A/N: You've been warned.

...Typed that message above a year ago, and have no idea what it means. I only finished half of this before getting into writers block and dropped Gintama for a bit, and now I only have a faint idea of the characters! Who are all these people besides the ones that are more relevant to the main characters?! What's Kamui's personality?! Why does Sorachi-sama make it extremely difficult to write his characters?! Is it because they aren't cardboards with slight interesting backgrounds like the Yugioh characters?! Is it because romance is always a joke and we only see the tragedy of it?! Like all the romantic couples are in tragedies?! Someone's always dead! Otose's husband is dead! Umibouzo's wife is dead! Isaburo's wife is dead! Hijikata's love interest is dead! Pandemonium is dead! That man who makes fireworks is about to lose his dying old wife! The man with the scissor hand's wife is dead! Woman with the gintoki-looking child's husband is dead! Rotten Maizo's consort died!

I'm not surprised that the manga didn't take a Final Fantasy route since apparently someone's gotta die!

So you know what?! OOC AU ROUTE!

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"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH?!" Kagura cried out after what Abuto just told the Yorozuya. Shinpachi and Gintoki were speechless compared to her.

Abuto formed a little sweat drop. "Ah, it's troublesome but it's true. Captain is in love, and usually I wouldn't take the trouble of coming here just to tell you that, but, ah, well..." the vice captain told them all about how Kamui wasn't eating as much, his mind had been wandering elsewhere, and he's not even that into the bloodshed of battles recently. There were times he did seem his old self, but these habits were very worrisome for the crew. They were especially freaked out when his hair antenna would form into a heart when he thought about that special someone.

"It is very odd." Shinpachi said. "Kamui-san stated that he's not into women or alcohol, but I guess not even someone like him could resist falling in love with someone."

"WHO IS SHE?! HOW DID SHE DO IT?! DID SHE USE A LOVE POTION! THAT MUST BE IT! BAKA NIICHAN ALWAYS ATE A LOT OF TASTY FOOD OUT IN SPACE! HE WAS BOUND TO GET DRUGGED! TELL ME HOW IT TASTED LIKE! DID IT TAKE LIKE EGGS OVER RICE?!"

"WHY WOULD A LOVE POTION TASTE LIKE THAT?! AND WHAT ARE YOU MORE MAD ABOUT?!" Shinpachi yelled at the enraged Kagura.

"That baka niichan is too stupid to fall in love. There's no way he fell for someone." Kagura pointed out with a deadpan expression. "The planet you must've been on must've detached his hair follicles from his brain."

Abuto answered, "The answer is gonna surprise you: It's here."

"Eh?" The yorozuya cocked their heads in confusion.

"Here. Earth. I'm afraid the vice captain fell in love with an Earthling, and as far as I know, he's only met your friends."

"EEEEEEH?!"

"Wa-wait a minute!" Shinpachi cried out. "Are you saying it's someone in Edo?!"

"That's why I came to you guys." Abuto was obviously very uncomfortable but he kept staying on subject, "The last time I tried to bring up the subject, he'd just give me this confused baby stare and even if I explain it to him, he goes off silently thinking to himself. We're not asking for you guys to find the person and hook them up. I just need you to find them and let them reject him gently. Captain might not even register it as a rejection since he's a complete numbskull when it comes to these kind of things, but at least it's a start to get him to his old self again."

"But what if the other person likes Kamui-san back." Shinpachi inquired, getting a punch from Kagura.

"And who would like him, aru! Baka niichan is nothing but a no-good bastard who hasn't written back to any of my letters!"

"IS THAT WHAT THIS REALLY IS ABOUT?!"

"Are we getting paid for this?" Gintoki just asked right off the bat.

Abuto slapped three wads of cash that they could've sworn sounded like 5 million yen for each of them. "I'll double for whoever finds the person."

"HOOOOH!" All three of them were off, but they stopped by the bank first to put half of it into their savings while they used the next half to go shopping, eating at a buffet, watch a movie and hit the amusement park before they finally got down to business the next day.

Of course, Abuto would pay the person who got her first, but they figured that this challenge was too difficult that they agreed that this extra pay check would be added to their emergency funds; something that Shinpachi, who was the most trustworthy with money, kept well secured.

"Someone who Kamui-san would like," Shinpachi started with a piece of paper and pencil. "From what Abuto-san told us, she's someone among our friends, so it's best to list down the women we know who range in their teens to thirties at least."

The teen wrote the names alphabetically:

1) Chin Pirako (That creepy red-eyed red-head who had daddy issues with Otose's childhood friend who had a massive crush on her)

2) Gedoumaru (That demon girl who loves Ketsuno Ana and smashed Gin's balls)

3) Hinowa

4) Ikeda Asaemon (That reaper girl who cuts really well)

5) Kijima Matako (That very annoying Takasugi fangirl)

6) Murata Tetsuko (The blacksmith)

7) Mutsu

8) Nobume

9) Sarutobi

10) Tama

11) Tsukuyo

12) Soyo

13) Yagyuu Kyuubei

"Hey, hey, what's with this list, aru? Stupid brother hadn't met a majority of these girls, aru." Kagura pointed out, annoyed.

Gintoki explained, "It's fanfiction, and with a guy like your brother, every ship is crack, so we can make up whatever scenario that gave them the chance to meet and fall in love like dumb teenagers."

"But a majority of these girls wouldn't fall in love like dumb teenagers."

"It's fanfiction! Fanfiction, I said. Everyone will turn out OOC in the end, so let's just go for the ride."

Kagura grumbled, "I still don't like it. Stupid brother is not good enough for any us Earth girls."

Shinpachi pointed out, "But look at it this way, Kagura-chan, if your brother does marry someone, the two of you will become sisters."

"I don't want sisters who touched my brother's dirty balls. He even licks blood off his enemies and friends. He must be full of diseases, and he'll just spread them."

"You really hate your brother in this fanfiction, huh." Shinpachi just moved on or else they'll get nowhere. "I listed these girls because they have made multiple appearances, or had grand arcs centered around them. I also think Kamui would be interested in a strong fighter."

"So why isn't Anego in the list?"

"NO WAY! There's no way I'll accept that sadistic pirate as my brother-in-law!"

"Ah, he's shown his true colors, aru."

"Besides," Shinpachi reasoned, "Kamui-san loves food, and we all know what anue-e does to anything she tries to cook. Although there was that Eromes incident episode," The megane bitterly remembered, "that showed that she can prepare food, I don't think Kamui-san wants to date someone who can destroy the thing he loves. You wouldn't want that either, right, Kagura-chan?"

The glutton couldn't deny that.

"Is Hinowa really warranted to be in the list?" Gintoki inquired while picking his nose. "She's got her good points, but I think the stupid pirate would prefer someone more warrior-like."

"Oh, I just added her because I considered her to be a strong woman who actually met Kamui, which she is, but I guess you're right." Shinpachi crossed off her name. "And I suppose Soyo-san shouldn't be in the list either for the same reasons." He crossed off her name, too.

"Mmm. Tsetsuko-chan is strong and pretty and create samurai swords, but she's still too random, aru." Kagura pointed out, so Shinpachi crossed her name out.

Gintoki looked through the names a bit more seriously, "That reaper girl (Asaemon) is too busy being the head of her clan, so let's not bother imagining a fake scenario for them."

Shinpachi thought about it for a moment, "Asaemon-san is a pretty powerful swordsman who is the only one who knows Kumoarai, and she is quite the beauty with a diligent and loving demeanor for what she does. She seemed like a pretty good choice for Kamui, but you're right that she is too busy being the head of the Ikeda clan. Plus, the idea of having a half-yato knowing such a deadly technique is terrifying."

Everyone silently agreed as Shinpachi crossed her name out, and then made a new list, he stopped at Sarutobi's name, and didn't add it since that pairing would be too crack to handle.

New list:

1) Chin Pirako

2) Gedoumaru

3) Kijima Matako

4) Mutsu

5) Nobume

6) Tama

7) Tsukuyo

"That leaves us with seven."

"Erase that Matako-bitch, aru." Kagura ordered, and Shinpachi didn't hesitate.

The three of them looked through the names closely, thinking of why each would fit.

"Mutsu-san is a yato, but she doesn't actually engage in physical combat much." Shinpachi pointed out. "I think Kamui-san would prefer someone who is more active in that way." He crossed that name.

"Tama-chan can fight, but she's not really the fighting type, right, aru?" Kagura inquired, which the two agreed, crossing her name out.

"That leaves Pirako-chan, Gedoumaru-san, Nobume-san and Tsukuyo-san."

"One seem to not be like the others." Gintoki pointed out.

"Hm?" Kagura blinked, not seeing the difference between the four women.

Shinpachi inspected the list a little more closely. "Now that you say that, three of these women are disturbingly dangerous and sadistic with red eyes and a soft side to them."

Gintoki and Shinpachi realized that they made a list of women similar to Kamui and would be too dangerous to approach with this subject in mind. Shinpachi reluctantly crosses off Tsukuyo's name and wondered if the extra cash was worth it.

They went over it with Abuto via video call at an internet cafe. The man looked at the sent names with their photos.

"Oh, so these are the three earthlings you think caught the captain's heart?"

Shinpachi and Gintoki had grave faces. "Yes."

"Mmmm. They do share something in common with the captain. Have you talked to them about this?"

"No."

"Huuuh? Then get to it. I just came back from a vacation but I'll let captain consider visiting Earth soon. See ya later."

"Bye."

And thus they had to face the mess for the sake of money. They decided that the easiest way to get all three girls to come together was having a girl's day with Kagura. The teen didn't want to do something like that for a messed up reason, but Shinpachi also pointed out that there was a festival soon, and it would be more fun to invite Gedoumaru (scarily) and Pirako over for such an event. The yato still didn't like it, but she missed hanging out with her other friends.

They then set out to invite the others. Gintoki took on Gedoumaru because that meant seeing Ketsuno Ana, Kagura knew how to contact Nobume, and Shinpachi simply went to Otose to ask her to contact Jiroucho to tell Pirako about the festival.

In a matter of days, the three girls and Kamui arrived at Yorozuya where they were served tea and snacks. Kagura was frowning the whole time, glaring at her brother who was just munching on the snacks. Gintoki and Shinpachi were hiding in the kitchen, inspecting them, but they were just eating and talking about the different festivals they've been to.

"So we made it this far, but it looks like Kamui-san isn't showing an interest in one of them specifically. But it looks like he's enjoying himself."

"Any man would enjoy the company of three cute girls even if one of them is a thousand years old with no womanly features." Gintoki got a much deserved club to the face. Not because Gedoumaru heard him, but she definitely sensed his insult.

"I wonder if this will work. Maybe Kamui-san isn't the type to show his affection to the one he likes, if he's not being obvious about it as much as Abuto said he has been doing recently."

"A man can act cool around the woman he prefers and play hard-to-catch, but the one thing they truly can't resist is taking the festival as an opportunity to have a date."

"And like I said before, does Kamui understand the concept of a 'date'. It seems in yato culture that romance isn't a huge thing, so they don't have customs for those sort of things. Okita-san had an especially hard time trying to get Kagura to understand what's special when they're together."

"Who's having a hard time?"

"AAAAH! Okita-san!" Shinpachi flung back.

It bought everyone's attention, which Sougo didn't mind. "Oi, China-girl, I'm here to pick you up for the festival."

"Eh? Why? I'm going out with my friends and stupid big brother, aru."

"They can come, too, but you have to walk beside me."

"I don't wanna walk beside a Super S like you."

"Fine. I won't buy you the new sukonbu addition being sold."

"Uuuuugh! Fine!" Kagura and the others followed them to the festival.

Everyone went around, having fun by looking at the stuff around them. Gedoumaru was tempted to test things out, but Shinpachi and Gintoki were able to convince her not to since that could ruin the festival, which would upset Ketsuno Ana.

The two watched Kamui carefully who was just interested in trying out the different food from the different stands, and even played some games with the girls. They were so concentrated on them that Sougo and Kagura soon split from the group. Gintoki ran off to find them, being the overprotective father he was. Shinpachi sighed at his attitude, and continued following Kamui and the girls until Abuto showed up, finally done with his work.

"My, looks like the captain is having fun. Any luck in finding out who he likes?"

Shinpachi shook his head. "He appears to be having fun with all three of them. I guess when you have four sadistic warriors together, they can have fun. Though I had to stop them a few times from causing a panic."

"Sorry I gave you a job that's more trouble than it's worth."

"Ah, no! No! I'm more than happy to help. It would be nice that Kamui-san could find someone to be happy with. I actually hope he doesn't get rejected because it might become awkward for him to visit Earth. I know that when I'm rejected, I'll respect their choice, but I'd like to hide in space until most of my feelings are out of my system."

"I thought about that, too, but the crew needs their boss to focus on the job so rejected or not, we just want him to stop being stuck in the mud."

"I wonder if he can do that with a broken heart if he's rejected. Being the strongest or not, anyone's weak to rejection, especially since these must be new emotions for him."

"Good point. He might turn into a workaholic if that happens. I guess I haven't really thought about it. The pressure of the crew made me act without considering the captain's own feelings since he ever had any for his family."

"Then I guess for Kamui-san's sake, it's best that today is just a day for him to have fun."

"Ah, I guess so."

The two smiled at each other, while something totally comedic was happening between Gintoki, Kagura and the Shinsengumi in the background. They also didn't realize that Kamui had been staring at them.

"You should just confess to him." Gedoumaru told him, knowing exactly how he's feeling as someone who watched humans for eons. "He's soft headed at times, but I can tell he's really affectionate of you."

"Are we talking about the shitty megane over there?" Pirako inquired, still anti-Shinpachi a bit. "I knew he was gay the first time I met him."

"He isn't?" Nobume inquired. She noticed Shinpachi's affection for Otsuu, but liking female pop stars was nothing foreign for a gay man.

"Excuse me, what are you talking about?" Kamui tried to play it off, but the girls knew.

Gedoumaru wisely advised, "Confessing isn't an easy thing to do since you're letting down your walls, but if you don't take the chance now, he'll be surely taken away since that virgin will respond to anyone's romantic affection, even for an old-looking dude like your vice-captain if his heart is swept away."

"Yeah, he's definitely the type." Pirako agreed. "Didn't he fall in love with that berserk-looking cockroach just by a kiss. He's hopeless! Don't you agree, Nobume-chan?"

The officer just munched on her donuts. The three girls then just gave their good lucks before leaving Kamui to go after the megane before he's taken.

Kamui watched them go with slight irritation. He then looked back to Shinpachi who was laughing along with Abuto, but then those brown eyes behind the glasses looked his way, and they were immediately locked on him. Shinpachi quickly walked over to him, "Kamui-san, where did the others go?" The megane looked around, and then noticed that Abuto wasn't around either. "Huh? Where did..."

"Oh, they just went to the girl's restroom. It's really interesting how women have to band together to go somewhere to shit."

"Always frank like usual." Shinpachi saw pros and cons for that but became tolerant all around. "I'm glad to see that you're having fun. I was worried that one of you wouldn't get along, but it looks like Kamui-san is making more friends."

"Friends?" That was an odd word to use for him.

"Is that not the right word?" Shinpachi gave him a little knowing, pitying look. "They are Kagura-chan's friends, but that doesn't mean they can't be yours, too. All four of you have a lot in common, so you can relate and talk about a lot of things you haven't shared before."

"I don't see the point of doing unnecessary things like those."

"I guess you wouldn't." Shinpachi didn't bother to explain what should be felt and done naturally. "Anyway, we haven't been able to talk. How have you been, Kamui-san?"

Kamui answered that he's been well, though listed out his many annoyed encounters with aliens that he beat the living shit out of with a smile. Shinpachi anime sweat-dropped at the man's never ending violent behavior, though he was attentive to listening how colorful and vast space was. Shinpachi also couldn't help laughing when Kamui told him embarrassing stories about Abuto, his crew, and the people he met. Shinpachi told him more embarrassing and strange stories he had with the yorozuya and the others. Kamui listened while also asking questions that Shinpachi happily answered.

The two soon realized that the girls have been gone for quite awhile, but they figured that they might be with Kagura and the others. Shinpachi lost sight of the job since he enjoyed speaking with Kamui. Though the man could be either naive or heartless with his reactions and words, there was a glimpse of kindness and normalcy in him that peaked the megane's interest.

The two continued their conversation as they checked out more of the booths together. Kamui would overdo his behavior to get a hilarious straight-man reaction from the poor samurai. Shinpachi would get back at him by playing with his Earth-naivety through small pranks and teases. Kamui would then retaliate by saying something mean or threaten him with harm, but Shinpachi knew he didn't really mean it. But when he seemed to, Shinpachi would apologize profusely. Kamui would accept it with a not so convincing smile, though Shinpachi could've sworn the yato was laughing behind that smile.

The day quickly turned into night, and the two had left the festival.

Shinpachi thought that he could use this opportunity of familiarity to get right back on track with his job to figure out who Kamui liked out of curiosity. But he wasn't sure how to bridge the conversation. He didn't want Abuto to get in trouble, or end up getting nowhere. He looked around for an answer, and the sight of a thrift store with a mini Santa Clause statue made a light bulb go off in his head.

"Ah, it'll be Christmas next month."

"Christmas?"

Shinpachi explained the western holiday with no religion since that was a whole new can of worms that he rather not explore. He then hit to his main topic. "Christmas has many little traditions. The one that makes me bashful is where if you stand under a mistletoe with someone, you have to share a kiss."

Kamui was baffled by such a tradition. "Why would Earthlings need to stand under a plant to kiss? Is it just an excuse to do shameless things with a dirty mind?"

Shinpachi couldn't exactly deny that, but he tried to reel the conversation where he needed it to be. "Only if you're looking to abuse the tradition to your advantage. Kondou-san tried many times with anue-e to no avail. The reason behind why it's a mistletoe is a long story, but it's supposed to give good luck so the tradition is nothing dirty. It's also nothing to take seriously since you don't have to kiss each other on the lips. It'd be pretty weird between family so a hug is fine, too. But it can feel romantic to kiss someone you like under a mistletoe. Do you have anyone you like?" The megane patted himself mentally on the back for smoothly transitioning.

Kamui stared at Shinpachi, remembering what the other girls said. He felt annoyed remembering it, but looking at Shinpachi...He honestly wasn't sure. Every day he couldn't help thinking about the samurai from time to time. Kamui had only ever been interested in four things in his life: Family, strong fighters, food and his pirate life. Yet Shinpachi suddenly became a fifth after a few years of getting to know him every time he visited, or the megane somehow got into space with his sister and his prey.

At first nothing stood out. Shinpachi was just this third wheeler to these monstrously strong people in his life. His impression was even worse with all his nagging and fanboying over a pop idol. It honestly made Kamui baffled by why his little sister would bother with such a disgusting useless guy. He concluded that it was either pity or surrender.

However, his impression was called to question when he quickly realized how friendly and responsive Abuto was to Shinpachi. The man would act like it was bothersome to talk to someone of another race unless they were a nightly adventure. Shinpachi wasn't that, and yet Abuto seemed to fancy him as something more than a pet. His vice-captain would dodge answering when lightly interrogated, and the man would always try to prevent Kamui from fighting Shinpachi when the megane seemed to have gotten stronger over time.

That got Kamui to pay closer attention to the otaku, and the first imprinting good impression was when he ran off to the Shimura household to find the younger male doing chores. Shinpachi was shocked to see him, but then immediately welcomed him in with tea. The conversation was nothing noteworthy, except for when Shinpachi spoke fondly of Kagura as if she were his own little sister or daughter. Kamui could tell that Shinpachi didn't see his little sister in a different light, and he even got him to admit that after everything that happened, they were too much of a family to do something that seemed incestuous.

Shinpachi then inquired about how familiar he was with Edo, and Kamui was not all that familiar. Kagura had made him meet her friends, but also strange alleyways and other places where she had many stories to tell. It took an entire week to finish the tour since plenty of chaos happened every day. Shinpachi was visibly not surprised but did feel like there had to be some restraint. It wasn't the yato's fault that these ingrates wanted to get a taste of defeat by his powerful hands, or were messed up to begin with like a certain terrorist.

The megane then asked if Kamui at least liked the cake shops, and the yato wasn't introduced to them. Shinpachi was surprised by this, but figured that Kagura probably thought her ruffian of an older brother wouldn't appreciate it. The yorozuya took it upon himself to let Kamui know such places to get a better idea of the feminine side of Kagura. Kamui went along with it because he was amused that a man would understand such womanly things. Shinpachi admitted that it was due to growing up with his sister, and he had been in plenty adventures that involved him crossdressing.

The rest of the day went by pretty ordinarily, but not less amusing. They ate cake, went window shopping at different shops, ate lunch, went to the zoo, ate dango, went to the movies, and then ate dinner. There was a few slip-ups of comedy between them, but they had fun talking to one another.

Kamui remembered going back to his hotel room at Yoshiwara humming happily without a care, but it came to a deep surprise when Abuto questioned him about it. The yato did enjoy himself, but there was nothing adrenaline pumping that happened to warrant such a reaction. However, despite his confusion, he kept returning to the samurai whether he was with company or not. He told himself that he returned because he suddenly found the otaku's nagging to be funny. He told himself that he returned because he enjoyed the meals the man made, and found to taste better than his prey's or anyone's cooking for some reason. He told himself that he returned because he surprisingly found watching the samurai do chores or train diligently to be relaxing to watch. He told himself he returned because he wanted the exposition-giving character to teach him more about Edo's customs. He told himself he returned because it just felt right.

Yet despite all those reasons he still felt confused. Why would he like someone who isn't a powerful and talented beauty? He has met many who had met that description and even met others similar to Shinpachi, yet this person stuck to him. Was it due to his closeness to his sister and his prey? Was it really just because Abuto found him appealing, so he did? In fact why do all these powerful and talented people care for this simple samurai? Was it because of the gorilla sister? But Kamui knew better that that wasn't the case since with the sister around, it just made the little brother seem more of a weak nuisance. Yet he is dearly loved and needed.

"Kamui?" Shinpachi of the present was getting a little concerned by how quiet the amanto was acting.

Kamui spilled some of the extra thoughts away to focus on what he was supposed to answer. Did he like anyone?

"Not at all. I have no interest in women."

Shinpachi looked slightly disappointed by the answer, but accepted it. "I see. But it's a pity. Despite how ruthless and violent you are with a rude mouth to boot, Kamui-san, you do have a kind side to you that I've seen over the years when you visit. Now don't look at me like that. You do!" The young man lightly laughed at the clueless expression Kamui sported. "You've improved in being a great big brother to Kagura, and Sadaharu loves to welcome you back to the Yorozuya. Seita also has high respects for you even now for helping him reunite with his mother. You really do have a soft spot for children don't you."

"What are you saying? Do you want me to kill you?" Kamui threatened to hide his embarrassment.

Shinpachi wasn't letting him get away with it. Instead he bravely teased, "You can go ahead and try to bury me, but that won't hide the truth."

"Okay then." Kamui raised his hand to pretend to strike.

Shinpachi laughed, "It's a joke! A joke! I'm sorry, but I mean what I said. Anyone who got to know you would feel lucky to be liked by you."

"Then the person happy about it would be an idiot. Nothing good will come out of being liked." Kamui remembered his father, his mother, and Housen. All of them having perished in their own ways.

"It's true that liking someone can bring about the worse in us, but it's only if you don't have the resolve to see it through." Shinpachi thought about Otose, Ofusa, and many other married or widowed people he had met. "As a yorozuya, I have seen many artificial, toxic and tragic relationships, but I have also seen many genuine ones. I'm sure that having a relationship will always be filled with clumsy regrets and hardships as the time changes, but if you don't lose sight of what really matters, and continue to fight yourself and with them when everything is in chaos, I'm sure the strongest in universe can handle being with their even stronger significant other."

Shinpachi gave him the most reassuring smile with a light tease in his eyes by his last statement. Kamui still looked doubtful. He walked away once from who really mattered, and despite all the progress he's made, he can still see himself walking away again. Shinpachi saw the doubt in his eyes, and figured that he couldn't be as convincing as Gin-san or meaningful as Kagura. The two were just friends after all.

Yet he still tried, "And I'm sure Kagura with Gin-san and I and Abuto-san could help you out." The red-head's eyebrows perked up at that. "Of course if you do meet someone, you have to introduce them to us! And we'll tell her all of the terrible things about you behind your back, and how to deal with them because nobody knows you better than your family. A relationship isn't restricted to just the two of you figuring things out together. We have your back, so Kamui-san, whether you're truly are not interested in a relationship or not, just know that you don't have to fight alone. We're one of your homes that you can turn to."

Kamui felt a part of him convinced, but a stubborn side of him wanted to reject it. Yet, he looked to Shinpachi in that weird confusing light as he imagined a future of just lying on his lap on either the yorozuya couch or the hall outside his room. They walked in silence the rest of the way until they reached the yorozuya where nobody else had come home to. There, Kamui subconsciously made Shinpachi take a seat at the couch and then he lied his head down on his lap. Shinpachi was confused, but having gotten used to such an intimate position, he allowed Kamui to rest on his leg.

"Ah, you must be tired from your travels and the festival. I can lay out a futon for you."

"No. Here is fine."

Shinpachi thought that this was a bit inconvenient for him, but he didn't complain. He just reached for the remote and turned on the television to watch whatever was on. The sounds of the television was just white noise to him as he basked in this normalcy. He closed his eyes, taking in the faint smells of the festivals on their bodies and the firm warmth of the samurai's thighs.

The idea of walking away from such a warm place was even more unappealing than running away with his selfish motives.

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A/N: MUhahahaha! Ending it there! And don't want to bother with editing!