A/N: I'm sorry for delay! Me and my mother went on a trip to a different prefecture and there was no internet, I also didn't bring my laptop. We had fun, but well here is the chapter.

Anyway, I Hope you enjoy! Thank you for reading and thank you Yami no Saku-chan(Kagura fan111223), Guest-san, dente-di-leone, Conny C,HeheSmile, Laura, Dokiprez, Kokita and Resha Tsubaki for the reviews. :D

Warning: Romance is on the air! I think everyone at least changes if in love, Okita should be no exception. Lol

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gin-tama anime/manga and its characters except for this storyline.

Chapter 10:

Still can't sleep

Somehow... He woke up in the middle of the night. When he looked at the available clock in the room, the short hand was already pointing at twelve and the long hand was pointing at six. Twelve thirty in the midnight...

It was rare for him to wake up at that hour. He was a heavy sleeper. When he slept at night, he slept. No bombs or canons would wake him up. Though it was different in the morning...

Okita turned over to his left side. Was the china girl sleeping well...? Was she having dreams right now? Or nightmares? Did she sleep with lights on or not? Was she a heavy sleeper like him?

Several questions that involved Kagura kept circling in his head. Why was it that when he was awoke, she'd cross his mind like it was a natural thing? There was absolutely something wrong with him. But he didn't know what it was. He just knew that he wanted her attention, that he was looking forward to waking up the next day after everyday just to see her face, that he had her in his mind every now and then... Why was that?

Even if he asked, no one would answer.

Okita closed his eyes firmly. He could still sleep... But as he was on the process of falling back into sleep, he heard a small thud against the door to his room. At first it was small... then it got louder. He sat up, waiting for something to happen. His room was dark, only with the help of the full moon that there was a light shining on the corner like a lampshade doing its job.

That was enough for him to see through the darkness. He was thankful to his sharp eyesight. Okita remained quiet until the thud went gone. What was that? It couldn't possibly be Hijikata. What about Kagura? No, that was even more impossible... But what was that really?

He focused his eyes on the door. Suddenly, it opened and a small familiar figure had slumped down on the floor. He raised an eyebrow, realizing who it was... What was she doing in there?!

He was going to stand up and walk to her if it weren't for her sudden move. She used both her hands to support her body, and she began crawling towards him.

"...an't... Sl...p..."

"Oi... What are you doing...? What did you say...?"

"...ill... an't... sleep..."

Okita couldn't hear her mumbles clearly. He couldn't move his body now, just a while ago he was thinking about her and now she was there in front of him. On top of that, she was creeping into his futon!

"...Still can't sleep, you bastard!"

That shocked him. He dodged her uppercut this time, did she sneak into his room just to fight with him? He grabbed her shoulder. And what did she mean by she couldn't sleep?

"What are you trying to do china girl?"

"...Why can't I still sleep, Tosshi..."

Tosshi.

He stared at her face. So she thought he was Hijikata. That was not funny. Oh wait. Her face looked rather... funny? Aside from her untied hair that was messy, her eyes were wide open, and it looked as though her eyeballs were bulging out. Her black pupils were staring off into a distant.

"Too bad for you, I'm not Hijikata-san."

"..."

Okita said that with the intention of embarrassing her but he was startled when she brought her face near his instead, both his hands still on her shoulder. She then took hold of his arms...

"Oh it's you, brat... I can't sleep eh, hurry up, tell me how to sleep. I already tried counting sheep, listening to music, drinking hot drink, tiring myself... Still I can't sleep. Now I don't know how to sleep anymore, I can't remember anymore how I usually fall asleep now that I can't sleep, I forgot how to fall asleep so how do I sleep if I forgot how to fall aslee-"

"You're saying the word 'sleep sleep' too many times!"

"I want to sleep already. My eyes hurt. Hurry up, tell me how to sleep or I'm going to kill you, damn you."

"..." Okita didn't say anything.

More like, he couldn't say anything. What to do? He could just let the girl be troubled all by herself but he wouldn't do that. Why was that he didn't know himself... Oh well.

"Ahh, I know. You're still a kid, you need bedtime stories."

"What did you say, bastard? You want to die right now ahh?"

"Alright, alright, I'm going to tell you a story, listen carefully and you'll know the magic of bedtime stories."

Kagura didn't react anymore so he figured out she was going to listen. Not that she had any other choice. She looked so desperate to fall asleep already that she'd take any possible way to do so. And so, he told her to sit down facing him, she did as told, then he began his storytelling...

. . .

. . .

After ten minutes...

"...then the girl realized that she really loved her pet. One day, she went back to where she left it. It was in the playground. Few meters away from her, she saw the figure that she'd been wanting to see all this time. She ran towards it, but when she saw it... Tears fell down her face. It was already dead. She crouched down and hugged it, but she stopped crying when she heard someone speak behind her.

It was an old man. He told her how that pet never left that spot as if waiting for someone to come. Tears fell down her face once again but she noticed a change in the old man's voice...

'But don't worry... It's still alive.

Inside me!'

The old man's face broke in half, letting out a black pig with red eyes and long sharp fangs then it jumped on the girl's head-"

"suu..."

"..."

... What the...?

"Hey.

What the heck... That's boring. How come she fell asleep with that? And I was on the good part too."

Kagura fell asleep without changing positions. For him, it looked quite uncomfortable sleeping while sitting. Thinking it was bothersome, he decided to just let her sleep on half of his futon instead of carrying her to her room. Luckily, there was enough space for two people.

He took her shoulder on his left arm and her legs on his right one... It was the first time he ever carried someone in a bridal way. She wasn't heavy so it was less effort though. He then felt a bit nervous all of a sudden. He was feeling that rapid heart beat again...

He did his best ignoring it... He had to ignore it. Just ignore it... Okita put the china girl down on the left side of the futon, but as he was about to completely let go of her, she grabbed him wrapping her arms around his neck, tight.

Ow, ow, ow. He couldn't breathe! Okita placed his arms beside Kagura's head and just a little, her hold on him loosened. Finally, he could free himself from...

"..." Okita's body froze.

Her face was close to his again. He had the chance to stare at her to his heart's content. But that wasn't what made him unable to move. He was reminded how she was really pale, that even at a dark room like his... she could be clearly seen. Added the effect of the moon that shone through the window.

For a moment, he thought she was beautiful.

"Haah. Look what you've done to me china girl... I've become this weird..."

Okita was hovering over her body, her arms were wrapped around his neck and their faces were inches close. Plus, his heart beat that was panicking, its sound thumping within his ears. At a silent place like that, only their breathing and his loud heart beat could be heard. Actually, it was a bit suffocating.

He stared at her face for a few more seconds. It wouldn't be bad to do what he was thinking of doing now, right...? Okita let their foreheads touched, before his lips slowly... found hers.

"...unn..."

Too focused on her soft lips, Okita jolted when he heard her mutter something. He lifted his head to look at her.

Wait... Wait, wait... what?!

Just now... What did he... Did he just kiss her...?! But... It was a first for him. Was it her first too...? And was a girl's lips this soft? Or was it because it was Kagura that he felt good about it...? That was... Wait, that was unbelievable! Why did he kiss her?! He could feel his face getting hot, for sure he was turning red. That was so much out of his character! Someone, someone tell him what to do...!

Recently, when he was with the china girl, his heart beat would get fast as if it was being ran after by something... He wanted her attention, he'd get irritated at Hijikata who Kagura depended on so much... he was jealous of their closeness.

... Ahh ... His irritation was because he was jealous... So that was why...

Okita found himself kissing her for the second time that night.

Since when did he fall for this china girl?

~ X ~ X ~ X ~

When Hijikata woke up, it was still a little dark outside. The first thing to cross his mind was yesterday night's happening. Kagura didn't come back to his room so he guessed she was able to sleep after all? He did feel her presence when she came back home but his eyes were already too heavy to even blink so he slept like that without checking on Kagura's condition.

Well, if she was able to sleep then all was good. He had to prepare for the day's work anyway, perhaps he should visit her room once he go to the kitchen to eat...

And he did exactly that. But there was one problem. Kagura wasn't in her room. She was not in her room. Unconsciously, Hijikata looked on the way to Okita's room. He then walked towards it...

No, that couldn't be, right? Yeah of course, there was no way ...

...

Hijikata's mind went blank when he saw what he saw. Yes, what he saw was something he shouldn't have seen, or something he didn't want to see. Confusing right? But what he was seeing was even more confusing!

Kagura was in Okita's futon, sleeping like an angel, as in like... totally comfortable. And! And the boy was sleeping like a devil hovering over the cute little angel... He had his right arm lying across Kagura's neck while Kagura had her right arm hanging over Okita's left shoulder... It looked as if they were hugging before falling asleep! On top of that, the light brown-haired brat had one of his legs over Kagura...

Dah! What was happening?! What was he seeing? Was it imagination? Was he dreaming? Was it a nightmare?

Wake up, me! Wake up, Hijikata Toshirou!

Oiiii! What was going on really?! Why, in the world, was Kagura at Okita's room sleeping and in a position like that?!

"..."

Hijikata Toshirou, today, you officially damaged your own brain, with the lack of mayo energy drink.

"..."

Somehow, he thought he heard someone spoke within his head.

"-mayo."

"What's going on, mayo."

I just noticed, when I was editing... I put quite number of canon scenes in the manga(the supposed-to-be horror part of this fic)... o.o But I twisted them. What the...? I'm so sorry for that! Next time, I won't. I swear. =.="

And poor Hijikata-san. xD Don't worry, he'll be back into normal too! Lol anyone read the latest chapter of Gintama? Freaking awesome!

SPOILER:

Gender Bend arc... So hilarious! I can't take Kagura's gender bent though, grah... but at the same time, it was hilarious. But seriously! Lol and Okita... Well Hijikata is probably the funniest one. But I still love him, he's so cute!

END of Spoiler. (I think that was a spoiler? Or maybe not.)

Anyway have a good day/night everyone! 2 chapters left for this fanfic to end. (Then maybe, an extra will come)