Hey!
First of all, I'm a non-native English speaker, so I'm sorry if there's any mistake.This fic is my gift for Belat (Adulterys on AO3) in the Gintama Mini Secret Santa 2020 (on AO3), so I hope that she will enjoy reading it just as much as I enjoyed writing it!
See you at the end!
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Hijikata just had a shitty day. All he wanted right now was to get back to the Yorozuya's and have a peaceful evening. Well, as peaceful as it could be with the kids around.
Once in front of the agency, he climbed the stairs and opened the sliding door, announcing himself as he was taking his shoes off.
He was quite surprised to see that there was no one inside the apartment, silence filling the place. He frowned as he walked into the living room and spotted a note on the coffee table. It was scribbled in messy black ink "We are at Otose-san's, come join us when you get back – Shinpachi."
It was stupid, but Hijikata smiled softly as he read Shinpachi's name. His relationship with Gintoki had easily been accepted by the kids, things falling into place faster than he would have expected. Of course the word had spread like wildfire in the barracks, but even Sougo's teasing had quickly faded away as he'd found more interesting ways to harass and embarrass the Vice-Commander.
Hijikata grinned to himself as he remembered how the news had been accepted by Gintoki's closest friends. Katsura had been pretty straightforward considering that he had cornered him one night in a back alley. The Vice-Commander had expected the man to try and fight him, ready to retaliate, when Katsura had sheathed his sword and tucked a stray strand of hair behind his left ear, saying to Hijikata that he wasn't here to confront with the Shinsengumi's Vice-Commander, but to have a talk with Gintoki's new boyfriend.
Hijikata would have liked to avoid it, but refusing it would have been pretty daring, even for him, considering that he had been ready to slice into pieces the very best friend of his so-called new boyfriend just seconds before. He had at least accepted Katsura's request, just to prove his goodwill. Fighting against the terrorist as the Shinsengumi's Vice-Commander was one thing, but if Katsura decided to make it personal just because Hijikata had decided to play dumb and refuse the offer, it would have been another.
Weirdly enough, this meeting with Katsura didn't turn sour as he had expected it. Instead, Katsura just talked to him about his affection for Gintoki and the importance for Hijikata to take great care of him. Though the Vice-Commander doubted that Gintoki would be glad to hear that Katsura thought he needed to be taken care of, he had simply nodded approvingly, trying to please the terrorist just so this encounter could end already. It did, not long after, actually, and though Katsura didn't event try to attack him, he warned him about how he probably was the nicest one in the group of friends that composed Gintoki's direct relatives.
The meeting with Sakamoto, the weird merchant coming directly from space, went pretty much the same. Hijikata didn't sense any direct animosity towards him and he decided to push away the fact that the man had almost crashed his ship on Hijikata and nearly killed him when he landed. It probably was a coincidence, right? Anyway.
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