137. Caught in the Middle ~ Clumsy Fox
This is the fifth day of HS AU week. P.S. LJ has been eating my spoiler tags, which is why they haven't been closed off.
Title: Caught in the Middle
Name: Hinamori Momo, Hitsugaya Taicho, Kurosaki Karin
Suethor: Clumsy Fox
Rating: Kenpachi
Pairings: Momo/Karin/Toshiro
Appearance: Like canon selves.
Background: Karin and Momo are best friends. Toshiro is the new guy and both girls like him. However, Momo decides to back off because Karin shows signs of liking him. Momo's family invites Toshiro's over for dinner because I guess they are next door neighbors. I mean, the first time dinner is mentioned is when Momo's mom asked her if she remembered dinner. It then their families having dinner with each other and then jumps to Toshiro being able to see Momo's silhouette while she's changing. He apparently has a crush on her.
Sue Qualifications: Karin appears to be in the SAME grade as her brother, despite the fact that there is a five year difference. There is an attempt to explain it away by her and Yuzu skipping a grade, so it seems that Ichigo is supposed to be a senior. That doesn't explain why they're all hanging out as a group. It cuts out he fact that Toshiro and Momo grew up as brother and sister, and instead makes it so that Matsumoto is Toshiro's new stepsister.
Annoying Attributes: Umm... it was hard picking a sample because the whole thing was rather boring. So, I choose these two...
Sample:
Chapter Two: Where Karin explains how she is in high school... using the American school system.
"Hey you guys, this is… Uh…," Karin put his stuff right beside her own. "You never gave me your name."
The boy reached for his stuff, but Karin stopped him. 'That's because I don't want you to know my name.' After a short pause and a sigh, he answered, "Toshiro Hitsugaya."
"Well, sit down Toshiro," Karin patted the seat next to her.
"Hitsugaya, you can call me Hitsugaya," he answered looking down at her then looking around at everyone. When Hitsugaya's eyes fell on Momo she looked up and an eyebrow of his lifted up a bit but only a little.
Momo lost her breath and felt sudden warmth spread through her body. It only was a millisecond, but it was enough to make her heart go crazy. 'No,' she told herself. 'Karin already called him. I can't, no.'
"Okay Hitsugaya-kun, sit," Yuzu moved most of her stuff to make room for him and give him space. Once he reluctantly did, Karin took charge and introduced him to everyone at their table.
"I'm Karin Kurosaki, she's Yuzu Kurosaki, and that's Ichigo Kurosaki, we're all siblings. Yuzu and I are actually supposed to be in eighth grade, but we skipped it and ninth grade. The girl next to Ichi is Rukia Kuchiki, followed by Chad Sado. Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Renji Abarai, my best friend Momo Hinamori, and her boy toy Izuru Kira."
"WHAT?" Kira and Hinamori yelled out.
"We're just friends, Karin," Momo panicked and she didn't know why. "We've lived right across from each other our whole lives! We can't- I wouldn't-"
Kira put a hand in front of her eyes, "Calm down, you'll give yourself a headache. Karin's just teasing, right?" As much as he wanted to take everything back and admit to her how he feels towards her, he couldn't. She's right they've been friends all their life, only friends...
"Sure, sure, well anyways," she turned back to Hitsugaya, "what's ya next class?"
Again he was reluctant to answer, but everyone was looking at him except for Hinamori
who was bright pink and entertained by the book on her lap. He didn't know what he felt when he saw someone wasn't paying attention to him. Relieved? Jealous? Anxious? Careless? Ticked? Gloomy? Sad? Furious? So many adjectives, but it was all the same, complex feelings. Toshiro shrugged it off and told them, "Physical Education." Expecting the worse, he looked around just in time to catch Momo glance at him.
Chapter Three: Where we find out for the first time that Momo's family is having dinner with Toshiro's family.
"Thank you, Uryu," Unohana nodded and apologized to the step-siblings.
"Anytime," Uryu left the room.
She took them to their new home with Jushiro and his wife and she went back to her own. Momo was already cooking when her mother stepped into the house. "Oh, good, you didn't forget the dinner tonight."
Momo's hand slipped when she remembered that, causing her to touch the hot pan. "Ow!"
"Momo!" Unohana quickly rushed over to her daughter and treated her minor burn. "You gotta be careful. This burn could have been worse."
"I know, I'm sorry." The girl completely forgot about the dinner because of her dilemma. Now she's going to have dinner with the cause of the dilemma. 'Suck it up Momo, don't be self-centered. He's probably not too thrilled to be having dinner with you either... Sigh,
I guess he wouldn't be thrilled, I completely ignored him and ran out of the room when he was going to ask something. And I have to remember, Karin called him. I must remember that!'
While Momo finished making dinner, Unohana cleaned up the house. "Do you need to take a shower or was P.E. easy today?"
Worried that she smelled bad she took a cold show to calm her troubled mind. Usually she sang in the shower, but today she was too anxious to.
Everything was ready by five thirty. Momo went into the family room to begin homework while waiting for their guests. It wasn't long before the door bell rang.
Ding. Dong.