Desclaimer: I don't own Gintama :DD
Author's Note: Phew, been a busy week, so I feel bad for updating this quite late than I had dued myself to... And thank you to Dante's blade, Guest, Angel-darkness123, Kurasuchi, and Guest (2) for reviewing last chapter :DD Love ya guys :3 and also, I see some OkiKagu supporters up in this house :D
Chapter 6: Fireworks Aren't a hassle
Kagura wakes up to four different snores, and she finds herself being squeezed or hug by Kamui, with his one leg over hers. Kagura thought that it was all a dream; Her and Kamui finally made up. Kagura smiles as she snuggles under his hug, until she realizes that they had class today. Kagura pushes Kamui's heavy arms away, and gets through the floor that Katsura, Takasugi and Gintoki was sleeping on.
"Everybody, wake up!" Kagura exclaims, concluding that they were all heavy sleepers, but apparently, only Kamui was a heavy sleeper.
"Leader, you didn't have to yell so early in the mornng," Katsura complained like a nagging mother.
"We still have classes today, so get up, go home, and get ready for school," Kagura said like some sort of commaneder. Gintoki gets up, steps on Kamui, and climbs out of the window, while Takasugi and Katsura went out of the apartment. Kagura sighs, looking over to Kamui, who was sleeping like a rock. Nothing woke him up, apparently. Kagura mischievously laughed, tickling his smelly feet, only finding that it was unaffective. Kagura stares at his long lashes.
Kagura played with his hair for a few minutes, and she felt like a cat who just discovered yarn strings. His hair long hair was soft, really soft, softer than hers, and she felt a bit jealous. Kagura sighed, and got up, and shook Kamui around, until he finally woke up.
"Huh? What's up?" Kamui asks, hugging her.
"It's morning. We still have classes. go back to your apartment," Kagura says, and Kamui groans, going out of the apartment...
"Wait, Nii-chan," Kagura said, stopping Kamui.
"What?"
"Papi will be here in a few weeks," Kagura informs him, not really expecting anything from him...
"I see. Then, see you later," Kamui waves, and walks away. Kagura stares at the mirror, and realizes that she was still wearing the gown/dress that Gintoki lent her. Kagura suddenly remembers the unwanted memories of last night on the garden...She went to take a bath.
[...]
Kagura ran to school, because she was running late. She was trying to figure out how to remove the hair extensions, but she ended up taking a bath with them on. Her currently long and damp hair was irritating Kagura, and she decided she would clip it later so they wouldn't get in her way.
By the gate, she saw Kamui, Katsura, and Takasugi running late, too. She smiles and runs faster so she can catch up with them. Kamui stared weirdly at Kagura.
"You kept your hair extensions?" Kamui raised his eyebrows.
"I tried taking it off," Kagura said, leaving Kamui hanging on the edge. Kagura opened the door, and the class looks weirdly at them. Although the four of them were running, only Kagura was panting heavily. Kagura cursed when she took her seat beside Sougo, who was looking at her, but Kagura averted his gaze out of anger.
"I'll let this slip this one time, but next time you guys are late, you're getting punishment," Gintoki said, proceeding to writing on the chalk board, and Kagura sighed in relief.
[ 1 2 : 0 0 P.M.]
As Kagura walked out the classroom, together with Gintoki, Kamui, Takasugi and Katsura, she sees Sougo crossing his arms across the hallway, probably waiting on her. A visible look of irritation appeared on Kagura's features and she ignored Sougo, until...
"Kagura, I want to talk to you," Sougo says with a condescending tone, making Kamui snicker in annoyance, and so did Katsura,
"We have nothing to talk about," Kagura walks away, until Sougo grabs her by her wrist.
"Let me go!" She exclaims, but Sougo only drags her away...
"You heard her, so let her go," Gintoki snatched Kagura away from Sougo's grasp with an evilly playful smirk, making Sougo growl in anger and frustration, and he flashes a threatening glance to Gintoki, before walking away.
"What was that about?" Takasugi mumbles, and they stand there in silence, before dismissing the whole thing.
[...]
Sougo storms his way up the stairs, when he gets a phone call from Matako, making him sigh. He hesitantly answers.
"Hello?" He sighs as he went on the roof top.
"I know that your Yato lover was there last night," Matako's voice was filled with sheer anger and a tone of feeling betrayed.
"...What do you want me to say?" Sougo asks in defeat, resting his elbows on the railings, waiting for her answer. There was a long paus and silence, but Sougo could imagine Matako smirking on the other line of the phone.
"I'm telling your parents about it right now. I'm already at your house. Bye," She immediately cut the call off, and Sougo froze in fear, before he could process everything, whilst the phone beeped again and again. After a few seconds, he shut his phone, and ran down the stairs like a maniac, running to the classroom to get Hijikata.
"Hijikata-san, come with me," Sougo said after sliding the door open vigorously, making Hijikata alert.
"Where are we going?" They ran down the hallway...
"To my parents."
[...]
Kagura, and Gintoki rest underneath the pavillion that Kagura had discovered last chapter, and they lounged there as if they weren't in school, while Kamui and the others went to get lunch. Kagura sat on the railings that was basically like a chair, while Gintoki squatted on the floor, leaning on the pillars.
"I never knew this place existed," Gintoki mumbles as he looked around the garden.
"Yeah, neither did I, until yesterday," Kagura laughs, lifting the mood. They basked in comfortable silence, and in each other's presence. As Gintoki admired the beauty of the garden, Kagura was in a trance, looking at Gintoki's reddish-brown calm eyes, making Kagura's heart melt a bit.
'It's always nice and calm around Sensei,' Kagura thought, as she looked at the garden.
"Kagura," He faces up to her.
"Hm?" Kagura asks with a small smile on her face.
"What happened between you and Sougo last night?" Gintoki asks, making Kagura frown.
"Nothing really," Kagura avoids his gaze, but she knew he was still staring at her.
"He said he confessed to you last night," Gintoki says, making Kagura feel a bit nervous.
"Yeah, he did do something like that," Kagura frowns again, but this time, it was at a whole nother level.
[ 1 2 : 3 0 P.M. ]
Sougo and Hijikata rushed through the Okita mansion, going to the main room, that was basically like a throne room that his father usually stayed in. Fear crept into Sougo's heart, fearing that his father might decide to murder Kagura. The reason for the murder? Because it would ruin the Okita name if word went out that he was in love with a "commoner." Sougo bang opened the door, and he sees Matako in her creamed color uniform, with a fake sad face, making Sougo frown.
"Sougo," His father's gruff voice echoed through the high-ceilinged room, and the anger was clear and visible on his surprisingly youthful face for a 40-year-old man. His hair was the same color as Sougo's except it was combed cleanly.
"Is this true?" He asks, but Sougo was confused, not knowing what to say.
"Is it true that you were with another girl, when you were supposed to be escorting Matako!" His voice showed extreme furiousity at the news he had received, and it grew louder as he finished his sentence, making Sougo wince a little, and a small hidden smirk appeared on MAtako's face.
"Yes, father," Sougo bowed his head.
"What nonsense is this!" His father spoke, with veins popping every second, leaving Sougo to holdback.
"This is not nonsense, Father. I have already told you that Matako wasn't the woman I loved, yet you proceeded with the engagement," Sougo said, with calm composure, but it didn't stop his father from emitting a dark aura. His father stood up, and went closer to Sougo.
"Didn't I teach you to never talk back and disrespect me?" His father gritted his teeth, as he pointed his finger on Sougo's face, making Sougo gulp.
"I also told you to never disgrace our family!" His father's face was becoming red.
"Of all people, it had to be a commoner!" He exclaimed, but this time, Sougo didn't waver. He hated it whenever someone reffered Kagura as a commoner.
"Please, Father. Break this engagement off," Sougo kneels down to the feet of his father, begging, and Matako feels a bit panicked.
"Get up," his father says silently. "I said Get up!" This time, it was exclaimed, and Sougo shots up. His father walks back to his 'throne chair' but before he could reach it, Sougo speaks up.
"Father, have you lost your heart?" Sougo asks desperately and angrily, making his father stop on spot.
"Have you gone mad because Aneue is weak, because Mother died, and because you couldn't love the woman you loved, because she too was a commoner?" Sougo snickers, receiving a powerful slap from his father, powerful enough to throw him down.
"Never mention it again! Kijima-san, please get out. Hijikata, escort her out," Hijikata nodded, and they both went out of the room, leaving Sougo and his father.
"Father, look at you. You are always angry, you are always unhappy, and that was because you lost your first, and was apparenlty your last love, to your friend! I don't want to be like you, Father. Don't make me be like you," Sougo says, with determination, only to receive a punch from him.
"Get out, and go back to school. We'll talk about this later," His father growled, and Sougo bows before leaving...Now that his father was alone, he took his wallet out, and stared at a picture of him, Kagura's mother, and Umibozu...
"Sigh, Riiko," He mumbled as his chest tightened...
[ 4 : 3 0 P.M. ]
Kagura entered her apartment with relief, knowing that she had a day off today. She changed to a pair of black basketball shorts that once belonged to Kamui, and a red tank top. She sat on her bed, when she realizes, there was really nothing much for her to do.
'I should return the dress to sensei...I'll make cream puffs and give him some too,' Kagura thought happily, as she stood up, and started mixing batters for the cream puff and also the filling. After a 30 minutes, she was already done, and it was ready to serve. Kagura smells the cream puff, and she giggles, knowing it was going to be tasty. She put the dress in a paper bag, and she goes out to Gintoki's apartment.
"Sensei, are you there?" Kagura knocks on Gintoki's door.
"Ah, Kagura-san," Gintoki opened the door, only to reveal that he didn't have any shirt on, and was only wearing a light-blue pajama bottom.
"Sensei, please put some shirt on," Kagura blushed, trying hard to avoid looking at his stomach, or rather, "abs." Gintoki signals her to enter, and he puts a white V-neck shirt on, while Kagura's eyes were glued to the television
"Not bad, you have a television," Kagura brightens up, and sits on the couch. His apartment was pretty much the same as Kagura's, except his hand more stuff, like a shelf of Shounen JUMP.
"So, what did you come here for?" Gintoki asks.
"I actually came here to return the dress," Kagura says, standing up and handing him the paper bag, but Gintoki only chuckles.
"What are you talking about? That's yours. What would I do with a dress," Gintoki laughs.
"Ah, thanks," Kagura blushes and sits again.
"Oh yeah, sensei, I made you some cream puffs," Kagura says, handing him over a box of cream puffs. Gintoki opens the box, and immediately smells the alluring aroma of the sweets, and he drools, making Kagura laugh. Gintoki takes a big bite, and blushes at the sweet taste.
"It's super delicious!" Gintoki exclaims as if he discovered something new and valuable, and he gobbles on the rest of it, making Kagura laugh.
"Then, that will be my payment for the dress," Kagura says, sitting on the dining chair accross Gintoki.
"Oh yeah, why are you still wearing those hair extensions. Let me get those off," Gintoki goes behind her, and for some reason, it was making her blush a bit. As Gintoki took the extensions off one by one, every single touch of his fingers made Kagura blush even more, and it sent shivers down her spine.
[ 5 : 3 0 P.M. ]
"You wanna watch TV?" Gintoki asks as if he was winking.
"Aren't we watching it right now?" Kagura asks boredly. They were sitting by the dining table, that had a white table cloth on it.
"Yeah, but I'd rather we sit on the couch," Gintoki laughs, standing up and going closer to her.
"Hey, what are you- Ah!" Kagura exclaimed as Gintoki laughed, scooping her up in his arms, and carried her to his white, two seater couch.
"Put me down!" Kagura blushed as she wiggled in Gintoki's arms, and he playfully throws her onto the couch, and he sits beside her. While he was laughing, she pouted.
"C'mon, don't be so mad," Gintoki leaned over to her and poked her rosy, puffy cheeks.
"Be right back," Gintoki stands up, while Kagura was still pouting, and Gintoki turns the light off, the only light source being the television. Gintoki then sat beside her again.
"Ah~ This is so much better," Gintoki laughs as he put an arm around Kagura. Kagura, who had stopped pouting, stared at his face, at his lashes, then at his lips, and her heart is suddenly beating a lot faster. She looks away, and shakes her head, brushing the feelings away.
'No way...' Kagura frowns at herself, as she watched the TV to ignore whatever was bound to come. Kagura, tempted to look, spared Gintoki a glance, only to find out that he was starign at her. She blushes, but frowns.
"What are you looking at?" Kagura asks, trying not to stutter.
"You," Gintoki says, in a hushed, husky voice, with his eyes glimmering, making her frown even more, her blush getting darker red, and her heart ready to burst.
"Pwahaha! I'm kidding!" Gintoki laughs, and ruffles her hair.
"You piece of- let me ruffle your hair too!" Kagura aims for his permed hair, and she was kneeling up, and Gintoki grabbs her by the wrist.
"S-stop it! Don't do that!" Gintoki says, in an apologetic voice, and they were at it for a few seconds, until they realize that Kagura's body was completely on top of Gintoki's. As in, Gintoki's body occupied the whole couch, and Kagura's body was on top. They froze in place, and they found themselves staring deep into each other's eyes, whilst Kagura's hair brushed Gintoki's ears. Kagura's eyes involuntarily looked at his soft lips that made her want to kis-
"A-Ahem," Kagura clears her throat, and sits up, and same for Gintoki. They sat in awkward silence.
"Kagura, you want to go on the roof?" Gintoki asks, facing her as if nothing happened, luckily for Kagura. Kagura brightens up, and nods. They carefully sat on the roof, and sat in beside each other, their shoulders in contact, but neither of them minded.
"The star's are pretty tonight," Kagura smiles fondly, looking up, and extending her arms as if trying to grasp a star. Gintoki, who was looking kind of surprised at her, smiles, and looks up to the stars.
"Did you know? My Papi is traveling through space," Kagura smiles at him, and Gintoki still is kind of surprised she could make such a gentle expression. Gintoki only nods, kind of speechless. Kagura, who was thinking of her Papi, involuntarily rests her head on Gintoki's shoulders, and Gintoki rests his head on hers.
'Just as I thought, sensei is the best,' Kagura htought as she giggled, feeling Gintoki's hair tickling her ears.
"Why are you laughing?" Gintoki asks, with a tone of relaxation.
"Nothing," Kagura says. "But it would be nice if we could stay like this," Kagura continues, and Gintoki's eyes widened in surprise, but they were still unmoving. Slowly, Gintoki reached to grab her hand, and he intertwines their fingers, making Kagura blush, an her heart race, but she didn't reject his hand.
"Yeah, it would be nice," Gintoki chuckles, his fingers playing with hers, and Kagura giggles.
"Gin-chan," Kagura laughs nervously as she said his name.
"You definitely have to get used to calling me that," Gintoki smiles, and so did Kagura, until they heard fireworks...
"Fireworks!" Kagura exclaims, as she pulled her head away, to look at the fireworks properly, and so did Gintoki. The fireworks showed different colors that clashed with each others, and many different styles. As Kagura watched, her mind shifted onto Gintoki. She stares at his face that was highlighted by the firework's bright colors, and her heart skipped a beat. Gintoki, who noticed she was staring at her, stares at her.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Gintoki asks, and Kagura nods, looking back at the fireworks, when she feels Gintoki holding her hands. Kagura stares at their hands, and Gintoki laughs at her.
"Just let me hold your hands for a few minutes," Gintoki smiles, and Kagura weakly nods, looking back at the fireworks.
"I forgot to tell you, but," Gintoki says, leaning closer to her ears, and Kagura blushes a bit. "You looked beautiful last night," His hushed voice sent shivers down her spine...
'Mami, Papi, I think I'm falling in love all over again.'