#firstdivisioncaptain

“You think I don’t know that?? I am offended. I know how to care for cats!”

Heisuke was forced to stay awake through the nights, the morning sky was just a memory by now, he looked over to the shadows of moonlight when his eyes caught sight of blood. His eyes widened and he followed the trail to see Souji standing at the end of it.

Saitou's swords clashed with that of the ronin’s sword, but Saitou being the better swordman over powered the other and had soon broken free, to cut the his opponent down. Behind him, he could see Souji fighting as well against another lot of ronin. Saitou wondered where they had all came from and if it was an ambush of some sort? However, questions could come later because first, they had to deal with the group of men coming at them with their swords from both directions in the alley way.

   “Okita-san!” The small outburst rang out as a delighted oni trotted towards the first division captain. How long had it been since last she saw the ornery manchild? It felt like it had been eons. 

   Lips moving faster than her mind, Chizuru cheerily blurted out,

   “I thought you were long dead!”

【✩】❛ It’s not that I was afraid to... sorta, I mean, I wouldn’t have been strong enough to anyway! I didn’t want to drag you through the dirt, but I couldn’t pick you up either, and there wasn’t anyone around to ask. So I just tried to make you feel comfortable while you were unconscious. ❜ Hence, the makeshift towel pillow and the other towels thrown off to the side. ❛ You were sweating a lot, so I tried to wipe it off, but it didn’t stop, so I figured I should try and keep some shade over you, but the town is practically empty. I wonder what day it is today... ❜

Rambling off on her own, however, she drew her attention back to the other quickly. ❛ Umm, judging by the sun’s position and my growling stomach, I’d say about half an hour? ❜ She yelped and took a few steps back when he pulled himself up, golden hues wide with worry as she waved her arms about. ❛ Wait a minute, Sou-chan, you can’t get up yet! I heard it’s suuuper bad for your head if you just suddenly get up too, what if you collapse again?! You’re rubbing your head, that means it hurts! ❜ She caught herself, however, and decided to lower her voice on the speculation he was rubbing his head because of a headache.

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Fingers tense as they curl onto the fabric of her hakama;  she can hardly feel the silent tears streaming down her face. Her lips are twopieces of forged distress, pressed into a thin line. It’s all she can do tostop herself from breaking into heaving sobs as she is faced with the gravityof it all. A reality that slams into her over and over again like a pendulumthe size of the sun—Okita is going to die and there is nothing that can be doneabout it.

Emotion glazed bronze look at him when she hears him speak, unsure ifhis words are spoken to himself or if they were for her to hear—perhaps both.She wonders if he knows that his words pierce and wound her deeper than anysword can. The wounds left by his callous words don’t heal like flesh wounds do,they fester within her, weaving dark thoughts inside that carve hollows in herchest, threatening to drown her in tears and steal the oxygen from her lungs.

“I know.” She manages to say between stifled sobs as she attempts to pull her lips into a smile for him.

   // no need to worry about pace (especially here in the lazy, easy going hakuouki land HA) take your time and reply whenever you feel like it!