[Sakamoto gasps without warning, and curses fire off in his head, because he didn't mean to, he didn't mean to show Zura that he gets lonely too, a different kind of lonely-]

It may not seem like it...

But him not bein' around no more has got me pretty messed up.

[Zura has never been like the others. It's not as though Sakamoto doesn't mind tough love, any love is good enough for him, but it's always been nice to have Zura to fall back on. When the others were being too harsh, bickering too much, he could always count on Zura for some comfort.

That's what this feels like, it's comfortable.

Even so, he can't get too comfortable. He'll only be here for two weeks.

And so begins the start of something Sakamoto always feels when he leaves, an emotion he overpowers with hope as he stares in the face of an endless sky, that awful notion that you're going to miss someone terribly. What can he say- That he misses Zura all the time? That he wishes he could have taken Gintoki with him? If he had it his way, the most ideal one of all...

They'd all be together in the sky.

But he has to respect his friends' wishes. They're not meant for that kind of travel. Even so, Sakamoto can't help dreaming about it sometimes...

He never wishes for more than what he has, it's so much! But, if the three of them had been able to sail together with the rest of the Kaientai... His life would be perfect.]

I'll always be kind to you. You can just slap me! If I'm bein' crazy or whatever. I love teasin' ya, no doubt! But...

You're not the kind of guy someone can just be mean to. No matter how weird ya are.