Negirau Atashinchi (Bleach Fanfic)

Girl's Night

The apartment complex lights had already come on when Matsumoto and Hinamori arrived. Rangiku walked up to where she knew the apartment was, then leaned over. A grin spread on her face. "Orihime-chan left the name plate the same as when we were here!"

"What do you mean?" Hinamori stated, suddenly leaning forward, then blinking a couple of times. "It has your name and Hitsugaya Taicho's."

"You haven't called him Shiro-chan ever since the Winter War," the busty female sighed.

"He doesn't want me to," Hinamori stated, her tone rather level. "He wants to distance himself from me."

"Do you believe that is his reason?" However, Rangiku didn't wait for an answer, either because she already knew, or because she didn't want to. She reached over and rang the doorbell.

There was a clicking of the door open. A young female peeked out. "Who... oh!" The door then closed and the locks were undone, then opened as another rather robust female stepped out to glomp Matsumoto. "Ran-chan! I missed you!"

"I missed you too sweetie. I just so happen to be in the living world on a mission, and I thought I would stay with you," the female stated, then pulled away, sending a smile at the other shingami. "This is Hinamori Momo. She's the fukutaicho of the fifth division."

"Oh! You'll be staying too! It will be nice having guests. Living by myself is rather lonely. Maybe if there is time, Tatsuki can come over, we can have a sleepover. Come in! Come in!"

At that, Orihime danced away, her mood rather cheerful. She headed over to the kitchen area and began to put a pot of tea onto the burner. Hinamori blinked a couple of times, then whispered to her fellow fukutaicho. "Is it really all right to indulge her like this?"

Matsumoto simply nodded her head. "She can see spirits, and even has her own ability. She's good at healing people up. She even helped taicho out once when h really needed it." She and Hinamori sat down at the small coffee table.

"Speaking of Toshiro-kun, where is he? Is he stuck in soul society, or is he going to be staying on the roof again?" the girl stted, setting three cups of tea down on the table. She then began to poor it. "Do you want something to eat?"

"Sure! I'll get it though!" Matsumoto stated, a rather large smile on her face.

"Rangiku-san rather knows her way around your place." Momo's voice reflected a nervousnes.

"Well, of course, you can see the whole place but the bathroom from here," Orihime chimed in.

"Can I ask what your relationship with Hitsugaya Taicho is?" Hinamori asked, her tone continuing.

"Nothing really. He's closest to Kurosaki-kun, then all of us. Why do you ask?" Orihime smiled at Momo.

"Well... you called him by his first name," Momo breathed out.

"That's just part of Orihime-chan's personality," Matsumoto stated, bringing back a whole trey of foods. She set it down. "Let's eat up."

Hinamori's face suddenly paled a bit at what she saw, but politely took something that looked someone appetizing. Orihime bubble at her, "So, what do you think."

"It's interesting... edible." Momo gulped down the food.

"I'm glad," Orihime continued t o smile, then turned towards Rangiku. "Thanks for the advice back then about Kurosaki-kun."

"Ahh... how is that going?" Rangiku stated.

"I have my own place with him, despite it not being the place I really would like," Inoue glanced at the table. "It's still kind of hard to think about, but after seeing Kurosaki fight like that. Well, we rather live in two different worlds. He hasn't forgotten about Rukia-chan either. Truth be told, he isn't himself. Without his shingami powers, it is almost as if he doesn't have his place."