Kebchii says: I'm grateful to everyone who had read the first chapter. Kudos for those who left a review and shared their thoughts. :) Lo and behold, the second chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gintama.

Summer Heat

Kebchii

He leaned away. He saw that she had covered her mouth with the back of her hand, bright blue eyes staring widely at him in shock, her face blushing furiously. She was so utterly adorable he was tempted to lean down and kiss her again.

She didn't let him, though, because the next thing the girl did was to panic. He felt a sweat drop as he watched her fluster, muttering unintelligible sentences as she ran around the place. It seemed that Kami had enough of the girl's antics that she accidentally bumped her head against a beam and was knocked unconscious.

The boy sighed. "Guess it can't be helped..." He gathered the fainted girl in his arm and decided to bring her to the infirmary.

He was quite confident that stealing another kiss wasn't much of a crime.

Sougo snapped out of his reverie at the sound of Kondou's voice.

"Otae-san! I'm sorry but I just couldn't help it." Sougo watched the love-struck Kondou advanced on the older Shimura. "You just turn me on so mu-!" Before the guy could even touch a hair, he had once again tasted the pain of the infamous tornado kick from Otae.

With a sigh, the flaxen-haired lad rested his cheek against his palm and tried to think of new ways to annihilate a certain mayo-freak seated beside him. However, his thoughts were once again interrupted. It was the annoying monster's voice this time.

"Oi, gorilla! Get up! You still have to do my homework," said Kagura as she headed towards the gorilla, all the while passing by in front of Sougo.

Sougo's eyes followed the girl, watching as she grabbed Kondou by the collar and shouting profanities at him then slamming him back to the floor.

"There goes the China girl, Sougo." said Hijikata who was squirting (too much) mayo in his yakisoba bread.

"Die, Hijikata," Sougo deadpanned.

"What the hell?! You want a round, huh?"

It was a moment later when Sougo spoke. "I don't get it. She acts like nothing happened. I don't know if she forgot about it or ignored it or didn't really care about it at all. It's pissing me off, actually."

Although Hijikata didn't say anything and just continued to eat his special yakisoba bread, he listened and knew what the brat was talking about. He decided to stay quiet and let the boy speak his mind.

"They were times, though, that she acted like something did change between us. That China blushes more and gets flustered easily." Without him realizing, Sougo's face flushed a faint hue as he thought about the incident yesterday.

He had decided to tease her.

"You know, China, there are actually five steps to start a happy day."

"Eh? Really?" She seemed genuinely interested so he nodded.

"Number one. Close your eyes." He tried to his best not to laugh as he watched her close her eyes.

"Number two. Inhale then exhale." She breathed in and he was momentarily dazed as he watched her chest heave up then down. Sougo shook his head and tried to refocus.

"Number three. Stretch your arms." Kagura did what she was told.

"Number four. Focus your mind." Sougo waited for a moment before continuing. "Lastly..." he trailed off. "Think of me."

Sougo had expected for the monster girl to jump at him and claw at his eyes. She didn't, though. He watched, surprised, as Kagura remained standing with her eyes closed and her arms stretched out. He stayed on his own spot, observing the myriad of emotions on her face.

Her features turned from relaxed to smiling, then, he raised an eyebrow, blushing, going to confused then shocked with her mouth gaping open as a bonus.

And the monster girl really did jump at him and clawed at his eyes. As Sougo fought to keep his handsom face intact, there was one thought that ran through his mind. Damn, China did think of me.

"Well, maybe you can do something about it later this afternoon," Hijikata said after a while.

Sougo turned to him, "What do you mean?"

"You're assigned to clean with the china girl," he replied, gesturing to the board.

Sougo moved his gaze to the board and saw that there was indeed a reminder of the day's cleaning duty. It consisted of him, the lady boss and China. Hn.

"That stupid sensei doesn't even know your first name," Hijikata said, exasperated.

"Die, Hijikta."

Twitch. "What the hell?! You really want it, huh? Huh!?"

Sougo simply ignored him.

Patting Kagura on the top of her head, Sougo said in his usual lazy voice, "Otae-san, you might miss this spot later on. Be sure to sweep this up and throw it in the trash, okay?" He listened to her usual insults and retorts as he proceeded to erase the writings on the board.

Otae simply smiled, musing it was already normal for them to fight like that. After giving the sadist the finger, Kagura went to get a rag cloth to wipe the windows.

"Ne, Kagura-chan, did you know that A-chan and B-kun from #-Y class confessed to each other the other day?" Otae started.

Kagura's hand paused at its current task as she turned, "Eh? Really?" Sougo remained silent but his ears were attentive.

"Mmhm," the brunette nodded, thinking of how romantic it was. "The shocking part is that they kissed right after the confession."

Kagura gasped and faintly blushed, truly intriqued and surprised. Sougo, however, merely rolled his eyes and continued to wipe the chalk from the board.

"Anego, Anego," Kagura called excitedly. "Have you ever had a first kiss?"

"What?" With a hand on her cheek, Otae blushed. "O-Oh my, that spot seems a little too dirty. I should clean that off right now." Then she started to sweep real hard that the floor was rapidly withering away like she was digging a hole.

"Now, look what you've done, China." commented Sougo as he watched Otae sweep the floor off.

Kagura turned to him. She had her hand at the back of her head and her cute little tongue poking out of her lips. "Oops."

He quickly looked away, all the while covering his face with his hand in a futile attempt to hide the blush that had spread itself on his cheek.

Kagura saw the look on the sadist's face and was confused by it. She didn't dwell on it too much when Otae called her.

"Kagura-chan, what about you? Have you had your first kiss?"

The question surprised Kagura. The dream she had yesterday suddenly popped into her mind. Unbeknownst to her, Sougo's ears were once again attentive. "Hmm... Nope, not yet." Kagura shook her head.

"Oh," Otae responded, a bit disappointed. "That's a - "

"What are you talking about, China?" The abrupt question and the angry tone that carried it both surprised the two women. He walked towards Kagura who was too stunned to move. He grabbed hold of her wrist and tugged on it. "Did you simply forget or are you seriously ignoring what happened by the staircase the other day?" His deep red eyes glared at her bright blue ones.

"What the hell are you blabbering about, you conceited je - " Kagura stopped dead on her words and thought about the dream. She gasped. "So... That wasn't a dream..."

Irritated, he flicked at her forehead and she yelped in response, lifting her free hand on the stinging spot. "Apparently, you bonked your head too hard that you actually did forget about the kiss."

"Oh, kiss!" Otae commented on the sides.

At the mention of the word, Kagura felt her face heat up she was sure it would put her qipao to shame. "I - I don't remember having a kiss with you!" she lied and hoped against hope that the boy in front of her would just let it go.

Sougo smirked. With a tug on her wrist, he pulled her body closer against his. "Well, I don't mind helping you remember, China." Without further ado, and before he could blow this chance, he leaned down and captured her lips.

"Oh, oh my," Otae murmured, surprised at the scene unfolding before her.

The flaxen-haired boy broke away before his bones could be smashed into little pieces of Lego. But because he couldn't help himself, he quickly leaned down and gave Kagura's lips a lick.

For the second time that day, the Amanto was too stunned to move. She simply watched with parted lips and a flushed face as Sougo retreated and headed for the door.

He paused on his way out and looked at Kagura. "Oh, for your information, China, that was your third one." Sougo stuck a tongue out at her then disappeared behind the door.

Kagura stared at the door, horrified. "YOU PERVERTED SADIST! GO TO HELL!"

...and POOF! It became Koko Krunch. :D

Edited 2017.