When Nanao arrived in the eighth division office, she walked over to her desk not daring to give her lazy taicho a single glance. However, when she got to her desk, she saw an envelope sitting upon her desk, which she picked up and opened, curiosity lighting on her features.

To Ise Nanao,
~ I have a special request that I can't do myself, because I can't reveal my identity to the Hitsugaya Toshiro. As you may well know, his fukutaicho, Matsumoto Rangiku has a knack of slacking off on her work. For today's gift, I would very much appreciate if you would give him a hand with the paperwork.
~ From a Secret Santa

This caused the female to pause. She pushed up her glasses, wondering what the whole thing really was about. She glanced over at the man who slumped at his desk. "Taicho... do you know anything about this?"

"...that envelope? Jushiro dropped it off." The man stated, not taking the chance to glance up at her. "Of course, that doesn't mean that he's the sender. For all you know, he was delivering it for someone else."

"I take it that the two of you aren't going to tell me what is going on here?" Nanao let out a deep sigh, before gathering up her things to head over to the tenth division. When she got there, she saw the small taicho sitting at his desk, messing with a wooden puzzle, his actions rather nervous.

Upon her entering the building, the boy jumped up, the wooden puzzle rolling across his desk and hitting the floor. Ise stepped over and picked up the toy and then handed it to the boy, who gladly took it, his teal eyes lighting up. He glanced down at the puzzle rather quickly, not looking her in the face, though that was normal for him.

"If you are looking for Rangiku, she doesn't get to the office this early... ever." Toshiro paused for a few minutes. "At least, not ever that I can remember."

"I'm actually not here because I need to speak to her." Ise then spoke up. "Someone has been..."

When she paused, trying to think how to handle the situation, Hitsugaya glanced up at her. "If one of my division members has been bothering your division members, or anyone from the women's society, just tell me. I'll deal with it as soon as possible. That is a promise."

"Actually, that isn't it either." Nanao bit her lip, then took a look at the wooden puzzle, not sure how to deal with this particular precocious child. "Is that toy new?"

This caused the boy to pause, almost flinch at the word toy. "It is a puzzle."

"I can tell that. That's one of those toys that are fun for children and adults alike. It helps to relieve stress." The female stated.

"Or frustrate people, depending on their intelligence level." Toshiro set the wooden cube down onto the desk. "I actually was given the wooden cube yesterday. It was..."

The pause was followed by the child's cheeks flushing slightly red. Nanao watched him carefully, and then spoke up. "A Secret Santa?"

"Rangiku told you?" The boy let out a deep sigh and leaned back in his chair. "She didn't happen to tell you to come and tell me it isn't that big of a deal, did she? I personally think it is a big deal. I mean, she said there is likely going to be more gifts."

"Actually... she didn't tell me." Nanao placed her hand to her mouth, letting out a deep cough. "I actually got a message from your Secret Santa." She watched as the boy stared at the female dumbfounded. "The person asked if I could come in and do some of the division's paperwork, since Rangiku tends to slack off like she did."

The child had been calming down, despite the situation, but found his cheeks flushing up again. "I can't let you do that! That..." A frown plastered on his face. "I feel like I would be taking advantage of the situation. I mean..."

"I'm putting my foot down on this one, Hitsugaya Taicho." Nanao walked over to Rangiku's desk, picking up some of the papers that had already been delivered. "You won't be owing me anything."

"But... this person roped you into doing this, without asking if you wanted to do this." The boy frowned, still protesting the situation.

"I think the person who asked me to do this, knew that I would just go ahead and do it." Ise pushed her glasses up, just as the boy's jaw dropped. "I would have felt guilty if you hadn't gotten today's gift, particularly if this person plans on doing this daily for you. I also like the idea and I think someone should have thought to do this for you sooner."

"Is... the Secret Santa your taicho... or Ukitake Taicho?" The boy frowned at the woman.

At this, she glanced up, pushing up her glasses again. "Actually... I honestly don't know anything beyond the fact that they are likely in on this too. I can't think really of anyone else, other then Rangiku who would do this."

"I see." The boy then stood up and walked up the desk she was sitting at and bowed his head slightly. "Thank you for helping today."

Ise's jaw dropped suddenly, as she watched the boy go back to his desk.