Chapter 10: Taking care of sick people is too tiresome.

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A few weeks had passed since the contest with Mai. It was a good day for them, since they had money for their daily necessities. Remember, Mai did give them money, and that made them happy. It was a peaceful day...except there was sneezing in the Yorozuya Headquarters.

"Achoooo!" Gintoki and Kagura both sneezed in unison. Unfortunately, the two idiots caught a fever. It was really tiresome for Shinpachi and Satsuki. They both stared at the idiot pair while coughing and sneezing multiple times. They heard someone knocking on the door. Shinpachi offered to open the door while Satsuki offered to get the porridge.

Satsuki's POV

I headed to the kitchen to get the porridge that I'd prepared for Gin and Kagura. Okay, it was done. But still I couldn't believe Gin caught a fever. They said that idiots did not catch colds, but why did he? Those idiots had 40 degrees of temperature; how naughty of them. I headed to the room with two bowls of porridge. Great, now I was a babysitter. Well, they weren't not babies, but I hated this. Shinpachi entertained the guest and here I was, taking care of these idiots. I slid the door open and went inside. Until I saw something deceitful. A girl was above Gintoki, and she hugged him. She had long purple hair and wore a pair of dark red glasses. As I saw this, I felt anger inside me. I dropped the porridge carefully; then I kicked her out of the room, causing the doors to be broken. As I landed a swift kick, I shouted, "Who the heck are you?!"

The visitor, as well as Shinpachi, was surprised by this. The purple headed girl that looked like a ninja landed on the coffee table. I threw the nearest object in her direction, "What are you doing here, you creep?! Who the heck are you?!"

"Ummm. Sa-chan-san, can you please get off the table? We were discussing about the job…" Shinpachi said.

"Sure… I am Sarutobi Ayame, also known as Gin-san's wife!" She proudly stated and I let out a furious aura. I walked towards her and kicked her outside of the window. Now that I got rid of the crepe, I needed to beat the crap out of that perm headed guy. Since when did he have a wife?! He just went out for a drink the day before he got sick! I headed to the shivering Gintoki. I took out a spoon and scooped some of the porridge; after that, I shoved it inside his mouth.

"For now, eat! I will ask you later…" I smiled at him slightly and he nodded. I took out a bowl for Kagura and scooped porridge until I asked her, "Can you eat alone?" She nodded and I took the thermometer out of her mouth. It did go down; it was only 38 degrees. Well, as for the idiot perm head, it was still 40 degrees. I felt 'kind of' sorry for him, so I needed to focus on this guy. I gave the bowl to Kagura and immediately, she ate it.

"Gintoki, can you eat alone?" I asked him. He shook his head slowly. As expected, he was a little bit weak. Well, he may have been an idiot, but he was there when I needed him so I'll just take care of him. I put some porridge in the bowl. I put it closer to my mouth and blew it. After that, I shoved it into his mouth. We continued this process until Shinpachi came towards me.

"Satsuki-san, our job is to babysit this baby… We are unlucky today…" We both sweat dropped. Now we were currently taking care of these 3. A sigh escaped my lips as I began to unwrap the medicine meant for Kagura and Gintoki. I poured water in the two glasses and gave it to these two, of course, with the medicine. After that, I stood up but I slipped, falling onto Gintoki head first. I immediately lifted my head, finding that girl again.

"How dare you touch my Gin-san! Doing **** to him while I am gone!" She yelled and I let out a disgusted look.

I whispered to Gintoki, asking him, "Who is she and what your relationship with her is?"

"She's Sarutobi Ayame. She's my stalker…" Gin said and now it became clear to me. I looked at her all dumbfounded.

"You! You should die!" She threw some shurikens to me, but I quickly dodged it. She smirked, "Not bad… Flat chested girl."

Because of that comment, it made me furious. How dare she insult me! I was a C cup and Gin knew it! I clicked my tongue and scratched the back of my head, "Ummm. Sorry to say this but can you just stalk him as soon as his fever goes down? Honestly, I am tired of dealing with people like you…"

She crossed her arms, "No way. No way. No way. You just told me to stay away from him so that you can have him all day and all night! You'll just ***-" She wasn't able to continue, because I threw the shurikens back to her. Dodging it, she grinned slightly.

"Fine! You are my love rival! I hate you! I really hate you! I super-duper hate you!" Sarutobi-san stated.

"Just how much do you hate her?!" Shinpachi cried.

Again, a rival? How would I respond to this? This was bad. Ever since I came to Edo, I''d been only making rivals. But why love rival? I didn't even like this perm headed guy; I was just taking care of him. As for Mai, well, I wouldn't say I hated Toushiro, but I only liked him as a friend. What were they thinking?

"I challenge you! Whoever take cares of Gin-san with love shall win!" Sarutobi-san said and I stared at her confusingly.

I recalled, 'Why am I doing this? Why am I even in this situation? I just fell right with Gintoki and now I got some tiresome challenge.' I glanced over at Gintoki, giving him a signal to throw her out of the house. But I remembered that he was so weak, that he couldn't do that! Shinpachi and I sighed to this and the tiresome day started.

Few hours later, Shinpachi and I were dying because of this baby. It didn't even stop crying. What should we do?! As for Sarutobi-san, she was there, taking care of Gintoki.

"Gin-san, say ahh!" She held out a bowl and a pair of chopsticks, and shoved it in his mouth.

"I won't eat it!" Gintoki pushed the chopsticks away.

I sighed. If this continued, his fever wouldn't go down. I walked towards them and settled this, "Sarutobi-san, Gin told me that you should take care of that baby that Shinpachi is holding."

"No, you won't trick me. You'll take this opportunity to charm Gin-san while I am away. Just like a wife that is working nonstop for his husband. But she didn't know her husband is having an affair!" Sarutobi-san acted and I gave her an angry look.

"Gin told me you had to do that. If you do that job for him, it means that you really love him, right Gintoki?" I lifted a brow at him.

"Huh? I didn—" I kicked him in the back and glared at him. 'I am doing this for your sake!'

He gave her a small nod. Sarutobi-san was tricked by us and took care of the baby. Saying like she was taking care of Gin and her baby. Like it would come true. I hissed at her. I immediately put a cold towel on top of Gin and Kagura's forehead. Since yesterday, I hasn't slept peacefully because of their undying coughs and sneezes. I doubted that I'd have huge circles around my eyes. My eyes were failing me but I needed to stay awake. What if the baby cried again? What if those two had an emergency?

Shinpachi headed towards me and said, "Umm. Satsuki-san, Sarutobi-san and I will go to the grocery store for milk and diapers. So watch Gin-san and Kagura-chan for us, okay?"

I nodded silently and bid a farewell. While they were leaving I culd hear Sarutobi scream, "Gin-san don't be naughty! Your wife and our baby will return!"

Gintoki and Kagura went to sleep. As for me, I cooked food for myself and for them. I was becoming a mother already; I didn't really want to get married. I hated being in love, because it was really dangerous for them. Well, why was I thinking these sort of things? Darn it, I became too tired already. My body was failing me. But I couldn't sleep because of these two. The noodles were done and I prepared them. Delivering it to them carefully, I spoon feed Gintoki again. His fever still wasn't going down. As for Kagura-chan, her temperature was 37.5. Yes, one more step and her fever was gone. I sighed, and gave Kagura-chan her noodles.

"Satsuki-chan, are you okay? You have large dark circles under your eyes." Kagura pointed at my eyes.

I just gave her a small smile and nodded, "I am okay. Oi. Gin, eat the noodles." I squinted my eyes at him and gave him the food. After that, the two rested and I ate my food. I was eating the same food as yesterday, damn that Gin. If he didn't waste it for some liquors, then we would have some proper food. Well, the two were sleeping so I guess I could take a nap to regain my energy.

A few moments later, I was in my deep slumber. Well, it hadn't been 10 minutes, and someone was coughing a lot. I opened my eyes and saw Kagura coughing. It was so hard, that she could've spit her lungs out.

"K-Kagura-chan, are you okay? I-I'll get some water and medicine." I stuttered and speedily stood up. I went to the kitchen to get some water and medicine. I hurriedly delivered it to her. She gulped it until the last drop; I felt relieved. I rested the cup on the floor, beside the wall, and watched over them.

"Oi. Flat board, get some rest, will you? We are okay, so get some sleep." Gin lectured me.

"I won't rest until you two get better. So hurry up and get better already." I smiled at them and continued to watch them. They must've be bored while staying like this. Thinking about some entertainment, I finally had an idea. I got some UNO cards from my bag and placed it in front of them.

"Let's play UNO!" I cheered them up.

"Sure, Satsuki-chan!" Kagura replied.

"Nah… I won't..." Gintoki said and continue to sleep.

I pulled his arm up, "No, you're going to play."

"Fine. Fine."

Normal POV

"Sa-chan-san, all of the grocery stores we are going has a long line…" Shinpachi said as they continued to stroll around Edo. Until they saw the BIG EDO MART; they kept their hopes high and went inside the Supermarket. When they went inside, the baby started to cry and the two of them gasped.

"Come to mommy Sa-chan. Here, I'll give you some breast milk so don'-" She didn't have the chance to continue her statement when Shinpachi kicked her.

"Don't do it in public!" Shinpachi shouted at her. "Come on, let's go and buy some diapers and milk for him! Don't do reckless things!"

"Yes, yes. After all, it's my baby! I will treasure it forever!" Ayame cheered.

"No, don't. It's not ours, it's our customer's…" Shinpachi exclaimed.

Ayame didn't mind Shinpachi's words and walked to the Supermarket. They headed to the section for babies and found some milk and diapers. After that, they spotted the things needed. They proceeded to the line. It was so long, that the baby started to cry again.

"Oh! Do not cry Gin-san Jr. Here I'll let you drink from my-"

"I told you to not do it in public!" Shinpachi kicked her in the face. "Also, don't name it Gin-san Jr! It has its own name and we don't own him!"

Ayame started to look for her glasses. She didn't care about this nonsense. Finally, she found them and put them on. Shinachi called her name, telling her to stand up and they would head back. Standing up, the baby cried again. So they decided to change his diaper in the nearest rest room. Soon, they were done, but the baby pointed at an ice cream truck.

"Sure, I will buy you ice cream, Gin-san Jr. Wait for me~" Ayame said and went to the ice cream truck.

Shinpachi sighed and sat on a near bench with the baby. It was really hard because of Ayame's wittiness; he hoped that the one who was with him was Satsuki. But Ayame couldn't stay with the Yorozuya. After all, Gintoki and Kagura were sick. Who knows what she'd do to them...

He sighed again and saw Sarutobi in front of them with two ice creams. As expected it was for her and the baby only. Shinpachi stared at them awkwardly and distanced himself. It was really an awkward one until Zenzou came.

"Oi. Sarutobi, someone has a job for us." Zenzou called.

Ayame rolled her eyes and put the baby in Shinpachi's arms. "Say this to my new love rival: I will return! I will get Gin-san back! I am his legal wife!"

Shinpachi retorted, "You were never Gin-san's wife in the first place!"

Ayame smirked and bid a farewell, "Well then, adios!"

Zenzou and Ayame left the park. Shinpachi carried the baby and went back to the Yorozuya. When he reached the Yorozuya, he saw the mother waiting there outside.

"Oh! Here's your baby! Come inside." Shinpachi offered.

"No, don't worry. I'm here to take the baby already. Also, here's the money…" The mother said.

Shinpachi gave the baby to her and bid her a good bye. Finally, the long hard day was done. All he had to worry now was the two sick idiots. He went to their room. Surprisingly, all he could find was Kagura and Gintoki staring at Satsuki's sleeping face. There was a blanket on her body and she slept so deeply.

"W-What are you—"

"Shhhhhhh." Kagura hushed Shinpachi.

"What are you doing?" Shinpachi whispered.

"She worked for us! So we are giving her a present. She helped us clear our fevers, yep." Kagura nodded in satisfaction.

"Now for the main-" Gintoki was interrupted when Satsuki woke up.

"What will you do with that marker?" Satsuki lifted a brow, "Wait! Are you guys already okay?!"

"Yep, all thanks to you Satsuki-chan!" Kagura grinned at her.

"Thank goodness… Shinpachi, how was the job?" Satsuki asked.

"It went well. Also, Sa-chan-san left a message. It goes like this...'say this to my new love rival: I will return! I will get Gin-san back! I am his legal wife'!"

Gintoki and Satsuki held disgusted expressions. After that, Kagura offered something, "You got the money right? We should celebrate our recovery, uh-huh!"

All of them agreed. They all got ready and went to an EAT-ALL-YOU-CAN restaurant.

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