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Hello Guys, it's been so long, as promised here's the chapter 4, it's a little long compared to my previews chapter, I just cant help it! :) I just hope you like this guy's :D Thank you for supporting this story, I promised to finish this whatever circumstances comes up! And do appreciate your kind reviews. I love you Guys you're the best!

CHAPTER 4: I want to know, what exactly this dreams are showing me!

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After Kagura's long backstory, about how she got her free voucher, all of them felt relieve for some reason and part from them didn't even saw it coming, that it was Okita Sougo who gave Kagura those damn voucher, the voucher that causes them panic a while ago, but aside from it, they felt the need to thank the sadist guy for his generosity to give his own item to her. But also, they are curious why he even gave it to her knowing his a sadist.

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When her long explanation ends all of them decided that this should settle their night and head to sleep, and since Gin and Otae have their own separate room from the two kids, they rise-up on their spot and bid goodnight on the two, well they are after all pretending to be a husband and wife.

When the two pretenders are inside their room they first fix their things and also the futons they'll use. And it was Otae who spoke first.

"I never thought that it was Okita-kun who gave this free voucher to Kagura-chan" utter Otae while fixing the futon she'll use

"Well, yeah! As for me I felt much relieved that the brat didn't stole that damn voucher!" replied Gin who's now slumping his entire body on his futon

"Oi! Have some faith on Kagura-chan, I know she'll never stole something from others…" Otae hisses but the silver head samurai just yawned to her disappointment.

"Yeah… yeah… I do have faith in her… sometimes…" he said rather in a tired voice, when Otae's about to retort … he spoke suddenly.

"Still its kagura we're talking about! Yah know sometimes she's easy to manipulate, just by using some ironic things, like offering her some foods or something else…" He said rather tiredly and yawned, and so Otae didn't bother to answer him back cause what Gin-san said is half true but then again, she felt relieve that the voucher Kagura have is given to her.

"You seem tired though!" Otae change the topic while looking at the night sky

Gin-san who's now ready to sleep whenever suddenly jolted awake and look at Otae's back, not sure if he wants to ask her about it or what, and not even noticing that his staring at her direction for some seconds until Otae decided to go on her futon, and saw Gin-san staring at her weirdly.

"OI! STUPID PERM IF YOU'RE IMAGINING SOME WEIRD THINGS ON ME! ILL KILL YAH!" she threatens the silver head samurai who's suddenly face reality and answer her back sarcastically

"Oi… oi… woman! Don't suddenly imagining weird things" He said to hide his flush face and to not embarrass his self

"Weird things hah!" she mused

"W-well yeah! Like there's something to imagine in your Roberto de plat- "

Qwk…

He didn't even have the time to finish his sentence because Otae punch his nose for insulting yet again her body feature or rather her breast. The Silver perm head groans in pain and wipes the blood dripping on his nose.

"Oi Woman that hurts like a nagging mother!" Gin mutter annoyed while wiping the blood dripping on his nose.

Otae, smirk at his remark and Mumble that's a payback for your insulting Stupid perm, then Gin-san only tsk at her.

Then later on she decided to rest his body on her futon while looking at the ceiling not knowing if she's going to sleep or wait until the perm head sleeps first, and mumbling to herself that she needs to sleep well, so others or rather Gin-san would not even notice her weird slumber. While Gin-san on the other hand is facing the other side not bothering to look anywhere then decided to close his eyes, and it seems he cannot sleep well because of the presence of the woman beside him who's fidgeting non-stop, annoyed by it, he decided to turn around to face her that frighten her for a second and spoke uneasily.

"WH-what…?" her toned stammered at his sudden movements

"You know! You can tell me about It" He said Stoical

But the girl in question got stiffed, and when his about to ask her again, she jumped on her futon suddenly and walked to where the window locates to get some fresh air, and that made him more suspicious of her and groaned annoyed. He rises on his futon and scratch his hair

"Oi!" He called her out but no response nor gestures he got, he sigh at the brunette's attitude, so he called her out again rather in commanding way

"Oi Otae!" the way he called her gives chills to Otae that she got no choice but to look at his way, but her face is downwards so he cannot see what she looks like at the moment.

"Ye-yes?!" She asks him pretending to be oblivious to his questions

"Don't Yes me woman, I told you, you can tell me anything, anything that's bothering you" He assured her

But she's still stoic, she's too distraught whether she can rely on Gin-san about this or just ignore his plea.

But the silver head is quick to notice Otae's troubled face, so he pestered her again until she give in.

"I'm sure you know what I'm talking about here!" he informed her that startled her and held her hands firmly and fidgeting, while Gintoki sighed and scratch his hair.

"Until when are you going to close your mouth?!" he Added but still the Brunette is stubborn as heck.

Sighed, he scratches his perm hair several times because of the stubbornness the brunette are giving him.

"Okay then, until your cool to open your mouth, I'll wait" He Inform her and when she's about to open her mouth to say goodnight Gintoki spoke again!

"Till Morning, with wide eyes staring at nothing, are you cool with tha-"

He didn't even get the chance to finish his words when a pillow was thrown at him, He pick it up and looks at her with serious eyes.

"Are you giving in?!" He provokes her

She walks to her futon and get the pillow she throws and felt powerless to him for some unknown reasons.

"Why do you bother yourself knowing what my problem is?! It's not like you Gin-san…" she murmured the last part

"Because Shinpachi ask me to Hel- "

Then a pillow was thrown at him again, feeling disappointed rather she felt betrayed for some unknown reasons yet again, and felt unsure as to why is she feeling this way, she thought that of course it was because he wants to help his brother, not her entirely but the thing that troubled her the most is, why is she feeling depress over this? It's like she's waiting for another reason as to why the silver head samurai is too concern for her, her heart is beating so fast that she can't comprehend what's happening, and she felt like crying but uncertain as to why?

Gintoki on the other hand picks the pillow and is about to growled at her but notice Otae's uneasiness, so he shrugs his feelings and is about to console her but Otae jog her face to his shock

"What's wrong?" He asked, confuse to her actions.

She looks at him with despair in her eyes, curious to her actions and now his about to ask her what's the problem but Otae Spoke.

"I don't even know why I'm feeling this way?" she paused for a second and Gintoki is there waiting patiently for what she's about to tell her!

"It's like I feel lost, betrayed, disappointed, it's so depressing when I'm with you!" She said clearly and holding the tears flowing on her eyes.

Gintoki who's indecisive on what's happening to her felt unpleased, held his shirt that's located on his heart firmly not knowing his actions, and also felt broken to see her looking this way.

"Oi! Just tell me what's been bugging you, don't look like that, if Shinpachi knew…"

"Just shrug it off Gin-san" she yelled enough for him to hear!

The pain Gintoki felt a while ago vanished and turned into annoyance!

"Hey! I told you I'm here to help you, so why are you being unreasonable right now!" He fumed

"And I told you, I don't need your stupid help" She yelled at him again

Realizing what she said, when she's about to apologized to him

"Sor-"

"No need to apologized, It's me who needs to apologized" He quickly said to her, holding his shirt tightly and feeling hurt for unknown reason

"Gin-san I-"

"I told you I'm the one at fault here, sorry for pestering you" after he said it, now he's the one who felt disappointed and lie down on his futon and face the other way.

Still clenching his shirt firmly, cause at some point he felt hurt to her words, He just want to imagine this situation like their usual bickering and tomorrow act like nothing happened, but somewhere in his heart, he just can't stop thinking that this argument they have a while ago is nothing like their arguments on the past, this time it hurts him to the extent that he want to punch a certain gorilla to ease the pain he's feeling right now, so to feel at ease, he'll just imagine ketsuno-ana and some of his favorite strawberry parfait.

While Otae on the other hand felt guilty at her extreme attitude towards Gintoki, but her pride is so strong that she just want to live this place with some unsettled business with him, but part of her felt sorry and wants to apologized but don't know how, she looks at his direction not knowing how to get his attention back, then to her uneasiness she lay down on her futon and stare at the ceiling again.

She closed her eyes not to sleep but to think on how to apologized to him, because the way she acts recently is nothing like the usual her and unreasonable, and the only way she can do is to reveal to him her situation, and that's why she's hesitant to tell him, her heart and mind are fighting, what decision she'll make and after what seems a minute, she made her decision, so she breath slowly cause she decided to tell him that and whatever comes after that is up to her and him.

"The thing is…"

The first words she spoke, and the latter suddenly open his eyes to listen to whatever she's going to say, but not showing any signs of movement, Still Otae continued.

"I… I first saw this dream when I met you!" She informed him "but I'm not telling you that you're the cause of it" she explained fast

"It's just I remember it, that when I first met you, that dream start, but afterwards, those dream never showed again until recently…" She paused and breaths heavily before speaking.

"Just recently, that dream showed again and again, whenever I sleep at night same dream is appearing to me, a vague memory where, their faces, surroundings and all are so fuzzy, It's just their voice is the only thing that's too clear for me to hear, their familiar voice" she paused yet again, while Gintoki is listening to her intently but still not moving an inch.

"The same dream that's been forever haunting me! A dream where a Man and a Woman who's going to leave each other, the man who needs to leave her wife to fight for the war, while the Woman who's pregnant to his child, pleading his husband not to go! Promising to each other that they will meet again for sure!"

Now Gintoki face her direction, rise on his futon to see Otae shedding tears, He move his butt towards her and wipe the tears dripping on her eyes, she looks at him smiling, a sad and painful smile is what he see and felt. Then she continued the story.

"Ironic isn't it! I'm shedding tears to someone who's a complete stranger to me, actually I don't exactly know what those dream connects to me?" Otae, with downcast eyes looks at him with force smile.

"It's just frustrating for me! I know it makes no sense to others, but to me, it's hard to breath every single night, whenever I woke up, always, there's always tears showing up, I always feel uneasy, depress and I don't-"

She didn't have the chance to end her words when suddenly a big warm arms holds her tightly as if she's a fragile thing, Shocked at first but afterwards felt at ease and buried her face on his chest and the tears flowing on her eyes replace by her blushes.

While Gintoki on the other hand, startled by his own actions, and still continued embracing her like she's a fragile thing in the world. He doesn't even know why but he felt at ease just by embracing her, and wish to god that Otae's fine with it, and when he felt like she's not budging an inch. He didn't pull his embrace on her, and add to that, He even tightened, burying her face to his body firmly, and some tint blush is showing on his face.

Then Otae continued her ramblings.

"I don't know whether I should bother telling this to others, to shin-chan even Kagura-chan, Kyu-chan or you, because you know I'm not the kind of person who wants to trouble people around me"

For some reason she felt at ease, but still the way Gintoki's Muscular arms envelopes her body is warm, and she can feel his breath on her head it's also warm and ticklish at the same time, that her mind starts to waver, and feeling thankful that her face is hidden to him, so he won't get to see her flush face, cause that would be awkward for her.

"Even though you don't want people to worry about you, when they see you unhappy or seems troubled, they will feel uneasy and worried about you!" is what he advised to her and because of that Otae felt at ease, not because of the hug, but because now she starts to believe that she's been wrong all this time, Thanks to Kagura's help previously, she can manage to say her frustration, although she's kind of guilty because she didn't tell her this.

So instead Otae thanks the silver head for his pestering and nagging attitude just for her to tell him what's bothering her, and curiosity came to her, because how so, she's so cool to tell Gin'san this nightmare she's having and why do she felt like it's got to be him that's needs to know of it. Also, why the heck is she so comfortable with him at this moment! Also how so, she likes Gintoki's embrace! Like she felt it a long time ago? But of course she's never going to inform him that, because for sure he'll make fun of her, so she giggle at the thought of it and shrug the uneasiness she's having.

Gin-san on the other hand felt her giggle and at some point he felt at ease knowing that it help her ease her mind and yet his troubled, how he'll manage to release his hug on her, until Otae spoke, he suddenly tightened his grip on her out of shocked and Otae felt it and giggle at him that made him more blush and embarrass.

"Actually" she uttered while Gin hummed as an answer to her

"I'm thinking… that this entire situation I'm having… is you know … some kind of precognition!?" she uttered and pulled from his hug, but still both hands are still clenching his shirt, while Gintoki's both hands are on her shoulders and looking at her eyes "what do you think?" she added

For some reason when their hugging moment stop, he felt kind of unsatisfied but he shrug it off, and just look at her eye to eye like what she's doing right now.

"Precognition? Why do you think so?" he ask

"Well as you can see, I don't even remember that thing happened to me in my entire life also, I'm just a teenager, I don't have a husband nor I'm not even pregnant" she paused for a second while Gintoki's looking at her "Well we're just pretending" when she uttered that Gintoki's eyes wide and agreed to her.

"So… I think… its some kind of what will happen to some of the people I cared about, or a warning of sort!" she exclaimed "what do you think?"

He sighed before opening his mouth "I don't know, what I have in mind is, those dreams you're having is like what happened to your" removes one of his hands to her shoulder to scratch his face "you know… your past life!" he said questioning not sure what he said can at least help her, but him for sure don't believe in something outrageous like reincarnation.

But when he saw Otae's expression. She's frozen stiff meaning she did acknowledge the thing he told her, As for Otae realization came to her. That it seems Gintoki is right but still she's doubtful. Not sure if something like that really exist. Then seconds later she spoke.

"I don't know, but whatever that is, I'd wish to know it" she courageously inform the silver head samurai and he nodded to her eagerness.

"Then what will you do, if what I told you was right?" he asked

"What! You mean that past life you mentioned earlier?" he nodded to her, while the brunette looks away for a second "I…I..." Stuttering while talking "don't know! But one thing for sure is, why do I dreamt of it only now!" she utter "also why is that, only one scene that's always appearing on my dream!" she ask him and herself, doubtful to all possibilities that's coming to her.

Minutes past, no one dared to speak but their still holding one another not bothering to release both hands on others, Otae still clenching the fabric on Gintoki's jinbei while Gintoki still holding her shoulder. Gintoki smile and she wonder why? So she end the piece envelopes them and spoke

"Why are you smiling Gin-san? You creeping me out" "she giggled at his reaction, that earns him blushing in embarrassment and she laughs harder cause of his face, at first his conscious but later on, he realize that this is the first he see her genuine smile up-close.

"OI! Woman don't laugh at me! Remember you owe me one strawberry parfait for my service!" he jokes and the latter giggled at him.

Then after that, they began to quiet looking at each other's eyes intently, like they're memorizing each other looks and all. However they still holds each other company, even if no one's talking it seems there's no problem with it and seems that their comfortable at each other's warmth.

Minutes later Otae broke the silence by saying…

"Ne… Gin-san" and the latter hmm as his response

She looks troubled by something so Gin-san rub her head that she looks at his eyes confused...

"You told me everything I need to know, so! Why are you still uncomfortable by something?" the latter ask her worried companion.

"It's not like tha-, eh…"

The brunette suddenly realize, what the silver head are doing on her hair, she tap his hands to stop, but still he continued rubbing it to her annoyance.

"Gin-san! Stop it! You're ruining my hair you know!" she wants to get angry but don't have the energy to do it, instead she pinch Gintoki's flesh so hard that cause him to release his hold on her.

Groaning in pain "That hurts!" he cried but the brunette beside her didn't mind him instead combing her hair using her fingers to make her hair fix…

"Well I told you to stop didn't I!" even if she's feeling sorry at the perm samurai, she refused to apologize at him.

"Well yeah! It's your damn fault why I did that!" caressing the skin that the brunette pinch

"Wha… how is it my faul-"

"Well you're still holding yourself to tell me everything that's bugging your mind, that's why!"

He didn't even wait till she finish her words, because he can't stand when she's being annoying when it comes to herself.

After the silver head's outburst she quite for a second and face-down, realizing what Gintoki said, and thought that it's not about whether she still hiding something, but asking herself why is the silver head, is so troubled by her annoying problems.

Seconds past, she still can't look at his eyes, embarrass or don't want to feel intimidated by his aura but then again Gintoki can't handle when she's mute like this and broke the silence between them by calling her name.

"Otae!" he called, but the woman in front of her not even bothering to look at him nor answering him, annoyed he poke her cheeks but no movement came so again he pokes it continuously but to his disappointment the brunette didn't give any response, so he stop.

While on the other hand Otae's annoyed on whatever his doing to her, but keeping her calm so she can win this stubbornness battle.

Gin sighed at her childish antics and for the second time called her out again.

"Oi! When someone is willing to talk to you, you need to respond to them, you see 😑" he stated, but the woman he's talking too, mumbled something that his ears didn't catch!

"What did you say!?" he ask

"Nothing!" she mumbled as if she's talking to air and also her sight is still focusing to where their feet's are.

"What are looking there that you're staring at it for a minute?" he called her attention yet it didn't budge her in a bit, and to his desperation to get the attention of the brunette he even wants to hold her chin to force her to look at him, but of course he didn't.

Then the silver perm head sighed for the fifth time, nevertheless his not going to give up after all this, because he felt like he deserved to know her reasons or problems concerning this matter. But also this bothered him as to why this concerned him so much. It's not like him to go this far, that his still awake till midnight to hear a story from a girl, but of course Otae is not some girl to her, then another thought came across him again.

A question about her thought to Otae, why is he concerned to her, is that because of Shinpachi who ask for his help, or because his someone related to him, Shinpachi that is, that's why his helping her, but something is still not right about his thought. And something came up to him, remembering the weird thing happens to him yesterday.

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"Arrrg… "Scratching his perm like there's no tomorrow and mumbling angrily to himself "those two brats had it! Don't even know what they're saying, clenching this damn shirt!" he gripped and shake the helm of his haori angrily "Like hell I would do that and also I don't have any reason too!" and sighed to ease himself.

"Just shrug it off Gin-san, don't think too much about it, it's just them to annoy the hell out of me! Hm... Hm... That's right keep it up Gin-san, a drink would be nice to ease my mind"

He decided to go at pachinko to earn money then right after, he goes to the place where he can drink peacefully or drag madao with him and drink till they drop. Then minutes of wondering he suddenly stop his track and saw where his feet heading to. Of course shock is evident on his face.

"Wha… what the heck am I doing here of all places? Heh?" asking himself wondering what happened, well after all his in front of Snack Smile, where Otae works. Right his there at their door step wondering why his here, or rather why his feet drag him here, it was supposed to be inviting madao to have a drink with him somewhere with cheaper price but his stupid feet drag him to her work place.

Scratching his head furiously "OI… Oi… Oi… Gin-san where the heck are you going?" Mumbling to no one in particular, sighed "forget it… I should just get going… Tsk..." for the third time he scratch yet again his head, annoyed at his own self.

Thinking what the brats telling him earlier. "Those damn brats… I really need a drink to replenish my mind… tsk… I look like an idiot right now!" talking to himself "I maybe losing my mind!" the last thing he said, before he walks away.

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"It's not only you whose losing it!" he said aloud, not knowing that his saying what's on his mind right now, that earns him a confused stares of Otae, but good thing here, the brunette whose looking downwards, looks at him now!

"What Gin-san, what are you saying? Rather what do you mean by that?" she ask the silver head who only frowned at her, but she looks at him with seriousness in her eyes while he looks at her lost and it confused her even more, why the silver head looks down right now.

When she's about to ask him, suddenly, he slide his hands on her cheeks, caressing it as if it's a fragile thing, Otae of course startled at his sudden movement.

"Gin-sa-"

"You confused the hell out of me, you know!" while caressing her cheeks that made her blush madly and tremble "Oi… Gin-san… what-"

She stop when suddenly his face is inching closer to her, trembling and can't focus on what's happening, but she doesn't have the guts to pull him away and that confused her even more, so many things been running through her mind and she doesn't know where to start. So, she decided to look at him uncomfortably waiting for what's coming next.

"You making me confused Otae!" he said and both can feel their breath because of how close Gin-san is to her. While Otae is too awkward and don't know what to do, while the latter is still focusing on her eyes not bothered on what his about to do.

Stuttering "Waa…why are you confused?" Ask the brunette

"Don't know why! But one thing I know, you're the one at fault here!" He informed her

Shock at his remark she ask with curiosity "You're confusing me Gin-san"

"Ever since Shinpachi informed us about your situations, ever since then it starts to confuse me, I… I don't know for sure what's bugging me, and why I am so concerned about your wellbeing. I don't know Otae" he said uneasy, the confuse Otae looks at him examining his feature not knowing what to answer him!

For a moment she trembles at their closeness, but suddenly she forgot it all because of Gintoki's concerned that making her confuse so much.

"Gin-san is that why you're acting… so weird around me? But really what is bothering you?" ask the brunette

"Like I said I don't know, it's just… you're confusing me, also why I am so comfortable when I'm with you! Its looks like your warmth is relaxing, it feels like this warmth you're giving me right now is what I yearned for in my entire life!"

Her eyes widens in shocked plus now she's blushing hard, but part of her thinks Gin-san is making fun of her, but her heart felt like, the things his saying right now is true. What trouble her most is that Sakata Gintoki the man who always pester and tease her whenever he got a chance, saying this to her now is like his making fun of her and also he keeps on moving his face towards her until there nose is brushing, their forehead almost touching , Otae of course is awkward, she wants to punch the silver head but feels so weak at the moment, she doesn't know why because the mind is telling her, she wants to get away from this but her body doesn't want to. This is confusing her to no end.

"Seriously? If I don't do something about this he's going to ki…ss…" is what she thought at the spur of the moment then shot her eyes close not knowing what to do in this kind of situation, just waiting for the faith to come. That's when Gintoki realize what his about to do and stop immediately frozen stiff, don't know what to do. Seeing Otae's face trembling did not help too, then he immediately shove her gently, jump off to where his seating and immediately went to his futon to cover his self from embarrassment leaving Otae behind, slowly opening her eyes to see what happened and all she saw is the silver head, back on his futon facing the other side and covering himself! Confuse at what happened also her mind is blanking when Gintoki spoke, it startled her.

"A…a… It… it's been a long night so… yeah… Goodnight" He said while his voice is shaking with embarrassment!

"A… um… Hai… t…then… Oyasuminasai… Gin-san" she mumbled back

"Y…yeah! Night!"

Then they both close their eyes hoping that tomorrow, nothing awkward happens to them, yet the thought of them almost kissing each other brought them uneasiness and keeps them awake and both thinking the same thing…

"Ju…just wh…what happened?"

End of Chapter 4

To be Continued