Hinamori looked at him exasperatedly. Why are you doing this, Hitsugaya-kun? Is it that important to you? But she supposed she shouldn't stand in the way if that was what he wanted to do. And she didn't really know— maybe he could lose his job, and that would be her fault, but...

"I... still don't like it, Hitsugaya-kun. We don't even know what happened to you yet! What if it happens again? Worse? Even if you can fight, I don't want you lost..." Her face filled with sadness at the thought, then went firm again as she proposed a solution: "Let me come with you."