He tried to work his way into forgetting the...incident the previous night. Oh, sure, he'd hidden everything that needed to be hidden immediately after she had opened the door, but let's face it.

People always knew you were "up to something" when you suddenly jumped up in your chair and threw the folds of your robes around yourself, short of breath and looking around like you'd been caught stealing something.

Never mind the stain on his cloak that would never come out now.

Probably the only person who wouldn't bother to do anything in a situation like that was Ichimaru...and he hadn't. One time Hitsugaya had accidentally walked into the man's office to see him...well, doing something that was obviously not work, something that you really shouldn't do anywhere but your own home, and he'd just grinned that insufferable grin of his and said, "Hiya, 'Gaya."

Hitsugaya had been looking for his vice-captain, but he promptly forgot about that and slammed the door closed, running off as quickly as he could to find Kyouraku, because she was probably with him.

He even thought about joining them for a drink to get the image of Ichimaru Gin's frighteningly pale legs out of his mind. Honestly, it had not been necessary for him to take off his pants!

The minute Hitsugaya had thought about that, he'd decided that he really didn't care about the legal drinking age. He was a captain, damn it, and...well, this was a special circumstance.

He really should have learned his lesson after walking in on the Third Division captain, but he hadn't.

Hitsugaya kept his mind on his paperwork, and he pointedly refused to look up at Matsumoto when she walked into the room. He didn't see the knowing, cocky smirk on her face.

This was why Matsumoto loved dealing with her captain. It was so vastly entertaining.

The smirk stayed on her face the entire day.

She really didn't know what was so embarrassing about spilling ink on your shirt. Did he just not want anyone to know he'd been drawing on his arm when the pen he'd brought back from the living world had exploded? It was no big deal, really. It wasn't like she'd report him or something. But still...seeing him so embarrassed was such fun.

...What did you think he'd been doing?

Tch. Perverts.

I have a weird sense of humor. Oh, well. It worked in my head. Why do I love torturing my favorite characters so much? Poor Hitsugaya-taichou...eh. I'll get over it, I'm sure. I've done worse to other characters, anyway. Hope you enjoyed this latest glimpse at my madness. Ja ne.