25 Days of Macadamia Nuts

by zanganito

The school of Tendo Mushin Macadamia has one rule, "keep smiling." And with the approach of the holidays, Otae and Shinpachi will discover what happens as certain memories slowly melt away, like the chocolate covering on a chocolate-covered macadamia nut. *Spoilers for season 6*

3. Gintoki Sakata

A/N: Thanks for reading! I didn't expect to write so much angst, haha. There will be humor next chapter, I promise.

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3: Gintoki Sakata

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Everyone Gintoki's fought has left a mark. Some cut deeper than just physical wounds. He still feels the cutting and pulling of scar tissue where Obi-one's beam saber cut through his flesh, and every time Shinpachi looks upset or nostalgic, Gintoki feels a different type of cutting and pulling.

He fights to protect the people he loves, no matter how much it hurts. And it still hurts, that he couldn't bring Obi back, that the only thing left for Shinpachi and Otae are memories. But as he trains a group of students with Shinpachi and sees him smile, he thinks that sometimes memories are enough, when you're surrounded by friends.

Gintoki can't always be the hero. And sometimes that's okay.