Chapter 4
Toshiro Hitsugaya
Pregnancy: Week 16
"Toshiro can you turn the air up please, it's hot in here." Karin said swept hair out of her face with her hands.
"Hot? Karin the air is already set to below 50. If you keep this up we're going to freeze to death in here." I said as I walked over to the thermostat and pretended to adjust the temperature before I stepped over to the door.
"See you when you get back." Karin said as she stood from the couch and went directly over to the thermostat to adjust the air to an even lower temperature. She leaned against the door frame and began twisting her wedding ring around her pinky finger. Her hands were so swollen that it was the only finger she could put her ring on without getting it stuck.
"See you later." i said as i leaned over to plant a kiss on Karin's lips before opening the door and walking outside. Matsumoto stood on the other side trying to see around me into the open door. Karin chose to stay inside most of the time because she didn't want a lot of attention on her. Not even Matsumoto had seen her since we had come back from the real world. I shut the door behind mime quietly just in case Karin was trying to fall asleep like she did most times when I was away.
"Aw come on captain, let me see her." Matsumoto whined as she tried to lean around me to open the door again. I smacked her hands away from the knob before moving myself in front of it.
"Come on, what will it hurt. All I want to do is say hello." She said as she leaned to the side again trying to grab the knob. I grabbed the knob and further moved myself in between the two.
"She said she didn't want anyone around, she's trying to rest." I said. Matsumoto twisted against my grasp trying to get away from me.
"How can a rest with you two out here making all of this noise." Asked Karin as she opened the door slowly, Matsumoto let out a yelp of surprise at the sight of Karin standing behind me. She grabbed my shoulders and forced me out of the way to get to Karin. She got down on her knees in front of Karin and pressed an ear to her stomach. This is exactly the type of attention I was trying to avoid.
"I can hear him." Matsumoto said as she placed her hand on top of Karin stomach.
"She isn't a him; Unohana already said there is a big possibility that it is a girl." Karin said with a small smile. I had to do a double take to make sure I was seeing her right. She was actually smiling, for a reason other than food.
"She's wrong, it's defiantly a boy in there." Matsumoto replied.
"Really, how can you tell?" Karin asked obviously amused by what Matsumoto was saying.
"I don't know, I just can." she said as she sat on her knees with her ear pressed against Karin's stomach.
"Okay Matsumoto we need to get to the office before noon." I said to her.
"Aww captain, can't I stay here with Karin?" she whined.
"No," I said sternly.
"But I'm not done listening, please can't I stay just a little longer?" she whined.
"We don't have time for this." I said as I went over to take her by the arm.
"Maybe you can come back later Matsumoto," Karin said cutting off the both of them.
"Huh?" I asked as I looked over to where Karin was. She was the main reason why I kept everyone away from here. She told me time and time again that she didn't want company and now she's inviting people over.
"Yeah, you can come back after you guys are done working, then you can listen to your heart's content okay." Karin said happily Matsumoto sprang up from the floor and skipped over to my side.
"Sure thing, I'll make sure that we get all the work done so I have as much time as possible to spend here with you!" she said happily as she turned on her heels and headed in the direction of the office.
"That's amazing. I've never seen anything except sake that would make Matsumoto actually want to do her work." I said as I followed behind her silently watching her skip all way back to the office.