A Quiet Day

Chapter One

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One of the things Hitsugaya Toushiro loves most about his tenth division is its garden.

He loved to sit there, quiet on one of the immaculate stone benches. Sometimes he'd bring a book, but never anything else, like paperwork perhaps.

That was the reason he was sitting there now. His paperwork had finally reached unbearable heights. And it was all because of his orange haired lieutenant.

He figured that if she would sit down and do her paperwork than he might be able to have his done in an hour or less. But no, she had to hold a "Shinigami Sake Festival" and decide to dump her last two days of paperwork with his.

Therefore he was here in the garden and his paperwork was back in his office.

He smirked. Nice, calm, relaxing, and no paperwork; this was the reason captain Hitsugaya Toushiro loved to sit in the garden.

But alas, as fate says, all good things must come to an end.

In this case it was a halting, peace shattering end like none other before.

He cringed.

"Hitsugaya-kun?" asked a tentative voice. It was only a whisper on the wind, but it was stronger than any commander's tone.

Though, as he reflected, he figured than if anyone else had disturbed him they would have met Hyourinmaru.

But it was Hinamori, so she could live.

Just this once.

"Yes, Hinamori?" he said in what he hoped was his 'I'm trying to sound busy' tone.

"I-I have a question," she replied, she seemed nervous noted Toushiro.

A nervous Hinamori, wanting to ask a question in his peaceful garden was enough to make him slightly nervous.

"Yes, yes what is it?" he asked turning from where he was seated, his back facing her, so that he could face her. His eyes found the curve of her neck, the breath of her hair, and the light of her eyes as they always did when she was before him.

But she didn't say anything. She remained silent.

"Hinamori, you had a question?" he demanded once again, glaring slightly.

"Hitsugaya-kun," she began, her eyes were wide but they were staring dutifully at the ground and not at him. "How do you tell someone that you love them?"

Hitsugaya's first thought was 'what!' and he almost blurted that out, but he refrained from doing so. Instead he said:

"What do you mean, Hinamori?" he crossed his arms and continued to look at her.

"Well," she began, choosing her wording wisely. "How would you tell someone that you love them, Shiro-chan?"

"I don't know," said Hitsugaya incredulously. "Why ask me? When have I ever told someone that I love them? And don't call me that! Bed-Wetter Momo!"

"Yes, yes Hitsygaya-kun. But you're really the only one that I could ask," she finally looked up at him, her eyes darting a bit, nervously.

He looked at her, observed her, just for a moment, before turning back around, so that his back was facing her again.

Most would have taken this as a dismissive gesture, but not Hinamori, she still stood there. Hitsugaya could hear her scuffling her feet lightly.

But he did turn back around.

"Momo," he began, connecting eyes with her. His were tinged with sadness. "If you love someone so much that you think about them all the time, and you feel differently around them, and you even speak and act differently around them than I believe that you should tell them right out."

He continued to look at Hinamori.

"If you love someone with such a passion as that, as much as that, then you owe it to yourself and that person, to just tell them."

"Thank you, Hitsugaya-kun," she said. She looked rather blown away at his sudden passionate answer to her question.

"You're welcome," said Hitsugaya quietly.

Hinamori bowed slightly and turned to leave.

And as they both turned away, Hinamori to find her way out of the tenth division complex, Hitsugaya back to his bench, they both shared a thought.

'I should tell him.'

'I should tell her.'

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This was my third story ever on fanfiction, and imagine, it took me five whole years to finally edit it. It was nice to take a trip back down memory lane, and to perceive the ideas that I used to write with.

Hitsugaya and Hinamori will always be special with this story. I hope all that have read have enjoyed it.

Thanks,

AnimeSiren