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Our eyes met for a brief moment; then she looked back at the rest of my group.

Kira stopped breathing for a moment.

Neighbor

"Ne ne, Momo-chan! Why don't we show you around town?"

"Do you like summer? It gets very hot here on summer days, I hope you don't mind the heat as much as a certain white haired guy."

"Say, which one do you think is better? Ice cream or ice cone?"

"Why don't we just let her rest, jeez. She just got here after a long travel, she must be tired."

"How about we all dine out together this evening? So we can all get to know each other better!"

I rolled my eyes at my group's over excitement over the new girl. Look at that, they're already calling her by her first name.

The brunette laughed, I'm not sure if it's because she finds everyone funny or weird. "I think I should go home first and help my parents unpack our things. I'm in for the dinner, though."

The girls squealed in delight and the guys started to teasingly nudge Kira. Oh, so everyone noticed it. "We'll come and pick you up later!" Said Rangiku excitedly, while the girl simply smiled and left with her parents.

When the new family was out of sight, Rangiku turned with a sly smile towards the guys. "A very pretty girl, am I right or am I right?"

"She seems like a good girl." Said Ichigo "I'm sure we'll all get along with her."

"Damn right, especially a certain someone." Renji pointedly glanced at Kira and snickered with Ikkaku.

Kira nervously smiled but said nothing, looking lost in his thoughts.

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"It's gonna sound terribly ridiculous. But I fell in love at first sight with Hinamori-san."

My eyebrows shot up in amusement "And you're telling me, because…?"

Kira buried his face in his hands "Because maybe you also fell for her?"

I rolled my eyes and playfully punched his arm "Shut up, she's not my type."

He looked at me with eager eyes "Really?"

"Of course." I added with a nod "She's all yours. It's the other guys you should be worried about, not me."

A nervous smile spread on his mouth. "Alright, if you say so…"

We all went back home for the afternoon, the girls excused themselves by saying they had to organize the perfect dinner for the newcomer, and we all separated after deciding to just meet up that evening.

The sun shone too bright for my taste; summer here in Karakura was too hot and humid, I wonder if that new girl can resist in such a weather?

Once I reached home, I noticed a big truck standing in front of the house next to mine.

I quizzically glanced over the gate and saw the new family unloading the big truck with big boxes.

The father noticed me, I can't even remember his name. Was it Kazuhito? Kazune? Err… "Hello, Hinamori-san." I politely greeted him.

He smiled at me "Hello, neighbor! Would you like to come in for a cup of coffee?"

I shook my head and noticed his struggle with the box in his arms "Do you need some help?"

The bottom of the box he was holding suddenly ripped open, and loads of books dropped down right before his feet.

Well, I'll take his cheerful laughter as a yes.

"Dad, are you okay? What was that noise?" The brunette dashed out of the house with a worried look. "Oh." She sighed and ran over to help him out. "Seriously, I told you to hold the boxes from the bottom."

Her Dad just laughed while putting the books back in the box "Don't worry, our kind neighbor kindly offered to help us out."

The girl only then noticed my presence, looking up from the ground with a surprised look "Oh. Hitsugaya Toushirou-kun, right?"

I simply nodded and walked in their direction "Let me help."

"Oh, please don't. Dad, don't start bothering the neighbors right on our first day here." She softly scolded her Dad, who just pouted like a little kid.

"It's no bother, really." I insisted and peeked in the truck "It looks like you still have a lot of things here, I'll help, so you can finish early." Before the new girl could protest any more, I grabbed one of the boxes in the truck "Where should I put this?"

The girl gave up with sigh and smiled "Just leave it in the living room."

I just shrugged and walked past my new neighbors, who started bickering about the rest of the boxes that they had to bring in the house.

As I walked in, I saw Mrs. Hinamori preparing some snacks in the kitchen. She kindly smiled at me. "Thank you for your help, Hitsugaya-kun. Sorry for bothering you."

"It's okay. I'm glad to help."

"I'm preparing some snacks, anything you'd like in particular?"

I put the box down next to the couch in the living room "Anything will do, Hinamori-san." Errr… I don't remember her name either.

Five boxes later, we were almost done to completely unload the truck, Hinamori-san (the Mom) got us to take a break and have some snacks she prepared.

"So, what school do you attend to, Hitsugaya-kun?"

I took a bite off the piece of bread with butter and jam "This school-year in Karakura High, Hinamori-san." I couldn't help a chuckle "There aren't many High Schools around here, each village in this island has its own School system."

"Ehh, I guess that's how it goes in small villages." Mr. Dad said with a nod to himself "This is good, I've always wanted to live in a quaint and calm place."

"Is that why you've decided to transfer here, Hinamori-san?" I asked curiously.

"Yep!" He happily answered. "It's good to know that my little princess won't go alone to school."

Kira's beloved crush blushed "Dad, I can go to school on my own."

"I know, but it will make me feel more at ease." Hinamori-san smiled and gave me a pat on my shoulder "We'll be in your care, Hitsugaya-kun. Especially my little princess."

The young brunette shook her head and apologized with a look towards me. I just chuckled at this new silly family; at least, they didn't seem so bad to be city people.

And I should probably stop tagging city people with stereotypical characteristics.

We finished unloading the truck and the family did nothing but thank me all the time.

"Momo-chan, walk Hitsugaya-kun to his home since he's been so kind to us today."

My brows shot up in surprise "There's no need to, Hinamori-san. My house is just next yours…" I seriously need to remember their names, I've been doing nothing but call them all 'Hinamori-san'.

The young brunette took off her apron and smiled "Then it's no trouble since it's so close by, Hitsugaya-kun."

We walked out, the girl left their gate open and silently accompanied me to my front gate, merely a thirty-seconds walk. "Told you there was no need to walk me all the way here."

She laughed "My parents didn't know any other way to repay you for your kindness."

I just nodded "Seriously though, it was no trouble, I'm the one who offered up to help you out."

She suddenly looked up at me with her big brown eyes, the same color of her father's eyes "By the way, just call me Momo."

I was taken aback by her request. Or demand. "Huh?"

"Well, you've been calling my entire family by 'Hinamori-san'. I'm not just 'Hinamori-san', I am Hinamori Momo!" She proudly said with a grin on her features. "So if you're going to call me Momo, I'm going to call you Toushirou, alright?"

I couldn't help but laugh. This girl is so strange.

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"Say, Momo-chan! How was the city you used to live in?"

"More like, where did you live before coming here?"

"And why did you choose Karakura out of all the other villages in this island?"

"What kind of uniform did you wear?"

The girls pestered Momo with hundreds of questions, of course that 'uniform' question was from that perverted bald guy.

Ikkaku got smacked right on the back of his head by Ichigo, going all out in his brotherly attitude.

Everyone listened enraptured at Momo's tales from the city, her former Middle School, her friends. Kira was hanging onto every word that left Momo's mouth, and he looked so enraptured, so happy to be sitting across from the brunette.

Meanwhile I looked around the oh-so-familiar restaurant we were dining at, full of familiar faces who countlessly kept glancing at our loud table, curious about the new girl.

I was sitting next to her, and the way she flailed her hands and arms in the air as she spoke got me inching away from her, not really fond of the idea to get hit in the face.

Soon the food we ordered got served, and as everyone busied themselves with their dish, Momo discreetly nudged me.

Raising my eyebrow, I silently asked her what got her looking so troubled, and her answer got me laughing like an idiot.

"I can't remember their names." She shyly admitted, while I laughed my ass off.

That got the whole group curious, glancing at me like I was some sort of mad man. "What's so funny?"

I shook my head, absentmindedly waving my hand as I stopped laughing. Momo looked embarrassed, but she hid it by feigning curiosity at my reaction like everyone else.

When everyone turned back to their own business, the brunette frowned at me "Not cool."

"You've been talking with them for almost an hour, and you can't remember their name?" I silently inquired, choking back more laughter that threatened to burst out of me.

She just pouted "I have trouble remembering people's names."

I briefly and silently helped her with remembering everyone's names. Her confusion was a little bit understandable, since we weren't really a small group of people.

Right after her silent thanks, the group resumed their questions for Momo, who gladly answered.

"Oh, Momo-chan. You need to brace yourself, because Karakura doesn't offer as much leisure as big cities do." Rukia warned.

"Don't worry about me, as long as there's a bookstore, a park or beach, and an arcade… then I'm good to go."

I remembered the boxes filled with all sorts of books; I guess she's really into them. "Kira here is also a book worm."

Momo's eyes sparkled "Really, Izuru-kun?" She looked at him with a smile.

Kira blushed ten different shades of red and nodded "Y-yes!"

"The bookstore isn't very up to date, though." I commented "You like English literature, right?" The boxes from earlier had mostly books written by Jane Austen, Dickens, and other English contemporary authors.

"Yep! Do you also like reading books, Toushirou?" Momo asked.

"Nah, Toushirou is a sports type of guy!" Said Renji "All of us guys, except for Ishida and Yumichika, are in the soccer club."

"I'm a girl, you know." Yumichika pointed out, flipping back his hair.

"In a parallel universe, maybe." Ikkaku mumbled, and thus began another bickering between the two.

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"You and Hinamori-san seem pretty close." Kira said as he watched the girls walk towards the restaurant's bathroom.

I raised my eyebrows in surprise "What makes you say that?"

"Well… you call her by her first name—"

"Everyone's been doing nothing but call her 'Momo'." I pointed out.

"-and she calls you by your first name. And you're not the kind of guy to let someone you barely know call you by your first name immediately or the other way around."

I blinked a couple of times at his remark. Was I actually that kind of person? "Well… she is my new neighbor after all. Is it wrong for me to get along with my neighbors?"

Kira sighed and shook his head "Never mind…"

I rolled my eyes at him "Instead of trying to accuse me of getting too close to her, why don't you do something to get close to her?"

He nearly coughed out the soda he was drinking "Are you out of your mind?"

Answering him with half a shrug, Kira looked down while rubbing the back of his neck, a habit he has when he gets nervous.

"Do you think I have a chance with her?" He asked.

"You'll never know unless you don't give it a shot."

Before we could continue our conversation, the girls got back from their group trip in the toilet.

"Alright guys, time to go." Rangiku commanded with a clap of her hands.

"Awww already?" Whined Ikkaku.

"Momo-chan must be dead tired, we should let her rest." Kira tentatively tried to back the girls up.

"No need to worry about me, I'm doing fine!" Momo assured everyone with a grin.

The discussion went on for a while until it was decided that it was time to go back home for the night.

We pretty much lived in the same neighborhood, only my house was a couple of blocks away from everyone else's.

Everyone bid their goodnights and got in their respective houses, while Momo and I still had to walk a couple of blocks ahead to get home.

She heaved out a long sigh, stretching her arms up in the air with a yawn.

"So you were tired, after all." I commented, remembering her 'I'm doing fine' statement.

She just smiled "I really enjoyed everyone's company, I wouldn't have minded hanging out with all of you a little bit longer."

"You'll have plenty of time to hang out with everyone… To the point where you'll get tired of seeing their faces."

Momo laughed at that and looked up. "Oh wow… The sky is full of stars!"

I glanced up and chuckled "It's the usual night sky…"

"So pretty…" She smiled fondly, walking without looking at what was in front of her. "Back in my old city, I could barely see stars at night. Because of the city light and all that jazz."

She looked like a kid who saw stars for the first time. It kind of amazed me, this innocent and naïve attitude of hers took me aback.

It feels like Momo was made just to be with Kira.

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A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

So… I'm going to warn you guys by now (for those who don't know), that I don't like stories who rush their plot. Don't expect a super fast story line, but don't expect a super slow one either ahaha.

This story will have its own pace, and the progress between the characters can be seen through tiny details like the way they act around each other, the way they call each other, the way they talk to each other and yada yada yada… (example, in this chapter Toushirou at first shows how he doesn't like calling people by their first name when he barely knows them... then he's fine with it when Momo suggests it...) So watch out for these small things (not always there, but they'll be out there often) and if you find them feel free to write them in a review, maybe? xD

Errr alright, I dragged this note for too long, I'll stop now ahahah

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