Sweet as Honey 「Sakata Gintoki x Reader」

Chapter Nine.

"Ahhhh, I'm going to eat my heart out tonight!" Kagura yells excitedly, flames of determination shining in her eyes.

"Please don't, you were sick on me last time," Shinpachi mutters, his hands adjusting the yukata to be covering his chest more.

"Kid, if you blow all our money I'll never forgive you," Gintoki threatens Kagura, who doesn't seem to hear him due to her mumbling over which food to buy first.

"You don't have any money to blow in the first place," (Name) teases, walking ahead to catch up to Kagura and slipping a small purse into her hands.

"There's enough there for you for tonight, so don't spend it all on food, okay?" She laughs as the ginger-haired girl's nostril's flare and she runs at the speed of light to the nearest food stall.

"Hey, Kagura! She just told you not to spend it all on food!" Shinpachi calls after her in defeat, quickly jogging after her and almost tripping on the way.

An amused glint in his eye, Gintoki shoves his hands into his pockets as he strolls lazily beside (Name).

"Why'd you invite us?" He asks curiously.

"Yeah, you're right, I guess I should have invited my buddies from the sewers instead. At least I can count on them not to spend all their money," (Name) jokes with a grin, earning a pout and a sneaky raise of a middle finger from Gintoki.

"Ah," she stops, eyes landing on a yakisoba stall. Throwing a teasing look to Gintoki, she calls "I'm gonna get that. You can go stuff yourself with dessert without eating a proper dinner first," before walking towards the stall.

A playful pout on his lips, Gintoki calls after her, "Fine, I will," before turning and leaving.

Several minutes later, (Name) – with a serving of yakisoba in hand – approaches Gintoki, who sits on a bench with a taiyaki in his hand and another hanging out of his mouth. She sits beside him, both enjoying their food in silence as they gaze at the brightly lit stalls and bright-eyed people enjoying the festival.

(Name) is surprised to find a taiyaki suddenly shoved in front of her. She glances to the side, seeing Gintoki chewing on the final bite of his previous taiyaki, his eyes shut peacefully and hand in front of her. He opens the eye closest to her, raising a brow.

"Want a bite? Or not?"

A small laugh escaping her, (Name) leans down to take a small bite of the dessert, smiling as the sweetness settles in her taste-buds. Gintoki, now holding the treat in front of himself again, takes another bite, only to choke aggressively as he hears Kagura's familiar voice yell.

"Ah! Shin-chan! Shin-chan! Did you see that?! That was an indirect kiss!"

(Name)'s cheeks turn hot as she drops the remainder of her food to the floor in shock, then noticing the choking man beside her and fumbling in her pockets for something to help.

"Eh? Gintoki? Gintoki?!" She calls as he begins to lose colour in his face, shaking him violently. Seconds later, the silver-haired man drops to the floor, face slim and hands crossed over his chest dramatically.

"Ah, he's dead." Shinpachi states, looking down at the man with an amused glint in his eye.

"Oh. Rest in peace," Kagura bows respectfully.

(Name) shoves her red face into her hands.

"You're all idiots...!"