RUNNING down the street while composing an email was never a good idea. But since desperate times calls for desperate measures, Yume was left with no choice but to do so. For she would rather listen to Yui's long hours of lectures of her being late at work again rather than her risking to lose her job for failing to inform her manager again about her impending tardiness. However, just as she was about to hit the send button, she found herself crashing against someone.
With her eyes growing wide as she felt herself stumbling backward, her breath hitched in her throat, Yume watched in horror as her recently bought flip phone flew off in the air. Her hands automatically reaching out towards it, in an attempt of catching it, while completely ignoring the pair of strong arms that have wrapped itself around her waist to prevent her from falling butt-first against the dusty ground.
"MY PHONEEEEEE!" She wailed, as her phone went "touch down!" on the ground—getting split into two.
Yume felt her legs suddenly lose its strength. Her tears flowing out of her eyes as her other hand unconsciously grabs the hem of the stranger's cloth for support. She hasn't even finished paying for that phone yet!
"Oi, miss. Are you okay?" The man holding her asked in a worried tone, pulling Yume out instantly of her misery because of the familiarity of the said voice.
Slowly, Yume turned her head towards her side. Her lips slowly parting in shock as she met the man's olive-brown eyes. "M-Mama Zura?"
A small irk mark appeared under the man's eyes. "MAMA ZURA JA NAI! KATSURA DA!" the long-haired samurai exclaimed as he helps her regain her balance.
Yume stifled a sob as she looked at Katsura's beautiful effeminate features, a low whimper escaping her lips as tears started to blur her vision again. It really is her mama Zura. Her beloved mama Zura! "Ma..ma..." she whined, sniffling a snot that threatened to escape her nose as she looked at him through her tear-filled eyes.
Zura or Katsura, scrunched his eyebrows as he slowly pulled away from her grasp. "I'm sorry miss but I am not your mother. If you'd like I can bring you to the nearest police station so they can help you—"
"MAMAA ZURAAAAAAHHH!" Yume wailed as she tackled the man and wrap her arms around his waist, burying her face against his chest.
Katsura, taken-a-back by the girl's sudden action, froze. "W-What do you think you're doing miss?" he asked, a slight blush dusting his cheeks. His voice rising a few octaves.
Yume looked up at him. Her tears flowing down from her eyes. "You're so mean, Zura. Have you really forgotten about me? Have you really forgotten about your cute lovely daughter?"
Zura's face grew redder because of embarrassment. "I-I am sorry miss b-but you are g-gravely mistaken! I-I never once had an affair with any—"
Yume gave him a smack in the head, pulling slightly away from him. Her lips forming into a pout as she looked up at him. "GEEZ! You're still as dumb as ever ZURA!" She puffed. Her arms crossing against her chest.
"ZURA JA NAI, KATSURA—" the man received another smack on the head as Yume let out another sigh while reaching for his monk attire's sleeves—using it to wipe her tears away and blow her nose on, making the latter gape at her in disbelief.
"It's me, Katsuragi Yume." She said sulkily, her cheeks puffed as she turned her head away from him. "How dare you forget about me, you idiot?"
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The Country of Silver Souls (Gintama Fanfiction)
Fanfiction"Go and live your own life." After getting thrown out by the family that took her in for years, Yume found herself settling at the busy, red-light Kabuki District in Edo. Things are going smoothly with her new everyday life until an unexpected reuni...
