Understanding II: School Daze (Bleach Fanfic)

Introduction

The next morning, Toshiro found himself waking up early and going over the items that needed to go into his school bag, while Ichigo watched him with a rather amused look on his face. However, the small shinigami finally got tired of being stared at and turned his head towards the orange haired teen. "What is so funny?"

"I just realized something. You have obsessive-compulsive disorder, don't you?" The teen stated, his own school bag already packed and ready to go.

"That isn't funny." Hitsugaya turned to glare at the physically older male.

At that, two brown eyes stared at him while Ichigo suddenly stopped laughing. "I guess it isn't funny. However..." The teenager paused for a second. "... if you start looking at the things you obsess to much about and figure out how to better deal with them, you may be able to cut down on the stress you have in your life."

At that, Toshiro shook the bag, glaring at the teenager, and then walked down the stairs, his bag swung over his shoulder. He then sat at the kitchen table, while Yuzu bustled about. She glanced up, blinking a couple of times. "You're up early."

"I like getting up early." The boy stated, his chin resting on the table, his boredom quickly becoming evident to those around him. She set a bento box down in front of him, to put into his bag.

At that, the small female went to the stairs and yelled, causing the small taicho to jump. "Karin! It's time to get up!"

After eating the food on the table, the three preteens stood up and headed to the door, while Ichigo walked after them, taking a different path nearly right off the back. Toshiro followed along, not saying anything, while Karin and Yuzu talked to each other. Mostly though, it was the brown haired twin doing the speaking.

The children arrived at the elementary school and Toshiro stared at the entrance, just as the bell to make sure they got into their classrooms rung. The dark haired twin turned to him. "You'll need to stand out in the hallway until the teacher introduces you, because she wasn't able to do so yesterday."

"I already knew that..." The boy followed them, his body tensing up as he felt certain eyes on him, which caused him to want to go and hide. The two girls slipped into the classroom, while the teacher came to speak with him, only to pause upon seeing a child who looked very different from the norm.

The woman said her name. "I'm your new teacher, Hitsugaya-kun. I hope that you make friends quickly with the other students and do well in class."

At that, Toshiro glanced up, the other students having already gone in. "Not to offend you sensei, but I'm not one of those kids you need to patronize."

At that, her mouth opened and shut it. She then smiled at him. "You may not need me to patronize you, but sometimes hearing something nice said can feel good. You can give me your summer work during the lunch break."

She watched as his teal eyes suddenly widened in surprise. She simply motioned him to follow and then she turned to the class. "I have a new student to introduce you today." She then turned to Toshiro. "Would you please write your name on the board and tell them your name."

At that, Toshiro found himself flinching, not to mention, he couldn't take a gander at the other students, his mind was that nervous. He picked up the chalk and wrote his name down, then turned to the class, his mouth opening as he saw a bunch of the elementary school students with their eyes glued on them. "My name is Hitsugaya Toshiro."

At that, the woman glanced around. "Why don't you go and sit by the Kurosaki Twins?"

At that, he felt his footsteps fall heavily on the floor as he walked past the other students, feeling their eyes upon his back. He felt like swallowing, however... he found that he was to nervous to do so. He slipped into his seat and didn't look up at anyone, but he could already hear whispers coming to his ears.

"He's the kid who beat up Hashigami yesterday." This caused him to glance up, but not let anyone know he was doing this.

"Hashigami kind of deserves it, because he is never nice to people." A boy with blond hair pulled to either side spoke up.

A rather rotund student spoke up. "I bet he's in a gang, because his hair is obviously a wack job."

At that, Toshiro found himself looking out the glass window. Karin was between him and that view, but he still looked that way. At that, the teacher suddenly made a loud noise. "We need to be focusing on class please. Students, please get your homework from last night out and pass it forward."

At that, he dug out the work, still not looking anyone in the face and watched how the class passed them forward. He then proceeded to do the same thing, his mind rather numb from the idea that the lessons would be boring. The teacher walked up to the board and suddenly piped up. "I decided today to give a pop quiz when it comes to math, so I'll be passing the paper out right now. You have twenty minutes and I'll then collect the papers."

At that, Toshiro took a page, placing it face down until she said start, a mechanical pencil in his hand. Upon the start button, he turned it over and let out a deep sigh. He found himself scribbling down the answers, as the math was horribly easy. It was so easy, he finished in a couple of minutes.

The next thing he knew, he found himself doodling on the back of the paper, drawing a cartoonist Hyorinmaru out on the paper as the dragon spoke to him about things he actually found to be interesting.