Toshiro could feel his clothing sticking to his body due to the sweat that covered his body, only to have chills run through his body. Every so often he would start coughing and his body ached. He tried keeping the sounds he made quiet so that he wouldn't draw Rangiku's attention and worry her. He lay on his side and curled up in a slight fetal position.

One of the coughing fits however brought her into the room. "Taicho?" The woman came over and touched his shoulder to shake him awake. He glanced up at her, his eyes glazed over. "This is the second night you've fallen asleep in your uniform."

"Uh huh..." Toshiro simply went into a full fetal position before letting out another cough. He could feel his eyes watering up.

"Are you actually admitting that you're sick?" Rangiku tugged the child onto his back.

A small hand went up beside his head. "Can you just let me sleep Matsumoto."

The boy's eyes were closed but snapped open when she tugged him into a sitting position. "As soon as I get you out of those clothes and wash away the sweat. You'll at least feel a little better. Can you wait here while I go get a cloth and a bowl of water."

Toshiro felt her cold hand against the side of his face and he simply nodded his head. He then felt his head nod down and heard himself begin to snore. He felt himself jolted awake as Rangiku carefully began to remove the top part of his uniform. Closing his eyes, he let out a deep sigh as the sticky sweat was washed away.

Dry clothing was pulled on and he flopped back onto the bed. "Hey... Matsumoto. Can I ask you something?"

The woman reached out to brush a strand of hair away from his face. "Sure... go ahead."

"Did you know Ichimaru was my Secret Santa? Is that why you're mad at him?" The boy pulled his arms behind his head. This didn't last as he began to cough again and had to cover his mouth. As he did this he pulled his legs up to try and control the coughing fit.

Rangiku suddenly flinched. "Taicho, when did you find out?"

"The day before yesterday." Toshiro stopped coughing and took a deep breath.

"Taicho! You started feeling sick then!" Rangiku spoke up, causing him to snap his eyes open despite the headache he felt. Her pale eyes had a rather worried look on her face. She glanced over at his nightstand and he glanced over to see that she was looking at the CD player and CD. "I can't take this anymore. I should have put my foot down a lot sooner."

"Wait..."

The busty woman however was thinking in one direction. "There was a reason I told you not to go around seeing him. I don't trust him and he's gone and stressed you out and made you ill."

"Matsu..."

"Everything is going back. I'm not going to let him play any sort of game with you and I'm not going to let you be hurt anymore."

"But..."

"No buts. I know you want to be polite and such but I'm putting my foot down. It's going back to the forth division right now. I've got to go and get you some medicine anyways."

Toshiro let out a deep sigh and began to cough again. He twisted over onto his stomach after finishing. As soon as his hands touched something under his pillow he found his eyes suddenly going wide before he snapped his eyes shut. "You know what Matsumoto. Could you let me sleep."

"Sure thing. I feel as if I am forgetting something." The woman stood up and bustled out of the room.

As soon as the door clicked the small taicho opened his eyes back up and raised his head up, biting down on his lip slightly. He then pulled the book from underneath the pillow and sat up. One hand clapped onto his forehead. "I'm going to have to seriously talk to her when I feel better."

He then teetered over to his bookshelf and slipped it onto the shelf before heading back and collapsing back onto the bed.

M

Rangiku found Gin asleep in his bed and dropped a box on top of him. The silver haired man startled awake and lit a kido spell to see what was going on. He blinked a couple of times before looking up at her with narrowed eyes. "Rangiku... what is going on?"

"Taicho doesn't want any of your things anymore."

"How come I'm not hearing this from him but you?" Gin let the light go out and gathered the items up by the sense of touch.

"He's sick. Finding out that you were his Secret Santa stressed him out." Rangiku muttered. "Since I had to get medicine I figured I would dump this crap on you. I don't want him coming to visit you anymore. He's going to have a nice, calm life. Well, as calm of a life as he can have as a captain, but still."

"Uh huh." She couldn't see whether or not he was looking her in the face or not. "How he is doing?"

"I don't think that is any of your business." Rangiku then headed over to Unohana's quarters and knocked on the door.

The door slipped open. "Ahh. I take it that Hitsugaya Taicho isn't feeling well. I'll prepare some medicine to bring down the fever and help him rest."

Soon Rangiku was heading back with a small paper package. She made up a thing of tea and put one of the small packets into a cup of tea. As she walked down the hall, the tea cooled slightly. When she got to the room, she found her taicho sprawled on the bed without any covers over him. A slight cough caused her to let out a sigh.

She shook his shoulder and he woke up, blinking a couple of times. "I just want to sleep."

"I've gotten you some medicine that should help with the fever." She watched as the child taicho sat up and she held the cup to his mouth as he slowly drank the medicine down. Every so often she would nudge him awake or a cough would hit him. Finally, he flopped back onto his bed, finding himself to be exhausted. "Sleep well taicho."