Thanks once again to all my amazing reviewers! And they are… *Drumroll* LimeGrass, Althea M, SRAS9, geckohawaii, Scarred Sword Heart, caseyedith, Emi Violet, and donhisiewen.
I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.
Cachinnate
-verb
To laugh loudly or immoderately.
Kenshin has never had a best friend. As the youngest of four brothers he was a constant tagalong and rarely played with boys of his own age; then he spent the years after that training with a grumpy hermit three times his age. The closest thing in the Bakumatsu had been I'izuka, and that had been a catastrophe at best.
Nowadays Sanosuke shows up unexpectedly some evenings and drags him to illegal bars and gambling halls, and they spend the entire night tipsy; getting into imprudent fights and tearing up the town. Kenshin laughs like he hasn't in years, truly and genuinely.
At least until the police catch them.