Hey! I haven't updated this story in a while. Forgive me ;( Enjoy this short filler. It's really short -.-. But I'm working on the next chapter, hopefully it'll be up soon…Thank you for all those who have been following and favourite Enter Fumiko Kondou, thank you so much! You may have noticed I made a few changes to some parts of the earlier chapters (nothing major don't worry). I DO NOT OWN HAKUOKI.

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Lots of love

Liz

Chapter 18: Love! A short filler…

Yui's POV

At the Shinsengumi

"Yui, are you alright?"

A tiny Yui aged 6 years looked up teary eyed to her mother's face. The adult reached out and rubbed the young girl's head. " What happened, dear?" she said with a concerned voice.

Yui lifted up her brand new ballet shoes to her mother. To her surprise as she took them from Yui's hands, she noticed the bottom of the shoes had a large hole.

"Did you cut them?"

Yui shook her head, "Some bullys at school did…They took them from me after show and tell time and cut them with their scissors."

"Oh my, that's not nice. Well, don't worry. Let's go get you a new pair today. Tomorrow I'll go talk to your teacher and we'll straighten this out, okay?"

"Thank you, mummy…"

"Mummy.."

"Who you calling mummy, you silly woman?" returned a much more masculine voice. I winced at the brightness of the light as my eyes opened. Suddenly a maroon head blocked my vision and as it cleared up, I realised it was Sanosuke.

"Sano-okaasan," I teased, "How long have I been asleep?" I rubbed my eyes.

"Hmm, about 20 minutes." We were both outside when I decided to take a nap on Sano's lap. Despite his ultra muscular thighs ( O.O weird ), they made a good pillow. I sat up and give him a quick peck on the cheek, "Thanks for letting me take a nap on your lap, okaasan."

He gave that smile of his, "What were you dreaming about? Is it something about your mother?"

I nodded sadly, "I've not seen her in a long time. I miss her…"

Sanosuke took my head in his hand and pressed his forehead to mine. "I hope one day I can meet her too." I blushed at the close contact between us. Before he could kiss me, we heard a loud angry scream, "NOOOOOO!"

"That sounded like Souji.." he raised his eyebrow.

I shrugged, "Probably has something to do with Fumiko-chan."

We got up and walked to Souji's room, curious to know why he screamed. Apparently, we weren't the only ones curious. Everyone including Chizuru arrived at Souji's door at the same time.

"I wonder what's Okita-san so worked up about?" Chizuru thought aloud.

Before any of us could open the door, Souji opened it from his side. He held up a piece of paper for everyone to see, "It's a letter from Fumiko! She said that that stupid Abel person is staying at her house! What the #$%&* is #$%& doing at her #$%# house?!"

Shinpachi placed a comforting ( not really) arm around Souji, " Oh no!" he teased, "He's gonna get your girl, man~" Shinapchi guffawed when he saw Souji's expression, "I'm just messing with you! I'm sure Fumiko's okay. She's head over heels for you, Souji."

Souji folded his arms, "Of course, who wouldn't?"

Hijikata grimaced at his arrogance, " What else did she say in her letter?"

Chizuru, holding the letter in her hand, began to read out, " Yo Souji, you punk. How's everything in the Shinsengumi? I hope you're not bothering Chizuru-chan and Yui-chan too much. How are you? I'm sure you're missing me. Although I hate to admit it, I miss you too. You're probably not going to like what I'm about to tell you next, remember that british man Joshua Abel, he's staying at my family's residence for a few months," at this Souji pouted, " My father decided he'd invest his time with the military. So he thought inviting and allowing the british military representative to stay at our place would benefit his position. Joshua's really not such a bad person, you might actually be good friends with him. Anyways, take care. I love you, you knucklehead."

Yui and Chizuru both giggled at the last sentence, "Awwwww..that's so sweet."

"Yea, you punk! You knucklehead!" Isami joined in the laughter.

"Oh what's that?" Yui pointed at some words at the bottom of the page, "P.s if you cheat on me, I'm breaking your legs."

Souji chuckled, "Yea, Fumiko's so sweet. She doesn't spare me any mercy. Oh, I love her so much.." he smiled at the thought of his lover.

Heisuke whispered to Sanosuke, "I never knew love made people go crazy, Sano-san."

Sanosuke grinned, "I must be crazy too then." He held Yui closer to him. Shinpachi sighed and rubbed Heisuke's head, "One day, we might too go nuts, once we find the right girls."

"So, Toshizou, would you say you're crazy in love too?" Isami nudged him. The demon vice commander blushed and just took his lover's hand in his, not saying anything.

Ah~ love~ will I ever find it? T.T