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Gintoki Sakata 坂田 銀時
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[ By this time Gintoki has actually found the bed that Ayame was talking about, and he actually does sleep in it sometimes too. Somehow, though, the couch kind of feels more like home. And it's just so much bother to move from here to the study. So, whatever.

Anyway.

It takes about three minutes before the staring causes a disturbance in the force big enough that it breaks through the murmurings of dreams. First he frowns and doesn't move, half awake but trying to ignore it and just go back to sleep. When it doesn't go away, though, he finally cracks an eye open.

And there is Katsura.






Fucking really. ]

Th' hell d'you want?

[bombdemon]

[ He can find him in the study too, if that's what you'd prefer. Really. With the amount of retcon we do, this is nothing. ]

Gintoki. [ very seriously. ] I am in need of emotional support.

[ RIGHT NOW. ]

[ Isn't it nice to have friends? ]

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[ Meh. ]










You don't look very distressed.

[ TURNS BACK ON KATSURA and curls up a bit, putting his head on his arm. Good fucking night. ]

[bombdemon]

[ He apparently thinks it's an invitation to continue. Gintoki's getting comfortable to listen to his story!.. ]

I think my marriage is falling apart.

[ YOU THINK? NOW? And why is it even a problem to you anyway? ]

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[ LONG PAUSE. Did he fall asleep again just like that? He wishes. ]

You need emotional support for your fake marriage with the gorilla.

[ Unbelievable. ]

[bombdemon]

[ OBLIVIOUS TO THE DISBELIEF. ]

That is correct. He's been leaving the house at odd times, and I am certain I smelled another man on my pillow after his last turn of using the bedroom.

[ "his last turn" translating roughly "he ran there and locked himself in before i could because he's been sleeping on the couch for a month" but hey. ]

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You're not even sharing a bed. This marriage was doomed from the start.

[ CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE. ]

[bombdemon]

[ GASPS ]

It-- it wasn't always like that! The future used to be so bright! But I suppose we drifted apart after I had gone home...

[ Or, more precisely, he was such an emotional wreck upon returning here that he even refused to play house for a while. Until Gintoki showed up, that is. How could he fraternize with a gorilla when Gintoki back home was possibly dying because he wasn't there to help? But we're not going to talk about that. ]

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Zura.

[bombdemon]

It's not Zura, it's Katsura.

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[ He turns back around, and pulls Katsura's face closer by the collar. ]

The marriage. Is. Fake. Stop shitting me with the "emotional support" crap in the middle of the night.

[ And then he lets go, and flops down on his back, slinging an arm over his eyes. ]

[bombdemon]

[ STARES RIGHT BACK AT HIM. Not an ounce of fear at the wrath of the great Shiroyasha, just some kind of mild confusion which goes really well with his resting idiot expression. ]

Eh? But I have the contract and everything.

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So do I, but no way would me and Miss Bakufu have married voluntarily.

[bombdemon]

There's no need to feel bad. These things happen. Convenience, arranged, shotgun weddings...

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The hell was yours, then?

[bombdemon]

Financially inclined.

[ SOMEHOW shitty police chiefs get a pretty handsome salary in all universes. especially when they're not blowing it all on a certain cabaret girl ]

[permboy]

What bullshit.

It was still doomed from the start. It's still fake. Are you gonna leave me be already?

[bombdemon]

Why? It is a perfectly good decision for a lady.








Do you suppose a second child would stoke the flames?

[ FORESHADOWING ]

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...

You can't just "get a second child," you dumbass.

[bombdemon]

Desperate housewifes do it all the time.




Though I suppose you have a point. I would not want to get any more tied to him than I already am, and an offspring is a rather big commitment.

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No, I mean you don't have the equipment. There's no mpreg here.

[bombdemon]

Do I need to remind you that we had two daughters and a son?

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[ He covers his face with his hands and groans. ]

We never slept together, you fucking dumbass.

[bombdemon]

Of course we have. Don't worry, you don't need to gloss it over. That picture book explained everything.

[ sorry that this guy is your best friend, gintoki ]

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[ He just. Twists around a bit.

And plants his foot in Katsura's face. ]

Get the fuck out and let me sleep!