Be It Yesterday Or Tomorrow, I'll Still Love You
Diclaimer: I do own Gintama "in my dreams :')" Im just joking of course, I do not own GinTama this is Sorachi-Sensei's godly work hands down to him
Warning: expect them to be a little OOC here but of course but I'll try my best to make them in-character :) and my bad for the typo and grammatical error hehe :)
I hope you'll love this
And especially I want to thank my friend who help me proofread this :) should I mention your name? hehehehe Lab Yah! :*, and all my GinTae Friends/Family you know who you are you're the reason why I'm determined to do this
Guys Keep supporting GinTae all the way Lab yah :*
Chapter 1 – I Don't Think People Understand How Stressful It Is To Explain What's Going On In Your Head When You Don't Even Understand It Yourself
"And if in some distant place in the future
We see each other in our new lives,
I will smile at you with joy…."
–Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
"I promise when the war is over, I'll come back to you."
"I promise I'll be back, so please be patient and for now protect our child." He told his crying wife while gently placing his hands to touch her pregnant bun. She is staring at him, pleading him not to go.
"Aji... I will.." he looked up for a brief moment to stop his tears from falling and looked at her as he starts to caress her cheeks while his thumb brushes away her tears. "I will come back, wait for me."
Finally, she nodded and firmly held his hands for one last time.
"Please come back." Were the only words she uttered before he left. No goodbyes were spoken for they know this won't be the last time they will see each other.
So she watched his back as he slowly disappears in the crowd….
+80 Years Later+
Otae, the heroine of the story, was jolted awake from her sweet slumber. Breathlessly, she wipes the sweat beads forming on her face when a knock was heard from the door.
Startled, she regains her composure and remembered someone did knock.
"Come in." She invited and the door opens revealing her brother, Shinpachi.
"Nani? Shin-chan?" she asked confused as she sees her brother's concerned face.
"Aneue... Why are you crying?" he asked, worry is evident on his tone and face which made her raise her right brow. Confused, she touched her face and that's when she noticed her brother was right. She was indeed crying.
"Did you have that dream again?" he asked his sister who's wiping her tears. She suddenly halted from what she was doing and composed herself. She faced her brother with the brightest smile she can make to assure him she's alright.
"Oh this? —this is nothing Shin-chan. I'm fine, after all it's just a dream." She jumped out of her bed and walked past her brother who is still not convinced by her act.
"But—Aneue, you always have that dream and its weir—"
"Ahh I'm starving. Did you make breakfast already? If not I can make one." She cuts him off and looked at him grinning. The then worried Shinpachi was replaced by a frightened one by the mention of her sister's cooking. Heavy sweats start to drop from his face.
"Aaaa… Ieee.. I already made our breakfast. You can eat now." Thankful of that loud neighbor cat that woke him up early he led his sister to the kitchen and bid his goodbye as he heads out to work.
"I'm heading to the Yorozuya, I'll go first. BYE ANEUE~!"
-o0o-
"I'M HERE!" shouted Shinpachi as he arrived at the Yorozuya Headquarters.
Well I'm not surprised if no one answered me, I'll be even more shock if they responded right away. He sighed and welcomed his self-inside the quarters and wake his lazy boss and Kagura.
-o0o-
"Stupid megane! Disturbing my great dream, aru!" Kagura exclaimed, irritated.
"IT'S TOO DAMN LATE, IT'S NOW TIME TO WAKE UP!" shouted Patsuan.
"Oi.. Oi! It's too damn early to shout Patsuan. Are you trying to wake that granny down stairs?" Gintoki, the yorozuya boss, spoke while picking his nose.
"GAAAAAAHHH! This two idiots, I can't believe you! This is why we don't get many job requests cause you two are sooooo lazy!" Shinpachi protested as an animated vein pops in his face.
But like any other day, the duo didn't listen to his nagging and Kagura started to join Gintoki in the nose picking-game.
*GRAAAAAAAAAWL~!*
"Gin-chan, I'm hungry. It's all megane's fault that I became hungry!"
"OII! JUST SAY YOU'RE HUNGRY, DON'T INVOLVE MY NAME!"
With the exchange of words, Kagura and Shinpachi started bickering which led to the Yorozuya boss getting annoyed and slammed his hands on the table.
"OI! YOU TWO STOP BICKERING! I'll make breakfast so stop arguing, okay?" Gin-san told them.
Jeez! Being an adult sure is hard. He mumbled to himself. The two stopped fighting. As Kagura shouted her 'Thank you Gin-chan', Shinpachi blurted something which caused the fight to start again but this time in silence.
What the hell! Now they're silent but still fighting? Gin said to no one as he felt the tension rises from the living room. He sighed as he went off to the kitchen.
As they finished their meal, Shinpachi broke the silence by addressing his worries over her sister. "By the way Gin-san, recently I'm worried about my Aneue."
When Gin heard that name he suddenly bolted and felt uneasy for some reasons and clenched his shirt, without knowing why. Trying to conceal his uneasiness he responded…
"What, did she start ordering that wonder bra on home shoppi-"
"THAT'S NOT I-"
"NANI? You mean that Gorilla is still bothering Anego, aru?" Kagura cuts Shinpachi. "That damn Gorilla, can he leave Anego alone, aru?"
"Stupid, it's not about Kondo-san. Megane told her. "But that damn gorilla is still stalking Aneue."
"Then what is it, aru?"
"Like every night she's having this weird dream." Shinpachi stated.
"What kind of dream is that Patsuan?" Gin asked still tugging his shirt.
"Well—" Megane paused for a second to think of a better way to describe it. "Like, she's been dreaming about a certain married couple bidding their 'Goodbyes' to each other." He finally said but then Kagura smacked Shinpachi's head out of irritation.
WHAT THE H*** MEGANE… IS THAT ALL?! Kagura shouted, "I can't believe I wasted my entire minutes to hear that nonsense." She pouted, annoyed of Shinpachi.
"That hurts Kagura-chan" Patsuan complained but regained his composure and adjusted his megane while releasing a heavy breath. "Anyway, I'm serious about this guys. Every time Aneue wakes up she always have tears on her eyes without her knowing why." When Kagura and Gin-san heard it, the whole place become quite for a second, until Kagura broke it.
"What kind of dream is that—that she's crying, aru?" Why did you leave her now aru? I'm sure Anego is lonely right now, aruka." Stupid Megane.
"Oi… Patchi boy did she tell you any details about that dream?" The silver head asked while unconsciously clenching his clothes again.
"She won't tell me all the details but she started having this dream when we met you." Shinpachi said as he pointed towards Gintoki and added "Yeah, that's when it all started!" which earned him a confused look from Gintoki.
"Oi! Why me?" He lazily asked. "Do I look like a living nightmare to you?" he asked.
"Well if you ask me Gin-chan you kinda look like a night— "Gintoki smacked her head to cut her off which made Kagura mumble about how it hurts while patting her head.
"I don't know what kind of dream she's having but I'm sure it's not me." he confirmed,
"Well, that's what she said to me when I ask her about it. But seriously I'm worried because every night she keeps on having the same dream over and over again." Shinpachi told them worriedly and Gintoki clenched his clothes tightly. Then Kagura suddenly remembered something and screamed AAAAAHH! to the both of them while the two were startled.
"What's wrong this time brat?!" Gintoki said.
"I remember yesterday I won prize tickets for four persons, it's a free Onsen trip~!" she excitedly announced then quickly got up from her seat to find the tickets she got.
"Oww! Then that's good we have four persons already!" Gin said.
"Four persons? Who's the fourth one?" Megane asked.
"Sadaharu! Idiot!" Gin told him like it's a fact.
"STUPID LAZY PERM… SADAHARU IS A DOG NOT A PERSON" as always Megane shouted.
"There's no problem if he's a dog or what. He's a living creature so it counts!" Gin said while picking his nose.
"Gin-chan is right!" now Kagura joins in and Megane is left dumb founded by the two.
"Seriously, I can't believe you!" Megane surrendered.
"But for now Sadaharu is not included!"
And the two of them were surprised by the sudden statement of Kagura.
"Wa— What— did you just say Kagura-chan?" Megane asked.
"Oi.. Tell me if you're feeling sick!" the confused silver head asked Kagura.
"Aha! I'm serious, aru!" She kneeled down and petted Sadaharu "Sadaharu is fine by that aru, ne Sadaharu?" and Sadaharu licked Kagura's face to play with her.
"Then who's the fourth one?" Shinpachi asked.
"Who else, of course its Anego, aru!"
"Eeee.. Really Kagura-chan? It's alright for you if Aneue is the fourth one?!" Megane asked Kagura for confirmation.
"Yes of course! Anego is the one and I'm sure Anego will be happy, if she's feeling down recently I bet this will calm her, aru!"
"Wah! Arigato Kagura-chan. I bet Aneue will be happy to hear this." Shinpachi thanked Kagura and looked at Gin.
"Nani patchi?" Gin asked.
"How about you Gin-san, is it alright with you if Aneue will come with us?!" Gintoki sighed and look strangely at Shinpachi while picking booger on his nose.
"Well if that's what Kagura wants, so be it!" he answered "and also I don't have the choice to decide who will come with us!" he added now leaning on his table looking tired.
"Then it's all settled then I'll tell Aneue when I return home!" Shinpachi said excitedly.
Then after their conversation those three are back on their usual business like Shinpachi cleaning the Yorozuya while Kagura is watching television and Gintoki just sitting on his usual seat and looking at the window, drowned by his own thoughts.
"By the way Gin-chan, I noticed something about you these last few days, aru!" Kagura broke the silence and the boys look at her while Gin-san hummed in reply.
"You're always clenching your clothes whenever Anego's name is mentioned, aru."
While hearing what Kagura has said, Shinpachi's sis-con mode was triggered and also Gin who is just lazing around on his seat was startled.
"What?! What the hell are you talking about kid!" Gintoki said unease. "Yeah, what are you talking about Kagura-chan?!" blurted Shinpachi.
"Well…" she scratched her face "in the past when I notice Gin-chan doing that I thought it's just his mannerism, but these days I recently noticed it, he's doing that when Anego's name is mentioned, aru." After her explanation, Shinpachi and also Gintoki were rendered speechless. Then, Shinpachi the ultimate sis-con, cornered Gin and clenched his shirt tightly and confronted his boss.
"IS THAT TRUE GIN-SAN? HA!" while gritting his teeth in front of him. But Gintoki was also confused, he didn't even know why Kagura noticed it and he also didn't even realize that he's doing it. So he doesn't have a clue on what's happening right now and why Patsuan is angry at him. So he raised his hands and waved like nothing is wrong as sweats starts to drip from his face.
"Patsuan don't listen to that kiddo over there." he pointed his finger at Kagura, who is now shouting ITS TRUE! ITS TRUE, ARU!
"Patsuan—" he takes out Shinpachi's hands on his shirt and keep his calm even though the sis-con brother of her is still glaring at him like he wants to eat him alive if he answers wrong. So…
"You see, she's being delusional cause you know that your sister is not my type." after he said this he again clenched his shirt tightly without him noticing it then the two kids started to shout at him and pointed their fingers at him.
"YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN!" the two shouted at him that his eardrum almost broke.
"What the heck! Why are you shouting?!" Gin-san ask them because he's not sure either what is the problem.
"You're holding your shirt again, after you mention Aneue's name!" Shinpachi answered him while gritting his teeth.
"Right! I was right, aru! You believe me now Megane, aru!" Kagura proudly told him but still Gin-san is confused at what was happening. "I don't know what you're saying! You need to stop this drama now!" Gin told them tiredly. "Like I told you Otae is not my type… PERIOD!" but the two didn't listen to him this time and just focused their attention at Gin's action and when he's about to hold his shirt again the two suddenly shouted that it surprised him and close his ears and slam his hands on his table.
"WHAT THE HELL! You scared me for a second! Jeez! What's wrong with the both of you?" He asked annoyed.
"You're going to hold your damn shirt again that's why!
"Yeah we just alerted you Lazy Perm Aru!" Kagura & Shinpachi both agreed to each other, contrary to what they're doing earlier.
"Jeez… I don't even know what started this!, Okay if you ever notice me clenching this damn shirt I will tell you now! I'm just doing this out of hobby! Okay? HOBBY!" he emphasized his last word but the two is not convinced.
"Okay. I'll tell you this, I'm sure Otae is not interested in me. Got It?!" When he said those words he can't help but feel a bit pang of hurt on his heart and he felt weird for unknown reasons but didn't mind it.
"Okay guys."
Then he stood on his seat and left the two on their spots.
"Where are you going Gin-san?" Patchi asked Gin but he only waved his hand and shouted Pachinko that earned him another angry retort from the two and Kagura shouting YOU NEVER CHANGE ARU! THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL POOR! until Gin-san was out of their sight.
But on the other hand, Gintoki is clenching his shirt again, while leaving the two behind, due to some weird feelings he doesn't even know what, when and where it all started.
_End of chapter 1_
つづく(To be continued)