My Past Haunts Me

December 20th

Welcome back to "My Past Haunt Me" I am so happy that you have decided to keep reading this book. I have to tell you I was feeling unsure when I was writing the last chapter since it felt so long and drawn out, but I think I gave you all some cute moments between Karin and Toshiro and it will build up to something so important, but that is all the spoilers I'm willing to give at the moment, so without further adieu, I hope you enjoy chapter 3

Chapter 3

Toshiro woke up to the smell of breakfast being cooked, he stared up at the ceiling not wanting to start the day but forced himself up to take a shower and get dressed. After 15 minutes he was finished getting ready and headed towards the kitchen with a towel around his neck to stop any extra water that was left in his hair from dripping on his clothes. He walked into the kitchen to see Hyourinmaru sitting beside Karin as she was cooking on the stove.

"Morning Karin," he greeted making his presence known. Hyourmru immediately stood up and walked out of the kitchen as Karin turned around to meet Toshiro's gaze.

"Morning Toshiro..." she replied sheepishly knowing that she and Hyourinmaru had been busted breaking the rules that Toshiro had set. As she turned around she could see Toshiro standing behind her with his arms crossed while he tapped his foot. "I made breakfast," she added.

"Karin you know the rules," Toshiro started.

"I know, but Toshiro Hyourinmaru is old, he deserves some indulgences for everything he has done, I've only spoiled him in the morning and you didn't notice, so it wasn't like it was teaching him something bad," Karin argued being careful to not step over the boundary. Toshiro looked over to said dog who was now in his bed with his ears flat. He sighed before walking over to him and petting him showing he wasn't mad.

"Alright, but only for breakfast," Toshiro reluctantly agreed, but understood where she was coming from. He stood up and went to his chair and were Karin had set his plate down for him before making her own plate and sitting down like it was a normal day. When they had both finished up their plates Karin had picked up their plates and rinsed them before heading to her room. A few minutes she came out to see Toshiro getting his shoes on,

"Toshiro," She called catching his attention.

"Yeah?" he asked as he looked up at her,

"Happy Birthday!" she said softly holding out a package for him. He took it gently, examining the package.

"Can I open it now?" he asked. She nodded, just barley before he carefully unwrapped it and opened it to see a teal fabric that he picked up to see it was a scarf with a dragon embroidered on it and two charms, The first was a circular charm that mirrored a star while the other one was a crescent moon

(( AN: The scarf looks like the one that he wears in the ark of lost substitute shinigami, the circular thing is the clip he uses to hold his sword on his back in the beginning when we first meet him and finally, the crescent moon is the charm that is attached to his chain that is attached to his sword in the actual manga and anime))

"Thanks, Karin," he said with a smile as he placed the scarf around him. Karin looked away hiding her blush, before passing him.

"Yeah no problem, let us go or you are going to be late," she said as she exited the apartment. Toshiro chuckled before placing the charms on the table to deal with later before following her out shutting the door behind him. As always they met in the car, but this time Karin was driving taking Toshiro to the office. She pulled to the front of the station allowing Toshiro out of the car.

"I'll see you later, text me when you think you'll be ready to go, for now, I'm planning 7," Karin told him.

"Alright, drive safe Karin," Toshiro replied before heading inside. Karin watched him go into the police station before she hooked up her phone to the Bluetooth and called Rangiku after the phone rang 3 times someone picked up,