Chapter 37

He ran up to the receptionist. "Excuse me my friend's pregnant and she suddenly lost consciousness." The receptionist phoned someone and shortly after two nurses came with a stretcher and put Tsukuyo on the stretcher. They took her to a room and the doctor came in to take her vital signs and to examine her. Gintoki had ordered Kagura and Sadaharu to go on home first. He was outside the room with Gintaro anxiously waiting for the doctor to come out. Out of nowhere Gintaro started blaming Gintoki.

"It's all your fault mister. After you came into the picture things started getting weird. I heard otou-san and ka-chan talking last night. They were talking about you and ka-chan started crying. What did you do to ka-chan?" His small hands were hitting his shoulders while tears were running down his face. "You made ka-chan cry! Leave my ka-chan alone! She's already gone through enough especially after having me!" Gintaro stopped hitting Gintoki after he said his last sentence. It was as if he realized something. "It's...it's all my fault. I shouldn't have been born. If I wasn't born ka-chan wouldn't be going through this. Maybe my real otou-san wouldn't have left her if she didn't have me…" He fell back onto his seat. "Ka-chan shouldn't have had me… She would've been better off without me…" Gintaro's tears stopped flowing as his eyes became empty.

Gintoki's heart ripped into two. His future child was sitting in front of him blaming himself for putting Tsukuyo through pain that his future self put her through. He gave the kid a hug. "Don't you dare say that. Do you know how much your ka-chan loves you? She would go through hell just for you."

Gintaro clung onto his yukata. His voice broke down, "Really? Ka-chan really loves me that much?"

He petted Gintaro's head. "You bet kid. She loves you so much. More than anything in this entire world. You're the apple of her eye."

"Mister, why do you think my otou-san left then?"

"I can't exactly say why but please have faith in him. He'll come running back for you and your ka-chan. Just wait for him a little bit longer."

"T-Thank you mister. I'm sorry I blamed you. I know you're not a bad person."

"It's okay kid. It's okay."

Couple of minutes later the doctor walked out and asked, "Are you her caretaker?"

Gintoki stood up with Gintaro in his arm. "Ah yes. How is she sensei?"

"She and the baby are both fine. She was moving around too much without any break which caused interruption in her blood flow causing it to become abnormal. That's how it lead to her fainting. She's awake now so you may come in."

Gintoki bowed his head, "Thank you sensei." He walked into the room and Tsukuyo turned her head to the door. She saw Gintoki holding Gintaro in his arm. Those two had the same exact face.

They look exactly tha same. "Heya Gintoki, Gintaro." She flashed them a reassuring smile.

Gintaro yelled, "Ka-chan!" Gintoki let him down and he ran to Tsukuyo. Tsukuyo picked him up and put him on her lap. He hugged his mother and didn't let her go. "Ka-chan I'm sorry. It's all my fault!"

She petted his hair with one hand while patting his back with the other. "Don't be silly Gintaro. I just didn't have proper rest that's all. It's not yer fault so don't blame yerself." She looked at Gintoki. "Did ya an' Kagura bring me here?"

"Yeah, Kagura found you unconscious by the time she returned. We rushed you here since you're pregnant. Wanted to make sure nothing was wrong."

"Thank ya. Does Toushirou know 'bout this?"

"No, we didn't contact him. We were too busy worrying and didn't know if you wanted him being contacted to begin with…"

"It's a good thing ya didn't. He would probably be more worried than he already is, thanks."

"Are you going to be discharged now?"

"Yeah, tha doctor said ah'm good ta go now that ah've rested up a bit." The three of them went down to the receptionist and she completed the discharge form.

"Please be careful and make sure to properly eat. Have a nice evening." The receptionist bowed her head curtly. The three of them exited the hospital.

"So are you going go back home now? Do you need a ride?" he asked as he faced Tsukuyo and Gintaro.

Tsukuyo looked at Gintaro and asked, "Gintaro do ya want a ride back?"

"I want a ride back ka-chan," he softly replied. In truth he didn't want a ride back home. He would much rather enjoy walking around with his mother but after what had happened he wanted her to get all the rest she could.

Tsukuyo turned to Gintoki. "If it ain't much can ya take us ta Yoshiwara? We were on our way ta meet Hinowa."

"You're going to go to Yoshiwara after all that has happened?!"

"Yeah, we were only in tha hospital fer an hour. I haven't seen her an' Seita in a month. Besides Gintaro misses Hinowa an' Seita too, don't ya?" she asked Gintaro.

"Yeah! I want to go see Hinowa oba-chan and Seita-nii!" he yelled excitedly. He then remembered his mother's condition. He clung onto the edge of her kimono and looked at the ground. He softly said, "Only if it's okay with you ka-chan…"

Tsukuyo smiled and rubbed his hair. "'Course it's okay with me. Let's go. We might even have a sleepover!"

She hasn't changed at all. Gintoki let an inaudible sigh and a small smile formed on his face, "Alright guess I'm taking you two to Yoshiwara."

*A/N: I don't know if I went too far with Gintaro's little speech. I actually kind of teared up while writing it. Idk but I sort of can relate to how he feels (?) but yeah. (: Just wanted to say I read each of your reviews and I'm super grateful for each and every one one of them. Thank you so much!