My Sunshine, My Strength (Bleach Fanfic)

Feeling of Intrapment

A flash of black caused the small taicho's head to dart up. His finger reached out to allow the black butterfly to land on his finger as his mouth twisted up. His eyes snapped shut as he heard the message telling him there would be a meeting in the morning. "Duties. At least that's remained the same."

Two bright teal eyes opened up as he looked at the trey of food Rangiku brought him. His zampaktuo spirit spoke in the back of his mind. "She certainly acts like your mother."

"Will she still act that way if I tell her I'm the son of Ichimaru Gin and that he cheated on her." The young taicho began to scoop the food into his mouth. "I don't know what I would do if she stopped acting like a mother to me. I can't..." Toshiro's eyes snapped shut as he savored the food. "All I know is I found a place to belong with her. I don't know how to tell her that though."

"You'll need to eventually tell her."

"How? That Quincy girl claimed I'm not a Quincy." Toshiro finished his food and set the trey on his nightstand table. He changed for bed and set an alarm on his Soul Phone so he could wake up in the morning. He flopped back onto the bed and placed his thin hands behind his head. He closed his eyes and let Hyorinmaru talk to him so he would forget the troubles bothering him.

The alarm went off in the morning, and the young taicho woke up and proceeded to change into his uniform. Toshiro stopped short when he realized the haori was missing. "Wait..." His small hands began to pull uniforms out of his dirty clothes basket and toss them onto the floor as he tried finding his regalia. When he couldn't find the haori he proceeded to look through his closet and his clean clothes letting them end up on the floor as well.

His bony fingers reached out for one of the books on his book shelf when his zampaktuo pointed out the fact the haori wouldn't be there. "Think of the last place you had it."

"The last place I saw my haori was in my office." Toshiro stood up and headed to the door so he could head to the office. His thin hand slid the door open, and what he saw caused him to flinch. Standing in front of him was the dark haired Quincy who was paired up with with the adult Quincy he ran into earlier in the day. "You..." The boy's bright teal eyes looked down to see the man was holding his haori. "What..."

Toshiro's thin hands reached out to grab the haori the man was holding before using flash step to get away from the man. He carefully pulled the haori over his shoulders and glanced back to see the man move to the roof. "What the hell is he doing?"

"I believe he's following you."

"What ever for?" Toshiro stopped short. He stood there watching the man carefully. A shiver ran down his spine. "It feels like I forgot something from yesterday."

"Yesterday you were panicking so it is understandable there were things you didn't notice that you would normally notice."

"Just because I was panicking didn't mean I didn't notice it. If I stop and think hard enough I might be able to figure out what I missed."

"Would you be able to do that with what's bothering you right now young master? You also don't have much time. The captain's meeting is early this morning. You should get something to eat before you go to the meeting."