Chapter 29
Tsukuyo stopped in front of a bakery.
"Hah a bakery? Tsukki why are we here?"
"Stay here ah'll be quick." She stepped inside the bakery. Ten minutes passed by and she finally came out. She was holding a bag and handed it over to him. "Share this with Kagura an' Shinpachi. It's strawberry shortcake so don't eat it all yerself."
"Oi, oi. I'm your boyfriend now you know. Shouldn't I get some extra besides those two?"
"Shut it an' take what ya can get or do ya really want somethin' extra?" She started tossing her kunai up in the air repeatedly.
Chills ran down his spine. "Thank you so much Tsukuyo! I love strawberry shortcake. I'm so grateful, thank you so much! I'll make sure to share it with them. Hahahaha."
"Good. Well I guess this is where we'll part ways now. Get home safely alright?"
"Before we part ways," Gintoki stepped up to her, carefully grabbed the part of her hair she leaves down with his thumb and index finger and softly kissed her hair, "something to keep your mind occupied until I come back to you."
Her face turned extremely red and she couldn't form coherent sentences, "W-What you, I, what?!"
She's too adorable when she's flustered! Gintoki looked away and started snickering, he couldn't hold his laughter back.
"Y-Ya bastard what are ya laughin' at?!"
He wiped the tears from his eyes. "Tsukki, did you know you're too adorable when you're flustered?"
"W-Who are ya callin' adorable?! Ah'm far from it!"
He picked his nose and dismissed what she said, "Yeah, yeah. You're the shinigami tayuu, the leader of the Hyakka." He let out a small sigh. "I don't want to part ways already."
"Ah'll walk ya all tha way ta tha elevators then." The two of them walked all the way to the elevators. Tsukuyo pushed on the button and after a minute the elevator landed and opened the doors.
"Thanks for walking me all the way. I'll be going now." He walked towards the elevator but something stopped him right before he was about to step in. Tsukuyo gave him a hug from behind.
"T-This is tha most I can handle right now. Ah'll be waitin' fer ya ta come back so have a safe trip. Don't do anythin' stupid in tha future that might alter tha present time." She let go of him and gave him a gentle nudge into the elevator. Once he was in the elevator, he immediately turned around and saw Tsukuyo giving him a smile and waving at him. The elevator doors closed.
A huge smile was on Gintoki's face. "Good grief. This is why I can't stand women in the night business. They totally rip you off." Sly woman. Gave me something to think about until the next time we meet. I won't take long I'll be back soon Tsukuyo.
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"I'm back."
"Welcome back Gin-san," Shinpachi said.
Kagura ran towards Gintoki, "Gin-chan welcome back-aru! What is that you're holding-aru?"
Gintoki gave the bag to her, "Tsukuyo bought some cake for us to eat."
"Woohoo! Tsukki is always sharp uh-huh! I love Tsukki uh-huh! Let's go eat the cake, yes?" She took the cake and set it down on the table. Shinpachi brought out some tea and forks.
"Tsukuyo-san is so kind. These past three days she came by and aided with repairments." He took a bite of the cake. "By the way what were you doing meeting up with Tsukuyo-san, Gin-san?"
Kagura talked with her mouth full, "Yeah what were you doing with Tsukki? It's pretty sneaky of you to meet up with her behind our backs, yes? I want to see Tsukki too uh-huh!"
"Kagura you shouldn't talk with your mouth full. There are just somethings that adults have to meet up and discuss. Plus I was just checking out how she was. She sent us a lot of the Hyakka members to help repair the town."
"That's really mean of you Gin-chan. I want to check up on how Tsukki's doing too-aru! You better bring us with you next time you're going to meet up with Tsukki!"
"I can't bring you with me every time we meet Tsukuyo you know."
"Why not Gin-chan? The three of us usually go to visit Tsukki."
"There's a reason why. You guys will know when the time comes. I'll be leaving the town repairments up to you guys again. I'll be going on the time machine tomorrow."
"You can count on us Gin-san."
Kagura pouted, "Go ahead and go on the stupid time machine-aru. We'll be doing much better without you uh-huh!"
Gintoki rubbed Kagura's head, "Yes, yes. Show me how good of a job you do when I come back."
Shinpachi ended up leaving after finishing eating his slice of cake. The rest of the night was filled with Kagura and Gintoki enjoying the remainder of the cake and watching television together. For Gintoki it was a good way to end the best day of his life.
