wrist. Momo's dark brown hair was left loose, her bangs framing her tiny face. Matsumoto hadn't over-done Momo's makeup, she's only applied some pale lip gloss and some mascara. It's been a long time since I've seen her in normal clothes. She looks simple but cute and… why am I paying so much attention to her?
"Taichou?" Matsumoto waved her hand in front of my face, snapping me out of the trance I was in.
"Y-yeah?" Oh for god's sake, why does my voice shake at the wrong moments?
"You like what I've turned Momo-chan into, ne?" She poked me playfully in my stomach. I glared at her. "Oh, come on taichou," she continued, "I know you think she looks beautiful. I mean, you should have seen the adorable expression on your face a while ago. Just tell her she looks nice, taichou, it's no big deal."
Yes it is a big deal! No actually… why am I making such a fuss out of this? Momo's my friend, right?
I cleared my throat. "You look nice."
Matsumoto make a tut-tut noise. "No! Not like that taichou!"
I raised an eyebrow at her. Then, I turned back to Momo. "A-ano… Momo, you… look… really pretty?"
"I guess that's ok." Matsumoto sighed from behind me.
"Arigato, Shiro-chan!" Momo smiled sweetly. "You're being really nice today."
Umm, Matsumoto's the one that got me to compliment you, baka.
"Aww, Taichou, you're blushing! You like a girl!" Matsumoto squealed, giving me a deathly hug from behind. "You're finally growing up! I'm so proud of you!"
"M-matsumoto, let me g-go, I n-need to..breathe." I hate her hugs sometimes. Most of the time. All the time. "I don't like Momo. Not in that way." I freed myself from the life-threatening clutches of Matsumoto and grabbed my clothes from my desk, and ran/walked to my room. The door to my room was inside my office so it was pretty easy to just enter it and quickly lock myself in there.
I hurriedly tore off my shikakusho and put of a pair of black skinny jeans, and yes, I like those jeans. Pulling on a blue hoodie, I opened up my wardrobe and found a pair of black and blue converse sneakers. And let me tell you, it wasn't easy to find them because, believe it or not, I'm sneaker-obsessed and I have like…what, 12 or 13 different pairs of sneakers? But that's only my secret to tell and yours to keep your mouth shut about. Got it? You better have…
Now Matsumoto's nagging that she needs to go wear something better. No, missy. You are standing straight in front of the Senkaimon, and you will just wear those grey skinny jeans and purple halter top. No way am I letting you go all the way back just to let you change from white heels to black heels. Come to think of it, how do girls even walk in those things? They're like mini evil torture-devices…
And now we will wait patiently for Abarai, Madarame, Ayasegawa and Rukia. Yeah, she and I are on first-name basis. We're friends. Besides, it sounds kind of weird to call her Kuchiki, because I call brother Kuchiki...so yeah, Rukia is just fine. Arghhh where are they?
Alright, I am looking at the weirdest, creepiest (and strangely somewhat amusing) people in the whole of Soul Society. Abarai is wearing hippy type clothes and a bandanna on his head that says 'Red Pineapple'. If that isn't weird enough, he is also wearing star-shaped sunglasses. Madarame is dressed pretty normally, except for the wooden sword on his belt. I don't get this guy's weird desire for violence. Ayasegawa… He's in girl's shirt. Enough said. Rukia would actually look alright if it weren't for the various Chappy designs here and there.
"Is everyone ready?" asked a familiar voice from the side of the Senkaimon. Kisuke Urahara. When did he get here? "Alright, I'm opening the Senkaimon." And that's exactly what he did.
"Yes we're ready! Let's go!" said Abarai enthusiastically. Then he jokingly bowed to Matsumoto and Momo. "Ladies first."
"Thank you!" Matsumoto said energetically and pushed past everyone else.
"Arigato Gozaimas, Abarai-kun." Momo said and pulled me along with her. Heyy he said ladies first. I'm not a lady. But if it means I get to go through the Senkaimon quickly, then… whatever.
Urahara smiled at us creepily. "Now that Hitsugaya-taichou's grown a bit, you two look really cute together!"
I face-palmed. Seriously? "Why does everyone say that?" It's so annoying!
"Ehh Taichou…. Because it's true! Some genius you are…" Matsumoto pursed her lips and frowned.
Momo sighed and shook her head. "C'mon, guys. We should really go."
"Are you sure we shouldn't enter like last time?"
Last time? I stared at Abarai. Was he stupid? Last time, they broke Ichigo's light globe and fell in through the empty hole. Did he seriously want to piss Ichigo off again?
"No," I said firmly. "This time, we will knock on the door." I walked ahead, leading the way. Hah, I feel so important. No.
I was already at the door, but the others were a bit behind me and all over the place. I raised my fist to knock on the shiny door, but it opened.
"Ichi-nii, I'll be back after some fresh air and a bit of-" A girl with her short black hair in a ponytail stopped midway in her sentence, her gray eyes widening slightly. "Toushiro!" This was Karin Kurosaki, Ichigo's younger sister. She then gave me a hug, which I really did not expect because the last time I saw her, she was a complete tomboy. She didn't do hugs.
"Ehh? You want a bit of Toushiro? What?!" Ichigo's voice came from the living room. "Karin, that makes no sense! He's not even here!" He suddenly appears next to Karin. "What the heck?"
"Hey." I managed to give him a small wave despite Karin almost strangling me.
"Toushiro-" The orange haired boy began.
"Hitsugaya-taichou!" I corrected him. Geez, when's he ever going to remember that? "Karin, I need air."
"Sorry." She said sheepishly, pulling away. "It's been a long time since I last saw you, hahaha."
"Long time no see bro." Ichigo grinned and extended his fist out to me and I bumped it with mine. Then I think I smiled a little. Can't help it.
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I can hear slight panting. "Sorry Taichou! We fell a bit behind. I hope you're not mad, though." Matsumoto let go of my shoulder.
But that was soon replaced by two slender arms around me. Momo rested her chin on my shoulder and breathed in. "Gomen…Shiro-chan…we…r-ran."
"It's ok, I guess.." I held one of her delicate little hands, which were still hugging me.
"Dark hair…Brown eyes…Ano…You must be Momo Hinamori-san. I've heard a lot from Toushiro about you." Ichigo stated. "I knew you were close friends and stuff, but I didn't think you guys were like that." He gestured to our current position.
"We're just really close friends." I assured him. Momo's still panting, so I'll let her lean on me.
"Ah, then you probably shouldn't be hugging all the time, Taichou." Matsumoto said matter-of-factly.
I rolled my eyes. "I'm just waiting for her to catch her breath. Hey where are the others?"
"We're heeeere~" said Ayasegawa's voice. He flipped his shiny hair. "And I'm still as beautiful as ever." Behind him, Madarame sweat-dropped, Rukia rolled her eyes and Abarai face-palmed.
"Ehh why are you all here?" Ichigo is staring at us with a 'WTF' expression.
"Ok, so where are you all gonna stay?" Ichigo asked, as we all went into him bedroom.
"Isn't it obvious? We'll stay here!" Rukia said, smacking his head. "Idiotic, as always."
"Say that again chibi!" Ichigo yelled.
"I'm not short!" Rukia bellowed back, punching him. "You're just enormous!"
"Kurosaki-kun, Rukia-chan I don't think-" Momo tried to make peace.
"Don't worry that's their usual way of greeting." I explained.
"NII-SAAAAAN!" I saw a blur of yellow flash past me. In a swift movement, both Rukia and Ichigo kicked the thing to the floor, and kept it on the floor by stepping on it. See? After they fight a bit, they work pretty well together.
The yellow object turned out to be a lion plushie, with a mod soul called Kon inside it. I really hate Kon. He's annoying and dim-witted. And overall, he's just perverted.
When Ichigo and Rukia stepped off, Kon looked up and saw Matsumoto. "Ahhh, the heavenly swim-suit model goddess is here with her lovely curvy figure!" What did I tell you? Perverted. And that was just him getting started.
Kon's eyes went from Matsumoto to Momo. "We have a new Nii-san here! Areh? She's pretty cute!" He jumped up towards Momo's chest and I smacked him before he could come into contact with her, and pinned him to the floor. With my foot.
"Don't you dare." I said as scarily as possible, and the temperature of the room dropped.
"Ah, the Shorty-san found himself a girlfriend!" Kon's muffled voice came from under my foot.
"What?! No! She's my friend! Just my friend!" I quickly stepped off the annoying Mod Soul.
"Sure, sure, Shorty-san…" Kon muttered dismissively. So you know what I did? I kicked him straight to the floor again. With both feet. No kidding.
"Don't call me Shorty-san. Ever." I growled at him. Then regaining my cool composure, I looked to the rest of them. "Anyway, moving on. The Sou-taichou gave us permission to stay in your house. I'm pretty sure he told your father." Ichigo's dad used to be my Taichou, I'm not entirely sure what caused him to stop being a Shinigami. But he could still contact the Sou-taichou if he wanted to.
Ichigo stared at me, dumbfounded. "How come I don't know about this?"
Rukia scoffed. "Because you weren't listening, probably." Gosh, she's so mean to him.
"Shut up, midget." But we all know that deep down, both Ichigo and Rukia like each other, a lot. Actually, like would be an understatement. "I'm sure he never told me. That old geezer. C'mon people, we're going downstairs." Ichigo stood up. "Well, whatcha waiting for idiots? Come on!"
Isshin Kurosaki scratched his head. "I didn't tell you?"
"No! You bloody freaking DID NOT!" Ichigo exclaimed. "Now what are we going to do?"
Isshin grinned. "Thank god I had extra guest rooms added when we renovated the house this time."
Ichigo had steam coming out from his ears. "You just didn't want to tell me anything, right?"
"Right!" Isshin gave him a thumbs-up. "See? Being smart isn't a total waste!" Ichigo scoffed at his dad's comment. Personally, I think that their arguments are pretty funny.
"So, Ichigo my son," said Isshin. "Introduce your guests to me."
"Heh, they're more likely your guests, not mine." Ichigo muttered. He pointed to Renji. "This is Renji Abarai. That one's Yumichika Ayasegawa, and the baldy's Ikkaku Madarame. You've already met Rukia-"
"Rukia-chan!" Isshin yelled excitedly, shaking hands with her vigorously. "My third daughter! You're back!"
"Thank you for letting me stay in your lovely home, Kurosaki-san." Rukia bowed politely.
"Call me Dad!" Isshin said, shaking his head. His eyes went to me, since I was next to Rukia.
"Dad, the kid with the white hair is-" Ichigo was cut off by an extremely happy Isshin.
"Toushiro Hitsugaya-kun!" Isshin yelled loudly, his eyes brightening.
"Eh?" Ichigo looked at us in confusion. "You guys know each other?"
"Of course, Ichigo!" Isshin said matter-of-factly. "How could I possibly forget my favourite fukutaichou?" He patted my head fondly, then quickly stopped. "Sorry, Toushiro, I forgot you hate when people do that."
I wanted to yell at him. But he was my Taichou once… I can't do it. "It's alright, sir." Like hell it's alright. I think Ichigo can see how awkward I feel.
"Anyway," Ichigo said quickly. "The strawberry-blonde next to him is Rangiku Matsumoto, Toushiro's fukutaichou." Thank you, thank you, thank you very much for getting the attention off me.
"Hello Isshin-san!" Matsumoto said chirpily. "I wonder…was Hitsugaya-taichou always so strict when you were the Captain?" Oh trust Matsumoto to ruin your mood.
Isshin's eyes grew wide with wonder. "Toushiro's a Captain? Great job kid! I remember moments when…" I looked to Ichigo desperately, with a look that he knows as 'help me'.
"Ehem, Dad." Ichigo cleared his throat loudly. "The girl with the brown hair next to Rangiku-san is Momo Hinamori. She's Toushiro's best friend."
Isshin looked confused. "I thought you were his best friend."
"She's my… other best friend." I explained quickly.
"Friend? Are you sure, Toushiro?" Isshin winked at me.
"Why didn't I join the 10th division when he was Captain?" Matsumoto mumbled to herself.
"Okay, bye dad. You have….that thing to go to." Ichigo said and gestured for us to follow him as he went upstairs. "Alright! So…Rukia, you'll sleep in my closet, like usual."
"YESSS!" Rukia punched the air in victory. "I even brought stuff to decorate it." Wow, that's weird.
"Calm down, baka. I was joking." Ichigo laughed. "You're in the room on the right side of mine, with Momo. Is that alright?"
"…Fine." Rukia said after a while. Momo nodded.
"Rangiku-san, you're in the room on the left of mine. Choose a room-mate."
Matsumoto tapped her chin for a while. "Renji! He's one of my drinking buddies!"
"Alright," Ichigo said. "The room next to Rukia and Momo's is for…"
Then, I started freaking out because I could have to share a room with either Madarame or Ayasegawa. Madarame is heck too violent. He'll probably try to fight me in his sleep. Ayasegawa is just… no offence to him but he just….gives me the creeps.
"…for Ikkaku and Yumichika. Since you guys get along well." Ichigo grinned at me. "You're with me."
I am so damn relieved….
...YESSSS! OHH VICTORY! WHOOO! "Sure Ichigo."
"Yuzu-chan, this tastes awesome!" Rukia said happily as we all ate our dinner. How the heck did this table get so big that all of us can fit around it?
"Well, I'm glad all you ghost people like it!" Yuzu smiled. Yeah, she knows that we are ghosts.
Yuzu is Karin's twin, but they are nothing alike. Yuzu has light brown hair (that used to be short, but is now in two pig-tails) and big eyes in the same brown as Ichigo's eyes. She's really girlish and sweet. While Karin likes stuff like soccer, Yuzu likes cooking and sewing and umm….cute things. That kind of annoyed me the first time we met, because I was shorter than her, which automatically made me 'Kawaiiii!'. Her words, not mine.
Suddenly, Madarame burst out laughing. "Hitsugaya-taichou, you eat food like a girl! Ahahaha!"
Well you eat like a hooligan, got that? "Excuse me?"
"Hahah you're so sophisticated and well-mannered it's almost funny!" He laughed really hard, and so did Matsumoto.
I would really love to smash a vase on his bald head. But that would be weird to the others…so… I'll just pretend that the roof fell on both him and Matsumoto. "Well, I try not to mess things up for other people." I fake smiled at him. The roof is falling…it's falling… it fell. God, that's funny.
"Sorry Toushiro, I don't want to make you sleep in the closet." Ichigo smiled apologetically. We are in his room, sitting on his bed. "Dad said he'll get some guys to come in tomorrow to fix up the bunk-bed. Tonight, you'll have to sleep in Rangiku-san's room. They have an extra bed in there. You can sleep there for the whole time you're here, if you want."
"No, no way. Matsumoto says stuff in her sleep that can really scar your mind." I shuddered.
Ichigo laughed. "Sometimes I wish you lived here with us. I've always wanted a little brother."
"You have Karin. She does boy-ish things." I said.
Ichigo sighed. "But it's just not the same… she's still…well…a girl. Besides, she's kind of changed into something a bit um… girlier than before."
"I can see that," I said. "She actually hugged me. That's something the old Karin would never have done in at least 200 years."
"Yeah…well… I'll see you tomorrow." Ichigo got up and yawned.
I…can't…sleep…AT ALL. How the freaking banana fudge is Abarai sleeping so soundly? I haven't let Matsumoto nap in my office for a while, so I sort of forgot that she snores. She snores like a chainsaw going through a really thick wall of diamond. She snores loud, I tell you. Really loud.
I walked over to her bed and turned her head to the other side. Yay, she stopped snoring! I feel like I've made a great achievement, seriously.
But as soon as I lay back down on my bed, she went off again like a buzz-saw. Be quiet! Be quiet! Be quiet! "Be quiet!" I covered my mouth quickly. I hope nobody woke up. I don't usually shout out my mind like that.
Matsumoto was still snoring, though. Really, really loud. I think the room is vibrating. Ughh it's so hard to concentrate on sleeping. Ok. One sheep… Two sheep…
Seriously, I've tried everything! I've counted sheep, I've put my pillow on my head, I've tried to turn my day-dreaming into actual dreaming, I've turned and turned Matsumoto's head over and over so many times. Nothing is working!
I want to cry out of frustration. Wait…I already did that. I need to get some sleep!
"FREAKING SHUT UP!" I threw my pillow at Matsumoto, and collapsed into a heap onto my bed. I feel so childish. I'm practically throwing a tantrum. A tantrum over something that's not really Matsumoto's fault. I heard the door slowly creak open and someone stepped into the room.
"Shiro-chan?" I'd recognise that voice anywhere.
"Momo?" I turned around and there she was, in a pink nightgown with her hair in a loose pony-tail.
"Yeah." She whispered. "I heard you yell. Can't sleep?"
"I-I-I was…yeah."I'm too tired to make up an excuse.
"Rangiku-san snores too loud, right?" Yep, this girl knows me well.
"Yeah…I need to desperately fall asleep." I yawned.
"Come with me." Momo said quietly.
"Come with…Sleep in your room?" I asked, and she nodded.
"I hope you don't mind sharing the bed." She said. "We used to do it all the time when we were little, so you're fine with it right?"
Of course I'm not fine with it! It's awkward now. I mean, we're not the little kids we once were. But….staying here won't let me get any sleep. "Ok then."
I carefully walked over to Matsumoto's bed and lifted my pillow, which I'd thrown before, from her face. I'll let her breathe.
I followed Momo into her room and suppressed a laugh. Rukia was asleep on her bed, hugging a large Chappy plushie. She looks like a young child. It's seriously hilarious to see. It's actually kind of cute too. If I were Matsumoto, I'd take a picture of this and use to blackmail Rukia. But…I'm not Matsumoto…So Rukia is safe.
Lying down next to Momo, I felt her snuggle against me. "I'm cold."
I pulled the covers over us. "Then use the blankets, you baka."
Momo pouted. "You're all mean again. I thought you were being nice today."
I rolled my eyes. "Just sleep, Bed-wetter."
Momo shivered. "But I'm still cold."
Then, I realised that it was kind of cold. But I like the cold, so I guess I never noticed. I sighed. "Come here." I sort of opened up my arms under the covers. Well, I tried to.
Momo snuggled against me again and nuzzled my neck. "You smell so nice, Shiro-chan."
I smiled and loosely put my arms around her. "If you dare tell anyone about this… Ohoho…You are in big trouble."
"Goodnight Shiro-chan…" Momo said, softly laughing.
"Goodnight…" I can't help but smile. But I have this weird feeling in my stomach. And it's not going away.
Well…that was chapter two! I hope you liked it! The ending was so…sweet. I really liked writing it :) Please click the pretty review button below ^.^ I'm already working on the next chapter. Bye~
P.S. The link to Momo's outfit is on my profile. I just couldn't leave it alone, it's so cute :P