A/N: Hi guys. Welcome to my first fiction ever since I join this wonderful community. This fic is dedicated to my best friend's father who passed away last night because of cancer. He is a very wonderful man who I think didn't really deserve this to be honest. While he's suffering, he's still there to help people and motivated many people who looked at his condition. He's a figure who I admired a lot, and it literally crushed my heart when I heard the news about his death. But on the other side I'm happy to know that he's finally freed from his suffering. Good bye, Uncle, I'll see you again…

English is not my mother language so forgive me for any grammar mistake and misspelling.

And sorry if the character seems OOC.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama. It belong to the genius gorilla Sorachi Hideaki.

Forget-Me-Not

Chapter 1

The month of summer always felt like hell to me. The scorching July sun never failed to induced my sweat pouring from pore of my skin. Air Conditioner who had been with me since the first day I moved in had already show some sign that indicated his age of 25 year. This summer will be wonderful with my sweat pouring like mad. Just great.

I stared from my apartment window at the second floor while eating my doughnut, my favorite breakfast of all time before I went to school. Well, not just breakfast though. A Forget-Me-Not grew in the sidewalk across the street. I released some breath that I unconsciously held when a few children walking passed the street and almost step the flower.

This is already one of my morning routine, watching this single flower that I accidently found years ago. I don't know why, but this flower took my attention since I found it. Usually this kind of flowers grew clustered in one place. But only this single flower successfully bloomed into a beautiful bright sapphire blue flower. It looked strong even though the weather is not that friendly this past year, made me admired its toughness.

Just like Kagura….

But this past year there's something different with this flower. It seem withered because of the heat.

I would never forgot that day. 2 years ago. First day of summer seem like a good day to me, even though the sun scorching like mad and the crowd annoyed me. As always, I walked to my class, ready for another day.

"Good morning Nobu-chan. Great weather today, isn't it. What wrong, you look like you have a lot in mind. Does the heat today influenced you that much?" Kagura greeted me that day with a smile and a sukonbu in her mouth, just like every day, even though she's the one that usually can't stand the heat.

How could I didn't looked like this when her bright face accompanied by Okita-san's face who, even though looked as deadpanned as ever, but if you looked closely into his eye you can see some emotion swirling in it. Anger, frustration, and most importantly, hopelessness…

Can you imagine what I felt when Kagura explained that she had a liver cancer with a bad prognosis, and she explained it just like how we conversed everyday. I know that Hepatitis B could became a liver cancer one day, but I still couldn't believed that the blood that supposed to save her from that accident few years ago will led cancer this fast.

And she said it casually, like it didn't matter to her. Did she know that cancer was suppose to be deadly.

"Well, human will die in the end. I guess mine is just came a little faster than you guys. Of course I felt depressed, and sometime anger crossed my mind. Like what have I done to suffer from this. But I know that this is my fate. At least I know that my life meant something, even though its just a moment. I already content with my life."

But what about your family… friends... me…

You helped me when I first move into this school. We fight together, laugh together, cry together. You are my first friend whom I willingly share my doughnut to.

What about Okita Sougo…

Okita Sougo, your rival that never failed to annoyed you since the first day. Okita Sougo, your best friend that filled your day with laughter. Okita Sougo, your boyfriend who is always there in happy or sad moment.

"It felt like hammer strike down my head when I first heard of the news. I'm devastated, but I know that she's the one who suffered the most. So I have to stay strong in front of her, and I'll be right beside her even if she didn't need me to." Well, you said that, but everyone can looked through your deadpanned face how you're suffering from this. Not like I was any better…

I didn't even noticed until Ginpachi sensei told me that my performance in class were declining. I even let that glass-wearing human beat me in kendo class last weak. I guess I really am devastated from the news.

I'll never forgot that day, for that was the first time I noticed the flower withered.

The beauty of a flower may not last forever….. but it's not like I couldn't do anything to preserve it for any longer….