"Oi, China, where are my boots?" Sogo Okita asked his girlfriend of two years.

"I don't know, probably at your mistress' house!" She yelled out from the bedroom.

Okita scowled towards the direction of her voice. That damn china girl, he was going to be late, again.

He walked back to their bedroom to find her brushing her long vermillion hair. He leaned against the door, watching her as she sang, horribly, to the opening song of one of her favorite shows. She was so happy when she was singing, though she needed to stop before his ears bleed.

"At least my mistress sings better than you." He commented.

In a second, his body was thrown in the kitchen floor, which was on the outside of the house. He rose up to see Kagura glaring, yet wearing nothing but a bathrobe.

"What was that for?" he complained as she released her hold from his throat.

"I'm the best singer in Edo, jerk!" she walked through the broken shoji doors.

"Yeah, yeah, and I'm a princess. Now where's my boots?"

He watched as Kagura pointed to Okita's private study. He followed her finger to find his boots there.

When the hell did they get there?

"You were too impatient last night, remember? Tch, I even missed my soap opera because of you." She answered him.

He most likely said that thought out loud. Before he left to work, he went up to China and kissed her lips. She blushed in surprise of his display of affection. He smirked, his sadistic nature wanted to come out to play, but he would be late for work.

"Tell, Boss, I said hi."

"Tell your mistress I said hi." She replied.

Sogo entered the Shinsengumi headquarters to find Kondo speaking with pops Matsudaira.

"Oh, Sogo! I'm glad you finally made it."

"Kondo-san, pops." He greeted individually.

"So, how's married life?" pops asked.

"Married life?"

"You and Kagura did move in together." Kondo commented.

"Oh, we are co-habituating, not married." He stated.

"What!" they said at the same time.

"You have a delicate flower like Kagura, and you are tainting her by making her live with you." Matsudaira began to tear up. "If she were my child, I would have killed you long time ago." He confessed.

Kagura, a delicate flower?

"Yes, Sogo, pops is right. You didn't even ask Umibozu-san to bless the relationship. You may have a healthy fighting relationship with her brother, but every relationship must be blessed by the head of the family. When Otae-chan and I get married, I would have to ask Shinpachi-kun since he's the head of the household."

Kondo kept going on and on about his "future," with Otae.

"It's not a big deal, we decided to move in together." He responded.

"No! A female is supposed to be cared for financially as well. What would happen if she got pregnant or if you die? No benefits!" Kondo exclaimed, while pops nodded in the background.

"What's with all this noise?" Hijikata yelled as he opened the door.

"Hijikata-san, China says hi."

"Still living in sin, I see." Gin-chan sneered as Kagura entered the office.

"Miss me that much?" she smirked. "Where's Shinpachi?"

Gin-chan shrugged his shoulders. "Probably just waking up from last night." He kicked up his feet onto his desk, placed his hands behind his head and relaxed against his chair.

Even after five years, his looks never changed. Wasn't he pushing thirty now?

"Last night?" Kagura settled her umbrella in her usual spot.

"Unlike you, we single men, have to enjoy our nights."

Kagura rolled her eyes. "You have a variety of girls to choose from like big sis, Sarutobi, Tsukuyo, even Catherine."

Gin-chan fell out of his chair when the last name was called. "Are you trying to kill me?"

Kagura laughed and went to her former bed to find Sadaharu sleeping soundly.

"Sadaharu!" she yelled out. The dog yelped, waking up. He barked happily when he saw Kagura. He tackled her to the ground, licking her face.

"When are you taking that damn dog to your place?"

"When his dog house is built. It's going through some renovations. Sadaharu only deserves the best!"

"Morning," a depressed voice said.

Kagura tilted her head to see who came in. "ah, morning Shinpachi."

He looked over to her. The pale skin and baggy eyes indicated that Shinpachi was more than hung over. Reaching the coach, he threw himself onto it and went straight to sleep.

"No more bars for you." Gin said.

"Oh, the bastard says hi." She said to gin.

"Should we get married?" Sogo asked as he served Kagura her third bowl of rice.

She stared blankly at him, chopsticks dropping on the ground, and her rushing to him, putting her hand on his forehead to see if he was sick.

"Did your mistress break up with you?" she asked.

"No, Hijikata did not, china." He removed her hand from his forehead and gave her the bowl of rice. She walked back to her original spot, picked up the chopsticks and ate her rice.

"I'm serious, should we get married?" he asked again.

"What's eating your panties?"

"Kondo-san and pops says it's not good for us living together if we are not married." He confessed. He would usually make up some lie to see if she would believe him, but knowing her, she never did anyways. This time was different, it was one of those rare times, where the crazy golden couple of two years actually sat down and spoke. The first time was when he seriously asked her out. The second time was moving in together and the third time was this.

"So, Gin-chan says we are living in sin, but mind you, we thought he had a kid once. That bastard," she recalled.

"Boss is right, so what do you think?"

Kagura pondered on this. Was she ready for marriage? She was barely twenty two yet. Yeah, Sogo was heading to twenty six, but it's different for guys than girls. A guy can get married whenever they want, but girls have to reach a certain age before they become undesirable. Ugh, why is earth life so unfair for females!

"I mean, my parents had big brother before getting married…"

"Stop, I'm not talking about kids." He paused, sighing. "At least not yet. Let's take one step at a time."

Kagura smiled. One of her rare smiles to show when she is at peace. Even Yatos can be peaceful.

"Technically, we are married but without the marriage part."

Sogo smirked at her comment. "You're right. So don't expect me to get you a ring…unless you plead and beg for it. Maybe even then ill consider." His sadistic side returned.

Later, Sogo found himself in front of the Shinsengumi headquarters once again.

"Wife kicked you out?" Hijikata asked lighting up a cigarette.

He nodded. "She said to go be with my mistress." He eyed him.

"Oi, who are you calling mistress?"

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