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Note: I'm back, as promised here's your Chapter 6 :) Kyaaaa... few more chapters to go! I'm getting really hype right now
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Chapter 6: These feelings I'm not yet familiar with!
Weeks had past yet the Silver head and the Brunette didn't have the chance to interact. Why? Because Otae either runs away or making an excused whenever the perm Samurai heading her way. Because being with him or near him makes her anxious for some reasons. So, that's also the cause why Gintoki's always in bad mood. Her avoiding him makes him displeasure. He kinds of knowing the reason why and that's also enough reason why he wants to get near her, he wants to have a closure to the girl and make everything the way it's supposed to be. But how can he do that when the girl in question always running away from him…
His mind is already in bad state and now hearing his two employee exchanging words which led them to bicker non-stop makes it even worst.
"Oi! Megane! Just tell me the reason! Aru!" The Yato girl shakes Shinpachi to his annoyance and trying to get away from the girl.
"Tsk… get off of me Kagura-chan" Shinpachi trying to escape from the Yato girl.
"Just tell me the reasoooon… aru!" still Kagura shaking harder this time that Shinpachi's clothes is now wrinkled.
"Gaaaa…" he shouts while Kagura covered her ears. "Seriously! How many time do I need to tell you I… DON'T… KNOW!" emphasizing every word as he shouts.
"YOU'RE HIS BROTHER SO, WHY DON'T YOU KNOW! ARU" she also shouts.
"WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?" He shouts.
"BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOUTING TOO!" She answered back.
Their argument went to worst that made Gintoki displeased, hence animated vein pops appear on his head and slammed his hands on his table and shout.
"STUPID BRATS! YOU'RE SO NOISY! IT'S STILL DAMN EARLY IN THE MORNING! Geez…" he scratches his head, annoyed. While the two looks at him then started to point at each other and explaining their parts while shouting.
"LOOK HERE GIN-CHAN" and pointing her finger at Shinpachi "THIS STUPID MEGANE STARTED IT!" she uttered to which Shinpachi flinch and also points his finger at her and protest.
"WHA...… DON'T LISTEN TO HER GIN-SAN, SHE'S LYING!" shouted Patsuan.
"IM NOT LYING ARU! YOU ARE" shouted Kagura while making face at Shinpachi to make him annoyed even more.
The shouting never stop and it has gone to worst that suddenly a loud voice coming from downstairs, heard.
"OI! IT'S STILL TOO DAMN EARLY TO BE NOISY DAMN BRATS!" the voice coming from Otose angrily complaints and the only thing the Silver Head do is to sigh and face-palm.
-o0o-
Soon as their nonsense argument stop, Gintoki slams his self on his chair, slammed his hands on his table while staring at the two.
"Okay!" He uttered pissed off "So, what's supposed to be the problem!?" he asks, then the two is ready to explain their parts at the same time, but before they do, Gintoki raises his hands and spoke… "Ep…ep…ep… do it one at a time! Please don't speak together, don't make this hard to Gin-san, you see Gin-san here has a headache so please don't add to it!" calmly as possible, he uttered at the two who only nodded to him.
"You see Gin-Chan, I'm still troubled to Anego!" Kagura informed the silver head.
"Okay! Next!" uttered Gintoki.
"She's pestering me, and I already told her I don't know!" Shinpachi informed but before Gintoki spoke, Kagura replied to Shinpachi first.
"That's why I'm asking you because you're his brother! Aru" Kagura Pout.
"Yeah! But I told you I don't know! Even if I'm his little bro, he never tells me anything that concerns her!" Answered Shinpachi.
Afterwards, the two bicker yet again. So, Gintoki sighed and scream internally, making his brain explode and thought that those two brat's argument sure is a pain in the ass.
"OKAY!" he shouts, that warrant the attention of the two. "Your argument starts with Otae, right?" The two nod. "So, if you want the answer" He stops for a moment to take a deep breath before continuing. "Let's go to your house Shinpachi!" he declared while the two froze for a second then Kagura jump on her seat and readying herself.
"I'm cool by that!" she clasped her hands excitedly.
"Eh! Do you seriously think that coming to my house or to her will sort things out!?" Megane informed.
But the two didn't mind him and started to get ready and go to Shimura Dojo leaving Shinpachi behind whether his coming or not! Shinpachi sighed and hoping that what they'll do will help somehow. So, he decided to get ready as well and confront her Sister.
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While walking, Kagura suddenly shouts "Gaaaaaa…" that frighten the two and look at her.
"What the hell Brat!" He shouts and continued "You startled me, what's your problem this time?" The lazy perm asks coolly even though a while he startled.
"Kagura-chan, don't suddenly shout in the middle of the street, you'll frighten some passerby" he informed while adjusting his glasses.
"So, what is your problem this time!?" Gintoki starts to poke his nose.
"Well… I forgot my sukombu at home!"
"The HELL BRAT/KAGURA-CHAN" The boys shouted in unison and some passerby got frightened while someone looks at them with curious eyes.
Gintoki holds Kagura's head tightly as an animated vein pops at him.
"You brat! Shouting like that as if there's something big going on!"
"That's right Kagura-chan!" Megane agreed.
While they're scolding her, the Yato girl meanwhile looking at them bored add to that she's picking her nose, waiting until they stop bitching and whining.
"Stupid brat Oi! You listening!" The silver head asks still angry.
Kagura flinches her booger in the air, and look at the two with bored eyes and spoke lazily. "Yeah! Yeah! Aruka! I'm not going to shout, though! You're shouting to aru!" both guys' animated veins appeared on their faces because of Kagura's way of talking and her looks. Then she continued "So, I can't go on without my Sukombu!" she informed while the two guys with her start to feel annoyed.
"Eh… what do you mean Kagura-chan?" calmly as possible, ask Shinpachi even though inside his pissed.
"Stupid Megane! Aru" she suddenly said and the glasses boy respond by Oiiiiiii…. "Obviously, it means I need to buy it! Aru" informed Kagura.
Gintoki sighed… "So, you mean to say, we need to go back and buy that stupid sh*t food?" ask the perm head which she nods "Ne… Kagura you know it's too far away now, right?" again he asks and she nods and says aha! And continued "You two head out without me! I can buy my sukombu myself, then I'll catch up to you later! Aru" informed Kagura as the two sighed in relief that they don't need to walk miles away just for one sh*tty food. But then Patsuan realize that there almost at his house. So, he spoke "Eh… but Kagura-chan, we're almost at my hou-se..."
"Okay then!" the silver head clasped his hands tightly that startled Shinpachi and allowing Kagura to do as she please, She happily thanks him while Shinpachi looks at him suspiciously and so, he looks back at him and asks "What?" Patsuan shakes his head and replied. "Nothing!" So, they headed to the Dojo together.
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They're now inside the dojo, when Shinpachi shouts I'm here at the doorway, Otae responds quickly and run towards the gate to welcome her brother. You're earlier- but stop in the middle of her greetings when he saw who's with him. Her eyes went wider and said uncomfortably "Oh! Gi…Gin-san" she greeted timidly.
After that Gintoki looks at her as if he's about to say something, and she immediately averts her eyes and looks at Shinpachi. The cold atmosphere between the two didn't seem notice by Shinpachi as he talks to her sister normally.
"Ne, Aneue, we've come here to-"
"Ah!" Gintoki suddenly intervened as the two looks at him weirdly well to be precise only Shinpachi looks at him weirdly as for Otae, she only glimpse at him then averts her eyes as soon as he's about to look at her. "I forgot something at Yorozuya!" Then he continued, Megane looks at him confused then asks. "Eh! You too Gin-san?!" Patsuan can't believe that everyone is too forgetful this day.
"Yeah, I need that thing!" he informed in a sing sang way.
"Then, you can go and get it!" Shinpachi responded and look at her sister again when Gintoki spoke.
"E… but it's too tiring, Megane you go get it!" The lazy perm ordered Shinpachi to his annoyance. "E…. I don't want to! Why don't you go and get it yourself!" annoyed at his boss he added "also it's too far away!" he reasoned out.
"Yeah! But Patsuan that document is really, really… important for our job later this afternoon, you know!" He informed.
Whatever his lazy boss reasons, his ready to fight back "Nah! Still, I don't want to get it, also we can get it when we go bac-"
Then a certain brunette raises her hands "Then I'll go and get it!" Otae suddenly proposed and cut Shinpachi from talking.
"Eh… Aneue?" her brother wondered. While Gintoki glance at Otae, expecting to hear that coming from her!
"It's not a problem, just tell me where it's located!" Otae said while smiling.
"Bu… but Aneue! Don't be troubled by this lazy perm, it's his fault for forgetting it! Whatever that thing is!" Shinpachi pointed out but her sister is stubborn.
"No! I insist!" She genuinely smiles at him.
"Bu…but!" now his troubled that he blubbered his voice. Otae walk past them, ready to leave but Gintoki suddenly spoke. "You're leaving even though you don't even know what the thing you need to get!" Otae flinches and stops her track, she turns around and smiled.
"Gomen! Then what is it that I need to get from your house!" She asks.
When Gintoki is ready to answer, Shinpachi shouts and the two looks at him.
"I'll go and get it instead!" He announces, Otae flinches once again while the Silver head smirks in private.
"E… but I told you I insist!" Otae reasoned out.
"And I insist too!" he emphasized and look at his boss annoyed. "So, what do I need to get!" he asks.
"Go to my room and look at my closet you'll see what you need to get!" Gintoki wink while Patsuan looks troubled. So, when he's about to open his mouth, Gintoki push him.
"No question, just get that, okay!" he ordered him, but the latter is not satisfied by his instructions, but decided to move before her sister insist to get it!
When he's ready to walk Gintoki put his arms around Shinpachi and mumble something. He didn't get the first one he said. So, he decided to ask again but Gintoki shove him away and shouts little white envelope! And wave good luck to him.
After Shinpachi left the two behind, silence welcomed them until Otae decided to speak. "So, I think I need to go I have something I nee-"
"Why do you keep on running away from me?" Gintoki cut her off, she seems startled by what he said and starts to feel uncomfortable once again.
Stuttering "Wha…what do you mean by that!" asking him, pretending she doesn't have any clue on what he's talking about.
"Don't play dumb Otae!" Gintoki smirk at her.
"Really Gin-san I think you're hallucinating right now!" Otae insists.
He sighed before looking at her, and by that, she flinches lightly that he won't notice. "Then! Why not look at me straight in the eyes!" He boldly said and seated at the doorstep.
Otae started forming sweat on her face because she felt at loss on what's happening. "W-why should I look at you?" She asks and started to walk "A… you know Gin-san, I really do need to go-" but before she moves someone suddenly grabs her hands firmly as possible. She looks behind to see Gin-san looking at the sky. Her heart beats faster and tried to remove his hands from her, but he grips it tighter that she can't do anything but to stay. So, she tried to call him. "Gin-sa-"
"I'm Sorry!" he suddenly apologized that snapped her from her thoughts. At first, she doesn't have a clue what to answer him, and why his apologizing even though she's the one who needs to apologize. Then he spoke again. "I'm Sorry, for what happened that night I'm not entirely sure myself what came to me and-" While his talking Otae's mind went blank and Gintoki realize that she's being absent minded. He stops and shakes her hands but she no response came. So, he stood up, went in front of her not releasing her hands.
"Otae!" he called but no response, he waves his other hand on her face but still no response. He sighed "Earth to Otae!" He called again and grab her shoulder that snapped her out of her thoughts for the second time. Eyes wider and even went wider when she realizes that Gintoki and her face is too close to each other. She removed his hands from her that startled Gintoki this time. She embraces herself afterward and looks at him.
She smiled but to Gintoki it looks forced and fake "Why are you apologizing though?" She queried.
"I just realize ever since that night happened, you keep on running away from me!" He answered back.
She looks down for a second then look at him again "Really?" she mumbled back.
"That's why, we need to end this awkwardness between us!" she looks at him curiously "The two kids are worried about you, and the reason you're like that is because of what I did. So, I need to apologize!" He said not knowing what kind of face he would show to her.
But Otae is still at loss on what's happening "Sorry for what?" Again she asks which the silver head groaned.
"Ne… Otae-Chaaan, you see you've been avoiding me ever since that night!" he breathe deeply "So, here I am apologizing to you, also… I didn't mean to that…" he started to play his fingers feeling shy to whatever his going to say but the latter disrupt his thought.
"I didn't mean what? Gin-san" She asks impatiently which the latter groaned more.
"I didn't mean to… Ki… K…"
"Ki…. What!" Otae interrupts him again.
"Gaaaaah…. I didn't mean to kiss you… that night! Even though it didn't happen" he finally said, and mumble the last one. While Otae's eyes carried a mixture of shock and barely contained anger.
She gulped not sure what she's hearing, Gintoki realizes it. Then he spoke again. "That night I didn't know what came to me, but just to clarify things I didn't mean to that. So, can we forget that and moved on!" he pleaded and smile at her.
She Grips her kimono tightly and shook her head to his confusion. "Really!" She said and put her hands on her head as if she's getting a headache. Gintoki looks at Otae worriedly and ready to support her of anything happens but then Otae Look at him with piercing eyes. "That's fine!" she states. He looks at her questionably.
"What?" He asks.
"I'm just glad! Then I just… I just want to clarify also that, it's also nothing to me!" She nods "Then it seems we can settle things now, back to square one!" She continued and even wants to shake hands to commemorate their truce.
As for Gintoki, what she says is different to what her face looks like and she's acting odd but he thought that this will be good enough, though something's telling him this is not right but decided to shrug it off.
"Yeah back to square one!" He accepts her handshake and started to do his hobby, grabbing the helm of his clothes. Without his knowledge.
She smiled at him still her eyes looks troubled "So, I need to go!" she said
"Go? Where?" he asks, and her troubled looks didn't escape to Gintoki's eyes. So, he decided to observe her first.
"Nothing! Important" She quickly said, and when she's about to leave. Gintoki grabs her wrist that startled her.
"What?" She ask
"Is there…-"
"IM HERE!"
A loud voice came from the entrance interrupting their conversation, the voice came from Kagura who came back after buying her food, Otae suddenly shoved Gintoki's hold from her.
"Anego!" happily greeted by Kagura, while Otae wave at her excitedly.
"Hi! Kagura-chan, how have you been?" Ask Otae
"Better as ever! How about you Anego? And where's Shinpachi?" Kagura bombarded with questions.
"I feel…better and Shin-chan goes back at Yorozuya to get something" She explained but her voice seems off, that Gintoki notices it right away while Kagura only smiled at her not knowing anything that happened.
"Kagura!" called Gintoki which she flinches by the sudden serious tone of her earthly father.
"Nani? Gin-chan Aru!" ask the Vermilion head girl
"I feel thirsty so go get me Water!" He orders the vermilion head of which she complained, but when Otae starts to open her mouth Gintoki hold the back of her kimono which Kagura didn't notice and that stop Otae from doing what she's about to do, instead she told Kagura to get her water as well, even though she's confused as heck why she needs to get water when she just got there and if they feel thirsty they can get it their selves any time they want. Moving on, Even if she's clueless at the moment she oblige because her Anego asks her too.
When Kagura is out of sight, Gintoki removes his hold to her.
"Back to square one! But ready to run away again!" Gintoki muttered, annoyed.
"I thought I told you there's nothing wrong! You explained the thing you need to explain, so, what else do I need to understand?" groaned Otae
"Then why are you angry?" ask Gintoki while starting to get pissed.
"I'm not angry!" She roared.
"What the hell Otae, here I thought if I apologize everything will go back, but with your attitude right now! I don't know what to do anymore!" he grumbled.
"Then I wish you never apologized," She said while her eyes start to water but she held it so it won't fall down, Gintoki notice it but didn't do a thing, because if he does something again he thought it will bring trouble again.
"Then… what do I need to do?" He asks troubled at everything that's going on between them.
Otae grasped her hands tightly "You don't need to do anything!" Yet she forces herself to smile at him after that Kagura's voice heard inside yelling here's the water to which they stop and thank her, and tried to break the cold atmosphere they build. Afterwards, Shinpachi came back, annoyed because it took him a while just by finding the small envelope Gintoki forgot to get.
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After their commotion a while ago, Otae went back to her room thinking what happened to them earlier. It bothered her so much and even feeling hurt after hearing from him what happened that night is nothing to him, even though she also wants to think that way too. It confused her to no end but she does have suspicion on her feelings she has but hesitant to admit it. Really she can't admit it because to her it sounds like a joke.
While The Silver Perm head samurai also thinking what happened to them a little while ago, it's supposed to be a good conversation with her but what happened to them got even worst. He thought this time he'll settle things with her, but that didn't happen. More importantly, that made it worst and also why she's acting so odd. It troubles him to no end. Also, he looks broken seeing her sad. Even though he doesn't want to feel that way. For him, she's acting weird but his actions seem weird too and all this feeling he had right now is not familiar. Though he does have a suspicion about this but never in his dreams will he ever admit that! Because it makes him chills.
Both not familiar with this kind of things but knows what supposed to be the problem but hesitant to admit it to themselves because never in their wildest dream will that ever happened also it looks ridiculous too. So, as for now finding the TRUE answer is what they'll be seeking before facing each other again.
They'll do whatever they can to get the answer they needed. Because they will never admit to themselves that they are indeed FALLING INLOVE to each other.