Get well soon kiss! [Gintoki Sakata x Reader, fluff]
Synopsis: Grown ass man sympathy-baits to get a kiss from you! [Not clickbait]
Word count: 3,320
Tags: Fluff, playful flirting, slight plot, delusional ass reader lowkey, slightly jealous reader, female reader (but its kind of vague enough to be any gender tbh), reader has vague backstory, reader works at Otose snack house, romantic shit, cute stuff...I dont know what else so please let me know.
Warning: Cut injury on face (Gintoki & Kagura). Reader fixes them up so it's fine. No super graphic description, it's just for plot lol!
Author note: Long time reader/lurker, first time writer so don't jump me for this please!!!! 🙏🏽This is the first time im actually writing down AND posting my delusional fantasies lol! I just enjoy this man's ragebaiting ways and thought of this cute story. Trying my best to not mischaracterize anyone lolzz! I didn't know how to end it perfectly because i dont know shit about shit when it comes to writing so honestly idk how i did any of this hahaha!! 🙏🏽 And also it's just a working title, i couldn't come up with a cute name hehe! I cringed myself out writing this lowkey but i know there is exists a person on earth who indulges in this cringiness too 🫂 Anyway, pls let me know what I can improve upon (formatting is tough) and help me with the tags too, if you can! And enjoy reading of course! :)
You're working and cleaning up Otose Snack house as usual this morning. It's a day like any other, if a bit slow day for now, but the day has just begun so expect anything, you know? Suddenly you hear the barking of a dog...or rather a monster-dog. Sadaharu is here. 'Hello, Mr. Sadaharu...Wait...I thought he was out with Kagura...?', you think. And who do you hear next but the person in question, running in your direction full speed, holding her cheek. "Yo, Kagura! How come you're back so early?", you ask casually while standing up. She just moves her hand and shows you a big ass big gash on her cheek, casually. "What happened?!?", you are about to start freaking out, but she stops you, "Sister it's fine! I just got into a brawl with these stupid boys while we were playing because they wouldn't let me kick the can, so I got scraped up a liiiiittle bit. Hehe" Typical. "But I beat them up badly so don't worry at all!", she grins and gives you a thumbs up. Wow, even more typical. "Of course...", you say in response. How could you be worried about her in a fight? Lol. Atleast she minced them up. What a boss.
You inspect her wound which was only skin deep, but bleeding nonetheless. "It's not that deep, so I'll fix it quickly, but please be more careful next time in beating them up. Put a hand over your face like Jonathan Joestar and then wail on them, okay?", you joke with her to lighten the mood. Mr. Jobless himself, Gintoki, is sitting right there are the bar since the time the shop opened, and he remarks quickly, "Oi! Don't teach my kid all that violent crap!" He's one to say. "Shut up! I've seen the episodes, okay? She's even more brutal than you, dumbass!", you yell. Why's he here anyway? He's just watching you work, not even helping. Useless.
Anyway you bring your attention back to the patient and tell her to sit on the couch while you retrieve the medical kit from the cupboard at the bar. You had experience in fixing basic injuries for children when you volunteered at the hospital a few years ago, so this would be no sweat. It wasn't that bad of an injury anyway. You came back, sat down and the entire process of cleaning it all up and putting a bandage over it took you all but 2 minutes. It's making you wonder why she even came back for a minor cut like this. 'But she's a kid, afterall, so whatever', you think. But of course, there's a reason. She's nefarious, just like her FFIF (found family idiot father). She wanted something from you, obviously. Something you were gonna give her anyway.
"It's all fixed now. I don't think it should scar at all.", you remark, as you start putting the supplies away. Then, almost on autopilot, you give her a peck on the cheek, on top of her bandage. It's nothing crazy, just a habit you picked up at the hospital to make the whiney ass kids feel better. Kissing on the boo-boo or whatever. No issue. You're not heartless, after all.
Yes! She got what she wanted, her "healing kissy", as she called it. What a cringey name, oh my god. She's a kid! She's a kid! She's a kid! They're all corny like this. And she's cute so it's fine. But you shudder at the title anyway. Lol! You think she's fond of you because you're so pretty and nice and wonderful and amazing (okay stop the self-glaze). Actually...it's probably just because you buy her however many pickled seaweeds as she wants because you find it impossible to say no to her for anything. So spoiled! She smiles at you and says, "Thank you, sis!", which makes you wonder if she really came back all the way just for this. Eh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ With this, she gets up, gives Gintoki a light kick on his ass for jokes, and frolicks out quickly with Sadaharu. You just think, 'Please don't come back with a bigger cut next time.' and get up to put the first aid box back in it's place.
Of course, he's right there and saw the whole interaction. Usually, he'd say some stupid joke and you'd tell him to "Shut up, idiot!" for the billionth time that day, but today he was uncharacteristically just silently guzzling down his sake and snacks. It's 11 am, dude. What are you even doing, for real. Lol. Typical. You pay no mind, flash him a fake smile, and get back to work.
The day goes on as usual and you are about to go back home for the day, when all of a sudden you heard this agitating, grating voice. It's Gintoki...calling out to you from his balcony...in a pained tone? What's going on? Another prank? You don't have time for this, today's already been tiring enough since you didn't sleep well last night. But still, you can't just ignore him. "What is it, Mr. Gintaman?", you shout back as you go out in the street enough to get a peek at him on the balcony, but you still can't see him. He's probably crouched down, sitting on the floor. "I got injured, please fix me up." Don't piss me off today, you fool. It's been a long day. You don't give him a response just yet and just wait for him to say more, and he does, "I fell down on my kitchen counter and a knife cut me on my handsome face. Please, come and fix me quickly before it leaves a scar. How will I show my face to Ketsuno-ana if I have a scar on my face?! Please~~help meee~!!" Yoruzuya business must be having a dry spell, if he's chosen to waste his time, and yours, like this. He's jobless in spirit, you know? Nevertheless, you don't wanna deal with this right now, so you yell back at the invisible him in the balcony, "Oi, dumbass! What kind of stupid story is that? Now I'm definitely not helping you. And anyway I already closed everything up so I don't have the medical kit right now. Stop bothering me and fix it yourself. Aren't Samurai supposed to be the pros at this?" Why did he have to mention Ketsuno-ana? Fucking dumbass, now you're definitely pissed off. You're not that possessive or jealous but something about hearing him mention her still pisses you off. It's pointless mulling over a random crush he has. Who's he to you anyway?
You brush the thoughts aside but...silence, from his end. Only for a minute, though, because then you hear a bit of rattling upstairs, and then he speaks again, "I have a medical kit at my house, too, you know. Please help me! AHHHHHHH!!!!" Fake screaming in pain like that...someone give this man an award for his porno-level acting. You sigh, "You just won't shut up till I help you, huh? Fine, I'm coming up." Whatever, it'll take 5 minutes at best. 'What could he possibly have done to his face, anyway?', you think.
Quite a lot, apparently. You get to the top of the stairs and turn to find him sitting on the floor, all confident, while a giant, deep gash just pours blood onto his clothes. "What the fuck?", you blurt out involuntarily and rush over to him. How does he have a smug face like that in this condition? He is truly something else. You rush over quickly and drag him inside, as he hands you the medical kit.
You are kind of panicking now since the injury is worse than you expected. It looks a bit scary. You thought he was exaggerating and being his usual clown self. What the fuck did he do? But as you inspect it, holding his face in your hands harshly, you realize that it thankfully won't need stitches, but it will definitely take more than 5 minutes. He Wipe that dumbass smirk from your face! I'll injure you worse than this, dumbass! You don't have time to think right now so you quickly get to cleaning his wound as he winces like he hasn't had every single bone and muscle in his body completely fucked up before.
You ignore it all as you continue with urgency and he notices that you're not really finding this as amusing as he thought. Now he feels bad, making you panic like that. To smooth it over a bit, he says, "Oi! It's not that bad, you know. Just a little scratch." Oh really? This bastard! "Then why the hell were you moaning like a pornstar?! And it is pretty bad, Gintoki. You might actually end up with a scar.", you say. You'd tell him off more for exaggerating his injury but right now you're too focused on your mission of fixing his face card. You don't wanna get lost in your thoughts again but, fuck, that's the one thing he has that you can't deny. Although, he would look handsome with scars too. Oh my god! Shut up! What kind of useless thoughts are these? Of course, while all this mental salad is being tossed in your brain, he's stopped joking around completely and is now looking at you intently. It kind of makes you nervous...and flustered? Stop it!!! No time for all that, come on! Stupid girl!
Finally, after a good 15 minutes of trying your best to ignore his eyes on you, you finish up and sigh in relief. "It wasn't that bad, really. You just gave me a heart attack for no reason. I'd beat your ass but I'm too tired right now.", you say, exasperated. You can't help but have a look of relief on your face, though, and of course this guy catches it in a second, and teases you about it, "You look happy that it wasn't bad, huh? Did you really not want my beauty to be marred?" "Shut up, you idiot!" There it is, he just had to make you say it again today. He looks into the mirror on the inside of the medical kit's lid, "Wow! You did a pretty great job. Why don't you become a nurse? I'll get to see you in a sexy nurse costume that way, too. It'll heal all my injuries in an instant." Before he knows it, a light slap blesses him on his uninjured cheek. This dumbass always has a line to say, huh? "Shut up, pervert!", but you're used to it now. "You are so shameless. You should be thanking me, right now. If I didn't help you just now, you would have the kind of face not even Sacchan would love.", you say, joking around, now that the situation is under control. Somewhat. After all, he pisses you off, but it's kind of funny. And you can't help but ruminate on his flirty lines. But don't get so lost in it, he just flirts with every woman he sees...right?
Before you get lost in your thoughts again, he quips back with, "I'll thank you when the surgery is complete." "What do you mean?" He smirks and points to his injury, "Where's my 'get well soon' kiss?" Really? Working on 5 hours of sleep and only 1 coffee wasn't enough for the day, now he wants to toy with you like this. It should piss you off, and it is, but you also feel too gushy in your heart right now, suddenly. I mean you just held his face in your hand, like you've done many times before, when he displayed the same kind of stupidity (and also to slap him). But it's no big deal, right? It's just your usual banter. Then why does it feel so different now...? Ugh, probably just tired...right?
You play along anyway, cool as a cucumber (which has been set on fire), "Gintoki, what are you even saying? That's just something I do for kids" "So? I'm a kid too right now. And I'm injured. How heartless can you be? Come on, quickly! Before it starts bleeding again" Oh my god bruh. Don't play with me like this, Gintoki!!! Whatever! Okay, fine! You bring your face closer to him, as he poked his cheek out for you, and hesitantly give him a quick peck and pull back immediately. You don't wanna seem too eager, you know? "There. Now it's all good, right? You...Ginbaby!" WHAT!?!? GINBABY?!? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!? Please sew your mouth shut while you're at it too! Agh!!! Don't just open your mouth and say any cringey-ass line to hide your flustered face, you idiot girl!!!
You start packing the medical supplies again, quickly this time, to hide your red face from the stupidity that escaped your mouth. Why does he have this effect on you? He's making you say stupid shit. Yes, it's his fault. Whatever. What is this anyway? Ragebait to lovers or something? STOP IT!!!!!! HE'S NOT YOUR LOVER HELLO???
You finish packing it all up at the speed of light and start to get up as you suddenly notice his face, too. Completely beet red. What? No way. He's still his facing in the other direction from when you gave him the kiss. "Oi! Snap back to reality, pervert! I'm not giving you another one!", you say, to hide your own embarrassment. Now it's time to embarrass him instead. But as you stand up and look at him, he slowly gets up, too and...Agh! What a deadly face. Kill me, god. You try to ignore that thought again, but then he smiles at you and says, in a low voice, "Ah! Thank you, miss nurse. Now I'm all healed up." Stop saying things like that, please, Gintoki! That's enough for the day, so you turn around and start to leave.
But of course, he has noticed your red face, too, and he's not going to let it go, obviously. "Wait! Haha! Why are you blushing so much, huh? Did you enjoy kissing my cheek so much?" he says, slowly walking in your direction now that you're out the door, in the balcony, about to leave. Bastard! How's he accusing you like that when he looks like a tomato himself?! Or rather...a strawberry?
Then, he opens his mouth again. You pray he doesn't say something to make you even more embarrassed than you are right now. And then, smooth as butter, "Should I injure myself more to get this special treatment from you, miss nurse?" There it is! He did it on purpose. Wait, what? What did you say? You can't think straight now as you start feeling hot in your face all over again, before you even process the words. STOP SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT, GINTOKI! Don't fuel my delusions like this! You bring your fleeting braincells back together, stubborn in refusing this bait, but you're feeling too fuzzy to realize the implications of his words.
While you're still turned away from him, gathering yourself, he comes up behind you, towering over you, and leans over your shoulder a bit, and says, "Miss nurse, I eat too many sweets, you know. My teeth are starting to rot, I think. Since you're a magic healer, I'm sure your little treatment can fix that, too? Please." This is insane. WHAT'S HE TRYING TO SAY!? STOP!! He knows what he's doing. He's playing with you. What a...what a....AHHH!! How is this happening right now? Don't lose your cool, girl! He's just play-flirting. Hahah yes! Don't fall more into your delusions. Okay, punk, since you wanna play this game. You fix your face and turn around quickly, only to be met with his face mere inches away from you. Resist, resist, resist!, you chant internally. "Gin-san, being a nurse and a dentist are two different fields, you know. I can't fix your teeth but I can surely break them all if you don't stop pissing me off.", you say, sweetly, while giving him the best smile you could muster.
That name casually tumbling from your lips probably gave him a 10 richter scale hearthquake lol! (How'd you like that new word?) Gin-san...Gin-san...Gin-san, ringing around in his mind now endlessly. You just gave him a deadly blow. But he's no punk either, he's a senior champion king god of flirting and playing around. So he doesn't let it show, what your words and your smile do to him, he can hide it well...is what he thinks. You notice his face becoming redder anyway. Two stupid goats butting head pointlessly, but you are surely winning this round. 😼
Then, not even giving himself time to compose his face, he says, ever so casually and smoothly, "Then, you can break them all and fix them with a kiss, can't you?" You're stunned in silence. You feel drunk now. This stupid Goat-toki has won this round against you. That bastard! How can you resist a line like that with a face like that looking at you like that?! He's ruthless, man. He knows his effect on you. What you don't know is that you have the same effect on him, and saying that cool line just knocked the wind out of him more than when he fought Hosen and got packed up immediately (lol)
He keeps it cool anyway, somehow. You both stare at each for a second, but it feels like forever, especially when you feel even more intoxicated than before. He looks so good like this. He's looking at you like he's gonna eat you up. The usual dead-fish eyes are so...no...stop...you really can't afford to do this right now, whatever this is. What is even happening? Too many fuzzy thoughts running through your head, as you try to not look at his lips. The gap between you hasn't closed up even a little but it feels like your atoms are colliding with each other anyway. How you both are not just sealing your lips together is a mystery to both...
It's too much. I want to...
But just as the moment rose, it fizzled away as, before you could even think, he cracks a smile at you and backs away slowly, silently. Fuck, that was close! You're a little disappointed, you have to admit. You wouldn't have minded this going in that direction. Atleast it would confirm his feelings for you...probably. Why didn't you? Why didn't he? Why didn't we? Too many questions to ask, but you crack a smile at him anyway, a genuine one this time. Although you both will later come to beat yourselves up for not taking that moment to seal the deal, for now you're both smiling at each other like fools. Nobody knows why. It feels awkward, but it's also cute in a way. The mood is so light right now, with your smiling faces, despite the tension. That's how you feel around each other... it's just playful flirting...right?
Maybe some other day, when he confesses hopefully, you'll take the chance. Or he will. You secretly hope that day comes soon. Today was a failed attempt. Just blame it all on him! Yes! It's all the fault of this idiot! For now, you just roll your eyes at him, wish him a "Goodnight, Gin-san.", just to tease him, of course. You won't lose so easy. And then you head on home, just like that. He watches you from the balcony, ignoring the arrow you shot at him again with that name. You look back at him with a smile and wave goodbye. He swears you're trying to kill him. Neither of you admit your feelings. Rinse and repeat.
But...some other day, for sure...
Tonight is, unfortunately, another sleepless night for you as you gush over this entire stupid exchange. You hope he does too...hah! whatever! 😮💨















