Sweet as Honey 「Sakata Gintoki x Reader」

Chapter Seventeen.

"I can't keep doing this!"

"Oh, you can't? What about me?!"

"Are you kidding me?! You're really going to make this about you?! You're unbelievable!"

Gintoki and (Name) yell back and forth, red-faced in anger. 

"Every time I say anything about this you just jump right into playing the victim!"

"Oh, I'm sorry! I can't help it when you're attacking me!"

Outside, Shinpachi and Kagura sit quietly, neither knowing what to do. Kagura's eyes are glassy as she listens. 

"Shinpachi," she whispers, "why are they fighting again?"

The boy averts his eyes. "I don't know, Kagura. We shouldn't get involved."

They hear more yelling from inside. "I can't keep doing this, Gintoki! I really can't!" 

"You can't, can you? Then why are you still here?!"

"Because I can't keep watching you risk your fucking life!"

"Then don't! Just fucking don't! If you can't put up with this then just leave!"

"You really want me to just go?!"

"Yeah, I do! It isn't your place to talk to me like that,alright?!"

"What do you mean it's not my place?! I'm your girlfriend, Gin! I have every right to say it!"

"No, you know what?!" There's a sound of something breaking, causing the two sitting outside to jump. 

"If this is how you're going to be, maybe I don't want you to be my girlfriend anymore!"

There's a moment of silence and Shinpachi and Kagura feel their hearts skip a beat, unable to believe what they heard. 

The silence ends as (Name) calls in a broken voice, her throat strained from yelling, "So that's it, huh? Real fucking mature, Gin. Alright, I'll fuck off. I'll stop complaining about your job. I'll stop criticising you. I'll leave you alone."

There's another second of silence before she speaks again. 

"Goodbye, Gintoki."

Footsteps approach the door, which slides open seconds later. Shinpachi and Kagura jump to their feet, hoping to stop the woman but freeze seeing her storm past them, wiping her eyes with her sleeve and choking back a sob as she leaves, the two pairs of eyes watching in shock. 

Gintoki runs to the balcony seconds later, his eyes watering and his hand reaching over the fence at the figure speed-walking into the distance, his other hand clutching the fence so tightly in nearly breaks. 

"Wait," he cries, voice breaking. He slides to the ground, one hand still on the fence and the other hitting the floor with his knees. 

"What have I done...?" He whispers, tears falling from his eyes as he realises what damage he's done and just how big a mistake it was.