A/N: This the second part to the marriage vows chapter.
Promises That Are Meant To Be Kept Can Be Made With Known Customs
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It was a little past two, the sun was up, and most of the city was quiet. The party had ended at five-something in the morning, because everyone was either passed out, or throwing up their stomachs. Gintoki had been the first to get up disoriented and so, he roamed, trying to find strawberry milk somewhere. He was walking by when he spotted two people sleeping in a futon, one he recognized as a shirtless Takasugi holding someone, the other someone... The other someone... Had red hair... And in his numbed mind, the first thing he thought was: 'Kagura? Kagura with Takasugi?!'
And he, being an overprotective idiot, unsheathed his wooden sword, aiming for Takasugi's head.
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It was a sudden chill down his spine that impulsed him to move, he sensed danger. Shinsuke barely dodged the hit, when he turned to look up, he saw a rather enraged Gintoki, who once again aimed at him. He managed to get his sword on time and counter-attacked by instinct. This went on for a while, without any of them actually bothering to assess the situation. The fuss didn't go unnoticed to the third member in the room, who awoke by the noise.
"Shinsuke?" yawned Kamui.
Both samurais stopped dead on their tracks to look at the drowsy yato scratching his eyes.
"What's goin' on?" he asked.
"No idea" answered Shinsuke.
Gintoki was slowly processing the bigger picture. He got it right after a few tries.
"Didn't know you swung that way Takasugi" mocks the perm head.
"And why exactly were you attacking me?" counters Shinsuke.
"Huh? Isn't it obvious, I saw red hair and thought you had done something perverted to Kagura" he retorts.
"Why would I go 'round messing with kids? I'm not you"
"What's that supposed to mean, Bakasugi?"
"You know what I mean, you idiot"
"Guys, I'd love to hear the end of this fight, but it's way too early for this. Also, not complaining, but Shinsuke, you're still naked" whines Kamui.
Both men turn to look down, the shortest one blushes a bit and hurries to get his kimono on. The other one clears his throat.
"So, Idiot Big Brother, Bakasugi, not that I care, but how long have you two been fucking?"
"None of your business" says Shinsuke.
"It started a bit after we met" answered Kamui.
"You don't have to answer that perm idiot, Kamui"
"Why not?" he asks confused.
"I'm upset for your bad attitude Bakasugi. Anyways! Since it wasn't Kagura you slept with I don't mind. I want strawberry milk. I'll leave you two to fuck in peace" waves Gintoki goodbye.
Shinsuke holds out his middle finger to his back, Kamui chuckles.
"Your brother took the news well" comments Kamui.
"Guess he did. How do you think your family will take it?"
"Mmm. Kagura will mock me for a while. I don't really care about Umibaldo's opinion. And is likely that Abuto already knows" he listed.
"And when we tell them we're married?"
"They'll want to make some party to celebrate, probably" he laughs.
"Party sounds good. Let's go tell them. You'll have lots of free food" taunts the samurai.
"We should wait for a bit longer, New Year's party probably left everyone in bad shape"
"Good point" concedes the eldest. "Speaking of which..."
The samurai gets close to the yato and kisses him softly.
"Happy New Year, my love" he whispers.
"Happy New Year, Shinsuke"
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It was just as the redhead predicted. Kagura mocked him for weeks for liking it up the ass, but gave him her best wishes nonetheless. Abuto already knew, but was surprised to hear the word 'marriage'. As for Kamui and Kagura's father, he was happy for his son, and gave him a big hug (Kamui was secretly happy for it).
Sakamoto laughed for weeks when he found out Takasugi was married, thinking it was a joke (he gave his full support after knowing it wasn't a joke). Zura was surprised, but pleased that the emerald eyed man was happy. As for his subordinates, they all had their suspicions, and weren't that surprised. And Gintoki, well, he was upset that Takasugi was the first to marry.
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There was a big party. Bigger than New Year's party. Edo was destroyed by accident because every single one of the guests ended up fighting. The grooms had fun though.
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