major time skip, again, i know XP well not really time skip, more like flashback... that takes up a month a chapter... bear with me?
December
"Have a wonderful break everyone! Happy Holidays!" Momo shouted as she handed out the last of her goody bags to the students exiting the class.
"Momo, you have a lot left over, are you sure that you didn't make too much?"
"Who said I was done giving out goody bags?"
"Never mind..."
"Ok…"
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm going to go hand out the last of the goody bags, see you when I'm done Hitsugaya…"
"Hinamor- She left… So quickly… What did I say?"
~Hitsuhina~
"Rangiku-san~!"
"Yes Momo-chan?"
"I have your pres- *choke* I. cant. breathe. Ran. Gi. Ku. Phew…"
"Sorry Momo-chan~ Anyway, what's this about a present?"
"Here, open it on the day after Christmas. Trust me. You don't want to open it before then."
"Hai hai! Here's your gift! Don't open it til Christmas. But it doesn't seem as severe as your warning…"
As she went through the school she handed out the last of the goody bags to her friends, Nanao, Isane, Yachiru, Orihime, Rukia, and Kiyone. Yet she still had one goody bag left.
"Who could this belong to? Did I even make it?"
It was a strange looking goody bag. All snowy-winter like and not a trace of Christmas colors. When she checked the tag it said To Hitsugaya Toushirou "Huh? I never made this! The bag I made for him was the same as the students! What happened?" she thought as she walked back to the classroom to hand it to him anyway. When she got there she noticed there was no one there. Since his stuff was still there she decided to sit in her moon chair and wait for him to come back. Soon… She fell asleep… And then, the nightmares came…
~Hitsuhina~
"Hinamori. Oi. Momo. Wake up. You're having a nightmare." Said the soft low voice of the white haired genius.
"Obaa-chan! *gasp* Huh? Wha? Wher- Hitsugaya-sensei!"
"You were having a nightmare. You ok now?"
"Yeah… I'm fine… Oh. Here's your Christmas present." She said as she handed him the little white and blue goody-bag.
"Thanks, hey. Is there a problem? Did something happen?" he said after accepting the bag and leaning close to her face, studying it, looking for any sign of what her nightmare was about.
She immediately registered the fact that he was a couple inches away from her face and fought to keep the blush off her face. Without meeting his troubled emerald eyes she muttered "it's nothing. I'll be fine. Have a nice break…"
"Alright…" he said as he pulled away though not satisfied with her answer. "Don't forget that you're coming to my place during Christmas."
Her head snapped up in remembrance. "Yeah I remember." She said sheepishly.
~Hitsuhina~
"Grrrr… It's already the day before Christmas Eve… What am I going to do…?" Momo mumbled as she stared at the ceiling in her room. She had spent the first week of break trying to erase the memory of that dreaded day. The cause of her endless nightmares… But no luck, they plagued her very existence it seemed. Then of course, she remembered that she still had to find something to wear for tomorrow and Christmas day. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. She went to answer it, and speak of the devil…
"Hey bedwetter, just came by to remind you about tomorrow, and to tell you that some other people will be there, Rangiku wants to make it a Christmas party… A-are you ok?"
Momo simply stared. She cracked instead of answering. She took the 3 or 4 steps forward and hugged him, then broke down crying.
"O-oi Momo! Calm down what's wrong?"
"Obaa-chan… Obaa-chan was…" she managed to get out before sobbing even more into his shoulder.
"Momo, what happened?" he said as he gently pushed her back into her flat to avoid the stares from any possible passerby.
She took a deep breath to calm herself, then pulled herself away and said, "Obaa-chan… Was murdered… By Aizen…" Then she couldn't help it, she broke down crying again.
All Hitsugaya did was hug her. And cry she did, for an hour or so. When she had finally calmed down she got up, pulling him up as well, and led him to the living room where she took out a box. In the box were 2 necklaces. She held one up for him to see. "Remember this?" she said with a soft smile on her tear-stricken face.
It was a simple chain, silver links, nothing special really. The more important object was what was on the chain. An elegant snowy like dragon, fierce looking but also calm and emotionless. His eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't seen the pendant in years; he left it in Obaa-chan's care because he wanted to leave a memory for Momo.
"Yeah…" said the bewildered young man.
"Obaa-chan, she… She told me to open this box when I saw you again… And then… She. She…" Momo struggled to get the words out but couldn't. He simply hugged her again as she tried to fight back the tears that were prickling at her eyes.
By around 9PM that night she had fallen asleep with Hitsugaya protecting her by holding her close to him.
~Hitsuhina~
When she woke up she remembered yesterday's "incident". Momo looked around and saw Hitsugaya was no longer there. "Phew… That means it was all just a dre-" her thoughts were cut off when she noticed the strawberry-orange hair that was splayed out next to her. Briefly Momo wondered if she was drunk the night before… Then the person woke up.
"Momo-chan!"
"R-rangiku-san?"
"Yo! Oh yeah, Hitsugaya wanted me to help you get ready for tonight because he knew you'd wear something childish."
"EH? Bad Shirou-chan!" she pouted as Rangiku got up and fixed herself up.
"Ok, now get ready! We have shopping to do!"
"Oh please no…"
"Sorry Momo-chan~! But it's taichou's orders!"
"Taichou?"
"It's a fitting title for him" Rangiku explained with a shrug.
Around 7PM
"Ne… Rangiku-chan… Why do I have to wear this?" Momo whined as she looked at the dress Rangiku shoved at her before proceeding to push her into the bathroom to change.
"Because it looks nice on you, now change! We have to leave in 30 minutes!
"… The things I put up with…"
~Hitsuhina~
"Ahaha! Momo you look amazing! Watch out for pervs though! You're too cute! He's seriously gonna lose it though… I'll probably be yelled at…"
~Hitsuhina~
"MATSUMOTO!"
"Yup, not surprised. Shirou-chan! Don't you like Momo-chan's dress?" Rangiku smiled innocently as the white haired man gave her murderous glares.
It was a simple dress actually, black, just off the shoulders and anything but loose. He would never admit he was absolutely smitten with the girl even more now, nor would he admit he even liked her more than friends either.
10PM
"How did I get dragged into this again?" Hitsugaya thought to himself as the drunkards played spin the bottle. Unfortunately… Momo had gotten mildly drunk because of Matsumoto… He was forced to play due to some unfortunate blackmail she had waved in his face. It was torture…
12 AM
"KANPAI! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!" Rangiku shouted in a faked drunken stupor.
Hitsugaya had managed to get away from the game and rescue Momo and some other innocent people from it. While they recuperated Matsumoto and Madarame had managed to convince some others to join in on their drinking match…
"Least everyone's having fun?" Momo muttered as she fought the headache.
"Good morning" Hitsugaya replied cheekily.
"Shut it."
"I'll go get ibuprofen for you."
"Please and thank you…"
When he came back he saw she was on the phone talking to someone. Her voice seemed sad and distant. He asked her what was wrong and merely got a cheerful smile followed by a groan at the pain in her head.
"I don't think I can tell you those two secrets yet Shirou-chan…"
Chapter 14- Complete.
rawr! its not as fluffy as i wanted it to be! but the next few will be! i hope... *goes back through the saved files to edit them some more* ^^' umm... yea so following the next week, expect delayed updates... school's started up for me... *pissed off aura*
lulu22temmy- lol planny, that's a good word XD haha the students get more mischievious!
peachysnowfan- guess? why of course you can! that's the best part of a chapter's ending!
xxsennaxx- perceptiveness at its best ^^ but i'm still not saying anything~ its a giant secret~
khemprilrisi- another update! XD
aurelia artemee- T-T its sad, i know T-T