Sougo was glad Hijikata took long in the bathroom.
China felt no remorse though for the eye syrup incident and greeted him with a "Drama queen." comment when he got back.

The two got into a small argument again but Sougo didn't care to listen in. He was busy trying to catch sight of his reinforcement.

"Okita-san!" he heard from behind him. Sougo immediately grabbed the person and dragged him into his hiding spot.

His reinforcement was … Shinpachi.

The poor guy stared at him, confused as to why they were hiding.

"Don't shout, got that?" Sougo warned, then pointed at the two he ahd been spying on.

Silence. Was this good?

Shinpachi's head suddenly ballooned.

Nope, this was not good.

"WHAT THE HELL!" he burst, Sougo quickly slapped a hand over his mouth and hid deeper behind the stall.

Their targets had turned their heads towards their direction.

Shit, he should have gotten Yamazaki instead, at least that guy could stay quiet, not to mention, was more afraid of him
than this glasses was.

"Huh? That sounded like Pachi-boy right now." He heard China comment.

The two in hiding held their breaths.

After a moment...

"That was probably just some pleb that underestimated the prices at a stall or something." Hijikata said.

Sougo sighed.

He let go of Shinpachi and the poor guy scrambled onto his feet.

"What is going on Okita-san? Why is Kagura-chan and Hijikata-san together?" He asked.

"You think I'd still be here hiding if I knew? So far, they just ate crepes together." Sougo told him,
"You seem calm now, shout like that again and we'll be discovered." He warned, eyes narrowed.

Shinpachi stepped back.

"Huh? I only shouted earlier because I realized you lied about the half off Otsu-chan merchandise." Shinpachi said,
"That wasn't nice lying about something that important, Okita-san."

Die you idiot glasses, Sougo thought. He definitely should have called Yamazaki instead, at least he wasn't a loud mouth otaku.

The two watched the unlikely duo, whom were currently arguing because apparently, Gin-chan's knowledge was wrong and
someone wanted another crepe.

Sougo turned to look at Shinpachi.

He wasn't reacting like he thought he would.

The main reason why he had called him was firstly, his straight-man comments were a tad better than Yamazaki's,
the next being that him and the China girl were much closer and maybe he could either provide better insight on things or...

Frankly, Sougo thought it would be fun seeing him freak out and maybe even overreact and interrupt Hijikata and China.
There would have been some blood at least.

Yet, This glasses was pretty calm.

"I thought you'd be more upset seeing your whatever-china-is-to-you with that mayo addict." he told Shinpachi.

"I don't really see something to be upset about." Shinpachi replied, "except the false hope you gave me about Otsu-chan merchandise." he whispered.

Okita ignored him. His gaze once again fell back upon their targets.

Hijikata had cut the line at the crepe truck and was shouting at the cashier to give him a crepe for 'an annoying monster brat',
said monster brat was mimicking an evil laugh while she hovered her foot menacingly over a bottle of mayonnaise.

For some reason, the scene annoyed Sougo, China seemed to be enjoying herself with that bastard.

He looked at Shinpachi again.

"So you're not disturbed at all that a grown man might be on a date with a young uh girl?." he caught himself before he said 'monster'.

"Not really, it's probably not a date, they could have just bumped into each other or something. Those two are among the most unlikely people to go on dates,
especially with each other." Shinpachi replied, "Plus, I don't think Hijikata-san is perverted like that.

"Hmm..." Sougo mumbled, the glasses had a point. Aside from Hijikata buying China a crepe, there was nothing date-like about their interaction at all.
Even their conversations seem to just be arguing and banter. Well there was that handkerchief thing and that smile China gave Hijikata
kept floating back into his mind.

While he pondered this, he failed to notice Shinpachi starting to freak out beside him.

"Okita-san!" Shinpachi shouted for the umpteenth time.

The captain finally heard him.

"What? Stop shouting." Sougo told him.

"Never mind about that! LOOK!" Shinpachi pointed, his finger trembled.

Sougo followed his gaze and-

Blurgh!

There, winding through the crowds of people, was Hijikata, directly behind him was China girl,
they were holding hands.