It's here! The new chapter's here!

I know with the OC character in here, there's a bit of worrying, but I assure you, this story will end with HitsuHina. Expect some playful fluff in this and future chapters to come!

Previously...

Toshiro and Momo got married, but Toshiro ditched the honeymoon. In the end, both managed to avoid getting caught by the families. Now that they're married, Toshiro and Momo began their married life by living in the same apartment. Will it turn out okay?

Chapter 6

It took a long while of settling into their new home, arranging their belongings in their rooms after moving many boxes from their homes to this apartment. Finally after hours of organizing, most of the apartment was cleaned, though there were still full boxes left around the place that have yet to be unpacked.

After organizing his desk and school materials, Toshiro used his first night working on his schoolwork in his room. He sat at his desk writing down his assignment when he heard Momo sigh from the living room.

Coming out of the bathroom after taking a shower is Momo. She had already changed into her night clothes and was ready to head to bed. But before going into her room, she noticed the light still on in Toshiro's room. Wondering what he's doing, she went inside and found him sitting at his desk. She walked over and peeked over his shoulder from behind for a moment.

"What are you doing Lil' Shiro? Aren't you going to bed yet?" she asked, reaching out and ruffling Toshiro's hair before passing him for fun. Toshiro clicked his tongue in irritation after feeling Momo's hand mess up his hair, wanting to reprimand her but lost interest.

He took a second to comb his messy hair back to normal with a free hand. "I'm still a high student remember?" he reminded, not even turning to look at her, "I can't waste time shirking on my studies."

Seeing how focused he is in his work, Momo spoke, "Ah you work so hard as usual Lil' Shiro. But you have to get enough sleep. Otherwise you may fall asleep during classes."

"I'll sleep when I feel like it. Now can you please leave? I'm busy."

But then Toshiro heard something settling on his bed and turned his head but then held back a gasp to find that Momo is the one sitting on his bed. But the other reason for his stifled gasp was that he saw Momo wearing a tank top and shorts, nightwear that he didn't expect her to wear.

"…Momo…what are you wearing?" he dare to ask with a hint of nervousness, "Don't tell me...those are your pajamas?"

Momo looked down at herself and didn't see what the problem is. "Of course they are," she replied, "I always sleep like this."

Filled with remorse that he'll be seeing her wearing something like that every night now that they're living together, Toshiro turned back to his desk and complained mentally.

"What am I doing? Those pajamas…she looks cute in them…Dang it! What am I saying?! Pull yourself together Toshiro!" he thought.

"Well...can't you...put on something else?" he then suggested with difficulty, avoiding eye contact with Momo.

"Hm? Why? Something wrong?" said Momo, oblivious to the reason of Toshiro's change of behavior.

"No! I mean-!" Toshiro had to come up with a good excuse, "Uh...it's going to get...rather cold around this time at night. Do you want to catch a cold?"

He had hoped his last minute excuse would convince Momo, but it didn't. "But it doesn't feel cold now. You shouldn't worry too much Lil' Shiro," she said, "Besides, I bet you sleep in just your boxers like other boys do when they sleep."

Toshiro was flabbergasted at her ridiculous statement and faced her. "I do not!" he retorted.

Momo giggled in amusement. "I know. I'm only joking."

Toshiro gave a deep exhale. He is way past tired of Momo's jokes when she tries to make fun of him. "Geez...why does she do this to me?" he asked himself.

He then returned back to his work and ignored Momo for the while. As for Momo, she now realized how comfy Toshiro's bed felt the more she sat on it. It soon led to her lying down and allow herself to relax on the soft mattress.

"Oi, can't you see I'm busy here? Move out now," Toshiro spoke impatiently, seeing that she still had not gotten up from the bed.

"But it's so soft and comfy," said Momo in return. She's either lazy to move, or she's doing this on purpose to annoy him.

Seeing her still in the room, Toshiro gave a heavy sigh before putting his pencil down and turning his chair to face her and give her a proper explanation.

"Alright, let's make this clear. Even though we're married and that we live together, we've agreed that we're still going to sleep in separate rooms. From now on, until I graduate, you sleep there..." he pointed to the room across the living room before pointing at the floor in his room, "...And I sleep here. Got it? Now go."

Even after he made the thorough explanation that should be easy for a 1st grader to follow, Momo again refused his order.

"Oh don't be so mean Toshiro," she whined, "My room's all the way over there. And my room is so full tonight."

Toshiro gave another sigh as he looked down and massaged his brow with his fingers. "Why do I even bother...?" he asked himself, "It's probably because you have too much stuff..."

As he muttered to himself, an idea came into Momo's head that had a hint of fun in it. Sitting back up on the bed, she made a daring suggestion.

"Hey…why don't we sleep together?"

The instant she said that, Toshiro nearly fell out of his chair but he held on to the armrests to prevent himself from doing so.

"W-What?" he stuttered, "Are you crazy?! I thought we both agreed we weren't even going to do that stuff!"

Momo was amused at his reaction. "Why are you so nervous?" she asked, "Don't you remember? When we were little, we went to your grandfather's place for one summer. We practically slept in the same room and shared a futon every night the whole time."

Even though what she said was true, Toshiro isn't going to take any chances. "That was when we were little!" he said, sitting back on his chair properly, "This is completely different!"

"Toshiro, we're married now remember? Couples usually sleep in the same room after they marry so what's there to be nervous about?"

"Don't use that as an excuse! And I'm not nervous!" Toshiro retorted, "There's just no way that's going to happen and that's final!"

Wanting to avoid further debating with Momo, Toshiro turned his chair around and tried to get back to his work, in hopes that Momo will eventually get bored and walk out. But Momo's fun didn't end there.

With his back turned to her, Momo took this chance to sneak up behind him and place a hand on the back of his chair. Without warning, Toshiro felt his chair suddenly sharply turning around and he found himself facing Momo again. "Hey! What are you doing!?"

But he found his breath caught in his throat when Momo leaned in close so they're properly face to face. At the current distance the two are, Toshiro backed up as far as he can in his chair, his face getting heated by the nervousness. "H-hey...w-what are you doing?"

Putting on her serious expression (and freaking Toshiro out), Momo spoke strictly, "Toshiro Hitsugaya, I am your wife. And I say you need to get some sleep."

Even though he's getting creeped out by Momo's serious side, Toshiro can't let her think she can order him around that easily. "Since when does the wife give out the orders?! I'm the husband, therefore I decide what I do!" he declared.

"Toshiro, if you don't go to bed right now, I'll stay here and even drag you to bed if I have to..."

The minute he heard this, Toshiro believed that she's really serious to the point that they may end up sleeping together in the same bed. At last he finally shouted, "Okay, okay you win! I give! I'll sleep! Just get the heck away from me already!"

Hearing his yell of surrender, Momo smiled in triumph, dropping the serious face she had on a second ago. And being true to her word, Momo backed away and brought space between them again. "You know for someone who has been invited to the kendo club during middle school lots of times, you are easy to defeat…Lil' Shiro!" she teased.

"If you weren't a girl right now…" he said coldly. But it was ignored by Momo as she playfully stuck her tongue out and walked towards the door.

"Good night, Lil' Shiro!"

"That's Hitsugaya to you!" Toshiro shouted from his chair.

Momo poked her head back in the room for one more moment. "Well we're married now. So I get to call you whatever I want!" she reminded before disappearing out of the room.

As much as Toshiro wanted to prove her wrong, he found that he couldn't. He brought his hand up to comb back his hair and began to remorse again. Once again, his opinion of how horrible being married was just as bad as he imagined it.

The morning after their first night of sleeping in their new home, the wedded couple began their new life. Momo had already woken up and had finished cleaning herself up and changed clothes. Since there was extra time, she also took the liberty of preparing breakfast for the both of them, already fitting in the role of wife so quickly.

Now the only thing left to do is wait for Toshiro to get ready for school. So far, he still hasn't come out of his room since she woke up. Curious to know what he's doing, Momo went to Toshiro's room and knocked on the door.

"Toshiro, time to wake up!" she called out energetically. She expected to hear Toshiro responding but all she got was a faint groan from the person inside the room. That meant that Toshiro has yet to get out of bed and is still sleeping.

"Come on Toshiro! You don't want to be late for school!"

Again, she heard nothing but another sleepy moan.

"Lil' Shiro! Please come out!"

This time, the door opened and out stepped a still drowsy Toshiro. He scratched his head and tousled his messed up hair with a moan.

"Stop yelling so much in the morning idiot…" he mumbled, walking past Momo, "…You're really starting to sound like my mother more than a wife…"

Momo only gave a smile in return as she watched Toshiro walk to the bathroom. "And good morning to you too. Hurry and get ready. Breakfast will be ready soon," she said sweetly.

"Yeah, yeah…" Toshiro waved her off.

Despite his new secret life as a married man, Toshiro proceeded with attending school, as if nothing happened. As they planned, nobody else in the school knows about Toshiro's secret, except for two people. Sojiro, one of those people, was talking with Toshiro during lunch break.

The first thing the older boy asked from Toshiro was how their honeymoon went. He told Toshiro that he had bumped into Momo during the class trip that Toshiro missed out on, surprising Toshiro that the trip was at the same spot as the honeymoon is. Following that, Sojiro asked Toshiro where has was during the whole time.

At first Toshiro just wanted to say "Don't ask," but eventually he changed his mind and proceeded to tell Sojiro what he did.

After he finished saying everything that happened, Sojiro gave a look of bewilderment. "Really? That happened during your honeymoon?"

Toshiro nodded. "You can't believe the stress I got from that honeymoon."

Sojiro was amazed that Toshiro actually pulled such a feat as ditching your own wife on your honeymoon. "Whoa...I can't believe you did that," he remarked, "And you actually got away with it without letting your parents know."

Now three tables away from the one he and Sojiro are sitting at, Toshiro noticed that one of the girls sitting at that table is Haruka talking to her friends. He never told anyone, even Sojiro, that he had gone to the school following his early return from his honeymoon and spent the afternoon playing tennis with Haruka. Obviously he don't want anyone to get the thought that the two of them have something going on.

Realizing that he's looking at something else, Sojiro followed the direction where Toshiro is looking at and noticed Haruka. That reminded him of something that just popped into his mind. "Hey, you know, I think Amano from Class B has been glimpsing at you since this morning," he mentioned.

Toshiro turned and faced Sojiro again. "Really? Why?"

"Why indeed. I think...someone's got a crush on you," said Sojiro with a mischievous grin, "But then...I wonder how will she react if she hears that you're already married?"

Even though Sojiro is careful and keeping the secret about him and Momo being married a secret, Toshiro disliked having to bring up that subject. He turned away and scoffed, "Tsk…I don't care. I don't even have romantic feelings with my wife. Why should I be concerned about other girls trying to get my attention?"

Sojiro in response shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, come on, let's go," his friend then said, "Break time's almost over."

Toshiro rose from his seat, tossed his empty can of tea into the trashcan and was about to follow Sojiro out the cafeteria when he felt a vibration from his cellphone in his pocket. "Hold on a minute," he told Sojiro.

Toshiro took his cellphone out and flipped it open to see that he received a text message. He read the screen and saw Momo's name as the sender. With a sigh, Toshiro opened the message and read it. After reading the message, Sojiro saw Toshiro give a look of disbelief. "Is she kidding me?"

"What? Did something happen to her?"

"No."

Toshiro closed his phone and put his hands in his pockets. "She's going out with some friends and wants me to meet her after school before going home together," he said sullenly.

"What's the matter with that?"

"…The place she needs me to meet her at is…"

But Toshiro didn't want to say the last part in public. So he ushered Sojiro to bend over, due to their height difference, and he whispered something into Sojiro's ear.

Sojiro's eyes widened a few seconds later. "What? She wants you to go there?" he said with surprise, "But high school students aren't allowed to go there are they?"

"No. Which is exactly why she has gone nuts this time," Toshiro announced sullenly.

Meanwhile, an hour and a half later since Toshiro received the text, his wife was eating out with her friends from college. Also present is Shinji Hirako, who suggested this small gathering earlier. The place where they are, that Toshiro dreads going, is a restaurant bar that's only allowed for adults and those out of high school.

Upon arriving, much to Momo's fear, her friends immediately ordered sake as their beverage while she stuck to drinking tea.

Now at this time, after several cups of sake, some of Momo's friends have gotten drunk and are in a daze and hiccuping while they talk.

Shinji, one of the few who isn't drunk, looked at his watch and saw the time. "Say Momo, it's getting late. Shouldn't you be heading home now?" he mentioned.

Momo shook her head. "No not yet. I have to wait until Toshiro gets here," she said.

When she said this, Nanao showed a stunned expression. "You mean you told your husband to come here?" she said in disbelief.

Now Momo already knows that calling a high school student to come to an adult/college student's restaurant isn't the best option, but she had a good reason. "I know it's not right," she said before anyone could get the wrong idea, "But I can't let him walk home alone."

Nanao and Rukia then came to agree with Momo's reason.

"Yeah I guess that's true," said Rukia.

"I say that's the right thing to do!" Rangiku said, but still in her drunken state, "You're a married woman now and he's your darling husband. But maybe instead, you should've said to him, 'I am your darling wife! So as your wife, I command you to come here!' Something like that! Heh heh!"

"Rangiku, I can't treat my husband as if he's a dog," said Momo, "I only asked him to come here because we both are going home together."

"That's right Rangiku!" Izuru (also drunk as Rangiku is) boldly stated, "It's the man of the couple who makes the choices! (Hic!)"

"I second that!" Shuhei included, followed by a hiccup.

But Rangiku protested, "Oh no. I bet you another bottle of sake now that her husband will arrive here within 5 minutes just to please his pretty wife's request."

Renji, Izuru and Shuhei were interested by her offer and decided to take it. "You're on!" the three said together.

...

Several minutes later, the door to the restaurant opened and Toshiro walked inside, much against his will. When he saw the sign outside the restaurant a minute ago, he had half the mind to walk home by himself.

Toshiro immediately felt embarrassed that he, a high school student with the appearance of an elementary student, would be stuck surrounded by college people. Not only that, but the instant he smelled the stench of alcohol in the air upon entering, Toshiro felt like throwing up.

He took a moment to get a grip on himself. "Just find Momo and get out," he told himself specifically. He started to scan the place with his eyes table by table in search of Momo.

But he was interrupted when a waiter noticed him standing there and came up to Toshiro when he realized he's a high school student by his uniform.

"Hey kid, this isn't a place for kids like you to play around. Go home," he instructed. Toshiro was about ready to give the man a big rant for mentioning his age and appearance when Momo's voice was heard.

"Wait! He's okay! He's with me!"

It was fortunate that Momo turned and saw Toshiro at the front in time to help him out. Of course the waiter was surprised and had disbelief that a high school student would already be married.

"No, he really is her husband," Shuhei told the waiter, "So he's okay."

Eventually the waiter was convinced and allowed Toshiro to proceed. After clearing his , Toshiro reluctantly approached their table and stared at his wife. "You ought to be crazy. Calling me here to a place like this..." he scolded. He knew from the very beginning that he would be questioned about his age.

"Don't mind, don't mind," Rangiku reassured, waving her hand up and down, "Your wife says it's okay right?"

Shinji looked at Toshiro, meeting the husband for the first time. "Oh so this here's your husband huh?"

"Yeah...*hic! Isn't he cute?" said Izuru whimsically, Toshiro however had a vein appearing on his brow after hearing him say that.

After looking up and down at Toshiro, Shinji smiled and said, "Yes. You certainly have quite a cute little fellow for a husband Momo."

He hates being here, and he hates being commented by others as a kid, but Toshiro remembers his manners as he bowed his head to Shinji. "Thank you," he said, half politely and half grumpily.

With that said, Toshiro turned to Momo and tugged her arm. "Hey, let's go already," he said impatiently.

Unfortunately his plan to get out of the restaurant as soon as possible failed when Renji said, "Hey, what's your hurry? Isn't it polite to greet yourself properly to your seniors?"

"Yeah go on, have a seat," Izuru insisted, "You still have to meet Hirako-senpai. Isn't that right Hirako (hic!) senpai?"

"Oh right, introductions," Shinji remembered, "I'm Momo's advisor and senior, Shinji Hirako. Nice to meet you."

"…Toshiro Hitsugaya," Toshiro mumbled.

Then to Momo, Toshiro showed her his impatient expression. "Okay, can we go now?" he mumbled again, this time with a hint of desperation in his voice, "Nearly everyone here is drunk."

"Go?" Rangiku spoke hazily before Momo answered, having heard Toshiro just now, "No! Stay a little while Toshiro and join the fun! How about sake for the lucky groom here?" Before Toshiro was about to argue that he doesn't drink, Rangiku turned and called out for the waiter.

"Hey! Can we have another bottle of sake here?"

Immediately Momo protested, "No Rangiku! Even if he's my husband, he's still underage!" Then to the waiter Rangiku called on, Momo made a quick correction. "Sorry, but can we have a green tea instead?" she requested.

But Rangiku was still intent to persuade the both of them to get more sake. "Now Momo, your darling husband can decide what he wants to drink on his own. Isn't that right Toshiro?"

"...Even if you say that, I am still a high school student. Therefore I will refuse to drink any type of alcohol," Toshiro stated.

Rangiku pouted at Toshiro. "Oh you're such a poor sport!" Then she looked at her next target, Momo. "How about you Momo? You're not a high school student like Mr. Grumpy here are you now? You're a fine adult woman! Therefore, you should have a glass!" she encouraged, "Come on! Just one?"

Finally Momo gave a sigh of defeat, knowing that Rangiku may never stop bugging her unless she did so, and reluctantly answered, "Okay, but just one glass and that's it."

Satisfied, Rangiku poured out a glass for Momo and slid right in front of her to take. "Bottoms up! (Hic!)" she said cheerfully.

But before Momo even touched her glass, Toshiro stopped her. "Hey, I don't think you should do it," he advised. Grateful that he's concerned, Momo smiled back. "Don't worry. It's just one glass," she reassured, "I'm sure it won't do any harm."

And before Toshiro could protest, Momo picked up her glass. But still, despite her reassurance, Toshiro couldn't help but get an uncomfortable feeling as he watched Momo lift the small glass of sake to her lips and drank it.

After nearly another hour, or a long hour of torment in Toshiro's point of view, Shinji volunteered to offer Momo and Toshiro a ride back home since the others was either completely drunk to drive or they have to help those who are drunk get home. But as it turns out, Momo wasn't strong enough to handle one glass of sake like everyone else does and became drowsy and terribly dizzy. Because of that, Shinji recommended Toshiro and Momo to sit in the back seat together for Momo's well-being, much to Toshiro's dismay and embarrassment.

Wanting to pass the time, Shinji began a conversation with Toshiro as he drove. "So Toshiro, you're in high school now," he began, "Any thoughts on what college you're planning to go after graduating? Perhaps we'll meet more if you happen to choose our college."

"I haven't yet decided where I want to go," Toshiro replied, "Though I may consider your suggestion as an option. Anyways even before I go to college, I have a feeling that we'll see each other frequently since you're Momo's senior Mr. Hirako."

"Actually, I guess I have to call you my senior now in real life since you're married," Shinji corrected with a smirk.

Not wanting to be reminded of that, Toshiro sighed and hung his shoulders. "Please, I wish you don't make it sound like a joke Mr. Hirako," he anxiously requested, head hanging down in humiliation.

Shinji then replied, "And I wish that the husband of my underclassman would call me Shinji. Fair enough?"

"Well...I guess." Although Toshiro was hesitant to address someone older than him by his or her first name casually.

As Toshiro looked out his window to pass the time, Momo's drowsiness caused her to shift in her seat and she ended up leaning against Toshiro's side and her cheek is resting on Toshiro's shoulder. Having a girl lying against you so cozily made Toshiro want to shove her off in an instant, but something inside was rather okay. That is, until he caught a whiff of the leftover stench of alcohol when Momo began mumbling in her sleep.

"Ugh...Unbelievable," he said, fanning the front of his face in hopes to rid the smell, "I can't believe you would be dumb enough to take a glass."

Taking a quick glance in his rear view mirror, Shinji couldn't help but smirk at seeing the young couple close together in the back. "You know, the more I look at it, you two seemed like you two are made for each other," he remarked.

Toshiro knows he's blushing right now by the warmth in his cheeks. "O-Of course not!" he protested, "Why would I be together with this Bed-Wetter?"

He glanced at Momo upon mentioning her and gave the girl a frown. Uncomfortable with her leaning on him any longer, Toshiro huffed and pushed her off so she's sitting upright again but leaning back in her seat in her own spot and away from him.

He continued, "When we were little, all she does is babying me around just because I was younger. Always calling me by that stupid nickname, making sure I behave myself, embarrassing me in front of adults. She almost treats me as if she's a second mother!"

"Really? And what about you?"

Toshiro scoffed, "I got back at her. I always call her names and pick on her so she'd stop. But that only caused the both of us to fight more with each other."

Shinji chuckled in amusement. "Oh really?" he inquired, "Well you know, they say that boys who act mean to a certain girl is because they like that girl."

A flustered Toshiro sputtered a bit before he got the words out. "Well I'm not like that at all!" he declared at once. There was just no way he would be like that to Momo just because he has feelings for her.

And trying to forget about it, Toshiro spent the next minute or two sitting there quietly. But then he jumped in his seat when Momo found her way to lean against him again. In response to this, Toshiro gave a sigh of exasperation. "Why me...?"

But then he felt Momo move a little to snuggle closer to him, still keeping her head against his shoulder. "Lil'...Shiro..." she mumbled in her sleep.

It was if Momo was sounding like the way she did back when they were little, when he and Momo would sleep in the same room together while staying at his grandfather's house. Feeling the nostalgia, Toshiro couldn't help but find her voice quite cute when she sounded like that...

Wait. What is he thinking? He shouldn't be thinking such things! Oh what has gotten into him lately?

"Sheesh…how did I get stuck with this Bed-Wetter?"

Author's Note:

So who else thinks that this is cute? Stay tuned for more fun in the next chapter!

Also, here's a small announcement and a sneak peek for an upcoming fanfic from me:

I am hoping and thinking of starting another multichapter fanfic (HitsuHina of course) which will be another parody based on one of my favorite Korean dramas, Playful Kiss. If you all are interested in this, please let me know in your reviews or PM and I'll start working on the first chapter.

Until next chapter!