Caged Loveless Phoenix

Blue: People liked our fluff! Good job you two!

*Haruka and Toshiro glare at me*

Rangiku: Oh come on you two are so cute!

Momo: Yeah… You two are a good couple I guess…

Rangiku: See! Momo agrees!

Haruka: I think she was being sarcastic.

Blue: A-Ah! Let's get onto the story! *flails hands everywhere*

Toshiro: The music takes us and moves me and you closer together… A-Ah. BlueLunarAngel owns nothing but the storyline and OCs.

Blue: Toshiro's POV starts off this story!

~Bleach 04: Watermelon, Respect, and Us

*Ring, ring, ring*

"Ohayou, welcome to the Soul Café."

I looked up at the calm tiny dark blue haired female behind the counter and blinked at her, my arms folded into the opposite sleeves. The small girl blinked and then started to smile once she realized who I was, pushing her long bangs away from her cheeks.

"Hello Hitsugaya, you're here early." She smiled beautifully at me, her blue wavy bangs covering her left eye like usual. Her sky blue eyes stared at me as she jumped from behind the bar.

"What did I tell you about calling me Hitsugaya in public?" I gave her my most serious tone, which didn't even faze her. Like always, she smirked at me as if I were a mere joke to her. "It's Hitsugaya-Taichou to you. You know that now."

"Loosen up Hitsugaya." The silver eyed girl sat in a bar stool and I jumped up, taking a seat beside her. "It's just me here now, since we just closed up shop. So, what can I do for you old friend?"

"Three watermelons like the usual." I rested my elbows on the bar and rested my face on my palms. I thought for a moment and watched as she went back over the bar. "Could you throw in a batch of strawberries and two bentos?"

"Strawberries and an extra bento?" She turned to me and gave me a confused look. "Are you going to give a lunch to someone?"

"Yukino, don't ask questions." I looked away and put my hands in my lap. "I just happen to be doing a kind act for my 3rd seat since she works so hard recently."

"SHE?" Yukino turned and ran towards me, going from calm to crazy in a heartbeat like always. She loved romance more than I loved my watermelons (which were my most favorite thing in the universe). "Who's this 3rd seat?"

I nearly jumped out of my seat as she yelled at me. I blinked at my matchmaking friend and looked away slowly. "Her name is Haruka Phoenix; she became my 3rd seat around the start of last month. This week, she had been working really hard, so I'm rewarding her."

"You never reward Rangiku like that. Then again, you never reward or praise poor little Rangiku." Yukino opened a root beer and chugged half the can down. She burped adorably and wiped her lips with a napkin.

"Would you praise or reward her? She'll probably ask me for alcohol, baka." I scowled at the thought of a drunken Matsumoto. The mere idea of letting Matsumoto roam around drunk made me want to slam my head into the nearest steel object. "I have praised her, maybe once."

"You think maybe that's why Rangiku doesn't do her work? Because you don't praise or reward her for a job well done?" Yukino raised her eyebrow and smiled as I thought for a moment. "Once isn't enough. Hitsugaya let me tell you a secret about women and girls. We like-no, love- to be told nice things by cute boys or boys in general. We feel noticed and appreciated."

"Cute boys?" I raised my eyebrows interested. "Do you think I'm… like that?"

Yukino winked and handed me the bentos in a bag. "You could be, but there are things you need to work on personality wise. Physically, you're very cute I'd date you."

I tilted my head. "Date?"

Yukino made an annoyed face. "Hitsugaya, you're no fun at all, you stick in the mud. Go out more!" Yukino stuck her tongue out at me and I scoffed.

"Whatever just give me my melons." I took the bento bags and jumped out of the bar stool. Yukino jumped over the counter and handed me the bag of three watermelons.

"When are you gonna stop by again?" Yukino tucked the money I gave her into her pocket and we headed for the doors. "I mean, I wish you could visit more often. We are close buds."

"Maybe I'll swing by next Friday." I smiled at her and she nodded. "Ja ne, Yukino."

Yukino waved at me. "Ja ne, Hitsugaya. Tell Momo I miss her."

~Haruka POV

"Hime."

I jumped a bit as I heard my name suddenly escape the lips of the beautiful dragon woman in my inner world.

"Rubi, what is it?" I asked with a bored tone, staring at the ceiling as I rested across Toshiro's couch. I had just finished my iced coffee in order to keep myself awake tonight.

"You seem lonely so I wanted to keep you company." Rubi smiled and clapped her hands happily. "Come to the inner world, I'd like to speak with you, Hime."

I sighed, knowing not to bother trying to argue with Rubi. She was like a mother or older sister to me, so there was no arguing. I've had her for so long and that was a lesson I learned the hard way. So, I closed my eyes and let myself get taken away to Rubi's desired meeting place. Once I opened my eyes again, I sat up from the red rose garden I would always land in. Different colors of rose petals danced from the sky to the ground, landing on the ground mixing into the red petals that covered every inch of ground. I walked through the sunny large meadow until I saw the familiar 'world tree' Rubi always sat under in the center of a large lake.

I stretched and smiled as I inhaled fresh air. I twirled in a white sundress that I always had to wear in this world. I felt so happy and free here, so this place was always my escape pod for me. I looked at the water and slowly stepped my bear feet into the warm waters. I walked through the shallow water and to the small island Rubi always sat. I got to the center of the lake and stepped onto the rosy island, listening to Rubi's hums. I waved a hand at her and she smiled, her black hair swaying in a gentle breeze.

"Hime, welcome." Rubi smiled and held a yellow and blue rose to me. I took them and smiled as I sat beside her under the large colorful tree.

"Rubi, I love it here." I smiled and closed my eyes as she pulled me into an embrace. I sighed with satisfaction and she giggled. She ran her fingers through my hair as I rested my head on her breasts.

"Hime, I sense trouble coming soon." Rubi said softly and seriously. I tensed a bit at her quick, sudden change in attitudes. "I feel like soon, this peace we have will be ragged by Hell."

"That's a bit extreme." I scratched my thigh and sighed. "I hate when you say stuff like this."

"Excuse me then, Hime." Rubi bowed her head a bit and I shook my head. "I couldn't just keep it to myself anymore. I just wanted to tell you, that's all."

"Usually when you say stuff like this, it turns out to be the worst case scenario." I chuckled and put my hands behind my head. "I'm sure it won't be too bad. Besides, you and I are here now."

Rubi giggled at this, changing her attitude again. "I suppose you may be correct."

I stared at the two cute dragon clips in her hair and touched one. "We'll get to show everyone what we're made of, Rubi."

"I'm worried about that Hime." Rubi looked away and I sat up, hugging my knees to my chest. "Everyone thinks my Hime is a monster, but that isn't true. I know who Hime really is. Your powers aren't even fully controlled yet."

"I may not know much about my powers yet, but what I do know is good enough for me." I hugged my knees tighter and bit my lip. "I want to prove I'm not some freak or some beast. I'll fight to protect what I have and for myself. Maybe the more I battle, my memories may return to me."

"Oh that's right, Hime has no memories. All you remember is just waking up in the Soul Society." Rubi took my hands and kissed them. I held back a blush and looked at the ground.

"Rubi, no one has seen our powers but those kids at the Academy and the Old Man Yamamoto." I smiled a bit and looked down as I remembered a small memory of my days at the Shinigami Academy.

"She's unreal!"

"Stay away from her, I heard she killed her family and then killed herself. That's why she showed up at the Soul Society because she couldn't pass on easily."

"She's so scary, just look at her."

"She crushes everything!"

"She almost killed Tanta-san today at practice."

"She should have just become a Hollow."

"Maybe I should have been a Hollow." I chuckled softly and I stood up.

"Did you say something Hime?" Rubi asked and I shook my head.

"I'm gonna go before someone thinks I'm dead on Chibi-kun's couch." I put my hands behind my head as I began to walk. "Bye, Rubi."

"Bye Hime, I love you." Rubi smiled beautiful and bowed. I blinked and turned my back to her to avoid her from seeing my blush.

"Y-Yeah sure! Baka!" I gulped and sped up my walking pace. Vanishing from the inner world and I opened my eyes to the ceiling of the Squad 10 office. The doors opened and I sat up slowly, groaning.

"Haruka, are you alright?"

My eyes finally uncrossed themselves and I stared at the white haired boy in front of me. His hand pressed against my forehead and I tried to suppress a blush but it was unavoidable. "You must be getting a fever."

"I-I'm not Chibi-kun!" I told him, fixing my stack of paperwork on the coffee table. I took my iced coffee and slurped it to gather myself from a sudden slumber crash. I shook my head and smiled as Toshiro looked at my cup confused.

"What's that suppose to be?" He asked and I swirled the beverage in my cup with my wrist movement. I let Toshiro sniff it a bit and he stilled titled his head. I blushed a little at his childish moment and looked away.

"Its iced coffee." I told him, yawning a little. I chugged down a good bit and sighed, rubbing my eyes. "Ever had original coffee before?"

"Well of course, I drink it on late nights." Toshiro sat beside me and I yawned again. I then looked at him and smirked as he placed two bags on the table.

"Is that why you're so short, because you drink so much coffee?" I put my hands behind my back and smiled innocently, hoping Toshiro wouldn't yell at me for the short joke.

"Y-You're shorter than me! I'm at least 3 inches taller than you Haruka!" Toshiro grabbed my arm and began to shake me wildly. "Quit with the damn short jokes already!"

"I at least accept my height!" I yelled back as I was shook. My sleeve went down and revealed my shoulder and bra strap. Toshiro and I blinked and I looked away, yanking my arm away.

"Y-You foolish pervert, stripping me down like that. You have no shame!" I couldn't help but blush as I shook my head. Toshiro's mouth dropped and he stood up, clenching his hands into fists at his sides.

"I-It was nothing like that!" He shouted. "You should learn to keep your clothes on better instead of walking around with it so loose."

"Sorry that I like baggy clothes!" I poked his chest and crossed my arms. "You should stop stripping girls you perverted Taichou!"

"I'm not a pervert!" He looked down and scoffed. I blinked as I realized he was trying to calm down. "Just eat and go to bed. I bought you dinner, as a good job gift for this week. Keep up the hard work."

Toshiro smiled and took his bento, walked into his room, and slammed the doors. I couldn't tell if he was mad or not so I guess I should leave him alone. I sighed and sat, looking at my bento with guilt. Toshiro had rewarded me, even though I always caused him trouble. I always made him look bad in front of the other Shinigami, but we'd always apologize only to fight the next day. Every day, we argued because of me. Toshiro's reputation was probably crashing into the depths of no return because of me.

My heart told me to run in and tell him how sorry I was. My mind and pride told me to keep my sorry ass here and feel guilty as punishment. I picked up my bento and opened it, staring at the rice balls and side dishes inside. Guilt kicked me in the gut again, but I placed a bit of food in my mouth. I moaned at how good it was and I blushed.

"This must have costed Toshiro so much." I looked at the food sadly with a sad smile. I bit into the rice ball and nearly died and gone to heaven at the taste. I smacked my cheeks with both hands and stood up. I looked at another bag on the table, curious as to what was inside. I pulled the bag up a bit and sweat dropped at the items inside.

"Watermelons, three huge ass watermelons." I chuckled and stared at them thinking. I smiled warmly and giggled as I imagined Toshiro grinning with watermelon juice on his cheeks and lips.

"Hime, go give him the melons." Rubi smiled and spoke to me in a sing-song voice. I already knew what she was thinking in that 'romancy' head of hers.

"Nice try Rubi, but no thanks." I sipped my ice coffee, took another bite of my rice ball, and began to eat my fruit. "I think I'm alright."

"You're cruel Hime. I just thought Hitsugaya-Taichou would appreciate if you did something kind for him. He might declare his undying love for my Hime!" Rubi cooed and put her hands on her cheeks, blushing. "Hime and Hitsugaya, beautiful couple! Haruka Hitsugaya has a beautiful ring to it!"

I choked on some of my orange wedges and I growled at Rubi. "Fine, I'm only doing this to shut you up!" I grabbed the watermelons off the table and headed for Toshiro's room. I knocked lightly over and over.

"I'm coming." The cold voice barked, making me pout. He didn't have to be so rude about it, asshole.

"It's Haruka, your 3rd seat." I smirked and he laughed sarcastically from the other side. Toshiro opened the door and crossed his arms, I noticed he stood in his pajamas, or I think.

"P-Put clothes on!" I blushed, holding the bag to my chest. He raised an eyebrow and I looked away to avoid from literally drooling on myself at him. His looked down at his white tank top and blue shorts.

"Fine then, you go get me some pajamas." He crossed his arms and then he blinked, staring at my face. "Are you blushing?"

I gulped and pushed the bag to his face. "You left your friggin melons on the table! Jeez, baka."

Toshiro took the melons in his arms surprised. I looked at him, my cheeks a bit pink as I started at him. He scratched behind his head and looked at his window.

"Haruka, you can come in." He opened the door wide and I blinked at his offer. He began to grow impatient with the look on his face. "Haruka, are you listening?"

"Oh yeah!" I laughed a little and walked in, staring at the room living room. The room itself was normal, other than the rug which had an ice dragon pattern on it. I slid off my shoes to follow Toshiro into the kitchen.

"I told you! He's going to say he loves you, Hime!" I could tell Rubi's eyes were sparkling as she clapped happily, even jumping for absolute joy. I shook my head and ignored the foolish rose dragon in my head.

Toshiro walked to the counter and placed a melon on a cutting board. He drew out a knife and sliced the watermelon into several pieces quickly, impressing me. Was Toshiro a chef? I laughed mentally at the idea of Toshiro in a puffy hat like the chefs wear. It looked silly on him.

"Here."

I looked at Toshiro as he handed me a bit of watermelon. I took it as he began to walk to a balcony. I followed him and felt a slight breeze as he went to sit. He slid his legs between the bars as he sat and let his feet dangle off the balcony. I did the same and we looked up at the sky.

"Do you always do this?" I asked him, raising an eyebrow. Toshiro shrugged and bit into his watermelon.

"Not really, usually Hinamori is with me. We eat watermelon all the time together. Even back when we were kids, she and Granny would always laugh at me. I didn't like it; I just liked having Hinamori by me when I ate watermelon. I never could tell her that, my pride was kinda in the way." Toshiro swung his feet and I felt a little hurt. Was I just a nightly replacement since that Hinamori girl wasn't here? We never talked much; she was one of the few lieutenants who actually wasn't close to me. Then again, I only was friends with Rangiku, Yachiru, Renji, Ikkaku, and Rukia. They were the only ones I had really had close talking time to. I liked all the captains but fox face and the blind bastard.

I didn't know how to feel about Toshiro Hitsugaya at the moment, my Taichou. That's all he was to me. However, no normal member of a Squad would sit and stare at the stars with their cute Taichou eating watermelon.

…I didn't say that. Toshiro wasn't cute, he was annoying! I mean, it's not like I liked having him around. He was just another headache, a liar and an evil jerk just like every Shinigami who talks shit about me.

I yelped as I was pulled out of my thoughts when a watermelon seed hit me. I yelped again as I was showered with watermelon seeds to the face. I rubbed my cheek at the small pain as Toshiro smirked proudly.

"I still got it." Toshiro kicked his feet and I pouted.

"You suck!" I shoved his shoulder lightly and he chuckled into his hand. I blushed a little and held the watermelon up to him.

"This watermelon is like the size of Ran-chan's boobs." I smirked and Toshiro rolled his eyes with a small smile.

"Don't even joke like that Haruka." Toshiro held a laugh and I poked his tummy. He tensed up as I poked again. He put his hand over his mouth and pushed my hand away. "Quit touching me."

"Are you ticklish?" I smiled and he spit another seed at me. I pouted and he shrugged.

"Gomen, didn't hear what you said." Toshiro looked away casually and bit into his watermelon again. I bit into mine and tried to spit out a seed, but it only dropped to my hand. Toshiro blinked at me and broke out into a laugh. I blushed and pushed him.

"Don't laugh at me!" I blushed harder and scowled as he kept laughing. He gripped the bars with a hand and shook his head. I felt like this was a side of my Taichou that hardly anyone got to see.

I felt… honored.

"Gomen, you just looked so…" He laughed a bit more and smiled a little. "You looked kinda like Hinamori. You and that girl are just alike."

I took that as an insult, but I kept my mouth shut. Why was he comparing me to Hinamori? Did he love that girl that much?

He loved Hinamori…?

I felt sick at that, but I didn't know why. I shrugged off the idea and yawned a bit. I stood up and put down my green piece of watermelon and stood up.

"I'm gonna get to bed." I told him. "Thanks for the bento and watermelon date, Chibi."

"S-Stop calling me Chibi!" He yelled, but I laughed and ran away. I left his room, his office, and ran to my barracks. Scout and Tomoyo would be so… jealous. Heh.

Wait… Did I say that was a d-date!?

End!

I typed this up so late at night, jesus. This chapter was probably terrible :(

I need to start typing these in the afternoon, so they won't suck so bad…

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