A Year of Ichigo Therapy

The Joys of Silliness

Rating: K+

Details: Toushiro needs more playtime in his daily routine. Contains a handful of fluff.

Inspiration for Drabble: Nothing really. I was just bored in class and pretty much daydreamed this, though I cut out alot of the ridiculous stuff.

Disclaimer: For this oneshot and all future ones in 'A Year of Ichigo Therapy' I do not own Bleach or any of its characters. I only own the plots and the OC's that may be in future oneshots.

Toushiro's reaction to him confused Ichigo greatly. The little shinigami captain seemed perfectly content -though embarrassed- to sit in his lap or be carried around for hours on end during their time together. Not that Ichigo minded; he quite liked carrying his Toshi around. However, Ichigo felt this was very uneventful compared to what they used to do back when he was trying to get Toushiro to warm up to him. (That, and twelve hours of carrying Toushiro made his arms sore.)

So, two weeks later found Toushiro in the World of the Living. As per usual, Ichigo plucked his little brother from the ground and placed him on his hip so Toushiro could lay his head comfortably on his shoulder as they made their way to his house. The boy had taken to sleeping in his arms lately, so it was no surprise when he felt the young shinigami doze against him.

Now at the Kurosaki household, Toushiro blinked sleepily(cutely)up at him after he'd shifted him from his hip to his front. Turquoise eyes widened almost comically when Ichigo decided it would be a good idea to throw him two feet into the air before catching him.

The substitute shinigami then began swinging him around, smiling brightly(devilishly).

Toushiro latched onto his shoulders with an annoyed/confused expression.

Ichigo rolled his eyes and set Toushiro down on his bed so he was standing at eye level with him. Hitsugaya crossed his arms expectantly.

Ichigo sighed and tried a different approach. He gave Toushiro's side a light poke, making him flinch and glare at him. He tried it again, only to have Hitsugaya grab his wrist. Toushiro bit his lip and stared at Ichigo uncertainly. What exactly was the older shinigami trying to accomplish? And why wasn't he saying anything?

Deciding to give it one more try, Ichigo picked up Toushiro and tossed him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes before twirling around a few times. Toushiro let out an indignant squeak and squirmed around, unsure what to make of what Ichigo was doing.

Chuckling, Ichigo maneuvered the snow-haired shinigami so his legs were around his waist once again. At Toushiro's look of relief he grinned lopsidedly.

''C'mon, Toshi! Play with me!''

Toushiro reddened significantly, 'He wants me to play with him? But I don't...'

Ichigo watched Toushiro's expression change. ''You don't know how to play?'' Toushiro shook his head, turning a deeper shade of red. ''Well, we'll just have to change that!''

He dropped Toushiro on the bed making the glare he'd been subjected to return full force, ''Hey! What-?'' Hitsugaya clamped his mouth shut and tried to wriggle away from Ichigo's probing fingers running up and down his sides. The effort was fruitless as he was soon reduced to giggling and laughing as Ichigo tickled him mercilessly, a smug smile on his face since he'd finally gotten Toushiro to loosen up. His smile widened when Toushiro's voice began to rise a few octaves.

Toushiro decided he liked playing with Ichigo.

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Author: LightGirl101

Rated K+

Summary: There's never any thunder in Seireitei so Toushiro didn't expect it to affect him much but when he's wormed into staying at Ichigo's and a storm hits, he gets a memory that breaks him. He immediately latched onto the first thing offering support; Ichigo

A/N: I'm sorry it's been such a long wait, but I had writers block, not to mention my computer breaking and losing all my files. I was hoping this would tie you over until I could make an actual oneshot. Please don't throw bee hives at me!

About this story I recommended; I wrote one similar to it before reading it, so when I post it I hope nobody accuses me of stealing plots. ^_^U