My First Kiss Tasted Like Crap

by Korin Santos on Saturday, 31 December 2011 at 18:18 ·

CHAPTER 4

And so, this bastard sadist's health finally improved. Time for him to go back where he belongs. I don't know why… I'm supposed to be jumping with joy, but I can't seem to do it. It seems like there's a loneliness growing from my heart. Oh well, I guess I'm just a little hungry. He just simply bid goodbye and our lives returned to the way it usually is.

The next day I decided to have a walk… Coincidence it is, I always ended up meeting this person. What is it fate? Miracle? For those who voted for fate, Please, grow up already, and for those who are on the miracles' side, a real miracle is when finally God would let Sukonbu rain throughout Edo. Back to the scene. I saw him that's right, then as a good manner I greeted him.

"Oi-aru!" I waved and went to his side.

"Oh, it's China"

"Oi, can you stop calling me China? I have a cute name-aru"

"Fine Kagura it is."

"Umm…"

"What? Not satisfied?"

"Eto… It seems something is missing…Wait what is it… ETO… Oh yeah How 'bout try calling me Kagura-SAMA?"

"Oi, did your brain finally snapped?"

"Hehe… Just joking-aru. Anyway, what are you doing-aru?"

"I had bought some snacks and was about to head somewhere else."

"Ah… Soka"

"Want to go with me?"

"Sure-aru"

We went to a lake and it seems no one actually knows this place.

"The only people who knows this place is me and Ane-Ue. I always bring her here whenever she visits me."

"It's beautiful here-aru"

"Hey want some?" he fixed the blanket on where we are supposed to sit and offered me some sukonbu.

"Eh… Why do you have this-aru? You like sukonbu too?"

"Well I was actually planning to invite you here in the first place, and I heard from Danna that you like that. I was just about to go to your place when I bump into you."

"Oh, I see, but why me-aru?"

"To give thanks for nursing me of course. Besides you look like a person who had all the time in the world. So it hurt inviting you."

This bastard he said some cool stuff but ended it on a way that it would make irritated.

It has been a turned of events, I am getting along with my rival, he became my friend, I can't believe it.

I am spending my day in the park like I usually do, when something caught my attention. There's a group of men in swords there. They are carrying one even thought it is strictly forbidden, I bet they are Joishishi, just like Zura. This could be a bloody game; good thing the park now is deserted. 'Wow entertainment-aru' is what I thought. I brought out my sukonbu and watched them. When I was just about to have fun, I saw a familiar face in the middle of them.

"Sadist-aru!" I got surprised and stoop up immediately. I rushed over to his place to give him some help.

"Oi, little girl don't butt in" goon 1

"Yeah, go play somewhere else, we're busy here." Goon 2

These goons are seriously pissing me off.

"Oi China, what are you doing here?"

"I thought I told you not to call me China?"

"Isn't it a little unfair that I call you by your name but you call me sadist?"

"Huh? You don't like it; I really thought you enjoy people calling you sadist?"

"I enjoy torturing (especially Hijikata-san), but calling me sadist always in not respectful you know."

"There is nothing respectful in you, you know?"

"Oi, both of you are you ignoring us?" goon 3

"Fine I'll call you sou-chan. What do you think?"

"Only Ane-ue calls me that."

"Oh man, this guy is so demanding. Should I call you Okita-sama?"

"I'm not like you, you idiot. Fine Sou-chan is fine with me."

"So you need help-aru?"

"Help? You must be kidding me, these small fries aren't even enough to make me sweat."

The group got annoyed and charged all at once. I started firing bullets at them and the sadist I mean Sou-chan sliced through them one by one. Someone was about to cut me off but I was too busy to notice it. He protected me but got hurt in return. He finished the fight by using his bazooka at the. And the fight ends here.

"Ahh… are you alright-aru?"I asked him while stretching. He held his bleeding arms and told me his fine. Are you kidding me? Do you think you're fine and I would actually believe it? I leaded him to the bench with my worried look.

"Eto… when did you got that wound-aru?"

"Well, there's a certain china girl, who didn't paid any attention while having fun, that she was about to get attacked by the enemy, so I protected that moron and got wounded instead."

I felt guilty; I can't believe that rather than helping him, I became a burden instead. I bowed to him and apologized properly.

"Gomenasai-aru. Instead of helping you, I became a burden instead. Hontou ni Gomenasai-aru." I can't hold back my tears anymore. But he just wiped it away and smiled at me gently.

"Idiot I'm just joking you know? I did protect you, because it was from my own accord. Think this way, if it was another person, I would just let him/her get hurt as punishment for butting in, especially if the person is someone like Hijikata-san. So don't cry anymore okay?" after that he gave me a gentle kiss near my red eyes.

My tears finally stopped, and I took notice in his bleeding arms. I move closer in front of him.

"Oi what are you doing?"

"Shut up-aru. I know what I'm doing"

I untied the cloth from his uniform and wrapped it on his wounded arms.

"That should do it-aru. We should go to the hospital-aru. You need to get treated."

"No I'm fine. A scratch like this is nothing to me."

"Are you sure-aru?"

"Yes, but in the other hand I'm getting sleepy. Lend me your lap, I'll sleep."

He didn't even wait for my response. He wore his sleeping mask and lay down to my lap. I didn't argue either; he needs rest that was I thought. I brushed his hair, just like I'm trying to help him fall asleep. But he suddenly grabbed my hands and put it near his face. Oh that's right-aru, he can't sleep without hugging something, is what I still believes at. I giggled when I thought of that and when I looked back to him; he is sleeping wearing both his sleeping mask and a peaceful and gentle smile in his face.