HijiGin - Bittersweet

Chapter 2

That night, Hijikata couldn't sleep because of a certain sweet-loving idiot. He couldn't get his blushing face off his mind for some odd reason. He tossed and turned and morning came without him getting whiff of sleep. The sunlight pierced through his fragile eyes and he turned away from the light, feeling very grumpy.

In a short five minutes, he got ready for breakfast and exited his room. However, as he reached the dining hall, he was greeted by a rocket which he barely dodged. He immediately realised the culprit and glared at super sadist standing by the doorway.

"SOUGO! YOU BASTARD!" Okita smiled a sadistic smile.

"Oh, Hijikata-san, what are you doing there? I think that I might've mistaken you for a cockroach."

"Huh?! What did you just say? Do you have a death wish or something?" Hijikata rolled his sleeves up, but before the main event could happen, a gorilla stepped in.

"Now, now. Stop fighting you two, it's still early in the morning. Why don't we just all make up and eat together?" Kondo Isao, the commander of the shinsengumi grinned at them.

"Good morning, Kondo-san. I'm sorry but I think that I just lost my appetite from seeing his face."

"Ah! Sougo, what did you just say?!" Hijikata flared up once more, and prepared to throw a punch.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me, Danna told me to tell you thanks for last night. Mind telling me why?"

"Eh...?" Hijikata immediately froze. Last night...if I remembered right, I managed to drag his drunk-ass back to his place.

Okita observed the change in Hijikata's face and his eyes widened by a bit.

"Wow, I never knew that you swing that way."

"Huh?! No, that's not-"

"Eh?! Toshi, I never knew either...Good luck! I hope that it'll be a success!"

"Wai-?! N-No! Kondo-san,  you've got it all wrong!" Hijikata frantically tried to tell the truth, which took up an hour which resulted in his loss of breakfast. Now Hijikata was grumpy and hungry.

That morning wasn't the best Hijikata's had in his life, and it lasted a hell more longer than usual. He was stuck in his room doing paperwork while his stomach grumbled in protest. After what seemed to be forever, Yamazaki came to his room and informed him that he could go out patrolling if he'd like. Hijikata nodded and decided to grab a quick bite along the way.

Stepping out, he went into the usual place and ordered his Hijikata Special, a horrifying mixture of mayonnaise and rice. He slurped it all down and noticed a rather overwhelmingly sweet smell coming from beside him. He looked at the cause and stuttered.

"Y-Y-Yorozuya?!" Hijikata got up instantly and pointed at Gintoki, who was currently finishing up his Uji Gintoki-don.

"Ah, Hijikata-kun. What a surprise, seeing you here. Thanks for the meal old man." Gintoki got up and headed towards the exit.

"Ah, wait!" Hijikata followed suit and exited as well, tagging along with Gintoki for the time-being.

"..."

"..."

"...Oi..." Gintoki raised an eyebrow at Hijikata.

"Hmm?" Hijikata took out a cigarette and lit it up, blowing out a puff of smoke.

"Why are you following me? Do you have a problem or what?" Gintoki shook his head. "That's not good, Hijikata-kun, you can't follow strangers home you know."

"Huh? Of course I know that, and how the hell does that have to do with anything right now?!" Hijikata couldn't keep up with Gintoki's stupidity.  "Anyway, I was following you because...well..."

"Hmm? What was that? I couldn't quite hear that." Gintoki cocked his head to the side and waited for a response.

"Well...nothing, never mind." Hijikata couldn't remember why he was following Gintoki.

"Huh? Oi, stop joking, I have my rights to know why a policeman is following me, it's really annoying to have a constantly angry person glaring at your back you know." Gintoki sighed and waved his hand around in a gesture.

"And who are you calling constantly angry, you bastard?!" Hijikata gripped Gintoki's collar and glared straight into his unamused orbs.

"See? You're angry again."

"..." Hijikata didn't have anything to say to that.

"Well, anyway, I would prefer you to not follow me anymore, so bye bye!" Gintoki waved him off and continued walking. However, that didn't prevent Hijikata from following him, in fact, it only fueled him to.  "...Look here, I told you to stop following me, didn't I?"

"Huh? What type of right do you have to tell me to stop? Besides, I can follow whoever I want."

"You...Aahh~ I give up. You're so stubborn, you know?" Gintoki sighed and gestured for Hijikata to walk beside him. Hijikata arched an eyebrow. "What? Don't you want to?"

"I don't mind, but why? What's the difference?" Hijikata blew out another puff of smoke.

"...Well, I'd rather prefer you to be within my sight...so..." Gintoki blushed a little. "A-Anyways, unless you do that, you can't follow me, or I'll call the police!"

That caused Hijikata to chuckle.

"But I am the police."

"..." Gintoki turned around and began walking away from Hijikata in a rather fast pace.

"Eh?! What did I do?" Hijikata caught up with Gintoki and placed a hand on his shoulder. However, as soon as he saw Gintoki's flushed face, his heart thumped. W-What was that? My chest feels tight... Gintoki, in the meantime, pouted and refused to answer.

"..."

"...Arrgh! Oi, I don't know what I did but I'm sorry, 'kay?"

Gintoki was silent for a few moments before mumbling a barely audible word.

"Parfait..."

"...Eh?"

"If you treat me to a strawberry parfait, I'll forgive you." Gintoki pouted.

"...That's all?" Hijikata let out a small chuckle and gently ruffled Gintoki's hair.

"W-What's so funny?" Gintoki's face went from light pink to beet red.

"Nothing, just thinking about how cute you are."

"I-I'm not cute!"

"Whatever you say."