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*

15. Ghosts

15: Ghosts

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Gintoki is afraid of ghosts. He has a right to be – he's made enough of them. He's never felt any fear when facing an enemy, no matter how injured or covered in blood he'd been at the time. Fighting was instinctual, and he fearlessly killed to protect those around him. But afterwards, now that their faces haunt his sleep – well that's different.

"Dead people should stay in their graves where they belong," he mutters to himself as he follows Otae on one of her visits to the cemetery.

Then they kneel at his grave and leave their offering. Of all the ghosts he's made, Gintoki thinks that maybe this one won't have a grudge against him.