Prompt for day 6: Late night snack

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"Where do you think you're going?"

Tsukuyo flinched and looked back at the source of the voice and even though his eyes were closed, Gintoki wore the most annoyed expression on his face. The whole reason she was trying to be sneaking was not to wake him up and now here they were.

"Did you really think I was asleep?" Gintoki opened one of his eyes and looked back at her. She was sitting upright and holding the sheet covers in her hands. Gintoki furrowed in brows. He knew that she would try to sneak away during the night so he only just pretended to sleep.

"Ah-I was just-" Tsukuyo stuttered. She let go of the bed sheets and started fiddling with her fingers, trying to think up of an excuse but her brain gave her nothing. She looked like a child who had been caught doing something bad.

Gintoki frowned and rolled over in annoyance, "First Kagura and now you. Do you all have something against my sleep?" He scratched the back of his head. They stayed in silence for awhile before Gintoki got back up and lifted the covers beckoning her to get back inside.

"You're sick; I'm not letting you go to Yoshiwara in the middle of the god damn night. You fainted last time."

Tsukuyo stopped before saying something and looked down again with the same embarrassed face. Her stomach made a cute noise as she mumbled something under her breath. Gintoki leaned in closer to hear what she saying.

"I-I'm not going to Yoshiwara…" She said quietly.

"Sure you aren't." Gintoki made a sarcastic expression and patted the futon lightly. He was seriously getting pissed off now. First she refuses to go the doctor and now she's going off on an adventure in the middle of the night. He sighed when she made obvious that she was not getting back to bed and then it hit him. Tsukuyo's stomach rumbled a little louder this time around.

"You're hungry?" Gintoki made a worried face. He fell back down on the futon when she didn't reply and sighed again, "This is why I told you eat something."

It was Tsukuyo's turn to huff in annoyance now. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked away "Would you shut up? I wasn't feeling hungry at that time." This is why she didn't' want to wake him up. Tsukuyo knew that Gintoki would nag her to death if she told him about it. Her stomach grumbled again, making Tsukuyo feel like she would pass out if she didn't eat anything in a second.

"I'm gonna go get myself something to eat." She got out of the futon with a little difficulty considering the fact that she hadn't eaten a morsel in twenty four hours. You couldn't really blame her though, even looking at food made her feel queasy but going on without food for a whole day had taken a toll on her. Once she was at the door she leaned on it slightly and panted slightly.

"Argh, Stop being so stubborn." Gintoki kicked the blankets off of him and made his way to her, while massaging his neck.

"Wait over there." He placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around to face the futon.

Tsukuyo tried to make him let go of her but he picked her up princess-style and carried her all the way over to the mattress despite her protests.

"What do you want to eat?" Gintoki asked her after making sure she was wrapped up like a burrito and wouldn't try to escape. Tsukuyo tried to wriggle around in order to free allow herself a little more space to move around but failed.

"Ice cream." Tsukuyo held the blanket cover up to cover half of her face.

"What?" Gintoki looked at her as if she was an alien or something considering the fact that she never really was a fan of sweets and also because rather than asking for something that would help her gain a little energy she asked for… well, ice cream. Something was definitely wrong with her.

He hung his head over his shoulders trying to contemplate what was going on in her mind. Now, in Gintoki's opinion there was nothing wrong with a person wanting to eat ice-cream in the middle of the night but when the person in question was Tsukuyo, there was definitely something weird going on. Nonetheless Gintoki convinced himself that after living with him for two years anyone would take a liking to sweets.

He set out for buying the requested item after telling Tsukuyo to not even think about stepping out of the futon and when he came back he found her sound asleep on the couch (so much for his warning.)

He set down the ice-cream and walked over to her. Her head was resting on the back on the sofa and her hands were folded over her legs. Gintoki sat down beside her and pushed away some strands of her hair that had fallen on her face. She said something slowly which was barely audible enough for him hear but it put a small smile on his face.

"Me too."

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