Chapter 10

Toshiro Hitsugaya

6 months old

I've never really had a birthday party but I know that every year on your birthday you're supposed to have one. When Karin told me that she wanted to have a half birthday for the twins I had no choice but to look at her like she had lost her mind.

"What in the world is a half birthday?" I asked.

"They're 6 months old now, half a year, so I want to throw them a half birthday party." She said simply as she bent down to collect Katsu from the floor. He stared at me with tear brimmed eyes before pressing his face into Karin neck to hide his eyes from me. I let out a small sigh then looked down at the floor.

Toshi was sitting right on top of my feet and refused to move. Every time I moved my foot from beneath her she readjusted herself and sat back on my foot. She looked up at me with her bright teal eyes and smiled. She did look just like me only she smiled a lot more than I did. Her bright white hair was pulled into a single ponytail close to the top of her head held in place with a large pink ribbon. There was a lot more ribbon on her head than actual hair.

Katsu was the exact opposite of Toshi in terms of personality and appearance. While Toshi looked like me, Katsu looked exactly like Karin in almost every way. His dark grey eyes where only complemented by his raven hair. His mouth was set in a constant scowl that he always wore except for when he was looking at his mother, or aby other female.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked as I looked up from the floor back to Karin.

"Of course it is." She said happily

It took us almost three complete days to get everything ready for the party and in the end it was a lot more successful than I expected it to be. Toshi was all over the place laughing and playing with everyone who picked her up from the floor. Katsu was clinging to the collar of Karin's shirt for dear life. He didn't like to have a lot of people around him and a room almost completely filled with men was something that he especially didn't agree with.

When it was time to bring out the cake I gathered Toshi up from the floor and walked over to the table where the cake was set up, Rangiku stepped to the front of the group demanded everyone's attention as she did so.

"Alright everyone, on the count of 1,2-"

I didn't really know what happened. One minute I was holding Toshi the next she was leaning forward with both of her arms buried nearly to her shoulders in cake. She got so excited when she saw the cake that she wiggled out of my arms and threw herself at the cake on the table.

"I was looking forward to a piece of that." Said captain Hirako as he looked down at my little daughter who was now swimming through her birthday cake like she was in a bathtub full of water. Karin place Katsu on the table and he crawled over to the cake and started to play with in the cake in Toshi.

"Now we have an even bigger mess to clean up." I said I looked down at the two.

"What do you mean captain?" Rangiku asked. Before I could open my mouth Toshi raised her arm and flung a handful of cake in the direction of all of the guests. It wasn't long before Katsu joined into the fun.

"That's what I mean." I said as I took a step back and watched the two of them throw cake in every direction they could manage.