109Toshiro woke up and heard the tapping of rain outside his window. He actually smiled a bit. Rain was something he always looked forward to, almost as much as snow. Toshiro then frowned; there hadn't been any snow for the longest time.
He stood and walked quickly to his closet, pulling out a dark blue shirt, some dark jeans, and shoes. Toshiro pulled them on, grabbed an umbrella, and walked out.
The apartment that Toshiro resided in was a tall one. It towered over all of the other buildings in the area. That was why the roof was one of his favorite places to go. He could see the entire expanse of his town below him.
Of course, another reason Toshiro was so fond of the roof was because it was hard for others to access. In fact, he was fairly sure he was the only one- other than the owner- who knew how to get up there. It was his own place. He spent almost as much time there as he did in his own apartment.
He reached the top floor and turned right after getting off the elevator. There was a door labeled 'Employees Only.' Toshiro pushed the door open and entered the janitor's storage room. He grabbed the ladder from behind the trashcan and set it in the center of the room
It may escape many people's notice, but there were 4 creases in the ceiling. These were actually an entrance to the roof, should one push them up.
He did as he normally did, then stuck his torso back down, folding the ladder back up and pushing it onto a wall as he normally did. Toshiro had no problem jumping down from that height.
He pulled open his umbrella and stood, walking over to the ledge. However, he stopped when he noticed a girl standing there, leaning on the edge. She had no umbrella or raincoat. She was simply wearing a black sweater-dress, a pair of jeans, and ugg boots. Her hair hung in damp strands around her face.
"You're going to catch a cold, idiot."
The girl whipped around, dark eyes wide as she noticed Toshiro coming her way.
"H-How did you get up here?" She shrieked, staring at him.
Toshiro jabbed his thumb over his shoulder towards the door he had just come through.
"How did you get up here?" He demanded, wondering what other methods there were of getting up there.
She pointed of to her side. Toshiro hadn't noticed before, but there was another handle sticking up from there.
"From my apartment, of course. I was told that nobody else was permitted up here. I thought that was the only way to get up here."
Toshiro shook his head.
"I'm Momo Hinamori, by the way."
Toshiro nodded. "Toshiro Hitsugaya." He wasn't focusing. He was too busy thinking about how his favorite place to relax was probably going to become a place where Momo brought all of her friends.
"So, Hitsugaya-kun...about you coming up here..."
He sighed. He figured this would be coming.
"Feel free to come up here whenever you'd like."
Toshiro was surprised. "Really? Won't you be bringing people up here often?"
Momo blushed. "No...It seems like too special of a place for that. So this can be just for two of us, okay?" She smiled at him.
Toshiro stood there for a second, entranced. He snapped out of it and then remembered that it was still raining. He scooted close to Momo, holding his umbrella over the both of them.
"Thank you..."
They stood in silence for a while, before Toshiro said, "I have to go. I'll see you later." He left the umbrella with her.
"Hitsugaya-kun, your umbrella-"
"Keep it."
The next time Toshiro went up to the roof was the next week, and he was surprised to see how much it had changed. There were plants lining the entire perimeter of the area. There was one of the swing chairs that was big enough for two people (you know what I'm talking about? The ones that you always see in the garden section.) There were two outdoor chairs on opposite sides of a table, but what surprised Toshiro was what was on the ground.
There was his black umbrella, with a note attached to it.
Thank you.
He picked it up and left.
The next time he ran into Momo was a couple days later. She was sitting at the table, wrapped in a jacket to fight the winter cold.
"Hey." He said. Momo looked up and raised a gloved hand to wave.
"Good afternoon, Hitsugaya-kun. I thought you would be up here," Momo noted, staring out at the expanse of city.
"Why is that?"
Mom smiled. "It's supposed to snow today. So I came up here to see if you would come."
"How did you know I liked snow?"
"Didn't you tell me that?"
"I don't remember ever saying that."
An awkward silence settled over the both of them as they thought about what that could mean.
Toshiro smirked. "You're right, though."
And then, as if on cue, a single snowflake fell and landed soundlessly on the roof. A couple more followed, and soon there was a light, but constant snowfall, forming a white blanket on the floor.
"Right..." Momo murmured, not making eye contact with Toshiro.
She pushed herself up and started walking back towards her entrance. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow. At 1. I have to go now."
"Tomorrow." Toshiro amended watching her go. He sat down in the now empty chair.
'What's so special about tomorrow?' Toshiro thought to himself, trying to remember. And then he did.
Tomorrow was the 20th. His birthday.
He smiled to himself. Tomorrow would definitely be a good day.
Urgh... sorry for the late update and this kinda reminds me of another meeting I did. Reasons for the late update are family issues going on, being in the hospital, and having severe writers block :) Anyways, please review, make my day! I'll try to update soon!
~SnowKoyuki13